Stories from across the globe
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MANDY! BREAK RIGHT!
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We do our best at the very edge of our limits.
David Waddington -
The missions they fly, the places they can land...It’s phenomenal.
Sara Waymont -
Art isn't about them and us. It's just about us.
Sara Waymont -
These are the guys that make it work.
Sara Waymont -
Airliners? It's like driving a bus.
Trevor Edwards -
Nobody really knows what happened
Sean Maffett -
The guards wanted us to smell nice.
Bob Ankerson -
It's a privilege to have one of 'The Few' in our family
Sean Maffett -
It's the pin-up girls that keep people going.
Sara Waymont -
It felt as if war was imminent. And we were very scared of that
Ralph Levy -
They had never met a Jewish boy before
Ralph Levy -
The bombing had taken its toll. There wasn't much left
Ralph Levy -
There was no way out for us
Benny Goodman -
Juggling fuel
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The higher I climbed, the more the windscreen started to break up
Murdo Macleod -
If we're not off by lunchtime, we'll be dead
SAS Mayday -
A handshake and a pat on the back
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We train for it all the time, but you never think it's going to happen
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You could just sense the occasion
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Pride and pressure
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Challenges you wouldn't have in a normal aeroplane
Mathew Stannard -
Someone had been shot down the day before we arrived
Mike Beech -
This was turbulence at a level I had never experienced before
Mike Beer -
You needed to build the confidence that you would survive
Murdo MacLeod -
We had no idea what we were dealing with
Air Cdre David McLoughlin CBE -
Anywhere in the world, if you are injured, if you are sick, we will get you home
Air Cdre David McLoughlin CBE -
W1048 sank 92ft to the bottom of a lake
Ewan Burnet -
Without the network space is useless to you
Air Marshal Harvey Smyth -
We didn't realise the magnitude of what we've just done
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A memory that will live forever
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We're a very tight knit crew
Sqdn Ldr Mathew Stannard -
I'd just bombed them. Didn't think they'd be too pleased to see me.
Robert Iveson -
I'm here to see the art. Everything else can wait.
Sara Waymont -
He managed to land the plane without lowering the undercarriage
Sean Maffett -
My RAF friends will be there forever
Trevor Edwards -
My uncle was one of 'The Few' but he was no-one special
Sean Maffett -
Unless I tell him something I'm going to die.
Robbie Stewart -
Once you see the missile you have 3.5 seconds until impact.
David Waddington -
He was so grateful to be rescued, he offered us a crate of champagne.
Nicky Smith -
That's why they do it.
Sara Waymont -
Do they know who I am? I'm just a kid from Woolwich
Trevor Edwards -
These young men thought they would live forever
Sean Maffett -
The one plane you wanted to be on was the Belfast
Sean Maffett -
I knew that unless I got help quickly I would die.
Robbie Stewart -
Like boy racers hanging out of a Tornado.
Sara Waymont -
War is dark and terrible. And sometimes funny.
Sara Waymont -
Without the Mulberry D-Day couldn't have gone ahead
Ralph Levy -
The German's acted as if they'd won the war
Ralph Levy -
We had to ensure those ships weren't attacked
Tony Cowan