The Americans sent a bogus message to trick the Japanese into revealing the true target of their massive force
38 British sailors were rescued from the sea and Roope was awarded a posthumous VC for his bravery
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Captain William Avery Bishop by Ivan Berryman
Homeward Bound by Nicolas Trudgian. (AP) PER349 The Americans sent a bogusDHM2263AP. Homeward Bound by Nicolas Trudgian. No single raid during World War Two has attracted more discussion, analysis, features, books, interviews, or been the subject of more films, documentaries, and TV programmes than the famous attack mounted by the RAFs 617 Squadron upon the mighty hydroelectric dams in Westphalia, on the night of 16 17 May, 1943. Led by Wing Commander Guy Gibson, nineteen specially adapted Lancaster bombers, manned by 133