To anyone complaining about a British person using 'Mailman' instead of 'Postman', the majority of my audience are Americans, and video titles are naturally tailored to the US market. Other than that, please enjoy the programme (British spelling!)...
This event is very well known here in Lewes. Less well known was that one of the locals seeing that this member of the master race was scared witless, looked after him and gave him Tea and something to eat before he was taken away. The two lads kept in touch and became firm friends and I believe Leonard Buckler paid several visits to Lewes post war.
@@elsiestormont1366 Whatever the situation, whatever the race or creed Tea knows no segregation, no class nor pedigree It knows no motivation, no sect or organisation It knows no one religion or political belief
That German hit the biggest lottery of life. To sit out the war in a Canadian POW camp, eating well, medical care if needed, and work assignments to keep busy is an excellent stroke of luck. The teasing he endured from fellow inmates is another matter.
I knew a vet who was taken POW in North Africa. He was a cook in the army of Rommel. He was taken to Canada, and returned after the war to Germany, where he led a good life. But he seriously said being POW in Canada was the best time of his life. His wife didn´t think this statement was very funny.
@@antondichtl6557 Same with POWs sent to The USA. 450,000 of them. Many didn’t want to be sent back to Europe, escaped and stayed. Many other had to return for a year and apply to come back as immigrants. POWs were fed, sheltered the same as US military personnel. Learned trades, worked various jobs and paid prevailing wages.
After the war, many pilots were simply released into Canadian society. Being Canadian I remember reading about all the german POW camps we had around Canada. I mean, unless they were die hards, they'd have some sort of sense of relief being so far from danger.
@muskokamike127 A similar thing happened with the U-505 crewman Hans Goebeler: His boat was captured off West Africa on June 4th, 1944, by Admiral Daniel Gallery, who asked that the vessel be preserved as a museum in his home town of Chicago. Goebeler would there in the 80s to be closer to his ship, and would later write a memoir called Steel Boats, Iron Hearts.
This young man's mistake saved his life. At the end of the war there was only fraction of german pilots still alive. Thank you again professor for another interesting article.
@@Mere-Lachaiselonguemany years after the fact combined with the comfort of hindsight it's easy to become opinionated but the point is however is the entire thing you're complaining about could have been very easily prevented if Germany hadn't of started the war in the first place don't you think? Yes there are consequences for everything which also includes consequences for following a delusional cult leader.
well they were certainly luckier than any captured by the soviets thats for sure. though they were rather were cared for until 1945 when the wars was widning down. then things started to get a bit more intense as the allies were weeding out suspected war criminals and the RAF was busy trying to hunt down the grest escape massacre culprits.
Dr. Felton, as an American, I don't mind and actually enjoy your use of British terms. My ancestors were from Britain so I can enjoy some vocabulary from the mother country!
As an ex pat in Canada. Either or! I live about 40km West of Medicine Hat. There was a prisoner of war camp there. Now called the Armouries. The reserve force for the Army, Army, and Navy Cadets also parade there.The airport was an aircrew training establishment. With satellite stations all around. For British and Commonwealth air crews. Could your man have been interned there?
I flew, solo with no wingman or other support, on a mission I can't discuss. I can say my superiors were quite surprised I survived as they hadn't even allocated me enough fuel for a return trip. I spent the remainder of the war hiding in plain sight behind the lines, always surrounded by British troops.
Poor fellow, he looks s**t scared in those photos. But I suspect more afraid of what his CO would do once it all got found out than of his British captors. Thanks to his inexperience he lived to old age. Fate.
Here in Canada, the people we used to call "mailmen" were renamed to "letter carriers", lest any feminist feathers were ruffled but we sometimes call the "posties" too, at least in casual conversation - and even the odd newspaper headline (as in "Posties begin strike").
@MBCGRS ---> Hello, and thanks for identifying yourself as a flight instructor. My question would be to the "lost" German pilot: "Even if there were foggy skies ,,,, did you not look at your compass?" A compass would have told that young pilot that he was flying north westerly, but the isle of Jersey is southwest of his takeoff airfield on mainland France. My thought is that he was utterly daft, ooorrrr he wanted to land in Britain on purpose.
@@gusloader123 Or the compass hadn't been degaussed and shielded as on a ship if a magnetic one. Wood and canvass plane with a bloody great lump of Iron up front.
@@gusloader123 There are numerous examples throughout the War of airmen setting a 180 degree reciprocal course in error. If he was intending to fly from Cherbourg towards the Channel Islands, then 180 degree error would land him somewhere around Lewes.
Agreed. As far as I can tell, he always strives for accuracy. He often sets the historical record straight, presenting facts that some of us would probably rather not hear. But that's his job, and I think he does it rather well.
Yes ! Dr .Felton is a true scholar, who courageously seeks the truth , revealing the complicated issues , without the usual old tedious , morality bromades, which makes for old political history, without the revelations of reality of the circumstances, and situations of the era .
