When the Dambusters targeted the V2

As Allied bombers targeted Germany’s V-weapon facilities, No 617 Squadron was in the vanguard — not least when it came to attacks against the V2 bunker at Wizernes, northern France Taken on 10 July 1944, this low-level RAF reconnaissance photo shows the extent of bomb damage on the Wizernes V2 site, though the dome remained largely intact. IWM Lancaster I DV402/ KC-X flew on several of 617’s raids against V-weapon facilities, including the abandoned Wizernes mission on 20 July 1944.