The Museum That Restores World War Two Aircraft | Forces TV
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- Опубліковано 10 лип 2024
- Experts from the Michael Beetham Conservation Centre at the RAF Museum Cosford carry out restoration work on historical aircraft. Their aim is to preserve them for future generations. Darren Priday shows us around their workshop and tells us the stories behind the aircraft...
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That story about the 109 and how a simple salute could save a life is beautiful
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
A big thank you for what the RAF has done in the last one hundred years! And also, on behalf of the Dutch, thanks for the realization of the Bomber Command Memorial in London, that was long overdue! Over the years I have heard many times from the old folks here that they used to listen to the RAF bombers flying over the Netherlands and knew England continued to fight the war against Germany, which gave them a much needed boost of their moral! So, thanks again, for what you guys all did!
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.
That was a very nice video. I am working on a B-17 in Urbana, OH USA; the Champaign Lady. She is privately owned at the Champaign Air Museum in Urbana. She will fly again one day. So far I have helped make pilot and co-pilot seats, elevator ribs and many small parts throughout the aircraft.
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.
The stories these veterans tell, if and when they tell, are incredible, as time moves on, fewer and fewer veterans we see, the stories and tales need to be recorded and documented, because when the veterans go, the stories and there first had accounts go with them. I salute you all
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
Thank you RAF from the United States.
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?
My late Dad, RA, in Norway was strafed by an Me109. In Greek his 3.7inch AA gun was destroyed by a Stuka bomb and five of the crew killed. As a POW in Munich,1941, his hut was hit by Bomber command. In Piastki Poland he escaped the fire after his hut received an in incendiary bomb from the USAAF. After the Long March a USAAF DC3 flew him from Moosburg to Reims and the RAF flew him back to England in a Lancaster. And all without a scratch.
WHAT a superb, living testament to all those who fought in the RAF!! I hope their work long continues!!
Such an amazing story
Thanks for your video. My father's job in Normandy was try and shoot down 109s that were attacking the 7th Armoured division.
Loved the salute part. Rip to all the fallen.
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?
My father (waist A/G) trained in wellingtons and flew in one of the few RAF squadrons with B17s. My uncle who I never knew, trained in Canada and died in Burma in a Beaufort. So it's an interesting video for me.
My grandfather worked on maintaining Wellingtons at R.A.F. Lichfield during the war. He then went on to instruct on jet aircraft and propulsion at Cosford.
Just this past weekend I was at the Air Zoo in Kalamazoo Michigan USA. It's and outstanding air museum where they also restore aircraft. I had the opportunity to speak to a gentleman who was helping to restore a Dauntless Dive Bomber. I wish I lived closer so that I could volunteer. Looked like great fun and a historically significant endeavor.
Truly an honour and labour of love to work on such historic aircraft. For the crew of the Hamden, 2 survived and 3 killed, their aircraft still lives and in a way so will they.
2:23 That really reassures my faith in humanity even with enemies in a war.
I had the pleasure of visiting this museum in 2012 during the summer Olympics and 9 hours later I was still wanting to see more . It was free admission and I left with a heavy heart and a ton of history lessons. Amazing place to go If you have the chance it’s a must see.
A number of years ago my elderly neighbour in Folkestone was one of the engineers who designed that turret.
As an airframe fitter that graduated from RAF Halton in December 1962 it was interesting to see that the skills I learnt at the Royal Air Force #1 School of Technical Training way back when are being passed on the the present generation and in Imperial not metric too!!
Visited Duxford, Cosford, Hendon, etc. in '96 on first trip back to UK since i left as a kid 30 years earlier. Also grew up on Airfix kits so was amazing to see the real thing. Spent a good few hours at Duxford chatting to the blokes doing the "off season" maintenance on some of the aircraft. It is indeed sad that some of the iconic aircraft were not saved. Amazing work you guys do, if i was local I'd definetely muck in.
what a absolute legacy these fellows are in trust off keeping, a well worthwhile job keeping avionic history in tact, thanks very much and cheers
I would love to visit that work shop !
Simply... WOW
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.
And thank you for what your doing for the next hundred years. Death and horror comes in many forms, these are beautiful.
I was at Cosford a few weeks back such a marvelous collection, and one thinks of our history and heritage and the brave men on both sides that gave their lives in that and other conflicts.
Giant Airfix, really amazing work being done
Any wrecked ww2 aircraft out there needs to get restored, seriously , these classic planes are treasures and deserve to be restored in museums or made fly worthy again
That Hampden is coming along very nicely .
I feel lucky to have found this channel! Thank you! And yes I have heard of an 1/8th.
Fabulous chaps. Keep up the wonderful work.
