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Events on Monday 17 May 1943 1
1943Dambusters raidRAF bouncing bombs breach dams in the RuhrNo. 617 Squadron of the RAF attacked dams in western Germany with Barnes Wallis's bouncing bombs. The raid breached the Möhne and Edersee dams and caused severe flooding and loss of life. Eight of the nineteen aircraft were lost.