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617 Squadron Launches the Dams Raid with Upkeep Mines
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1943

617 Squadron Launches the Dams Raid with Upkeep Mines

On this day in 1943, 617 Squadron launched the dams raid, using Barnes Wallis’s Upkeep mine in the famous Operation Chastise attack.

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On this day in 1943, 617 Squadron launched the dams raid, using Barnes Wallis’s Upkeep mine in the famous Operation Chastise attack.
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