Escaped German Prisoners-of-War Stole A Plane

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This is the amazing story of two Luftwaffe POWs who managed to escape from their camp in England and steal an RAF plane to fly to German-occupied Europe.
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@wardaddyindustries4348 3 года назад

"Sorry gentleman you deserve better luck" what a British line.

@josephking6515 3 года назад

Bloody stupid line IMO. If they had got back to der Fatherland they would have got back on ops and killed how many RAF (or commie) pilots or bombed civilians. Interesting that German POW officers got to stay in a former luxury hotel but I bet the enlisted guys got crappy nissen huts full of drafts and piss poor heating.

@moses2009100 3 года назад

They don't know it but they did had the best of luck if they flew back to German line they'll probably fight to the end of the war and get shot down killed or something to actually good that they stayed in the p o w camp and survived and got to live

@MrHoefnix 3 года назад

@Zoomer Waffen Why would an all knowing, all loving Gott do that, Doofus?

@donbow450 3 года назад

@@josephking6515 There are other videos explaining that such accommodations were bugged and used to get intel from the prisoners. Also it is not said wether the interior was kept. There is also a story about a German pilot letting a crippled bomber escape to england. That sure did go on killing civilians. Sometimes the fate of single persons outweights the rational in perception.

@samkangal8428 3 года назад

Na ja, schätze wir haben angefangen.

@T-34_Chan 3 года назад

I swear Hollywood would be making much better movies if they just watched a few Mark Felton videos and used those as inspiration.

@richardm3023 3 года назад

All those white males they'd have to replace with minority, trans, women, single, gay, moms.

@toddsmith293 3 года назад

Could not agree more!

@Otokichi786 3 года назад

The Michael Bay types would have a full German bomber crew steal a Lancaster, fight swarms of RAF fighters, bomb Buckingham Palace, then reach German-occupied France, where they would "fold parachutes at night."

@uglyduckling81 3 года назад

@@richardm3023 Could you imagine how the soldiers would look? It wouldn't be men in uniforms battling. It would be Black Transvestite woman in rainbow dresses fighting the white male oppressors. All the Nazi white male oppressors would be bumbling idiots tripping over and generally making fools of themselves. Then it would be universally praised by woke media shills for it's accuracy and excellent story telling. The the IMDB would end up with 100% reviewer scores and 2% user reviews, they would then delete user scores so it's just a 100% movie. Then go on a media rampage attacking white males for troll voting it down.

@paulnicholls8683 3 года назад

Hollywood would jazz it up so much that the story would lose its charm !

@thebeatnumber 3 года назад

Thanks to Mark Felton my 70 year old Dad no longer misses the History Channel.

@Rob.Martin 3 года назад

I got Sky for the History Channel. There was no history on the History Channel (at least in NZ). Dr Felton is way better than Sky.

@richardhart9204 3 года назад

The history channel was abducted by aliens.

@samiam619 3 года назад

@thebeatnumber, Introduce yourDad to “The History Guy” here on YT. He is just as good as Dr. Felton.

@destubae3271 3 года назад

Legacy media like that is dying-- this is much better

@rbeard7580 3 года назад

The History Channel became just rubbish.

@josephthomas8318 3 года назад

Being impressed with the effort and then giving the escapees a nice officers dinner as a consultation prize is the most British thing I've ever heard.

@davethompson3140 3 года назад

Surprisingly, the luftwaffe treated their prisoners better than the other branches of their military.It’s only when the gestapo and/or the SS got involved were airman in big trouble.

@rocknral 3 года назад

Ah well, you got to admire pluck, whoever it is. "well played chaps, but, better luck next time..." Got to love the poms. LOL!

@davethompson3140 3 года назад

@@rocknral -What the hell does that mean, I’m not an enigma machine!

@rocknral 3 года назад

@@davethompson3140 "poms"... Was that the bit that was lost in translation?

@davethompson3140 3 года назад

@@rocknral -Yur erl on ya grits musta bena to high cas yur not makin much puttin

@LancasterResponding 3 года назад

Arrives at RAF base and is greeted by guards “Hello is me, George David. I am pilot RAF. God save the Queen yes. Let me have plane please” “Seems legit, welcome sir”

@twotone3070 3 года назад

Sounds like a scam call to me. Jim Browning would have spotted it.

@matti3051 3 года назад

hmmm they didnt have a queen back the

@thriftstorechicken3395 3 года назад

@@matti3051 But they did.

@scapingby 3 года назад

@@thriftstorechicken3395 not until 1952

@thriftstorechicken3395 3 года назад

@@scapingby Oh ... I thought he meant they didn't have royalty at all Until 1952. My mistake, sorry.

@yudodis 3 года назад

Our Mark Felton, absolute unit mind you, doesn't just have "1 million" subscribers now, he has a *"subscriber strength equal to 1/3 of the Operation Barbarossa invasion force" and growing*

@landeny65 3 года назад

Nicely done

@WaltherPPK909 3 года назад

If Mark says we invade, we invade. It's as simple as that

@Tyler-gv6zf 3 года назад

@@WaltherPPK909 If Mark says jump, I say, “How high shall I jump Dr. Felton?”. I won’t question why.

