ROYAL AIR FORCE: OPERATIONS BY THE PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE UNITS, 1939-1945. - Operation CHASTISE: the attack on the Moehne, Eder and Sorpe Dams by No. 617 Squadron RAF on the night of 16/17 May 1943. Vertical photographic-reconnaissance aerial taken over the Eder Dam, Germany, two months after the Dams raid. The reservoir (Edersee) is now completely dry and, on the river bed in front of the breached dam (top right), a light railway has been constructed in preparation for its repair. A new hutted encampment for workmen has also been built to the right of the dam Royal Air Force, Flying Tra
ROYAL AIR FORCE: OPERATIONS BY THE PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE UNITS, 1939-1945. - Operation CHASTISE: the attack on the Moehne, Eder and Sorpe Dams by No. 617 Squadron RAF on the night of 16/17 May 1943. Vertical photographic-reconnaissance aerial taken over the Eder Dam, Germany, two months after the Dams raid. The reservoir (Edersee) is now completely dry and, on the river bed in front of the breached dam (top right), a light railway has been constructed in preparation for its repair. A new hutted encampment for workmen has also been built to the right of the dam Royal Air Force, Flying Training School, 16 (Polish), Hucknall
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