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Operation Chastise:
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     >> Developing Upkeep >> How Upkeep Works
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     >> Forming a Squadron
     >> Training >> Establishing Height
     >> 60 Feet >> Establishing Range
     >> The Briefing >> Routes | Codewords |
     >> Launch
     >> Journey
     >> Mohne Attack
     >> Eder Attack
     >> Journey Home
     >> Sorpe Attack

Key People:
     >> Guy Gibson
     >> Sir Barnes Wallis
     >> Roy Chadwick
     >> Sir Arthur Harris
     >> Sir Charles Portal

617 Squadron:
     >> First Wave:
           >> AJ-G "George" >> Gibson | Taerum | Spafford | Pulford | Hutchinson | Deering | Trevor-Roper |
           >> AJ-M "Mother" >> Hopgood | Earnshaw | Fraser | Brennan | Minchin | Gregory | Burcher |
           >> AJ-P "Popsie" >> Martin | Leggo | Hay | Whittaker | Chambers | Foxlee | Simpson |

           >> AJ-A "Apple" >> Young | Roberts | MacCausland | Horsfall | Nichols | Yeo | Ibbotson |
           >> AJ-J "Johnny" >> Maltby | Nicholson | Fort | Hatton | Stone | Hill | Simmonds |
           >> AJ-Z "Zebra" >> Maudslay | Urquhart | Fuller | Marriott | Cottam | Tytherleigh | Burrows |

           >> AJ-L "Leather" >> Shannon | Walker | Sumpter | Henderson | Goodale | Jagger | Buckley |
           >> AJ-B "Baker" >> Astell | Wile | Hopkinson | Kinnear | Garshowitz | Garbas | Bolitho |
           >> AJ-N "Nut" >> Knight | Hobday | Johnson | Grayston | Kellow | Sutherland | O'Brien |

     >> Second Wave:
           >> AJ-T "Tommy" >> McCarthy | MacLean | Johnston | Radcliffe | Eaton | Batson | Rodger |
           >> AJ-E "Easy" >> Barlow | Burgess | Gillespie | Whillis | Williams | Glinz | Liddell |
           >> AJ-W "Willie" >> Munro | Rumbles | Clay | Appleby | Pigeon | Howarth | Weeks |
           >> AJ-K "King" >> Byers | Warner | Whittaker | Taylor | Wilkinson | Jarvie | McDowell |
           >> AJ-H "Harry" >> Rice | MacFarlane | Thrasher | Smith | Gowrie | Maynard | Burns |

     >> Third Wave:
           >> AJ-C "Charlie" >> Ottley | Barrett | Johnston | Marsden | Guterman | Strange | Tees |
           >> AJ-S "Sugar" >> Burpee | Jaye | Arthur | Pegler | Weller | Long | Brady |
           >> AJ-F "Freddie" >> Brown | Heal | Oancia | Feneron | Hewstone | Allatson | MacDonald |
           >> AJ-O "Orange" >> Townsend | Howard | Franklin | Powell | Chalmers | Webb | Wilkinson |
           >> AJ-Y "York" >> Anderson | Nugent | Green | Patterson | Bickle | Ewan | Buck |

     >> Other Crews:
           >> Crew 1 >> Wilson | Knox | Coles | Johnson | Mieyette | Payne | Hornby |
           >> Crew 2 >> Divall | Warwick | McArthur | Blake | Simpson | Unknown | Williams |
           >> Others >> Rodger | Buntaine |

Lancaster Bomber:
     >> Specification
     >> Pictures

Upkeep:
     >> How Upkeep Works

The Dams:
     >> Mohne Dam >> Pictures: After Attack | Pictures: Present Day |
     >> Eder Dam >> Pictures: After Attack | Pictures: Present Day |
     >> Sorpe Dam >> Pictures: Present Day
     >> Lister Dam
     >> Ennepe Dam
     >> Diemel Dam

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