RAF Museum Hendon

[@ianpeterson6029]

one of the best produced museum tours I have seen.

[@davegoldsmith4020]

Back in 1973, the Mk5 Spitfire BL614 was in storage at RAF Colerne. The BBMF Mk 5 AB910 had had a landing accident.We went to Colerne and removed the undercarriage mounting pintles off BL614 to help repair AB910, Fitting pintles not suitable for flight in return. BL614 had been used in the Battle of Britain film, for taxying. Its undercarriage oleos had been filled concrete, when we took them off, they weighed a ton. Nice to see it fully restored and standing proud at hendon.

[@leco109]

I was there few months later on the same year. Great collection, very well preserved.

[@jayde1708]

wow, so many amazing aircraft, have to make sure I get there if I ever get to the UK

[@iananderson7883]

It's all nice to see these old planes flying in airshows but the museum specimens are spot on authentic.

[@georgethepatriot2785]

Great video......Great to visit the museum. I recall earlier days, the Hendon air shows in 55 /56 and the last squadron to leave the airfield when it closed . Metropolitan Communication Sqdn DH Devons VP955 and VP958. Ansons and Chipmonks left to never return. Lived in the RAF married quarters at Aeroville off Booth road. Happy days

[@leesherman100]

The B-26 Marauder at frame 9:51 is actually a B-25 Mitchell. Great vid. Great museum.

[@hansstopfer878]

Yes. It is a early B 25 from WW 2. Bye Hans.

[@grahamthebaronhesketh.]

Brilliant, I love the RAF Museums.

[@Jimboy1611]

I love Hendon. Just an hour on the tube for me. I can regularly be seen geeking out there. Amazing collection of WW2 rarities (including, what I believe is one of only 2 Stukas left on earth). Also a great host of jets. There’s a fantastic English Electric Lightning which greets you on the way in.

[@deb5932]

Hitler did committ his biggest mistake in his life. Without inflicting a complete crushing defeat upon Britain? He turned his focus for conquering Russia. Hitler might have studied in history? Russia is in conquerable because Napoleon Bonapat meet the same fate. Hitler biggest mistake was operation Barbaraso. No one could win over Hitler if he didn't attack Russia.

[@Jimboy1611]

@@deb5932 - an interesting take I’ve seen is that the nazis were always doomed to fail because they were always battling fuel shortages. They never had a reliable supply of oil. As with Operation Sea Lion (the invasion of Britain), if the Nazis had gotten onto mainland Britain, the Royal Navy was an insurmountable force which would have stopped resupply. The Nazi invasion force would have struggled to get out of Kent and it would have been quite easy to keep them pinned there, wait for their supplies to run out and then push them back into the sea. It was wildly optimistic thinking he could take the U.K. just the geography made it difficult.

[@mylakay100]

At 9:50 the B-25 Mitchell is misidentified as a Martin B-26 Marauder. I visited the RAF Museum and the Battle of Britain Museum in 1986 and ithey are filled with beautiful classic warbirds operated by the RAF and its allies to see and learn about. Definitely world class museums!

[@JDS11ify]

Hey, yes. It's amazing how so many times film makers use incorrect information on videos and pics and even incorrect 'facts'.

[@billbonnington7916]

was about to post the same thing. I have never been here, it's on the list now for 2019.

[@deck614]

THIS marvellous collection! Sincere respect :)

[@markbattista6857]

What a fantastic museum , I had no idea it had so many complete examples and you didn't show them all . Thanks

[@bigscottishmac572]

One of the best military aircraft museums and we've been to many including Duxford, Wright Patterson and Smithsonian. You need a full day, we didn't arrive at opening and needed another hour at closing. Very convenient to access on the Tube from downtown. Don't miss the walk through a Sunderland.

[@MrCat990]

NAH its duxford camebridge iwm

[@anto1191]

I grew up on the council estate across the road from this museum and spent half my childhood in it or making camps in the derelict ground across the road from it. Happy days from a Grahame Park Estate urchin.

[@user-ky6vw5up9m]

Snap Didn’t make camps but larked about on the midland railway and M1 . Mostly copthall playing fields😀

[@scottgarrity989]

Magnificent! I am looking forward in touring your exquisite muesum later this summer! Thank you!

[@aircraftube]

Very nice presentation. Thank you. And by the way, music is really appropriate and fits very well!

[@memonk11]

Beautifully done. Thanks for posting it.

[@iaidagger8278]

I wish I can go to visit this Museum!!!!.. Thank you for sharing this visit!!!!...

