dam busters

Oooooohhhhh eeeeeererrr, I ave treblle tribble wid my Wallllllllacccceess
Whoops Wallis's.

Myc


"Ken Duffey" wrote in message
...
Mycroft wrote:

If you watch the 1953? film it pretty much explains the reasoning behind
the
bomb, the torpedo nets plus they needed a minimum of 5000lb of high
explosives to have a chance of breaching the dams. In an interview given
by
Wallace he stated that his famous 10 & 5 ton "Grandslam" an Tallboy
bombs
were originally considered but would only work with a direct hit, any
sort
of near miss would do no damge because of the water cushioning effect.
Interestingly the scale model dam used by wallace complete with
test
blast damage still exists in the Grounds of the UK Building Research
Establishment in Hertfordshire just out side Watford in the UK.

Myc

Just a nitpick.......

It's Barnes Wallis - Wallace was the guy played by Mel Gibson in
Braveheart
!!!!!!

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Just a nitpick.......

It's Barnes Wallis - Wallace was the guy played by Mel Gibson in Braveheart
!!!!!!

I remember that one - his dog was named Gromit, right? )

Krztalizer wrote:

It's Barnes Wallis - Wallace was the guy played by Gibson ...

I remember that one - his dog was named Gromit, right? )

Nah!

Gibson's dog, because of his colour (and the fact that "political
correctness" hadn't been invented in '43), was named ******.

On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 18:35:45 +0000, Robert Briggs
wrote:

Krztalizer wrote:

It's Barnes Wallis - Wallace was the guy played by Gibson ...

I remember that one - his dog was named Gromit, right? )

Nah!

Gibson's dog, because of his colour (and the fact that "political
correctness" hadn't been invented in '43), was named ******.

Did ****** like Wensleydale as well?

Robert Briggs wrote:
Krztalizer wrote:

It's Barnes Wallis - Wallace was the guy played by Gibson ...

Barnes Wallace was quite clever on the family front. His son's name happens
to be ..... Barnes Wallis.

[snipped]

Richard.

Didn't they do another version with the dog named Digger for the US?

"Robert Briggs" wrote in message
...
Krztalizer wrote:

It's Barnes Wallis - Wallace was the guy played by Gibson ...

I remember that one - his dog was named Gromit, right? )

Nah!

Gibson's dog, because of his colour (and the fact that "political
correctness" hadn't been invented in '43), was named ******.

"Mycroft" wrote in message
...
If you watch the 1953? film it pretty much explains the reasoning behind
the
bomb, the torpedo nets plus they needed a minimum of 5000lb of high
explosives to have a chance of breaching the dams. In an interview given
by
Wallace he stated that his famous 10 & 5 ton "Grandslam" an Tallboy bombs
were originally considered but would only work with a direct hit, any sort
of near miss would do no damge because of the water cushioning effect.

IIRC, the Paul Brickhill book mentions the 12,000 lb Tallboy being used
against the dam at Kembs in Germany; afraid that the sluice gates would be
opened and flood the area of the Allied advance, the powers that be
despatched 617 Sqn to drain the reservoir first. The bombs were dropped from
low level with delayed fuses and succeeded in destroying the sluice gates,
for the loss of two aircraft.

Jon.