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They used to have a little kittyin between them and the one who guessed most accuratelythe...

They used to have a little kitty
in between them and the one who guessed most accurately
the number of aircraft shot down got the kitty

Full Transcript

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They used to have a little kitty in between them
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and the one who guessed most accurately the number of aircraft shot down
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got the kitty.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
01:19:16
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.
And curly, cos he was looking out all the time, said "ooh, 60 to 100". - Lancaster 00:07
And curly, cos he was looking out all the time, said "o...
And he won the kitty that night - Lancaster 00:08
And he won the kitty that night
That's 672 empty chairs at breakfast. - Lancaster 00:08
That's 672 empty chairs at breakfast.
Empty chairs at empty tables. - Lancaster 00:05
Empty chairs at empty tables.
That's where John used to sit, that's where Harry used to sit. - Lancaster 00:06
That's where John used to sit, that's where Harry ...
Bomber command lost more aircrew on that one night - Lancaster 00:10
Bomber command lost more aircrew on that one night
At night you could see other aircraft - Lancaster 00:08
At night you could see other aircraft
We all saw them and our attitude was "it's not our turn tonight". - Lancaster 00:06
We all saw them and our attitude was "it's not our...
You know, you sympathise, you're sorry to see them go - Lancaster 00:08
You know, you sympathise, you're sorry to see them go
We never thought that anything was going to happen to us. - Lancaster 00:07
We never thought that anything was going to happen to us.
I mean, the odds were staring you in the face. - Lancaster 00:07
I mean, the odds were staring you in the face.
In the mess, if anybody disappeared - Lancaster 00:09
In the mess, if anybody disappeared
Tom's gone. "Hard luck!" - Lancaster 00:06
Tom's gone. "Hard luck!"
When somebody got the chop - Lancaster 00:12
When somebody got the chop
One accepts certain things in a war - Lancaster 00:06
One accepts certain things in a war
Very... um, moving. - Lancaster 00:06
Very... um, moving.
According to bomber command's official history - Lancaster 00:07
According to bomber command's official history
It was a defeat - Lancaster 00:12
It was a defeat
In the spring of 1944 - Lancaster 00:14
In the spring of 1944
The German gunners - Lancaster 00:18
The German gunners