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The technology was far from perfect and the 617 Sqn mission failed to significantly damage the German war machine or shorten the war, but the Dambusters have remained part of military folklore since. To commemorate the 70th anniversary of Sir Barnes Wallis's bouncing bomb raids of May 1943, the UK's Brooklands Museum is holding a series of events, culminating in a day of celebrations on 17 May, including a chance to meet veterans of RAF Bomber Command and view a prototype of the so-called aerial mine used to breach the Ruhr dams.