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Lancaster

I'm sure Joe thought that the lower we got the easier it would beto estimate the dropping...

I'm sure Joe thought that the lower we got the easier it would be
to estimate the dropping point

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I'm sure Joe thought that the lower we got
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the easier it would be to estimate the dropping point.
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10 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:49:53
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Mar 27, 2025
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The Lancaster Bomber, synonymous with the Dambusters and night raids on Nazi Germany.
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.
Is this a turning point in the war?" - Lancaster 00:07
Is this a turning point in the war?"
The dams raid caused great destruction - Lancaster 00:09
The dams raid caused great destruction