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Lancaster

So the first thing you think about is "how do I find a pilot who is goingto get me through...

So the first thing you think about is "how do I find a pilot who is going
to get me through the war?" You had to think a bit about this because
you realise "I'm stuck with these guys"

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So the first thing you think about is
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"how do I find a pilot who is going to get me through the war?"
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You had to think a bit about this because you realise "I'm stuck with these guys".
Duration
12 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:18:52
Uploaded
Mar 27, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
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Movie Summary

The Lancaster Bomber, synonymous with the Dambusters and night raids on Nazi Germany.
You would think, "gosh, I don't fancy him as a pilot!" - Lancaster 00:11
You would think, "gosh, I don't fancy him as a pil...
You'd go around saying, "I'm short of a navigator - Lancaster 00:14
You'd go around saying, "I'm short of a navig...
If I'd handpicked the best, I couldn't have done better - Lancaster 00:08
If I'd handpicked the best, I couldn't have done b...
It was like a dating agency in a way. - Lancaster 00:05
It was like a dating agency in a way.
I didn't know it at the time - Lancaster 00:06
I didn't know it at the time
That was the great part of it because after all - Lancaster 00:08
That was the great part of it because after all
In June 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union. - Lancaster 00:07
In June 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union.
With the Red Army overwhelmed - Lancaster 00:08
With the Red Army overwhelmed
We have offered to the government of Soviet Russia - Lancaster 00:09
We have offered to the government of Soviet Russia
Churchill knew there was only one way - Lancaster 00:07
Churchill knew there was only one way
We shall bomb Germany by day as well as by night - Lancaster 00:15
We shall bomb Germany by day as well as by night
A few weeks later - Lancaster 00:08
A few weeks later
It was a prototype of Avro's Lancaster. - Lancaster 00:05
It was a prototype of Avro's Lancaster.
Finally he had the means to take the fight to the enemy. - Lancaster 00:06
Finally he had the means to take the fight to the enemy.
From now henceforward, the main expansion of our air force - Lancaster 00:12
From now henceforward, the main expansion of our air force
In February 1942 - Lancaster 00:09
In February 1942
His intention was to show the world what strategic bombing could achieve. - Lancaster 00:07
His intention was to show the world what strategic bombing c...
The Nazis entered this war - Lancaster 00:11
The Nazis entered this war
At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw and half a hundred other places - Lancaster 00:12
At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw and half a hundred other places
They sowed the wind and now they are going to reap the whirlwind. - Lancaster 00:07
They sowed the wind and now they are going to reap the whirl...