That guy really knows his stuff, and he makes the whole subject very interesting.

In "The Blue Arena" Bob Spurdle talks of seeing Gliders cartwheeling spewing their occupants.

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I so hope l can see this wonderful museum .

I own an early Bentley Mk VI. Its first owner was Mr. Edward (Teddy) Rosen who joined Marconi in the Post Office Wireless Department in 1911. During World War I he joined the Royal Flying Corps where he serviced radios. In 1920 he founded Ultra Electric Limited where he was keen on delivering quality radio sets at a reasonable price. During World War II, Ultra Electric Limited turned production over to equipment for the war effort including manufacturing parts for the De Havilland Mosquito (Ailerons and assemblies).

Worked on the Dove and Heron and the Riley conversion almost 40 years ago now at Fairflight Biggin Hill, One of my favourite aircraft, thank you for the video brings back memories.

Good one! Thanks! :)

The first and arguably greatest multi-role aircraft of its time…….. only eclipsed by the EE Canberra, another stunning plane that the Americans used (and built under licence). Nerd fact I thought I knew, but was wrong…….. I assumed that the two Merlin engines would rotate in opposite directions, to counter torque steer………. but, they didn’t 🤔🇬🇧

As usual, glider use in Burma was completely missed.

Thanks for thw video Simply one of the best (and most beautiful ) aircraft of rhe war.

I love these cool planes that look like you took a twin engine aircraft and removed the two engines and put 4 small engines on instead

I wonder if Harris Lebus had anything to do with Mosquito production Um, sShould have waited 10 seconds before posting question.

Termiten?

Many thanks for the preface, "you may not know"; I really don't like being told, "You Don't Know" by KZbin Channels. :^)

I wonder if they have the original wings as well ?

He's wrong about no RAF pilots flying gliders, an old friend on mine was an RAF pilot and he was forced to become a glider pilot when in fact he hoped to become a multi-engined Coastal Command pilot. he took part in one of the Varsity Rhine landings.

Fantastic film!

What a great source of infotmation, thank you for putting this together.

My Uncle fought the Nazi's in Sicily & Italy with General Patton, before D-Day, and was at the Battle of the Bulge, and remarkably survived the War. He never talked about his experiences... But always attended the 7th Army Reunions, and is interned at the National Cemetery in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Another uncle was a top turret gunner in a B-17, in the Air Force, and also survived the War, and he also never talked about it. Today, on June 6, 2024, we honor all those who served in WWII, and Bless All The Allied Servicemen from so many countries, that joined forces to defeat the Axis tyranny threat.

If I had mega buck I would make one and park it next to my Mosquito which I would also make.

any books on the glider-pilots?

that bike-lock looks kinda out of place...

I expect Eric Brown would have liked slats on the mozzie he landed on the aircraft carrier. Would have made it easier.

One thing they missed is that the nose section of the Comet airliner was fitted to a Horsa at Hatfield and flown under tow to check the crew visibilty and rain dispersion of the nose design.

My father was a commando in horse gliders and he would not call them safe

So, how did the wood in a Sea Mosquito get on with the damp marine atmosphere?

I thought that Moth was a great name until dozens of the little blighters moved into my house

Thank you for such a detailed video on the Airspeed Horsa. My wife's uncle landed near the Normandy coast DDay+2, in a glider and tasked to "mop-up" and secure villages Allied forces sped through. He was diverted to another glider when the first plane was fitted with a Jeep and reached the max load with soldiers. That glider crashed on landing killing all aboard. His glider had a very rough landing and vowed never to get into another airplane. On the ground there were many squad level German solders separated from their main units - so according to him, fighting was house to house and intense.

Great Stuff! Enjoyed a lot, first timer and I have of course done the sub n like. Bob England

I found out only last week the first twin engine landing was on MN Bearne in Sept 1936 of a Potez 565 monoplane. It's mentioned here en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potez_56

Not sure that the commentary about the role of glider pilots after landing is totally accurate. Whilst they definitely did become soldiers the moment the glider had been unloaded, they were not properly tasked with a particular job until the crossing of the Rhine. The result of this is that many of them came down with shell shock in the earlier landings - particularly many of those that got out of Arnhem - because they spent most of their time sitting in a trench being shelled whilst waiting for someone to find them a job. Therefore in the last air-landing they were all given a particular task and told to stay with the troops that they had carried until ordered to the rear. Victor Miller's book demonstrates this experience in action (he was trained as a sniper for the Rhine crossing) - he was at the landings in Sicily, Arnhem and the Rhine crossing. I also heard the overall description of why this change was made from someone who was based at an airfield used by glider pilots in the later stages of WW2.

This repair is OK for a museum display but if it was meant for a flying specimen I would have extended it as a longer tapering piece a lot further on either side of the joint.

Most People Think Balsa Is A Soft-Wood, Because Of It's Lightness; It's Actually Classed As A Hardwood, And Hardwoods Have A Pliability That Soft-Woods Lack! I Would Imagine That All The Timber In The Mosquito Is Hardwood, To Allow For The Shaping, Which Would Have Mainly Been Done On Lasts! If I Had To Fight In WW2, My Choice Would Have Been To Pilot A Mosquito!! Your Chances Of Survival Would Have Been Far Greater Than Any Other Service, Because Of It's Invincible Speed, Ceiling, And Because It Was The Very First True "Stealth Fighter;" Invisible To Radar!! Apart From That, It Must Have Been A Sheer Joy To Fly!! I Must Confess, I Didn't Know About The Landing On The "Indefatigabubble!!"

Thank God we had intelligent who found out the best wood to use .

My father was in the same squadron as Winkle Brown. They were both Scots and good friends. Near the end of his life Winkle remember by father well .

At 4:48, what was the name of that aircraft carrier again? Hah! Very interesting video.

Extremely interesting.

Believe the Germans tried to build a wooden copy but did not have proper adhesive

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Awaresome Thankyou

Thank you on two accounts. 1. Your use of the verb 'may' (rather than is customary on YT, 'don't') is deeply appreciated. 2. I didn't know there was such a place as the de Havilland Aircraft Museum. I'll must visit.

@17:41 I wonder if the "Angles with Dirty Faces" was references to the local whores the troops visited 😝 And Joyce was a later addition. I am very glad this original version has been preserved; it might be needed again in the future as a starting point to begin production again.