Hero of the RAF: History of the Lancaster Bomber

This film tells the story of the Avro Lancaster, one of the finest bombers of the Second World War and a mainstay of the RAF campaign against Nazi Germany. It draws on interviews with surviving veterans who flew and serviced the aircraft in the long air war. It weighs the Lancaster's engineering and its crews' courage alongside the heavy cost of the bombing offensive. It is an absorbing tribute grounded in real testimony. Free to watch in HD on Dr Documentary.

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