[@haitolawrence5986]

Brilliant!!! Great pics and the music compliments the visuals perfectly. Cheers! ;)

[@deb5932]

Hitler did committ his biggest mistake in his life. Without inflicting a complete crushing defeat upon Britain? He turned his focus for conquering Russia. Hitler might have studied in history? Russia is in conquerable because Napoleon Bonapat meet the same fate. Hitler biggest mistake was operation Barbaraso. No one could win over Hitler if he didn't attack Russia.

[@brucemacallan6831]

Wow - The memories! Thanks for the video. Last time I was there was as an 11 year old boy in a euphoric state in 1979. I got carried away when i saw the Spitfire and was climbing in to the cockpit when I got collared by security and was given a stern warning to stay off the aircraft!

[@shooter591]

There’s countless videos on KZbin that have the most annoying stupid music, but in this video the music is absolutely spot on, some of it from the film Battle of Britain I believe. Well done and thank you for such a great presentation.

[@TimMiddleton]

You are very welcome! Thank you for your kind comments.

[@PetrincicBrosRC]

Great video Tim, just great. I love warbirds so much... Thanks for posting this video and greetings from Slovenia, Pilot Robert

[@johnpatrickfay5288]

Oh those magnificent men and their flying machines... Beautiful.

[@vcr210]

Visited there and was in awe of the aircraft on display. I had to break the rules and reached out and touched a Dehaviland Mosquito. Just to make a connection with such a beautiful thing.

[@MrDaiseymay]

you filthy swine---don't you know? that's sexual harrassment !

[@lrm6919]

I can perfectly understand what you did. I went down there about four years ago with my two sons and I had to do the same with the Me 262...

[@alfcalleja2462]

Fantastic video and music too. This is such a must see museum, I had a great time there.

[@tonyfry4984]

A fantastic video, enjoyed the music.

[@0Zolrender0]

Great choice of music as it comes from the movie "Battle of Britian. Fitting for a walk through the RAF's museum. The sound of the Merlin engine at the end also was a great touch.

[@stephenmoss2554]

Surprised no one else ha commented that music is not from BoB film but is from the 1942 film First of the Few. It is called Spitfire Prelude and is by William Walton.

[@DragRacing457]

Music was not in the film the battle of Britain

[@0Zolrender0]

@@DragRacing457 Yes it was. Watch any of the air combat battles. They have an orchestra playing during them.

[@0Zolrender0]

@@stephenmoss2554 Yes it was. Watch any of the air combat battles. They have an orchestra playing during them.

[@stephenmoss2554]

@0Zolrender0 listen very carefully I shall say this only once more: than music in this video is from the highly romanticized story of the Spitfire made in 1942 called The First of the Few. It is the Spitfire Prelude and Fugue

[@jorgepalles8558]

I love two planes more than any other, the Bristol Beaufigther and Heinkel 111, they are in a state of repair as if they could fly again, congratulations on the video.

[@davidpeters6536]

An excellent museum with some top notch exhibits. Take two visits for RAF and BoB sections so much to see.

[@michaelnaven213]

Excellent work!

[@malcolmleslie3911]

Wonderful filming, shots right time, Music, from the film Battle of Britain just right I know the score very well.

[@kawakalypse2770]

Great pictures, thank you. 8:25: Mr. Meier's quotation: "No enemy..." :-)

[@davidbraxton1725]

Absolutley outstanding!

[@tarquin4592]

As someone who has probably visited the museum since the 70's and was there yesterday, I really enjoyed your video very much. I have noticed how the excellent manikins which were once in situ have sadly been disposed of which is a shame as I think they added realism and were a nice touch. I find it a lot harder to get decent photos due to the increased amount of planes over the years, but I guess that's down to lack of space. Enjoyed hearing the 'Battle Of Britain' music which you used as a soundtrack. thanks very much.

[@NickRatnieks]

It's an amazing collection and the biggest missing exhibit is the Short Stirling. How the RAF's first four-engine heavy escaped preservation is beyond me, as it did exactly what it was designed to do from Day One- the Ruhr Bomber. I saw the Bristol Bulldog in flight at Farnborough, the day before it crashed in 1964- quite incredible how that was rebuilt. I have only visited the museum once- for the launch of the computer game The Dam Busters for its UK debut in 1985. Half a dozen veterans of the 1943 raid from 617 Squadron were there for the press launch and I met them. Sadly, I had to get back to the office for tedious work-related things. Looking back, I should have forgotten work and spent more time with these amazing men and the various aeroplanes on display. Back then, the Beverley was outside but some idiots decided to scrap it.

