American Couple Reacts: Douglas Bader! Britain's Legless Ace! Hero & Soldier! FIRST TIME REACTION!

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American Couple Reacts: Douglas Bader! Britain's Legless Ace! Hero & Soldier! FIRST TIME REACTION! WOW! What a story, what a life! Douglas Bader was an incredible person! A World War ll Pilot, Hero and a champion for disabled people. This man's story is literally unbelievable! We watched and listened to this on the edge of our seats. The Legless Ace as he was known, is a man who's life should be known to everyone. This is a compelling episode and we are very thankful to have learned about Douglas Bader. We hope you will enjoy this and if there are any additional details left out, please let us know in the comments. Thank you SO much for watching! If you enjoy our content, please consider subscribing to our channel, it is the BEST way to support our channel and it's FREE! Also, please click the Like button. Thank you for your support! *More Links below...
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@TheNatashaDebbieShow Год назад

WOW! What a story, what a life! Douglas Bader was an incredible person! A World War ll Pilot, Hero and a champion for disabled people. This man's story is literally unbelievable! We watched and listened to this on the edge of our seats. The Legless Ace as he was known, is a man who's life should be known to everyone. This is a compelling episode and we are very thankful to have learned about Douglas Bader. We hope you will enjoy this and if there are any additional details left out, please let us know in the comments. Thank you SO much for watching! If you enjoy our content, please consider subscribing to our channel, it is the BEST way to support our channel and it's FREE! Also, please click the Like button. Thank you for your support!

@blindarchershaunhenderson3769 Год назад

If you would like to see another English eccentric from world war II you might like to check out mad jack Churchill

@TheNatashaDebbieShow Год назад

@blindarchershaunhenderson3769 we did a video on him over a year ago. Go check it out

@Pauline-zs6oo Год назад

Super interesting video. I have Aussie ideas with video’s available of varying lengths. I tried to post the links yesterday but they kept disappearing: Bernard O’Reilly and the Stinson crash, Paronella Park (it was a Spanish inspired castle), Coober Pedy underground town, Yowie (search Yowie History)

@TheNatashaDebbieShow Год назад

@@Pauline-zs6ooGreat! Easiest to message them on Patreon. Thanks ❤️

@Pauline-zs6oo Год назад

@@TheNatashaDebbieShowokay, I’ll have to get Jen to do that. She owns the remote 😂

@charlesfrancis6894 Год назад

The film "Reach for the Sky" with the excellent Kenneth Moore playing Douglas Bader is well worth a watch.

@markwolstenholme3354 Год назад

Hi, agreed, a great film. I always enjoyed watching it on telly as a youngster.

@charlesfrancis6894 Год назад

@@markwolstenholme3354 Yes it was and considering the time was not long after the war of course it was a bit stereotype but Kenneth More played the part very well.

@dee2251 Год назад

I love that film

@andrewcoates6641 Год назад

A fantastic film starring a truly brilliant actor but due to budget constraints and problems with filming schedules, you do need to take the details from this account with a touch of salt, in general though it does have the truth at the heart of the film. Read the book that the film is based on and research some of its background such as the story behind his final POW camp in Colditz Castle.

@jamesbeeching6138 Год назад

Yep definitely worth watching Reach for the Sky

@alfdoggit 5 месяцев назад

In 1972 I attended a school for the disabled, and Douglas Bader came to visit us, and gave a talk about his life, it's a memory I cherish always meeting him

@chrisjackson9978 Год назад

Blair 'Paddy' Maine one of the founders of the SAS from Newtownards, Northern Ireland. He managed to destroy more German aircraft on the ground in the North African desert in one day, than the RAF were able to in the air. A former Ireland international rugby player, boxer and lawyer, his feats during WW2 are legendary.

@pjmoseley243 Год назад

Thats why Winston Churchill called that generation a special generation, the like of which we would never see again, Chris.

@H4CK61 Год назад

Read the book Rogue Hero. Paddy was a one man Army.

@H4CK61 Год назад

@chillin101 No he and the men got jeeps and fitted them with twin Vickers K machine guns with a high rate of fire which they loaded with tracer and high explosive rounds. But in the biginning they were on foot and placing lewis bombs on the aircraft to distroy them the jeeps came later.

@enkisdaughter4795 Год назад

He was an amazing man; heartbreaking how he died and the fact no-one was brought to justice for his death.

@alansalter1836 Год назад

The great paddy Maine courage beyond but what terrible ending to his life 😮after all that he done and been through.

@William39Evans 21 день назад

Thank you for your service Douglas many respects from 🇬🇧

@Boobyi1953 Год назад

There were two legless RAF fighter pilots in WW2, Colin Hodgkinson was injured in a mid air collision and after a double amputation fought back to fly Spitfires and become an Ace.

