Beaufighter pilot Paul Kruger

[@andrewwilkins8561]

Paul was my wife's grandfather and he was an amazing man who lived a fantastic full life after the war, he sadly passed away in 2016 and is missed every day by his family. I was honoured to have spent hours talking to him and listening to his stories of the war , a great man truly missed.

[@wolf222555]

My great grandfather was jewish, without you and your generation i would never have been born . Respect, thank you.

[@neil5307]

Thanks to Paul Kruger for this. I have known of your name for many years. Bill Younger the Navigator, was my Uncle. He never spoke in any detail about this, but I'm pleased that you shared it. Your actions were incredibly brave.

[@pikeywyatt]

i am a brit and know what the "commonwealth"did in WW1&WW2 we owe you a lot thanks for these wonderful interviews.Thanks.

[@rupertmcnaughtdavis3649]

All South Africans were volunteers too.

[@craigpennington1251]

Thank you Mr Kruger for you service sir. Beaufighter was an amzing aircraft and I bet a real handful to fly. They are wild looking.

[@TheFunkhouser]

I live in New Zealand... We LOVE our South Africans!

[@andrewwilkins8561]

We love you guys to pal, I'm married to Paul's granddaughter Sarah and Paul was truly a fantastic man.

[@coryellcoryell1]

I remember my Uncle Paul with much fondness. I loved our long chats about the war, South African history, his childhood, and many other topics. R.I.P. my dear Uncle Paul.

[@neil5307]

Hi, Paul flew with my Uncle, Bill Younger. Greetings from England. I'm sad to hear that your Uncle has gone. Neil.

[@coryellcoryell1]

@@neil5307 Wow Neil, it is wonderful to hear from you. Apologies that is has been two years that have passed since you posted your message. I remember my Uncle Paul often mentioning your Dad during our chats. Where do you live in England? Warmest Regards, Vivian Bannatyne in Johannesburg.

[@neil5307]

@@coryellcoryell1 Yes it's ok....and great to hear from you. Bill was my Uncle... My Dad (Bill's youngest Brother) and I were only talking about Bill yesterday..I moved from Milton Keynes to South Yorkshire to be nearer my Parents , about a year ago. My folks will be very pleased that we are in contact. Sounds like your Uncle was an excellent Pilot. ... They did amazing things , and I never really knew much detail until I saw your film. When Bill was captured , he escaped... jumped off a prisoner train. Anyway do keep in touch. Not sure how to communicate my e mail address to you. Kindest regards.

[@chrisgrahma5064]

Good to be able to watch. Nearest I can get to my uncle Sqn Ldr Robert Graham who flew Beafighters in same theatre with 255 Sqn, lost MIA in 1943 & remembered with his navigator on the Malta War Memorial.

[@danielwalker5682]

Priceless. A true hero. One of millions.

[@Dutchhero2]

Thanks for the work Tinus! This sir seems like a very fine man indeed.

[@kellydixon5031]

Paul Kruger was my great grandpa and his full name was Pieter Johannes Badenhorst Kruger

[@johnk1639]

Great video! Thank you for recording and posting it.

[@avipatable]

Really glad I have found your channel, watched a heap of these very fine men's stories now. Thank you :)

[@TheGameCollector]

Thanks for doing this, keeping the history alive.

[@LeopardIL2]

Very good man. Clearly you do this with passion. Thank you for sharing these war stories with us.

[@rupertmcnaughtdavis3649]

Well done on recording this history Tinus,otherwise it would be lost.My father in law flew Beaufighters and received the DFC.

[@MichaelEastor]

Love these interviews, thanks for your awesome work and keep it up

[@steijny]

I agree.I take my hat off to this gentleman.

[@vanveen8472]

thank you once again, your doing important work

[@Robin6512]

Very good interview. One of my favorite WW2 airplanes

[@dobiem1]

Cheers Tinus le Roux for recording some more undeclared history as made by some remarkable people.

[@any1younger]

My uncle was Billy Younger who was Paul Kruger's navigator.........

[@rupertmcnaughtdavis3649]

Small World!

[@kellydixon5031]

Paul Kruger was my great grandfather

[@eco-beehive]

Thanx again guys. Great job.

[@tomdonahue4224]

Thanks for making this!

[@johnboy384]

Another wonderful video. Thanks Tinus.

[@bennymshudulu6941]

He was very brave.

[@MooresGroup]

Awesome. Thank you!

[@malcolmbrown153]

Great story what a hero he was.

[@gamerhpxx]

great work!much apriciated!

[@clacicle]

Truly amazing stories. I would love to hear what they did with their lives after the war.

