{"id":14390,"date":"2015-07-07T12:47:50","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T12:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/groversoptics.com\/toys\/?post_type=product&#038;p=14390"},"modified":"2023-02-11T11:08:35","modified_gmt":"2023-02-11T11:08:35","slug":"airfix-avro-lancaster-biii-special-the-dambusters-172","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/groversoptics.com\/toys\/product\/airfix-avro-lancaster-biii-special-the-dambusters-172\/","title":{"rendered":"Airfix Avro Lancaster B.III (Special) The Dambusters 1:72"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"full_width attribute_list\">\n<li>Skill:\u00a03<\/li>\n<li>Flying Hours:\u00a03<\/li>\n<li>Number of Parts:\u00a0239<\/li>\n<li>Dimensions (mm):\u00a0L294 x W432<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"full_width\">\n<p>The Dambusters raid, as it has since become known, was one the most famous operations of the war.\u00a0 Led by Wing Commander Guy Gibson, the 19 specially modified Lancaster bombers attacked the Mohne, Eder, Sorpe and Ennepe dams, with the Mohne and Eder dams being breached.\u00a0 This caused widespread destruction to both the German war effort and to food production.<\/p>\n<p>The dams were breached using a special type of bomb, the Upkeep mine, or \u2018bouncing bomb\u2019. This was rotated before being dropped so that it skipped along the surface before impacting against the dam, sinking and exploding, thus rupturing the dam.\u00a0 This avoided the need for a high altitude raid and avoided the torpedo nets. 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