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Old 15th Dec 2008, 07:56
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Watched it with my Dad (ex-RAF 1939-1946, Halifaxes). Both of us were seriously underwhelmed. JP was good and I agree that he has no reason to feel that he didn't do his job.

With only 90 minutes to encapsulate 90 years of history why was so much time wasted on shots of people staring wisfully into the distance? The piece on Cranwell was good but the general lack of focus was appalling.

Glad they showed that the only memorial to Bomber Command is in Holland and the enthusiam of the Dutch in commemorating the scarifices made by the aircrew. As Dad pointed out, they were occupied and knew first hand what life was like under the Nazi regime and were prepared to suffer whatever it took to get the Germans out of Holland.
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