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This documentary was completely filmed and produced during the war, in color film. It shows a bombing mission over Nazi Germany from its start to end. NIGHT ... 
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Battle Stations: Lancaster Bomber - Target Germany (War History Documentary) Colour archive film reveals the role of the Lancaster bomber in World War Two.
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Wilfred DeMarco would be have been proud. He might also have been embarrassed by all the attention, but in Timmins and also in a tiny village in Austria, people are remembering him and his comrades.
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One Brisbane man will be reflecting on his last vital mission on Anzac Day 70 years ago.
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I recently discovered this VHS recording dated June 1979. This was the year that affordable domestic video recorders first became available in the UK. Theref...
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OVER 70 years ago, thousands of young men answered the call to save the world from tyranny. By: Giles Sheldrick. Published: Sat, August 9, 2014. Surviving members of a WW2 bomber crew gathered for a Lancaster Bomber flypast George ...
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Since radios were not so advanced, audio clips from World War Two are quite rare. This make the following radio chatter clip of a Lancaster bomber being attacked by a German fighter during a war mi...
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A WORLD War II dog tag found in an English field belonging to a Melbourne airman shot down and killed over Germany is winging its way back home to Australia.
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An Albany war veteran Doug Groome who has been overlooked for France's highest bravery honour prompts a search for other veterans who have gone unrecognised.
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My dad missed out as well, although he dismissed it all as just hype (a typical response of his generation) http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1547266/
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I had my little Fuji X-E1 with me and was fortunate enough to be able to take a few shots of a Lancaster Bomber as she was prepared for next season’s flying displays. She is truly a majestic aircraft and her presence dominated the aircraft hangar.
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A series of photos by Pete Delaney of a Lancaster Bomber being stripped down for servicing.
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National treasures, heroes, legends - rare words reserved to honour the rare deeds of three WA diggers.
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Bomber Command Veteran Calton Younger, author of the bestseller 'No Flight From The Cage' describes the moment his Wellington bomber was shot down. Australian Cal served as a navigator with No. 460 Squadron. Signed copies of his book are available - email fightinghighbooks@btinternet.com
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Eindhoven 04-05-2014 AVRO Lancaster Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) Reg.: PA474 [6]
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Audio From the Past [E01] - WW2 - Avro Lancaster Crew Radio In 1943, the Royal Air Force began a night bombing campaign against Germany, the like of which ha...
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Many of our readers will be familiar with the film Saving Private Ryan starring Tom Hanks. It is based around the Ryan family from the US, whose sons are serving in the armed forces during the...
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Cullen undertook his training at Bradfield Park RAAF base and also spent time at Temora Elementary Flying Training School before joining the 460 Squadron piloting Lancaster bombers over Europe - a job that held less than a one in four chance of surviving 30 missions.
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The RAF Avro Lancaster Bomber, its crew and its missions covered in 21 Extraordinary Photographs.
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LBCM - BOMBER COMMAND GREETINGS CARDS
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Vintage TV documentary 'The Lancaster Legend', made in 1980 to accompany the late Sqdn Ldr Jack Currie's book 'Lancaster Target'.
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Ted Groom, a flight engineer with 460 (Australian) Squadron RAAF, describes his Lancaster's frightening attack on Hamburg during the horrific second RAF Bomb...
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National Memorial & Interpretation Centre telling the collective story of Bomber Command.
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National Memorial & Interpretation Centre telling the collective story of Bomber Command. The Spire of Names will be built of 25,611 names of Bomber Command aircrew who perished in World War 2 as covered in the Books of Remembrance held in Lincoln Cathedral.
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National treasures, heroes, legends - rare words reserved to honour the rare deeds of three WA diggers.
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National treasures, heroes, legends - they were the rare words reserved to honour the rare deeds of three West Australian diggers who were yesterday awarded France's highest accolade, the Legion of Honour.
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"Illustrated with gripping and starkly dramatic footage filmed under combat conditions in a world at war, this dvd collection examines all the major operations undertaken by Bomber Command from 1939 through to the final victory in 1945"--Container. Documentary telling the story of the airmen who manned the fighter planes of RAF Bomber Command, whose mission was to destroy the towns and cities, factories and docks, rail yards and oil refineries of Germany and the countries it had occupied. Almost half of these men were never to return. This film examines all the major operations undertaken by Bomber Command from 1939 through to the final victory in 1945, and tells their story in graphic detail through interviews with the few remaining survivors and their former enemies.
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