@abercrombieblovs2042 3 года назад

We can already easily annex Czechslovakia :D

@tyrionlannister4920 3 года назад

everytime i read Barbarossa, i get flashes of wehrmacht and red army on my mind and in the background blasts Sabaton's Panzerkampf :D

@Rustythemouse 3 года назад

RAF maintenance servicemen havin a chat: -Such a nice lads were took off recently! -Wha'? -Yep, they were so polite! -What did they say? *-Danke Schön, Auf Wiedershen!*

@greybeard5774 3 года назад

Lol :)))

@Simon_Nonymous 3 года назад

"Crikey - must be Scottish!"

@markthompson8656 3 года назад

@@greybeard5774 Me TOO, I busted out laughing!

@averyrandomllama6516 3 года назад

So they were speaking Australian?

@murkywateradminssions5219 3 года назад

German officers disguised as Dutch officers speaking German in an Australian accent me: *confused screaming*

@EthanKnight97 3 года назад

One's got to love the British sense of sportsmanship.

@daniellebcooper7160 3 года назад

Its a wonder the two germans wernt 'Knighted'.

@skybot9998 3 года назад

A German bomb exploded near Buckingham palace and the royals commented on good the bombing was.

@labla8940 3 года назад

Jolly good show Chaps Quit sorry but we will have to ask you to please finish your bath have a spot of Tea and when you are ready come with us back to that Castle Mansion private room Pressor holding facility Chip Chip

@labla8940 3 года назад

@JZ's Best Friend I dont know that was after Battle of Britain I think Pretty sure the Germans were in control then. I would say June 6 44 was a definitive Turing point

@labla8940 3 года назад

@JZ's Best Friend Wow your kidding right? You say its easy being sporting when you win. Well Britain was dangerously close to being beaten at the time. So ya it has everything to do with it.

@23Robusto 3 года назад

"I have good news and bad news" "What's the good news?" "I figured out how the fuel gage works." "What's the bad news?"

@voornaam3191 3 года назад

What fuel? We're now in glider mode. And flying at only 2,000 feet, you will run out of options pretty soon. Compare it to driving your car downhill to the pub, without the engine running. Hairy, to say the least.

@fekkyb 3 года назад

😂🤣😂🤣😂🛩

@genericpersonx333 2 года назад

Oh this is a classic. Thanks!

@GP-fw8hn 3 года назад

Strange how when you hear stories from the other side's perspective you find yourself rooting for them even though they were the enemy. In the end we are all the same.

@mjrv5719 3 года назад

If everyone had this perspective their wouldn't be such a thing as war.

@mjrv5719 3 года назад

There*

@bobreams5178 3 года назад

Yes, while admiring these fellows plan, I admit I was disappointed at the point in Mr. Felton's commentary when he said their luck had run out. Gotta hand it to them for trying.

@terryknutson3202 3 года назад

"We are all Brothers."

@maxdecphoenix 2 года назад

speak for yourself. I sure wasn't 'rooting' for these war criminals. The Luftwaffe was instrumental in the Spanish civil war, flying defense for spanish pilots to murder their fellow country men. Amoung the other 9 or 10 countries they either invaded outright or violated neutrality. Wonder how many hospitals Wappler bombed in Poland and England before being shot down, or how many homes or schools Schnael straffed before he got it. But hey, they got a plucky attitude, amiright? Just overlook all that murder and root them on to get back to their unit to murder some more... But alas you were correct, you ARE strange. You are definatly not normal for cheering on the people who were engaged in trying to murder your ancestors.

@ritvikupadhyay7120 3 года назад

I laughed hard when Mark mentioned that they wasted their time in a cinema. Entertainment before escape. 😂

@Perktube1 3 года назад

I wonder what they saw. If the date was known, and if cinemas kept records…

@Trek001 3 года назад

Well it makes sense really. If they were being searched for, you'd be looking on the roads and fields. By wasting time in a cinema, they would have thrown off the search parties

@Barkevshadian 3 года назад

They went to the Cinema to find and blend with other RAF pilots to return to their base with them.

@soundmind192 3 года назад

@xirsamoht x your probably right about the drunk. War is hard on one.

@sergiogregorat1830 3 года назад

Considering the quality of British films of the time, it must have been more pain than entertainment.

@j-dub618 3 года назад

If Dr. Felton didn't exist, history fans would have to invent him

@walterweiss7124 3 года назад

this remark reminds me of Dr.Fell aka Hannibal Lecter and his WWII childhood

@deltavee2 3 года назад

Hmmm, are you absolutely sure they didn't? He's bang on all the time.

@waksdan 3 года назад

I can’t believe we are one million strong. So glad this channel exists

@bobsjepanzerkampfwagen4150 3 года назад

Yea man i was here at 43k i remember

@tallthinkev 3 года назад

Almost time to invade Russia!

@rebelliongaming8232 3 года назад

@@bobsjepanzerkampfwagen4150 Yes this channel got really big.

@lonniebailey4989 3 года назад

@@tallthinkev *laughs in Russian Winter*

@GAIS414 3 года назад

Indeed!

@BeachFishingAnticsUK 3 года назад

He crashed on my step father's family farm in Aldington. The Wanstall family still own the farm today.

