LONDON (AP) — George “Johnny” Johnson, the last known survivor of Britain’s daring World War II “Dambusters” bombing raid on German infrastructure, has died. He was 101. Britain’s national news agency ...

83 years on, discover how the Dambusters raid was shaped by secret tests in Dorset, the story behind the famous Second World War mission ...

A deteriorating pier significant to the Dambusters raid during the Second World War has received a £10 million lifeline from the National Lottery. Birnbeck Pier will be “brought back from the brink of ...

Seventy years ago, a daring World War II raid immortalised the RAF's 617 Squadron as the "Dambusters". Using a specially developed bouncing bomb, the squadron managed to breach two dams in Germany.

Regarding Mark Yost's review (Books, Nov. 30) of James Holland's "Dam Busters": While the raid itself was successful, the damage according to some accounts was repaired in a few months with all ...

At 9.28pm on 16 May 1943, the first of 19 Brtitish Lancaster bombers took off from Royal Air Force Scampton in Lincolnshire, headed for the industrial heartland of Nazi Germany. Nine hours later, the ...

The world’s most expensive marbles used to plan the Dambusters raid have sold for $19,748. Bouncing-bomb creator Barnes Wallis used the two glass balls in his back garden to calculate trajectory.

Born in Shimla and raised in Britain, the RAF officer led the daring attack on Nazi Germany ...

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