The Lost Graves of Peenemünde Norther Ireland Veteran They were the Dambusters

They were the Dambusters

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Of those pilots who courageously flew their Spitfires and Hurricanes against the Luftwaffe barely a handful remain

The raid was successful and all the Aircraft were destroyed but debate still goes on as to whether the raid was a political gesture to give the British Public some action or whether it was to knock out the Airbase that could have made life difficult for the landings at San Carlos Bay later in the War

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The Lost Graves of Peenemünde Norther Ireland Veteran They were the Dambustershe raid on the secret rocket research establishment at Peenemnde on the Baltic coast in August 1943 has gone down in history as one of the most successful and remarkable of the war. The site was virtually obliterated, and the Germans forced to move rocket production and development elsewhere. But it came at a terrible cost. More than 40 bombers and 215 RAF aircrew failed to return. After the war, the bodies of many of those who were killed were