Comments by "Nick Danger" (@nickdanger3802) on "Hero Of The RAF: History Of The Lancaster Bomber | Lancaster At War | Timeline" video.

  1. B.1 Special 32 aircraft were adapted to take first the super-heavy ‘Tallboy’ and then ‘Grand Slam’ bombs and included up-rated engines (with paddle-bladed propellers to give more power) and the removal of gun turrets to reduced weight and give smoother lines. For the Tallboy, the bomb bay doors were bulged slightly whilst for the Grand Slam, they were removed completely and the area faired over. For some Tallboy raids the mid-upper turret was also removed. This modification was retained for the Grand Slam aircraft and the nose turret was also later removed. https://www.baesystems.com/en/heritage/avro-683-lancaster
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  2. 30.19 "...formations of bombers no longer make their separate ways to the target all aircraft now fly on the same heading…"
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  3. LOL
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  4. Bomber Command Battle of Berlin https://www.memorialflightclub.com/blog/bomber-command-battle-berlin
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  5. Lack of Moral Fibre or LMF was a punitive designation used by the Royal Air Force during the Second World War to stigmatize aircrew who refused to fly operations.[1] By early 1940, RAF commanders were concerned about mounting psychological casualties in Bomber Command and Coastal Command.[2] A letter circulated to commands on 22 April 1940 recommended that squadron commanders identify men who had forfeited their confidence, distinguishing medical cases from those "lacking moral fibre".[3][4] By the summer of 1940, senior commanders became concerned that medical officers were removing too many men from flying duty.[5] More detailed guidance was given in the Memorandum on the Disposal of Members of Air Crews Who Forfeit the Confidence of Their Commanding Officers S.61141/S.7.C(1) issued on 28 September 1940, signed by Charles Evans, Principal Assistant Secretary for Personnel in the Air Ministry.[5] This "LMF memorandum" was revised in 19 September 1941, 3 February 1943 and 1 March 1945.[6]
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  6. With 25 per cent of the planet.
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  7. B.1 Special 32 aircraft were adapted to take first the super-heavy (12,000 lb) ‘Tallboy’ and then ‘Grand Slam’ bombs and included up-rated engines (with paddle-bladed propellers to give more power) and the removal of gun turrets to reduced weight and give smoother lines. For the Tallboy, the bomb bay doors were bulged slightly whilst for the Grand Slam, they were removed completely and the area faired over. For some Tallboy raids the mid-upper turret was also removed. This modification was retained for the Grand Slam aircraft and the nose turret was also later removed. BAE Systems Lancaster page https://www.baesystems.com/en/heritage/avro-683-lancaster
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  8. 14,000 pounds? "469 Avro Lancasters, 234 Handley Page Halifaxes, 50 Short Stirlings and 11 DH Mosquitos (764 bombers in total) dropped 2,300 tons of bombs in 30 minutes" 469 Lancs with 14,000 lb each would be 2,931.25 long tons (2,240 lb). Bomber Command Battle of Berlin RAF Memorial Flight Club on line
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  9. "The initial Packard modifications were done on this engine by changing the main bearings from a copper lead alloy to a silver lead combination and featured indium plating. This had been developed by General Motors' Pontiac Division to prevent corrosion which was possible with lubricating oils that were used at that time. The bearing coating also improved break-in and load carrying ability of the surface. British engineering staff assigned to Packard were astonished at the suggestion but after tear down inspections on rigidly tested engines were convinced the new design offered a decided improvement." Packard Merlin Aircraft Engine - Combat Air Museum page
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  10. The Americans flew daylight because they were trying to destroy factory complex's and not city's, the smallest thing the RAF could find. That required flying in formations of up 56 bombers flying at 150 miles an hour. RAF flew bomber streams, one bomber over the target at a time and as accurate as a shotgun at night. In 1977 bombing dams near civilians became a war crime. BBC Big Week https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/timeline/factfiles/nonflash/a1138367.shtml
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  11. Six months before the end of the war in Europe. List of Allied attacks on the German battleship Tirpitz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Allied_attacks_on_the_German_battleship_Tirpitz
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  12. 12 December 1941 "The war is not going to be won by night bombing." Sir Henry Tizard page 130 Bomber Command Hastings
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  13. BBC "The US was now 'wading in' as Harris wished; but, far from adopting his strategy of area bombing, the USSTAF was beginning to achieve results which Bomber Command could only envy." https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/timeline/factfiles/nonflash/a1138367.shtml
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  14. "469 Avro Lancasters, 234 Handley Page Halifaxes, 50 Short Stirlings and 11 DH Mosquitos (764 bombers in total) dropped 2,300 tons of bombs in 30 minutes" 469 Lancs with 14,000 lb each would be 2,931.25 long tons (2,240 lb).  Bomber Command Battle of Berlin RAF Memorial Flight Club on line
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  15. "The heaviest raid of all took place on the night of the 15th/16th February 1944, when 2,642 tons were dropped through thick cloud by 806 aircraft (Lancaster and Halifax) out of 891 despatched. of these, forty-two were lost." 3.3 tons per plane page 21 Hyperwar Royal Air Force 1939-1945
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  16. Flak Jackets "flak jackets proved to be too bulky for wear within the confines of the RAF's standard bomber aircraft, the Avro Lancaster. The Royal Air Force subsequently offered the jackets to the United States Army Air Forces, which adopted them as a Defense Standard. The UK subsequently supplied the USAAF with 9,600 flak jackets under reverse lend-lease."  wiki
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  17. US M7 self propelled 105mm howitzer with AT gun in place of the 105.
