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Lancaster

I didn't know it at the time but I was joining the best crewin the air force

I didn't know it at the time but I was joining the best crew
in the air force

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I didn't know it at the time
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but I was joining the best crew in the air force.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:40
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.
That was the great part of it because after all - Lancaster 00:08
That was the great part of it because after all
In June 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union. - Lancaster 00:07
In June 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union.
With the Red Army overwhelmed - Lancaster 00:08
With the Red Army overwhelmed
We have offered to the government of Soviet Russia - Lancaster 00:09
We have offered to the government of Soviet Russia
Churchill knew there was only one way - Lancaster 00:07
Churchill knew there was only one way
We shall bomb Germany by day as well as by night - Lancaster 00:15
We shall bomb Germany by day as well as by night
A few weeks later - Lancaster 00:08
A few weeks later
It was a prototype of Avro's Lancaster. - Lancaster 00:05
It was a prototype of Avro's Lancaster.
Finally he had the means to take the fight to the enemy. - Lancaster 00:06
Finally he had the means to take the fight to the enemy.
From now henceforward, the main expansion of our air force - Lancaster 00:12
From now henceforward, the main expansion of our air force
In February 1942 - Lancaster 00:09
In February 1942
His intention was to show the world what strategic bombing could achieve. - Lancaster 00:07
His intention was to show the world what strategic bombing c...
The Nazis entered this war - Lancaster 00:11
The Nazis entered this war
At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw and half a hundred other places - Lancaster 00:12
At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw and half a hundred other places
They sowed the wind and now they are going to reap the whirlwind. - Lancaster 00:07
They sowed the wind and now they are going to reap the whirl...
That whirlwind was to be unleashed - Lancaster 00:09
That whirlwind was to be unleashed
I was posted down to RAF Wyton - Lancaster 00:06
I was posted down to RAF Wyton
And I remember I went to bed - Lancaster 00:11
And I remember I went to bed
And they'd all been flown in overnight - Lancaster 00:08
And they'd all been flown in overnight
When we went to Lancs, the impression was how cramped it was. - Lancaster 00:07
When we went to Lancs, the impression was how cramped it wa...