Halifax Bomber Video

• View video of Halifax bombers on the ground and in flight (Only 3 Halifax bombers survive today -- none flying -- and good videos of the aircraft are rare. Parts of this video are of poor quality, but it does include a few good views of the aircraft. This video also contains brief interviews with Halifax crewmen.)   -- (18.1 MB wmv file)
  
  

Lancaster Bomber Videos

• View video of a Lancaster in flight -- (6.5 MB wmv file)
  
  
• View another Lancaster video -- (5.1 MB wmv file)
  
  
• View video of a Lancaster bomber being escorted by Spitfire fighters -- (7.86 MB wmv file)
  
  
• View video of a Lancaster bomber and crew -- (10.4 MB wmv file)
  
  
• View a 6-part video on the story of the Dambusters, a special Lancaster bomber squadron that flew a daring mission in modified Lancaster bombers, carrying unique "bouncing bombs", to destroy German dams in May of 1943 (known as 'Operation Chastise')
  
  
  • Part 1: Introduction and definition of the mission -- (21.0 MB wmv file)
  • Part 2: Early experimentation to develop a workable bomb -- (21.9 MB wmv file)
  • Part 3: The bomb is perfected and the squadron is assembled -- (19.3 MB wmv file)
  • Part 4: The crews begin test flights and the bomb is further perfected -- (18.9 MB wmv file)
  • Part 5: The crews are told the details of the mission and the mission begins -- (20.9 MB wmv file)
  • Part 6: The mission is completed successfully, but with heavy crew losses -- (15.3 MB wmv file)
  
  
  Listen to a song written in honor of the Dambusters:
  
       The Dambusters' March (Billy Cotton Band) -- (530 KB MP3 file)