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Even IF the Luftwaffe had obtained air superiority it would only have been of the tactical kind and very temporary. And after all that, the Germans still had the Royal Navy to contend with. The Kriegsmarine was far inferior and would have been soundly trounced. German Admiral Raeder had planned the ship-building program to be complete in 1950! This might have put both navies on more equal terms but of course, this never happened.

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powerful documentary, thank you so much

@@robertmaybeth3434 Absolutely,it would have been all but impossible to successfully invade the UK,apart from the Royal Navy,experimental weapons such as the plan where petrol was poured into the sea and set ablaze near likely landing zones would have inflicted appalling casualties on any invasion force.

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Thank you for your Fathers service! Without Heroes such as him, god knows what kind of world we would be living in. RIP Basil Templeman. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN 🇬🇧

Wow, what a daddy! My dad was married with two kids by the time his number would have come up. He and mother waited until 1949 to have their last and best child, ME! 😜 my two siblings and two cousins are all female, all of whom say that I was spoiled. What with being the only boy from twin brothers who had a total of five children, I reluctantly agree.

Highly decorated for killing civilians at night.In germany you must have been a guard in a concentration camp,to acchieve the same.

Don't blame yourself , I'm sure most of us have failed to appreciate these men so you're not alone in this. What matters is now, the fact you're now aware and can tell his story. I would recommend you gather together all the info you can and you write up a biography and put it online on one of the many historical sites that display their stories. What better way to honour your fantastic dad than for you to show him such respect and appreciation. If it was me I'd even consider putting his service history and gear into a museum. There's some fantastic museum displays that show the history of many pilots and crew, and you'll know his story will forever be protected and saved for future generations to learn about.

Bless him, he was party to killing so many innocent civilians.

You sir, are a rare breed today. I've seen so many Americans hating on the British in the comment section on other videos. At the end of the day, we were all on the same side. And I have nothing but respect the greatest generation, from all nations.

Most definitely, they where and always will be the greatest generation, and thank god they where because the world would have been an awful place without there superhuman effort in beating the Nazis……

My great grandfather used to mow the baseball field for the local American base in WW2 and they gave him chocolates and candy which he gave to my grandmother :)

Most American service men hated the arrogant mouth ba$tard Brits for their attitude towards the Americans that were there helping to save the Brits @$$'s from Germany !!!

my father was ground crew to these bad boys, god bless and respect to all the heroes,x. love from the uk...

Thank you Sir but we would never have come through it without the USA there were so many Heroes on both sides

cheers Ron.

@@terrymurphy66 The courage these men showed to climb into those Lancasters night after night is 👏 amazing.

@@tomjordan6300 I have a book dedicated to the Lancaster crews and support crews could not get better

We should never forget all of the crews of any side they where doing their Duty I often wonder could I have done I like to think I could but thankfully I am to old(72) but the Question still remains could I have done it and may all who fought and lost their lives in War whatever their sides RIP

Met an elderly gentleman about 20 yrs ago who turned out to be a P51 Pilot from Norway, I wish we’d spoken longer as he was a lovely man.

Sad to say, but in the US today there is a generation which does not see the whole picture. They see puffy clouds or whatever. They don't know enough history to understand : no one wants to die, but sometimes bad people rise to power, and good people answer the call.

@@guydoe1666 What a sad ignorant comment. You really are so full of yourself.

Fantastic

All of them were heros.

You may want to ask a local museum if they know of a museum would want it to put on display

My father was a rear gunner in Lancasters and Short Sterlings.

@Craig We were there last year. Amazing.

They were brave men and must have been terrified and horrified at times. My Uncle was an infantry man and was in many experiences in Europe throughout the war. Unfortunately after the war he eventually returned to UK but some years later took his own life. He left behind a German Iron Cross 1st Class. We will never know what they experienced.

this flesh is just a weak cage for the spirit. I hope he finds peace and you also. If you have any faith then some fine day he'll be meeting up with his long-gone mates again.

God bless him and all who struggled against such a great threat to the world.

