I read Ken Smalls book and actually met him not long before he passed. He used to park his Vw golf near the tank and liked to chat about the tank and it's recovery and Operation Tiger. He had to"buy" the tank off the American government, I think it cost him a dollar! He had quite a struggle initially dealing with them ,as I think it was an embarrassment that a Briton was instigating a memorial ,not the US government. Needless to say his persistance paid off! He was a really nice guy and his book is a good read.
These people are so special. The long long days of moving dirt/mud with a paintbrush. Their finds are so well-researched and bring back the memories of WWII-its inspiring and credible. I can't help but think our leaders and other people today, should be exposed to the history revealed by these scientists. The information for most people would be humbling. I don't know. I'm well versed in much of the history of WWII, and I am humbled anew. Thanks.
Guitar maker here. Those machine heads are designed for a slotted headstock for mandolin, bouzouki, or Irish bouzouki. The give away is the roller design and string hole placement. Assuming they are standard rotational pitch they're off the treble side of the instrument. The buttons look to be pearlised, and I noticed they still catch the light despite all that time underground.
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@@UA-camSucks666 You sad Remainers never miss a chance to peddle your stupidity do you? Brexit got absolutely NOTHING to do with this video or the licencing by the people making the series (which was actually a live to air series)? Move on and maybe find a life.... 🤦♂😏
I glad there are still a few people around who were actually there to be able to put a human perspective to this history. We can “what if” an object and try to interpret things all we like. To hear people that were there or be able to tell us what it actually like and not guess is priceless,
It was not a subject matter I thought I would be interested in. But how wrong I was to think that-it was fascinating, and the storyline was brilliantly told, as always. This series with Prof Roberts has fast become my favourite archaeological program. Long may it remain so.
I have dealt with batteries for years. I have sold, tested, and restored thousands. Without changing any parts, I managed to bring back a 17 year old battery that had been discharged for 9 years. I'm proud of that one, but I would love to see them smash my record and get one of those airplane batteries going again. That would be awesome.
Good old Red Alice, there is always an informative joy to be found in any program she is involved with, she is a great presenter who I remember right from the beginning of Archology TV with Time Team, I can't wait to see the aircraft on display.
The little Unicorn pendant: Were the children staying there, staying there around Christmas time ? That little plastic unicorn could be from a Christmas cracker.
The Operation Tiger disaster was such a blow mainly due to the number of valuable LSTs that were lost it almost scuttled the D-Day plans. They barely had enough LSTs to complete the landings. The amphibious tanks were a death trap and never really worked. Amazing amateur archeology work by Mr. Small. Thank you
@@Oligodendrocyte139 They killed more of their crews than any enemy fire did. Therefore they were a disaster!. Most sank a long way from shore. That is why the LST was so important.
They were problematic when launched too far out in rough weather but most didn’t sink. Why people through out alternative facts when actual facts are so easily discoverable I’ll never know.
What an amazing find with of the Fairey Barracuda bomber. The whole bomber was an awesome find to finally have a model to use for a restoration. I am amazed. What a wonderful idea to have school student volunteers to help with the dig. Good show.... from San Diego California USA and a private pilot.
Stories from Holocaust survivors always break a part of my soul. I’ll never comprehend how that hatred spread like the deathly social/ racist virus it was. May all be at rest. May the survivors find some healing. We MUST NEVER let history repeat like this! Love wins over hate everyone; so just LOVE! On a lighter note, I so enjoy the finds bringing the past up for us to see, learn, imagine times so long ago. I love this program! In my next life I hope I’m an archeologist😊
I don't know why this suddenly showed up for me on UA-cam, but I'm glad it did!!!! I'll be watching more episodes if they are available. Salutations from west of the pond.
I'm glad the wreckage wasn't picked at by scavengers, run over by construction/ agriculture equipment etc. Rare to find that complete of a plane from the time period. Good video. I'm not grading a comic book here so patina aside👍
09:57 please do not forget or gloss over the fact the Soviets invaded Poland from the east on the 17th September 1939 and committed numerous atrocities against the Polish people too.