Yet there was a precedent of more serious implications, in early 1940 before the nazi offensive in the West : A Luftwaffe liaison plane (Fieseler) with a staff officer carrying the papers for the very offensive fell in Belgian hands. Belgium 🇧🇪 at the time was neutral but war was surrounding her. So the Allies were notified. & Hitler too. Which led to a change of plans by von Manstein that got Hitler his victory until 1945. Re : Cajus Bekker (Karl Bartz) “The Luftwaffe War Diaries” Ballantine Books
I can't help having a bit of sympathy for the "enemy" in this case. This was a good example of the war from a "little guy's" perspective. Thank you for the lesson!
I love all the little strange stories from the wars. Usually it's all the guts and glory stories but I got lost delivering the mail really bring home the reality of not everyone was fighting in the war.
To those of us WWII Enthusiasts, You are Truly a Treasure Dr Felton! I have Absolutely Loved learning All Things WWII for well over a decade now and have been a subscriber for (I believe) over a year, which I’m Always Pleasantly Surprised when I get to learn something New and Fascinating from your videos, which I Very Much Enjoy watching- So, I Sincerely Thank You Sir for All of your hard work in creating your Amazing Videos for all of us! Wishing you and your family Many Blessings and Please Keep up the Great Work!!
Mister Felton, I have been a follower of you for many years and have learned so much. I have always loved history at a young age to 57 this year. Never served in the military, but have always been trying to learn about conflict. I was born 50 miles from Cowpins South Carolina and was never thought in school that it was the turning point in the Revolution war. You are great at what you do! Thank you very much.
Of SOME Brits. At the time, some members of the RAF were ordered to shoot down clearly marked unarmed Luftwaffe search and rescue aircraft. I haven’t heard of any one of those pilots disobeying those particular orders.
@MyLateralThawts kind of silly to argue about a conflict so long ago, but I'm sure the British realized they were collecting reconnaissance. It was a war, you can't expect your enemy to let you fly freely for any purpose. Cause they're just going to indiscriminately fire rockets into all your cities no matter what you do.
@@MyLateralThawts S&R in time of war are not for civilians, but for enemy pilots. & the RAF pilots’ task was to make sure that those Goeringoons won’t fight another day. In war, any means denied the enemy is fair game.
Poor guy. I can imagine being young and landing yourself in that sort of situation, not knowing who to be more scared of, the enemy or your commanding officer?
Thank you for another fascinating video Dr. Felton. The pilot in this story ended up in one of the many camps in Canada. Doing a video about the camps would be great, as myself and many fellow Canadians know next to nothing about the camps.
There are several good books on the US camps and excellent treatment the POWs received. They could perform various jobs, were paid fair wages and could buy comfort items in a camp store. Ate as well as US military (and better than most US civilians). There were even educational opportunities for them. Many wanted to stay in the US.
It is these 'small' , little known tales of War, especially WWII, that help make Your Channel Continually Interesting, Dr Felton! Keep up the Great Work You are doing and Thanks! BTW, I had trouble with my comments button on your story about the lesser known Bulge Attacks you posted a few days ago....please see the first sentence of this comment. 🙄👍🍺
I recently watched the silent movie "Wings" (1927) in which they used a real captured WW1 Gotha bomber in some of the aerial scenes. Now I know more about the Gotha airplanes. Thanks!
@@bjolie78 I traveled Ontario's highway 11 about twenty years ago, there was a surprising number of advertisements for German restaurants and ''gasthaus'', it so happens that many German POWs camps where situated along that road. If they stayed and opened a business I guess they were well treated, Well enough not to return home.
@@pierrelarocque3214 they were all sent home via POW camp in England, but Canada needed immigrants so some returned. But generally there is no love lost between Canadians and Germans. It's more tense than between Americans and Germans and even British and Germans
It would be interesting to know where the pilot ended up in Canada. In the 60's i worked with a man in Calgary, who was a Sgt. at a P.O. camp in Lethbridge AB. He used tell us how each day he along with staff and perhaps prisoners would go to the Letbridge Sicks brewery and get what i persume was a daily ration of beer. No wonder so many former prisoners immigrated to Canada after the wars end.
You often think. With an incident like this. If it meant to happen for the pilot's sake. Had he stayed in the war, he most likely would've been put in a fighter and probably would've died in aerial combat. That fate in some way flew him in a different direction. Great story. It showed that even in the second world war, chivalry in the air existed a little like it did in WWI.
Great story... never heard of this.. poor guy, talk about a code brown moment....he was lucky the Brits recognized him as a non threat and no doubt saved his life. It would be really interesting to see a interview with that German pilot and hear his side of the story.
Leave it to Dr. Felton to give us a nugget of trivia that we would never know about otherwise. A Luftwaffe mailman getting lost and finding his way to England. The story almost writes itself 😅
That IS NOT Buckle in that "capture" photo!!! I am surprised at you Mark Felton!!! The airman in the photo was indeed a pilot but of a Do-17Z. He was a personal friend of mine...Peter Krug, capture in 1940. After being held as a POW for a short time in the UK, he ended up at the POW Camp 30, Bowmanville, Ontario (Canada). He and a partner escaped, making it as far as San Antonio, Texas before recapture at a hotel of "ill repute". He was captured the night before he planned to cross over the very near Mexican border. Had he made it, he could very well have become the 2nd "von Werra" to make a "home run".
