Target Y The Eder Dam Raid, The Ruhr Valley, 17th May 1943 by David Pentland. AIT325 The weather on the morning

The weather on the morning of 31 December

29 were killed and 41 wounded

the Mustang pilots still had their work cut out against these battle hardened

so his crew was assigned a B-17C

Target Y The Eder Dam Raid, The Ruhr Valley, 17th May 1943 by David Pentland. AIT325 The weather on the morningDHM1217. Target Y The Eder Dam Raid, The Ruhr Valley, 17th May 1943 by David Pentland. At 0154am, Pilot officer Les Knight in Avro Lancaster AJ N transmitted the codeword Dinghy, the signal that the Eder Dam had been successfully breached. Although the target was undefended by flak, its location made it extremely difficult to hit. In fact, four of the five aircraft involved in the attack failed in their attempts and Knight's was the last available