Author Topic: Audio of Lancaster under nightfighter attack (Read 6651 times)

BGBMAW · « **Reply #90 on:** October 04, 2003, 04:00:00 AM »

i have flown in a b-17 for 30 mins..
B-24 for 50 mins...

LOUD AS HELL!!!!!

i too miss the engine nopise..a bit strange atleast

but greatttt audio..

is there anymore places to hear this stuff??

Salute
BiGB

NJMAW · « **Reply #91 on:** October 05, 2003, 09:13:03 AM »

Did you bomb a small town too while you were up bgb? lol

BGBMAW · « **Reply #92 on:** October 05, 2003, 01:07:06 PM »

lol..nj..we did fly over (very low) 1 k agl...over the Martinez refineries....
reminded me of the men who flew over ploesti..minus me being shot at..

i will post pics onec i grab soem screenies from the video we filmed..

was soo dammm sweeettt

NJMAW · « **Reply #93 on:** October 06, 2003, 05:24:28 PM »

Cool BGB. I need to post my propaganda posters somewhere also.

I never been in a plane before....................... ...I am afraid of heights

not!

TigerStolly · « **Reply #94 on:** October 10, 2003, 01:51:19 PM »

Hi Guys,

My free AH trial ran out so i've not been back here for a while and i stopped getting the emails telling me this thread was still being posted to so i though it had died.

Quick update regarding this.

The Imperial War Museum has the BBC recording that was created on 3/9/43 and they are kindly (for a small fee

) putting it on CD for me.

When I receive the CD we will know for sure wether this recording is the BBC recording.

I'll be sure to come back here and let everyone know.

I'm not 100% sure if the recording is actually copyrighted in any way so i may or may not be able to post it for download by you chaps.

The file is still on my webspace BGBMAW so it should still be good to download.

Heh lots of people are getting involved with this both here and at WWIIOL. Its good to see people getting involved and nary a flame anywhere

TigerStolly · « **Reply #95 on:** November 07, 2003, 02:19:00 PM »

Hi Guys,

Well i finally got the CD from the IWM. The whole recording is over an hour long but is totally amazing from end to end.

The highlight of course is the nightfighter attack.

I've taken 3 parts from the recording, the start, the attack, and the end. I cannot post all of it due to it being too big and it being under BBC copyright. If you want the whole thing the IWM will put it on CD for £20. I also wouldn't want to take money from the IWM by posting all of it.

So here are the 3 excerpts.

Take off, feet wet

Under attack

Home safe. Notice the reference to F for Freddie.

Karnak · « **Reply #96 on:** November 07, 2003, 02:23:25 PM »

Thanks for the update TigerStolly.

TigerStolly · « **Reply #97 on:** November 07, 2003, 04:22:02 PM »

A pleasure

firedome57 · « **Reply #98 on:** November 08, 2003, 04:18:21 PM »

Thanks for the update, I really enjoyed listening to it.

PropNut · « **Reply #99 on:** November 08, 2003, 07:30:07 PM »

Facinating....and thanks Tigerstolly & GScholz:aok

GScholz · « **Reply #100 on:** November 08, 2003, 07:51:56 PM »

Wtg TigerStolly! That's an astonishing historical document!

So Batz, still not convinced?

TigerStolly · « **Reply #101 on:** November 09, 2003, 11:27:24 AM »

No problem

GScholz · « **Reply #102 on:** November 09, 2003, 11:06:46 PM »

TigerStolly, what was the reaction over at the WWIIOL BBS?

Ecliptik · « **Reply #103 on:** November 10, 2003, 12:12:28 AM »

I think it's real.

Why do they sound so calm? There's a BBC reporter onboard, recording everything! Of course they're going to give their best "stiff upper lip" performance! They know their flight will be broadcast all over the nation on the radio.

It sounds like the recording device was hooked up directly to the intercom. It would have to be, considering the voices of every crewmember was clearly and equally audible. The sounds of the machineguns firing would have been heard over the intercom, simply by virtue of how loud they are and how close the guns are to the gunner's microphone.

As for the engines, haven't you listened to 1940's era recordings? They're notoriously bad at picking up low frequency sound. People's voices on these old recordings all sound high pitched and nasally, because the recording didn't get any of the bass tones.

FTPiper · « **Reply #104 on:** November 11, 2003, 12:54:22 AM »

I was just thinking while reading the debate, it wouldn't be too hard to calculate the cyclic rate of the guns in the audio to verify that they at least could be real. I think this is authentic, however, and enjoyed listening immensely.