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Five crews were briefed for the Sorpe
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Five crews were briefed for the Sorpe and that had to be different

Five crews were briefed for the Sorpe and that had to be different

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Five crews were briefed for the Sorpe
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and that had to be different.
Duration
6 seconds
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31
Timestamp in Movie
00:46:58
Uploaded
Mar 27, 2025
Genres
documentary
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The Lancaster Bomber, synonymous with the Dambusters and night raids on Nazi Germany.
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...
We had crumbled the top of the dam for a distance of about ten yards. - Lancaster 00:07
We had crumbled the top of the dam for a distance of about t...
So then we set course for home - Lancaster 00:07
So then we set course for home
It was just like an inland sea and it was still coming out of that dam - Lancaster 00:11
It was just like an inland sea and it was still coming out o...
Fifty—three aircrew killed and three taken prisoner. - Lancaster 00:06
Fifty—three aircrew killed and three taken prisoner.
What a devastating result for one squadron on one night's operation. - Lancaster 00:08
What a devastating result for one squadron on one night'...
I went back to the mess where the waitresses, some of them were crying - Lancaster 00:14
I went back to the mess where the waitresses, some of them w...