2 Para succeeded in reaching their objective and giving the British Task Force its first much needed land victory
the number 1 McLaren in which he dominated so many races
The Luftwaffe had kept what reserves it had for planes to defend Berlin
ordered the masses of troops to attack
Homeward Bound by Nicolas Trudgian. AIT282 2 Para succeeded in reachingDHM2263. Homeward Bound by Nicolas Trudgian. No single raid during World War Two has attracted more discussion, analysis, features, books, interviews, or been the subject of more films, documentaries, and TV programmes than the famous attack mounted by the RAFs 617 Squadron upon the mighty hydroelectric dams in Westphalia, on the night of 16 17 May, 1943. Led by Wing Commander Guy Gibson, nineteen specially adapted Lancaster bombers, manned by 133