Thank you, Dr. Felton, for another great one! Wartime Brits=valor, courage, honor and a gracious sense of "fair play." Christian Knighthood at its best!
What an incredible story! Never learned this in History class. Speaking of incredible story, I interviewed a 100 year WWII D-Day veteran. I will send you the video link Dr. Felton when I upload it in 2 weeks to my channel...I hope you will enjoy it!
This story remind me of my danish, countrymen Thomas Sneum and Kjeld Pedersen. They was pro allied in a occupied country and was pilots. Thomas Sneum was the first person to give proof of the german Freya radarsystem. They flew to UK in a obsolete Hornet Moth from Denmark. Quite impressive and gave the information to RAF. Thomas Sneum also tried to assassinate Heinrich Himmler when he was in Copenhagen with bow and arrow. But Himmler dis not appear publicly. So he never had the chance. One of the MI5 officers interrogated the two men R.V Jones later wrote a book about them in most secret war. The book became inspiration for Ken Follett's novel Hornet Flight. Most danes dont know about these two heroes. I remember i was a child when i saw a short interview with Thomas Sneum in the danish news. He was badly treated by the danish airforce after the war. But for me a hero.
@@davidpowell3347 Bingo! That is my question / thought also. Not all Germans were serious Nazis. I'm guessing that either he was the worst pilot ever or he wanted to land in Britain is my thought.
@@gusloader123 The great fear described by the British soldiers is not something a defector would exhibit. The German pilot was young, inexperienced, scared, and very lucky.
Been a long time since I was this early to a Mark Felton video... The flight to Jersey does seem likely because I recall in my youth reading a book that mentioned the Germans being very upset one week that they didn't get the post - could well be the same thing
It's a well known story on Jersey. The Lufftwaffe were never keen on Jersey airport. Despite being one of the most advanced airfields of its day, the Lufftwaffe had a lot of accidents on the grass field. They never figured out that the grass was about 1/8 inch to short! The care and maitience was done by a local man. He'd lower the cutter a couple of turns after it had been set, then wind it up at the end. The German's did build a large wooden hangar on the East side of the airport, later used by BEA (You had traffic lights on the Airport Road to allow planes to be towed across. Then by Falle's Hire Cars up till 1980's.
I appreciate the sentiment, but want to remind you that a UA-camr might put out a ten minute video once every week or two, while a teacher usually has to prep for two 45 minute classes a day, five days per week -- and doesn't have a comments section with hundreds of adoring fans praising his or her work. Plus, I doubt the average content creator has to put up with a lot of calls from irate parents or pressure from school administrators to ensure all their students pass their courses, either.
Mr. Felton Another banger .. your work has inspired me so much .. so thank you for all your so very interesting content.. I'm always excited to see you post
Most people do not realize that a number of nations had enlisted pilots during WW2. The wayward Unteroffizer had to have been fresh out of flying school.
US had some too All made officers at the start of WW2 Most of Japanese pilots were enlisted Even after years of flying and becoming Aces Even then not promoted pass warrent
@@JeffEbe-te2xs Not all were made officers. Only those with a certain amount of college got to be officers. BUT we did have "Flying Sergeants". Indeed, the shortage was such a problem that about 2,500 enlisted folks were promoted to Staff Sergeant and taught to fly. This ended after WWII, but continued a bit longer in the glider force - many of those guys were made Warrant Officers after the war. (For Brits reading this, a US Warrant is not the same as a British Warrant). These guys could be found in mostly support roles, but some saw air combat in bombers and particularly gliders.
@@alainarchambault2331 Many inexperienced pilots can’t transition to instruments, even basic ones when they lose visual cues. That’s why there are so many helicopter crashes. In both instances, fixed and rotorary wing aircraft, the aircraft winds up in a diving right hand turn. Helicopters fly so low that they don’t have time to realize that they’re doing it and crash. Fixed wing aircraft have more time to recover.
In the next episode, Mark Felton will explain that the Luftwaffe officer’s personal sidearm was stolen during his interrogation in London. It was presented to him personally by Reichsmarshal Goering before his flight, and was extremely rare. It is likely this very rare Luger pistol was recently sold by Legacy Collectibles for $30K. Sounds like a riveting episode coming up!
Here's another consideration. Buckler didn't even know he was close to Britain until the Hurricanes showed up. If Buckler started only then tossing objects over the side into the Channel, those Hurricane pilots may have shot him down on suspicion that he was dropping mines or something.
@MarkFeltonProductions Actually, Queen Elizabeth II was the last Saxe‐Coburg Gotha or Windsor monarch, as the surname of the Royal Family derives from the husband (so Victoria was the last Hanoverian monarch). In principle, King Charles' surname should be that of his father, Prince Phillip, which was a multi‐barrelled, largely Danish name. However, apparently in the early 50s it was decided that when the Queen died the House name would become Mountbatten‐Windsor.
To anyone complaining about a British person using 'Mailman' instead of 'Postman', the majority of my audience are Americans, and video titles are naturally tailored to the US market. Other than that, please enjoy the programme (British spelling!)...
Smh Mark being a sellout ro the Cheeseburger Freedom Delivery People.
If it's for Americans then the (politically) correct term is "Letter Carrier."
