Flight Sergeant Rusty Waughman and his crew sang this song as they returned safely from their missions. When Rusty and his crew joined 101 Squadron RAF they were not thrilled with the plane they were assigned: a battered old Lancaster named G - George. But their dislike of the plane soon evaporated for G - George quickly proved herself to be a lucky Lancaster : withstanding many flak hits and getting them home safe even with engines blown out. She even got them through the dreaded 1944 Nuremberg raid where Bomber command suffered it's worst casualties. And each time they came into land the crew sang "on a wing and a prayer". At the time of writing Rusty is still alive age 98. Update: Flight Sgt Rusty Waughman Lancaster pilot of 101 squadron RAF passed away on the 12th of December 2023 aged 100 a few weeks short of his 101st birthday. Rest in peace sir.
As a german: britain had the choice of going the easy way. Sign some treaties, play nice with a german ruled europe and suffer no consequences. Blessed be those stubborn brits for goin "well...fuck that" despite knowing it will lead into darkness
@lynz folland you are absolutely right i have read the dam busters from paul brickhill and listen to the audiobook the bridge busters from mark felton and both descriptions on the damage suffered by some of the bombers are horrific...
@@pedromartins4762 A lot came back with a lot more than one motor gone. An empty Lancaster could JUST ABOUT fly on one engine - and a load of those brave boys did.
They are simply wonderful!! I first saw them on a talent show contest. They sang We'll Meet Again. It brought tears to the eyes of many including myself.
I live in Northern Ireland so I could just take a boat and go over to england and after corona I can just visit one of the concerts I love the music it’s really good
In 1943 this song was translated into Russian (Russian name "The Bombers") and became one of the most famous and loved war songs in the USSR. In 1997 Russian blues-rock band "Chizh&Co" recorded this song for their album "The Bombers". People still remember and love it.
Thank you Apollo890 for the story. Really adds to the song knowing what happened. When I listen to this song and think about the Greatest Generation. It makes me long for those days in America. I am a baby boomer and I remember my father telling about the Battle of the Bulge and how America all pulled together to win the war. What has happened to America?
I Love you ladies. You bless lives and remind us of those we miss. We love. I come from a family of pro singers. And you sing with voice and hearts. Thank you. Well done Earthangels!🐦
"We really hit our targets for tonight." An agreement was made that the U.S. would do daytime bombings, and the British would handle the slightly safer night raids, because they had fewer resources and men.
that may be so? however 90% of bombs fell over 5 km from actual targets as records show. i kinda feel aircraft manu made there billions through the bs raids,
@@Nicoranta the Soviets didn’t count (read: value) their men. They threw the cannon meat 🥩 onto the Germans like mad throughout the war- a well known fact.
Одна из любимых песен моего отца, он служил в дивизии, которая перегоняла американские истребители из США (Аляска, Фербенкс) в СССР (до Красноярска). Вечная память тем поколениям, которые победили во Второй мировой войне...
Огромное спасибо бесстрашным американским воинам за помощь в борьбе с гитлеровской Германии! Сегодня был в музее Великой Отечественной Войны там есть отдельная комната которая посвящена странам союзникам это США, Англия и Франция и там играла эта песня про бомбардировщиков! 👍
NED FLANDERS LIKES MARSHMALLOWS AND PRAYING FOR A HAPPY DEATH. THESE PEOPLE KEPT US SAFE MEN AND WOMEN THANK GOD FOR THE BRILLCREAM PEOPLE NOT NED FLANDERS. NED FLANDERS WOULD CONCIENSOULY OBJECT AND TOAST HIS MARSHMALLOWS JOIN HIM IN PRAYER FOR A FEW MORE LANCASTERS AND MEMPHIS BELLES
GB Casualties. Bomber Command crews suffered an extremely high casualty rate: 55,573 killed out of a total of 125,000 aircrew (a 44.4 percent death rate), a further 8,403 were wounded in action and 9,838 became prisoners of war The U.S. suffered 52,173 aircrew combat losses. But another 25,844 died in accidents. More than half of these died in the continental U.S.
It is important to preserve songs like this in an artfull way. Afterall - it is one of our darkest episodes of recent history. I say this as a pacifist, an atheist and a german.
There were children burned up alive with their parents in some of those "targets" (on all sides) and that is also a memory (like this great song) that should be preserved too. I say this as ... an observer, as one who believes that Jesus really is the incarnation of God, and a citizen of some other place in a different realm. It was a horrible time in history and I sense sadly enough that the worst is yet to be. Will "we" never learn?
