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And I thought to myself then,
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Lancaster

And I thought to myself then,"I hope my bullets have killed them" cos there's nothing...

And I thought to myself then,
"I hope my bullets have killed them" cos there's nothing worse
than to die by fire

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And I thought to myself then, "I hope my bullets have killed them"
00:00:04.337 --> 00:00:07.215
cos there's nothing worse than to die by fire.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
01:12:08
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.
We did four trips on Berlin altogether. - Lancaster 00:05
We did four trips on Berlin altogether.
I think I made seven raids on Berlin. - Lancaster 00:06
I think I made seven raids on Berlin.
So we knew the way, we knew what it was gonna be like. - Lancaster 00:07
So we knew the way, we knew what it was gonna be like.
You felt yourself going, you went down like a sack of bricks. - Lancaster 00:06
You felt yourself going, you went down like a sack of bricks...
And as you were going down - Lancaster 00:08
And as you were going down
What I thought was sparks were in fact tracer shells from an ME 110 - Lancaster 00:10
What I thought was sparks were in fact tracer shells from an...
So I went to the nose of the aircraft and well, dreadful sight. - Lancaster 00:05
So I went to the nose of the aircraft and well, dreadful sig...
And then the wireless op, he died on the way back in fact. - Lancaster 00:05
And then the wireless op, he died on the way back in fact.
For some unaccountable reason - Lancaster 00:11
For some unaccountable reason
Couldn't raise the bomb doors, couldn't lower the under carriage - Lancaster 00:06
Couldn't raise the bomb doors, couldn't lower the ...
And we descended quite rapidly until we reached the coast. - Lancaster 00:06
And we descended quite rapidly until we reached the coast.
Our first sight of England - Lancaster 00:09
Our first sight of England
We all here heed a heartfelt sigh of relief. - Lancaster 00:06
We all here heed a heartfelt sigh of relief.
We landed, I was the first one out - Lancaster 00:09
We landed, I was the first one out
Well, I used to ring him every day - Lancaster 00:10
Well, I used to ring him every day
And this particular day, I didn't get to the phone in time - Lancaster 00:09
And this particular day, I didn't get to the phone in t...
And next morning, I knew the moment I walked in that he hadn't come back. - Lancaster 00:07
And next morning, I knew the moment I walked in that he hadn...
And I was so, so, so devastated I wasn't able to say - Lancaster 00:13
And I was so, so, so devastated I wasn't able to say
The battle of Berlin was in its final phase - Lancaster 00:10
The battle of Berlin was in its final phase
RAF losses continued to mount, yet in March 1944 - Lancaster 00:14
RAF losses continued to mount, yet in March 1944