[@timorvet1]

Yes a shame about the Beverley. I know they said it was full of corrosion and was a danger to visitors, but why leave it outside to rot in a climate that is not friendly to aircraft. Im sure they could have placed it under cover somewhere before it got to that stage, rather then allow it to wither away and finally scrap it. As it was, it was only one of two still in existence at the time. One aircraft that defies all logic as to why it wasn't preserved would have to be Avro Lancaster BIII type 464 (Provisioning) ED932 AJ-G piloted by Guy Gibson on the dams raid if ever an historic airframe should be preserved this one is top of the list. After all this was the aircraft that led the famous attack on the Mohne and Eder Dams in Germany in 1943. And later on the award of the Victoria Cross to Guy Gibson. But no it was unceremoniously scrapped in 1947 instead. No foresight at the time was a major player in the extinction of so many airframes at the time.

[@NickRatnieks]

Yes, I agree about Guy Gibson's Lancaster. Likewise, the offer by BOAC of an Empire Flying Boat was turned down by the Science Museum over storage at that time. I seem to recall that when the Beverley was scrapped it was found to be in much better condition than it had been assessed as by its custodians. We used to watch them as kids, hanging in the sky overhead- flown from RAF Benson. We even had the Rotodyne fly over low one day- that was exciting.

[@robertovalente259]

Amazing!!! What a birds!! Cheers from brasil mates!

[@christopherdaniel4841]

What a fantastic collection of aircraft. Thought it interesting that the very expensive Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is already on display... in a museum.

[@BizzarFish1]

Most likely a replica

[@user-ky6vw5up9m]

The “sports report “ music on bbc Radio 5 was originally commissioned as “ marching music for the Hendon air pageant”

[@robinblankenship9234]

Perfect choice of music.

[@dougfulcher4078]

The refreshment bar next to the Sunderland needs sorting out. On my recent visit (Oct. 2018) it was a shambles. Doug Fulcher, Norfolk

[@debbiekennedy4500]

Debbie. Time I Visted Again for UPdate! 80 yrs watching Planes! 👀 To the Middle East Now. Digital Technology. Thank you ! 😊 Technology

[@richadwivedi5519]

Nice video n music too 👏👏👏👍

[@Peter-vl9fz]

Awesome! I would love to visit one day.

[@stevetheduck1425]

The 'Messerschmitt Bf109G6' is actually well known and the airframe was planned by the manufacturers to be a later F mark, and was converted before being completed into a G2 sub-variant. The G6 almost always had bulges over the larger Heavy Machine guns fitted on top of the engine in that mark, this one doesn't have those. It's been extensively studied from capture in North Africa, and was rebuilt to fly over many years, carefully recording everything found during the years. It flew for a few years, was 'bent' by an officer who mishandled the radiator controls and landed awkwardly, flipping it onto it's back. It has since been grounded and become part of the static displays at Hendon.

[@MadMogsy]

Hendon was a massive part of my childhood. Shame they got rid of the Battle of Britain hall, but still has a lot of great planes, always a fantastic place to visit.

[@shadowjack8]

Please do some tours through like are done for the Tank Museum. I would love to hear some people who knew the planes talk about them.

[@soultraveller5027]

some of the music in particular was taken from the old british classic war movies 1940s i think called ''first of the few '' dedicated to aircraft designer R.J. Mitchel who designed the famous supermarine Spitfire

[@barrettcarr1413]

What a great idea using the fisheye lenses, much better photos than the ones I took. I would like to know what the 12 didn't like about the photos

[@joestephan1111]

Absolutely Superb!

[@lunes-1]

Great video,keep it up!✈

[@deb5932]

You are from which country Christina?

[@granskare]

I have seen videos of these famous fighters. From Rock Island, Illinois- USA. During WW 2, the Finns also had a Blenheim which they used for recon flights.

[@gavinplunkett977]

Nice camera work

[@debbiekennedy4500]

Debbie. Lancaster bomber- Flyies Past Roof Flat- Turn Right From The Mall- Nottinghill Gate Over Harrow Rd ToWards Hendon!😊

[@mikeclark4416]

Music also from "Reach For the Sky " ,music also Spitfire under build too

[@Dutchball]

Well done, sir

[@Bruce-1956]

I built all these planes as a child in the 60s with Airfix kits. Excellent photos and music.

[@vincentlefebvre9255]

Try their new generation kits . They are superb .

[@ReluctantWarrior]

I have a couple of their kits from the 70s lying around, need to get around to replacing the decals and building them.

