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[j4ckos mate]

Bomber boys. Ewan mcgregors brother learns to fly lancasters

[BonzoG]

God those old boys have some stories to tell.

Heroes the lot of them.

[j4ckos mate]

Staggering human traits. Supremely moving

[BonzoG]

Dave the rear turret gunner said:

The tail was hanging off and the pilot told me, 'You can bail out now'. What, and leave me mates?

[V8LM]

What an excellent programme.




Strike Hard. Strike Sure.

[Simpo Two]

V8LM said:

Strike Hard. Strike Sure.

By Ralph Barker... wasn't there a Ralph Barker in the programme?

[sanf]

Superb program, really enojoyed it, very moving and brilliantly put together. Very impressed.

[dandarez]

Watched and movingly enjoyed every minute.

Why the hell has it taken so long for a memorial to come about?
Says a lot about this country now and how far it has gone backwards.
Bet there'll be a few hijackers and pc liberalisers getting their voices heard when it is unveiled in June.

These men (boys) freed you and you should never, ever, bloody forget it!

[roofer]

BonzoG said:

God those old boys have some stories to tell.

Heroes the lot of them.

Agreed.

[cal216610]

Missed it.
Caught the last 10mins of this so will be watching it on bbc iplayer tonight.

[Eric Mc]

dandarez said:

Watched and movingly enjoyed every minute.

Why the hell has it taken so long for a memorial to come about?
Says a lot about this country now and how far it has gone backwards.
Bet there'll be a few hijackers and pc liberalisers getting their voices heard when it is unveiled in June.

These men (boys) freed you and you should never, ever, bloody forget it!

Because the politicians refused to sanction one - not even a campaign medal. And that goes right back to 1945 - so it is not a new problem.

[Simpo Two]

Eric Mc said:

Because the politicians refused to sanction one - not even a campaign medal. And that goes right back to 1945 - so it is not a new problem.

1945 = Labour government... probably the same naive cretins who gave our jet engine to the Russians.

[ph1l5]

Great program, I have never really though about the poor rear gunner it looks like he had the worst job of the lot. Cramped little office and he is sat there for 9 hours. Amazing blokes the lot of them.

[Eric Mc]

Simpo Two said:

Eric Mc said:

Because the politicians refused to sanction one - not even a campaign medal. And that goes right back to 1945 - so it is not a new problem.

1945 = Labour government... probably the same naive cretins who gave our jet engine to the Russians.

It wasn't just Labour who were at fault. Churchill wanted to distance himself from the bomber offensive too so there wasn't any great move by him or his party to do anything about the matter when they regained power in 1951.

[Simpo Two]

This was the same electorate who, had they been asked before the raid whether it was OK to bomb Dresden, would not have hesitated to give a resounding 'yes'.

[Eric Mc]

Simpo Two said:

This was the same electorate who, had they been asked before the raid whether it was OK to bomb Dresden, would not have hesitated to give a resounding 'yes'.

Since when did politicians REALLY ever follow the wishes of the masses (not saying they should either).

[Hexhamhc]

Leaving aside the moral rights and wrongs of what was carried out! Does anyone else think that it's about time that the guys who carried out these operations were awarded a campaign medal?? Surely we should be able to start some sort of movement to ensure that this oversight could now be put right before all the survivors shuffle off this mortal coil.
It would need, I think, a high profile character to be a focal point, how about someone like Max Hastings??
Could we start a No. 10 petition or am I getting excited over something that no one else is bothered about??
Best regards, Tony

[Eric Mc]

There has been a campaign for many years with quite a few well known individuals supporting it. The reason why it isn't as high profile as it should be is because the media are not interested.

[Tango13]

I wasn't very impressed with the way they wrote No 9 Squadron out of the attacks on the Tirpitz nor the way they ommited to mention the de-homing policy was in force before Harris took control of Bomber Command.

[Mr_B]

Very good show I thought, and nice to see the BBC spending a decent amount of money and giving an hour and a half over for such a subject.

A few small details simplified I feel ,rather than obvious errors. I did feel they should have mentioned some of the other aircraft and perhaps visited the Halifax at Elvington.