Damned By the Bomb

Lancaster formations One two and three To attack the dams Off Industrial Germany Targets to hit In the Ruhr valley Power providers Canal alley RAF Scampton Near Lincoln they load This barrelled bomb Bounced to explode Runway lined Engines roar Crews ready Tally Ho! Flying low to reach their quest Allied pilots at their best Flak explodes all around As the Germans hear our engine sounds Targets reached as they circle round To gauge their height as it bounces sound Steady steady let her go As it hits the water First bounce slow Second bounce, momentum gain These dams, not to be the same Clinical strike as it hits the wall Sinks, explodes Crumbling walls Minutes pass As the crew's look back To observe the severity of the attack Nearly out of sight, as the walls finally gave Cascades of water in thunderous rage The Möhne and Eder breached as planned Missions accomplished on these German dams German war effort, hampered for a spell As for the rest of the conflict Time would tell http://www.thehighlanderspoems.com/war-2.php