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(RADIO STATIC)
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CONTROLLER: (OVER RADIO)
Crocodile Lima, Monkey Delta.
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Can you read me?
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Crocodile Lima, Monkey Delta.
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Can you read me?
Do you require assistance?
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♪ In the bleak midwinter ♪
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♪ Frosty wind made moan ♪
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♪ Earth stood hard as iron ♪
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♪ Water like a stone ♪
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(MEN LAUGHING)
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♪ Schnee ging nieder, bergeschwer ♪
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♪ Schnee auf Schnee lag schwer ♪
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- (MALE VOICE GRUNTS)
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
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FEMALE VOICE:
(INDISTINCT CHATTER IN GERMAN) Jacob!
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MALE VOICE: We're gonna get you!
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- (CHRISTMAS SONG PLAYING OVER STEREO)
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
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- MALE VOICE: I'll get a round!
- FEMALE VOICE: Nice! Who's this guy?
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- (CHUCKLES)
- Whoo!
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- FREDDIE'S MUM: Hello?
- FREDDIE: Mum?
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- FREDDIE'S MUM: Freddie!
- Hi, Mum.
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I'm... I'm just calling to say
Happy Christmas.
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FREDDIE'S MUM:
Oh, so your leave didn't come through?
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Uh, I'm afraid not. But I...
I'll be home in a couple of weeks.
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- FREDDIE'S MUM: Oh, have you told Lizzie?
- FREDDIE: I'm gonna call her now.
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FREDDIE'S MUM: Well, Happy Christmas,
darling. We'll miss you.
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FREDDIE: Me, too.
Tell that sister of mine...
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- Happy Christmas, Stinky.
- (BOTH CHUCKLE)
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Happy Christmas, Sal.
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- SALLY: Give my love to Lizzie!
- Okay. Bye, sis.
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- (LINE DISCONNECTS)
- Mum?
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(SONG CONCLUDES)
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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
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(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)
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(DASHWOOD CLEARS THROAT)
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What happened to you?
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Snowball fight of all things.
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Some other lucky bugger
gets home for Christmas.
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So you're not flying tonight?
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Really?
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Sorry.
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SHIP SECURITY OFFICER:
You're sure about this?
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You've only just got your night rating.
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- It's over an hour to Lakenheath.
- It's a straight run across the North Sea.
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Well, the weather
has changed unexpectedly.
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Forecast is clear skies till morning,
so perfect night for flying.
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Everything seems to have stacked up
in your favor.
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Looks like you're going home
for Christmas.
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Thank you, sir.
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- (INDISTINCT CHATTER IN GERMAN)
- (WOMAN CHUCKLES)
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Hey. No time to call your girlfriend.
I've gotta get you out of here tonight.
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- All right. Come on then.
- Talk to you from the tower.
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(MILD TEMPO MUSIC PLAYING)
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{\an8}-Evening, Jack.
- They're nearly ready for you, sir.
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SHIP SECURITY OFFICER:
You'll turn onto course 265,
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climb to 27,000 feet over the Dutch coast
to the North Sea.
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Got it.
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Sixty-six-minute flight.
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You've got fuel for more than
80 minutes in the air.
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Touch down to Lakenheath, 23, 25.
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On reaching height, maintain course
and keep speed to 350 knots.
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Soon as you leave our airspace,
we'll be shutting down.
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You'll have the sky to yourself.
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Good luck.
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- (CLEARS THROAT) All ready, Jack?
- Yeah. Nice clear night, sir.
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FREDDIE: Mm.
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Well, uh, Merry Christmas, sir.
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Frohe Weinachten, Jack.
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If you say so, sir.
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(MILD TEMPO MUSIC PLAYING)
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JIM: (OVER RADIO)
Charlie Delta, taxi for runway 24.
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Quebec, Foxtrot, Echo, 1014.
Surface wind, 230 degrees,
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10 knots.
