BEAGLE: Past the castle, down the hill, over the water. But at 500 ft, not 60ft!
Did it twice, then joined by another jet we did it in formation, then back via the Moehne to Gutersloh.
It was only then that the SNavO told us that there was an unwritten rule that the dams were never to be used as turning points......
Oh dear. What a pit. Never mind.
But they did wave from the castle balcony!
In 1981 Germany held the World Gliding Championships at Paderborn. (Luftwaffe provided briefing on airspace included ' If you find yourself in formation with an aircraft maked with a red star and the pilot is smiling he is in the wrong place. If he is not you are in the wrong place'.
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RAF Germany on polite request provided recce low level photgraphs of the German selected turning points. Included were the Mohne and Eder dams.
By the way, the Champion was George Lee, then a Phantom pilot, later Cathay Pacific.