I am a Yank a who gives all honor and profound, undying,thanks to your Grandfather,and all those who served in the forces of all the Allied Nations. Several years ago,I had the great experience of being in the UK on Remembrance Day,what we Yanks call "Veterans Day"(Nov.11).I was quite surprised at the participation of the public in both attendance at larger public ceremonies honoring veterans,and small ways ..lots of people of all ages, wearing poppies. God Bless Them All I

@Nicholas Ovel thank you. I'm sorry to hear this about your grandfather.

@@cargumdeu Thank you.

Hi Catherine, I'm pleased your dad and all his crew made it home safely too. Lots didn't. We Shall remember them.

If you have a few minutes to spare, would you watch a vid. on here ' Hiroshima 1945- british atomic attack', it does involve the LANK. Fact well hidden.

@@tomlucas4890 will have a look for it. Thank you.

Thankful for his service. My grandfather served in the USN in the Pacific.

@@richardlahan7068 that's great to hear. That was a terrible place to be too. I'm thankful for his service. Respect.

Dear Chuck - by now, two years ago, he might be one of the very few ex-Bomber Command veterans still alive - even the RAF heritage organisations aren't sure of the number. If you uncle is still alive, do give him our regards, and if possible note down his memories before it's too late?

@@MarktheMole hey Mark, yes he actually died last year. God rest his brave soul. He did not talk about the war hardly at all but a few years back a local paper did an interview with him and he gave a pretty detailed account of the experience. Lucky to have that. Also he was in the Canadian Air Force :)

Hi There Lloyd B. My Grandfather was on 207 too. Was yours by any chance John Grey? Please check out the Friends of RAF Spilsby Facebook group for further info. Would be good to get another 207 connection!

BLOODY RIGHT- great uncle gassed in ww1 for nz & dad donated his leg to a stuka bomb alamein in th 2nd- & look at kiwis now- hiding under the beds from the flu!

We owe these men everything.

Thank you for your grandfathers service . Greetings from the philippines 🇵🇭😊

Thank you for backing us up your troops,sailors and airmen are just as brave 🇬🇧🇺🇸

It was not only the RAF. No.6 Group, with fourteen squadrons, was all Canadian. There were also many Commonwealth members.

JJ Brooks And thanks to the puppet anti German government of Germany itself who continues the post war allies’ propaganda in the favor of their own former enemies! How ironic that is I wonder!

They were no near being heroes! They were war criminals. Heroes don’t kill the innocent and defenceless kids and families. The real heroes save them! Get the freakin facts straight here and realize that millions of innocent civilians were killed and burned down to ashes by these war criminals!

Cyrus The Great - you are a moron. WW2 was total war - and the Germans initiated bombing civilians. They did it in Spain and later on the U.K. (Coventry for starters). The Germans then continued bombing civilians in London and other industrial conurbations where civilians lived. Your looking at history through present day liberal leftie bleeding heart lenses. Grow up and read something for once in your gormless 21st century excuse for an ‘adult’ life.

Go have a look at a wee vid ' hiroshima 1945, British atomic attack' it appears the old Lank had a few uses.

True, trouble is this current feckless generation have no honour so cannot recognize it in their forebears.

@@jango1968 I concur.

@@pbysome jango I agree.

Gary Davis We, sons of them are honoring their memory. Thanks to British, to American, to great Churchill, Roosevelt. They saved us.

For clarification only, Pat - you perhaps know this anyway. That quote by Churchill referred to the Battle of Britain Fighter Pilots who stopped the Luftwaffe from obtaining air superiority over the UK. The Bombing sorties came later.

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@Persona non grata The hero part is flying through flak, dealing with fighters, mechanical trouble, severe weather, friendly fire, engine fire, ditching in the sea, seeing friends die while bringing the rest of your crew back safely. Basically putting your life on the line. It is not about killing "innocent" civilians. The fighting man is raised by the civilian so you wage your war and let the blood run into the streets until it bleeds out.

How about the Luftwaffe pilots? Weren’t they also heroes just like their RAF’s counterparts?

@@cyrusthegreat1893 of course they were doing their Duty, as ordered

Nick Musselle And some of them truly fought very bravely.