Thank you for putting that together for us. Especially the T-Rex background sounds. Seriously, I look forward to YOU and Chris more than any other UA-camr I watch. My wife will even ask, “do u have any Kyle’s to watch?” 😂 Thanks Man.
What a great idea to have a look underground for these amazing bits and pieces of scrap metal to tell a story of ordinary men and women during ww2. I had no idea of thinking about the orphans that came from that terrible war.
A great Program ,I had three uncles in that war two of them stationed in England in the 8th ,one of them took a English bride back home to Brooklyn NY ,
It made me cry to hear the young man say that "We owed them" anything at all. Strange idea after rescuing all those young people and giving them life and liberty. They helped to recondition the young minds so that those people could carry on and have families of their own. I don't think England owes any of them anything except continued care and love.
For one, I would not expect Alice to have been responsible for the title and if you think about it, if it was unearthed from anywhere it is not going to be looking like it just came straight from the factory.
I enjoyed my watch 😊 Alice has brought together some fragments of WW2 so that we tangible evidence of the history that has given us insight into past events 👍🏻
When I was stationed in Holy Loch Scotland in the 80s I went into a pub that had a section of the wing of a JU88 on the wall behind the bar. I asked where they got it and he said in the field on the hill behind the pub. It crash landed there during the Battle of Britain
49:56 is an M1A3 Gunner’s Quadrant used for artillery. so ist unlikely it came from the tank. it there was a self propelled gun around or artillery units it likely came from them. the tanks main gun would have its own built in gun laying equipment. cool artifact none the less. kudos to ken small for bringing this episode to life, preserving the artifacts, and commemorating those men that lost their lives.
I really enjoyed this but can someone explain why distances in this type of British made & produced programme are always given in kilometres only instead of & with no reference to miles? All UK road signs & speedometers are still marked in miles or is it because this programme is accessible worldwide? Sorry but it’s a constant gripe of mine. Do most people really now think in kilometres?
My wife does, but she's Dutch Indonesian and speaks perfect English and Dutch. Her Indo has slipped over the years though, she says. I just speak Texan.
I have been able to see this before. This last part reminds me of a Time Team episode too. But sadly I don't think that pilot made it home. Thanks 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
I found during a dig in Ypres years ago a perished leather bag containing British pennies ,i still have them and never cleaned them ,Victoria is the head on them and they are very worn
Not all those items excavated @18:30 are necessarily as a result of the orphans staying there. That village was occupied for a lot longer by Shorts workers & their families, before the children's relatively brief stay.
I am always happy when the younger generation learn of the UKs wartime history. The freedoms we take for granted today were paid for by these people of old. Lest We Never Forget.
In Friesland, The Netherlands, near my home, a Wellington will be unearthed. A huge section of sea wall is excavated and strengthened with steel sheet pile wall all around the area. It's about a Wellington that crashed there in 1943 and the 5 men crew would still be on board. The job has to be finished before the storm season, can't afford a breach there. During ww2 both US and British aircraft have crashed/crash landed in The Netherlands in massive numbers. And when or wherever possible, remains of missing airmen are recovered. Also when there's mention of heavy explosives still unaccounted for, in the case of contruction plans. So nearly every year it's on.
The assumption that everything found at the hostel site can be attributed to the child prisoners is suspect to me. How do they know they aren’t remnants of the worker’s families that lived on the site during the war. Furthermore what is this being treated like a Roman dig as if we didn’t know what building materials were commonly used at the time? The story of the children is both heartbreaking and uplifting.
For a perfect preserved bomber you don't have to dig. Those you find all over the world in a hangar. And when it is perfect preserved you fly away with it.
I have no issues anymore with ads, I purchased the UA-cam ad blocker so can watch everything ad free. Definitely worth getting if you use UA-cam a lot especially with documentaries like this or watching films.
My mum who was posted in the South of England & being involved in preparations for D Day knew that when the orders entitled 'Overlord' arrived it was 'the real thing' recalled large numbers of vehicles arriving at an 'American cemetery' around the time of the Slapton Sands disaster, we have speculated that these were the victims.
