Why Was This RAF Pilot Called Grumpy? | Wing Commander George C. Unwin
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ย. 2024
- The nicknames some RAF pilots had are just fantastic and so too are the stories behind how they got them. Wing Commander George Cecil Unwin is no exception, and this is the story of how he got his name 'Grumpy'.
💗 If you'd like to support my channel please follow this link for more details: calibanrising....
You can also now find me on Patreon: / calibanrising
🧥 Want to get a great deal on an authentic leather flying jacket? Check out the range from Legendary USA here: calibanrising....
🎁 Grab one of my unique WW2-themed designs. great on t-shirts, hoodies or mugs: bit.ly/3GLPNBJ
📰 You can also support me by subscribing to one of these great aviation magazines: calibanrising....
💰 Want to start an online business with TH-cam?
This TH-cam channel is no accident and the success I've had so far was no mere fluke, it's all been planned out and executed in a very meaningful way. However, I can't take credit for knowing how to do all that, I had to learn and I learned from the best!
Listen to my advice for building a successful TH-cam channel: • How Does Phil From Cal...
📕 Welcome to my channel where I share my love of history and aviation. I first fell in love with military aviation when reading Biggles books as a boy, then I studied history at university. I like finding interesting stories and sharing them with others.
I also followed this passion into the real world and managed to get a Private Pilot's Licence on 10th May 2014.
🕹️ My gaming equipment for getting footage:
Joystick: amzn.to/2TP6h40
Rudder Pedals: amzn.to/38c3YAx
Elevator Trim: amzn.to/3oQWNn8
Head Tracking: amzn.to/34Qpvwd
3D print your own gaming controls
Get an Enders 3 Pro like me: amzn.to/3dFXts3
Go over to authentikit.org/
Wishlist: amzn.to/385dXHD
⏱️ Timestamp:
0:00 intro
Images: other than where stated, images used in the video have been found on commons.wikime...
#aviationhistory#history
![[LIVE] : ONE ลุมพินี 79 | คู่เอก "ก้องชัย vs อาเมียร์"](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/WfPSA1A0NHc/mqdefault.jpg)
Liked the video? Keep the good times rolling by buying me a pint! 🍺 Tip with a Super Thanks or via PayPal: bit.ly/47p3xNT - Your support means a lot! Also check out my new channel membership.
I love reading about the little things like this that remind us the war was fought by human beings, not movie characters.
100% agree with you. I love researching this stuff.
He was a Yorkshireman. Grumpy fits many of them.
I knew a Joiner nicknamed Lofty because he looked like Lofty from “It ain’t half hot mum”.
Then he accidentally cut a new loft hatch in the middle floor of a 3 storey building.
This gave a new context to an existing nickname.
I can't remember what I had for dinner yesterday, so can understand unreliable memories :)
Some nicknames also came about by the initials of the person, e.g. the politician R A Butler was known as 'Rab'. One curiosity that comes to mind is 'Dusty', seemingly bestowed on everyone with the surname Miller. *wild guess* Maybe the flour some millers got covered in looked like dust?
They did, and so did those taking the husk off grain.
Great stuff! Never knew how he got that nickname until now!
Brian 'Sandy' Lane was 23 years old in 1940. Remember that when you look at his pictures.
Great work mate.
Thanks a lot!
Nice story, one thing that did strike me when you look at "grumpy's" postings was how little time these chaps actually spent on combat ops compared to the Jerries.
You cannot recall an event unless remembering it for the first time after that all you are doing is remembering the last time you remembered it.
I've seen it happen. But there was no advantage in us arguing about it.
One of us was wrong and it was better not to find out.
