Primary Target by Philip West. (B) AIT187 Saving the Guns at the

Saving the Guns at the Battle of Maiwand by Richard Caton Woodville

October 2003 - March 2004

Tracked off the east coast of Italy in the dark of 15th - 16th December 1940

Coloured lithograph vignette

Primary Target by Philip West. (B) AIT187 Saving the Guns at theDHM2192B. Primary Target by Philip West. In 1943, the RAF's 617 Squadron set out to destroy three dams in Germany's Ruhr valley. They managed to breach two, giving a boost to Britain's war effort. On 16th May 1943, 19 aircraft set out to destroy the Mohne, Eder and Sorpe dams in Germany's industrial heartland. They used specially designed drum shaped bouncing bombs which skimmed across the water, rolled down the dam wall and exploded at depth. Only 11