Operation Tiger, the missing facts. The actual count of the dead is still in question. The number that was used was what one craft would carry. The trouble is one developed trouble while at port and they transferred everyone to a already loaded craft. The number should be higher. The biggest blunder goes to the Royal Navy command. The escort ship the Scimitar had been rammed by a American ship which left a huge hole above the water line. It was still able to patrol in fair weather. However Plymouth command ordered it to stay in dock. They failed to notify anyone and a replacement was never sent. So instead of two escort ships they only had one. I think they kept it quiet because America still needed air bases in the UK after the war ended and didn't want to rock the boat.
Here in far north Queensland Australia has a b25 mitchell bomber wreck on mt bartle frere summit and nearly came close to it and u get a information about it at babinda boulders walking trails
It’s amazing that so many of these have laid undiscovered for so long. As long as they recovered the remains of the unfortunate aircrew and given them a decent burial, this is just an excavation of scrap metal….
I’ve heard of the tragic Operation Tiger, which was covered up for at least 30 years. Survivors were sworn to secrecy. But I’m curious about the other pre D-Day practice invasions that were successful.
Alice, on the piece about the V2 shame on you for not pointing out Dr Wernher von Braun who appears in the brief video clip @ around 35 min. If ever anyone deserved the title Rocketman its him.
'Archeologists Discover Perfectly Preserved WW2 Bomber' - six words, three falsehoods. The plane was discovered by a survey team working on a cross-channel cable. The plane was neither preserved nor perfect. Thanks for flagging up another channel I'll know not to bother with in future.
My grandad was at Bourn airfield in Cambridge ww2 , and at the end of war he said they dug massive pits and bulldozed Lancaster bombers and many other stuff into these pits . I wonder if anyone still knows about them
The vaught xf4u corsair on 1st October 1940 reaching 404mph. Early production p38 lightnings claimed 395mph. It wasn't until august 1943 when the p38 was fitted with more powerful turbo chargers and improved cooling did it exceed 400 mph.infact there are several accounts of other fighter aircraft exceeding 400mph including spitfires even earlier .
It is a Perfectly preserved mostly destroyed, full of concretions , fragile, intact almost serviceable aircraft, incredible!!
DONT FORGET THE PILOT BAILED OUT, BUT THE AIR CRAFT LANDED On the WATER WITH LITTLE DAMAGE
Yeh was thinking where is it.The title looked was looking for a plane in mint condition,LOL ,,,,BS..
I think 'perfectly preserved' is a slight exaggeration😂😂
Clickbaiter!
I think they meant “perfectly preserved” as a fish habitat. 😂
Much better then if it hit a mountain. It was perfectly preserved while it was on the sea floor. They just couldn't lift it.
Compared to what they normally dig up
Indeed, I would have to agree - somewhat overstated and inaccurate - but no doubt it brings in the viewers :(
The team’s definition of perfectly preserved differs incredibly from mine.
Even "Intact" is a stretch. Interesting discovery though
The team probably think that with a lick of paint, a can of WD40 and some panel beating the plane will soon be back in the air.
Welcome to battlefield archeology! To the archeologist that is and intact dig
Buried in a Buttery Type Mud means totally encased in SHITE!
You stole my thunder
Professor Dr. Roberts is, as always, a brilliant, sensitive, presenter, scholar, and teacher to all of us.
...... and quite good looking.
@@Winterfell1066 Yes very true.
I read Ken Smalls book and actually met him not long before he passed.
He used to park his Vw golf near the tank and liked to chat about the tank and it's recovery and Operation Tiger.
He had to"buy" the tank off the American government, I think it cost him a dollar!
He had quite a struggle initially dealing with them ,as I think it was an embarrassment that a Briton was instigating a memorial ,not the US government.
Needless to say his persistance paid off!
He was a really nice guy and his book is a good read.
