Who were the Dam Busters?

Imagine trying to skip a 9,000-pound rock across a lake! It sounds completely impossible, but in 1943 during World War 2, a brilliant British engineer named Barnes Wallis figured out how to do exactly that. The Allies needed to stop enemy factories from making weapons, but the factories were powered by massive, unbreakable dams. Normal bombs couldn't scratch them, and heavy underwater nets stopped torpedoes. So, what was the solution? A top-secret giant bomb that literally bounced right over the water! Join Mira and Finn as they dive into the unbelievable true story of the Dam Busters! You will meet the brave pilots of 617 Squadron, led by 24-year-old Guy Gibson. To pull off this super dangerous mission, nineteen giant Lancaster bombers had to fly in the pitch black of night, dodging trees and power lines. They had to fly just sixty feet above the dark water at exactly 232 miles per hour to drop their spinning bombs perfectly! Did the wild bouncing bomb invention actually work? Tune in to discover one of the most daring and clever aviation missions in all of history!