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Having proved the concept Wallis had to work outhow to get the weapon on target

Having proved the concept Wallis had to work out
how to get the weapon on target

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Having proved the concept
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Wallis had to work out how to get the weapon on target.
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7 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:45:03
Uploaded
Mar 27, 2025
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documentary
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Movie Summary

The Lancaster Bomber, synonymous with the Dambusters and night raids on Nazi Germany.
The Lancaster was adapted to carry the four—ton bomb. - Lancaster 00:05
The Lancaster was adapted to carry the four—ton bomb.
To fly at precisely 60 feet - Lancaster 00:08
To fly at precisely 60 feet
A motor was used to spin the weapon before it was dropped - Lancaster 00:08
A motor was used to spin the weapon before it was dropped
No other bomber at that time was capable of carrying out the operation. - Lancaster 00:06
No other bomber at that time was capable of carrying out the...
For obvious reasons you've had to work without knowing your target - Lancaster 00:07
For obvious reasons you've had to work without knowing ...
The AOC was there - Lancaster 00:09
The AOC was there
You're going to attack the great dams of western Germany. - Lancaster 00:06
You're going to attack the great dams of western German...
Gibson explained that he would take off - Lancaster 00:13
Gibson explained that he would take off
Five crews were briefed for the Sorpe - Lancaster 00:06
Five crews were briefed for the Sorpe
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