The Dam Busters
Author(s): Paul Brickhill
On 17th May 1943, nearly 350 million tonnes of water crashed into the valleys of the Ruhr, when the Lancasters of 617 Squadron breached the giant Moehne and Eder Dams with colossal 'blockbuster' bombs. This presents the story of that raid and the squadron who carried it through.
Product Information
Paul Brickhill was born in 1916 in Australia, and was a fighter pilot in the Royal Australian Air Force before becoming a Fleet Street journalist and one of the first British journalists to enter the Russian Zone of Germany. His various war books achieved immediate success. He died in 1991.
General Fields
- :
- : Pan Macmillan
- : Pan Books
- : 01 August 2009
- : 197mm X 130mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Paul Brickhill
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : 940.544941
- : 272
- : Illustrations, ports.