@djmech3871 3 года назад

He didn’t crash.

@BeachFishingAnticsUK 3 года назад

@@djmech3871 He crashed his ME109, that's how he became a prisoner.

@voornaam3191 3 года назад

@@BeachFishingAnticsUK That reminds me of Roald Dahl (he wrote The Big Friendly Giant and many other things, including the script for a Bond movie.) He was a Meteor pilot during that war. And he also crashed. Those fighters simply flipped over, upside down, and killed you, when landing goes a bit too rough. Keeping those two wheels up, was a lot safer.

@christoguichard4311 2 года назад

Paul O Grady lives there now.

@keithmountain9437 Год назад

@@voornaam3191 The Meteor was not operational in WW2. Dahl flew Spitfires in the Desert Air Force.

@alainchampot6421 3 года назад

"I'm sorry gentlemen, you deserve better luck" You are amazing, you, British! ....

@daibach2774 3 года назад

the worst part of his ordeal was that he landed in newport

@fromontario6954 3 года назад

Fascinating story! I love how the brits were basically like I’m not even mad I’m actually kind of impressed... but I gotta do my job.

@TheRoybeasley 3 года назад

I think there was a similar attitude from Luftwaffe forces when dealing with Allied PoWs - even those who attempted to escape. However, once they had attempted to escape and been labelled as "troublemakers" they would eventually be handed over to the not-so-tender mercies of the SS.

@jasonharryphotog 3 года назад

No planes were harmed in this story

@uglyduckling81 3 года назад

@@TheRoybeasley That's the impression you get from The Great Escape. Who knows if that's real though.

@TheRoybeasley 3 года назад

@@uglyduckling81 I try not to be influenced by Hollywood films (I'm not much of a war film watcher anyway, but I don't think I've ever watched The Great Escape). I get most of my impressions from autobiographies and also from the output of Dr Felton among others.

@htos1av 3 года назад

It's called "honor". The Germans practiced that too, believe it or not.

@cstlbrvo5615 3 года назад

"Both men survived the war". Considering how WW2 turned out. These guys had fantastic luck!

@teslashark 3 года назад

I think most WW2 stories should come with headers on whether the audience's investment will pay off

@dx1450 3 года назад

Yeah, they were better off being POW's than flying in the Luftwaffe through the rest of the war.

@nobilesnovushomo58 3 года назад

Especially for Luftwaffe pilots. By the end of the war most of their planes were destroyed, and with influx of replacement planes and fresher pilots over the years, the likelihood of pilots from 1941 still among the ranks would've been even lower in 1945.

@julianmarsh2758 3 года назад

Years ago in Nuremburg inadvertantly dressed as a German cop with green pants, mustard shirt and a big green rucksack, a man spoke to me in German, then realising I was English, in English, he was 90 tall, fit, white hair but still blonde, Hans had been a Dr with the SS brigade that parachute dropped into Crete, his tales were amazing, I saw him one more time the following year, he will be gone now, bless you Hans.

@teslashark 3 года назад

Crete!

@captainhindsight8779 3 года назад

SS though, evil.

@MrQ454 3 года назад

if you checked your story, you would have discovered that there was no SS parachute brigade! the paratroopers who landed in Crete were Fallschirmjäger, German paratroopers. 1. Fallschirmjäger-Division and 5th Mountain Division (German: 5. Gebirgs Division participated at the operation, no other troops, morever SS participated!

@julianmarsh2758 3 года назад

@@MrQ454 Why would I check what he said, it was yrs ago, yes faallschrimjager, glad you got your knickers in a twist over something as special as this.

@MrQ454 3 года назад

@@julianmarsh2758 why would you wrote something which is not true?

@jamesworrall6499 3 года назад

Who else clicks the “thumbs up” before even watching the video? You just know it’s going to be another brilliant video from Dr. Felton!!

@bradleyokane 3 года назад

Defo! I've watched almost all of Marks content on both channels, it's simply unrivaled quality

@thelastroman7791 3 года назад

It’s very interesting to hear about the often forgotten German POW escapes during the Second World War. Keep up the great work Dr. Felton.

@FunnyThingsHapenedOnTheWayto 3 года назад

That because it doesn't fit the narratives. They don't like to make heroes out of NAZIs.

@LongJ22 3 года назад

@@FunnyThingsHapenedOnTheWayto who says that they where nazis? wtf german not equal to nazi

@randomstranger7202 3 года назад

@@FunnyThingsHapenedOnTheWayto You are correct!

@thelastroman7791 3 года назад

@@FunnyThingsHapenedOnTheWayto It’s unfortunate that people can’t get past their own biases on this matter. Good and evil men fought on both sides of the war. German soldiers were just as capable of being chivalrous and courageous as their allied counterparts, many times even more so.

@carl48uk 3 года назад

@@FunnyThingsHapenedOnTheWayto There is a story about a German Officer ( on the eastern front I think) being ordered to massacre some towns people. I can't remember his reply but he refused. Not all German soldiers were evil.