Благодарность американскому народу, от советских людей за огромную помощь в годы второй мировой войны. Рабочим американских заводов, летчикам стратегической авиации, морякам арктических конвоев, солдатам второго фронта.
I am glad to hear that, Ivan. Consider this: Bomber Command aircrews suffered a high casualty rate: of a total of 125,000 aircrew, 57,205 were killed (a 46 percent death rate), a further 8,403 were wounded in action and 9,838 became prisoners of war. Therefore, a total of 75,446 airmen (60 percent of operational airmen) were killed, wounded or taken prisoner. it was more dangerous in the air, than on the ground. US 8th Air Force lost over 26,000 men. An additional 28,000 men became prisoners of war. Aircraft losses were also grim: 10, 561 planes of varying types were shot down, 4754 of those were B-17 heavy bombers. Maybe you can tell your comrade Putin that the Soviets did not win the war single handedly. From the United States alone they received help totaling $11.3 billion, or $180 billion in today’s currency. That paid for: 400,000 jeeps & trucks 14,000 airplanes 8,000 tractors 13,000 tanks 1.5 million blankets 15 million pairs of army boots 107,000 tons of cotton 2.7 million tons of petrol products 4.5 million tons of food 2 million tons of aluminium 150.000 tons of medical supplies.
@@OlgaOlgaaaa Несёшь ты: каждый второй снаряд на советско-германском фронте был из американской взрывчатки, метательный порох для «Катюш» закончился в самом начале 1942, практически весь алюминий шёл из Штатов, как и больше половины бензина. Кто развязал войну и как приложил к этому руку величайший гений всех времён и народов - легко найти. Далее. Ленд-Лиз - это не продажа, а аренда, продавать оружие воюющей стране запрещено по закону. Арендная плата не взымается, просто по окончании боевых действий нужно вернуть всё оставшееся, потерянное просто списывается. Почти всё и вернули в 1945-46 годах, зажав некое число автотехники, но кто тут проверит. Некоторая часть поставок не входила в программу ленд-лиза и поставлялась за деньги. Но и за них, во-первых, шла взаимопоставка с зачетом, а, во-вторых, расплатился еще Горбачёв, причём бОльшую часть долга ему простили. Учите историю! Последнее. Уровень потерь союзников при налетах на Германию был сравним с уровнем потерь штурмовой авиации ВВС РККА в 1941-42, когда за 10 вылетов представляли к Герою Советского Союза.
The slo-mo vid of the Lancaster is INCORRECT. The starboard wing - on the left in our view - is OK. But the 2 propellers on the port wing should be going ANTI clockwise - basic aero engineering that they have got wrong.
I think we found the official anthem of the Trump 2024 Presidential Campaign! The Engine is Out. The landing gear is iffy and the gas tank is leaking! Can Trump land her without a massive explosion? Wait and see! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😄😄😄😄
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"To Honour Those Who have Fallen that WE may STAND."
GOD: Our Love, Our Holy Highness!!
Flight Sergeant Rusty Waughman and his crew sang this song as they returned safely from their missions. When Rusty and his crew joined 101 Squadron RAF they were not thrilled with the plane they were assigned: a battered old Lancaster named G - George. But their dislike of the plane soon evaporated for G - George quickly proved herself to be a lucky Lancaster : withstanding many flak hits and getting them home safe even with engines blown out. She even got them through the dreaded 1944 Nuremberg raid where Bomber command suffered it's worst casualties. And each time they came into land the crew sang "on a wing and a prayer". At the time of writing Rusty is still alive age 98.
Update:
Flight Sgt Rusty Waughman Lancaster pilot of 101 squadron RAF passed away on the 12th of December 2023 aged 100 a few weeks short of his 101st birthday.
Rest in peace sir.
As a german: britain had the choice of going the easy way. Sign some treaties, play nice with a german ruled europe and suffer no consequences.
Blessed be those stubborn brits for goin "well...fuck that" despite knowing it will lead into darkness
We owe the freedom we all enjoy to him and his crew, and thousands like them. We give them our grateful thanks.
Bro is still alive?
Yes he celebrated his 100th Birthday a few months ago.
@@Apollo890 day improved, humanity restored
Thank you!!!! RIP for all that died in World War II !!!!
This is my favorite song. My dad was RCAF F/O G. D. Beatty. He is buried in Blaccon Cemetery, near Exeter, England
IN EVER PRAYER WESHAREWE FIND SOMEONE WITH A CARE.
