"Bombs away!" cried Gibson as George sent Wallis' bouncing bomb spinning down towards the darkly shining water with a single flick of his curved talons.
Gibson peered down past the Lancaster's olive-green shoulder to follow the bomb as it fell, and in the erratic light of the flashes of anti-aviator fire that lit up George's cloud-pale belly as if it was already Christmas morning, he saw the bomb bounce once, bounce twice and sink without a trace before it even reached the dam.
"Dammit!" Gibson swore briskly through his teeth and called to George for more height, feeling the massive wings beat slowly below him as they curved away to make room for Hopgood and his dragon to take their own run.
AN: No disrespect is meant to any veterans of World War Two by this story.
Operation Chastise was the 'Dambusters' attack on the Mohne and Eder dams in 1943 led by 24 year old Guy Gibson. Gibson made the first run in the Lancaster bomber 'G for George' and Hopgood made the second run in 'M for Mother'
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"Bombs away!" cried Gibson as George sent Wallis' bouncing bomb spinning down towards the darkly shining water with a single flick of his curved talons.
Gibson peered down past the Lancaster's olive-green shoulder to follow the bomb as it fell, and in the erratic light of the flashes of anti-aviator fire that lit up George's cloud-pale belly as if it was already Christmas morning, he saw the bomb bounce once, bounce twice and sink without a trace before it even reached the dam.
"Dammit!" Gibson swore briskly through his teeth and called to George for more height, feeling the massive wings beat slowly below him as they curved away to make room for Hopgood and his dragon to take their own run.
AN: No disrespect is meant to any veterans of World War Two by this story.
Operation Chastise was the 'Dambusters' attack on the Mohne and Eder dams in 1943 led by 24 year old Guy Gibson. Gibson made the first run in the Lancaster bomber 'G for George' and Hopgood made the second run in 'M for Mother'