Thank you for this fine video! I have. Tons of respect for Guy Gibson and the Dam busters and I'm grateful for all the sacrifices they made in the name of freedom. I'm an American and I remember as a young man building a model of the Dam Buster's Lancaster. This video greatly affected me and brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for your hard work!
Wow, a very poignant, powerful & respectful tribute, tastefully rendered & beautifully narrated! Not what I was expecting, at all! I'm 65, and these amazing people were my childhood heroes. Without their efforts & sacrifices our lives would have been so much different & not for the better. Just brilliant, thankyou! :)
My late father was a Flight Engineer on Lancasters in the RAF and there was a very strong rumour doing the rounds that Gibson's plane was sabotaged. The feeling was, that he had become rather superior in his attitude and stepped on too many toes ...
Really interesting story. But also the video is very good. Impressive intro, story's presentation, sounds. I understand how much work it all requires. You definitely deserve much more subscribers and watch time. Keep doing 👍🙂
Hey thanks for the very kind words, I don’t get down about sub’s I have pretty good self motivation the last year the videos I’ve been important mentally and I made a goal of a video a week until I wasn’t shielding anymore (didn’t think it’d be this long 😂) Also if I was more popular I probably would be able to use the intros because of copyright 🙂 I’ll be uploading a video later today the intro took me about two hours. Thank you again, stay positive and creating. All the best
Gibson flew a tour as a night fighter pilot in-between his bomber command tours. He was alleged to have flown behind allied bombers in a effort to test the alertness of the RAF bomber gunners. A highly dangerous practice as his twin engined mosquito resembled a lot of twin engined German night fighters, especially in the dark. There were no flak battery claims for a/c shot down in that area on the night of Gibson's crash, nor were there any German night fighter claims of a/c shot down in the area that night. A rear gunner of a Lancaster did make a claim for a a/c shot down in that area but, there were no German a/c missing in that area of Holland on said night. In all likelihood, Gibson was shot down in a friendly fire incident. The Lancaster rear gunner was told to be quiet about the matter, only after the war did his story come out. As the Mosquito was primarily made out of wood, I would not have thought there would have been any tangible evidence of bullet holes etc, especially after the high speed impact and subsequent fire. I would imagine that the only tangible remains left at the crash site, would have been the engines, perhaps undercarriage parts etc, that would have buried themselves deep in the soil The remains on the surface would have been cleared by the Germans at the time.
Exactly right. Gibson was shot down by a Lancaster bomber gunner, 17:27 Sargent Bernard McCormak who mistook the Mosquito for a Junkers 88. He spent the rest of his life wracked with guilt and left a taped confession with his wife before his death in 1992. Was it right to keep quiet about it? Well, Gibson was a national hero and to loose him in action was bad enough, but for him to be shot down by one of his own would have been a bitter pill to swallow at a time when good morale was crucial.
Hi buddy very interesting story really enjoyed it what about doing other ghost stories from the old bomber airfields you could be a ghost story guide am sure people would pay i know I would just a thought. cheers Gary .
Hey Gary, I would love to do that - but the biggest ghost stories seem to be from RAF Wickenby and it’s still an active RAF base, they all have their ghosts but that seems the most active.. I will do it some day. I did Lincolnshire ghost stories over Halloween, check it out if you like. I might do RAF ghosts for next Halloween.. although, with another lockdown I could do it in a couple of weeks 😂
@@arcimmicra9440 you don’t need to apologise I look forward to your comments - I didn’t know this information, although I saw Jim broadbent on the bardney to washingborough cycle track about 5 years ago. I must admit I know him as Slater from Only Fools and Horses 😂
I was stationed there in the 1960s with 112 Squadron Bloodhound Mark 2 missiles. However I personally was very disappointed with the format of this video. Sure, the narrator managed to recount Guy Gibson's story but it was painfully slow going.
Thank you for this fine video! I have.
Tons of respect for Guy Gibson and the Dam busters and I'm grateful for all the sacrifices they made in the name of freedom. I'm an
American and I remember as a young man building a model of the Dam Buster's Lancaster. This video greatly affected me and brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for your hard work!
@@richardjohnson9275 thank for the comment, this video reminds me of Covid days. Was a pleasure to do. All the best
Wow, a very poignant, powerful & respectful tribute, tastefully rendered & beautifully narrated! Not what I was expecting, at all! I'm 65, and these amazing people were my childhood heroes. Without their efforts & sacrifices our lives would have been so much different & not for the better. Just brilliant, thankyou! :)
Awww thank you very much, one of the nicest comments I’ve had on any video thank you
@@TheContinuingStories You're very welcome! I've had some lovely ones myself, but giving really is better than receiving! :)
Thank's for sharing my friend👍 💚 💚
Thank you for watching and the comment all the best 🙂
Interesting story as always! Great video!
Nice share my friend!