Can you tell me the name of the book please? I'd like to find a copy of it. Don't worry I've found it on Amazon and ordered it
@@samrodian919 The Forgotten Dead
Sorry... but that title redefines the meaning of "perfectly preserved".
Really enjoyed this one Alice I had uncle that was over there during the war thanks for some great history and archeological work
I was so disappointed they weren’t able to start the engines, taxi and fly it!
These people are so special. The long long days of moving dirt/mud with a paintbrush. Their finds are so well-researched and bring back the memories of WWII-its inspiring and credible. I can't help but think our leaders and other people today, should be exposed to the history revealed by these scientists. The information for most people would be humbling. I don't know. I'm well versed in much of the history of WWII, and I am humbled anew.
Thanks.
Guitar maker here. Those machine heads are designed for a slotted headstock for mandolin, bouzouki, or Irish bouzouki. The give away is the roller design and string hole placement. Assuming they are standard rotational pitch they're off the treble side of the instrument. The buttons look to be pearlised, and I noticed they still catch the light despite all that time underground.
Thank you Ms Luthier, a great observation very interesting.
a DREADFUL CLICK BAIT TITLE...
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Brexit doesn't meen you have to isolate yourselves.
@@UA-camSucks666 You sad Remainers never miss a chance to peddle your stupidity do you?
Brexit got absolutely NOTHING to do with this video or the licencing by the people making the series (which was actually a live to air series)?
Move on and maybe find a life.... 🤦♂😏
Yes, absolute crap.
Click bate but interesting
It may have been recent history,but these amazing people are preserving a legacy for future generations,and a priceless gift for historians to come.
I glad there are still a few people around who were actually there to be able to put a human perspective to this history. We can “what if” an object and try to interpret things all we like. To hear people that were there or be able to tell us what it actually like and not guess is priceless,
It was not a subject matter I thought I would be interested in. But how wrong I was to think that-it was fascinating, and the storyline was brilliantly told, as always. This series with Prof Roberts has fast become my favourite archaeological program. Long may it remain so.
Superb documentary, Alice! Please thank all those who.made it for their hard work and perseverance. We arevin their debt!
I have dealt with batteries for years. I have sold, tested, and restored thousands. Without changing any parts, I managed to bring back a 17 year old battery that had been discharged for 9 years. I'm proud of that one, but I would love to see them smash my record and get one of those airplane batteries going again. That would be awesome.
I have an unused Ray-O -Vac c cell dated 1955 that still reads 1.5 volts. Paper label glued onto a zinc can.
Good old Red Alice, there is always an informative joy to be found in any program she is involved with, she is a great presenter who I remember right from the beginning of Archology TV with Time Team, I can't wait to see the aircraft on display.
Is red Alice , blonde Alice's finale form?
The little Unicorn pendant: Were the children staying there, staying there around Christmas time ?
That little plastic unicorn could be from a Christmas cracker.
I'm so in love with Prof Alice. I've never enjoyed archaeology so much in my life, and I love archaeology, lol.
Yes very interesting lady indeed.
The hair.....! You forgot the hair !😮💨🤩
Worth watching for Professor Alice Roberts.👍🏼
Yes, it is a click bait title, but what a nice smile.😉
The Operation Tiger disaster was such a blow mainly due to the number of valuable LSTs that were lost it almost scuttled the D-Day plans. They barely had enough LSTs to complete the landings. The amphibious tanks were a death trap and never really worked. Amazing amateur archeology work by Mr. Small. Thank you
My dad served on LST 20.
Amphibious tanks worked when used properly.
@@Oligodendrocyte139 They killed more of their crews than any enemy fire did. Therefore they were a disaster!. Most sank a long way from shore. That is why the LST was so important.
@@zworm2 I think you're only considering Omaha? They were successfully used on other D-Day beaches and later river crossings.
They were problematic when launched too far out in rough weather but most didn’t sink. Why people through out alternative facts when actual facts are so easily discoverable I’ll never know.
Great Documentary! My Dad Was There, 101 Airborne. 60 Years Ago, He Told Me They Jumped At 1:00 AM & The First Jump At Night! Thank You.
