Iv waited for so long for Sanders Market Garden Docu/Video, he mentioned it to me over a year ago and because my Gt Uncle was in the 21st Para Reg who went in a few hours before the main drop to mark out the DZ's & LZ's for the main drop he said they would be getting a mention so im really looking forward to it..And as always a great video Rob..👍👍

Excellent and detailed video as always Rob..👍👍

Have a Merry Christmas Rob

Dear Luftwaffe here is Burger King, see what you can do.

Using cardboard ID discs was why so many are unidentified.

Please get your face away from the Camera ..... we need to see the battlefields

First that I had heard of this place. Thanks!

Thank you Rob. Yet another great video. I was taken to the Memorial in the mid 1970s by a work colleague who had been an air gunner on bombers during WW2. Whilst there he told me that his aircraft had been shot down over Holland. He managed to bail out and was taken prisoner and spent the rest of his war as a POW in Germany. Not all the rest of his air crew got out of the plane before it crashed and they are remembered on the Memorial. Seeing Masters of the Air gave me a real insight as to my colleague’s service (as well as that of my then boss who was also a bomber air gunner). 50 years ago it didn’t mean as much to me as it does today.

It has a most beautiful setting and is almost gentle in its designe. Very fitting.

'Morning, Rob. I hope you're having a nice week. I'd like to visit the Air Forces Memorial. I definitely want to read up more about people from other countries who fought in the RAF against the Nazis.I didn't know Americans were among the RAF volunteers. I wonder if how the Roosevelt administration reacted to this. The memorial is well-kept. The design is great and I too like the window designs. The architecture is great and the scenery is beautiful. So is the artwork. Thank you for sharing the stories of Howard Peter Blatchford, Vernon Charles Keough, JD. Nettleton, Hilary Richard Lionel "Robin" Hood (excellent nickname). They are courageous. The individual memorials are also beautiful. The view is incredible. Awesome video, Rob. It's always great to learn the stories of allied troops in WWII and your videos are superb. Have a wonderful rest of the week!

I was there when I was four years old, and I remember it clearly over sixty years later. Lwf..

Dear Rob , My Great Grandfather Sub-major maluk singh took part in battle of loos in 1915. He was in 33 punjabi regiment. We have very little information about him. His name in The book called '' The punjab and the war " writer was M.S.Leigh OBC page number 209. Please help me if you can .I want to find out about my Great Grandfather. Thanks.

Great video! I was unaware of this memorial until I saw this video pop up. Thanks for sharing.

It’s a fascinating memorial - but unless I missed it, no mention of the SOE women on there? Or is that another video?

Haven’t been there for a long time. I remember the views from the roof as well, of course, as the names.

I just binged watch *The Crown* . Is Bentley where Princess Margarets boyfriend Air Captain Townsend was stationed?

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As always Rob..👍👍

Is this the correct location or were they more north east of their original location as you stated on your first video of the spot? I assume this may cause it’s more recent but just want to double check

No war crimes?

It amazes me that the German fighter survived the the war to be displayed today.

Almost like they could have walked around it

Hi, Rob! How are you? It's cool to explore the aircraft :). The briefing room is cool. I like how they have the chalkboard and had photos of the briefing also. The Hurricane is cool. It's neat to see it up close! The cockpit is really small, as you said. Nonetheless, as we both said, it's cool :). Glad Pilot Officer Everett Rogers got to escape unhurt. Yeah, the yellow color of the Messerschmitt definitely stands out. I don't think I've seen it up close. Good information about the history and how the plane was shot down (and pilot captured). All of the Spitfires look neat :). Good background information about the Polish squadrons. I want to read up more about them and the Spitfires also! The hangar is rad. I appreciate the information you gave about the Mark 5 too. Have you been to the Air and Space Museum in DC? I went some years ago but want to visit it again. Very cool video, Rob! Take care. Have a great Saturday :)!

Great video Rob.. 👍👍

I very much enjoyed this one. Love the Spitfire and the Battle of Britain is a favourite subject of mine - those dark days when Britain stood alone against Nazi Germany.

Top vid Rob 👏🏻

Audio is really low.

Great job as always

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Superb video mate. One on my list to visit definitely

We visited this site in August this year . All of a sudden both my legs went heavy and I struggled to walk until we got back onto the coach then the feeling disappeared. Had a few strange things on our visits around the battle fields. One was as we walked through trees I spotted a German soldier. Will go again just to see if this happens again.

Hurry up

Sir, The gate that you show in this film was in fact built by the museum volunteers upon the memorials birth. The actual main entrance hasn’t changed it is off of the main A143 and is called Kiln lane. This is the road that leads into Upper Street and the main accommodation and squadron areas.

My great grandfather William Charles Robinson was blown up and got shellshock from being here, poor guy

The uniform James Nicholson was wearing on the day he was shot down is on show at the Tangmere Aviation Museum in Sussex. The museum has contacted the Nicholson family to enquire if they wished to donate some photographs for display and were astounded to be offered the burnt uniform!

