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The most effective of these defences was the Luftwaffe's night fighter force

The most effective of these defences was the Luftwaffe's night fighter force

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The most effective of these defences
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was the Luftwaffe's night fighter force.
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7 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:54:39
Uploaded
Mar 27, 2025
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documentary
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The Lancaster Bomber, synonymous with the Dambusters and night raids on Nazi Germany.
Flying heavily armed, twin—engined aircraft - Lancaster 00:14
Flying heavily armed, twin—engined aircraft
Now, a night fighter was guided by a ground radar operator. - Lancaster 00:07
Now, a night fighter was guided by a ground radar operator.
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