@NVanWendy Of course they were it was for the cameras only and what would have been called Fighter Affilliation Training... bless them all. I wonder how many of them survived...
My Great Uncle served on the Wimpys but was shot down near Elburg on operation Bremen on 14 sept 1942 by Wilhelm Dormann of 3./NJG1, the tail gunner was the only one to survive and we managed to trace him a couple of years ago and got the full story.
My (late) father was on Wimpys too, he did one raid to Essen from an OTU at Morton-in -the- Marsh then he & his crew were posted to 36sqn in North Africa.
He finished on MK XIV's hunting U-Boats by the end of the war.
Agree with you both, but to me, as one who knew those aircraft in those times, it is a little slap in the face of authenticity.I likes me Wellies to look like Wellies, and me Gustavs to look like bloody Gustavs if you get my drift.
@BerlinBunker1 - "The Lion has Wings" will have been quickly out of date ( and shelved?). Audiences probably forgave the Spitfires on both sides and also German Fairey Battles.
Sombre note: Ship at 2:28 saying "Good luck", on DVD is seen to be HMS Stronghold (H50), a small destroyer launched in 1919 but at Hong Kong in Sept 1939 and sunk fighting a Japanese cruiser and destroyers s of Java 2 Mar 1942.
Lighter note: In 1969 they named a Dad's Army episode "The Lion has Phones". Timeless!
Good re enactment of the operation. However, there was a serious blunder at the end. The attacking"German" fighters were in fact RAF Spitfires. Someone slipped up,badly.
BerlinBunker1 how were they meant to get German Aircraft, such as 109's during the war? I suppose they could have used whatever gun camera footage they had, but it may have been unavailable or classified. The RAF could hardly ask Goering to send some of his chaps over, although that would have certainly added to the realism of the film no doubt!
@Berlin Nah, that's just an early documentation of fratricide. Seriously though, during much of the war, filmmakers didn't have much combat film of the enemies' planes, so they had to substitute with practice footage of their own planes.
i found this really interesting as it shows a lot of the interior and the positions of the crew.my father flew in wellingtons in 40-41 firstly as a front gunner then w/o a/g.he flew with 12 squadron at binbrook.he only talked about it once.said how bloody cold it was and how you were lucky enough to find the right city to bomb let alone the right part of the right city.he flew in one of the last daylight raids against the gneisenau.and bombed the renault factory(was german held!) in paris
1st generation Wellington's with the early turrets and camo, great video, love the white uniforms!
2007Colonial 2 months ago
My dad was a navigator in wellingtons... 70 squadron. He's dead now sadly but he would have loved the footage.
pottingshedgene 8 months ago
That tail gunner needs to go to Specsavers, that fighter he's firing at on 05:35 is a Spitfire...
Bronzewhaler82 8 months ago
Love the cheeky bloke at 00:36 who ducks under the wing!
Bronzewhaler82 8 months ago
These crews were not stupid to their chances.
phillippatterson1 1 year ago
My late uncle was a navigator on Wellingtons in 301 (Polish )Bomber Squadron.
TheMk1955 1 year ago
my old man was a navigator p for peanuts squadron, egypt
johnnymoped 1 year ago
my grandpa. mr basil peart was a navigator on wellingtons during ww2. love and respect to you all x
tuffy966 1 year ago
my uncle was killed in one of these wimpys too.
tommygun00001111 1 year ago
My father flew in the Wellington bomber as a bomb aimer/navigator. He start with RAF and then joined the 420 Snowy Owl squadron in North Africa.
I sure enjoyed watching this video to get a better idea what it was like inside the wooden wonder
sudburyc5 1 year ago
@sudburyc5 The wooden wonder was the Mosquito not the Wellington
goatface1000 1 year ago
My uncle was killed in one of these in 1944 still got his log and medals
bmwnasher 1 year ago
Good God! They were attacked by Spitfires!
NVanWendy 1 year ago
@NVanWendy Of course they were it was for the cameras only and what would have been called Fighter Affilliation Training... bless them all. I wonder how many of them survived...
DeeBoneham 1 year ago
My Great Uncle served on the Wimpys but was shot down near Elburg on operation Bremen on 14 sept 1942 by Wilhelm Dormann of 3./NJG1, the tail gunner was the only one to survive and we managed to trace him a couple of years ago and got the full story.
buidseach 1 year ago
They had 5 people on the plane?
whowantsabighug 1 year ago
My (late) father was on Wimpys too, he did one raid to Essen from an OTU at Morton-in -the- Marsh then he & his crew were posted to 36sqn in North Africa.
He finished on MK XIV's hunting U-Boats by the end of the war.
frankenstang1973 1 year ago
My father was a tail gunner on the Wellington Bomber in WWII.
SSJonco 1 year ago
Agree with you both, but to me, as one who knew those aircraft in those times, it is a little slap in the face of authenticity.I likes me Wellies to look like Wellies, and me Gustavs to look like bloody Gustavs if you get my drift.
BerlinBunker1 2 years ago
@BerlinBunker1 - "The Lion has Wings" will have been quickly out of date ( and shelved?). Audiences probably forgave the Spitfires on both sides and also German Fairey Battles.
Sombre note: Ship at 2:28 saying "Good luck", on DVD is seen to be HMS Stronghold (H50), a small destroyer launched in 1919 but at Hong Kong in Sept 1939 and sunk fighting a Japanese cruiser and destroyers s of Java 2 Mar 1942.
Lighter note: In 1969 they named a Dad's Army episode "The Lion has Phones". Timeless!
ijolite 2 years ago
Good re enactment of the operation. However, there was a serious blunder at the end. The attacking"German" fighters were in fact RAF Spitfires. Someone slipped up,badly.
BerlinBunker1 2 years ago
BerlinBunker1 how were they meant to get German Aircraft, such as 109's during the war? I suppose they could have used whatever gun camera footage they had, but it may have been unavailable or classified. The RAF could hardly ask Goering to send some of his chaps over, although that would have certainly added to the realism of the film no doubt!
StarTux 2 years ago 2
@Berlin Nah, that's just an early documentation of fratricide. Seriously though, during much of the war, filmmakers didn't have much combat film of the enemies' planes, so they had to substitute with practice footage of their own planes.
greenseaships 2 years ago
think i meant 41-42,not 40-41.i have his logbook here somewhere but just not to hand at the moment.
grahamwinch 3 years ago
i found this really interesting as it shows a lot of the interior and the positions of the crew.my father flew in wellingtons in 40-41 firstly as a front gunner then w/o a/g.he flew with 12 squadron at binbrook.he only talked about it once.said how bloody cold it was and how you were lucky enough to find the right city to bomb let alone the right part of the right city.he flew in one of the last daylight raids against the gneisenau.and bombed the renault factory(was german held!) in paris
grahamwinch 3 years ago
Nice.
Mcplkelly 4 years ago