Recording of Nightingales and bombers, 1942

mollycorbin


Joined: 12/03/2010
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Message Posted:
29/01/2012 15:00

The nightingales sound lovely. Just posted for those who are bored.



http://www.retronaut.co/2010/09/nightingales-and-bombers/

Beatrice Harrison (above) played the cello in her garden in Foyle Riding, Surrey, regularly accompanied by nightingales. The BBC transmitted the music of Beatrice and the birds live on May 19th, 1924 – the first ever live outdoor broadcast.



Each May 19th, the BBC returned to the garden to broadcast the nightingales, even after Beatrice moved house in 1936. On May 19th, 1942, as BBC engineers were recording the bird-song prior to transmission, a faint hum gradually became audible, slowly increasing in volume, as 197 bombers flew overhead on their way to raids in Mannheim. Realising the security risk, the broadcast was halted.



But not the recording…

TRNCVaughan


Joined: 27/04/2008
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Message Posted:
29/01/2012 15:40

197 flew out, I wonder how many came back.... WW2 Bomber Command average age of aircrew 19? 20?

TRNCVaughan


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Message Posted:
29/01/2012 20:44

68 views and no comments - apart from mine - guess stray dogs and the price of Efes is more important.

muadib


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Message Posted:
29/01/2012 22:10

11 bombers didn't return.Bomber command had the highest percentage of casualties of all the services,out of 120,000 they suffered 50,000 killed,wounded or missing

shrimp


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Message Posted:
29/01/2012 23:08

20% of bombers not coming back is not a sustainable loss rate...............and unbelievably there is no memorial for the bomber boys.........

gazmufc78


Joined: 03/09/2009
Posts: 366

Message Posted:
30/01/2012 09:25

There is a memorial to be opened in London this coming June. This has been privately financed with nothing from the government. It has also not yet been announced who is to unveil this monument ( or who is fit to). I know that One of the Bee Gees donated one million pounds to it. So there you have it !! no monument and no medals, what a disgrace.

50,000 young men lost their lives to help save Britain from the Nazi's, and successive governments have not had the decency to acknowledge their effort. Fortunately for me my father survived having been shot down once and hospitalised for months, only to go and fly again.

shrimp


Joined: 01/09/2010
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Message Posted:
30/01/2012 09:48

As you say a total disgrace..........I for one shall be going to Lonon to see the opening of the memorial in London, but as you say no thanks to our government, thank you for this information...........

jock1



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Message Posted:
30/01/2012 09:49

good link mollycorbin

martinD41


Joined: 06/09/2010
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Message Posted:
30/01/2012 09:59

There is in fact one "Living" memorial, lovingly preserved at RAF Conningsby.. http://www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf/theaircraft/lancaster.cfm

Cocklebay


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Message Posted:
30/01/2012 10:33

What a great link. More please?

martinD41


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Message Posted:
30/01/2012 10:46

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1OuyIe0pig&feature=related

Carndi


Joined: 12/06/2009
Posts: 613

Message Posted:
30/01/2012 10:57

Why are you so suprised ?

Just announced a short while ago that 9000 service men and woman are to be discharged whilst at the same time NO civilians will be lost nexcept thjrough ' natural wastage '.

Britian has always treated her service personnel like s..t and always will.



For it's Tommy this,an Tommy that, an' ''Chuck im out,the brute ! ''

But it's '' Saviour of 'is country '' when the guns beguin to shoot.

Rudyard Kipling



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