@dave_h_8742 Год назад

Not heard of his efforts.

@Boobyi1953 Год назад

@@dave_h_8742 'Best Foot Forward' paperback £7.99 e bay

@dougcox3990 Год назад

It's said that he filled his artificial legs with ping pong balls lest they drag him down if he had to bail out or ditch in the channel. Shortly afterward, he thought he was being attacked as he heard what he thought was gunfire, turned out to be the ping pong balls exploding due to the high altitude...

@dave_h_8742 Год назад

@@Boobyi1953 thanks.

@musicbruv Год назад

I believe there was a German pilot who lost his legs as well and still flew in WW2.

@BeckyPoleninja Год назад

My Uncle was a Squadron leader of Spitfires in The Battle of Britain. He told me that pilots from both sides had huge respect for each others flyng skills, and often saluted each other in the air.

@nigeldewallens1115 Год назад

That was lovely to hear! My mum was in the W.R.A.F but passed away in 2019 aged 95! We often talked about her time then! Thank you for what your Uncle did! My uncle was too old at 22 to be a fighter pilot and my dad's brother was killed in his first 1000 bombing raid! R.I.P all those that did not come back hey! 😞😥

@BeckyPoleninja Год назад

@@nigeldewallens1115 ❤❤

@nigeldewallens1115 Год назад

@@BeckyPoleninja Thank you kindly! My uncle told me one story about when he was doing torpedo runs in a Wimpey bomber ok! We were on my dads boat on the flying bridge and he told me what it was like dropping a torpedo in the med! As he told us this, we heard a plane flying towards us! It was at the exact height uncle had told me, as he could see the crew rushing about! This was a twin engined plane while and had RAF roundels! It had to go up ti miss us! I will never forget dear uncle Alf! If you have a story about your uncle I would love to hear it! Take care 😀

@BeckyPoleninja Год назад

@@nigeldewallens1115 Hi, he was also in the queue to go down one of the tunnels in the prison camp the film The Great Escape was based on, he had his fake papers and everything, he talked about watching those captured being brought back to camp knowing others had been shot He was one of the pilots consulted and used in the making of the film The Battle of Britain, and he helped build an orphanage in Borneo after the war ended. 1 traced him down 50 years later to say thank you.

@nigeldewallens1115 Год назад

@@BeckyPoleninja How wonderful! That was fascinating to hear! Thank you so much! I am on Facebook if you even wish to tell me more! I would love to hear it just for my own! As I have mums stories and it is lovely to hear the efforts of great folk back then! Thank you kindly! I loved that! 🤩👍

@colintownsend Год назад

I actually met this great man outside a supermarket when I was a young boy. I only have a very vague memory of it. He was the reason I joined the British Army.

@gailcripps3667 7 месяцев назад

My brother who lost his leg had the great honour of meeting Douglas Bader when he was presented with a bravery award. My brother 19 was in the ATC Air Training Corp and flew gliders. Nothing stopped my brother until his cancer sadly took his life.

@clive4949 Год назад

I've read both Douglas Baders and Adolf Gallant's biographies. Both write about his capture and how honoured Adolf was to have Douglas his prisoner. Adolf sent a pilot to drop a message about Baders capture and offered an opportunity for a uncontested flight over Gallant's airfield to drop off the spare legs. It's true that the Germans threatened to take away his legs due to constant attempts at escape. After the war Douglas and Adolf became friends a kept in contact for the rest of their lives. Gallant remained in the Lufftwaffer after the war becoming its head. Both books are fantastic reads, especially the chapters on their encounter in France.

@lloydcollins6337 Год назад

Worth noting the RAF declined the uncontested flight offer and dropped the replacement leg from a bomber which was en route to another bombing raid elsewhere.

@CorinneDunbar-ls3ej Год назад

How wonderful.

@lloydcollins6337 Год назад

@@chillin101 Bader also refused to move from one of his POW camps until the Germans threatened to shoot him, and actually surrounded the hut he was in with armed guards. He then came out and inspected the guards, commenting on their poor uniform and berating them for sloppiness in front of the other British prisoners.

@Pokafalva Год назад

@@lloydcollins6337 We told them that we did not need their permission to fly anwhere!

@shaner9155 Год назад

Galland served with the Argentine Air Force as a test pilot and consultant from 1947 until 1955 before moving back to Germany and although there was some talk about him joining the newly reconstituted Luftwaffe in the end it never happened and so of course he was never it's head.

@LindaJones-i4e 3 месяца назад

The film is incredible and definitely worth watching, he was an amazing man

@lordleonusa Год назад

I shook hands with Sir Douglas Bader back in 1980/81

@ramadaxl 5 месяцев назад

I met him once when I was working in menswear...instantly recognisable as soon as he walked into the shop.

