The Dam Busters By Paul Brickhill

1968 Paperback, Vintage

Ballantine Books

Very Good

History

The Dam Busters by Paul Brickhill is a 1951 non-fiction book chronicling the story of the Royal Air Force's 617 Squadron and their famous Dambusters raid during World War II, using Barnes Wallis's "bouncing bomb" to breach the Möhne and Eder dams in Germany. The book details the squadron's formation, the daring raid led by Guy Gibson, and their subsequent missions, becoming a classic of WWII aviation literature and inspiring the famous 1955 film