World War Two Engineer's Son Builds Replica Bomber | Forces TV
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- It’s been designed for people to climb on and sit in to get a real sense of what it might have been like to be in Bomber Command during the Second World War. For the man who built it, this replica Lancaster Bomber has been a labour of love.
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A great project, a very dedicated Man ! Well done.
Dad looks a bit shy, looking at the ground lot. Probably a really nice, down to earth and genuine guy with a love and passion for his work.
Many were nervous around cameras in those days.
From an ex Royal Air Force aircraft fitter to a dedicated amateur, my deepest respect and best wishes. Well done. You should be in the Queens honours list Sir and receive a knighthood!!
"Whether she was still in the land of the living."
I'm sooo glad to know that someone else in this works speaks that way about airplanes.
I used similar choice of words to describe the unfortunately fated Nine-O-Nine.
Im glad someone else feels the same way about planes as i do.
Bless this man and bless his father.
What an amazing man (and father)! I take my hat off to you Sir for your tremendous effort and sacrifice.
awesome geekiness of the highest order. sir I salute you
Well done Martin - with all the set-backs you have encountered you have done an immaculate job! A lesser man would have buckled.
i went on this aircraft today at lincs show. and thankyou to the family for giving me the chance, they was very friendly educational and interesting. wishing them all the very best of luck and I hope to meet them again in the future
A similar kind of courage to that of the aircrew. I award you the OBE. Someone should, anyway.
Somewhere in Germany there is a chap doing this type of build of a Heinkel 111.
I take my hat of to him , the dedication and commitment he and his wife and family have shown under extreme circumstances is is only to be praise and admired ,fair play to them and hope the project will in some way reward them and that they can reap some money back for them to enjoy .
Bumped his head at 0:05 the poor fella.
ouch
I repeated that, when I heard the bang too, hahahaahah im so going to hell for this xD
but he kept move on!
Maybe he was the Stormtrooper in the 1st Star Wars movie!
That stuff hurts.
There are always strong people who are driven to take on the most difficult jobs, bless them all.
Spent 4 years renovating the house .Surprised my wife never effed off .This man deserves real recognition for this long hard slog to see this through. What a guy .The planet needs more men like you .Coupled with the fact that future generations can touch and feel the replica and maybe think about how many lads flew and died horribly from flak and exploding cannon bullets but pushed on with the shitty job and every single man was a volunteer.I tip my hat to you sir.What a guy.
It's Englishmen such as Martin that once made England great, through sheer determination, dedication and hard work, no matter what the obstacles they encountered!!!
Great work and a really nice story, it is a wonderful accomplishment to get it done just up to this point. Hope someone can help out with the financial side of things.
TRUTH SEEKER
Yes, the GOVERNAMENT!!
But "they" only know to spend OUR money in projects in with "they" profit some how!!!!
A Rodrigues Yes the governement should be helping with a historical project like this to remind people of the bravery of armed forces in ww2 so people apreciate what they have
Great idea, and glad hes recovering and i wish him and family all the best.
What a story for your grandchildren to tell of your involvement with your father in the restoration of 'S for Sugar'. Well done!
Beautiful job
Your father is smiling down on you from above
So cool. Kudos to him.
Thanks for keeping history alive, Martin. Alex W, San Diego, CA
A good show on you, my father was a flying Sgt with the RCAF during the war taking his commission just after and staying in till the mid 70s. He always said of all the planes he flew, jets included. It was the Lancaster he loved the most. Once again good on you.
I'm impressed with your family with such high workmanship! UK should be proud of you! 👍👍👍
Not unlike many an aircrew and the wonderful old Lancs they flew you and your family have been to hell and back Martin you have the same unwavering determination to see the job done to the very best of your ability I think you deserve at least a distinguished service and conduct medal for your actions in the face of adversity. I am only one of many out here who recognise your dedication to this endeavour 'to your dream and only one of many who would like to shake you by the hand what you have accomplished so far is nothing less than amazing.