@johnnybeer3770 3 месяца назад

Lovely ladies, as a schoolboy of the 1950s I grew up knowing the story , for us boys he was one of our hero's 🇬🇧

@grahamstubbs4962 Год назад

When you look at his life, you have to understand that he was not constrained in any way by normal limitations. He was universally considered to be a mad b*st*rd. And we love them.

@michaelwilkinson2928 Год назад

Those he regarded as socially inferior didn't love him.

@danlefou Год назад

Also an insufferable snob, who refused to accept that he had been shot down by a sergeant pilot. It now seems more likely that he was downed by a fellow RAF pilot by mistake in a tangled dogfight - an own goal! I worked with ex-RAF guys who had known Bader and, sorry to say, he was widely disliked, treating "other ranks" with contempt.

@coling3957 Год назад

@@danlefou this was part of his character. if he had not been so, he would have wallowed in self pity after losing his legs. he knew he had to go the extra mile to be accepted .. the RAF would only have given him a desk job in 1939 if he had not been such a badass. most heroes are not likeable in personal lives.

@danlefou Год назад

@@coling3957 Yes, that has been my experience too, but it must be said that some heroes are modest and self-effacing.

@karensmith2215 Год назад

An aunt of mine was once seated next to him at a dinner. She told me afterwards that she had never met a more spectacularly arrogant human being in her life. I think that a lot of the people we have been taught to admire because of what they achieved against apparently impossible odds are like that. They have to have that level of self belief to have done it, but they must be impossible to deal with on an everyday basis. "God, it's that Nightingale woman again. You talk to her. I talked to her yesterday".

@kath3811 2 месяца назад

He was amazing. He was occasionally on tv for various reasons and so positive, cheerful and funny❤

@robertclothier3597 Год назад

Hello ladies, you might consider watching & or reacting to the incredible story of Charles Upham, an intensely humble & shy man from New Zealand. He was awarded the Victoria Cross twice during WW2. Once is astonishing, twice astounding & unique. According to his superiors he could easily have earned another one or two

@1951woodygeo Год назад

You have to watch the movie with Kenneth Moore Reach for the sky is a brilliant movie. He was a real hero

@Helsbels-ku2we Год назад

Makes me even more proud to be British 🇬🇧 what an inspiration!

@GaryNoone-jz3mq 18 дней назад

I learned about Douglas Bader as a kid. I am now 73 years old.

@gazlator Год назад

As a young lad growing up with Spina Bifida during the 1970s and 80's, Douglas Bader's achievements and determination were a constant inspiration to me, pushing me to live as much of an active and full life as possible. Extraordinary bloke.

@jno5 Год назад

As a fellow 70’s SB’er, my friend a 60’s SB’er learnt to fly via Baders school and made a career from flying…..sadly he’s no longer with us.

@arthurrsaker8893 Год назад

Gazlator, you too are an inspiration in your courageously determined spirit and resolve to make the best of yourself despite the lousy hand that life had dealt you,God bless you, I salute you. Never give up, never give in. Us Brits don't quit do we buddy !

@rudipack1551 Месяц назад

My Grandfather lost both his feet in the trenches of WW1. He then worked in the early days of prosthetic's and worked with Douglas Bader in developing artificial limbs.......so thank you for this video, it means a lot to me

@Walesbornandbred Год назад

There's a film Reach For The Sky that you may like, where Kenneth Moore plays Bader in his story up to the end of WWII. I think Bader was a very confident man which would have helped him carry on but that over confidence, or cockiness probably went a long way to causing the accident in the first place.

@coling3957 Год назад

a great movie. though Moore was maybe a little too "likeable" to play Bader. Bader's attitude was tough and abrupt. which was what was needed to be a leader in war. after the war Bader did a lot of great work for disabled veterans - championing them long before present day organisations like Help for Heroes and Invictus games etc

@charliesmith2475 19 дней назад

My local pub at raf tangmere was his local. The Bader arms, apparently he was very cocky and came across rude at times

@elunedlaine8661 Год назад

Douglas Bader was a family friend. I met him several times. He often used to visit my Grandmother as my Grandfather was one of his first flying instructors

@loddude5706 Год назад

Had he listened to your Grandfather more, he may have kept his legs . . .

@CorinneDunbar-ls3ej Год назад

Wow.... that's awesome.

@anthonyfoster7228 Год назад

Douglas Bader crashed very close to where I live in Woodley Berkshire. He was honoured in an episode of "This is your life" in the 70s by many friends, but as all real heroes seem to be, came across as very humble but with a great sense of humour. He just appitamises the grit and steel that English people are made of.

