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Pilot: Right oh...
BBC Sound Engineer: Right, we're on now.
Pilot: OK.
Bomb Aimer: Well, there's the target straight ahead, Skip.
Pilot: OK, now we're over the lake now...
Bomb Aimer: OK, now....
Pilot: ...just coming up.
Navigator: OK.
Pilot: What was the heading again?
Navigator: 146.
Pilot: OK, on 146...
Navigator: OK.
Pilot: ...and the airspeed?
Navigator:170.
Pilot: Yes, I've got it. Bang on.
Pilot: OK.
Navigator: Ten seconds. Two minutes, ten seconds, Bomb Aimer.
Bomb Aimer: OK, ??, two minutes ten seconds.
Navigator: Twenty seconds...
Bomb Aimer: You can weave a bit, Skip.
Pilot: OK, bomb aimer.
Navigator: Thirty seconds...
Bomb Aimer: There's...flares...just to the left.
Pilot: OK.
Bomb Aimer: OK, you can keep weaving for a while.
Navigator: Forty seconds...
Pilot: Check the position of the flares by your time run.
Bomb Aimer: Yes, I can see some ground detail in the flash of the flak bursts.
Navigator: Fifty seconds...
Navigator: One minute...
Bomb Aimer: Keep on weaving skipper.
Navigator: Ten seconds. One minute to go now.
Navigator: F-i-v-e
Pilot: All right now, you'll want some last minute corrections, bomb aimer...
Bomb Aimer: Yes...
Pilot: ...I'll fly her straight ahead
Bomb Aimer: Steer her nice, straight and level
Navigator: Ten...
Pilot: Bomb doors open.
Bomb Aimer: Bomb doors open.
Pilot: Give her a bit of extra time if anything.
Bomb Aimer: Yes...
Navigator: Fifteen...
Bomb Aimer: ...left, left
Navigator: Twenty...
Bomb Aimer: Steady...steady...
Navigator: Twenty five...
Bomb Aimer: Steady...
Bomb Aimer: Bombs away!
Navigator: Thirty.
Bomb Aimer: There goes the cookie...
Navigator: Lookie...lookie...lookie.
Unknown: Oh, we got lucky going over there!
Bomb Aimer: ...and there go the incendiaries....there goes my bottle.
Pilot: Umm, take jettison action.
Bomb Aimer: Jettison action now.
Pilot: OK. I think they're firing at us.
Unknown: Yeh!
Pilot: Bomb doors closed.
Bomb Aimer: Bomb doors closed.
Pilot: By jove!
Pilot: New course now ??.
Navigator: New course....
Bomb Aimer: Look at those fires boys...oh what a....
Navigator: ...185.
Pilot: OK, Turning on...185.
Mid-Upper Gunner: There's a Lanc up on your starboard beam.
Pilot: I see him, yes.
Mid-Upper Gunner: He's turning down. move...
Pilot: Yes, I can see him...starboard bow now.
Mid-Upper Gunner: Yes, he's right ahead...
Pilot: OK...
Mid-Upper Gunner: ...cross over...
Pilot: Right, give me that course again ??, well north of us.
Navigator: 185.
Pilot: 185, OK.
Pilot: That was direct hit over the target by the look of it!
Crew: yes...yeah...
Pilot: OK.
Unknown: Keep going, Skip, they're all turning off this way.
Pilot: OK.
Mid-Upper Gunner: There's a Lanc coming up on your starboard beam underneath our... wing...
Unknown: He's turned off...just moving off...
Pilot: OK.
Rear Gunner: There's a Lanc on our port beam.
Pilot: Yes, I can see him...ah...rear gunner.
Mid-Upper Gunner: There's a bloke still on our starboard beam, just down a bit.
Pilot: I know!
Pilot: right, Now, keep your eyes peeled for fighters, gunners. They're obviously milling around the target now like...like flies.
Mid-Upper Gunner: OK, Skip.
Rear Gunner: Searchlight underneath our starboard wing, Skip.
Pilot: OK.
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