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Lancaster

Now, with sufficient aircraft and aircrews bomber command could raise its game

Now, with sufficient aircraft and aircrews bomber command could raise its game

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Now, with sufficient aircraft and aircrews
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bomber command could raise its game.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:28:44
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.
In May 1942 - Lancaster 00:09
In May 1942
I think Harris wanted to draw attention - Lancaster 00:11
I think Harris wanted to draw attention
Amongst those bombers were Stirlings, Halifaxes - Lancaster 00:12
Amongst those bombers were Stirlings, Halifaxes
The thousand bomber raid was a major success. - Lancaster 00:05
The thousand bomber raid was a major success.
Churchill wrote to Harris - Lancaster 00:18
Churchill wrote to Harris
The new strategy was called area bombing. - Lancaster 00:06
The new strategy was called area bombing.
Cities themselves rather than the factories in them became the targets. - Lancaster 00:06
Cities themselves rather than the factories in them became t...
Night after night, orders were issued for their destruction. - Lancaster 00:06
Night after night, orders were issued for their destruction.
Telephonists, messengers, teleprint operators - Lancaster 00:08
Telephonists, messengers, teleprint operators
From command headquarters to group headquarters - Lancaster 00:06
From command headquarters to group headquarters
Obviously we knew when ops were on - Lancaster 00:07
Obviously we knew when ops were on
We were connected to headquarters, to bomber command - Lancaster 00:13
We were connected to headquarters, to bomber command
So we got ready for our first operation. - Lancaster 00:05
So we got ready for our first operation.
Nobody can actually tell you what it's like to go on ops. - Lancaster 00:07
Nobody can actually tell you what it's like to go on op...
I began to feel, "well, this is the real thing now" - Lancaster 00:08
I began to feel, "well, this is the real thing now"...
"Crews number so and so, so, so, so, so, report to the briefing room." - Lancaster 00:07
"Crews number so and so, so, so, so, so, report to the ...
You were always wondering - Lancaster 00:07
You were always wondering
We walked in and there is a curtain drawn across the backboard. - Lancaster 00:07
We walked in and there is a curtain drawn across the backboa...
And then in walked the co - Lancaster 00:18
And then in walked the co
Then the commanding officer would pull back a curtain - Lancaster 00:18
Then the commanding officer would pull back a curtain