You have the British fighting spirit Martin and what you and yours have overcome to see this grand old lady come together is truly inspiring, from the bottom of my heart I'd just like to say 'well done Martin, you're bringing life to a dream not many get to accomplish that feat and by doing so your helping keep history alive, your father would be very proud very proud indeed ... as are we ;)
I am impressed by the whole family. I hope you al have a good future and that you are proud of yourself.
ALL THE BEST TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. WHAT A WONDERFUL PROJECT!!!!!
Wow hats off to this guy and his dad who started it and gave him something to pretty much fight for and finish it.
Amazingly project. A ton of respect for coming through and preserving. Your workmanship / standard of finish looks great.
Restored by its original engineer. Priceless.
An American man (with help from his friend) built an exact flying replica of a Supermarine Spitfire, and I thought that was amazing (It's here on TH-cam). I can't even imagine one man taking on a project like this to build a Lancaster Bomber. This is simply astounding! Martin is an amazing man!!!
Los lancaster .aviones majestuosos grandes .cuando niño coleccionaba las historietas de U-2.lindos dibujos de aviones..y tenian un héroe ROBERTO BRITON..volaba cualquier avion....
It’s very rare for someone to show appreciation for the history of there country and family in such a tangible way. Future generations will thank you for your incredible forethought and sacrifice
At RCAF Hamilton museum we have a working Lancaster and she flies every so often
Amazing man. Well done Martin !
SIR, YOU ARE A LEGEND AND YOU HAVE A SUPERB FAMILY . YOU MUST BE THE PROUDEST MAN IN THE WORLD , GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU.
Congrats to you and your family. So glad that your transplant was a success. My sister-in-law Peggy died. My husband was her donor but tragically it dicc didn’t take. Her death was totally devastating. Amazing project you have done. Hope those royals show up for you.
Well done Ted and Martin....for your foresight.... fantastic...
School kid : My Dad and I built a tree house
This guy :
Excellent work, you put everything in. Because you believed in it. You have a supportive family. Again well done.
I think the wife is the hero of the story here
Respect and best wishes, sir!
Fantastic project , massive respect for seeing it through , beautiful aircraft
A Good Man , a Tough man! Nice family. I'm glad I came across this moving Video. This one of the most important WWII Aircraft preservation type stories I've come across. Reproduction, and the Actual Lancaster, it doesn't get any better than this! Lancaster Awesome!
well done mate. you've accomplished a great thing. fantastic
So humble, and such initiative, forbearance, skill, competence, bravery, courage and illness recovery- a simply great story of family unity, father and son, human endeavour and accomplishment. A big thank-YOU Martin, from Canada, home of many Lancasters.
I remember seeing one flying at an airshow in St. Hubert air base near Montreal around 1970 or so. JD, Montreal
Well done mate, massive job, massive respect, that's not a replica, that's a rebuild, using mainly original parts, its a NEW plane from old pieces, a replica is making something that looks like the original but isn't. This film is two years old, did he manage to finish it? Is he OK? can we get an update please....
Dark cloud over cast..great job sir !
A beautiful tribute. To all who flew during the war, the unsung ground crews and ground staff, and to your determination to survive and finish this magnificent obsession.
Well done to you and your family.
The RAF museum should take it over or lend him a big hand.
Lets make the 3rd flying Lancaster!
That is the sort of family spirit as survived the Blitz. Most moving, that.
A real Hero, this man .
AMAZING ! work WELL DONE.
The British are good at scrapping iconic ships and airplanes. wouldn't it be cool to walk around a WWII era British ship. The RMS Olympic would have been awesome to visit as a museum ship.
Great Project !!! Keep it up. Regards from Alaska!
This replica section is now owned by the Avro Heritage Museum at Woodford the home of the Lancaster bomber. Well worth a visit just to get inside this front fuselage section.
Hats off!
Excellent Martin, great job. My father flew on patrol over the North Atlantic as a crew member on a Lancaster with the RCAF in the early 50's. He was still a teenager and fresh out of boot camp.
Hats off to you martin much respect
Love those enthusiastic people...
Great project, a man named Jeremy Hall also built a Lancaster full scale cockpit
Brilliant job well done
I applaud him.....
This is a wonderful project, well done Sir , to both you and your family.
Britain has become a museum of itself; we must build a future which is greater than our past.