@suzannebaxter2888 Год назад

I went to the school that was named after him and officially opened by him in 1971. The school was built on an old R.A.F Airfield. If you want to look at someone may I suggest Isambard Kingdom Brunel. He was a British civil engineer and mechanical engineer, who is considered "one of the most ingenious and prolific figures in engineering history" he designed the first transatlantic steamer and lots of bridges including the Clifton suspension bridge.

@planekrazy1795 Год назад

The story of how he met his wife is just as fantastic showing his determination in the same way he learned to walk again and his return to the RAF. They first met not long after his recovery from the surgery. You should really take some time to watch the movie "Reach For The Sky" he is played by Kenneth More.

@mark450 Год назад

As a teenage boy in the 1970's I was lucky enough to meet Douglas Bader when he was guest of honour at an airshow I was attending. I remember the meeting as if it were yesterday.

@t.a.k.palfrey3882 Год назад

Group Captain Bader gave a talk at the senior school neighbouring my choir school, I think in 1960 or thereabouts. His talk was very inspirational, and the question hour thereafter was a mix of the profound and the humorous. Westminster School is just across Dean's Yard from the tiny school I attended from aged 8-13 and being included in the "big boys" seminal events, such as this talk, was among the highlights of our non-musical school activities. Bader's humility and frankness in speaking with youngsters remains indelibly escribed in my memory. 🤔

@barty7016 Год назад

I can remember watching the film when I was a child. It really is an amazing story of an amazing life+

@grahamhills6849 Год назад

Douglas Bader was also a good rugby player. He played for Harlequins & was tipped to play for England prior to his accident!

@debbieadams334 3 месяца назад

This wonderful man was a good friend of my mother's father - also in the RAF. He invited my mother to a dinner dance and she said she had a wonderful evening.

@debbieadams334 3 месяца назад

Just to add my mother was also in the military. She was an instrument technician on the Lancaster bomber.

@jenlaw398 Год назад

What an amazing individual. Such an inspiring man in British history. I can’t wait to watch the movie. An exceptional video ladies. Thank you for introducing us to not just a British hero but I think a hero to all. Amazing plane graphic there also.

@robertlinford87 Год назад

This was a great episode. Natasha’s enthusiasm is very contagious. The film ‘Reach for the sky’ is worth watching, it shows his character pretty well. Kenneth More played Bader after Richard Burton turned the role down. Another hero of a similar type and determination was Guy Gibson the leader of the 617 Squadron Dambusters raid. He was played by Richard Todd in the Dambusters film.

@Mr9ig Год назад

There was a film made about him in 1956 called Reach For The Sky a brilliant tribute to a great hero of the U.K.

@mikewilding3199 Год назад

If you can get hold of a copy the book "Reach for the Sky' by Paul Brickhill is a very absorbing and detailed read. There is a film of the same name based on the book but like all films only scratches the surface.

@glynwhite6168 Месяц назад

I met him at Windsor Castle in the early 80s. A true Boys Own Hero.

@samanthaearl9095 Год назад

Wow what a hero,

@pjmoseley243 Год назад

I have just re-watched Douglas Bader this is your life its all but an hour long and worth every minute of it. he was such a genuine man. I highly recommend it to you two girls.

@christineharding4190 Год назад

Several years ago I met an old pal of Bader's. He told me that Bader was a bit of a hard nosed, 'no nonsense' individual whose character would never allow him to 'give up'.

@rayraamsalu6092 8 месяцев назад

First year of my apprenticeship as a toolmaker I spent at a training centre in Aycliffe ( county Durham ) Douglas Bader had opened the centre the previous year and returned to open the extension and give an excellent speech. For a relatively small man he projected one hell of a large shadow over this country in its time of need

@SteveHuntingdon 3 месяца назад

He had his legs made longer to give him extra height too. I didn't make that up, my dad knew him and other officers at Duxford told him. Bader had a touch of 'small man' syndrome. Talked loud too.

@saintallnights7239 Год назад

He was an inspiration of mine as a child. One of them. My great grandfather was a test pilot. for AVRO and the RAF who died testing the AVRO Manchester and later the Lancaster bomber came about and is named in a couple of books.

@jimcottee9187 Год назад

My father was in the RAAF straight after WW2 and flew P-51's for the 1st year of the Korean War. A few years later he found himself in England doing the Test Pilot course for 3 years. A natural flyer, he excelled at everything and was there flying all 3 V bombers, including rocket assisted take offs. At graduation, dad was awarded a Special Citation, one that Bader had also been awarded years before. Dad went on to be Australia's Chief Test Pilot for many years, culminating in test flying the F-111.

@saintallnights7239 Год назад

@@jimcottee9187 Very cool. Used to hear the stories as a child .. but never see the books until a few years ago and I cover them in a couple of videos on my channel.

