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| Aerial reconnaissance photo over Möhne Dam, showing flooding, Soest, Westfalen-Süd, Germany, late 17 May or 18 May 1943 | Möhne Dam breached after the previous day's RAF attack, 18 May 1943; photo taken by Flying Officer Jerry Fray of No. 542 Squadron from his Spitfire PR IX aircraft | Air Vice Marshal Ralph Cochrane, Wing Commander Guy Gibson, King George VI, and Group Captain John Whitworth discussing Dambusters Raid at St Vincents Hall, headquarters of No. 5 Group RAF Bomber Command, Grantham, England, United Kingdom, 27 May 1943 | King George VI speaking with Flight Lieutenant Les Munro, observed by Wing Commander Guy Gibson and Air Vice Marshal Ralph Cochrane, Scampton, England, United Kingdom, 27 May 1943 |
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| Damaged Möhnesee dam, Germany, late May 1943; note barrage balloon | Damaged Möhnesee dam, viewed from a short distance down the Möhne River, Germany, late May 1943 | A disarmed 'bouncing bomb' on display at the Duxford Imperial War Museum,Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Feb 2005 |
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