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Lancaster

When somebody got the chop you used to go down to the mess and say,"here's to good old so...

When somebody got the chop you used to go down to the mess and say,
"here's to good old so and so and here's to the next one to die." And you just accepted
you weren't gonna live

Full Transcript

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When somebody got the chop
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you used to go down to the mess and say, "here's to good old so and so
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and here's to the next one to die."
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And you just accepted you weren't gonna live.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
01:21:11
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.
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
We were told that we were going to be sent - Lancaster 00:20
We were told that we were going to be sent
So we were to cross and to drop - Lancaster 00:12
So we were to cross and to drop
We took half the cliff and the gun emplacements - Lancaster 00:05
We took half the cliff and the gun emplacements
And as we turned to come home - Lancaster 00:08
And as we turned to come home
It was a sight that will never ever be seen again - Lancaster 00:10
It was a sight that will never ever be seen again
As we come across the channel - Lancaster 00:10
As we come across the channel
All the landing barges and everything was going in - Lancaster 00:14
All the landing barges and everything was going in
I reckon I could have put my wheels down - Lancaster 00:08
I reckon I could have put my wheels down
The war was not won - Lancaster 00:06
The war was not won
After four years of flying at night - Lancaster 00:07
After four years of flying at night
With the allies in control of the air - Lancaster 00:10
With the allies in control of the air
The German troops and tanks assembled at the Caen area - Lancaster 00:15
The German troops and tanks assembled at the Caen area
That pinpoint bombing was taken a step further - Lancaster 00:08
That pinpoint bombing was taken a step further
Barnes Wallis had developed two new bombs - Lancaster 00:07
Barnes Wallis had developed two new bombs