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Lancaster

I can remember one night my father and I hadto go down the fire escape because the bombers...

I can remember one night my father and I had
to go down the fire escape because the bombers were so close
and I trod on a huge piece of human flesh

Full Transcript

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I can remember one night
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my father and I had to go down the fire escape
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because the bombers were so close and I trod on a huge piece of human flesh.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:40
Uploaded
Mar 27, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

The Lancaster Bomber, synonymous with the Dambusters and night raids on Nazi Germany.
And that was my... I suppose my induction to war. - Lancaster 00:05
And that was my... I suppose my induction to war.
For eight months, the bombs fell. - Lancaster 00:05
For eight months, the bombs fell.
London, Liverpool, Birmingham, Glasgow and most notoriously, Coventry - Lancaster 00:10
London, Liverpool, Birmingham, Glasgow and most notoriously,...
In all, 43,000 people were killed - Lancaster 00:05
In all, 43,000 people were killed
I thought, "well, if that's the game we're in - Lancaster 00:11
I thought, "well, if that's the game we're i...
I wanted... always wanted to fly - Lancaster 00:11
I wanted... always wanted to fly
And I kept nagging my father - Lancaster 00:06
And I kept nagging my father
Well, I wanted to be a plotter, one of Churchill's girls. - Lancaster 00:06
Well, I wanted to be a plotter, one of Churchill's girl...
Pilots training took anything up to a year - Lancaster 00:09
Pilots training took anything up to a year
I thought, "hell, I don't want to miss the war" - Lancaster 00:06
I thought, "hell, I don't want to miss the war&quo...
I think one of the factors is everyone was relatively young. - Lancaster 00:05
I think one of the factors is everyone was relatively young.
And of course, when you're young, you want to really have a go at 'em - Lancaster 00:08
And of course, when you're young, you want to really ha...
I was the 39th man to join the Royal Air Force in Jamaica. - Lancaster 00:06
I was the 39th man to join the Royal Air Force in Jamaica.
We were shipped out - Lancaster 00:16
We were shipped out
RAF fighter command had saved the country in its hour of need - Lancaster 00:14
RAF fighter command had saved the country in its hour of nee...
There was no equivalent of the Spitfire in the RAF's bomber squadrons. - Lancaster 00:07
There was no equivalent of the Spitfire in the RAF's bo...
Those aircraft they did have were slow and mostly out of date. - Lancaster 00:07
Those aircraft they did have were slow and mostly out of dat...
It had Bristol Pegasus 18 engines and they were not powerful enough. - Lancaster 00:07
It had Bristol Pegasus 18 engines and they were not powerful...
So the result was that if you lost an engine - Lancaster 00:08
So the result was that if you lost an engine
Flying at night with no radar, weather conditions as they were - Lancaster 00:13
Flying at night with no radar, weather conditions as they we...