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In May 1943 Guy Gibson led 617 Squadron on an audacious assault on the dams of the Ruhr valley using Barnes Wallis ingenious bouncing bombs

What happened to RAF 617 Squadron after the completion of Operation Chastise

The raid had been a success but the bombing offensive against Nazioccupied territories did not let up and 617 Squadron continued to be at the heart of these operations

Squadron Leader Tom Bennett who flew as one of the lead navigators of 617s Mosquito marker force recounts many of the precision attacks made by 617s Lancasters on vital targets in occupied Europe

A number of personalities who served with the Squadron leap from the pages like Tom McLean who managed to destroy three nightfighters while wounded from his position as rear gunner as well as the unpredictable Australian Colin Keith Aspro Astbury who after being retired from active duty snuck out of his dull job with the Air Ministry to continue flying with his crew

617 Squadron The Dambusters at War provides unique insight into the reminiscences of the men who flew in this crack Royal Air Force squadron during the last three years of World War Two