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Now, a night fighter was guided by a ground radar operator
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Now, a night fighter was guidedby a ground radar operator

Now, a night fighter was guided
by a ground radar operator

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Now, a night fighter was guided by a ground radar operator.
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7 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:55:03
Uploaded
Mar 27, 2025
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documentary
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Movie Summary

The Lancaster Bomber, synonymous with the Dambusters and night raids on Nazi Germany.
And once he picked up your blip, he would then guide the aircraft on to you. - Lancaster 00:07
And once he picked up your blip, he would then guide the air...
That's how most aircraft got shot down - Lancaster 00:06
That's how most aircraft got shot down
But British scientists came up with a deceptively simple device - Lancaster 00:08
But British scientists came up with a deceptively simple dev...
Window was a strip of metallic paper - Lancaster 00:16
Window was a strip of metallic paper
The German defences were poleaxed in a way - Lancaster 00:09
The German defences were poleaxed in a way
In July 1943, using window for the first time - Lancaster 00:10
In July 1943, using window for the first time
With the defences blinded - Lancaster 00:10
With the defences blinded
We went to Hamburg to bomb that place. - Lancaster 00:06
We went to Hamburg to bomb that place.
After the first night, place was still burning. - Lancaster 00:07
After the first night, place was still burning.
On the second night - Lancaster 00:13
On the second night
The second night, I remember asking my navigator - Lancaster 00:09
The second night, I remember asking my navigator
He didn't like to see towns burning, and yet that's what our task was. - Lancaster 00:07
He didn't like to see towns burning, and yet that'...
The whole city on fire, and it's quite an alarming sight. - Lancaster 00:07
The whole city on fire, and it's quite an alarming sigh...
And the bomb aimer has the best view of them all as you can imagine - Lancaster 00:08
And the bomb aimer has the best view of them all as you can ...
The firestorm was started on the submarine pens - Lancaster 00:12
The firestorm was started on the submarine pens
I was sorry that we had to do so much damage to it. - Lancaster 00:05
I was sorry that we had to do so much damage to it.
Bombers of the Eighth United States Air Force - Lancaster 00:11
Bombers of the Eighth United States Air Force
America had come into the conflict in December 1941 - Lancaster 00:09
America had come into the conflict in December 1941
The daylight raid on Hamburg - Lancaster 00:07
The daylight raid on Hamburg
In broad daylight, mighty squadrons roar across the North Sea. - Lancaster 00:06
In broad daylight, mighty squadrons roar across the North Se...