[@jameshardie9914]

I visited RAF Hendon today and it's similar but also different in many ways compared to Cosford site

[@evannorth5397]

Great stuff on show here. I wonder how much of it came from the collection that used to be housed at RAF St Athan? I used to see the airshows there years ago and just loved the ww2 aircraft they refurbished and stored there.

[@stevetheduck1425]

The collections at RAF Colerne an RAF St. Athan were almost broken up, and were often repainted to be put on show at RAF stations over the years. Fortunately the gumption was found to create a National RAF museum at the then-closing RAF Hendon airport an station. Other planes have joined the collection and some have gone (such as the Lightning F.2), and other collections such as RAF Cosford's planes have also been included, allowing some variation.

[@summerrosesutton3073]

Nice to see lots of European and British aircraft. Great viewing, however I can't say the same for the music.

[@eriknieuwenhuijzen4072]

waauw! awsome museum!! to be on my buckit list :P;).

[@gibson617ajg]

Warning. This is an old video and the collection has been dispersed. A new curator has taken over and she wanted a bigger restaurant and corporate hospitality areas. She got the space by moving aircraft to Cosford - which is a long, long way from Hendon. Save your money and go to Duxford!

[@noseyparker6622]

Red Barchetta Totally agree. Hendon has been totally ruined now sadly..... Battle of Britain hall gone and turned into a kids touch and feel centre and all of those aircraft just lumped anywhere around the rest of the museum. It’s very sad what’s happened to it and won’t be returning.

[@gibson617ajg]

@@noseyparker6622 Touch And Feel centre? Jesus. Have they removed the 'Ops tally' on the nose of S-Sugar and replaced the bombs with flowers and bunnies? 'Avro Lancaster. a wicked killing machine responsible for killing thousands of civilians'.

[@danielkemper41]

Super geiles Video ☺✌💪

[@juliopizarro229]

magnífica exposición

[@user-ky6vw5up9m]

Mossie has its own dedicated museum up the road at London Colney

[@davef.2811]

Wonder how many of these planes are at or near operable?

[@mlhus]

I just felt the need to correct some wrongly named planes in this video. The bf 109 with the desert paint scheme isn't a G6. It probably is a F4. The B26 Marauder is instead the B25 Mitchel

[@justathought958]

MEIN GOT, MAN! You've named a B-25 a B-26! OMIGOD!!!!!

[@Gamble661]

Didn't feature the Mosquito! I saw it in the background several times!! One of the most famous aircraft of the war. Or did I somehow miss it.

[@noname-mq6vw]

They’ve changed stuff around BOB . I liked the elevated walkways, now gone, you could look down on and into aircraft . Hate when they keep you far from the planes and esp when in a corner it’s maybe 180 degrees access. Lysander in 360 pride of place position and luftwaffe types jammed together so tight three in one shot ?.?

[@anthonytv1952]

BELLISSIMO !!! I LIKE VERY MUCH THE BOULTON PAUL DEFIANT !

[@michaelnaven213]

The B-26 is a B-25 Mitchell.

[@benters3509]

The music is from the dogfight sequence from the Battle of Britain movie. It is kind of overpowering in this context. I used to come here a lot in the mid eighties in my "Aud" era - that seems so long ago now. It was like a cathederal devoted to airplanes in those days. Looks like it has changed a lot. The then curator, Dr. Fopp, made a few mistakes in my humble opinion. Scrapping the Beverley on site, shipping the Typhoon off to Canada (may not have been him, but another mistake), painting the Tempest V as a target tug and hanging it from the ceiling, replacing the original Lightning with another less appropriate one. The Typhoon and Tempest V were historically incredibly important to the RAF war effort, and to split them up like that was a stupid move. The Tempest II shown here was not there in those days, but it is much less historically important than the MK V. I used to love the art gallery, but if I remember right, my last visit a few years ago, it had been removed or drastically reduced.

[@fw1421]

That Bf110 G is one of the rarest German fighters still in existence.

[@GSP21]

XL 318 Worked on that when it was at Scampton.

[@joshuacourville2903]

Your marauder is actually a B-25 Mitchell

[@mikereger1186]

11:48 yay a Tempest!!! Not many of these around.

[@stevetheduck1425]

A Mark V and a Mark II at Hendon, and there are a couple of incomplete examples in the states that are being restored, hopefully to fly.

[@waynester71]

Not been since they changed the BoB hall and replaced/swapped some aircraft around. Due a visit!

[@noname-mq6vw]

Thinking the same

[@jackjones7504]

Its been gutted , moving the BOB ac to Cosford is a retrograde step. WW 1 Hanger is Great though.