[@andrewwilkins8561]

I'm married to his granddaughter Sarah and I can tell you he had an amazing life , he married the love of his life and they were together for 71 years they had 4 wonderfull daughters , 6 amazing grandchildren & 9 awesome great grand children. He passed away in 2016 at the age of 95 in his sleep peacefully next to his beautiful wife Joan. I was lucky to know him for 8 years and I treasure and miss the chats we had about the war and sharing a sneaky brandy together. He was truly one of the greatest men I have known.

[@clacicle]

@@andrewwilkins8561 great to read that. What did he do after the war? What kind of work?

[@andrewwilkins8561]

Thanks for your reply, he was a farmer in SA untill he retired at 80 . He was a fantastic man and we spent hours talking about the war.

[@clacicle]

@@andrewwilkins8561 thanks!

[@stargazeronesixseven]

Good God Blessed All RAF & USAF Fighters & Air Supports for their courageous & daring missions to stop WWII & saving many innocents from unspeakable sufferings & horrific deaths! Special Thank You for the Beaufighter Squadrons! God Speed! 🇬🇧♥️🌷🕯

[@frankemcgillivray6695]

Really appreciate your work; these interviews are of real historical significance. So much 'top down' history is propaganda and self-serving. To hear from the chaps in the trenches, so to speak, is really edifying.

[@j1bc]

incredibly brave men

[@chrisaskin6144]

Beaufighter, the Whispering Death.

[@ronmann1374]

Informative and Enjoyable.

[@DarrenPearson73]

Great video!

[@radedg]

Captured by Ustashe... This man was very lucky to survive! Croatian WW2 army, most brutal towards civilians and POWs of all you ever heard of it. He was lucky they had to turn him over to Germans. Great chap tho, and great story.

[@paips4]

Thanks for sharing a nice video

[@johncare]

Beaufighters of RAF Coastal Command Attack . Torpedo version of beaufighter was called torbeau John Care DFC flew both at 254 sqn. RAF North Coates Cleethorpes Lincs .WW2.... pilot log books on the web So so young age 22 navigator George Cox Bedford School

[@timhancock6626]

The North Coates Strike Wing was indeed a formidable force of mixed capability Beaufighters

[@Backwardlooking]

👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧😊

[@mrspike007able]

Awesome Video But What About the Rest of His Crew?.

[@TinusleRouxRSA]

BigBossManBBQ Thanks, the Beaufighter had two crew members: pilot and navigator. The navigator, Bill Younger is mentioned in the video. :)

[@neil5307]

The Navigator, Bill Younger escaped despite his injuries and made it back to the UK and started a family. He died in 1989. He was my Uncle.

[@masazeborut]

The 16th Squadron of South African Air Force (SAAF) launched an attack on 23rd February on castle Vurberk , 3 km from me(SLOVENIA) . Today the ingeniers destroyed an noteexplodet bomb of 250 kg. www.rtvslo.si/lokalne-novice/foto-po-unicenju-bombe-se-zivljenje-na-vurberku-vraca-v-normalne-tirnice/428441 Okoliščine napada na grad Vurberk februarja 1945 - the full story from 1945

[@TinusleRouxRSA]

please send me your email and I send you photos of SAAF attack 23/2/1945

[@masazeborut]

[e-mail] Cant beliwe that fotos exsist... Ther is an intresting story about this bombing but is in Slovenian language. And jet today ther a speculacions about the reasn of the bombing... Il be wery hapy if you send me pfotos (y)

[@masazeborut]

[e-mail] thx very much

[@jimhughes7191]

Beaufighter

[@toast2610]

What a disgrace to a Boer name.. one day he'll have to face his grandfather. Selling your soul like this for what?. Very sad what happened to the Boer nation..

[@Ghoulza]

frege only disgrace is you! try argue against me, i'll humiliate and destroy you.

[@brendancarroll9376]

Toast-you’re entitled to your opinion, but remember it’s heroes like these that have given you the freedom to voice them.

[@toast2610]

@@brendancarroll9376 That is also just your opinion. You guys just can't help yourself.. projecting your opinion as fact. What freedom? My side gets de-platformed all the time. Germans go to jail if they voice a certain view of their history.. a 90 year old woman is sitting in jail right now. What are you talking about? Yeah you have conquered the world for freedumb. Freedumb that gets stolen from you all the time you have to go steal it back in third world places like Vietnam, Iraq, etc. etc. Wake up. All this is is Imperialism in the guise of freedom. You sound American.. read Mark Twain for God's sake. How you turned from freedom and independence orientated to imperialistic red coat hypocrites.. when you annexed Hawaii, the Philippines, etc. long before WWII.

[@coryellcoryell1]

Die Ossewabrandwag. The Nazis of South Africa!