Lathe that made the bouncing bomb!

Here's the article relating to this, Sound Leisure referred to in it is where I work :-)

IT WAS arguably the most daring mission in RAF history, striking at the industrial heartland of Nazi Germany in a major boost to British morale during the Second World War.


But the Dambusters raid was possible thanks in part to a Yorkshire firm which helped to develop the famous bouncing bomb that destroyed three critical dams in the munitions-producing Ruhr region.

Today, exactly 70 years on from the strike, the lathe used by Leeds firm Dawson's Pattern Works to make prototypes for the weapon is still going strong.

The machine tool is now used to make components for jukeboxes after the family firm was bought by manufacturer Sound Leisure, of Cross Gates, Leeds, in 2011.

Managing director Chris Black said: "Every machine we send out has an extra history involved with it and we all feel quite proud to own this lathe now and actually be using it every day.

"There are not many people in the world that can say they've got such a piece of history within their own business and this is just a lovely story to tell people when they come in and look at the machines we sell."