I thank him for his service.
What an amazing find with of the Fairey Barracuda bomber. The whole bomber was an awesome find to finally have a model to use for a restoration. I am amazed. What a wonderful idea to have school student volunteers to help with the dig. Good show.... from San Diego California USA and a private pilot.
Anyone else hear Wessex Archaeology and immediately think, Phil?
Pavlovian conditioning.
As Phil would probably have said: "Oh-Ahh!"
I got all excited for a second thinking Phil was about to pop up before I realized I was just reacting to the name! 😂
Stories from Holocaust survivors always break a part of my soul. I’ll never comprehend how that hatred spread like the deathly social/ racist virus it was. May all be at rest. May the survivors find some healing. We MUST NEVER let history repeat like this! Love wins over hate everyone; so just LOVE!
On a lighter note, I so enjoy the finds bringing the past up for us to see, learn, imagine times so long ago. I love this program! In my next life I hope I’m an archeologist😊
Love as demonstrated by Israel toward Palestinians you mean??.
@@bertplank9892don't support terrorists who start a war.
@@lenabreijer1311 Hey cool it with the antisemitism . Sure they are terrorists but please don't spread hate .
I went back to university when I was 48 took archaelogy as a secind major. It was wonderful. Never too late. 🥰
@@bertplank9892 Palestine started the war, in fact it was Muslims that invaded Palestine
I don't know why this suddenly showed up for me on UA-cam, but I'm glad it did!!!! I'll be watching more episodes if they are available. Salutations from west of the pond.
Thunder Beach?
Amazing! Just minutes from flying again
A very rare find! Excellent investigatory work!
I'm glad the wreckage wasn't picked at by scavengers, run over by construction/ agriculture equipment etc. Rare to find that complete of a plane from the time period. Good video. I'm not grading a comic book here so patina aside👍
I love Alice.
Outstanding! Great content!
Old mate mentioned that the Barracuda was manufactured in the Boulton Paul factory, I looked it up and he was correct, I'm always learning.
09:57 please do not forget or gloss over the fact the Soviets invaded Poland from the east on the 17th September 1939 and committed numerous atrocities against the Polish people too.
Sssshhh. Not supposed to talk about that. Nor the Soviet Union and Great Britain invading Iran. Nor Great Britain occupying Iceland.
Shh you also forgot to mention Poland invading the Soviet Union in 1920 and occupying the land until Stalin decided to take it back .
Excellent , Thank you
Fabulous videos full of detail
i ❤ the lovely professor
Thank you for putting that together for us. Especially the T-Rex background sounds. Seriously, I look forward to YOU and Chris more than any other UA-camr I watch. My wife will even ask, “do u have any Kyle’s to watch?” 😂 Thanks Man.
Another great video. Thanks Doc. The Fairey Barracuda is often overlooked, so it is good to get a video like this to learn more about.
The unicorn wasn't a pendant, it came out a Christmas cracker
What a great idea to have a look underground for these amazing bits and pieces of scrap metal to tell a story of ordinary men and women during ww2. I had no idea of thinking about the orphans that came from that terrible war.
Thank you for this incredible video.
A great Program ,I had three uncles in that war two of them stationed in England in the 8th ,one of them took a English bride back home to Brooklyn NY ,
❤ Loved this video ❤ Thank you for sharing ❤
This is so cool. Soon there will be a restored example of a forgotten warbird.
It made me cry to hear the young man say that "We owed them" anything at all. Strange idea after rescuing all those young people and giving them life and liberty. They helped to recondition the young minds so that those people could carry on and have families of their own. I don't think England owes any of them anything except continued care and love.
Good luck on the Barra Dave! 51:20 Nice Gyro. Did Hanna Reitsch fly it?
Great he was able to get recognition to those US troops respect Ken.
I enjoyed this but still looking for the ‘perfectly preserved bomber’.
For one, I would not expect Alice to have been responsible for the title and if you think about it, if it was unearthed from anywhere
it is not going to be looking like it just came straight from the factory.
