Put the vast majority of today's young men into Jack's Lancaster seat and they'd faint !! As for Jack and all aircrew, we will Remember them, we MUST Remember them.
Every generation says that. My dad was a nav in mossies, his brother died in a Lancaster, but my grandad was in the calvary in WW1, and thought they were pussies. I was heartbroken when I failed to get into the RAF, I needed to fly Lightnings. Why do you slag off the youngsters?
I only found out yesterday on a similar upload that the Lancs had a major problem with fuel pumps, to the extent that they were subsequently striped out & replaced with a gravity fed system. Guy reckons MANY planes were lost because of this fault. Penny to £ that is what happened here. Thank you *Jack* for your service & the team for keeping the memories of these amazing men alive.
I wonder if he meant RAF Metheringham which was FIDO equipped to enable aircraft to land in foggy conditions? Coningsby didn't have FIDO. Fiskerton was also FIDO equipped and closer to Bardney than Metheringham. They could have got to either for the same fuel used circling their own base. C'est la vie.
These interviews are gold. We owe their generation so much. Thanks for uploading.
@Rad Derry We owe them a debt of gratitude.
We've all seen how the state treats veterans.
“Dying for a cup of tea” brilliant what a fella hats off to these brave men .
Bloody brilliant interview, we owe these guys so much.
Put the vast majority of today's young men into Jack's Lancaster seat and they'd faint !!
As for Jack and all aircrew, we will Remember them, we MUST Remember them.
Wow. Yes, well put.
Every generation says that. My dad was a nav in mossies, his brother died in a Lancaster, but my grandad was in the calvary in WW1, and thought they were pussies. I was heartbroken when I failed to get into the RAF, I needed to fly Lightnings.
Why do you slag off the youngsters?
If we remembered them, Farage would not have any followers.
God rest his soul I took him up to coningsby when Canadian lanc. came over then I learned that he past away a few months later
This is why so many veterans never spoke about The War, who would understand except those who were there?
I only found out yesterday on a similar upload that the Lancs had a major problem with fuel pumps, to the extent that they were subsequently striped out & replaced with a gravity fed system.
Guy reckons MANY planes were lost because of this fault. Penny to £ that is what happened here.
Thank you *Jack* for your service & the team for keeping the memories of these amazing men alive.
sound quality in glasshouse horrible - have to turn on 'closed captions' to understand his words
I wonder if he meant RAF Metheringham which was FIDO equipped to enable aircraft to land in foggy conditions? Coningsby didn't have FIDO. Fiskerton was also FIDO equipped and closer to Bardney than Metheringham. They could have got to either for the same fuel used circling their own base. C'est la vie.
I’m trying to get information on Carl Casey
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