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It was a long way, four hours to Berlin
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Lancaster

It was a long way, four hours to Berlin and then you had to get four hours back

It was a long way, four hours to Berlin and then you had to get four hours back

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It was a long way, four hours to Berlin
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and then you had to get four hours back.
Duration
8 seconds
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23
Timestamp in Movie
01:10:00
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.
At the back of your mind you were thinking - Lancaster 00:12
At the back of your mind you were thinking
Our bombing techniques improved - Lancaster 00:08
Our bombing techniques improved
I'm just glancing back now, I can see our mid upper gunner - Lancaster 00:11
I'm just glancing back now, I can see our mid upper gun...
You put full aileron on - Lancaster 00:07
You put full aileron on
When you get to the bottom - Lancaster 00:08
When you get to the bottom
You dived down and climbed up and you're flying this corkscrew pattern. - Lancaster 00:06
You dived down and climbed up and you're flying this co...
A furious angle, up comes our starboard wing. - Lancaster 00:05
A furious angle, up comes our starboard wing.
And then you repeat the operation by which time either you're dead - Lancaster 00:07
And then you repeat the operation by which time either you&#...
First thing we can see now is a stream of red sparks. - Lancaster 00:06
First thing we can see now is a stream of red sparks.
Away to the starboard, tracer from night fighters. - Lancaster 00:05
Away to the starboard, tracer from night fighters.
I saw a tracer and I'm like "where is the so and so?" - Lancaster 00:11
I saw a tracer and I'm like "where is the so and s...
And then I saw licks of flames coming off his wings. - Lancaster 00:05
And then I saw licks of flames coming off his wings.
And I thought to myself then, "I hope my bullets have killed them" - Lancaster 00:08
And I thought to myself then, "I hope my bullets have k...
We did four trips on Berlin altogether. - Lancaster 00:05
We did four trips on Berlin altogether.
I think I made seven raids on Berlin. - Lancaster 00:06
I think I made seven raids on Berlin.
So we knew the way, we knew what it was gonna be like. - Lancaster 00:07
So we knew the way, we knew what it was gonna be like.
You felt yourself going, you went down like a sack of bricks. - Lancaster 00:06
You felt yourself going, you went down like a sack of bricks...
And as you were going down - Lancaster 00:08
And as you were going down
What I thought was sparks were in fact tracer shells from an ME 110 - Lancaster 00:10
What I thought was sparks were in fact tracer shells from an...
So I went to the nose of the aircraft and well, dreadful sight. - Lancaster 00:05
So I went to the nose of the aircraft and well, dreadful sig...