The Dambusters: low level
Veterans of 617 Squadron describe the excitement and danger of low-flying training for their special mission against the Ruhr dams in 1943
Lancaster bombers on the morning of D-Day
Officer-Navigator John Dyer remembers a Lancaster bombing mission over Normandy on 6th June 1944, as the largest amphibious ...
Bombing Germany
Prof Richard Overy outlines Allied aims in the strategic bombing of German cities, and evaluates what impact the campaign had...
The Dambusters: Munros raid
New Zealand bomber pilot Les Munro talks about his role in the legendary Dambusters raid...
The Dambusters: 617 Squadron
Veterans of 617 Squadron describe the formation of this secretive and elite unit...
Dresden bombing
Contemporary report of the firebombing of Dresden in Eastern Germany - subject of much dispute once the War had ended...
Bombing of Ploesti
SILENT: USAAF squadrons in North Africa plan and execute a raid on Axis Romania...
Berlin: Aerial views of damage
Shots from the air of the devastated city after Germany's surrender in May 1945...
Bomb damaged German city
Scenes of some of the destruction caused by air bombardment...
Berlin diary
The RAF have been systematically bombing the centre of Germany, with Berlin suffering from days of air bombardment. The city ...
The Dambusters: MacDonald's raid
Grant McDonald, a Lancaster rear-gunner with the Royal Canadian Air Force, remembers the Dambusters Raid of 1943...
The Dambusters: low level
Veterans of 617 Squadron describe the excitement and danger of low-flying training for their special mission against the Ruhr...
The Dambusters: Les Knight
Ray Grayston describes the tragic death of his Australian pilot, Les Knight, a hero of the Dambusters Raid...
The Dambusters: Guy Gibson
Veterans of 617 Dambusters Squadron recall their famous commander, Guy Gibson...
The Dambusters: Grayston's raid
Flight Engineer Ray Grayston describes the incredible skill and danger involved in the successful attack on the Eder Dam in M...
The Dambusters: crew losses
Veterans of 617 Squadron describe the impact of the enormously high losses sustained in the famous Dambusters Raid of 1943...
The Dambusters: Barnes Wallis
Veterans of 617 Dambusters Squadron remember Barnes Wallis, legendary inventor of the 'bouncing bomb'...
Air superiority over Normandy
Footage of US fighter-bombers in action over Normandy in the summer of 1944, destroying German aircraft and attacking ground ...
Offensie air raids
As the tide of war swings in favour of the Allies, camermen capture live footgage of raids that would go on to become legenda...
Bombing of Hamburg
Hamburg is repeatedly bombed by the Allies inflicting terrible damage and loss of life...
RAF fighter command 1942
The RAF goes onto the offensive over land and sea against the German Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine...
Bomber Harris leaving RAF
As Lord Harris retires from the RAF his controversial tactics of indiscriminate bombing are recalled...
USAAF daylight bombing
While the RAF bombed Germany at night, US units bombed during the day...
Australian air raid over occupied France
An Australian RAF fighter squadron plans and executes a raid over France and reports on their successes...
Superfortress bombin raid on Berlin
USAAF leaders launch a devastating 1,000 bomber raid on Berlin...
Lancaster Bombers
A government information film on the production of RAF Bomber Command's new weapon, the Avro Lancaster...
