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The Thousand Plane Raid (also known as The One Thousand Plane Raid) is a 1969 DeLuxe Color film directed by Boris Sagal and starring Christopher George and Laraine Stephens. Although claimed to be derived from Ralph Barker's The Thousand Plane Raid (also published as The Thousand Plan: the Story of the First Thousand Bomber Raids on Cologne), the storyline of the film inaccurately portrays the first raid as an 8th Air Force mission while the actual attack was undertaken by 1,047 Royal Air Force bombers against the city of Cologne, Germany in May 1942.
The film was based on Ralph Baker's book of the same name which was published in 1966.
Plot In 1943, Colonel Greg Brandon (Christopher George), stationed at a United States Army Air Forces 8th Air Force, 103rd Bomb Group base in England, attempts to persuade superiors that a massive, co-ordinated daylight bombing raid will hasten the end of World War II. In spite of the mission's extreme difficulty and risk, his plan is eventually put into effect against a vital enemy aircraft factory in central Germany.
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00:20They're penetrating our formations head-on, almost at will.
00:22A massive daylight assault.
00:25To be exact, gentlemen, 1,000 planes.
00:29Without the cover of darkness, 1,000 planes would be a massive target.
00:331,000 planes sent to destroy Hitler's dream.
00:37Now, how the hell are you going to get 1,000 planes assembled, fitted, fueled, armed, and ready to go in less than three weeks?
00:43This will be the worst raid we've ever had.
00:46Wouldn't it be that bad?
00:47All right, hit it!
00:49Up and out of you heroes, hub!
00:52Hub!
00:52Briefing 0500!
00:56Crew from Pionic, bail out!
00:58Hey, I'm going to bail it out!
01:00Hitler knew the plan, but the Allies bet 1,000 planes he didn't know the place.
01:06A strike of this magnitude will require a minimum of 30 fully operational airfields, plus an additional 30 airfields for the required British fighter support.
01:16Our target, gentlemen.
01:19Marstenberg.
01:20We're going to smash this facility with one massive blow.
01:23The first 1,000 planes raid.
01:27This was the day the Allies turned the blitz on Hitler.