I was getting so angry at the title 😤 lol
Anyone who complains about unfamiliar terminology should get done by the court!😉
Perchance in the old Baily?
@@rabbi120348lmao stop
This event is very well known here in Lewes. Less well known was that one of the locals seeing that this member of the master race was scared witless, looked after him and gave him Tea and something to eat before he was taken away. The two lads kept in touch and became firm friends and I believe Leonard Buckler paid several visits to Lewes post war.
How typical of the British :) Totally believable :) Could you look up more information on him for us? "You must be scared.. have some tea! :) "
@@BillinHungary"You ORRYT? ISSAT your plane?"
Nice little Story. Thank You Again !
because Tea soothes all ills. 🫖
@@elsiestormont1366 Whatever the situation, whatever the race or creed
Tea knows no segregation, no class nor pedigree
It knows no motivation, no sect or organisation
It knows no one religion or political belief
TBH if he hadn't gotten lost, he may well have been killed later on in the war, so going off course saved his life.
Very likely!
A thought that might well have occurred to him
@@andrewpease3688
For the moment what he probably dreaded most was that his side got victorious & that he had to face his colonel.
Particularly with those navigational skills.
Of course
That German hit the biggest lottery of life. To sit out the war in a Canadian POW camp, eating well, medical care if needed, and work assignments to keep busy is an excellent stroke of luck. The teasing he endured from fellow inmates is another matter.
I knew a vet who was taken POW in North Africa. He was a cook in the army of Rommel. He was taken to Canada, and returned after the war to Germany, where he led a good life. But he seriously said being POW in Canada was the best time of his life. His wife didn´t think this statement was very funny.
@@antondichtl6557
Same with POWs sent to The USA.
450,000 of them.
Many didn’t want to be sent back to Europe, escaped and stayed. Many other had to return for a year and apply to come back as immigrants.
POWs were fed, sheltered the same as US military personnel. Learned trades, worked various jobs and paid prevailing wages.
Officers didn't get work assignments.
@@unclefester6501...that's true- but this particular pilot was an NCO...
I am 64 years old and still learn something new every day thank you mark
I m 22 and I feel like a newborn
65f here. My father was in WWII and learning what I can about the war helps me understand the person he became after it.
Almost 68 years and learning every episode. Thank you Dr Felton!
59 here, I like and appreciate his presentation. Great subjects and work👍🇨🇦
Lol, same here. I'm 64 and eager to learn from Mark Felton!
I always appreciate a Mark Felton video about a German that ends with “he lived to an old age” where I’m not outraged by the fact.
After the war, many pilots were simply released into Canadian society. Being Canadian I remember reading about all the german POW camps we had around Canada. I mean, unless they were die hards, they'd have some sort of sense of relief being so far from danger.
@muskokamike127 A similar thing happened with the U-505 crewman Hans Goebeler: His boat was captured off West Africa on June 4th, 1944, by Admiral Daniel Gallery, who asked that the vessel be preserved as a museum in his home town of Chicago. Goebeler would there in the 80s to be closer to his ship, and would later write a memoir called Steel Boats, Iron Hearts.
@@SamuelKoepke-r3o great story, thanks!
Not all Germans were Nazis
This young man's mistake saved his life. At the end of the war there was only fraction of german pilots still alive. Thank you again professor for another interesting article.
I would rather die for my country and for what I believed in instead of living to old age and seeing *the land* in it's modern stage💀💀💀💀
after decades of propoganda most people will prefer whatever they're told to prefer.
@@Mere-Lachaiselonguenational socialist vs. international socialist?
@@Mere-Lachaiselonguemany years after the fact combined with the comfort of hindsight it's easy to become opinionated but the point is however is the entire thing you're complaining about could have been very easily prevented if Germany hadn't of started the war in the first place don't you think? Yes there are consequences for everything which also includes consequences for following a delusional cult leader.
@@Mere-Lachaiselongue What if dying for one's country is what put the land in its modern stage?
German soldiers/airman captured early in the war by the Brits were some of the luckiest.
And vice versa.
And particularly the U-boat sailors.
Apart from the ones we gave over to the soviets despite never having served in the east.
He might have been one of the prisoners in Canada who decided to stay. Many of them did.
well they were certainly luckier than any captured by the soviets thats for sure. though they were rather were cared for until 1945 when the wars was widning down. then things started to get a bit more intense as the allies were weeding out suspected war criminals and the RAF was busy trying to hunt down the grest escape massacre culprits.
Ok seriously, Mark’s ability to find these wild stories about strange happenings in WW2 is so impressive, it’s legendary.
Dr. Felton, as an American, I don't mind and actually enjoy your use of British terms. My ancestors were from Britain so I can enjoy some vocabulary from the mother country!
Agreed!
What's that old saying.... 2 peoples separated by a common language? ;)
I’m Canadian and I enjoy the UK words. Keep up the great work. I learn something new every time I watch. 63 years young!
As an ex pat in Canada. Either or! I live about 40km West of Medicine Hat. There was a prisoner of war camp there. Now called the Armouries. The reserve force for the Army, Army, and Navy Cadets also parade there.The airport was an aircrew training establishment. With satellite stations all around. For British and Commonwealth air crews. Could your man have been interned there?
