ROYAL AIR FORCE - RAF OVER ESSEN 1943 AIR RAID IN LANCASTER & BOMBER HARRIS rare
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ROYAL AIR FORCE - RAF OVER ESSEN 1943 AIR RAID IN LANCASTER & BOMBER HARRIS rare
Only one other sold on e bay that I could find anythere, this is truly a very rare record. here is some information on this very rare bit of history.
ROYAL AIR FORCE - RAF OVER ESSEN
`Actually recorded inside the Bomber over the target`
3 aspects to this very rare 1940's 78 rpm record..
An introductory rousing march, composed by Leighton Lucas, setting the scene and ensuring no listeners are left in any doubt about what is about to follow..
..if, however, anyone is still `in the dark` about the purpose of the RAF during WW2, Sir Arthur Harris KOB, yes, him, explains that no quarter will be given and that the unfortunate receipients of the bombers' payloads will soon be visited by an even larger menace, the Americans are upping their involvement...chilling stuff, and not an easy debate to enter into even at this distance...
Side Two is more straightforward, a recording made inside a Lancaster bomber as the crew go about circumnavigating, not entirely successfully, for searchlights and attendant anti-aircraft fire accompanies their activities. Northern accents, for regional accent fanatics, all in-flight proceedures are run through professionally, the number of searchlights is noted, a spot of flak is encountered, resulting in a bit of peripheral damage, a - possible - instance of Blue Collar Language, and so it ends...
Includes 3 tracks.
Target For Tonight - March, by Leighton Lucas
Talk by Air Chief Marshall Sir Arthur Harris KOB
RAF Over Essen, actually recorded inside the bomber over the target.
(All 3 reproduced `by permission of the Air Council`)
Please read the record grading guide below and familiarize yourself with the grades used.
Play-tested before listing on eBay.
This undated, presumably and approximately 69 year old record I have graded as being in very good condition. Both sides play through with no jumping, skipping or any other audio horrors.
Its in a protected ccover and then also a plastic sleeve. The original owner used to play his records once and record them onto reel to reel. This is what seem to be the case as it really isd in very good condition
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