print since then, selling over one million in its first 50 years. It was first released as a paperback by Pan in 1954. To coincide with the release of the film version it was serialized in the London Evening News. A simplified version for children was issued in 1958 and in 1972 a version for teenage boys with reading difficulties was issued. Richard Todd narrated an audio version of the book in 1982. In other media In 1954 a film The Dam Busters was made based on both Gibson's Enemy Coast Ahead (1946) and on Brickhill's book. Named after the latter, the movie starred Richard Todd as Gibson and Michael Redgrave as Barnes Wallis. In 1954, Australasian Radio produced a radio dramatisation of the book in 26 half-hour episodes. Notes References External links Australasian Radio dramatisation. 1951 non-fiction books History books about World War II Australian non-fiction books Aviation books