00:00Coming out of storage, G4George is returning to its home at the Australian War Memorial.
00:08Hundreds came out to see the aircraft's fuselage glide by.
00:12Of all the moments this morning, the most powerful moment for me was when school children spontaneously applauded
00:18as she came around the roundabout in front of the Australian War Memorial.
00:21And it just reminded me, the first time I saw George I was 10 years old.
00:25And they'll have that memory now forever.
00:27Murray Vogt, whose father Brian flew in the aircraft squadron, was among those watching on.
00:32It reminds us of the service of Dad and all of his friends and mates who helped to defend Australia.
00:38The Lancaster Bomber is one of the Memorial's most beloved and well-known exhibits.
00:42It carried out 89 missions over Germany and occupied Europe during the Second World War, becoming known as the Lucky Bomber.
00:50There are no casualties amongst the air crews flying on George itself,
00:54but over 80 of the aircrew who flew G4George were later killed on operations flying in other Lancasters and other squadrons.
01:02Nearly 10,000 Australians served in Bomber Command. More than 4,000 lost their lives.
01:07Through this magnificent Lancaster, we get to tell their stories because they've all passed now.
01:12So for me, it's a very, very powerful moment. It's an historic moment.
01:17Dozens of more parts of G4George will be brought here to the War Memorial's new Anzac Hall.
01:22She will then be reassembled and the public will be able to view her from next year.
01:26What we're very, very keen to do is always tell the stories of the people behind those objects,
01:31because after all they are real Australians and their stories are really worthy of telling in a museum context.
01:39Coming into land one final time.
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