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And as you were going down
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Lancaster

And as you were going down you saw sparks going above the cockpit

And as you were going down you saw sparks going above the cockpit

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And as you were going down
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you saw sparks going above the cockpit.
Duration
8 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
01:13:28
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.
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
However, the final trip was not to Berlin - Lancaster 00:10
However, the final trip was not to Berlin
The weather forecast was - Lancaster 00:18
The weather forecast was
The Germans had sent 240 night fighters - Lancaster 00:07
The Germans had sent 240 night fighters
We saw them flashing past - Lancaster 00:10
We saw them flashing past
We saw over 40 aircraft, separate aircraft - Lancaster 00:08
We saw over 40 aircraft, separate aircraft