Meet two of the men at the heart of the mission: wing commander Guy Gibson and inventor Barnes Wallis, creator of the bouncing bomb. Feel the danger as a modern re-enactment demonstrates the daring flights taken by 617 Squadron’s Lancaster bombers.

Count down to the raid as 617 Squadron tests the limits of its planes, pilots, and crew. Look at the precision engineering required to build the bouncing bomb and a new targeting device, then join pilot Dan Snow as he recreates a test flight.

Strap in as 617 Squadron’s planes lumber down the runway and across Europe bearing 4-ton payloads. Witness the devastation wrought by the bouncing bombs of Operation Chastise and by the Nazis, who wiped out 40 per cent of the squadron in retaliation.