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  18. B.1 Special 32 aircraft were adapted to take first the super-heavy (12,000 lb) ‘Tallboy’ and then ‘Grand Slam’ bombs and included up-rated engines (with paddle-bladed propellers to give more power) and the removal of gun turrets to reduced weight and give smoother lines. For the Tallboy, the bomb bay doors were bulged slightly whilst for the Grand Slam, they were removed completely and the area faired over. For some Tallboy raids the mid-upper turret was also removed. This modification was retained for the Grand Slam aircraft and the nose turret was also later removed. BAE Systems Lancaster page https://www.baesystems.com/en/heritage/avro-683-lancaster
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  19. B III "This variant, which was built concurrently with the B.I and was indistinguishable externally apart from being fitted with Packard-built Merlin engines. The Packard Merlin used Bendix-Stromberg pressure-injection carburettors requiring the addition of slow-running cut-off switches in the cockpit." BAE Lancaster page
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  20. Hansard FUEL SUPPLIES IN WAR TIME. 26 July 1939 "Suffice it to say that in the year 1938 no less than 92 per cent. of our oil supplies came from foreign countries, the remaining 8 per cent. from British sources. In spite of long, costly and sustained efforts to find virgin oil in this country, only an insignificant quantity has been discovered." para. three
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  21. Squadron 303: The Battle of Britain free with ads https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIUsyu4X884
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  22. Bomber Command Battle of Berlin https://www.memorialflightclub.com/blog/bomber-command-battle-berlin
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  23. The B29 first flew in 1942. There was no formal cooperation between the USA and Britain on the A bomb until after the Quebec Agreement of August 1943.
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  24. Following WWII, Air Marshall Robert Leckie (wartime RAF Chief of Staff) said "The Luftwaffe met its Waterloo on all the training fields of the free world where there was a battery of Link Trainers". For instrument flight training. Invented in the USA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_Trainer
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  25.  @steriskyline4470  Britain attacking Tirpitz 25 times is not a secret. The role the Link Trainer played in WWII is not well known, but it is not a secret. If anyone doubts this information they are free to consult other sources.
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  26.  @jameswebb4593  In 1977 bombing dams near civilians became a war crime
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  27. Its a M7 SP gun with the howitzer replaced by an AT gun.
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  28. Krupp Decoy Site RAF Bomber Command did not correctly identify the installation until 1943, by which time its bombers had dropped 64% of all high-explosive bombs and 75% of all incendiaries on it rather than the real site.[2]  wiki
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  29. "Of the total of 7,377 Lancasters built (430 of them in Canada), 3,932 were lost in action." https://www.bombercommandmuseum.ca/aircraft/the-lancaster-bomber/
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  30. On the night of 5-6 June 1944, 1,012 aircraft (551 Lancaster, 412 Halifax and 49 Mosquito) were deployed to bombard the coastal batteries at Fontenay, Houlgate, La Pernelle, Longues, Maisy, Merville, Mont Fleury, Hoc, Ouistreham and Saint-Martin-de-Varreville. No less than 5,000 tons of bombs were dropped, the biggest tonnage dropped overnight during the war (this is due to the relative proximity of targets to aerodromes, allowing to carry a minimum of fuel and a maximum of bombs). D Day Operations of Bomber Command on the night of June 5 to 6, 1944 page Subtracting Mosquitos because they would be operating as Pathfinders gives 5,000 tons divided by 963 equals 11,630 pounds per aircraft.
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  31.  @stephenpage-murray7226  "Their (USAAF) attack was followed by a few hours later by the dispatch of 734 aircraft from Bomber Command of which about 550 Lancasters, 33 aircraft or 4.5%, of the force were lost and only 7 of the first wave of bombers and 15 of the second were plotted over the target. 312 dropped their bombs within three miles of it; 30 nowhere near it. Schweinfurt was indeed no easy target--in the night-time." Approx. 3 per cent of 734 aircraft "were plotted over the target" page 26 Royal Air Force 1939-1945 http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-RAF-III/UK-RAF-III-1.html
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  32. "American post-war military assistance programs loaned the RAF enough Superfortresses to equip several RAF Bomber Command squadrons. The aircraft was known as the Washington B.1 in RAF service and served from March 1950 until the last bombers were returned in early 1954." wiki
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  33. Freeman Dyson - Problems in bombing policy and aircraft design https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLBBI8Wnrfk&t=9s
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  34. First flight for B29 was in 1942.
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  35. American post-war military assistance programs loaned the RAF enough Superfortresses to equip several RAF Bomber Command squadrons. The aircraft was known as the Washington B.1 in RAF service and served from March 1950 until the last bombers were returned in early 1954.
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  36. Operational history of Lancaster 1B R5868    on line
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  37. US M7 self propelled 105mm howitzer with AT gun in place of the 105.
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  38. 12 December 1941 "The war is not going to be won by night bombing." Sir Henry Tizard page 130 Bomber Command Hastings
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