- MERCI QE2!!!
The Sovereignty of the Air on Earth belongs to Mother Nature.
I believe that many of the Lancasters return from their missions on a wing and lots of prayers...
@lynz folland you are absolutely right i have read the dam busters from paul brickhill and listen to the audiobook the bridge busters from mark felton and both descriptions on the damage suffered by some of the bombers are horrific...
@@pedromartins4762 Not as horrific as the damage they did. War is hell.
@@DocTomoe812 quoting old blood and guts Patton...the objective of war is not die for your country but make the other bastard die for his.
@@pedromartins4762 A lot came back with a lot more than one motor gone.
An empty Lancaster could JUST ABOUT fly on one engine - and a load of those brave boys did.
@@pw4455 I have a log book from an uncle,quite serious stuff
A British Pride & Tradition.
I remember my mother singing this. Glad to find it.
These ladies really know how to do this better than some other singers today!
This is the real deal.
Absolutely fantastic voices👍👍
I listen to this song whenever I need hope. ⭐
About anything.
"Comin' in on a wing and a prayer." ✈️🛩️🛬🛬
I randomly came across the D-Day Darlings and it couldn't be a happier coincidence!! This is my favourite!!
Same m8, it's worth it!
Same!
Same, YT suggested it, best suggestion ever
They are simply wonderful!! I first saw them on a talent show contest. They sang We'll Meet Again. It brought tears to the eyes of many including myself.
"After "TAKING-OFF," Those We REMEMBER as having done so HAVE a MEMORY of How They LANDED in Our HEARTS."
"SkyKnight."
This song reminds me of my wee sister, she drives auld cars, and we say that if she gets home it will be on a wing and a prayer.
IN EVERY PRAYER WE SHARE WE FIND SOMEONE WITH A CARE.
- MERCI QE2!!!
Amazing singers, love all their stuff. Such respect for the WW II vets
It just so happens that I get these songs by The D-Day Darlings right at bedtime. I've gotten so I like to end each day with their singing.
Oh, what a good idea. ☺️
Good night, by the way. ☺️
I live in Northern Ireland so I could just take a boat and go over to england and after corona I can just visit one of the concerts I love the music it’s really good
Bravo, ladies! But we need vinyl. U definitely need to release it!
My congratulations, Ladies! Very good song. Good memories. 😊
This song brings me to tears like no other song has ever done and i love it for that
Perhaps because there is more real patriotism expressed by these lyrics than any other song I have heard recently
As many times I hear this song I never get tired of it a beautiful song and we'll sung great girls
"the honour guard at the wedding of myself & my lovely wave maker"
"will you marry me my sailor moonshine"? ? ?
From Canada but just love the music from the D.Day Darlings
This is my favorite. I exercise to this song most every day.
Another Great job Ladies still tuning in from Ontario.
Thank you very much for all you do ladies!
In 1943 this song was translated into Russian (Russian name "The Bombers") and became one of the most famous and loved war songs in the USSR.
In 1997 Russian blues-rock band "Chizh&Co" recorded this song for their album "The Bombers".
People still remember and love it.
убери свой коммент, сейчас отношения между странами очень плохие, и кража песни симпатий никаких не вызовет. Чиж петь вообще не умеет.
still coming back to this song everyday
This song was absolutely hit in Russia during WW2 translated in Russian ✌🏻
th-cam.com/video/syWip-NG1dU/w-d-xo.html
And now
What a wonderful song sung by wonderful singers!
The Power of Prayer is an offer from Heaven for a Dare of a Soul to Share! ! !
They are amazing
You can count "coming in on a wing and a prayer" as one of my most commonly used phrases for scraping through any situation lol
"What We FORGIVE We PAY FOR with The REST Of our LIVES!!!!"
- St. HMAJW."
I love it .well done .I have only heard this when Rye Cooder did it .
"Those Ladies NEED holsters on Their Uniforms."
- SkyKnight Drongo.
Szépek, csinosak és nagyok jó hangotok van!
- Finding Prayer Time for Our Mind helps Us find Sound Ground."
- SkyKnight Wingless Plover.
"A PRAYER for The AIR of Mother Earth We SHARE."
Brava! Brava! Brava! Encore! Encore! Encore! :D
For me,the equlvilent of Celtic Woman. I hope one day they'll forget that little Revolution thing and visit "The Colonies
Thank you Apollo890 for the story. Really adds to the song knowing what happened. When I listen to this song and think about the Greatest Generation. It makes me long for those days in America. I am a baby boomer and I remember my father telling about the Battle of the Bulge and how America all pulled together to win the war. What has happened to America?