@frankos rooni you cannot deny them having commited war crimes, even crimes against humanity. You see life is not black and white, even heroes can commit war crimes...

This man deserved the VC !!! As a family member as you are, I recommend you get all the info and write a book about him. It would be on my "To buy" list !

I cannot find a single VC winner who matches your story.....hmmm....

What was his name?

Many Americans signed on for another tour. Every man had his own story, every man had his limit that he could give.

Steve that may have been the Americans only had to serve 25 missions but many stayed and for every man that went home one or more replaced him. Remember the USAAF had 2 1/2 Times as many men in theater as did the RAF an yet suffered 1/2 the losses, Tell the whole story, "WE.." know the facts, the Brits alone did not win WWII it was an allied effort USA Canada, Austrailia Russia !!! the Facts less the lies , hype, and Bull$hit !!!

M W Why can’t Germans also be proud of their grandfathers whom also bravely fought in the frontlines? Why nobody remembers them?

Cyrus The Great ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LpAJTURalIM.html

@@cyrusthegreat1893 BECAUSE THEY WERE THE AGGRESSORS, EVEN IF THEY WERE "ONLY" OBEYING ORDERS!!!!!!!!!

@@michaelmctague8911 Allies committed the same crimes as the Axis. All sides commit crimes in the war. There’s no such a thing as good side in war.

He was very lucky indeed if he flew Hampdens and the Manchester that early in the war. My dad did 24 ops with 61 Squadron out of Skellingthorpe but much later than your dad. PS my dad and his crew are on page 94 in the book about 61 Squadron by Derek Brammer

I remember reading a religious text relating to RCAF losses ' Leaving his death as an example of a noble courage unto all the nation'.

As an USAF veteran, we all owe a debt, which can never be truly repaid, to the greatest generation that has ever lived....GOD BLESS THEM ALL......

@@alexanderwilisow9473 As an Englishman I feel a debt of gratitude to the American servicemen who came and fought in Europe. They weren't fighting to defend or liberate their own country but several foreign countries. Thank God for the Americans, all the way from President Roosevelt down to the humblest USAAF ground crew men and women.

J See We call them ‘The Golden Generation’ in the UK. Same idea.

In Britain, I would call the WWI generation the greatest generation. But, there are men and women all the time who are pushing the edges of courage, duty, loyalty and commitment. In every country of the world. God Bless them all!!

@@robertb4563 Couldn’t agree more!

@UpSideДown Lay off the kool-aid.

Exactly....but its a shame you cant call this generation anything like this kind of generation

American Militaria 4 they didn’t

They will.

How about the German veterans?

@@cyrusthegreat1893 you dont get blessings when you fought on the losing side.

RubberDucky999 Exactly! Well said!👍🏻

I was in downtown Toronto several years ago when I heard the most beautiful sound above me. I looked up and saw the Lancaster overhead. Those Merlin engines make such a wonderful sound🇨🇦❗️

We were coming back from a golf trip to the US and near Hamilton, Ontario. An older gentleman, the uncle of the trip organizer, suddenly perked up and said, "I could swear that's a Lanc I hear". Sure enough, it was, heading for the Museum at Mt. Hope Airport. He had piloted a Lanc during WW2. We immediately made a detour to the museum and got some photos with him in front of the plane he hadnt seen for almost 60 years but knew the sound immediately.

@@johnkidd1226 very likely the Canadian Heritage Lancaster, Vera. One of only two flying Lancasters in the World. We have the other one in Lincolnshire in the UK. Owned by the BBMF, together with two Hurricanes, several Spitfires, a Dakota and others. Saw both of them flying in Eastbourne in 2016 when the Canadians brought Vera over. Out of over 7,000 Lancasters built, just to see two flying together again brought tears to the eyes of many a tough man in the crowd (and certainly to me). The sound of 8 Merlin engines was absolutely riveting. 💓💓 Thank you, to our Canadian friends for being part of such an amazing flying season.

would you have committed war crimes for your freedom?

@@eagle1de227 YES and YES AGAIN. While I was in the RAF shortly after the war, I served with many who had flown in those terrible years. I had seen what the enemy had done to my home town and YES AGAIN I would have done whatever it took to defeat them.

