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Old 21st May 2018, 11:59
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b1lanc
 
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Originally Posted by sidevalve
Having had a squint at the Sorpe, how likely was it that it could ever have been breached by 617 that night with that weapon? (Is this the spillway referred to?)
I suspect so but Brown didn't make it quite clear. Even Wallis didn't think the Sorpe could be breached. Here's the recon photo of the damage to the Sorpe - appears amazingly that both McCarthy and Brown hit about the same place. I wonder what altitude they dropped it from because if it exploded on contact I would have thought it would have taken the AC with it at 60 feet.

sorpe_damage.jpg
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