@fauxhound5061 3 года назад

11:29 "the Germans needed fuel" , an explanation to a lot of things that occurred during the late years of WW2 lol

@ghost-jesus 3 года назад

An explanation for most of the eastern front too

@KumaBean 3 года назад

Fun fact, I live on the once German occupied island of Jersey, and there are places where you can still find rusted-up shell casings near the surface of the ground, but if you go deeper, they're in much better condition and not all rusted-up. It's a good demonstration of the decline in the availability of raw materials and the subsequent decline in quality of the casings towards the end of the war. 🍻

@andyvalenzuela9763 3 года назад

Imagine if Mr. Felton ran the History channel.... How grand would that be...

@christophertelford 3 года назад

We wouldn't get all those documentaries about aliens until they actually discovered aliens for one thing.

@richardm3023 3 года назад

@@christophertelford HEY NOW! There's also plenty of documentaries about Bigfoot, and pawn shop shows too.

@bromazepam781 3 года назад

I wouldn't want to see Sir Felton on the abomination that is "H", but a nice 30-minute documentary show on Viasat History... now that would be WHOLESOME.

@Aerospace_Gaming 3 года назад

You must be mistaken, I thought it was called the conspiracy channel

@christophertelford 3 года назад

@@richardm3023 Call me a lunatic but I'm pretty sure pawnshops are real. It's a conspiracy by ebay to make you believe otherwise.

@davidkreutzberger7118 3 года назад

Great video Mark my dad was a German POW so l was rooting for these two but glad they turned back ,my dad was Wehrmacht soldier and first went to the states as POW when the Germans saw the industrial capacity of the US they knew they could never have prevailed. It was right that Nazi regime failed ,shame so many ordinary people died .

@SenorZorrozzz 3 года назад

Again, Mark’s documentaries are the best ever made. It’s as simple as that. So well researched, great photos and film clips, his no nonsense narration, and always the most interesting topics!

@austint7533 3 года назад

I really wish he would make full length ones

@timg2088 3 года назад

@@austint7533 He has another channel with full length stories.

@slavicman-bd7jn 3 года назад

"Hanz,we have few hours until the planes start taking off, what will we do?" "Lets go watch a movie!"

@davidhorn6008 3 года назад

Yes, and it's on You Tube, "The One That Got Away" -1957 film about the only German whom successfully escaped a British POW prison.

@3.k 3 года назад

@@davidhorn6008 I didn't check it right now, but that sounds like the story of Franz von Werra. I read the book about his escape when I was young, it's really good.

@ArcticWolf00Alpha0 3 года назад

Only Mark Felton could make a History Video and make you feel like you learned more in a single video than you would in school. AMAZING JOB!

@samkangal8428 3 года назад

It's impossible not to admire this, as well as the fair british treatment after they captured them again.👍

@davesy6969 3 года назад

28 days of solitary confinement means no tea and biscuits for 4 weeks.

@samkangal8428 3 года назад

@@davesy6969 ah, we don't like tea anyways.

@Milliardo5 3 года назад

@@davesy6969 Still far better treatment than what Germans would do to whoever tried to escape in their camps...

@samkangal8428 3 года назад

@@Milliardo5 True

@rimshot2270 3 года назад

You have to give them credit for trying. It is the duty of a POW to try to escape if at all possible.

@manfreddreschflegel1067 3 года назад

It reminds me of Franz von Werra who tried something similar.He nearly managed to steal a plane.He was caught and transported to Canada where he escaped again and made it back to Germany.Amazing story and well worth telling.

@aow1860 Год назад

...he made it back to Germany und nachdem er zunächst an der Ostfront eingesezt war, ersoff er dann in der Nordsee, mechanical failure oder einfach Wasser zu kalt, RIP Held

@johnjephcote7636 Год назад

He resumed flying but like so many others, disappeared on a mission.

@agafoorsyed 3 года назад

My grand father escaped a British camp in what was then called 'Black Water' now Andaman and Nicobar islands. He took off with the Jailer's wife and married her later. All my uncles including myself have light eyes and fair skin. Thank you, dear Grandma. RIP. 😊

@julesmo323 3 года назад

That story requires more details. This could be a movie.

@DinnerTimeFan 3 года назад

Cellular Jail?

@TillyOrifice 3 года назад

OK, this sounds like an even better story.

@Ponen77 3 года назад

Sounds interesting...would like to know the details

@SpaceShipDeathstar 3 года назад

Nice!

@normantas_bataitis 3 года назад

Mark Felton always bring stories that we never thought to be happened

@Trek001 3 года назад

What legends... I was almost hoping they had made it to be honest with you Also, fair play to the station commander who must have been a jolly sort to place two escaped prisoners under arrest but still gave them a send off dinner

@simonh6371 3 года назад

I knew from the beginning that they didn't make it. Only 1 German POW escaped from British captivity in WW2, on his 3rd attempt, in Canada. There was a film made about it in the 1950s starring Hardy Kruger, called ''The one that got away''. It's very accurate (I read the book many times as a kid) and worth watching even though it's an old black and white film.

@Trek001 3 года назад

@@simonh6371 Seen it many times...

@dp-sr1fd 3 года назад

Yes, they had slightly better treatment than the British escapees from Stalag Luft 111 didn't they.

