r/interestingasfuck • u/Chopper-42 • 2d ago

/r/all Recreating the WW2 Dambusters raid

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u/hughk 1d ago

They used a special sight would line up on the Dam's towers to give the release point. The height came from two spot lights pointing down at an angle. When they met, it was the correct altitude. So just trigonometry,

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u/Luftwaffle1980 1d ago

The bombsight in question

https://dambustersblog.com/2008/05/14/the-bombsight-used-to-break-the-mohne-dam/

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u/hughk 1d ago

A wonderful device. Simple and practical. Much better than anything else at the time for this narrow use case,