Night Bombers

[NeilD]

just watched this having treated myself to a copy for christmas(!).. well worth getting hold of a copy if you can - if you dont already know the bulk of it is a colour wartime record of a Lancaster bombing mission.. shows briefing, bomb loading and a landing on a FIDO runway.. you can also see for yourself what colour Lancaster exhaust covers should be! :D I got my copy from a website mentioned a couple of threads below this one ;) for £11 inc P&P.. DVD also includes some stills taken by the guy who shot the original film plus some other info on his background..
Neil.

[Typhoon-MKV]

Sounds good, noticed they had a sale on - oh dear....

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[Martin Bull]

It's absolutely brilliant - the only colour film made of Lancasters during the war ; and it was done 'unofficially'. Clips from it are used in just about every TV programme about Bomber Command, including most recently, 'Bomber Crew'.

Essential purchase !

[minter]

yep, a classic taped it on vhs a longtime ago,but would like to get on DVD

[Agent X20]

yep.. that old.. its on a Betamax tape in the loft somewhere... Beeb showed it with Memphis Belle.. ... (the original Wiliam Wyler..)..entitled Bombers.. circa late 70's..

[minter]

do you know i think your right,ive got mine on betamax as well along with a lot of the world at war. i know ive got some old radio times with a lanc on the front....oh dear i do feel old....

[ascot]

The color (colour) of war in discovery has some interesting coloured shots of Lancs....worth a look me thinks.

Ascot :)

[minter]

changing subjest just slightly, just bought the book Tail end Charlies for £9.50 in the sales whoo hooo! cant wait to get stuck into that one :)

[ascot]

Wasn't that going for 19.99, nice one...lend it too us when your finished :D

Ascot :)

[minter]

certainly was,got it in a book shop beginning with W. fancy max hastings one as well Armageddon i think.

[Martin Bull]

I got the 'Tail-End Charlies' today for £9.99, too. Good to get it at a 'paperback' price.

( Highly recommend the Hastings book, BTW )

[minter]

thought the title at first misleading though ,thought it was about rear gunners

[Martin Bull]

Just finished 'Tail-End Charlies' - highly recommended !

I've read just about everything there is to read about Bomber Command and thought this would be just another 'potboiler'. But it's very, very good and what makes it so is a very well-selected mix of veterans' reminiscences and opinions.

I get the impression that many of them probably felt more comfortable talking to co-author John Nichol ( the 'Tornado Down' guy ) than they would to academics or journalists. Or maybe he just knew the right questions to ask.

If you want to know what these men did and how they felt - then & now - READ IT !

[minter]

smiths had another one called bomber crews for a tenner ,ahlf price was sorley temepted, but me diepp spit had just arrived so thought better of it