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At the back of your mind you were thinking
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Lancaster

At the back of your mind you were thinking "well, Berlin is gonna bevery heavily defended"...

At the back of your mind you were thinking "well, Berlin is gonna be
very heavily defended" so you were a bit apprehensive
as to what you might expect

Full Transcript

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At the back of your mind you were thinking
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"well, Berlin is gonna be very heavily defended"
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so you were a bit apprehensive as to what you might expect.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
01:10:07
Uploaded
Mar 27, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
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Movie Summary

The Lancaster Bomber, synonymous with the Dambusters and night raids on Nazi Germany.
Our bombing techniques improved - Lancaster 00:08
Our bombing techniques improved
I'm just glancing back now, I can see our mid upper gunner - Lancaster 00:11
I'm just glancing back now, I can see our mid upper gun...
You put full aileron on - Lancaster 00:07
You put full aileron on
When you get to the bottom - Lancaster 00:08
When you get to the bottom
You dived down and climbed up and you're flying this corkscrew pattern. - Lancaster 00:06
You dived down and climbed up and you're flying this co...
A furious angle, up comes our starboard wing. - Lancaster 00:05
A furious angle, up comes our starboard wing.
And then you repeat the operation by which time either you're dead - Lancaster 00:07
And then you repeat the operation by which time either you&#...
First thing we can see now is a stream of red sparks. - Lancaster 00:06
First thing we can see now is a stream of red sparks.
Away to the starboard, tracer from night fighters. - Lancaster 00:05
Away to the starboard, tracer from night fighters.
I saw a tracer and I'm like "where is the so and so?" - Lancaster 00:11
I saw a tracer and I'm like "where is the so and s...
And then I saw licks of flames coming off his wings. - Lancaster 00:05
And then I saw licks of flames coming off his wings.
And I thought to myself then, "I hope my bullets have killed them" - Lancaster 00:08
And I thought to myself then, "I hope my bullets have k...
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.