@davidseale8252 Год назад

In my lunchbreak in the early 70's I popped into Boots Department Store in Manchester, U.K. There was a commotion in one corner of the store. It seemed Douglas Bader had just finished an appearance publicising his new charity. He passed within a few feet of me all the while receiving cheers and plaudits from ex-Servicemen and Veterans. I knew his name as a hero of the second world war but didn't know any of his exploits so on my next visit to my local library I took the time to look him up. There was no internet in those days so this was a fascinating compact biography. I enjoyed it.

@rosalindyates7331 Год назад

Thank you for showing this. I have known about Douglas Bader practically me whole life and "Reach for the Sky" is one of my all time favourite films. In fact, I think I will watch the film this afternoon.

@MrPaulMorris Год назад

As a former airman of the Royal Air Force (albeit one who kept his feet firmly on the ground) Bader was a true hero and remains an inspiration to this day.

@nigeldewallens1115 Год назад

When I was a young lad, I used to read about the R.A.F and read about him! Years went on and I became a member of the Duxford Aviation Society and one year looked after the planes, by just walking around them at an air show and who was the doing the commentary, none other than the great man himself! He walked past me less than a fence distance between us! I did not speak but saw the great man himself! You could not tell he had the disability! R.I.P and thank you! 😢That was in the early 70'S re looking at someone else? Sir Stirling Moss a truly great motor Racing Driver in our history! I had a chat with him and did not even realise it was him until I looked up and looked at him! I was in xshock! It was as if we had been friends for years is what it made me feel like! 😉😊

@padrat08 Год назад

I was a member of DAS for 11 years from the late 70s. I was doing live side security at one of the air shows when Bader flew in to Duxford and had a chance to meet him briefly.

@nigeldewallens1115 Год назад

@@padrat08 that must have been the same day! What a love event for you! They were a unique group of folks back then! My uncles in the RAF and Army! They told me of some of there experiences! That brought it all home to me what they had to go through back then! That made it very sobering frankly! I wonder if we might have just passed that day?? Who knows! 😉👍🏻

@cantbarsedatall 19 дней назад

Reach for the sky is a great movie. I first saw it as a kid with my granny, but have watched it many times over the years. Amazing man!

@katydaniels508 Год назад

This was fantastic ❤

@eddyhammerton3310 Год назад

A truly great man

@mikeswift6713 Год назад

Hi, in 1954 aged 7 myself a friend and my cousin were going to afternoon children’s cinema, we saw a trolley bus coming and ran across the road without looking, I was hit by a lorry and my right leg badly crushed, unfortunately it couldn’t be saved and was amputated above the knee. Before I got my tin leg I was fitted with a metal peg leg and as soon as I could get about my dad took me to the cinema. The film he chose changed my life, it was Reach for the Sky mentioned in your video, I was age 8 by then but Douglas Bader taught me that if someone with no legs could get on in life then someone with just one could do just as well, if not better. I have had a successful career in textiles, a wonderful wife, 3 great sons and 4 gorgeous grandchildren all thanks to my dad and a fighter pilot who taught me never to give in to self-pity.

@andrewr311 Год назад

Read the book for school in Australia: Reach for the Sky. I really loved it. Someone to check out is Nancy Wake from WW2

@margaretreid2153 Год назад

Nancy Wake another New Zealander born in Wellington, but brought up in Sydney Australia

@stephen7158 Год назад

Great video, and so well commented on by you 2 lovely ladies

@TheNatashaDebbieShow Год назад

Thanks Stephen

@Greenwood4727 Год назад

We brits so eccentric heroes so well.. its the british spirit, no matter what we do things

@davidrowlands441 Год назад

He was a special man. Everybody my age I'm Britain knows about him.

@andreazippy1722 Год назад

Such a courageous man. I've seen his movie many a times in which Kenneth Moore played the part of Douglas Bader.

@piratedjradio Год назад

There is a great film about Bader called 'reach for the sky', one of my favourite films. He once told a story that the telephone rang he answered it and was asked if he could kneel down, he said i dont know ill try, minutes later he picked up the phone and said ive just fallen on my bloody arse who am i talking to? the reply was Buckingham Palace sir, He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth

@jacquiesbrood Год назад

As an aside - in the film Douglas Bader was played by actor Kenneth More / who lived next door to my mum in Chiswick (London)

@dnf-dead Год назад

Incredible story

@davinahandley2043 Год назад

I had the honour of seeing him a few times at our local annual air show back in the 60's 70's. You couldn't mistake him on the airfield he had such a presence.

