Lancasters over Leipzig

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"I was one of the very, very lucky ones."

Dr Jim Davies, was a member of Bomber Squadron during the Second World War. He climbs aboard a Lancaster bomber for the first time since he and his crew were shot down over Holland in 1944 en route to bomb Leipzig.

From: Dragon Trail: The Second World War
First broadcast : 27 November, 1990

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