Lancaster bomber aeroplane production facility in Chadderton (1942)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)

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Before a filmed flight demonstration, RAF Lancaster bombers are turned out at the factory, where employees are hard at work during a visit from Squadron Commander John Dering Nettleton



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SLATE INFORMATION: RAF Wings Over Europe

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AEROPLANES R.A.F. & NAVAL PLANES. Wings over Europe..LANCASTER planes in the making..women & men at work in factory..Sq/Ldr.Nettleton & crew pay surprise visit..signs pictures for girls..Nettleton inspects plane..enters cockpit..Managing Directors speaks to Designer..Chief Test Pilot Capt. Brown at controls..engineer checks instrument recording rack for disposing of hat & coats (lift to ceiling)..planes in formation


FACTORIES. Men & women making LANCASTER planes at 'factory..Visited by Sq/Ldr. Nettleton & crew..signs girl's picture..novel rack for raising Hats & coats to ceiling..inspect plane..Man: Director speaks to Designer of 'plane..girls painting wings etc.


NETTLETON, SQ/Ldr. Pays surprise visit to Lancaster aircraft factory w.crew..signs girls photograph of himself inspects plane..climbs in cockpit etc.


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Avro, four-engine, Lanc, Lankie, night bomber, daylight precision bombing, Dam Buster, Operation Chastise raids, Ruhr Valley dams, WWII, Royal Air Force
Background: Before a filmed flight demonstration, RAF Lancaster bombers are turned out at the factory, where employees are hard at work during a visit from Squadron Commander John Dering Nettleton

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