As we do with your different ways of expressing yourselves. Variety is the spice of life and language. Have a good day.
Kids: "Grandpa Buckle, what did you do during the war?"
Unterroffizier Buckle: "I'd rather not discuss it..."
I flew, solo with no wingman or other support, on a mission I can't discuss. I can say my superiors were quite surprised I survived as they hadn't even allocated me enough fuel for a return trip.
I spent the remainder of the war hiding in plain sight behind the lines, always surrounded by British troops.
Kids: "Opa! What did you do during the war!?"
Grandma: "Your opa was the captain of a spice freighter..."
Grandpa nods his head...
@@bronsonperich9430Nice one😂
" my actions are of no importance and had no direct impact on the outcome of the war ......!!!! "...
Sadist part is the thought of that beautiful aircraft being scrapped. I'd love to fly one of those.
I wonder if the Hurricane pilots, on initially sighting a bi plane, thought ‘are the Italians trying it on again?’
They hadn't arrived in-theatre yet, not getting there until October.
😂😂😂
I bet the Hurricane Pilots were laughing.
Funny given the Brit’s literally used biplanes against the Italians.
@@Alan.livingston But the large Swordfish biplanes were torpedo bombers. Famously they sank more Axis ships than any other type of allied plane.
Poor fellow, he looks s**t scared in those photos. But I suspect more afraid of what his CO would do once it all got found out than of his British captors. Thanks to his inexperience he lived to old age. Fate.
I am as British as rain, cricket and warm beer. I am also a newly-minted American, and therefore our Mailman is affectionately known as "Postie."
we call them Postie here in Australia
Here in Canada, the people we used to call "mailmen" were renamed to "letter carriers", lest any feminist feathers were ruffled but we sometimes call the "posties" too, at least in casual conversation - and even the odd newspaper headline (as in "Posties begin strike").
The US doesn't have mailmen any more. We have "letter carriers" or just "carriers". Some of them are women.
@@markstevenson6635 8n
I've been a flying instructor for 30 years.... Even with a full screen moving map GPS this still happens...!
@MBCGRS ---> Hello, and thanks for identifying yourself as a flight instructor. My question would be to the "lost" German pilot: "Even if there were foggy skies ,,,, did you not look at your compass?" A compass would have told that young pilot that he was flying north westerly, but the isle of Jersey is southwest of his takeoff airfield on mainland France. My thought is that he was utterly daft, ooorrrr he wanted to land in Britain on purpose.
@@gusloader123 Or the compass hadn't been degaussed and shielded as on a ship if a magnetic one. Wood and canvass plane with a bloody great lump of Iron up front.
Skill issue
@@gusloader123 There are numerous examples throughout the War of airmen setting a 180 degree reciprocal course in error. If he was intending to fly from Cherbourg towards the Channel Islands, then 180 degree error would land him somewhere around Lewes.
@@davidjones332 Almost dead on! It is a known story in Jersey.
Mark Felton might be the last truly unbiased historical channel.
Agreed. As far as I can tell, he always strives for accuracy. He often sets the historical record straight, presenting facts that some of us would probably rather not hear. But that's his job, and I think he does it rather well.
The History Guy is excellent as well!
@@jamesengland7461Mark Felton And The History Guy Should Come Together And Appear On Some Documentary. Just To Say It Was Done!
I don't know what to make of his assertion that the Americans were going to use Lancasters to drop the bomb. Its made me mistrust him
Yes ! Dr .Felton is a true scholar, who courageously seeks the truth , revealing the complicated issues , without the usual old tedious , morality bromades, which makes for old political history, without the revelations of reality of the circumstances, and situations of the era .
I love the idea of some kid making a dumb mistake and getting himself in trouble during a serious war. The premise is just so goofy.
It probably saved his life.
@@Drewtheelder and some other people too
I have some Navy and Marine buddies and they had some goofy stories. Some bad stories, too.
@@Drewtheelder
He lived to a ripe old age.
Wonder 💭 if he ever got to meet his colonel of whom he was so worried because of his goof.
Yet there was a precedent of more serious implications, in early 1940 before the nazi offensive in the West :
A Luftwaffe liaison plane (Fieseler) with a staff officer carrying the papers for the very offensive fell in Belgian hands.
Belgium 🇧🇪 at the time was neutral but war was surrounding her.
So the Allies were notified.
& Hitler too.
Which led to a change of plans
by von Manstein that got Hitler
his victory until 1945.
Re : Cajus Bekker (Karl Bartz)
“The Luftwaffe War Diaries”
Ballantine Books
I always enjoy a great history lesson from Mark Felton
We can all sympathize with Lenny. Who of us at one point hasn’t thought, “ohhh, man…my boss is not going to be happy.” ?? 😂
I can't help having a bit of sympathy for the "enemy" in this case. This was a good example of the war from a "little guy's" perspective. Thank you for the lesson!
I love all the little strange stories from the wars. Usually it's all the guts and glory stories but I got lost delivering the mail really bring home the reality of not everyone was fighting in the war.
