Colin and Ewan McGregor fly an original Lancaster Bomber - Bomber Boys - BBC One 

Knew it!

Wow, you have a great uncle ❤️

Tail end Charlie, the most dangerous position in the lancaster, very lucky guy to survive.

I’ve been in the tail gun position in a Lanc (Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum). It would have been a very scary place in wartime.

My grandmas cousin was one aswell, but, he sadly was not that fortunate. Tail gunner is basically a intert foot here stickynote in a plane battle.

They were terrorists, like Hamas and ISIS.

Spot on!

No

Yeah. If there's one thing we don't hear enough about in the UK it's WW2. Ffs.

​@@VelvetMetrolinkStill better than love island made in Chelsea or TOWIE. What total 💩 modern telly is.

​@@adrianh332 agree most modern TV is not entertaining

My grandad was a pilot for the Lancaster. She was called Vertgeltungswaffe meaning Vengance Weapon .. she was the only German names aircraft in the Bomber Command. My grandad also got the DFC for landing her with a full b*mb load whilst having an engine on fire, but he had to wait as he was one of the first lot who took off... I've had the honour of meeting some of the crew, but I never got to meet my Grandad. What brave men and women they all were xx

I know, I was happy to see it when it came to the UK in 2014. It flew with our lanc at many airshows. They even flew over a taxiable lanc that we have in Lincolnshire, at East Kirkby.

You're so lucky! I would have flown in it over and over again. Each time in a different crew position

@@BillPurkayastha It costs CAD 3,600 per seat for a 60-minute flight. If you have that kind of money, the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum will be glad to hear from you (after the coronavirus closure ends). And don't forget to share your videos on RU-vid.

@@simonbone if i had the money,i would love to fly in that beauty,one day 👍❤

+CameronJ His brothers Nickname is Obi-two

Flying is for droids

I have the high ground

@@charonsferryold hello there

@Comrade Charlotte, oh yeah? Well I have the HiGHEST GROUND

I felt the music added to the moment. I would have liked hearing engines a bit more but there are several other videos that really do a good job with hearing the Lancaster engines.

Are you under every (rc) plane Video? ^^

Yeah shut up mate

I can hardly hear what the guy is saying because of the stupid music.

My thoughts EXACTLY every time i watch some moving/touching movieclip on the web that "HAS" to have dramatic/sad music in the background. Obviously we are so stupid and/or coldhearted so we need the music to understand that the clip is sad.

I agree I would prefer to listen to the engines.

I too lost a relative in the war. My great uncle Victor was in the RCAF and part of the crew of a Halifax bomber. His aircraft was just one of over 600 bombers that was assigned to carry out a bombing mission over Berlin on January 29, 1944. His crew, along with 36 other crews, simply 'failed to return', in RCAF parlance. Nobody knew what happened to his plane - whether it was shot down by a fighter aircraft or blown out of the sky by anti-aircraft batteries positioned on the ground. None of the other crew members on his flight is known to have survived. Accordingly, his name is inscribed on one of the walls of the Runnymede Air Forces Memorial in Surrey, England as he has no known grave, like thousands of other Commonwealth airmen who made the supreme sacrifice in the Second World War. Eorum retinebimus (We shall remember them.)

That's the thing, Steve...So many planes simply.... disappeared...In the fury of battle, crews were pre-occupied with their own craft and it was probably several minutes before they realised that one or more of the planes had slipped out of the formation, especially in RAF raids that were mostly at night...As well, these lost craft probably came down in pieces or disintegrated on impact, destroying much of the markings.....

Even if a plane is almost completely destroyed there are still parts that can help to identify it. Serial numbers on propellers, engines and other parts. But of course in times of war, the Germans salvaged the parts and didn't care. But if a wreck is found nowadays, the excavation team takes the time to investigate and often successful.

@@stevestruthers6180 my wife's uncle Ron also perished in a Halifax bomber, they were flying missions for the SOE and were dropping spies plus radios and packages concerned with it, the plane was lost over Norway and he was never found, his name also is on the Runnymede war memorial, best of a generation.

