Bever Dam

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dam

Bever Dam is one of the German dams targeted by the RAF's famous World War II "Dambusters" bombing raid in 1943.

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Label Occurrences
Bever Dam canonical 1

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Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dam ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bevertalsperre ⓘ
attackMethod aerial bombing ⓘ
attackResult not breached in raid ⓘ
basinCountry Germany ⓘ
completionDate 1938 ⓘ
conflict Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II

World War II ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1935 ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
dateOfEvent 16–17 May 1943 ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 280 metres ⓘ
hasPart reservoir ⓘ
spillway ⓘ
hasUse hydrological regulation of the Ruhr system ⓘ
languageOfName German ⓘ
locatedIn Bergisches Land ⓘ
North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Oberbergischer Kreis ⓘ
Ruhr river basin ⓘ
linked to: Ruhr

western Germany ⓘ
locatedNear Cologne region ⓘ
Hückeswagen ⓘ
Radevormwald ⓘ
Wuppertal region ⓘ
locatedOn Bever River ⓘ
material earth-fill ⓘ
notableFor being one of the dams targeted in the 1943 Dambusters raid ⓘ
operator Ruhrverband ⓘ
partOf Bever Reservoir ⓘ
Ruhr dams system ⓘ
region state of North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
reservoirName Bever-Talsperre ⓘ
targetedBy No. 617 Squadron RAF ⓘ
usedFor flood control ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
water supply ⓘ
wasTargetOf Operation Chastise ⓘ
RAF Dambusters raid ⓘ
linked to: Operation Chastise

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Dambusters Raid sites → hasPart → Bever Dam ⓘ