Unearth everything!
Wow - I don't often give an hour to UA-cam videos.....This time, I'm glad I did!
I enjoyed my watch 😊
Alice has brought together some fragments of WW2 so that we tangible evidence of the history that has given us insight into past events 👍🏻
Insights? Such as what?
Very interesting and informative.
♥️ the brothers on the V2 section were a class act for amateurs. Jolly good show. Pip pip.
God, Americans are weird. Nobody has said Jolly good show. Pip pip. since the 1950s. Buddy.
When I was stationed in Holy Loch Scotland in the 80s I went into a pub that had a section of the wing of a JU88 on the wall behind the bar. I asked where they got it and he said in the field on the hill behind the pub. It crash landed there during the Battle of Britain
yep, just strap on the bits and fly ! perfectly preserved
Thanks.
the unicorn looks like the ones you used to get in Christmas crackers years ago.
I remember the disappointment. No better than Lucky Elephant.
19:50 Professoer has a nice set....
49:56 is an M1A3 Gunner’s Quadrant used for artillery. so ist unlikely it came from the tank. it there was a self propelled gun around or artillery units it likely came from them. the tanks main gun would have its own built in gun laying equipment. cool artifact none the less. kudos to ken small for bringing this episode to life, preserving the artifacts, and commemorating those men that lost their lives.
Perhaps not perfectly preserved, but what a fascinating discovery
Documentario storico molto affascinante, e ad alto contenuto istruttivo.
Damn, she's mint. A real barn find.
Don't often leave a dislike for a video but your clickbait title earned it.
I really enjoyed this but can someone explain why distances in this type of British made & produced programme are always given in kilometres only instead of & with no reference to miles? All UK road signs & speedometers are still marked in miles or is it because this programme is accessible worldwide? Sorry but it’s a constant gripe of mine. Do most people really now think in kilometres?
Yes. But we keep references to old measurements as a courtesy to the old, stupid and American.
Quite agree absolutely irritating and irrelevant.
Hate metric. Keep imperial. 😡🇬🇧
Agree . Also when programmes talk about aircraft altitude in metres when aviation uses feet .
My wife does, but she's Dutch Indonesian and speaks perfect English and Dutch. Her Indo has slipped over the years though, she says. I just speak Texan.
I have been able to see this before. This last part reminds me of a Time Team episode too. But sadly I don't think that
pilot made it home. Thanks 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
I found during a dig in Ypres years ago a perished leather bag containing British pennies ,i still have them and never cleaned them ,Victoria is the head on them and they are very worn
That's fooooked!
Not all those items excavated @18:30 are necessarily as a result of the orphans staying there. That village was occupied for a lot longer by Shorts workers & their families, before the children's relatively brief stay.
Perfectly preserved? I have some "perfectly preserved" combat rations from 1963 if anyone from Unearthed History would like to chow down on it.
Loved cold C-rat Spagetti
I was thinking the same. Looks very much like it came from a cracker.
Also, would there have been plastic items like that in the 1940s or 50s?
I am always happy when the younger generation learn of the UKs wartime history.
The freedoms we take for granted today were paid for by these people of old.
Lest We Never Forget.
I never heard of a Fairey Barracuda before.
In Friesland, The Netherlands, near my home, a Wellington will be unearthed.
A huge section of sea wall is excavated and strengthened with steel sheet pile wall all around the area.
It's about a Wellington that crashed there in 1943 and the 5 men crew would still be on board.
The job has to be finished before the storm season, can't afford a breach there.
During ww2 both US and British aircraft have crashed/crash landed in The Netherlands in massive numbers.
And when or wherever possible, remains of missing airmen are recovered.
Also when there's mention of heavy explosives still unaccounted for, in the case of contruction plans.
So nearly every year it's on.
The assumption that everything found at the hostel site can be attributed to the child prisoners is suspect to me. How do they know they aren’t remnants of the worker’s families that lived on the site during the war. Furthermore what is this being treated like a Roman dig as if we didn’t know what building materials were commonly used at the time? The story of the children is both heartbreaking and uplifting.
