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As the rear gunner, coming out of Dresden
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As the rear gunner, coming out of Dresden all I could see was onemassive great red sky and...

As the rear gunner, coming out of Dresden all I could see was one
massive great red sky and I could see those flames
over a hundred mile away

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As the rear gunner, coming out of Dresden
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all I could see was one massive great red sky
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and I could see those flames over a hundred mile away.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
01:33:05
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.
Every single way you looked was red with flames. - Lancaster 00:06
Every single way you looked was red with flames.
As daylight broke on the returning Lancasters - Lancaster 00:08
As daylight broke on the returning Lancasters
For 450 of them, the target was again Dresden. - Lancaster 00:06
For 450 of them, the target was again Dresden.
The beauty of these aircraft in flight is in curious contrast - Lancaster 00:08
The beauty of these aircraft in flight is in curious contras...
It was a terrible destruction - Lancaster 00:09
It was a terrible destruction
Mountains of dead people - Lancaster 00:09
Mountains of dead people
Approximately 25,000 people were killed - Lancaster 00:07
Approximately 25,000 people were killed
For lads 19, 20, 21... - Lancaster 00:06
For lads 19, 20, 21...
We'd never known maturity - Lancaster 00:09
We'd never known maturity
One where we would go out - Lancaster 00:13
One where we would go out
A month after Dresden - Lancaster 00:11
A month after Dresden
Although it was later re— written, lasting damage was done - Lancaster 00:09
Although it was later re— written, lasting damage was done
I'm pretty sure politics came into this - Lancaster 00:14
I'm pretty sure politics came into this
Churchill sent to the Portal a list of targets - Lancaster 00:08
Churchill sent to the Portal a list of targets
He was more interested in politics - Lancaster 00:06
He was more interested in politics
He was afraid of the consequences, that he'd ordered this slaughter - Lancaster 00:12
He was afraid of the consequences, that he'd ordered th...
So poor old Harris was blamed - Lancaster 00:10
So poor old Harris was blamed
The war in Europe ended on May 8th, 1945. - Lancaster 00:07
The war in Europe ended on May 8th, 1945.
I still think that it was necessary. - Lancaster 00:05
I still think that it was necessary.
We lost a lot of men, we lost women and children - Lancaster 00:07
We lost a lot of men, we lost women and children