Hearing G Unwin describe Douglas Bader as a “glorious leader” actually goes against the grain with me, I heard quite a few stories about D Bader during my service and many of them were complementary about his flying ability, in spite of losing his legs, and his bravery, determination etc, but, and there is always a but, I don’t recall any about his leadership or personal qualities, there was a “rumour” about his final sortie before having to bail out over occupied France, and that was that he was actually shot down in a “blue on blue” “accident”, I can’t remember the name of the person who told me the story and I don’t recall whether it was a deliberate act or purely an accident, but having read “Reach for the Sky” many times and watched the film on numerous occasions I think that it was entirely plausible that he was shot down by one of his own pilots, the reason I say that is because he was a very selfish person who was also very self opinionated and headstrong (that’s why he lost his legs in the first place, over confidence and an unwillingness to take criticism from anyone.
As much as I admire D Bader for his flying ability, his refusal to let the loss of his legs 🦵 restrict him from doing anything and for the example he set for other amputees, but I don’t think he was the person who was portrayed in the film, his biography or “This Is Your Life” moment, I could be completely wrong in my opinion, but I could be right as well, perhaps someone with far more knowledge than mine might put me straight.
It is refreshing to learn about Mr Unwin and how he got his nickname, I much prefer his version of the event that earned him the moniker, and I am glad that he was commissioned later in his career, but I also think that anyone who had the ability to become a pilot within the RAF should have been commissioned and not left being a SNCO pilot, after all they, especially fighter and bomber pilots were in as much danger as the commissioned variety, and probably had better common sense than most of the “Ruperts”.
Bader was certainly a controversial character! There is a video on TH-cam where even his wife says ‘you loved him or loathed him’. He was very rude to those ‘in the ranks’ for sure.
Outanstanding👍👍👍
I remember a movie where a young fella wanted to do something better than go down underground and stuff up his lungs for a living. The father went on the usual mantra, "Your great grandfather was a miner, your grandfather was a miner, I'm a miner, and you will follow in their footsteps!", to which the lad replies "Yes, dad, follow you and our ancestors into the nearest grave at an early age, no thanks Dad, I have other careers to follow!"
The R.A.F. was famous for it's Nicknames
My oldest friends & co-conspirators still call me "Rocky". Don't ask.
He seems short in stature . Possibly a reference to the 7 vertically challenged and his caricature of a face.
So the photo of the schoolmaster looks a bit too similar to Groucho Marx.
👍
What's in a name . . . Stinky?
He had a handsome Alsatian dog. Is the dog's name lost to history?
It was called Flash.
@@CalibanRising Flash. Like Flash Gordon, or the DC Comics Flash. Perfect. Looks like he was a good boy.
^^^
@@CalibanRising = Correction old bean = HIS name was "Flash" rather than "it" - (an inanimate object)
`Cos he wasn`t Happy.
He lost bet for first combat sortie over Dunkerque.
Please stop using colourised photographs . Brian Lane's face in the black and white original photograph sums up the strain of combat. Your colouring ruins it.
Thanks for the feedback. I tend to agree but viewer stats don't.
@@CalibanRising Money of course rules everything. I suppose youngsters will now think that these soldiers had mobile phones just like in Ukraine. It corrupts the whole context and gives a false impression to young impressionable minds. Don't worry I won't be watching your tainted material any more. Goodbye
It depends upon what purpose the pictures are shown. If you are trying to maintain historical purity then stick with b&W. However many younger people do not relate to monochrome photos viewing them as old or remote so used are they to colour pictures. By colouring these pictures it contemporise them to a younger audience. The WWI film " they shall not grow old" was a case in point. What did you think of that assuming you watched it?
@@tristacker Young people should be challenged to think for themselves and be aware of history. Too many young people are pandered to . Colouring in just keeps them childish.Who says the colours are correct anyway ? It is only my opinion but you said it yourself "historical accuracy"
Once you start to change things where does it stop ?
@@egnr9668 Those that are naturally interested in such history may not be put off by B&W pictures. But actually getting youngsters who have not heard of say the battle of Britain, and many teenagers today will never have heard of it, using formats they are comfortable with may just allow them to not just dismiss this period as ancient history and engage with it. If you think this is pandering then fair enough but don't expect anyone other than buffs to watch these films.