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FREDDIE: Charlie Delta,
taxi for runway 24,
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Quebec, Foxtrot, Echo, 1014.
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JIM: (OVER RADIO)
Charlie Delta, clear line up and takeoff.
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FREDDIE: Charlie Delta rolling.
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JIM: (OVER RADIO)
Celle Approach, Charlie Delta,
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signing on to 265, climbing the level 280.
And away you go.
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- JIM: (OVER RADIO) Charlie Delta.
- FREDDIE: Charlie Delta, Celle.
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JIM: (OVER RADIO)
Charlie Delta, clear for takeoff.
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FREDDIE: Roger that, tower.
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(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
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FREDDIE: Charlie Delta. Clear airfield.
Wheels up and locked.
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Happy Christmas, Jim.
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JIM: (OVER RADIO)
Happy Christmas, Freddie.
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♪ Hark how the bells, sweet silver bells
all seem to say, throw cares away ♪
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♪ Christmas is here, bringing good cheer ♪
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♪ To young and old, meek and the bold ♪
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♪ One seems to hear words of good cheer
from everywhere, filling the air ♪
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♪ Oh, how they pound, raising their sound
o'er hill and dale, telling their tale ♪
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♪ Gaily they ring while people sing
songs of good cheer, Christmas is here ♪
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♪ On, on they send, on without end
their joyful tone, to every home ♪
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♪ Hark how the bells, sweet silver bells
all seem to say, throw cares away ♪
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♪ Christmas is here, bringing good cheer ♪
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♪ To young and old, meek and the bold ♪
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(FREDDIE INHALES DEEPLY)
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♪ One seems to hear words of good cheer
from everywhere, filling the air ♪
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♪ Oh, how they pound, raising their sound
o'er hill and dale, telling their tale ♪
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♪ Gaily they ring while people sing
songs of good cheer, Christmas is here ♪
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♪ Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas ♪
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♪ On, on they send, on without end
their joyful tone, to every home ♪
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(LIGHTS BUZZING)
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(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
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FREDDIE: (SIGHS) Bloody compass.
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(GRUNTS)
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Compass failure. Compass failure.
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Come on.
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Celle, Charlie Delta.
Celle, Charlie Delta.
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Calling North Beveland Control.
Compass failure.
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Request a radio-assisted approach.
Alert RAF Lakenheath.
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Celle, Charlie Delta.
Celle, Charlie Delta.
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Do you read me?
Request a ground-controlled approach.
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Uh, RAF Lakenheath, ETA 2340.
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(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
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FREDDIE: Celle, Charlie Delta.
Celle, Charlie Delta.
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Require radio assistance.
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Come on. Someone talk to me.
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Celle, Charlie Delta.
Celle, Charlie Delta.
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Calling Lakenheath Control.
Electrical failure. Come in.
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Celle, Charlie Delta.
Calling Lakenheath Control.
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Multiple instrument failure.
Do you read me? Come on!
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{\an8}Come on, come on! Just work! (SIGHS)
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How can I land if I've got no one
to talk me down?
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(SIGHS) Switching to emergency channel.
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Celle, Charlie Delta.
Celle, Charlie Delta.
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(CLEARS THROAT)
Calling Lakenheath Control. Come in.
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(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
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FREDDIE: If anyone can hear me,
this is Celle, Charlie Delta.
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Instrument failure.
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Only speed and altitude functioning,
will attempt visual navigation.
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Attempting to fly to Norwich.
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Land at the nearest airfield...
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Miriam St. George.
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Fuel status, only 1,200 pounds remaining.
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God. (BREATHES HEAVILY)
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(GROANS) Fog as well now. Oh no.
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Celle, Charlie Delta. Emergency.
Calling all channels.
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Throttling back and descending
to 10,000 feet to save my fuel.
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Commencing emergency distress procedure.
Flying triangular flight pattern.
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Hopefully someone will pick me up
on radar.
