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17 CE: Formation of No. 617 Squadron based at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire. It carried out Operation Chastise two months later.
1943 CE: Lancaster bombers carry out Operation Chastise, the 'Dambusters' raid on Ruhr dams in Germany.
1943 CE: Floods from the dams breached in Operation Chastise (Eder and Möhne) kill at least 1,300 civilians.