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==Plot== <!-- Per WP:FILMPLOT, plot summaries for feature films should be between 400 to 700 words. --> In Spring 1942, aeronautical engineer [[Barnes Wallis]] is struggling to develop a means of attacking [[Nazi Germany|Germany's]] dams in the hope of crippling German [[heavy industry]]. Working for the [[Minister of Aircraft Production|Ministry of Aircraft Production]], as well as his own job at [[Vickers-Armstrongs|Vickers]], he works feverishly to make practical his theory of a [[bouncing bomb]] which would skip over the water to avoid protective [[torpedo nets]]. When it hit the dam, backspin would make it sink while retaining contact with the wall, making the explosion far more destructive. Wallis calculates that the aircraft will have to fly extremely low ({{convert|150|ft|m}}) to enable the bombs to skip over the water correctly, but when he takes his conclusions to the Ministry, he is told that lack of production capacity means they cannot go ahead with his proposals. Frustrated, Wallis secures an interview with [[Arthur Travers Harris|Sir Arthur "Bomber" Harris]], the head of [[RAF Bomber Command]], who at first is reluctant to take the idea seriously. Eventually, however, he is convinced and takes the idea to the [[Winston Churchill|Prime Minister]], who authorises the project. Bomber Command forms a special squadron of [[Avro Lancaster|Lancaster]] bombers, 617 Squadron, to be commanded by [[Wing commander (rank)|Wing Commander]] [[Guy Gibson]], and tasked to fly the mission. He recruits experienced crews, especially those with low-altitude flight experience. While they train for the mission, Wallis continues his development of the bomb but has problems, such as the bomb breaking apart upon hitting the water. This requires the drop altitude to be reduced to {{convert|60|ft|m}}. With only a few weeks to go<!-- , and despite the fraught ←—— What does this mean? "Frustration", perhaps? No noun sense of "fraught" fits the context here. Put this another way.-->, he is ultimately successful in fixing the problems as the deadline for the mission approaches. On May 16, 1943, the bombers attack the Ruhr Dams. Eight Lancasters and 56 men are lost, but the [[Möhne Reservoir|Möhne]] and [[Edersee Dam|Edersee]] dams are breached, causing catastrophic flooding. Wallis is deeply affected by the loss of the crewmen, but Gibson stresses the squadron knew the risks they were facing but they went in nevertheless. Wallis asks if Gibson will get some sleep; Gibson says that he has to write letters first to the dead airmens' next of kin.
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