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RAF fighter commandhad saved the country in its hour of need but in 1941, bomber...

RAF fighter command
had saved the country in its hour of need but in 1941, bomber command
was not yet equipped to play its part

Full Transcript

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RAF fighter command had saved the country in its hour of need
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but in 1941, bomber command was not yet equipped to play its part.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:13
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.
There was no equivalent of the Spitfire in the RAF's bomber squadrons. - Lancaster 00:07
There was no equivalent of the Spitfire in the RAF's bo...
Those aircraft they did have were slow and mostly out of date. - Lancaster 00:07
Those aircraft they did have were slow and mostly out of dat...
It had Bristol Pegasus 18 engines and they were not powerful enough. - Lancaster 00:07
It had Bristol Pegasus 18 engines and they were not powerful...
So the result was that if you lost an engine - Lancaster 00:08
So the result was that if you lost an engine
Flying at night with no radar, weather conditions as they were - Lancaster 00:13
Flying at night with no radar, weather conditions as they we...
Hello Mac, where are we now? As though you're likely to know. - Lancaster 00:05
Hello Mac, where are we now? As though you're likely to...
I'm not surprised at all that a lot of the bombs were way off target. - Lancaster 00:07
I'm not surprised at all that a lot of the bombs were w...
In 1941, if you bombed a target and got within five miles of it - Lancaster 00:08
In 1941, if you bombed a target and got within five miles of...
And all the time the German defences were getting stronger. - Lancaster 00:06
And all the time the German defences were getting stronger.
We went into this knowing that there was going to be losses - Lancaster 00:12
We went into this knowing that there was going to be losses
We were caught in a cone of search lights, about 15 lights - Lancaster 00:09
We were caught in a cone of search lights, about 15 lights
Suddenly the navigator said - Lancaster 00:10
Suddenly the navigator said
Once I landed - Lancaster 00:21
Once I landed
And we were regaled with cognac and coffee. - Lancaster 00:06
And we were regaled with cognac and coffee.
And I remember one guy saying - Lancaster 00:16
And I remember one guy saying
David Fraser's captors did not have to wait too long. - Lancaster 00:05
David Fraser's captors did not have to wait too long.
In the works were new aircraft that could take the blitz back to Berlin. - Lancaster 00:07
In the works were new aircraft that could take the blitz bac...
I suppose, really, it's ironical that, er... - Lancaster 00:05
I suppose, really, it's ironical that, er...
How the Lanc was developed almost accidentally. - Lancaster 00:07
How the Lanc was developed almost accidentally.
Two of these new bombers, the Stirling and Halifax - Lancaster 00:09
Two of these new bombers, the Stirling and Halifax