A deteriorating pier significant to the Dambusters raid during the Second World War has received a £10 million lifeline from the National Lottery. Birnbeck Pier will be “brought back from the brink of ...
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Dan Snow explains: World War Two's incredible Dambusters
In May 1943, the RAF launched one of the Second World War’s most audacious missions: the Dambusters Raid. Today, we follow ...
The world’s most expensive marbles used to plan the Dambusters raid have sold for $19,748. Bouncing-bomb creator Barnes Wallis used the two glass balls in his back garden to calculate trajectory.
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Own a piece of military and cinematic history as the binoculars of Sir Barnes Wallace - inventor of the Dambusters' bouncing bomb - go to auction
Binoculars that Sir Barnes Wallis used in 1943 when he was leading experiments to design the bouncing bomb, which was instrumental in the success of the Dambusters’ wartime raid on Germany, are going ...
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On a Sunday morning at the height of World War Two, 14-year-old Kit Lawie found herself sharing her breakfast table with three RAF men. At the time, she had no idea who they were – but soon one of ...
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