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It's my only hope.
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(PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)
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FREDDIE: Fuel status critical.
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Seven hundred pounds remaining.
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Lord, please get me
out of this bloody mess.
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Please send someone to lead me down.
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(GROANS)
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Fuel level critical.
Three hundred pounds remaining.
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Current estimation, ten minutes remaining
before ditching.
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Continuing to fly
triangular flight pattern.
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(BREATHES HEAVILY)
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Why can't anybody see my up here?
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Why won't somebody listen to me?
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Emergency fuel level reached.
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Estimate five minutes to ditching.
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Lizzie...
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(BREATHES HEAVILY)
if this is it, then...
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I want you to know that...
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I don't seem to be afraid anymore.
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Just really sad.
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Sad for all the things
that we'll never do...
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all the places we'll never see together.
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All I wanted was to come home
to spend Christmas with you.
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(MILD TEMPO MUSIC PLAYING)
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LIZZIE: Why don't you come inside?
It's freezing out here.
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Come in. Out of the cold.
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FREDDIE: This is Charlie Delta
calling all channels.
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Sea ditching now inevitable.
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This may be my last communication.
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(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
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CONTROLLER: (OVER RADIO)
Croc... Lima... Can you... read...
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- Identify your position.
- FREDDIE: Charlie Delta. Do you read me?
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Charlie Delta, request your ID.
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CONTROLLER: (OVER RADIO)
Crocodile Lima, Monkey Delta.
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Can you read me?
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FREDDIE: This is Charlie Delta,
not Monkey Delta.
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En route Miriam. Instrument failure.
Request assisted approach.
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Come on. Come on.
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(GRUNTS)
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Charlie Delta, Crocodile Lima.
Do you read me?
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He can't hear me.
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Charlie Delta, Crocodile Lima.
Do you read me?
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He can't hear me.
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What the hell's going on?
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Why can I hear him, but he can't hear me?
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CONTROLLER: (OVER RADIO)
Have you sustained structural damage?
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Do you require assistance?
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FREDDIE: Charlie Delta to Crocodile Lima.
Yes! Require assistance.
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(MILD TEMPO MUSIC PLAYING)
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FREDDIE: Charlie Delta to Crocodile Lima.
Please confirm you have a visual on me.
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A Mosquito...
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Thank you.
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(BREATHES DEEPLY)
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Do you read me?
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Charlie Delta. Yes, I...
Yeah, I can hear you.
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Roger that.
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Negative on your transmissions,
I can't hear you.
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Use your hand signals.
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Do you have structural damage?
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Electrical failure.
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What's your fuel status?
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Okay. Three minutes.
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Line up on me,
and let's start our descent.
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- You're doing fine.
- Thank you.
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Okay. You've got four miles to touchdown.
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Make sure your landing gear
is down and locked.
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That's it.
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Okay, we're three miles out.
Follow me down, I'm taking you home.
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Here we go. Now,
don't lose sight of my wing.
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Two miles out. Start down,
five hundred feet per minute.
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How's your fuel?
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Stay with me.
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We've got a mile to go.
We're slowing down to 110 knots.
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Continue descent, 300 feet per minute.
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Okay, there's your runway straight ahead.
You're clear to land.
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Merry Christmas.
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(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
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(EXHALES SHARPLY)
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(PANTS)
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(CHUCKLES, EXHALES HEAVILY)
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(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)
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(CAR HORN HONKS)
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MALE VOICE: Hello, there!
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- Hello.
- MALE VOICE: That yours?
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Sergeant Joe Marks, jump in.
I'll run you back to the mess.
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- Thank you. It's good to be in the warm.
- I expect it is.
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(PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)
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Flying Officer, Freddie Hook.
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- That was close.
- You were lucky in this fog.
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Yeah. My radio and electrics
failed out of the North Sea.
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I was guided in by another aircraft.
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- Surprised you managed to find the place.