@randallfabian6640 3 года назад

Had they escaped and returned to the Luftwaffe, it is unlikely they would have survived the war.

@shooter853 3 года назад

"They survived the war" -- That's more than can be said about a LOT of other German pilots.

@jasonx-ray3921 3 года назад

They did turn out to have better luck. When they got back to Germany and saw the massive devastation, they were probably glad with how it turned out.

@at6686 3 года назад

Being taken prisoner by the brits or Americans was probably the best luck a German could have.

@ajayray4408 3 года назад

Contrast that with the fate of the recaptured escapees from Stalag Luft III, executed on Hitler's orders.

@dibaldgyfm9933 3 года назад

And more than can be said about thousands of Allied soldiers. Why should the germans attack in the first place?

@brianmitchell999 3 года назад

@@at6686 Yes , getting put up in a luxury hotel ,our boys were never so lucky no wonder most POW's stayed put.

@johnbuckberrough5915 3 года назад

There has actually been little written about the experience of German (and Italian) POWs in Canada during the war. At least one managed to escape from a camp in Ontario to the then-neutral United States in 1941. Anecdotally, many grew to like their surroundings and immigrated to Canada after the war.

@junejuly532 3 года назад

This one felt like a movie. Still sitting in the cinema watching the casts roll up.

@kickingmustang 3 года назад

Here I am laying in bed dreaming of escaping from Covid lockup in England... Feeling this one 😣

@craigkdillon 3 года назад

Covid has made us our own prisoners, AND our own wardens.

@WildVikingMarauder 3 года назад

Love your videos mustang. You and Mark have always reminded me of each other for some reason haha. Can’t agree with you more from here in Canada. Would like to have some freedom again. Cheers

@dreispulentraum 3 года назад

Stay Strong and Healthy. Albion and Hogwarts may be out of EU, but not out of Europa. ^^

@TheBGjosh 3 года назад

I hear they make you wear a mask outside in the UK

@anthropoid2405 3 года назад

Me too my friend, keep safe.

@StevenBanks123 3 года назад

Even though I’m Anglo-centric, one can’t help rooting for these two.

@PetesTools.BiggestFan 3 месяца назад

Traitor

3 года назад

What an amazing story! I would never have known about this plucky escape attempt if it wasn't for your excellent research, Mark. Top-notch, as always! I'm impressed how far they got and the chivalrous dinner is an important gesture, that they still held them in high regard despite being enemies. For all the airmen on both sides, it is their duty to serve, a notion they understood and respected that is often lost on us of the future generations. Great footage provided by High Flight as well.

@fortnerbuiltmotorsports444 3 года назад

Who is disliking these videos? Mark Felton has done seriously extensive research and much respect!

@BD-bditw 3 года назад

Woke Liberals who want all WW2 history to be banned. The dregs of our society, that's who they are.

@chriswatson3464 3 года назад

Why does it matter? They're a small minority and I've disliked videos by mistake.

@fortnerbuiltmotorsports444 3 года назад

@@chriswatson3464 it matters because it’s true genuine history not opinions and he puts it across in the best possible way.

@thriftstorechicken3395 3 года назад

@@BD-bditw Normally I would say this is strawmaning, but I've seen enough crap on the internet to know this is accurate.

@bobreams5178 3 года назад

There's always a naysayer who can't be pleased.

@priitriisman5381 3 года назад

British officers to the germans - "Heh, GG, nice try. Lets wine and dine and tell us more about your fine plans of escaping our great nation before we send you back north."

@aunicornwithglasses3284 3 года назад

Who needs history books and teachers when we have Mark Felton? My old history teacher would be jealous indeed.

@mushroomsamba82 3 года назад

It was nice having the modern day footage of the Magister flying.

@markfryer9880 3 года назад

This has to have been one of the few times that I have learnt of an enemy aircraft being brought down by a Barrage Balloon wire.

@chrisbrent7487 3 года назад

It was reasonably common. They also served to break up bomber formations and make them easier targets for the hurricanes and spits.

@bigtony4829 3 года назад

I think they were more for stopping low level attacks and forcing the pilots to climb high and drop bombs higher up missing their targets ...Rather than actually bringing them down

@Mr-Damage 2 года назад

@@bigtony4829 pushing them higher gave time for the AA flak to arm itself also plus more time for the AA gunners and range finders to react by forcing them up.

@lexiheart6558 3 года назад

"To the amazement of the apprentice" More like " oh bloody hell. "

@robertrishel3685 3 года назад

What a terrific story!!!! And really heartening that these men were well treated and respected as pilots and officers. It was a different time for sure.

@mrtrailesafety 3 года назад

“You can see where I’m going with this tale...” Dr Felton baits the hook.

@adjustablesquelch8535 3 года назад

if somebody escapes with inginuity and doesnt hurt anybody in the process, what isn't there to admire?

@joshuamacbeath 3 года назад

I was chuckling the whole way through this at the sheer audacity of these blokes and just how far they got. Thanks Mark, what a story!

@johnharris7353 3 года назад

I'm a 68 years old product of U.S. schools, so I don't know beans...but I was smart enough to press "subscribe!"