Absolutely magnificent works and displayed aircraft in your collection. Priceless,in my eyes.
Never seen the geodesic substructure of such an aeroplane. Thankyou!
1:50 WOW!
Such beautiful aircraft. Really glad you are doing all this....
As a living historian doing USAAF you hear some stories that family members hadn't been told. Some are so ncredible when you realize they were 19 and 20 year old kids. I ask the kids of today" could you do what they did?" I get some wild looks. It's a shame that these folks are passing away faster and faster. So many I got to know and call friend were many. Seeing the Spit reminded me of hanging out with Jeffrey Quill, what a lovely man. We just loved to hanger fly and tell stories. Keep 'em Flying!
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.
The Hampden was also known as the "Flying Suitcase". You read about the cramped conditions- and the long operations and wonder how the crew managed.
Wow, would give my eye teeth to be able to work on these historic aircraft!
Being the son of a US Navy vet, my father was in landing craft, I marvel at the people and machines of the era.
Brilliant short look at what you all do to conserve and preserve our air heritage. I am very pleased to hear that you have an apprenticeship scheme to carry forward the work that you do into the future and beyond. Providing some bean counter doesn't decide it's too expensive and cuts it all off. That would be a sad day for our country and out heritage
Love to see the apprentices at work. Very Good!
So important to maintain these historic artefacts thereby honouring the service of those who flew them. 👌👏👏👏👏
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?
So informative and hands on people also to keep the wonderful planes keep up the great work
It's good that some of these craft are being saved. The way things are going, they may be needed again.
@John Doe Wasn't being serious. Just a comment on the lawlessness and breakdown of society -- at least in some places.
I'm verry pleased to see that the museum offers the youngsters an opertunety to learn old skils.
We tend to forget that once me might need to help ourselves without al this computerized stuff (I'm an computer technician btw)
For this reason i like to teach the old fashion electronics to whomever is interested in technology.
I’m from Trowbridge in Wiltshire and we played a big part in spitfire manufacturing during the war and I read that there are still 2 Trowbridge Spitfires that are flying around and taking part in displays and demonstrations in the RAF.
The other Wellington is at Brooklands Museum in Weybridge where the designer Barnes Wallis lived and worked
Keep uo the amazing work!
Never has so much been owed by so many to so few.
Thank you!
Lucky fella awesome job I'm very envious.
Great work!!
If you haven't been the Cosford Aerospace museum is well worth a visit. It is spread over a number of different buildings. Entrance is free but you do have to pay for parking. It has quite a number of prototype jat aircraft from the 1950's and the only existing TSR2.
Lovely video that Hampden is going to be awesome when restored
A Hampden! I did not know one survived! I must visit...Keep up the good work.
Doing some great work.
wow a Hampden bomber! i built a Hampden model when i was a kid :)
Wellington is the Hurricane of bombers..it gave huge service
Wow! ...... I used to work with Darren back in the 90s.
me too,,,
And me!
Fantastic!
I remember building the Handley Page Hampen from Airfix models when I was a kid, however my favorite was always the Avro Lancaster or its match the Short Stirling.
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 ....
BRILLIANT !!
Great to see .
my mum's job as a young teenager in WW2 was to climb into the newly finished wings of the wellington bombers at the factory and hoover them out to ensure no rubbish was left inside.
you go guys, awesome collection , wow a kai 3 dinah
The greatest generation as we say in the U.S.A. Incredible men and women who saved us from the nazi's and Japanese.
great video and nice job of presentation too..✌️🇬🇧👍
Brilliant little video, very interesting
amazing guys
Wow, one tough aircraft!
I had a neighbour who served as a Lancaster Bomber pilot in WW2 He was Australian and served in one of their squadrons who fought in the RAF He did 2 tours of operations before they gave him a rest By that time he had lost nearly half his weight He was gazetted to fly in Tiger Force against Japan which he was sure would have seen his luck run out. Gone now but like so many but his memory lives on in the Bomber Command museum where the Lancaster there is one he flew. Max Johnson was his name I am privileged to have known him
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?
HOLY MOTHER OF CHURCHILL’S CIG COLLECTION!
A WELLY
My wife's uncle Arthur was a front gunner in a Wellington. He was only about 5ft 2 in. He flew from North Africa and crash landed at Termoli after being shot up over the Dalmatian coast. He never set foot on an aircraft again after WW2. He told me "I've used my nine lives, I just don't want to go up again".
What a cool structure
would love to visit.. my granny charged the batteries to start the bombers in ww2, some of the stories she has to tell are both sad and funny. So proud of all those who serve and served I am an ex wren.