To those of us WWII Enthusiasts, You are Truly a Treasure Dr Felton! I have Absolutely Loved learning All Things WWII for well over a decade now and have been a subscriber for (I believe) over a year, which I’m Always Pleasantly Surprised when I get to learn something New and Fascinating from your videos, which I Very Much Enjoy watching- So, I Sincerely Thank You Sir for All of your hard work in creating your Amazing Videos for all of us! Wishing you and your family Many Blessings and Please Keep up the Great Work!!
Mister Felton, I have been a follower of you for many years and have learned so much. I have always loved history at a young age to 57 this year. Never served in the military, but have always been trying to learn about conflict. I was born 50 miles from Cowpins South Carolina and was never thought in school that it was the turning point in the Revolution war. You are great at what you do! Thank you very much.
His getting lost probably saved his life. Chance is such odd friend.
is it really by chance?
@@Zebra_3 What are you saying? It seemed from the video he was shocked and ashamed for having to taken prisoner for getting lost.
Love the sense of honor and sportsmanship of the Brits!
Of SOME Brits. At the time, some members of the RAF were ordered to shoot down clearly marked unarmed Luftwaffe search and rescue aircraft. I haven’t heard of any one of those pilots disobeying those particular orders.
@MyLateralThawts kind of silly to argue about a conflict so long ago, but I'm sure the British realized they were collecting reconnaissance. It was a war, you can't expect your enemy to let you fly freely for any purpose. Cause they're just going to indiscriminately fire rockets into all your cities no matter what you do.
@@MyLateralThawts
S&R in time of war are not for civilians, but for enemy pilots.
& the RAF pilots’ task was to make sure that those Goeringoons won’t fight another day.
In war, any means denied the enemy is fair game.
try reading Tom Neil's Gun Button to Fire for a different side of that statement
@@daniels2761
There’s a video on the Luftwaffe biplanes HE 59
painted white with the red cross
conducting reconnaissance.
Thanks Dr. Felton!
Poor guy. I can imagine being young and landing yourself in that sort of situation, not knowing who to be more scared of, the enemy or your commanding officer?
Another delightful tidbit of history. Truly and happily you are spoiling us😀 Many thanks Dr. Felton🙏
Thank you for this post (or mail), much appreciated.
Fascinating story....Looks like he did ok...which was a happy ending really....The aircraft looks a lot like the Tiger Moth
Thank you for another fascinating video Dr. Felton. The pilot in this story ended up in one of the many camps in Canada. Doing a video about the camps would be great, as myself and many fellow Canadians know next to nothing about the camps.
I was just about to suggest the same.
There are several good books on the US camps and excellent treatment the POWs received.
They could perform various jobs, were paid fair wages and could buy comfort items in a camp store. Ate as well as US military (and better than most US civilians). There were even educational opportunities for them.
Many wanted to stay in the US.
Dr. Felton is a national treasure no matter what country you or he lives in.
It is these 'small' , little known tales of War, especially WWII, that help make Your Channel Continually Interesting, Dr Felton! Keep up the Great Work You are doing and Thanks! BTW, I had trouble with my comments button on your story about the lesser known Bulge Attacks you posted a few days ago....please see the first sentence of this comment. 🙄👍🍺
Yet another terrific story I had never heard before. Great work as always, Dr. Felton.
Imagine the grief that that poor pilot had to endure from his fellow prisoners! And I wonder if he shared that story with his children!
LOL, he was that embarrassed when captured. I bet he told his fellow prisoners another story and then asked the camp Commander to go along with it.
"Uh...I heroically fought off three Spitfires in combat but was shot down. Yeah, that's it."
Always a good way to start the day with a video from Dr Felton
Unteroffizier Leonard Buckle: "Oops, I must have missed that left turn at Alburquerque."
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I recently watched the silent movie "Wings" (1927) in which they used a real captured WW1 Gotha bomber in some of the aerial scenes. Now I know more about the Gotha airplanes. Thanks!
He lost his way but saved his life in the comfort of Canada.
Plenty of German POWs immigrated to Canada after the war, so it was likely one of the better places for internment.
Not really
@@bjolie78 I traveled Ontario's highway 11 about twenty years ago, there was a surprising number of advertisements for German restaurants and ''gasthaus'', it so happens that many German POWs camps where situated along that road. If they stayed and opened a business I guess they were well treated, Well enough not to return home.
@@pierrelarocque3214 they were all sent home via POW camp in England, but Canada needed immigrants so some returned. But generally there is no love lost between Canadians and Germans. It's more tense than between Americans and Germans and even British and Germans
@@bjolie78 I imagine clashes with French-Canadians had something to do with that.
One of the more fortunate Germans. Great story.
It would be interesting to know where the pilot ended up in Canada. In the 60's i worked with a man in Calgary, who was a Sgt. at a P.O. camp in Lethbridge AB. He used tell us how each day he along with staff and perhaps prisoners would go to the Letbridge Sicks brewery and get what i persume was a daily ration of beer. No wonder so many former prisoners immigrated to Canada after the wars end.
Same with US.
Glad no one was harmed in this tale. Cheers Mark
Great episode!!!
A quite interesting story! Thank you for posting this and keeping these stories alive Dr. Mark!
You often think. With an incident like this. If it meant to happen for the pilot's sake. Had he stayed in the war, he most likely would've been put in a fighter and probably would've died in aerial combat. That fate in some way flew him in a different direction.
