Dambusters' Memorial Flight at Derwent Reservoir

[allezsport11]

OptimaxX hello, are you the guy who was at the Dams on the tthe last remembrance day, playing the Last Post

[AdamantJHS]

@allezsport11 This is my new account - but no, that was not me.

[1LetsBuild]

sad that it isn't an actual Dambusters Lancaster

[saltydog45]

I only learned recently that I had a cousin on my dads side who ended up being a tail gunner in the Dambusters.One sortie his plane didnt return,and his wartime photos of him sitting in the tail position with chunks of aircraft missing around him are kept in the family with great pride.

[moedem]

amazing wish i could of witnessed it myself,good video

[ZZDC2112]

It is truly amazing how something so big can be so awe inspiringly gorgeous, graceful and elegant

[GearsOfWarAnimations]

its amazing isn't it? such great beautiful vehicles that are, and always will be remembered

[TalksWithDirt]

I have to admit when I first watched this I assumed that this was a memorial flight on one of the target dams. I thought, geezh, the West sure is pretty tight that the locals allowed the English to memorialize the attack. I'd kinda be like the US flying a B-29 on the 60th ann of Hiroshima. Then I looked it up Derwent Reservoir .... Very tastefully done.

[sisterjoey23]

One thing that makes it so poignant seeing these amazing old warbirds is that they will outlive the men who rode them to war. We are losing our WWII vets rapidly, and soon these planes will be the only direct link to those amazing men who did amazing things in these extraordinary aircraft.

[plbyrne]

Wonderful, I'm from this area and live in NZ now. How I miss home sometimes.

[ptf6rg311sqd23u]

An excellent piece of video photography! I wish I'd been there!

Patently Creative

[MarsFKA]

Great to be there, if only for the sound of those wonderful engines. Pity about that helicopter, though.

[KwiGoneJim]

Glad I found this. A friend told me that I'm in the video!

I would also like to say thank you to the brave pilots & crews for defending our country during WWII. Without the RAF (RCAF, RAAF etc,) the war would probably have ended with the Allies loosing.

[kieron125]

I know where this person filmed this theres a house on a hill on the top of the dam and i wished i lived there lol i go cycling here in the summer a lot its a cool place

[daveport]

just had a weeks holiday in the Peak district & stood on that dam wishing i could see a lancaster fly over,thank you and thanks for keeping the memory alve

[Marauder0090]

I can say after sitting ( and taxying) in the RCAF Mk.X Lancaster you actually feel like your defending an Empire with an Aircraft like that.

the bravery of the RAF crews on the night of the Dams raid takes its rightful place in the long and storied annals of UK history.

it must NOT be forgotten.

[tinnsell]

@Marauder0090 It will NEVER be forgotten Marauder, it's up to us to pass on to our children & grandkids what these brave men did & how 56 of them gave their lives that night. It may interest you to know I live in the same town as the New Zealander Mr. Les Munro, the one & only Dambuster pilot still alive today. I think Les is now 92 & as New Zealanders, we are very, very proud to still have him in our midst. I hope he is with us for many more years to come. Cheers, we will not forget them.

[saltydog45]

@tinnsell I couldnt belive how the "bomber boys" werent allowed to have their memorial at the Museum in Auckalnd.I* think that has changed now.

[OptimaxX]

I wouldn't know mate, wasn't there, sorry.

[Fartsurmonde]

was this the same formation used in the 65TH D DAY Anniversery over Normandy today?

[cossieftw]

i cud name all planes in this video as i went 2 it

spitfire

hurriance

c-47 " donald douglas " dakota

lancaster

[andyknight1]

@cossieftw

I thought the DC 3 was the Dakota

[grahamkeithtodd]

@andyknight1 it is..the C-47 is the USAAF's designation of the civilian DC-3

[WebsterFlyers]

wat was the plane that went over at 3:00

[andyknight1]

@WebsterFlyers

Hurriane, by the sound of the melodic merlin engine.

[pink243a]

it gives me goosebumps when i watch it. i wished id been there.

Thankyou for puting it on

[berlinmitte10117]

Very inspiring and a fitting tribute to all those brave souls who served and are serving in the RAF

[miisu]

They forgot to drop the bomb... how incompetent.

[berlinmitte10117]

Give us your address and they can rectify that oversight!

[harrywaring]

Very emotional

[russbloke]

Brilliant vid thanks

[russetmantle]

Thanks for putting this on, and sharing,

stefan

[andyknight1]

Nice video. Nice to see history still airworth.

Mmmmmmmmmmm merlin engine soundage

[8002reverse]

It's lovely to have the sound of Merlins drowned out by a hovering news Jetranger ... Grrrrr

[Spinkeh]

I saw the Lancaster a couple of days before the memorial run, it must of been preparing. I was in Hayfield at the time.

[19hillbilly68]

i went to a dam busters day in chesterfield and i met richard todd,the wife of ken brown who piloted 'F' for freddy. and a few crew members of 617sqd from that time. it was quite emotional meeting real heroe, it was a shame that the 53 crew members that died on the raid couldn't be there...we will never forget.

[conzatv]

brill

[Abduction08]

very good.

[OptimaxX]

Glad you liked them and thanks for the comments!

[jozzilion]

What an awesome sight that was! Great vid.

[wildatart]

This is brilliant footage, thankyou.