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So immediately after D Day
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Lancaster

So immediately after D Day the squadron found itselfequipped with the tallboy

So immediately after D Day the squadron found itself
equipped with the tallboy

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So immediately after D Day
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the squadron found itself equipped with the tallboy.
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8 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
01:26:11
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 the first operation was on a major rail tunnel. - Lancaster 00:06
And the first operation was on a major rail tunnel.
German troops had been sent through that tunnel - Lancaster 00:10
German troops had been sent through that tunnel
So we were achieving great accuracy with our bombing. - Lancaster 00:06
So we were achieving great accuracy with our bombing.
Yet despite these achievements - Lancaster 00:18
Yet despite these achievements
My father got me into a school in Dresden - Lancaster 00:12
My father got me into a school in Dresden
Most of the war we felt safe and we were safe - Lancaster 00:08
Most of the war we felt safe and we were safe
In those days they didn't have enough fuel or whatever. - Lancaster 00:05
In those days they didn't have enough fuel or whatever.
With the Russians advancing - Lancaster 00:10
With the Russians advancing
Four cities in front of the Soviet push were selected as potential targets. - Lancaster 00:06
Four cities in front of the Soviet push were selected as pot...
Of those cities, the bed army requested that Dresden - Lancaster 00:13
Of those cities, the bed army requested that Dresden
And Dresden was full of refugees - Lancaster 00:09
And Dresden was full of refugees
They all came because, well, that was safe. - Lancaster 00:06
They all came because, well, that was safe.
The attack was planned as a deliberate effort to destroy morale - Lancaster 00:09
The attack was planned as a deliberate effort to destroy mor...
I was born in Stoke—on—Trent - Lancaster 00:13
I was born in Stoke—on—Trent
That... that did affect me at the briefing - Lancaster 00:08
That... that did affect me at the briefing
The briefing was no different - Lancaster 00:05
The briefing was no different
We were told to Mark the marshalling yards and that sort of thing - Lancaster 00:12
We were told to Mark the marshalling yards and that sort of ...
People think that we bombed a little town - Lancaster 00:07
People think that we bombed a little town
It was also a staging point for the people defending Berlin. - Lancaster 00:07
It was also a staging point for the people defending Berlin.
One thousand six hundred heavy bombers - Lancaster 00:09
One thousand six hundred heavy bombers