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We were about three or four minutes before main force
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Lancaster

We were about three or four minutesbefore main force and it gave us a little bit of leeway

We were about three or four minutes
before main force and it gave us a little bit of leeway

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We were about three or four minutes before main force
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and it gave us a little bit of leeway.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
01:31:54
Uploaded
Mar 27, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

The Lancaster Bomber, synonymous with the Dambusters and night raids on Nazi Germany.
We got to a point where the bomb aimer took over for the run in - Lancaster 00:09
We got to a point where the bomb aimer took over for the ru...
I can't relate to anything - Lancaster 00:12
I can't relate to anything
And it was such an inferno - Lancaster 00:09
And it was such an inferno
As the rear gunner, coming out of Dresden - Lancaster 00:12
As the rear gunner, coming out of Dresden
Every single way you looked was red with flames. - Lancaster 00:06
Every single way you looked was red with flames.
As daylight broke on the returning Lancasters - Lancaster 00:08
As daylight broke on the returning Lancasters
For 450 of them, the target was again Dresden. - Lancaster 00:06
For 450 of them, the target was again Dresden.
The beauty of these aircraft in flight is in curious contrast - Lancaster 00:08
The beauty of these aircraft in flight is in curious contras...
It was a terrible destruction - Lancaster 00:09
It was a terrible destruction
Mountains of dead people - Lancaster 00:09
Mountains of dead people
Approximately 25,000 people were killed - Lancaster 00:07
Approximately 25,000 people were killed
For lads 19, 20, 21... - Lancaster 00:06
For lads 19, 20, 21...
We'd never known maturity - Lancaster 00:09
We'd never known maturity
One where we would go out - Lancaster 00:13
One where we would go out
A month after Dresden - Lancaster 00:11
A month after Dresden
Although it was later re— written, lasting damage was done - Lancaster 00:09
Although it was later re— written, lasting damage was done
I'm pretty sure politics came into this - Lancaster 00:14
I'm pretty sure politics came into this
Churchill sent to the Portal a list of targets - Lancaster 00:08
Churchill sent to the Portal a list of targets
He was more interested in politics - Lancaster 00:06
He was more interested in politics
He was afraid of the consequences, that he'd ordered this slaughter - Lancaster 00:12
He was afraid of the consequences, that he'd ordered th...