@shirleymclean5895 Год назад

Charismatic and fearless, he must have been quite a guy

@johnbarrett4846 Год назад

Love your Elvis T Shirt and fun fact back in the early 80s i met the RAF pilot at an Airshow who shot down the German pilot who bombed Buckingham Palace. Obviously he failed. I had a book called Fighter aces of the RAF and James "Ginger " Lacey had his own chapter, i got him to autograph it for me. These pilots along with Bader were heroes and i'm so glad you appreicate their contribution to the war.

@malakai651 Год назад

The thing to remember more than anything else is that in 1940 the German army was on the other side of the channel in France waiting to invade, if it was not for Sir Douglas Bader and the rest of those men who fought in the battle of Britain Britain would have been overrun and the outcome of the war could have been totally different. Yes ladies, we owe them so much many died in the conflict.

@laguna3fase4 Год назад

In 1975 I was learning to fly gliders at White Waltham in Berkshire. One day Douglas Bader's personal aircraft taxied past us and he waved to us from the cockpit. I have a photo of his aircraft parked next to the hangar.

@davidbarr9343 Год назад

"Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few".If it had not been for the likes of Douglas Bader, Colin Hodgkinson and countless other heroes , I would never have been born. My generation owes all our service personnel a debt that can never be repaid. Lest we forget.🇬🇧

@kathydoyle1857 Год назад

I've said it before. We owe them everything...... Lest we forget ✝️

@radioboffinG8KNF Год назад

I had the good fortune to meet Sir Douglas Bader in 1980 at an airshow at Duxford. He was a gentleman and I feel very lucky to have spoken to him.

@Mike-lb1hx Год назад

The former base of RAF Coltishall in Norfolk has a village called Badersfield named after him (its the former base accommodation) The base has a museum and arranges tours round the site each week. Possibly to add to your list

@mothmagic1 Год назад

I was fortunate as a teenager to meet this man. He was without doubt a very opinionated man and seldom wavered whether he was right or wrong once he had got an idea in his head. Apart from that I found him very likeable. His attitude was very much if I can do it so can you and that was part of the way he beat 242 back into shape. There is an increasing impression that he was actually hit by friendly fire in the course of a dog fight. It is the duty of a prisoner of war to either escape or if that is impossible be as much of a monumental pain in the a***e as possible. Something he managed very well.

@Roz-y2d Год назад

Men like this are true heroes. Not bloody footballers just because they can kick a ball.

@richardjohnson2026 Год назад

So true! Give people like these titles, honours and films!

@neilperry2224 Год назад

A friend and ex work colleague, actually met Sir D. Bader, as he landed at the Royal Air Station he was working as ground crew. My friend was called into the Air Station Commander's office, and told to give Sir Bader, whatever his aeroplane needed, ie oil, fuel, even though after the war he worked for Shell Air Fuels...Bader was also with the Station Commander, in the second world war.

@michaelwilkinson2928 Год назад

Gp. Capt. Leonard Cheshire, VC, OM, DSO & Two Bars, DFC, who commanded 617 Squadron after Gibson was twice the man either Bader or Gibson were and was an example that you don't have to be a bastard to inspire your men. He was the RAF observer at the dropping of the atom bomb on Nagasaki. Post war he set up the Cheshire Homes for disabled servicemen and was subsequently awarded a peerage for his charity work.

@terencedavis4141 Год назад

It's not a competition. Cheshire was a great man, as was Bader.

@patrickslade2715 Год назад

I have enormous respect for both Cheshire and Bader. I will always remember Cheshire making the point that true courage was shown by those with the imagination to see the dangers that they were facing as opposed to people like him, or so he claimed, who went into a dangerous situation blind to the possible consequences. Personally, I doubt that Cheshire was ever blind to danger, but he was humble to his achievements. He could always be the nice guy. He was, however, in a very different situation to Bader. Bader had to have a much stronger conventional character to achieve his goals. There was absolutely no room for modesty which would, in his eyes simply be perceived as weakness. He needed to push incredibly hard to get anywhere, but there is absolutely no truth in the implication that he was a complete bastard. Pushy, yes but also very empathetic and compassionate. The two simply cannot be compared

@belleriffraff 8 месяцев назад

Douglas Bader was captured and held by the Germans for 4 years till freed in 1945. Who knows what his achievements COULD HAVE BEEN if he continued to fly until the end, or was eventually shot down with fatal consequences.