Respect! My great uncle was a tail gunner in a Lancaster, shot down over Essen in January 1943. My son and I recently visited the Australian War Memorial and were able to access his war records. Cause of death was listed "aerial battle" RIP brave young heroes

My mum watched a bomber burn on the airstrip at Brooklands during WW2 she said she could hear the men inside screaming.

@@daveb6371 As a navigator, my grandfather was the only one to get out of a burning Lancaster alive - and said the same thing about hearing the screams of the others. It could well have been his plane - but unfortunately this happened many times.

Yep, every frikkin time too!

Gonna disagree with you here... The music adds far more feeling than an engine, engines are just white noise. For most of the public, who know little of flying, nor care for the sound of an engine the soundtrack adds much more immersion then a prop. I somewhat understand your point, but from a point of practicality, the BBC are far better off covering it with music. God knows, that most members of public wouldn't be able to tell the difference between the sound of a Merlin engine and a lorry starting up.

+HMSDaring Exactly. The regular person is far more interesting in movie drama than boring engine noise. Guess why designers put in so much effort to make modern cars as silent as possible. They simple cannot relate to these types of sounds like enthusiasts do. While I personally do love to hear the roar of engines, I am one of those who believe it best experienced physically there in person to _feel_ it rather than simply hear it via speakers.

I'd agree with everyone else, that the music would be better... if only it wasn't four Merlins. At least give us SOME of the noise

revman417 meh.... ok you're right

Thank you for your kind words. My great grandfather was KIA in Bomber Command and it is nice to see someone honouring the sacrifice he made for once, instead of hating on him

Was that Hamilton, Ontario? If so, it was Vera, the Canadian Lancaster that you saw. The aircraft in this video is in the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, Britain.

Another happy landing

Blast! this is why I hate flying!

Did he get the Iron Cross at least?

Your honesty worth respecting, but how would they know it was his fault when a plane crashed over Germany? I mean nazis were probably not too eager to send Britain the crash investigation results..

RADIOACTIVEBUNY And there's still plenty of us 30 somethings bringing up our children to respect and remember the fallen.......it's done at the risk of being labelled by the politically correct mob which is becoming more and more prevalent in Britain unfortunately. But FUCK them 🇬🇧

History should not be forgotten but learnt from. We are behaving like amnesiacs these days with obvious consequences.

My great great uncle was the gunner on the Lancaster for the RAF and never came back after his crew ran out of fuel on a bombing mission to Munich, RIP

One of the greatest aeroplanes ever built to this day, used to commit one of the most horrific war crimes ever committed to this day, the destruction of Dresden.

Also built to be able to be flown by inexperienced teenagers and bring them back home safely battle damaged.

But in 1945 they flew loaded with food and supplies and fed thousands of starving Dutch people

yes that is where the memorial flight is based

+pepe cohetes Cool is that really true?

+warhamster07 Yes. Search for 1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident.

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Every video uploaer thinks he's a blood 'artist'.

Yes, pure idiots out of touch with any normal reality... imagine going to the drags and not being able to hear the blown Chrysler mill at full tilt because of muzak or ratings or whatever.... I guess BBC thought our ears would be offended. Who knows? Exact same thing happened on Rick Mercer's show in the only other flying Lanc....GSU

It seems the worst conditions bring out the best in people.

Correction, there are two with airworthiness certificates, this one and one in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and one, Just Jane, approaching certification in Lincolnshire I believe though I may have the location wrong. There is a second Canadian one undergoing restoration in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada though it will have Canadian Search and Rescue livery (pity) as it was never an active bomber. I'm also led to believe that there's one in either Australia or New Zealand undergoing restoration. So hopefully in the near future there'll be at least five in the air. Lest we forget!

@@ronwilken5219 still the same point stands. The hundreds of bombers that roamed the skies and were seen as technological achievements are now only in limited numbers.

Seems like it is Ty Unwin. Cannot find how to buy it though. It is kinda Epic right.

It is very close to the theme from pearl harbor, so it invokes that memory/emotion. A bbc 'soundalike' composers job.

Nicely put 👏