Fascinating
For a perfect preserved bomber you don't have to dig. Those you find all over the world in a hangar.
And when it is perfect preserved you fly away with it.
Hi, my interest is riveted on this video, I've drawn Fairey Barracuda and would love to send these to you.
My step-father flew a Lancaster bomber and unfortunately he was shot down, luckily he survived but was a POW - but he never would talk about it
Saw this 'plane' at the FAA museum this July (2024), it's almost unrecognisable as an aircraft.
Almost ready to fly.
Perfectly preserved? Well, they got me to click in it.
Gotta love how the Brits say aluminum 🤠
why is the volume in the programme so low and yet the ads are loud , very bad sound editing
The channel uploaders don't have any control over the sound level of the ads unfortunately so it's a UA-cam issue not the channel's
Sadly the norm these days!
I have no issues anymore with ads, I purchased the UA-cam ad blocker so can watch everything ad free. Definitely worth getting if you use UA-cam a lot especially with documentaries like this or watching films.
My mum who was posted in the South of England & being involved in preparations for D Day knew that when the orders entitled 'Overlord' arrived it was 'the real thing' recalled large numbers of vehicles arriving at an 'American cemetery' around the time of the Slapton Sands disaster, we have speculated that these were the victims.
Operation Tiger, the missing facts. The actual count of the dead is still in question. The number that was used was what one craft would carry. The trouble is one developed trouble while at port and they transferred everyone to a already loaded craft. The number should be higher. The biggest blunder goes to the Royal Navy command. The escort ship the Scimitar had been rammed by a American ship which left a huge hole above the water line. It was still able to patrol in fair weather. However Plymouth command ordered it to stay in dock. They failed to notify anyone and a replacement was never sent. So instead of two escort ships they only had one. I think they kept it quiet because America still needed air bases in the UK after the war ended and didn't want to rock the boat.
Advert excessive audio volume nearly blew my ears in. Documentary volume needs to be higher to match adverts.
Well said.
I jump for the skip button no matter what the commercial.
Here in far north Queensland Australia has a b25 mitchell bomber wreck on mt bartle frere summit and nearly came close to it and u get a information about it at babinda boulders walking trails
[*points to Perth aviation museum *] there's an actual working lancastor in there... so...
It’s amazing that so many of these have laid undiscovered for so long. As long as they recovered the remains of the unfortunate aircrew and given them a decent burial, this is just an excavation of scrap metal….
I’ve heard of the tragic Operation Tiger, which was covered up for at least 30 years. Survivors were sworn to secrecy. But I’m curious about the other pre D-Day practice invasions that were successful.
They must have made the title on opposite day
Alice, on the piece about the V2 shame on you for not pointing out Dr Wernher von Braun who appears in the brief video clip @ around 35 min. If ever anyone deserved the title Rocketman its him.
'Archeologists Discover Perfectly Preserved WW2 Bomber' - six words, three falsehoods. The plane was discovered by a survey team working on a cross-channel cable. The plane was neither preserved nor perfect. Thanks for flagging up another channel I'll know not to bother with in future.
I love it
I thought, based on the video title, that a bomber had been found sitting in the back of a hanger somewhere.
PERFECTLY ? That is a bold statement !!😮
Somehow "perfectly preserved" put a completely different image in my mind.
My grandad was at Bourn airfield in Cambridge ww2 , and at the end of war he said they dug massive pits and bulldozed Lancaster bombers and many other stuff into these pits . I wonder if anyone still knows about them
The vaught xf4u corsair on 1st October 1940 reaching 404mph. Early production p38 lightnings claimed 395mph. It wasn't until august 1943 when the p38 was fitted with more powerful turbo chargers and improved cooling did it exceed 400 mph.infact there are several accounts of other fighter aircraft exceeding 400mph including spitfires even earlier .
53:15 looks like part of an aileron. if so that would be part of the trailing edge of a wingtip.