More like the Summer of 1940 Mate !

Thanks Rob. This place is a must-visit for me now. 🙏🏻😀

I am a bit busy today so my comment is shorter but I really like this video :). I like how you discussed the technologies used, the various roles (teller, filterer, etc.), and the stories of those who fought in the Battle of Britain. We often hear more about those who fought in combat but less so about non combat roles. So, it was great to learn about Patricia Clark (sp? My phone screen is small) and others, played. It was cool to see the various rooms too. And, I agree that the war would've been different if the UK lost the battle of Britian. Informative and superb video! Take care :)

Thank you. Very informative.

This was a great video Rob. I’m loving you taking us to places which commemorate what Britain and the empire countries did at the beginning of the war prior to the Americans coming in. As you remark, if we had not fort and won the Battle of Britain things would have been very different. 🇬🇧❤️

I lot of history in that room.

Three miles they struck through enemy defenses, In the greatest charge of that European war, Like a mighty wave they swarmed the German trenches, Over fallen dead and barbed wire. Then they were cut off with no one to support them, They were mowed down by fire from three sides, Bravely they fell like leaves in the autumn, Death reaped the bitter harvest of their lives. When the battle ceased a young man was heard crying, Bleeding from a wound where the bullet creased his head, There amid the maimed, the pleading and the dying, He held the broken body of his friend. The bloody road to The Somme. Makes a change from Motorhead's 1916, one supposes?

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I really enjoyed this video. I came across it by chance when I typed in "The Few" in the YT search engine. My grandmother is originally from Ashford, Kent and was a part of the RAF during the war and she moved to Canada after when she married my grandfather who was a Royal Engineer for the Canadian military. I just subscribed and now I'm gonna watch your video on Canadians in Vimy Ridge.

Many do not realise that the Battle of Britain was the first loss the Nazis suffered, also it gave the U.K. Forces a chance to regroup whilst injecting the FREE World with Confidence, it was the R.A.F. Bombers who post the B.o.B. went on the Offensive to compound in The German's mind that the U.K. was Fully Alive and up for the Fight. Air Marshal "Stuffy" Dowding's Vision and detailed planning for the Defence of the U.K. actually started in 1933 when he was as a visionary privy to the then Top Secret very early research into what was to become 'Radar', immediately he saw the value of having advanced warning of approaching German aircraft, as Radar developed Dowding was responsible for the design of the layout of the Radar Masts on the East and South Coast with their information being fed back to a central point then being fed to Fighter control rooms/tables, everything was kept simple and repairable... "Stuffy" left a MASSIVE LEGACY that ensured the U.K. remained FREE.... And that must NOT be Taken for Granted. Lest we Forget. I was born in the U.K. in 1936...... I served in the R.A.F......In 1969 I was working in a house in Elmdon a small Village not far from Duxford..... When I was alerted by sounds I had not heard since I was but a toddler....the Sky was a mass of R.A.F. and German Fighters enacting Dog Fights and two B25 Mitchels flew straight and level filming scenes for the Film "The Battle of Britain". One Sunday I drove my Family out to Duxford and came in from a back road which was slightly higher so we could look down on the airfield and over towards the A11, on the left was a scaffolding structure clad with Plywood facing the airfield on which a French Chateau had been painted and appeared in the Film 's opening scene supposedly in France. As an aircraft nut I looked down on I think it was quoted a being the largest private collection Fighter aircraft/Airforce in the World... I said "Just look at that" and our 5 year old Son said " Yes a YELLOW Tractor". There were some flaws/mistakes in the Film but in general it was very true to life.... The Music is outstanding and changes with the different stages reflecting on the early Swagger of the Luftwaffe Pilots and as their Mood Changed when they were loosing Pilots etc depicted by empty seats at Dinner.

Local to me. Before the 'wing' building was built this place had a special atmosphere but unfortunately it's largely lost that now and feels commercialised. I went into the 'wing' building just after it opened. There was a frieze above the central atrium that depicted aircraft of both sides. Unfortunately the 109s depicted were Hispano versions - they'd obviously watched the BoB film and used them. I go to the memorial several times a year but in particular to place a RBL cross prior to Remembrance Day. The cross is in memory of P/O Keith Gillman of 32 Squadron who was a former student at the school I attended. P/O Gillman lost his life at 1900 hours on 25th August 1940 within sight of the memorial and his hometown of Dover. He is immortalised in a famous BoB photo. The museum at Hawkinge is fantastic and well worth a visit - you can spend hours there but you won't be allowed to film in any of the buildings. However, I still recommend a visit when it opens again in March.

Another interesting WWI explosion story is The Halifax Explosion.

Very interesting Battle of Britain video. Very informative. Thanks for sharing!