WONZ 354 - Maximum Effort

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   • No 75 (New Zealand) Squadron RAF Lancaster...  

"Maximum Effort" was a docu-drama made by the Ministry of Information during WWII about a crew of a No. 75 (NZ) Squadron Avro Lancaster bomber based at RAF Mepal in mid-1944.

In this episode Dave Homewood, Don Simms and Chris Newey discuss the making of this film, the real life characters who appear as themselves, and the Lancaster that is featured, ND752.

Portions of the original film footage, along with original black and white and recently colourised photographs are used to illustrate the discussion.

This all-but-forgotten film is an amazing time capsule showing life at RAF Mepal, near Ely, Cambridgeshire, which became a little bit of New Zealand back in 1944-45.