@IAMN0TGAY 3 года назад

based boomer

@lordgarion514 3 года назад

I wouldn't worry too much about what people say about our education system. That education system turned out the people that made, and has kept America the richest, most powerful nation in history, for a long time now. How bad can it really be?

@lordgarion514 3 года назад

@Colt Sassoon Geographical isolation...... The entire world's economy was trash shortly before WW2. Since WW2, just how many enemies have our EU dependants attacked by exactly?? What's isolation have to do with anything? And the EU isn't short on very many resources.

@slavenrasic2173 3 года назад

@Robert Pruitt If your country had better schools you wouldn't be writing that idiotic comment of yours

@lordgarion514 3 года назад

@@slavenrasic2173 And if your country had better schools, then maybe your country wouldn't need so much help from Americans....... Don't ever think your system is better than the system that helps support your ass....😜 Obviously, if you were right, your country wouldn't need help from Americans, would it??

@geirholte1222 3 года назад

What I really love about this channel is that he actually highlights "the other side"'s adventures, skill and heroics.

@Mihalyofficial 3 года назад

Wow even listening to this story had me sweating...i cant even imagine what they felt...thanks mark

@hanzup4117 3 года назад

I weep for the day we are no longer treated to such well-written and informative videos.

@MarkFeltonProductions 3 года назад

Don't worry - I'll be around for a while yet!

@hanzup4117 3 года назад

@@MarkFeltonProductions I'm going to hold you to that!

@StevenKeery 3 года назад

@@MarkFeltonProductions : I would have thought, Norway was a closer destination to try and reach, or would that have involved them flying too close to Northern RAF bases?

@SteveM-ly7oy 3 года назад

I was so silly to doubt Dr Felton - I thought oh here we go, Hans Von Werra story. But I was wrong. Never heard of this one! Don't know how you do it, but every upload is an education.

@cymro6537 3 года назад

The biggest German P.O.W escape was at Island farm ,camp 178 at Bridgend, South Wales . On the night of 11th of March 1945 ,70 German prisoners escaped through a tunnel .All were caught within two days - but two almost made it - they were apprehended at an airstrip near Birmingham - both were intending to steal a plane.. *SUBSCRIBED* 👍

@caw25sha 3 года назад

Lucky they were caught. If they had made it back to Germany they could have changed the course of the war. Seriously though, March 1945!

@tinkerwithstuff 3 года назад

Some dig themselves out of prison. Mark Felton always digs out the war stories hardly anyone heard about.

@peterszar 3 года назад

You have to hand it to them, they were balls and slick. Pretty cool story, love this channel.

@bepolite6961 3 года назад

Damn good try. Our guys saw it has their duty to try and escape, that is why these guys were treated with respect, they saw them as also doing their duty.

@vstrom9586 3 года назад

No one got hurt & it all happened in the middle of a war

@bootlegga69 3 года назад

Surely I'm not the only person who listened to this, silently rooting for these two gutsy fellows. Their moxie deserves a movie about their escapades.

@skybot9998 3 года назад

You only get a movie if your American.

@wingy200 3 года назад

@@skybot9998 All Quiet on the Western Front, A Bridge Too Far, The Pianist, Dunkirk, Defiance, 1917 to name a few non-American-centric war movies.

@OldFellaDave 3 года назад

@@skybot9998 The One That Got Away - 1957 movie about the only German who escaped and made it back to Germany. Excellent movie with Hardy Krueger

@donovanburkhard 3 года назад

@@skybot9998 get rekt

@bootlegga69 3 года назад

@@skybot9998 It certainly seems that way most of the time.

@pesnevim1626 3 года назад

In these miserable times Dr Felton regaling us with stories of real men really cheer me up. Thank you.

@cardi3200 Год назад

This is ABSOLUTELY amazing!! I do not need to watch TV!

@debbieverret4033 3 года назад

Excellent little story, one we wouldn't have heard anywhere else but here. Thank you, Mark!

@alainarchambault2331 3 года назад

Considering how the war went for Germany, they're lucky they didn't make it back.

@TheMrgoodmanners 3 года назад

I think the german army or the SS wouldnt have believed them had they succeeded. They may have thought them double agents or something

@ErsteKlasse 3 года назад

But imagine the guilt and regret they might have felt when they learned of Germany’s defeat and the bombings of German cities. Now I don’t know how hardlined they might be, but as Luftwaffe officers who came close to escaping and potentially aiding the war effort if anything, they certainly might have felt bad.

@StumpyVandal 2 года назад

There was another notorious escaping German Franz von Verra who eventually succeeded and was killed in battle only 6 months later.

@HaHawk 3 года назад

I really enjoyed this uplifting and almost whimsical tale, as compared to the sadder stories we (rightfully, but with some difficulty) usually hear. Thanks Dr Felton

@jw451 3 года назад

"It's just not cricket old chap" "Good innings though by Jove" :)

@billlansdell7225 3 года назад

My grandfather learned to fly on the Tigermoth and Miles Magister. I have to wonder how many thousands of allied airmen also learned on them. Unsung heros.

@kevindarroch7332 3 года назад

Dear Mark, thank you for your very good work. World class. I met a senior German official once who told that one of the best times in his life had been in a particular commonwealth prison time camp. But he told me to never tell certain others what he had said. Well, one day, somewhere there should be the right place I hope.