Thanks for your kind words, means a lot
It was very interesting Thanks for sharing this was awsome 👍💜
So sorry I missed this comment Sandra! Thanks for your support as always :)
Nice thanks for all this info. Very interesting story and history. Great job. Have a great weekend.
You too my man
My late father was a Flight Engineer on Lancasters in the RAF and there was a very strong rumour doing the rounds that Gibson's plane was sabotaged. The feeling was, that he had become rather superior in his attitude and stepped on too many toes ...
@@johnstartin-taylor184 bet he had so many stories, different time, different people, different planet
Great video my friend interesting as always. thanks for sharing
Thank you for your positivity
I love your intro and very interesting story ! Awesome experience to explore this place 😊👍
Hey thank you very much, the intros often take longer than anything else 😂
I agree with you haha 😆 I think it’s worth it, well done my friend 😉👍
@@NewWalker thanks again, stay positive 🙂
Saw your comment on the cemetery channel, more weird stuff, I'm in! Subscribed! YEEWW!! :)
Ha ha thanks lots of weird and quirky on this channel, another old RAF runway for Monday’s video 🙂 thanks again
Really interesting story. But also the video is very good. Impressive intro, story's presentation, sounds. I understand how much work it all requires. You definitely deserve much more subscribers and watch time. Keep doing 👍🙂
Hey thanks for the very kind words, I don’t get down about sub’s I have pretty good self motivation the last year the videos I’ve been important mentally and I made a goal of a video a week until I wasn’t shielding anymore (didn’t think it’d be this long 😂)
Also if I was more popular I probably would be able to use the intros because of copyright 🙂 I’ll be uploading a video later today the intro took me about two hours.
Thank you again, stay positive and creating.
All the best
@@TheContinuingStories Thank you. All the best 🙂
very good video i dont live to far from there amazing place
Thank you for the comment, it’s a beautiful area 🙂 hope you’re keeping safe
Gibson flew a tour as a night fighter pilot in-between his bomber command tours. He was alleged to have flown behind allied bombers in a effort to test the alertness of the RAF bomber gunners. A highly dangerous practice as his twin engined mosquito resembled a lot of twin engined German night fighters, especially in the dark.
There were no flak battery claims for a/c shot down in that area on the night of Gibson's crash, nor were there any German night fighter claims of a/c shot down in the area that night.
A rear gunner of a Lancaster did make a claim for a a/c shot down in that area but, there were no German a/c missing in that area of Holland on said night.
In all likelihood, Gibson was shot down in a friendly fire incident. The Lancaster rear gunner was told to be quiet about the matter, only after the war did his story come out.
As the Mosquito was primarily made out of wood, I would not have thought there would have been any tangible evidence of bullet holes etc, especially after the high speed impact and subsequent fire. I would imagine that the only tangible remains left at the crash site, would have been the engines, perhaps undercarriage parts etc, that would have buried themselves deep in the soil The remains on the surface would have been cleared by the Germans at the time.
Exactly right. Gibson was shot down by a Lancaster bomber gunner, 17:27 Sargent Bernard McCormak who mistook the Mosquito for a Junkers 88. He spent the rest of his life wracked with guilt and left a taped confession with his wife before his death in 1992. Was it right to keep quiet about it? Well, Gibson was a national hero and to loose him in action was bad enough, but for him to be shot down by one of his own would have been a bitter pill to swallow at a time when good morale was crucial.
ur channel is so interesting, love the info and presentation of it
Thank you that means a lot, keep creating
Interesting, thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching and the comment all the best 🙂
Interesting
Watching here
Greetings from NZ
Thanks man, hope you’re keeping safe in beautiful NZ
Pride goeth before a fall. Sad.
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What, or who, is a Chief Wing Commander? I have not heard the phrase before and am interested.
Hi buddy very interesting story really enjoyed it what about doing other ghost stories from the old bomber airfields you could be a ghost story guide am sure people would pay i know I would just a thought. cheers Gary .
Hey Gary, I would love to do that - but the biggest ghost stories seem to be from RAF Wickenby and it’s still an active RAF base, they all have their ghosts but that seems the most active.. I will do it some day.
I did Lincolnshire ghost stories over Halloween, check it out if you like.
I might do RAF ghosts for next Halloween.. although, with another lockdown I could do it in a couple of weeks 😂
@@arcimmicra9440 this is brilliant information thank you so much.. really interesting
@@arcimmicra9440 thank you so much again 🙂,
@@arcimmicra9440 you don’t need to apologise I look forward to your comments - I didn’t know this information, although I saw Jim broadbent on the bardney to washingborough cycle track about 5 years ago. I must admit I know him as Slater from Only Fools and Horses 😂
A last tally tally to vale guys
The wooded area is the site of the former bomb dump at RAF Woodhall Spa
I was stationed there in the 1960s with 112 Squadron Bloodhound Mark 2 missiles. However I personally was very disappointed with the format of this video. Sure, the narrator managed to recount Guy Gibson's story but it was painfully slow going.