Sorpe Attack
Had tea with George when he lived in Torquay.
He explained why they had to drop their mine (as a bomb) across the earth banked dam.
Although there was no flack (due to it being deemed safe from attack) there was also little time for the Lanc to get down to height 'across' the dam due to a church spire and steep sides of the location.
George relates how the rear gunner was getting quite excited after several attempts and kept saying (Drop the B......... thing); he did when it all lined up and it hit the earthen dam top, but as they were the only machine left in that wave it was not enough.
After the war George stayed on in the RAF to become a Squadron Leader involved with the ICBM sites (Thor I think)
Absolute disgrace how bomber command was treated after the war.