Great story. It showed that even in the second world war, chivalry in the air existed a little like it did in WWI.
Enjoyed watching, so interesting with the work you do for us viewers! Thank you Sir!
Great story... never heard of this.. poor guy, talk about a code brown moment....he was lucky the Brits recognized him as a non threat and no doubt saved his life. It would be really interesting to see a interview with that German pilot and hear his side of the story.
So many stories we never here, thanks again Mr Felton
The kid got to cool his heels for the rest of the war and got 3 hots and a cot. Not too bad a deal.
Thanks Dr Felton for sharing what would be a normally overlooked parcel of history. Never heard of this one before.
You did it yet again - fascinating!
Thank you Mark for another great video. Strangely enough, I am actually pleased that the bloke lived to old age! All the best from Sydney Australia 🇦🇺
I feel sorry for "Wrong Way Lenny" 🙁
Gréât documentaire & merci pour le partage,always a pleasure 🙏
Leave it to Dr. Felton to give us a nugget of trivia that we would never know about otherwise. A Luftwaffe mailman getting lost and finding his way to England. The story almost writes itself 😅
Cool story, and lucky guy! It's quite easy to become disoriented in bad weather. He probably had nothing more than a compass to rely on.
That IS NOT Buckle in that "capture" photo!!! I am surprised at you Mark Felton!!! The airman in the photo was indeed a pilot but of a Do-17Z. He was a personal friend of mine...Peter Krug, capture in 1940. After being held as a POW for a short time in the UK, he ended up at the POW Camp 30, Bowmanville, Ontario (Canada). He and a partner escaped, making it as far as San Antonio, Texas before recapture at a hotel of "ill repute". He was captured the night before he planned to cross over the very near Mexican border. Had he made it, he could very well have become the 2nd "von Werra" to make a "home run".
It turned out to be shades of Fegelein for the 2 recaptured pows, without the shooting.
What an incredible story! You find all the best yarns, Doc. Thanks so much for this and for all of your other work.
Thank you, Dr. Felton, for another great one! Wartime Brits=valor, courage, honor and a gracious sense of "fair play." Christian Knighthood at its best!
More likely, they appraised the situation for what it was, and figured that they could capture it for intel reasons.
I am a brit and all i can say is you must be new to WW2 history. Crickets ethos is far away for most it
Talk about taking a wrong turn! Thanks for the great history Dr Mark!
How does Mark Felton do amazing videos every time???? ❤
You again did put a smile on my face. 😊
Buckler probably didn't like that interview with Gibbs!
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Also, the British: "Thank you so much for your mail delivery!"
"You got mail."
What an incredible story! Never learned this in History class. Speaking of incredible story, I interviewed a 100 year WWII D-Day veteran. I will send you the video link Dr. Felton when I upload it in 2 weeks to my channel...I hope you will enjoy it!
Always interesting and informative. You are the best Mr. Felton.
This story remind me of my danish, countrymen Thomas Sneum and Kjeld Pedersen. They was pro allied in a occupied country and was pilots. Thomas Sneum was the first person to give proof of the german Freya radarsystem. They flew to UK in a obsolete Hornet Moth from Denmark. Quite impressive and gave the information to RAF. Thomas Sneum also tried to assassinate Heinrich Himmler when he was in Copenhagen with bow and arrow. But Himmler dis not appear publicly. So he never had the chance. One of the MI5 officers interrogated the two men R.V Jones later wrote a book about them in most secret war. The book became inspiration for Ken Follett's novel Hornet Flight. Most danes dont know about these two heroes. I remember i was a child when i saw a short interview with Thomas Sneum in the danish news. He was badly treated by the danish airforce after the war. But for me a hero.
Thank you Mark, once again a historic event I'd never heard of
His stupid mistake probably saved his life.
Landing in England was definitely better than running out of fuel and crashing into the English Channel.
Mistake or escape?
@@davidpowell3347 Bingo! That is my question / thought also. Not all Germans were serious Nazis. I'm guessing that either he was the worst pilot ever or he wanted to land in Britain is my thought.
@@gusloader123 The great fear described by the British soldiers is not something a defector would exhibit. The German pilot was young, inexperienced, scared, and very lucky.
@@k.r.baylor8825 escape is still a possibility.
Fascinating. In fact getting lost in the fog no doubt saved this young German pilot's life in the end. Thanks for sharing Dr Felton!
Been a long time since I was this early to a Mark Felton video...
The flight to Jersey does seem likely because I recall in my youth reading a book that mentioned the Germans being very upset one week that they didn't get the post - could well be the same thing
It's a well known story on Jersey. The Lufftwaffe were never keen on Jersey airport. Despite being one of the most advanced airfields of its day, the Lufftwaffe had a lot of accidents on the grass field. They never figured out that the grass was about 1/8 inch to short! The care and maitience was done by a local man. He'd lower the cutter a couple of turns after it had been set, then wind it up at the end. The German's did build a large wooden hangar on the East side of the airport, later used by BEA (You had traffic lights on the Airport Road to allow planes to be towed across. Then by Falle's Hire Cars up till 1980's.
