The Museum That Restores World War Two Aircraft | Forces TV 

It's a telling story that air combat first and foremost is not deliberately seek out to kill enemy personnel but to _destroy enemy aircraft per se_ . Just that aircraft had to be piloted/oprerated by humans, and if they get caught in the line of enemy fire, so be it.

FAR FEWER NAZIS IN THE LUFTWAFFE, THAN THE ARMY AND NAVY. 'THEY' HAD A LONG TRADITION OF FOLLOWING CERTAIN TRADITIONS, THE AIRFORCE WAS COMPARATIVELY NEW.

@@MrDaiseymay no reason to shout

What are you on about?! Nothing is beautiful in war, or life in general. It's a brutal circle of death however you look at it. Every day's a damned useless struggle and at the end of it the sun will cook this planet after we've helped it along. Oh well at least I didn't have kids I would need to lie to about the farce ...oh sorry the 'beauty' of life.

@@MrSvenovitch thank you for the nice words, my faith in humanity is restored

Any idea which squadron the wellington tail gunner is from or his name? Id love to find more on it! but ive looked everywhere and i cant. Best educated guess?

Memorial largely made possible by efforts of Robin Gibb, CBE. And a tremendous memorial it is.

Amazing what goes on there I went to Urbana in I think late August and I was Amazed With the b-25 and the B-17 that is being worked on

Nice work!

Some company is gonna come along and force you to give it to them like the Memphis belle

Any idea which squadron the wellington tail gunner is from or his name? Id love to find more on it! but ive looked everywhere and i cant. Best educated guess?

@@tmanoutdoors8277 The Memphis Belle was not a privately owned aircraft. It was still owned by the US Air Force. It was lent for exhibition on the premise it was taken care off. It was not. So the Air Force repossessed it. Fail in your agreements, you lose it. GET THE FACTS before posting inane, ignorant comments.

Unfortunately, even at this late date, many of the survivors of the air wars in these planes still suffer from Post Traumatic Stress and can hardly stand to relive their missions or the loss of their friends.

a tail and a tale are not the same thing

Any idea which squadron the wellington tail gunner is from or his name? Id love to find more on it! but ive looked everywhere and i cant. Best educated guess?

scarf, my research leads me to 218 Squadron

Sven, no joke, sorry, didn’t realise predictive text had changed it

We have a simular thing called the C.A.F stands for Commemorative Air Force. If you would like to see WW2 aircraft, ride in them and even help restore them just visit your local C.A.F squadron.

Really needs a visit

And a big heartfelt Back at You from us in the UK

Any idea which squadron the wellington tail gunner is from or his name? Id love to find more on it! but ive looked everywhere and i cant. Best educated guess?

Any idea which squadron the wellington tail gunner is from or his name? Id love to find more on it! but ive looked everywhere and i cant. Best educated guess?

It opens to the public a couple of times a year. Every November, I attend the large scale model show held at nearby Telford. The Michael Beetham Centre always opens that weekend to allow model makers and enthusiasts to get a look around. It's always very interesting looking at the work they are doing and chatting to the restorers. Sadly, the model show set for November 2020 has been cancelled due to Covid 19 so I expect the restoration centre won't be opening either.

Taking the spirit of the 40s as a clue, prior to war the elder generation viewed the youth of USA to be spoiled brats too used to the luxury and entertainment of "modern" life, weak will with no spine. But after Pearl Harbour, many come to realise very real threat the Japanese and Germany/Italy was placing on the world, so they held steadfast and did "what had to be done", and went on to attain the title as "Greatest Generation". If you want today's kids to respond with firm resolve, they need to first see a massive over-looming common enemy that threatens to annihilate/enslave them. The thing about today's global situation is there isn't _all-out total war_ between countries; the enemies of today are relatively small-scale insurgency that do not exactly require the commitment of entire divisions and corps and army groups locked in prolonged battle in order to defeat. When people sense their very land and freedom are being threatened, their attitude and resolution will shift dramatically to defend and protect what they feel is rightfully theirs. If there is no real direct threat however, mindsets and opinions can be divided (e.g. Vietnam War, Iraq Invasion). That is also why the Israeli Defense Force (along with the population) has such a high level of alert and readiness - the threat there is very real.

Alec Hemy Alec I totally understand those vets. They saw death up close and personal inside these acft. Their memories was losing friends and they became men the hard way.

Imagine how many of them had to be trained during the war. Incredible effort.

@@aaronseet2738 Today's generations will not fight. They will even march against their own governments while there are holocausts happening right now that no body want to even talk about.

@John Doe Wasn't being serious. Just a comment on the lawlessness and breakdown of society -- at least in some places.

Any idea which squadron the wellington tail gunner is from or his name? Id love to find more on it! but ive looked everywhere and i cant. Best educated guess?

Um...sorry, Billy Bob, but the Stirling was no match for the Lancaster. For a start, its wing span was only 99 feet, due to some idiotic Air Ministry requirement that the aircraft must be serviced inside hangars and no RAF hangar could take a wider wing span than 99 feet. That limited the Stirling to a maximum altitude of 16,000 feet. In addition, its bomb bay design did not allow large bombs to be carried. As the war carried on, Stirling were removed from bombing duties and many wound up towing gliders on and after D-Day. The Lancaster was superior to the Stirling in every way.

Try the new Airfix . They are awesome . Salute from Canada .

MarsFKA - Thanks for the specs. vincent Lefebvre - merci pour le tuyau.

@@MarsFKA You might think they would have got bigger hangars ....

Any idea which squadron the wellington tail gunner is from or his name? Id love to find more on it! but ive looked everywhere and i cant. Best educated guess?

me too,,,

And me!

It is all about ratios, hope the U.K. goes back to it fully.

depends on how much weed you smoke doesn't it?

3.175 mm

is it the radius of a joint, you mean??????

hahaha

And then the day after you visit the RAF Museum at Cosford you go to their OTHER facility at RAF Hendon just outside London, which is as big or bigger...

Any idea which squadron the wellington tail gunner is from or his name? Id love to find more on it! but ive looked everywhere and i cant. Best educated guess?

There were things called orders. He probably suffered for it after the war and for the rest of his life.

@@timhancock6626 No he didn't have to but he did for his country his king and his pride in his nation and going by the selfish gits being raised today I doubt very much we will see many like him again. Today the majority hide under the bed

@@johnhoward7875 if anyone has anything on this story, name, squadron ? please let me know.

@@scarf3878 Sorry I can't help you

Someday there might be a Stirling much like the Elvington(sp?) Halifax. There is a substantially complete but off the British shore, and there are large components in UK museums storage.

When they cleared out the Zeuider Zee in The Netherlands Mid 60's, they did! - but all the planes found were scrapped!

Any idea which squadron the wellington tail gunner is from or his name? Id love to find more on it! but ive looked everywhere and i cant. Best educated guess?

Any idea which squadron the wellington tail gunner is from or his name? Id love to find more on it! but ive looked everywhere and i cant. Best educated guess?

Is that the Squires Gate building owned by the EG Group?

But are you flying a Wellington?

that is so true unfortunately :((

EXPLAIN WHY . HE WAS REFERRING TO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE; IE. THE GEODEGIC FRAME WORK, DESIGNED BY BARNES WALLACE. THE DAM BUSTER GENIUS.

Philip Croft hahahaha

@@MrDaiseymay I think you shouted 'geodetic' if I'm not mistaken, take off your caps lock :)