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Zorba said:
Pretty sure those were used for dam busting. They'd skip until they got to the dam then sink to blow at the bottom of the dam.
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The Incredible Story Of The Dambusters Raid

On the night of 16-17 May 1943, Wing Commander Guy Gibson led 617 Squadron of the Royal Air Force on an audacious bombing raid to destroy three dams in the Ruhr valley, the industrial heartland of Germany. The mission was codenamed Operation 'Chastise'.
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Zorba said:
Pretty sure those were used for dam busting. They'd skip until they got to the dam then sink to blow at the bottom of the dam.
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It's the stuff of legend for British kids, or was when I went to a British school overseas. Special design intended to hurt the 3rd Reich's electricity production. Watched a movie about it one day after school at a friend's house, I remember he had posters of Avro Lancasters and Mosquitos everywhere.
 
Zorba said:
Pretty sure those were used for dam busting. They'd skip until they got to the dam then sink to blow at the bottom of the dam.
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Sounds right. I wasn't suggesting they were used against shipping. Just thought it would be a sight to behold, theoretically, if employed that way. Torpedoes make more sense.
 
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