The Dam Busters (book)
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The Dam Busters is a 1951 book by Paul Brickhill about British Royal Air Force Squadron 617 during World War II. The squadron became known as the "Dam Busters" because of Operation Chastise, a mission using highly specialized bombs to destroy Ruhr dams in Germany. The book also covers the subsequent history of 617 Squadron, as an elite squadron specializing in attacking difficult targets with outsize weapons.
The original edition of the book did not include some of the details of the dams raids, as these were still classified at the time. Later editions included these details.
[edit] Citation
- The Dam Busters, Paul Brickhill, Evans Brothers Ltd, 1951 ISBN 0-330-23618-0