@@hugmal37 War crimes do not depend on what others did. War crimes depend on what the people did who commit them. And thats true for any nationality and any nation in the world! A war crime is a war crime and cannot be justified by war crimes of others! It cannot be justified by anything! NEVER EVER! That's a question of humanity!

@James Henderson Historians are divided on the question. In the end it was probably a combination of both reasons which prompted the surrender which was already under consideration.

@James Henderson That was his opinion.

My Grandfather - Navigator also suffered from hearing problems the rest of his life.

@@StihlmaddArborist His doctor told him he could get an extra pension from the RAF as compensation since it was a recognized condition directly related to his war work. We only discovered that in about 2010. He never wanted to claim it though. It would probably have worked out to a fair amount as it would have been back dated.

@James Henderson it was not only a question of shortening the war. Because of the ferocity of the Japanese defending their aquisitions in surrounding countries, it was anticipated they would be suicidal in defending their home islands. Estimates that I have seen ranged from 500,000 to 1,000,000 fatalities in allied troops (mainly American) carrying out the invasion. This does not include Japanese losses. Trueman decided the most effective course for the US was to advise the Japanese the US had a new devastating weapon, and that they should surrender, and avoid further loss of life. The Japanese army and "War council" ignored him. The decision was made to proceed with the Hiroshima bombing, and it was hoped the Japanese (Army) would see the light and cease hostilities after the demonstration of one bomb. They did not. A week after Nagasaki , and after the Russians finally declared against them, they stopped fighting. With Hiroshima and Nagasaki, (immediate) fatalities appeared to be in the 90,000-130,000 range. So the decision not to invade may have saved well over 1,000,000 lives, Japanese & American. The bombings killed all Japanese, mainly civilian, but a smaller number than anticipated for the homeland invasion. The only alternative I could see was for the allies to starve the Japanese out for months, as they had control of the air and sea around Japan. Again a terrible outcome.

dont worry they respawned

Goes wayyy back... when you think of it, it's remarkable Britain survived even its beginnings: Britain of the 15/1600s was a tiny upstart nation compared to the then-vast and global Spanish Empire.

@@xlotyliciux That's true.👍

Unfortunately that freedom is being eroded by wicked people who want to change history.

It's Intel and politics, not soldiers.

Depends how you define free......

Don F, The countries are run by self interested millionaires who have no loyalities except to money. Unemployment because the elite import cheap labour to increase their profits, and all the hoi polloi are statistics not people. Overseas investments for greater returns on capital, instead of national investments directly creates jobess as the jobs that come with investment have been exported. I don't think the elites were ever interested in the war apart from the profits it could generate for the select few, has it ever been any different?

My sentiments exactly.

@Hippity Hoppity Well my Dad volunteered too. If UK had fallen, the Nazis would have cared less about Irelands Neutrality. It had to be done

That's neat. There's a very fine restored Avro Lancaster in the Nanton, Alberta air museum. It has functional engines but isn't fully air- worthy. When I visited the museum in 2014, the guide told me the bomber is sometimes taken out of the hangar to activate the engines. You can climb inside the Lancaster and make your way along to the cockpit. It's fuselage is pretty tight -- much smaller than I had imagined.

@Geoff Wode I think that you sir are the dupee??

@Geoff Wode Shut up! Stick your paradigm.

Australian War Memorial .

interesting that you've taken down your original post? COWARD! GFY!

We aren't free today thanks to woke progressive leftist law's forced on us , we can't even talk about there only being two gender's , grooming gang's , forced criminal imports by people who hate us , Taliban are allowed a Twitter platform whilst they block Trump and many other's for bring truthful . I could go on and on . Today's UK isn't what millions died for in the war so don't make out we are free when we are not . Too many brainwashed fools .

yeah the liberty to accomodate nazis after the war was over.

I noticed with my relatives who fought, Those who saw the most action talked little. Those who saw less talked more

I don't want to disrespect those young men. Thousands of them died or were wounded in combat. It must not be concealed that they mainly fought women, children and their homes at night

Honour & Respect . Lest we forget .