I Love you ladies. You bless lives and remind us of those we miss. We love. I come from a family of pro singers. And you sing with voice and hearts. Thank you. Well done Earthangels!🐦
Beautiful I can't stop listening to this it is really great
"Guild
Of
Destruction:
"To no one will we sell, to no one will we refuse, or delay right or justice."
- St. HMAJW."
REICH HITLER WAR
oh yes D-day darling
Жакшы ыр экен
"Mending
Ignorant
Beliefs."
- St. SkyKnight Wattle."
My mother sang this to me when I was little
Mine too, tears in my eyes now.
Hail Brittania, land of two thirds of my ancestors!
"We really hit our targets for tonight."
An agreement was made that the U.S. would do daytime bombings, and the British would handle the slightly safer night raids, because they had fewer resources and men.
Maybe they bombed in the daytime and didn't come back until dusk? The song does say they were 2 hours overdue.
that may be so? however 90% of bombs fell over 5 km from actual targets as records show. i kinda feel aircraft manu made there billions through the bs raids,
@@1990pommie If you want to be a full on twat state your point more clearly.
And Soviet Land Forces were fighting, loosing millions of lives. Only Berlin cost to the USSR 700 000 lives.
@@Nicoranta the Soviets didn’t count (read: value) their men. They threw the cannon meat 🥩 onto the Germans like mad throughout the war- a well known fact.
Tres bien!
"Ladies wiggle Your Wings For the Air!"! !
- St. SkyKnight HMAJW Tigerclaw talon."
Одна из любимых песен моего отца, он служил в дивизии, которая перегоняла американские истребители из США (Аляска, Фербенкс) в СССР (до Красноярска). Вечная память тем поколениям, которые победили во Второй мировой войне...
I like it!
SHALOM AND AMEN!
DEO VINDICE!=
= GOD WILL VINDICATE!
says it all to me for UK right now, we are damaged and hurting but we will be OK.
You’ll be right, just as it was then the empire is only just across the ocean.
well done ladies--thanks
Огромное спасибо бесстрашным американским воинам за помощь в борьбе с гитлеровской Германии! Сегодня был в музее Великой Отечественной Войны там есть отдельная комната которая посвящена странам союзникам это США, Англия и Франция и там играла эта песня про бомбардировщиков! 👍
"KOREA: The Thermo-Nuclear War."
- SkyKnight Drongo.
If Ned Flanders was a Lancaster pilot
NED FLANDERS LIKES MARSHMALLOWS AND PRAYING FOR A HAPPY DEATH. THESE PEOPLE KEPT US SAFE MEN AND WOMEN THANK GOD FOR THE BRILLCREAM PEOPLE NOT NED FLANDERS. NED FLANDERS WOULD CONCIENSOULY OBJECT AND TOAST HIS MARSHMALLOWS JOIN HIM IN PRAYER FOR A FEW MORE LANCASTERS AND MEMPHIS BELLES
А у нас тоже есть весёлая песня о лётчиках "Первым делом самолёты"
EVIL is Cruelty hidden Behind Deception.
There is a problem on the right side the propeller is go through the cockpitch haha😂
anyway i love this song
GB Casualties. Bomber Command crews suffered an extremely high casualty rate: 55,573 killed out of a total of 125,000 aircrew (a 44.4 percent death rate), a further 8,403 were wounded in action and 9,838 became prisoners of war
The U.S. suffered 52,173 aircrew combat losses. But another 25,844 died in accidents. More than half of these died in the continental U.S.
Hello form Korea! Far a cross the sea
"what kind of stony pride would help me bribe who i wish to be my bride" ???????
It is important to preserve songs like this in an artfull way. Afterall - it is one of our darkest episodes of recent history. I say this as a pacifist, an atheist and a german.
There were children burned up alive with their parents in some of those "targets" (on all sides) and that is also a memory (like this great song) that should be preserved too. I say this as ... an observer, as one who believes that Jesus really is the incarnation of God, and a citizen of some other place in a different realm. It was a horrible time in history and I sense sadly enough that the worst is yet to be. Will "we" never learn?
Star Trekker I have a strong feeling we will have a Third World War in the near future.
Against an "Aryan Wolf!!"
I play this when I game on war thunder
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jazzy 🕺
Why does the prop cross over the nose.
