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Lancaster

If I wasn't satisfied, Icalled, "dummy run." If he wasn't satisfied, he just pulled...

If I wasn't satisfied, I
called, "dummy run." If he wasn't satisfied, he just pulled away
before we hit the hills on the opposite side

Full Transcript

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If I wasn't satisfied, I called, "dummy run."
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If he wasn't satisfied, he just pulled away before we hit the hills on the opposite side.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:49:13
Uploaded
Mar 27, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Movie Summary

The Lancaster Bomber, synonymous with the Dambusters and night raids on Nazi Germany.
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...
And the chief said, "I think you better go back to bed, girls. - Lancaster 00:06
And the chief said, "I think you better go back to bed,...
But that was, of course, was the loss side. - Lancaster 00:06
But that was, of course, was the loss side.
There was a gain side which was more important. - Lancaster 00:05
There was a gain side which was more important.
We all thought what a magnificent effort - Lancaster 00:07
We all thought what a magnificent effort
Er, these chaps going in over water - Lancaster 00:11
Er, these chaps going in over water
Just spellbound by it - Lancaster 00:10
Just spellbound by it
Whatever it achieved was to our advantage. - Lancaster 00:06
Whatever it achieved was to our advantage.
It proved to Hitler and the German hierarchy - Lancaster 00:12
It proved to Hitler and the German hierarchy
When people saw this and read about it - Lancaster 00:25
When people saw this and read about it
It raised the thought, "we're winning something. - Lancaster 00:05
It raised the thought, "we're winning something.