Kimosabi Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Taken from actual footage. Gotta love those Lancasters man. 1943 "FIRESTORM" - Operation Gomorrah - The Terror Bombing of German Cities Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_O_A_D Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Good footage, I wish they would of capture sound back then on more of these films. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JensenPark Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 amazing footage. I wonder if those flashes were the photo-flashes (can't recall the exact name...but I've read a lot of how they had to fly straight/level for a bit after the bomb release so that they could record the drop when the flash bomb went off) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2. Administrators Jabo Posted January 3, 2010 2. Administrators Share Posted January 3, 2010 You've got the name right JP, yeah, they had to continue on course for 30 seconds after the drop so they would get a shot of their bombs exploding. Failure to do so once led to some tough questions for the crew back at base, failure twice would mean being branded LMF and demoted to the lowest possible ranks including loss of commission for officers. Bomber Command were tough on what was viewed as cowardice to the point where there were several recorded instances of men taking their own lives rather than have LMF stamped on their records. Jabo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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