Name: The Dambusters
Released: 2020-12-01T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Dan Snow

Available on Prime Video

Relive the nerve-wracking days leading up to one of the most daring bombing raids of World War II. Discover how a highly motivated squadron leader recruited a crack team of airmen to undermine Germany’s war effort with a new precision weapon.

Documentary · 2020 · 45 min

Starring Dan Snow

Director Jamie Simpson

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

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.

44 min · Nov 6, 2021
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

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.

44 min · Nov 6, 2021
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

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.

45 min · Nov 6, 2021

Dan Snow

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Jamie Simpson

Director
Mark Dolan

Producer
Neil Breakwell

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