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Lancaster

245 RAF aircrew were killed along with approximately700 people on the ground but the raid...

245 RAF aircrew were killed along with approximately
700 people on the ground but the raid delayed development
of the rockets by many months

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245 RAF aircrew were killed
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along with approximately 700 people on the ground
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but the raid delayed development of the rockets by many months.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
01:04:24
Uploaded
Mar 27, 2025
Genres
documentary
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The Lancaster Bomber, synonymous with the Dambusters and night raids on Nazi Germany.
It was enough to ensure that the V weapons would not be the war winner - Lancaster 00:07
It was enough to ensure that the V weapons would not be the ...
We were quite proud to think that we'd taken part in that - Lancaster 00:15
We were quite proud to think that we'd taken part in th...
Well, we thought that that would be it - Lancaster 00:08
Well, we thought that that would be it
That that would... that would be... That would be the chop. - Lancaster 00:05
That that would... that would be... That would be the chop.
The most atmospheric place you can ever be - Lancaster 00:07
The most atmospheric place you can ever be
If there's been a stand down for two days, there's a station dance - Lancaster 00:10
If there's been a stand down for two days, there's...
They used to use the hangars, they'd push the aeroplanes back - Lancaster 00:09
They used to use the hangars, they'd push the aeroplan...
We laughed and joked with each other - Lancaster 00:06
We laughed and joked with each other
Some were a bit naughty and... you know. - Lancaster 00:06
Some were a bit naughty and... you know.
Just to hold hands or hug a boy was magic. - Lancaster 00:06
Just to hold hands or hug a boy was magic.
You never knew the guy that you were drinking with - Lancaster 00:06
You never knew the guy that you were drinking with
You didn't sit in the mess and dwell - Lancaster 00:06
You didn't sit in the mess and dwell
And the girls were so affectionate and so lovely. - Lancaster 00:05
And the girls were so affectionate and so lovely.
One of my friends said, "thank God for sex, it's kept me sane". - Lancaster 00:05
One of my friends said, "thank God for sex, it's k...
Well, I met this young man - Lancaster 00:08
Well, I met this young man
And he asked me to dance - Lancaster 00:09
And he asked me to dance
We used to meet whenever he wasn't on ops - Lancaster 00:07
We used to meet whenever he wasn't on ops
And yet we never spoke about what he did. - Lancaster 00:06
And yet we never spoke about what he did.
It's our turn to go now as we start to slowly gather speed - Lancaster 00:09
It's our turn to go now as we start to slowly gather sp...
For eight months from August 1943 - Lancaster 00:11
For eight months from August 1943