A long walk from Moscar to the hills above Derwent Dam for a fantastic view of the 70th anniversary Dambusters flypast. WHEN YOU SEE THE LANCASTER TURN UP THE VOLUME TO HEAR THE ENGINES AT THEIR BEST !!
I am ex BBMF ground-crew and have flown in the Lancaster numerous times. One day we were walking in the lake district, When I said to my wife " I can here a Lancaster" several minutes later, it flew low over the lake we were walking around. it brought a Lump to my throat, made the hair stand up on my neck and i could not stop watching it, that's the power of the sound of four Merlins.
Nice to hear from you Dave, and what a interesting job you had,very rewarding I would think. My Dad did similar in WW2 as ground crew to Hurricanes, P51 Mustangs and P40 Kittyhawk in North Africa. Those Merlin's sounded fantastic, especial 4 of them in sync, all the best Pat
My father used to tell the story of cycling to the Derwent Dam as a boy and seeing the Lancasters over the dam without knowing why they were there till a lot later when the story came out. I went to look at the flypast on the 75th aniversary last year unfortunately the weather conditions weren't right and it was postponed for a few days so I missed it. Thanks for posting.
Alan Ratcliffe Hi Alan this was my first vidio and the 3rd time I had seen the Lancaster fly over the dams, a couple of weeks and we have the 75th anniversary nothing said about a flypast yet but hoping to see something. Your Dad will of experienced a amazing time, thanks Pat
Hi and thanks for watching, first video I ever made, bit jerky in places, I used the wife's video camera. Been to watch 2 other Dambuster fly past previously amazing sight watching it come down valley and a group behind me played the Dambuster theme as it flew by fantastic it was, thanks again Pat
Fantastic sight Pat, those tornados with the 617sdn tail art look fantastic. I came down from North Yorkshire for the anniversary in 2018 but unfortunately the weather was too inclement to allow the Lancaster to fly so we only got a single typhoon fly past. Still, a fantastic trip with a nice wild camp the night before, the highlight being the closest I’ve ever got to a cuckoo, it came and landed appen 20ft away whilst I was sat having an ale watching the last of the days light fade. Keep up the good work sir, all the best 👍🏼
Hi there, my very first video on our holiday camcorder, all those years ago, seems like only yesterday. Fantastic to see the Lanc coming down the valley, although the 50 year anniversary in 1993 was the best, thanks Pat
Imagine, when they attacked the dams for real, they were about half that altitude and people were shooting at them. I live in Lincolnshire and in the summer we often get impromptu flypasts by the BBMF planes, the Lancaster is the most impressive,
If your wild camping with full kit then a military 120l bergen would be the best bet. Most wild campers only stay out for 1 or 2 nights unless you can get food & water supplies en route.
+Billy Sherratt Must of been very moving to see the actual dams that were raided. This was the third time I ,d seen the flypast at Derwent and the first video I ever made.Ii used my wife,s small video camera whether that explains the jerky filming I,am not sure seemed OK when first put on. Thanks for comments Pat
Hi Pat. It was very moving indeed, especially on the Mohne dam. You can stand right in the middle of the dam walls. I tried to imagine the Lancasters` coming overhead and the bouncing bomb hitting the wall. Fantastic feat, especially at 60 feet high and in pitch darkness.
Yes but they were the best, individually picked, the cream of the cream, such a sad loss though for the ones that did not come back. Could of used the Dambusters March so many times in my vidios !! All the best Pat
My Gran and Grandad used to work for Avro in WW2 at Woodford nr Stockport making and riveting bomb doors for the Lancasters. They would have loved to have seen this.
Yes David, this was my first video with my wife,s camcorder, great subject matter, but poor jerky filming, and will they respect the flypast again, will have to see, thanks Pat
Yes certainly delivered a blow to Germany's industry, and what a moral booster for the home front, a bit of this is soon to re appear in my next vidio, can,t say anymore all the best Pat
The first time I heard about these bouncing bombs was in the TV Serie Foyle's War. It is very imaginative to come up with such an idea. But not easy to carry out. Drop it to soon and the bomb will get stuck in the anti torpedo net. Drop it to late and it will bounce over the dam.
Yes Stephen this was my very first video I used my wife, s holiday camcorder, like you say very jerky footage, hopefully getting better now, thanks Pat
This was my very first vidio I made using my wife,s holiday vidio camcorder, pity about the jerky result but probably the card. Learning all the time, thanks Pat
sorry pat this was a bit of a joke, the way the dambuster is kinda jumping a bit in some online games this is known as "lag" or latency but this instance its the camera dont be offended@@patrickdickinson6492 i was actually watching your videos about the big res, my old man lives over near the woodhead one
@@stephorse2283 No problem like I said first vidio with wife,s holiday vidio camera, had to get my son to put it RU-vid for me, getting a bit better now, thanks Pat
