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A motor was used to spin the weapon before it was dropped
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Lancaster

A motor was used to spinthe weapon before it was dropped which would then skipacross the...

A motor was used to spin
the weapon before it was dropped which would then skip
across the surface of the lake

Full Transcript

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A motor was used to spin the weapon before it was dropped
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which would then skip across the surface of the lake.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
00:45:22
Uploaded
Mar 27, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Movie Summary

The Lancaster Bomber, synonymous with the Dambusters and night raids on Nazi Germany.
No other bomber at that time was capable of carrying out the operation. - Lancaster 00:06
No other bomber at that time was capable of carrying out the...
For obvious reasons you've had to work without knowing your target - Lancaster 00:07
For obvious reasons you've had to work without knowing ...
The AOC was there - Lancaster 00:09
The AOC was there
You're going to attack the great dams of western Germany. - Lancaster 00:06
You're going to attack the great dams of western German...
Gibson explained that he would take off - Lancaster 00:13
Gibson explained that he would take off
Five crews were briefed for the Sorpe - Lancaster 00:06
Five crews were briefed for the Sorpe
They had no towers, so there's no sighting means of it - Lancaster 00:10
They had no towers, so there's no sighting means of it
Instead we were briefed that we had to fly along the dam - Lancaster 00:11
Instead we were briefed that we had to fly along the dam
It meant we weren't going to use any of the bombing techniques - Lancaster 00:06
It meant we weren't going to use any of the bombing tec...
As the film showed - Lancaster 00:09
As the film showed
As we crossed the coast - Lancaster 00:10
As we crossed the coast
Our pilot Joe McCarthy saw a couple of sand dunes on the coast - Lancaster 00:08
Our pilot Joe McCarthy saw a couple of sand dunes on the coa...
At zero feet, our biggest problem was the guns down there. - Lancaster 00:05
At zero feet, our biggest problem was the guns down there.
The first thing that we saw was on the side of the hill - Lancaster 00:12
The first thing that we saw was on the side of the hill
And so Joe decided to use that as a marker. - Lancaster 00:06
And so Joe decided to use that as a marker.
If I wasn't satisfied, I called, "dummy run." - Lancaster 00:10
If I wasn't satisfied, I called, "dummy run."
And after about the sixth or seventh of these - Lancaster 00:16
And after about the sixth or seventh of these
I'm sure Joe thought that the lower we got - Lancaster 00:10
I'm sure Joe thought that the lower we got
So on the tenth run, we were down to 30 feet - Lancaster 00:11
So on the tenth run, we were down to 30 feet
And he estimated that that tower of water went up to something like a thousand feet. - Lancaster 00:07
And he estimated that that tower of water went up to somethi...