Someone animated a still picture, and erred.
@@Nyckname I know just wanted to point it out.
Taylor K-nap damn I didn’t even notice 😂
Благодарность американскому народу, от советских людей за огромную помощь в годы второй мировой войны. Рабочим американских заводов, летчикам стратегической авиации, морякам арктических конвоев, солдатам второго фронта.
I am glad to hear that, Ivan. Consider this: Bomber Command aircrews suffered a high casualty rate: of a total of 125,000 aircrew, 57,205 were killed (a 46 percent death rate), a further 8,403 were wounded in action and 9,838 became prisoners of war. Therefore, a total of 75,446 airmen (60 percent of operational airmen) were killed, wounded or taken prisoner. it was more dangerous in the air, than on the ground.
US 8th Air Force lost over 26,000 men. An additional 28,000 men became prisoners of war. Aircraft losses were also grim: 10, 561 planes of varying types were shot down, 4754 of those were B-17 heavy bombers.
Maybe you can tell your comrade Putin that the Soviets did not win the war single handedly.
From the United States alone they received help totaling $11.3 billion, or $180 billion in today’s currency. That paid for:
400,000 jeeps & trucks
14,000 airplanes
8,000 tractors
13,000 tanks
1.5 million blankets
15 million pairs of army boots
107,000 tons of cotton
2.7 million tons of petrol products
4.5 million tons of food
2 million tons of aluminium
150.000 tons of medical supplies.
Что ты несёшь? Англосаксы её же и организовали, а по ленд-лизу росссия платила до 2006
@@OlgaOlgaaaa Несёшь ты: каждый второй снаряд на советско-германском фронте был из американской взрывчатки, метательный порох для «Катюш» закончился в самом начале 1942, практически весь алюминий шёл из Штатов, как и больше половины бензина. Кто развязал войну и как приложил к этому руку величайший гений всех времён и народов - легко найти.
Далее. Ленд-Лиз - это не продажа, а аренда, продавать оружие воюющей стране запрещено по закону. Арендная плата не взымается, просто по окончании боевых действий нужно вернуть всё оставшееся, потерянное просто списывается. Почти всё и вернули в 1945-46 годах, зажав некое число автотехники, но кто тут проверит.
Некоторая часть поставок не входила в программу ленд-лиза и поставлялась за деньги. Но и за них, во-первых, шла взаимопоставка с зачетом, а, во-вторых, расплатился еще Горбачёв, причём бОльшую часть долга ему простили. Учите историю!
Последнее. Уровень потерь союзников при налетах на Германию был сравним с уровнем потерь штурмовой авиации ВВС РККА в 1941-42, когда за 10 вылетов представляли к Герою Советского Союза.
@@tepesvoda464а теперь сша воюет с Россией руками Украины и Европа тоже, хотят уничтожить Россию. Ну дела, ночь была....
@@ТатьянаКурова-е7н Если бы США и НАТО воевали, они бы уже были в Подмосковье. Будь осторожен с желаниями!
Darling in the bomber? Gonna watch this anime
Love it love it am ww2 Child ✌️🍺😇🇬🇧
1:53-2:09, they're flying on instruments! (I am serious and don't call me Shirley!)
Спасибо привет всем пилотам
We make a production out of.... Everything
The slo-mo vid of the Lancaster is INCORRECT. The starboard wing - on the left in our view - is OK. But the 2 propellers on the port wing should be going ANTI clockwise - basic aero engineering that they have got wrong.
Playing Hoi4 to this
Severn people obviously don't like good music
And it’s still seven
Хвост подбит, а машина на летит на честном слове и на одном крыле...
I like Ry Cooper's version.
💛💙👍🌟👍🌟👍🌟👍🌟👍💛💙🇺🇦
Pray that the world will be protected from the worst threat since Hitler, Donald J. Trump!
Дизлайки немцы наверное поставили?
Россиянцы дизлайкают -- по тому как и Подвиг и эту песню украли у Американцев.
@@theclunkerfactory923 Погуглите, что такое кавер.
@@theclunkerfactory923 по тому как и Подвиг и эту песню украли у Американцев.
У бандеровцев.
У.гитлера.летающих.крепостей.небыло
Сталинграду и Мурманску от этого не легче
I think we found the official anthem of the Trump 2024 Presidential Campaign! The Engine is Out. The landing gear is iffy and the gas tank is leaking! Can Trump land her without a massive explosion? Wait and see! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😄😄😄😄
- St. SkyKnight."
Браво!