- What do you mean?
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We're not an operational station,
haven't been for years.
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We're just a storage depot now.
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- So this isn't RAF Miriam St. George?
- That's another ten miles away, sir.
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- This is RAF Minton.
- Minton?
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I've never heard of it.
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I saw your runway lights...
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and... Well, looks like I've plonked
my Vampire down onto the wrong airfield.
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- Sorry.
- Don't mention it, sir.
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You got the short straw,
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having to spend your Christmas
on duty here?
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JOE: (CHUCKLES) Yes.
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Let's get you settled.
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- This will warm you up, sir.
- Thank you.
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(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)
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Come on, Lizzie.
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(PHONE LINE TRILLING)
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- FREDDIE: Come on, Lizzie. Pick up.
- (PEOPLE SINGING INDISTINCTLY)
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(PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)
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(JOE GRUNTS)
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- Did you get through?
- Strange.
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Well, it is Christmas.
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FREDDIE: You've been here long, Joe?
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Since the beginning of the war
when the station opened.
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- It's different then.
- Hmm.
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Back then, it was full of young pilots
flying mission after mission,
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even after their nerves were in shreds.
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- Did you have family in the Force, sir?
- Yeah. Yeah, my father.
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- I'm sorry.
- Missing in action over Germany.
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- So you followed him into the Force?
- Yeah, yeah, I did.
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Not right away, though. National Service.
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Well, thank God there's no war on.
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Let's hope we don't have to go through
anything like that again.
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- May I, sir?
- Thank you.
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(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
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Who's the pilot, Joe?
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Oh, that's Mr. John Kavanagh.
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- He was here during the war, sir.
- Kavanagh?
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Yes.
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Often used to sit at that table
where you were sitting.
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A Canadian pilot.
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- What squadron was that, Joe?
- Pathfinders. Mosquitoes they flew.
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I believe Mr. Kavanagh
was the best of them all.
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But then, I'm biased. (CHUCKLES)
I was his batman.
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- Johnny Kavanagh.
- When the squadron returned
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after dropping marker flares
over targets in Germany,
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he'd have his Mosquito refueled.
Take off again. Alone.
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- He used to guide them back here.
- Yes.
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He used to go out over the North Sea...
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looking for a crippled plane,
sometimes in fog so dense
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you couldn't see your hand.
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Just like tonight.
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Well, he brought me home tonight.
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Oh, I don't think so, sir.
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Mr. Johnny went out
on his last patrol Christmas Eve, 1943.
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Just 14 years ago tonight.
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He never came back.
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He went down with his plane...
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somewhere out there over the North Sea.
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Well, good night, sir.
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Oh, and uh... (CHUCKLES)
Happy Christmas.
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(PLANE ENGINE WHIRRING)
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(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
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DRIVER: We saw you on the radar
looked like you were heading for Miriam.
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- Then you just vanished.
- We lost you around about here.
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- Why did you...
- I was led down.
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Old guy here turned on the runway lights
and saved my life.
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This place shut down years ago
at the end of the war.
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Uh, it's been abandoned ever since.
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(MILD TEMPO MUSIC PLAYING)
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Come on.
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Let's get you back to civilization, sir.
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Home for Christmas.
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CONTROLLER: (OVER RADIO)
Crocodile Lima, Monkey Delta.
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Can you read me?
Do you require assistance?
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SKIPPER: Monkey, Delta,
Crocodile Lima, Skipper here.
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Flank damage and hit
from pursuing enemy fighter.
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Instrument failure.
Require ground assisted approach.
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CONTROLLER: (OVER RADIO)
Crocodile Lima, Monkey Delta,
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it's time to follow me down.
I'm taking you home.
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(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
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(CAROL OF THE BELLS PLAYING)
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- (VOCALIZING CONCLUDES)
- (MILD TEMPO MUSIC PLAYING)
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(MUSIC CONCLUDES)