Breaking the Dams by Charles Foster

Author:Charles Foster [Foster, Charles]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History, Military, World War II, Aviation
ISBN: 9781783033577
Google: gfrLDwAAQBAJ
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Published: 2008-09-22T00:27:32+00:00

The Möhne Reservoir is the shape of a giant U on its side, the open end facing east, or right. The dam is on the top left part of the curve of the U. Earlier books, including Sweetman’s, say that the aircraft approached from the Körbecke bridge at the eastern end, but that is now thought to be wrong. The aircraft attacked by flying straight at the dam from a south-easterly direction, hopping over a small spit of land and quickly getting down to the right height for the last stretch of about 1,500m. In that last 1,500m the pilot would have to get down to exactly 60 ft and stay level, the flight engineer would maintain the approach speed at 230 mph, and the wireless operator would ensure that the mine was spinning backwards at 500 rpm. Meanwhile the navigator would switch on the spotlights and check that the beams were touching. Flying at 230 mph, the aircraft would cover the 1,500m stretch in about 15 seconds.

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