Though this Wellington is a T10 (trainer), it had a highpoint in its postwar career. It was featured in the film 'The Dam Busters', as the Wellington that did the initial bouncing bomb test. I saw this machine in the mid-70s on display at the Hendon RAF Museum.
Good job..
One thing that constantly amazes me is how much the Men from WW2 did that was against regs. My grandfather was taken up on a joy ride by an American Avenger pilot and after a while he was asked if he knew how to operate the ball turret as they where 5 minutes out from Rabaul on a bombing run.
I wish they can make the Wellington bomber flies again like lancaster
Went a museum in California that does this. It was unbelievable.
Im going to Cosford again tomorrow 👍🏻
Damn. I have to visit that museum one day. Mind you, I think they may have to carry me out, kicking and screaming, at closing time.
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...
Great video, thanks! Are any of your aircraft flyable or are they all static?
There are plenty of retired home engineers from all walks that would volunteer to help restore them, like people do at Duxford.
Wow!
Shot down 5 times and survived but still went back flying every time The man had cajones of tungsten ! I don't know of any one today could do what he did
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
speaking of fractions etc, had a guy got into helping build vintage planes in Toronto, he was an operator (press I believe), and worked almost all in metric his career, Toyota parts mostly of Inment/ magna etc.. either way he took to the fractions right away, and could go right down to 64ths in his head.. when we asked him how he got the experience in the shop he said.. "actually I used to deal some weed when I was younger
".. to make any money you had had to be on your toes with the mental math as customers would try to cheat from time to time , assuming the dealer was rubbish at math..
He said he never smoked it, lol, and probs true, as he was sharp as a whip and clear headed at all time... just strange how the two needs crossed paths, he memorized fraction charts , and within a week was pretty good at juggling numbers.. it's all it takes.. effort , and a little bit of practice, no mystery ...
Thank you for my freedom.
Beautiful aircrafts and these should be remembered forever so the planes and there crews are remembered and that’s a very honourable Germane pilot
My uncle, Sgt Eric Hall, was a Wellington pilot age 20 and was shot down in the North Sea on 26 March 1943 returning from a raid on Duisburg. They made a 'mayday' call but rescue launches found nothing. All crew were lost with no known grave. I am very interested in seeing the Wellington, when will it be on display or will it be displayed at another location? I visited the Cosford Museum in February 2020 (video on my UA-cam channel) and it was not on display at that time. Fantastic Museum.
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?
Haha i can bet most of the younger generation know what an 1/8th is
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
When you see the Hampden's fuselage, you can understand why it was known as "The Flying Suitcase" it was incredibly cramped- five men inside- those men who flew in it, were something else.
I love the story of the pilot who loved the Avro Lincoln at Gosford so much that he's still occasionally seen in the cockpit.
Un titan de la guerra..nunca vi una pelicula en colores de estos aviones.EL GRAN LANCASTER...vi una en blanco y negro sobre los destructores de represas.con una bomba tipo cilindro que golpea..un gran trabajo ..RECONSTRUIR UN TITÁN...
Would love to see a Wimpey flying.
This bomber was built in the Bpool building were I have just been made redundant from just before being laid off we graffiti on the walls from the girls who made the Wellington I took as many photos as possible on my phone I will try and put them on UA-cam 4000 Wellingtons were produced at Bpool wwll incredible piece of history should never be forgotten x
Is that the Squires Gate building owned by the EG Group?
I am currently investigating combat operations of my uncle, Flt Lt (then Sgt) N Stent who flew Wellingtons with 115 Sqd from May to October 1940, he completed 33 Ops in that time. I have his logbook but this earlier information is missing. He was KIA Feb ‘43 flying Lancs with 100 Sqd.
Ah, if only they could find a Short Stirling.
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?
Well Done,
My cousin flew in Spitfires, was sent to Malta R.I.P.
ps did the last 'O' levels in feet ' and inches ".
Cramped and sharp edged metal in these war machines with little room for the crew,the Hampden was known as the 'Flying Suitcase' due to its slim lines,restoration is a long tedious job dealing with corrosion and general repairs,I found his description of these as 'Objects' somewhat detached and cold from their purpose as flying machines that were designed to destroy,a flying machine is a thing of great beauty,but with guns and bombs it becomes a lethal weapon,the devil has the best tools !
More WW2 aircraft need to be restored
OMG 2.30 ...germAN 109 pilot saluted him ..rear gunner after watching them parachute... ... amazing story....
Maybe YOUR team can go rescue the B29 Beetle Bomb from Lake Mead. It's complete and only in 50 feet of water. I'd Love to help!!!
I volunteer as crane operator. If we could get away with my donating my time without hassle from my union, you’ve got me. (Also certified advanced open water diver and wreck diver, so that could help too).