I’d like to share with you all two new documentaries relating to Bomber Command. They are free to view and hope to raise awareness of these operations. The stories are told through the memories of the veterans themselves.
These were produced by our production company, Electric Egg and commissioned by Aviation Heritage Lincolnshire.
A little more can be found on AHL and the work it does promoting Aviation Heritage in Lincolnshire at http://www.aviationheritagelincolnshire.com and more on Electric Egg’s work on Bomber Command at http://www.intothewind.co.uk
https://vimeo.com/129533200 Exodus
https://vimeo.com/123499725 Memories of Manna
other older films both on Bomber Command history and Cold War history in Lincolnshire can be found at http://www.aviationheritagelincolnshire.com/content/films
Again, these are free to view.
best wishes
Steven Hatton
By: Argonaut - 29th August 2015 at 12:00
Thanks for sharing the videos well worth watching, not enough is known by the public generally about these ops. I am sure the crews on operation Manna must have been very wary that the Germans may have fired on them. Perhaps the BBMF should do a re enactment with PA474 at one of the major displays, the kids would love chocolate bars !!! It would inform so many people of the humanitarian work done by these crews. It could be followed up by a demo by C130 crews who have kept the tradition by doing similar drops, but in less dangerous situations. I recall being in Ehiopia in 1984 on an aid flight (CL44) and meeting the C130 crews that were doing a great job and of course the recent airlift by RAF to Nepal, all in the tradition set by the Lancaster crews of 1945.
By: ErrolC - 29th August 2015 at 10:58
I’ve finally watched Memories of Manna (aviation docos are better entertainment than most offerings on in-flight systems), very good.
The MOTAT Lancaster is now in the markings off the longest-serving 75 (NZ) Sqn Lance, complete with an Op Manna symbol.
The Captain’s Fancy at MOTAT by Errol Cavit, on Flickr
By: Hatton - 27th July 2015 at 14:07
Thank you very much for the comments about the film.
Please do share them, the wider the stories become known the better. Exodus and Dodge particularly are much overlooked.
By: David Layne - 22nd July 2015 at 18:53
Thanks, my dad was a repatriated POW.
By: mmitch - 21st July 2015 at 19:05
Excellent videos Steve.
20 years ago I was in hospital for an eye operation. I had just had the pre med when an elderly chap in the next bed was being cheeky to a nurse who was Dutch. “I dropped food to your people.” Another chap piped up “So did I” It turned out they were in the same 626 Lancaster crew and had not seen each other for nearly 50 years! One of them went home that day and if nothing had been said they would have not met up again…
mmitch.
By: Hatton - 21st July 2015 at 12:37
Thanks Howard,
I hope these films, in some small way, raise awareness of two often overlooked Operations. Manna is a huge deal, for obvious reasons, in Holland but over here it is not so prominently known.
When you listen to the testimony of the veterans and that of Thea, who was only a young girl at the time of the drops, it really adds emphasis to how much the drops meant to both crews and the Dutch on the ground.
b wishes
Steve
By: TwinOtter23 - 20th July 2015 at 09:04
Good to see both items now accessible Steve.
In recent weeks I’ve been in touch with Mike Ingham and it is fascinating to see his latest research notes on the Operation Exodus POW statistics.
Keep up the good work! 🙂
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