Thanks again Dr Felton. Wish I had the time to conduct such in depth research as you do.
I can almost hear the incredulity of the Hurricane pilot's voice when he saw that Gotha.
Always the best of the best..ty Mark Felton.
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-Herman Göring
I wish Mark Felton was my history teacher so that i wouldn't be failing all my history tests.
LOL, or even showing up for history class in the first place, LOL.
It's probably because you watch Dr Felton that your teacher marks you down as talking truthfully about history is now verboten!
I appreciate the sentiment, but want to remind you that a UA-camr might put out a ten minute video once every week or two, while a teacher usually has to prep for two 45 minute classes a day, five days per week -- and doesn't have a comments section with hundreds of adoring fans praising his or her work. Plus, I doubt the average content creator has to put up with a lot of calls from irate parents or pressure from school administrators to ensure all their students pass their courses, either.
You either appreciate history or you don't. Your teacher has very little to do with your motivation to learn.
Mr. Felton
Another banger .. your work has inspired me so much .. so thank you for all your so very interesting content.. I'm always excited to see you post
Well, that oopsie likely saved that guys life.
What an awesome story!! Very cool, was a good day for England! Thank you for sharing!
Having been a clueless lieutenant at one point, I felt his pain.
Fantastic video describing an otherwise almost forgotten part of the war.
Most people do not realize that a number of nations had enlisted pilots during WW2. The wayward Unteroffizer had to have been fresh out of flying school.
US had some too
All made officers at the start of WW2
Most of Japanese pilots were enlisted
Even after years of flying and becoming Aces
Even then not promoted pass warrent
@@JeffEbe-te2xs Not all were made officers. Only those with a certain amount of college got to be officers. BUT we did have "Flying Sergeants". Indeed, the shortage was such a problem that about 2,500 enlisted folks were promoted to Staff Sergeant and taught to fly. This ended after WWII, but continued a bit longer in the glider force - many of those guys were made Warrant Officers after the war. (For Brits reading this, a US Warrant is not the same as a British Warrant).
These guys could be found in mostly support roles, but some saw air combat in bombers and particularly gliders.
Another interesting video thanks
Lucky for him those Hurricanes were flown by Brits , not Polish pilots flying for the RAF. He wouldn't have been so lucky.
lol- its not "triggerhappy"- they just keen and "well motivated".
Absolutely love your channel Mark, thank you 👍
He got lucky in my opinion....
Fantastic story. thank you.
Maybe the pilot didnt want to die flying for the Germans and effectively surrendered instead?
Well, Mark did mention that he was worried about his C.O.'s anger about his stupidity. I can't believe he would fly without a compass on a cloudy day.
@@alainarchambault2331 Many inexperienced pilots can’t transition to instruments, even basic ones when they lose visual cues. That’s why there are so many helicopter crashes. In both instances, fixed and rotorary wing aircraft, the aircraft winds up in a diving right hand turn. Helicopters fly so low that they don’t have time to realize that they’re doing it and crash. Fixed wing aircraft have more time to recover.
Thanks Mark for another great episode, keep up the good work big guy! Love you 😍
In the next episode, Mark Felton will explain that the Luftwaffe officer’s personal sidearm was stolen during his interrogation in London. It was presented to him personally by Reichsmarshal Goering before his flight, and was extremely rare. It is likely this very rare Luger pistol was recently sold by Legacy Collectibles for $30K. Sounds like a riveting episode coming up!
Always enjoy your channel . Thanks Mark
I imagine that had Leonard Buckle been more experienced he would have dumped the mail in the Channel before landing.
It's just conjecture on my part, but if there was a lot of mail, it was likely stored in the separate cockpit.
I don't think he could have climbed to the other seat as he needed to fly the plane.
@@rogerwilco2 I didn't think of that.
Here's another consideration. Buckler didn't even know he was close to Britain until the Hurricanes showed up. If Buckler started only then tossing objects over the side into the Channel, those Hurricane pilots may have shot him down on suspicion that he was dropping mines or something.
That's actually a lovely story. Thank you, Mark.
Love from India 🇮🇳Mark Felton sir , I would be happy if u could share sikh contribution in ww2
Enjoyable as expected, Mark! I owe you another pint!
And Gotha was the surname of our royal family 😂😂😂
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Technically it still is - Charles von Saxe-Coburg und Gotha.
Partly correct. Until 1917 "Saxe-Coburg and Gotha", then "Windsor".
@@marcaurel2610wonder why they changed it 🤔
@MarkFeltonProductions Actually, Queen Elizabeth II was the last Saxe‐Coburg Gotha or Windsor monarch, as the surname of the Royal Family derives from the husband (so Victoria was the last Hanoverian monarch). In principle, King Charles' surname should be that of his father, Prince Phillip, which was a multi‐barrelled, largely Danish name. However, apparently in the early 50s it was decided that when the Queen died the House name would become Mountbatten‐Windsor.
Please Dr. Felton. Do more on Canada ww2 history if possible! I love your channel!
Seems like he defected. Deliberate
Marks videos are an absolute treat!
In those days England ruled the waves, now the califate rule England
You need to watch better news program's than the fictional drivel your watching. A brown person being a mayor is not a caliphate.