Dambusters Lancasters practising BW version
by Gary Eason
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Dambusters Lancasters practising BW version
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Gary Eason
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Photograph - Digital Picture
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617 Squadron rehearsed for Operation Chastise, the attack on the Ruhr dams in May 1943, by practising on three reservoirs in England in particular: the Derwent, the Eyebrook, and this one - then newly built, Abberton Reservoir in Essex and referred to in the squadron's records as "Colchester Lake". The specially adapted Type 464 (Provisioning) Lancaster bombers were flown at just 60ft above the water - purely by eye at first, until the spotlights system was installed.
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