The Legend of Lancaster A for Apple

Amazing War Stories

Amazing History Enterprises

Kids & Family, History, Education

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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On the cold evening of the 20th of December 1943 over 650 Allied planes took off from their bases in England and headed for Frankfurt on what they hoped would be a decisive blow against Nazi Germany. But for one crew in particular this sortie would become a desperate fight for survival from which not all of them would return. This is the remarkable true story of the 7 men assigned to Lancaster bomber MG-A JB652. Sign up to our newsletter here: http://eepurl.com/imr7Dk To find out more about this initiative visit amazingwarstories.com Have a story to tell? Email [email protected] Contributors- -Richard Pymar- curator of The Halesworth Airfield Memorial Museum Station 365 -Flight Lieutenant Neil Farrell For more about this episode and all of the incredible stories we have in store this series, please visit our website amazingwarstories.com and follow us on your favourite social media platform on- Facebook.com/Amazingwarstories Instagram @amazingwarstories Twitter @amazewarstories Episode Credits- Written & Produced by Ed Sayer Executive producer Paul Wooding Associate Producer Lois Crompton Sound design & 3D mastering by Vaudeville Sound Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The On the cold evening of the 20th of December,
0:19.4	1943, over 650 Allied planes took off from the bases in England and headed for Germany.
0:27.0	Bomber Command wanted a decisive strike right at the industrial heart of Nazi Germany and so it would be. But for one crew in particular, the salty would become a desperate fight for survival,
0:50.4	from which not all of them would return.
0:55.0	There's a Lancaster that came down in December 1943.
1:00.0	It's an incredible story.
1:02.0	The bravery of that crew is just phenomenal.
1:07.0	These are the remarkable true actions of the seven men on board Lancaster bomber
1:15.7	MGA J.B 652 during that fateful mission.
1:20.9	They were always service before self and if that means that I am putting myself in harm's way,
1:27.0	well that is my duty.
1:29.3	By the end of the night, the plane would be blown to pieces and the deeds of all on board would enter
1:37.7	REF folklore. This is the legend of Lancaster A for Apple.
1:44.0	I'm Bruce Crompton,
1:48.0	history fanatic,
1:51.0	military antique collector and ex Ex Paratrooper.
1:55.0	In amazing war stories you're going to hear about incredible actions all taken from records housed in museum collections.
2:05.0	It's only by unearthing these wonderful tells that I hope to keep these important institutions and the heroes contained within them
2:14.1	alive for future generations.
2:17.0	The thing about history is that you never know when you're going to come across it.
2:27.0	Just before the great coronavirus lockdown, I was sitting in my local pub with my old friend Richie
2:34.7	Pymah when he showed me a really unusual object he picked up overseas.
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