@lornarose2764 11 месяцев назад

Hi Natasha and Debbie. Love your shows ❤Where I used to live on the South coast of England an older couple moved in across the road. Her husband was The Krays cousin. They moved away as he didn't want to be involved in " the Firm " in the 1960s. It was surreal seeing photos of the Krays, their Mum, Aunts in the shelves and the Mantle place over the fire. They were a lovely couple, both deceased now, they died in the 1990s of old age x

@mariagrant2072 Год назад

My old neighbour, Barry Hempel, way back in the early 1970’s was a pilot with Ansett and flew as the co-pilot on the Fokker F27 at the time - he was so fortunate to have had Douglas Bader on a flight- Bader came up the front and sat on the cockpit jump seat and talked with him and the other pilot about his experiences- Barry was so ecstatic as Bader was his hero- what a wonderful experience to have your idol sitting in the cockpit with you as you are flying ❤️👍🏻🇦🇺 - Barry Hempel went on to become one of Australia’s top aerobatics pilots- I went up with him a few times- amazing experience- many years ago he died flying as he would have wanted to go - unfortunately took a passenger with him 😢 I’ve included a link of Barry flying just in case you are interested ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dd3gk3NhRGE.html

@coling3957 Год назад

Bader was exceptionally strong willed, and outspoken.. once on tv he was giving a tv interview and was talking about his combat in the RAF and kept referencing "F**kers" . and host interjected and said "we should point out Fokkers were German fighter planes" to which Bader replied "except these F**kers were in Messerschmidts" .. lol He did a good deal of work helping disabled veterans. in the 1960's and 70's there were a lot of "forgotten" veterans who had lost limbs - like himself - and were neglected in the UK .. he was a champion for these ppl , long before the present day Help for Heroes, Invictus games etc

@jefflines5225 Год назад

Have you heard of Horrible Histories? It's a BBC tv series for kids teaching history thru songs and skits? Try the R A F aces song or learn all the kings and queens of England in the Monarchs song.Great channel and great content

@musicandbooklover-p2o Год назад

I read Reach for the Sky in primary school (elementary school) and actually wrote to him when I was about 10. In return he sent me a copy of his book Fight for the Sky (signed, unfortunately lost in a house move) and he has been my hero since then. Truly a great man and while many may have disliked him I've noticed reading about other air aces - on both sides - that this is something they all share. They might be highly admired by many - even to this day - but equally they were disliked by a number of those of lower rank, possibly because the personality type that goes with the drive to succeed in that occupation is probably one that easily gets on others nerves, and lower ranks have no come back like those of equal or higher rank do. You might be interested in looking at the career of one of the German aces, a certain Hans Joachim Marseille who was an ace out in north Africa. Refused to leave his men to take his leave (which might have contributed to his death in an accident) because if they couldn't have leave then he wouldn't take his. His fellow pilots and others in the squadron thought incredibly highly of him and when he died the entire squadron had to be taken off the front line because they were literally medically unfit for duty due to grief. He and Douglas Bader never met but he is certainly someone well worth looking at. Both he and Douglas Bader have been my heroes now for well over 50 years now.

@sarahharrison3385 Год назад

"Reach for the sky" Kenneth More"s portrait in the 1950's film about Bader is an epic.

@lyndarichardson4744 Год назад

He was a brilliant pilot, but Tom Neil, another outstanding pilot, said that he did lead his squadrons into unnecessarily dangerous situations, which lost him pilots. He was also known for being very arrogant. So brave, but angered a lot of other aircrew with his attitude and abrasive personality .

@howarddavis2281 Год назад

His behaviour whilst a prisoner in Colditz was pretty abysmal too.

@fredo66able Год назад

Yes he was an arrogant prick but everyone looked the other way because of his disability, when he needed a good flogging

@copiousfool Год назад

Yes he really wasn't a nice man, a hero (to some) but not nice.

@sedekiman824 10 месяцев назад

Wonderful accolade from an American narrator. Thank you sir. I grew up in Camberley Surrey, about 30 miles south west of London. Apparently Douglas Bader met his wife at the Pantiles Restaurent in Bagshot, Surrey.

@robertfeeley8269 3 месяца назад

I only saw him once at the Weston Park Airshow in Shropshire, I must have been about 10 and can still remember the way he walked as clear as day. Also met a pilot that flew in the battle of Britain who reported new to Duxford in the 1940s, at the Guard House, he stopped to watch a Spitfire flying aerobatics, he asked the guard who it was, with a nonchalant glance the guard said "That's Bader, Douglas Bader " Bader (like Guy Gibson) had a reputation for being awkward and difficult to get on with and could easily be disliked however it was probably this attitude that made them successful

@peterdavidson3890 Год назад

As a follow up show try and find the Douglas Bader “This is your life” an old TV programme

@markdermody9698 3 месяца назад

Must admit I love the story of Douglas Bader and even remember him appearing on the British Version of This Is Your Life presented by Eammon Andrew's in March 1982, just months before he died! I have the fullest respect for him, just as you have to for the German Flying Ace, Baron Von Richthofen who died before the end of 1918 still in WW1! He was given a full Military Funeral by the English, The French and other Allies! That was because he was the only Flying Ace ever to have 70 confirmed kills, hence they both feared and yet fully respected him too!

