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I bet it was so scary to be in a bomber in combat! All those boys had to have nerves of steel, I always imagined tail gunners or ball gunners had a death wish or just no fear but was one of the most important jobs on a plane for defense!

The Nazis wouldn't have won WW2. The Ford plant at Fairmile was spitting out a B-24 bomber every hour; they didn't stand a chance.
I had a friend who was a tail gunner in a Lancaster. He said "The oldest guy in the plane was the pilot, he was 21, we all called him Pops."

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I'm not paying for an illegal immigrants taxi service.

Been a fervent reader of WW2 air war since a kid. Had actually read both vol. of the History of the RAF in WW2 before I had left junior school in 1951 .
The failure to find targets at night before navigational aids is fair criticism , less justified is the perpetual reference to Dresden. The death toll at Hamburg was far higher .
Never mentioned with Dresden is after the RAF's night raid , its was the turn of the 8th AF. According to some accounts the smoke plume from the city rose 25000 ft into the upper air. Bearing that in mind explain how could the American B-17's fail to find Dresden and bomb Prague by mistake 75 miles further south. Eh !

My grandfather was a pilot and squadron leader flying Lancaster bombers, dfc, dso. Jack Wright. Nz

The Lancaster can go farther faster higher with much more bomb tonnage than the modern B52....

Heroes.

What a stunning plane

My grandfather was a navigator in g for george,the bomber in the Canberra war museum,got his diary he wrote about his time flying and being a pow,different breed those blokes

May 2023 👍🇨🇦

I was looking for this documentary to rewatch it after seeing it on television. This version seems to have a lot of shortened and missing clips. Does anyone know where I might find the full documentary?

The plane that was designed to commit war crimes against innocent civilians and city centers.

To ALL in 'Bomber Command' (especially aircrew) during WW2 I've got two simple words for you......THANK YOU

Thank god🙏 the evil germans were crushed.

Great documentary !!! Many thanks !!!!

Respect for the people who has their parents shown famous, very cool 👍

As a Yank--------and one who was fortunate to spend a few precious days in England, I say " Thank-you " to the men who flew The Lancaster's in WW2. The courage of those men is what keeps us free today. Like my Father , who fought on Guadalcanal, they truly were, " The Greatest Generation " .---------MJL, 76 y/o

In memory of 20 yr old PO AE “Bert” West RCAF, of Vancouver BC, rear gunner on a Lanc 111, of 57 Squadron RAF , flying from East Kirkby, Mortally wounded on ops, July 29 1944. Rest in Peace, cousin. Your sacrifice is not forgotten! ♥️🇨🇦.

The Lancaster is the finest bomber during wwar two together with the superfortress.thanks.

The Lancaster is the finest bomber during wwar two together with the superfortress.thanks

Nur eine gute FLAK macht gutes TommyHack !!!

I cannot begin to understand the bravery of these 22 year old men. Can I honestly say todays 22 year old would be capable of such a feat. I think most of us old guys know the answer to that is a resounding no. However I am sure they can could up with a suitable insult to the comment. For sure an era when Men were Men. Thanks to all the people who gave their lives for the rest of us on all sides of a horrible and hopefully never to be repeated war.

God Bless the 311 squadron. I have a lot of WW2 photos from my dad in North Africa and the battle in Trobruk plus his photos in the 311 RAF squadron.

it is easy to say in hindsight, but I have always wondered why they did not use the mosquito to conserve aircrew given their far higher survival rate also their accuracy likely offset the much smaller bomb load. if half of them are fighter bomber then any German fighter needs to assume it is the dangerous version

Hero? War criminal is a better description. The Lancaster was a terror bomber. Used to kill civilians.

Such brave heroes. We honour & remember their sacrificial legacy.

I watch these videos of WWII and see what is happening in Ukraine right now and I wonder how someone could know the devastation, destruction, agony and death and wish to see it happen again. What is wrong with mankind that such people can exist generation after generation.

Dresden was the Whirlwind!!

All white boys. The immigrants came after the dust settled and would be gone back overnight if this type of war started again.

Germany asked for it and man did they get it. Looking back kind of let them off easy.

Wow

📯💂💂💂 VETERAN SCOTS GUARDS 💂..WHAT A FINE CHARACTERS THOSE AIRMEN ARE..! NO DRUG PROBLEMS IN THE 1940s ...UNLIKE TODAY. IN 2022 THINGS HAVE CHANGED DRASTICALLY..! MEN NOW CALL THEMSELVES WOMAN AND FEMALES CALL THEMSELVES MEN..ONE ISN'T ALLOWED TO HAVE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION ..! OR YOU ARE BRANDED HOMOPHOBIC AND ANTI LGBT...EVERYTHING 🙏 IS BACK TO FRONT ..** WICKED I S, NOW GOOD* ONE CAN BE A FEMALE ONE DAY AND MALE THE NEXT DAY ..THAT'S SO WEIRD..!!NO

My grandad was a badass, At 14 he stole his brothers Id and joined the first world war, married my granny at 17, in the second world war made boots, gloves and helmets for aircrew, was in the home guard and in his spare time did bridge training with the Americans based locally. The local recruiting office had his picture and sent it far and wide to ensure he did not sign up again...

My father was a navigator on an Avro Lancaster 50 Squadron at Skellingthorpe 1942-45. After he passed I found out from his service records he had found a way to improve the accuracy of his navigation for which he received a special mention in dispatches. His method was passed onto other crews. The Lancaster crews particularly during the night bombing raids would become disorientated with all the enemy flak in the air and became sitting ducks for the enemy fighters and anti-aircraft guns. A big thankyou to all the aircrews, ground crews, servicemen and women who served with my father in Bomber Command during WW2

The Lancaster was briefly thought of being used to drop the atomic bombs due to the payload it could carry. It was decided to use B-29 because the Lancaster didn’t have enough range.

Better than the B29?
You really think so?

Take note. "When Britain stood ALONE".

my great grandfather single handedly destroyed 97 german planes in WW2



Easily the worst mechanic the luftwaffe ever had

A good aircraft used largely unintelligently in the erroneously titled ‘strategic’ bombing effort.

thank you all for giving us all a better future..respect the fallen

Guy Gibsons (VC) .His book is sad but interesting .They started with Hampdens going into Germany like wild West cowboys .They were slaughtered .Brave young boys and every one a Volunteer .I wonder what they would make of today's illegal dingy invasion across the channel. ......

What a fine, excellent documentary.

For some reason, I often imagine Harris and LeMay getting along famously 🍻

"Dresden? There is not such a place any longer." "I want to point out, that besides Essen, we never actually considered any particular industrial sites as targets. The destruction of industrial sites always was some sort of bonus for us. Our real targets always were the inner cities."

I guess they did exactly this. Official numbers of dead in dresden like 25.000 (this when like the whole city was 3 times bombed and totally burnd down while there where like 1 Million people).
Inofficial numbers like 250.000 - 500.000 (refugees, woman, children and olds). Survivos said that allied even used fighter jets to hunt down civilians.
Whats the diffrence to other warcrimes?

Lest we forget 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

Lancaster bomber AKA baby killer.