@ianwatson194 3 года назад

While living in Nottingham I remember hearing a story of a German POW who did something similar at RAF Hucknall

@peterhewson3216 3 года назад

Franz von Werra

@simonh6371 3 года назад

The one that got away, i.e. the only German POW to escape back to Germany from British captivity during WW2. Only that attempt failed, he finally made it by jumping out of a train in Canada, and stealing a canoe and crossing the River St. Lawrence into the USA.

@jameslanning8405 3 года назад

"What pluck!" This would make a good movie.

@jollymary2801 3 года назад

this is something they don't teach in history class. At least Mark is teaching us those things now, keep up the good work...

@richardgoffin-lecar1951 3 года назад

I admire anyone with courage and daring. Those two had it in bucketloads!

@j.d.peppmeier9041 3 года назад

My dad was a B-24 pilot and POW at Stalag Luft I, adjacent to a Luftwaffe base. He would have admired these two enterprising German pilots and thought about maybe they could have done the same by stealing a German plane. Anyway I hope those two Kraut pilots lived a nice long life free from the horrors of war.

@razz0rric106 3 года назад

The one that got away Franz Von Werra (played by Hardy Kruger in the film) is a good read/film also. And he escaped from Canada to rejoin the German war on the Eastern front as a fighter pilot. This is also a daring amazing story.

@crazylady201162 3 года назад

wonderful tale to tell, their luck did not run out they survived the war, and had a good story for their children and later their grand kids.

@brianwalsh1401 3 года назад

Thank you, great story. Their probably lucky they didn't succeed in escaping which is probably why they survived the war.

@jetstreamer374 3 года назад

Nobody asked them to say "Scheveningen" to check wether they were true Dutch pilots :D

@sudarshanpujari5503 3 года назад

So what is the correct pronunciation, just in case I need to escape pow camps

@dutchdelights 3 года назад

@@sudarshanpujari5503 Scheveningen, LUL.

@erhardbaehni1832 3 года назад

Or how about neuken in de keuken..

@rubenyoranpc 3 года назад

@@dutchdelights why did you call him a dick? He only asked about the pronunciation...

@dutchdelights 3 года назад

@@rubenyoranpc Oh sorry no, it a quote from a movie, the soldier of orange. Typical dutch 70 ies movie dirty language, always found it funny. The way they d try so hard to stay down to earth instead of high brow. Typical for the generation struggle at the time.

@rickicoughlan8299 3 года назад

Damn that was daring! They were probably lucky to get caught as the war didn't work out too well for Luftwaffe pilots anyway . . .

@agush8082 3 года назад

All the men involved in a war are the great hero, they were just a tools of nation. hope no more war in the future. And Mark Felton is the one who encourage us to learn from the past. Appreciate for that

@smoketinytom 3 года назад

I can imagine they thought of this after an evening in a Prison bar of some sort.

@Deebz270 3 года назад

Prison Bar? PoW camps don't have bars FFS! They might have had clandestine stills though...

@squirehaggard4749 3 года назад

@@Deebz270 I think you missed the joke. Ten days solitary for you.

@alpacino6859 3 года назад

I just got my food and I saw this perfect timing

@Kent28Sep 3 года назад

Me : *about to sleep YT : Want to know how German PoW stole British Plane? Me : *i wake

@adriangoede7433 3 года назад

Again, another tale that absolutely needs to be made into a flick. Great story, thanks!

@briquetaverne 3 года назад

It's so interesting to see these old birds flying. How amazingly advanced we've become in one century. My Grandfather in the first World war was perched high up in an observation balloon tethered with a cable. He had field glasses and a pair of semaphore flags. He used to tell everyone in my childhood that he was an "airman" until after being pumped for more information where he'd eventually say he was in the signal corps, but he'd say that he had a parachute while pilots didn't.

@donovanburkhard 3 года назад

Just imagine the adrenaline they must've felt all throughout their journey

@penultimateh766 3 года назад

For a brief time, they were soldiers again.

@BD-bditw 3 года назад

Yes and No. Excited at the prospect of freedom but unperturbed about being captured. They knew the Brits would treat them as human beings, not like the German people treated downed RAF and USAF freedom fighters that were hacked to death on capture!

@bobshenix 3 года назад

@@BD-bditw No way. If the Germans wanted to they could've massacred an enormous portion of the British forces at Dunkirk but as a gesture of goodwill they didn't... they were almost desperate for peace and Hitler was a well-known Anglophile that admired the Brits.

@BD-bditw 3 года назад

@@bobshenix I must admit that I tend to agree with you, but I would certainly not call it goodwill. The Germans, to my knowledge, have never shown goodwill towards any nation, never. Their wild barbaric attack on Rome, which destroyed the Roman Empire was a prelude to what is in their psyche and has been ever since. They have eventually achieved their aim, more or less, by now ruling over the whole of Europe in the guise of a 'union'. Some union when every member of their corrupt club has lost its right to self determination and democratic voice. EU 'Evil Union, sums it up. Now they are trying to capture Ukraine as another member so as to gain the lucrative energy and raw materials of the Ukraine, they are simply taking over where Hitler left off. It appears that the facts about the millions that died in Ukraine as a result of WW2 have been subdued by the ruling elite and globalist controllers. I think, and sincerely hope that they will fail in their aims this time.

