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Dambusters Raid (Operation Chastise)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Dambusters_Raid_(Operation_Chastise)
GPTKB entity
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Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Operation_Chastise
gptkbp:casualties
3 aircrew captured
53 aircrew killed
gptkbp:civilianCasualties
over 1,300
gptkbp:commander
gptkb:Guy_Gibson
gptkbp:commemoratedBy
gptkb:RAF_Scampton
gptkb:Dambusters_March
gptkbp:conductedBy
gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkbp:date
16–17 May 1943
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Dambusters Raid (Operation Chastise)
gptkbp:inspiredBy
gptkb:The_Dam_Busters_(1955_film)
numerous books and documentaries
gptkbp:inventorOfWeapon
gptkb:Barnes_Wallis
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Ruhr_Valley,_Germany
gptkbp:notableFor
use of bouncing bomb
gptkbp:objective
destroy German dams
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:Second_World_War
gptkbp:result
Möhne and Eder dams breached
Sorpe Dam damaged
gptkbp:significance
boosted Allied morale
disrupted German industry
gptkbp:squadronInvolved
gptkb:No._617_Squadron_RAF
gptkbp:target
gptkb:Sorpe_Dam
gptkb:Eder_Dam
gptkb:Möhne_Dam
gptkbp:usedInAircraft
gptkb:aircraft
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:No._IX_(B)_Squadron_RAF
gptkb:Wing_Commander_James_Tait
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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