@glenhughes8013 11 месяцев назад

The film about his life is quite good. Worth a watch.

@scottfowler4482 Год назад

Watch an old British TV program called This Is Your Life on Douglas Bader………what a man 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@johnhewett9483 6 месяцев назад

My dad, himself also a Hurricane and Spitfire pilot in WW2 knew Douglas Bader personally.

@johnwaring8617 Год назад

A local newspaper once headlined Bader as 'Legless Pilot Opens Pub' having been invited to the opening ceremony as guest of honour, which he duly obliged to. 😅

@tonybaker55 Год назад

As said below, Reach for the Skies, is an excellent movie to watch. Bader was a national hero. My dad, who served in the RN in WWII was fully aware of him as a hero. Clearly, he got some very good PR by the Press at the time.

@jome7382 Год назад

I have lived in Martlesham for over 35 yrs... Douglas Bader flew from the airfield (RAF base) up the road from me, they named the pub on the heath after him. Not a lot left of the base now (unfortunately).

@grahvis Год назад

Bader might have been a hero, but he was a bit of a scumbag, described by someone who met him in the 60s "I once had the misfortune to meet Douglas Bader in the mid sixties at RAF Odiham. A more obnoxious, unpleasant and offensive individual I have yet to meet. His attitude towards the ground crew was appalling." By using his fame when allied with Leigh-Mallory, he helped bring down Hugh Dowding the man who, along with Keith Park, was actually responsible for winning the Battle of Britain. His reckless activities when a prisoner of war, made life harder for the other prisoners due to retaliation by the Germans, often meaning they had to stand of parade for hours. If you want a story of a real RAF hero, I suggest Sergeant Dixie Deans, a man who led thousands of prisoners on a winter 500 mile march to freedom. Even at one time slipping through the front lines to warn the British, so the men wouldn't be mistakenly strafed, then going back to the men through the battlefield.

@jamesbeeching6138 Год назад

Glad you did Douglas Bader!! I used to live up the road from his childhood home in Sprotbrough Doncaster!

@raybenstead2548 Год назад

Another great WW2 story is that of Charlie Brown an American bomber pilot and Franz Stigler a German fighter ace well worth your time checking out.

@tonym480 Год назад

Great video, thank you for looking at a British Legend. Can I suggest another great pilot from British history, Captain Eric 'Winkle' Brown, Royal Navy. He flew more types of aeroplane and made more carrier landings and take offs than any other pilot in history. I found this video about him with a quick search, 'A British Hero: Eric Winkle Brown'. The channel is called 'TheBritisher' . Recommend it 👍

@briangee8782 Год назад

His film Reach for the sky is wonderful, definitely worth watching

@andrewmorton9327 Год назад

A school friend of mine told me that his father (who was a Fairey Battle pilot) knew men from Douglas Bader's squadron who told him that Bader was hated by his men. He was arrogant and contemptuous and worked with Trafford Leigh Mallory to undermine Keith Park, the boss of 11 Group which was battling with the Luftwaffe. When he was in the prisoner of war camp at Colditz he treated his batman very badly, forcing him to carry him up and down the stairs whilst still wet from his bath. The book and film 'Reach for the Sky' are mere hagiographies, covering up his true personality and extreme right wing views. He didn't collide with a German aircraft, it was recently proved that he was accidentally shot down by another RAF plane.

@webbsfan1 Год назад

Yes,I've read the same things,but no-one wants to hear the negatives about him.

@Fosh192 Год назад

I met him the year before he died at RAF Coltishall, it was the low point of my RAF career, a most unpleasant experience.

@vaudevillian7 Год назад

Fantastic video, have sent you another Battle of Britain recommendation on Patreon 😊

@cliveholland9954 3 месяца назад

The film 'Reach for the sky' told his story so well. Bit dated now but I loved watching it as a kid.

@greyhound2401 Год назад

You guys are so sincere and respectful, I just had to subscribe. I've watched a lot of your content and finally took the plunge. Great teamwork, empathy, and my thanks for being who you are.

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We really appreciate that. Thank you so much ♥️♥️

@davidbarlow431 Год назад

As someone said below, Reach For The Sky is an excellent film. He is played by Kenneth Moore who was one of britains finest actors of the day. Bader and moore became lifelong friends after making the film. Oh, and its available on youtube.

@barryeva8862 Год назад

The film of his life Reach For The Sky will make you cry

@paulwood5803 Год назад

I met Douglas Bader once as a teenager in the Air Training Corps. I still have the photograph. When you are using the word Legend it is often over or mis used, not in this case, this one is a definitie LEGEND!