@burtelli 3 года назад

@@BD-bditw what a bunch of crap

@MohammedKhaled-ju7gy 3 года назад

Man I was hoping they would get that plane refueled and escape but those parting words were outstandingly British 😂

@oktawianciez6481 3 года назад

What an extraordinary attempt! They were lucky enough, to have failed it though, and survive the war. Thx to dr. Felton for a brief mention of Polish 18% rate of downings of German planes in the battle of England.

@littlejimmy8744 3 года назад

18% is quite high number. Its similar to the Luftwaffe bomber gunners who shot down 11% of all the allied fighters in the Battle of Britain.

@presidentxijinpingspoxdoct9756 3 года назад

The Free Polish forces fought like lions in the air and on the ground.

@walterweiss7124 3 года назад

@@presidentxijinpingspoxdoct9756 and after the war their govt in exile had to pay their logis in gold to the limeys, British gratitude

@presidentxijinpingspoxdoct9756 3 года назад

@@walterweiss7124 Blame Germany and USSR for Poland's predicament, not Britain.

@Jester-Riddle 3 года назад

@@walterweiss7124 ... Britain however, only just finished paying the Americans back financially in the last approx 30 years, or less. Germany was funded to be rebuilt to save lives and those debts were written off ... Britain joined in War against Germany because Poland was invaded ... and Poland was freed. Any more complaints ... ???

@benbaker2965 2 года назад

So relatable. Any POW just wants to get back home. And these two were very clever. You have to be impressed. And gotta love the Brits for being so darn cordial.

@JPGoertz 3 года назад

Excellent story. And chivalry on both sides...

@haroldvoss5886 3 года назад

What was the name of the German who escaped while being transported across America via train and not only survived but got married and took a job and later retired STILL in the States and STILL as an escaped POW THEN tuned himself in YEARS later?? Now that's a story Id love to hear Mark Narrate

@TheRoybeasley 3 года назад

George Gartner (aka Dennis Whiles). Died in 2013 aged 92 years.

@loddude5706 3 года назад

Franz Von Werra? ('The one that got away' a 1957 film starring Hardy Kruger)

@richardm3023 3 года назад

His name was Joseph Biden.

@haroldvoss5886 3 года назад

@@TheRoybeasley George Gartner, that sound familiar.. I read about it in the papers but had forgotten about this story until today watching and listening to this episode

@haroldvoss5886 3 года назад

@@richardm3023 lol no, I was thinking a German, Ole Joe, he's Chinees

@justintrebell718 3 года назад

Love this channel always learn something and always has interesting stories.

@Teddy_is_ready 3 года назад

Lt Bob Hoover, USAAF escaped from a POW camp in Germany, stole an aircraft, and flew back to Allied lines during WWII.

@jackmehoff1840 3 года назад

great sportsmanship holding a farewell dinner

@neiltibbs648 3 года назад

Thanks for the hard work Mark 👌👌👌👌👌🇬🇧. ✌️

@Mrgunsngear 3 года назад

Thanks

@dx1450 3 года назад

I remember watching a documentary on the History Channel (many years ago, obviously, back when they still had history documentaries) about a couple of German POW's who escaped from an American POW camp in Arizona. That would also make an interesting video, even though they didn't stay at large for long.

@oveidasinclair982 3 года назад

These two Jerry's almost made, if they made it back they would most likely never have survived the war, but they had a great story to tell their grand kids

@takeabreath2412 3 года назад

Unbiased, informative, interesting content, a rare commodity these days..

@Flurb_Xray 3 года назад

Quite interesting and amazing story. My German grandfather also became a P.O.W. in Britain by the very end of the war. As far as I know he was in Ledbury Camp in Herefordshire and even involved in a famous British court process (a case of murder). He always pointed out, he was treated well and fair by the British. Due the fact the war was over, he was even allowed to leave the camp and meet locals.

@ScottHarbison 3 года назад

Illustrates that we Brits have always been a soft touch. May that never change. It is easier for compassion to harden than for hatred to soften I reckon. Why this is the best country in the world.

@percentagon4761 3 года назад

The background music at the intro on this vid, any time I hear it even on other people's channels I instantly think of u

@Pathfinders_Ascend 3 года назад

Not gonna lie, I wanted to see them succeed. Good on the British for being such great sport throughout the whole ordeal XD

@oveidasinclair982 3 года назад

Hey Brit, Canadian and French POW's were trying to do the same thing in occupied Europe, it was their duty. In most cases the Jerry's treated allied airman the same way, they only started getting nasty towards them in 44-45 due to their country's precarious situation during that time period.

@FallNorth 3 года назад

I think the two air forces had a lot of respect for each other, seeing themselves as kindred spirits on opposite sides doing their job. Like the Luftwaffe would protect RAF pilots shot down in Germany, who were sometimes mistreated or worse.

@brentsummers7377 3 года назад

A wonderful story made even better with the Magister footage. If it were not for the short range, the Magister would have been a perfect aircraft to steal - being an easy to fly trainer.