Well, we shan't be popular with the other squadron commanders if we start squeezing chaps...
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[Whitworth is helping Gibson select pilots for the new squadron] Group Capt. Whitworth:
I'd go for these two Australians if I were you; Les Knight and Micky Martin. Martin knows pretty well all there is to know about low flying. Gibson:
Yes, I met him when he was collecting his DFC. I know this New Zealander, Les Munro, I'd like to have him. Oh and Joe McCarthy, he's great. Group Capt. Whitworth:
[laughs]
Oh, the American. The Glorious Blonde. He used to be a Coney Island beachguard. We mustn't forget the English. [leads Gibson to another personnel book of pilots] Group Capt. Whitworth:
Here's Bill Astell. Oh yes, David Maltby. [skips over one pilot] Group Capt. Whitworth:
Oh, uh, he's just started another tour. Gibson:
[points to a picture in the book]
And Hoppy Hopgood from my old squadron. I'd like to have Dave Shannon and Burpee from there too. Group Capt. Whitworth:
Well, we shan't be popular with the other squadron commanders if we start squeezing chaps like these from them
I'd go for these two Australians if I were you; Les Knight and Micky Martin. Martin knows pretty well all there is to know about low flying. Gibson:
Yes, I met him when he was collecting his DFC. I know this New Zealander, Les Munro, I'd like to have him. Oh and Joe McCarthy, he's great. Group Capt. Whitworth:
[laughs]
Oh, the American. The Glorious Blonde. He used to be a Coney Island beachguard. We mustn't forget the English. [leads Gibson to another personnel book of pilots] Group Capt. Whitworth:
Here's Bill Astell. Oh yes, David Maltby. [skips over one pilot] Group Capt. Whitworth:
Oh, uh, he's just started another tour. Gibson:
[points to a picture in the book]
And Hoppy Hopgood from my old squadron. I'd like to have Dave Shannon and Burpee from there too. Group Capt. Whitworth:
Well, we shan't be popular with the other squadron commanders if we start squeezing chaps like these from them
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I'd go for these Australians if I were you Les Knight and Mickey Martin
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Martin knows all there is to know about low flying
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Yes I met him when he was collecting a DFC
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I know this New Zealander Les Munro I'd like to have him
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And Joe McCarthy he's great Oh the American The Glorious Blonde
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He used to be a Coney Island beach guard
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We mustn't forget the English
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Here is Bill Astell
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Oh yes and David Maltby
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No he's just started another tour
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And Hoppy Hopgood from my old squadron
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I'd like to have Dave Shannon and Burpee from there too
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We shan't be popular with the other squadron commanders
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if we start squeezing chaps like these from them
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Movie Summary
The story of how the British attacked German dams in World War II by using an ingenious technique to drop bombs where they would be most effective.