I salute you 👏👍
BRILLIANT!... hopefully there will be a 3rd (or even a 4th) one back in the air.. :-D
It's a thing of design beauty, and what it achieved, my goodness those bomb loads, nothing was safe. I have been fortunate to have seen one in person. Wow!
to all involved in the creation of such an iconic aircraft,i salute one and all,a great gift to the community,and definately a labour of love that has paid off and united people.
Sir, all respect to you. This is an amazing project.
What a tremendous and Inspiring project!
Beautiful aircraft. It always amazed me that the Lancaster bomber only carried one pilot in the crew.
No co pilot.
Thank you for the video and glad to see someone's not only living their dream, but making it happen.
Unbelievable devotion to a dream out of love for an unforgetable father & son connection!
There must be some words to describe what Martin has done -- single handed -- but I can't think of any, except perhaps unimaginable courage, determination, and an indomitable spirit to see it through come what may.
If there was such a thing as a Victoria Cross for attainment regardless of the cost to life, limb, wellbeing, will to succeed, and financial (in)security, he richly deserves such a medal AND Bar!
What a great guy..well great family as well. A unique way to honor his father as well as maintain that wonderful connection they shared togather restoreing the original lanc but at the same time he is honoring the entire "greatest generation" that sacrificed so very much to ensure our freedom. It would have been so easy to make that deal with the devil Hitler offered, and therr were many many in the UK who not only wanted that but who were also secret Nazis themselves or at the least Nazi sympathizers..even a good number of the Royal Family even. So it would have been Far easier for Churchill...but thankfully he was made of that really rare stro g stuff inside and stood up even though at the time almost everyone truely thought there was no way to stop the looming German invasion and subsequent victory. But until then Chirchill committed to tge fight after then as well for that matter but tge rest is great history and people like this sacrificeing so much to hinor it them and his father are great! Who knows maybe a kid sitting in the pilots seat will be inspired and then want to be a pilot and fly airplanes, explore space, maybe even be one of the first Humans to step foot on another world..mars perhaps or maybe even somwthing we cant concieve of yet..all inspired because a single man builds a replica Lancaster WW2 Heavy Bomber for people to experiance.
I hope people leave tons of donations and cash thank you tokens so this man didnt have to sacrifice his retirement or his families financial legacy in doing this for his countrymen and women...
Wow! Good job and good life to you!!
Oh
I saw this at East Kirkby Airshow a couple of years ago...
Wow
Incredible all the way round.
OUTSTANDING!
incredible.
Good luck. I hope you are very successful with the project.
Well done , and good luck for the future.
Amazing story, thank you for the upload.
What an incredible guy! Must have some serious skill to be able to achieve engineering like that. Hope he gets better soon
Great story, fantastic dedication against all odds, and what an amazing project !!
Way too many of these beautiful aircraft......in my own and probably many, many other's opinion....the definative WW2 Heavy Bomber....were simply broken up with no consideration at the time to massive historic value in the future. Absolutely love it !! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Keep your family on the breadline for a hobby. No holidays or days out no doubt. Great idea.
Simply Amazing
Great projekt but I Wonder Will the replica be able to fly?
Wrll done m8 excellent tribute to all of bomber command
Well done,great achievement..where there is a will..there is always a way 🙏💫
fantastic for you to build for the world to see. my wife had a bone marrow transplant 17 years ago I know what your family was looking at going though . and I think its fantastic that they decided to keep; your dream going.
Well done sir. Warm regards from San Diego.
YOUR FATHER WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY PROUD OF YOU.AND ALL YOUR FAMILY,AND THE RAF !!!,,,,,,AND ALL OF US !!!!!
good on you Martin!
Martin. Would you have a photo of the panel to the left of the wireless operators position? In particular, the position of the dial that shows the degree of the rear turret?
I am in awe sir!
Great project.
How to make your grandfather remember the war
1.)Wait for your grandfather to fall asleep
2.)Carefully place him inside the replica bomber
3.)Go outside then shake and hit the fuselage with sticks
Amazing
It was the most destructive bomber of the second world war,but it was a beauty.
Great motivation there