:24:01
No, no, no,
seriously, Dowding...
:24:02
the morale factor is vital.
:24:05
I saw Beaverbrook on Monday.
:24:07
Now, he's going
to be able to deliver...
:24:09
as many as
a hundred fighters a week.
:24:13
Well, after seeing you...
:24:16
I want to be able to go
back to the cabinet...
:24:18
and tell them you're
as confident as I am.
:24:22
Damn it, man,
we've got 650 planes.
:24:26
And they have 2,500 aircraft,
haven't they?
:24:31
They won't all come over
at once, and we have radar.
:24:35
Churchill puts great faith
in radar.
:24:37
It's vital, but it won't
shoot down aircraft.
:24:41
I must say, you don't exactly
exude a spirit of optimism.
:24:46
God willing,
we will hold out, Minister.
:24:50
I see. So I tell
the cabinet...
:24:53
that you're trusting in radar
and praying to God... right?
:24:57
More accurate
the other way around.
:24:59
I'm trusting in God
and praying for radar.
:25:02
But the essential arithmetic
is that our young men...
:25:05
will have to shoot down
their young men...
:25:08
at the rate of four to one
if we're to keep pace at all.
:25:15
It's the oil pressure, sir,
but the gauge is being checked.
:25:18
- All right, Charlie. Carry on.
- Thank you, sir.
:25:21
Never give up,
do you, Charlie?
:25:22
Instrument check, sir.
:25:24
I hope your new C.O.
Believes you.
:25:27
He's going to be
one of your headaches now.
:25:29
They know the orders...
don't tangle unnecessarily.
:25:31
So it's "May I do
an engine check, sir?
:25:34
"Or an undercarriage
check or a radio?"
:25:36
Any excuse
to get at the Jerries.
:25:38
At least it shows they're keen.
:25:40
Yeah, they're a good bunch.
:25:42
God knows what I'll find
in Scotland.
:25:44
A lot of kids with down
on their cheeks.
:25:46
Yeah, training them
to be fighter pilots...
:25:48
is a damn sight more dodgy
than fighting Germans.
:25:50
Well, you've got to earn
that new stripe somehow.
:25:52
At least I got
three days in town.
:25:54
Give my regards to your wife.
:25:56
Thanks.