EL onthehill that’s a good idea to stop people messing with things. Must have been rather nervous for them.

At the end of the war the bomber command was 25% canadian . 10 000 of the 55 000 men killed in the bomber command were canadian .

And the Aussies mate!

@@Rogerban and kiwis and safaas the documentary should have pointed out the large number of commonwealth aircrew both in mixed and separate squadrons. My uncle was in one of the the first RNZAF bomber squadrons deployed to the Pacific theater of operations where they had a much lower casualty rate.

Thanks, Canada.

Thankful for his service. My two grandfathers served as well. One in the US Navy and the other in the US Army.

My grandpa's brother was a B-29 Navigator and was killed under similar circumstances. Godbless your uncle, I admire all bomber crews.

@@mmouseav8r402 your grand uncle?

my uncle was from Hamilton , tail end charlie 33 missions Lancaster RCAF 1940-45

@@fredjohnson7497 Did he ever go to the museum... irrc slender build slight accent?

I got emotional at that part of the video, i cant imagine what it was like to be there.

You could remind your grand children of that, they seem oblivious to that fact.

My neighbour was one of the pilots that dropped food and medicine over Holland. He was a devout Christian and would only fly humanitarian missions or transport. R I P Stuart.

We did too Nick -here in the states....only, it was the solid wooden, B-17 G Strombecker Model Kit with metal propellors one nailed into the nacelles...still have my B-25 hanging from the ceiling... kids today, staring into phones will never understand, nor grow the brain cell connections in the joyous activity of reading an engineering drawing, sanding the wings and all. Gluing it together with a package of horses hoof powdered glue mixed with water... and then the interminable wait until it all cured. Then, soaking the decal sheet in water and at just the right second pulling it out, sliding the decal off onto the airship... one feels pretty proud at 11 years old after that....a confidence builder. Nowadays kids are sent to shrinks and fed pills to build confidence we learned from proper playground activities, and building things, living outside everyday until darkness drove us in. I always laugh, young folk think we're nuts... ha ha...

As an American growing up in the 60’s I built models of B17’s B24’s B25’s and B29’s.

I hope he didn’t loose his life for what he did

Because of the liquid-cooled RR Mervin V12 engines, Lancasters were more vulnerable to flak shrapnel than B17's or B24's equipped with the air-cooled radial Wright R-1820 engines.

A bomber without any bottom turret to be able to defend itself from fighter attacks from below might not be excellent.

@@HiTechOilCo They were excellent BOMBERS. They did carpet bombing and precision bombing. The payload was far larger than the B-17, hence why it was an excellent BOMBER. And let's not ignore the terrible losses the B-17 suffered at Regensberg and Schweinfurt. So much so that the USAAF had to call off bombing raids into Germany in winter 1943/44.

@@bkucinschi Yes but they could do things the B-17 couldn't do such as the Dambusters raid or dropping the 22,000 pound Grand Slam bomb.

@@bkucinschi The Mosquito almost had the same payload as the B-17, yet only had 2 crew and was much faster.

Quite right, they should be honoured!

their bit

The pilot in my dad's Lanc was a Kiwi. Air crew came from all over the globe, volunteers all.

Australia ended the cruel Ottoman Empire and that barely ever gets a mention

As a Brit, I lived adjacent to the AVRO Factory in Yeadon Yorkshire (Known now as Leeds Bradford International Airport). I also had relatives in Boston Lincs, and met lots of Canadian, Ozzie, Kiwi and a few USA Airmen on the different airfields, they were mostly very young, younger than some of my uncles,but I have never forgotten them and I have always admired these men

F.Lt Carlos Manuel Brown. Pilot. Lancaster JB221 PathFinders. Born: June 16, 1914 Griswold, Connecticut. Enlistment: September 2, 1941 Montreal, Québec. Died 26 Nov 1943 Brandau Germany.

Correction. Two Canadians and one Aussie on crew. F/O H.C Aley RCAF F/L C.M.Brown Croix de Guerre (France) RCAF P/O G. Smith P/O T.Watson Sgt B.F.Tutt Sgt D.H.W.Little F/s R.W.Sinden RAAF