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What planes did Dambusters use?
Aircraft operated
- Avro Lancaster B.III (Special) (March 1943 – May 1943)
- Avro Lancaster B.I (March 1943 – June 1945)
- Avro Lancaster B.III (March 1943 – June 1945)
- Avro Lancaster B.VII (FE) (June 1945 – September 1946)
- de Havilland Mosquito Mk.VI (April 1944 – March 1945)
- Avro Lincoln B.II (September 1946 – January 1952)
How many planes were involved in the Dam Busters?
| Operation Chastise | |
|---|---|
| Strength | |
| 19 Lancaster bombers | XII. Fliegerkorps (Defending three dams) |
| Casualties and losses | |
| 8 aircraft shot down 53 aircrew killed 3 aircrew taken prisoner. | 2 dams breached 1 dam lightly damaged c. 1,600 civilians killed (including 1,000+ prisoners and forced labourers, mainly Soviet). |
How many planes made it back from the Dambusters raid?
At the final briefing late on the Sunday afternoon, Wallis had addressed 19 crews. The next day, only 11 of them came back. Fifty-six of the faces into which he had looked justa few hours before were gone, and all but three of them were dead.
How many Lancasters were lost in the Dambusters raid?
Eight
Eight of the Lancasters were lost in the raid and 53 of the 133 crew members lost their lives. But the event, and a film made in 1955 has immortalised them forever.
Was the Dambusters raid worth it?
It was a raid sent to destroy a series of mighty dams, wreaking havoc with the Ruhr’s vital water supplies. Known as Operation Chastise to its planners, it is remembered simply as the Dambusters raid. The results certainly impressed the world at the time – two dams were breached, and a third damaged.
How many Polish pilots were killed during the Battle of Britain?
In total 31 out of the 145 Polish pilots who took part in the Battle of Britain died in action, while the Polish War Memorial at RAF Northolt commemorates 1903 personnel killed.