The Story Of Avro Lancaster JB659 (part 1)

[ozywozyroby]

Woowwwwwwww Great video mate!!!! :) it makes me proud to be british, THUMBS UP!!!! And LIKE

[lawomega1]

thanks for posting exellent

[f1person]

I have a piece of this plane.

[centurion180ad]

Notice that every effort was being made by RAF to hit the military target designated before takeoff, to be marked at night by pathfinders under heavy Nazi resistance.

[AbuAvital]

Must have been a fascinating voyage of discovery for you. Thank you for sharing.

[martynpank]

Very comprehensive! Nice one!

[robbourassaguitarist]

Great plane. I wish we could hear those Packard engines in the video.

[mrrmancunian]

A very interesting video, I'm curious as to where you got the pieces of the aircraft from which are on the plaque.

[Hanglands]

The recovered parts from JB659 were returned to RAF Wickenby Memorial Museum. They eventually started making and selling the plaques to raise money for the museum. The plaques turn up for sale at aero jumbles, Newark Air Museum had a box load. Nowadays, people are flogging bits of Lanc and just saying that its from '659, just because it has a story attached to it.

[mrrmancunian]

It's always nice to know the story behind a piece of history in your cupboard after all.

I'm more of an aviation fanatic, but I have different objects from WWII that I know very little about.

[liverpool80000seater]

I used to like building avro lancaster and spitfire models when i was 10 and 11 and 12 years old,the luftwaffe killed my grandmother,

[wamballauk]

Walking to shops and got talking to an elderly gentleman. He mentioned he was in the 97 sqdn pathfinders as a gunner. You mention his name in your video-P Walden. Ironic thing about it was is he ran bombing trips in Lancasters in 1943 over Bochum, Essen, Duisberg, Dusseldorf - I used to live in Bochum last year. He seemed to want to share his story, pictures etc with someone which is understandable. Anyway, if you would like to get in contact with him let me know.

[Hanglands]

Thanks for commenting Wamballauk, I hope you watched Part II too.

Interesting who you can meet just by talking to octagenarians isnt it? If he wants to share things I know just the person to put him in touch with... I'll send you a PM.

[sgtgrech]

Excellent video, a fitting tribute to JB659, her crew & all who served in Bomber Command during WW2. Long may their memory live on!!!

[100thbombgroup]

I can't say anything new thats not already been said.

Great video and the information is spot on.

A tribute to Lancaster JB659 and her crew.

Brett

[lecou18]

Hi there Steve.

This video is great! My great uncle, P/O D.J. Marks, DFM, flew with 97 Squadron, and he was missing with his crew and Avro Lancaster III ED862/P on July 29.7.43

[GWR1940]

Enjoyed this video very much,

very well made.I also have a plaque in my collection of airframe from JB-659

R.I.P The crew of JB659,

Kind Regards

Andrew

[holyfreakingcrap]

Hey, just thought i'd leave a message, my Grandad flew 58 flights (i think) with the pathfinders, he was a "tailgun Charlie", wish i had some more information about his time in the war but he seldom talked about it, and when he did it was more about what they got up to between flights. Do you have any information about other people who served and what they did? its just i know relatively little about what he did from the ages of 16-21,

[Hanglands]

Ive sent you a PM mate.

[darktechmancodp]

Great video and well edited.

All the best

John

[darktechmancodp]

Excellent video and well edited.

Look forward to more videos.

John

[hayven2]

very nice, and very well put together, enjoyed it and watched a few times, seems wierd hearing you on pc though!! ha ha see you at work! jh

[PLANEHUNTERS]

verry nice Hanglands,verry nice

[bollocksx3]

Sorry Hanglands Typed your online name wrong

apologies

[bollocksx3]

This is good stuff Langlands in realation to the Photograph the order is'nt correct though you would assume it would have been left to right.I can tell you that 2nd from the right is Douglas Frederick Hicks as he is my uncle

My aunt has a lot of correspondence from the MOD on the search for the missing crew.

My Brother and Aunt attended the memorial service and met the families of the farmhouse.

Thanks for posting this. We will never forget them all of them that served us.

[Hanglands]

Hi there,

Thanks for watching, and thanks also for the information. I'll include the info in a future edit of this video.

You certainly have an uncle you can be very proud of.

I'll be sending you a PM shortly. Hope thats OK.

Regards, H.