[@kennethcrowther2277]

Your Martin B26 Marauder was in fact a North American B25 Mitchell but that's ok. Otherwise very nice video. Thanks for the pics.

[@arodrigues2843]

At 09:57, it is a North American B-25 "Mitchell". All Messerschmitt a/c, after the Bf.109E. "Emil", should be designated Me, not Bf. (read history).

[@moremoneyfordreadnoughts1100]

And a space with no hyphen for you.

[@Mario-qr2gh]

It’s Not in Hendon but in Colindale.

[@marting7567]

Jolly Good!

[@aka99]

Museums are important. You can see machines on videos and on photos, but sometimes you need to see a thing in real life with your own eyes. a friend of mine, had seen for example V2 rockests on photos and in videos, but he was suprised to see a real V2 on dispaly in Munich museum, how big one rocket was really. Reading is one thing, but actually see something originally or remade on originally sizes is anhother experience. jsut think of antique roman artefacts. But back to ww2 aviation, you need to see the real planes in original and only museums can give you such oppertunities.

[@andreagabrielle5760]

El avión que aparece al lado del Heinkel He-162 no es un Marauder B-26 sino un North American B-25 Mitchell. Igual, espectacular !!! Creo que si entro a un museo como este me quedo a vivir !!!! 🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖

[@waynester71]

My 2nd fave place to visit..Duxford always Number 1 for me... Was imagining the exact moments in the Saltzman BoB film with the music... ‘Stick to me like glue Simon’

[@jameshenry3530]

Much of the theme music seems strongly reminiscent of "Victory at Sea" by Richard Rogers.

[@TimMiddleton]

It's William Walton: Spitfire Prelude and Fugue and Battle in the Air

[@shooter591]

James Henry Some of the music was from the fight scenes from the film Battle of Britain

[@garethessex]

This is a not-too-bad review of the aircraft at Hendon. Recommend turning off the turgid music though.

[@billbonnington7916]

The music is from the Battle of Britain film, played during the scenes of the final day of the battle. If you watch the film, it may make more sense the way it sounds...

[@briangreen6602]

I'll take the Tempest and Beaufighter please.

[@iandurbridge1029]

The aircraft next to the HE 162 is actually a B25 Mitchell not a B26

[@moremoneyfordreadnoughts1100]

It's "He 162," "B-25," and B-26." I have to think the RAF museum has all the formats right; should have photographed the signs for reference. If you show the specific subtype for one plane, show them for all. You (video maker) correctly leave "B-24" off the RAAF version of the Liberator but use "P47" (sic) on the RAF version of the Thunderbolt. I hate this. Nice photos.

[@justathought958]

Silliness. This is the way you label trees but fail to notice you're in a forest. If you want to call a Wildcat a Martlet have a ball but it means nothing, changes nothing and is merely a way to deny the obvious. When the Brits needed a variety of aircraft they couldn't build themselves, they "bought American". Changing names hides nothing. The Brits never could build a decent carrier aircraft and we know where the Mustang came from and how it came about, too. Ah well, go call it what you want but chew reality once in a while. Mere doo doo, look at me, I've memorized chicken drop facts.

[@jaymog]

We couldn't build a decent carrier aircraft? You're forgetting the Hawker Fury and the D.H. Hornet. I know they came too late to see combat, but they were the fastest piston engined fighters ever built. The best the Americans had was the Corsair which the US Navy rejected because they didn't have a clue how to land it on carriers until we (Royal Navy) showed you how. As for us buying American planes, we would have preferred German, but they wouldn't sell us any. LOL

[@bodkinofnurk8898]

@@jaymog Niiiiice.....

[@JDS11ify]

Little do you know the Brits built far safer aircraft carriers than the Yanks, who adopted several of the innovations invented by the Brits. Armoured flight decks being the most significant. Along with angled flight decks and catapults and enclosed hanger decks. @@justathought958

[@NaYawkr]

The Fastest British warplane of WW2, was at the time the fastest in the world, The De Havilland Mosquito, and you won't see it in the video, an inexcusable absence when far less significant aircraft are included here.

[@gearshaw2058]

i think it may be a 2 part video

[@burlatsdemontaigne6147]

There are several RAF/Fleet Air Arm museums in the UK. Between them they probably have at least one example of EVERY aeroplane ever flown by either service plus those of the RFC. It's just that they are not all under one roof.

[@stuco81]

6.57, whats that behind the Meteor?

[@pjnpurcell]

and 7:18.

[@8ARail]

This is Mosquito in the images, see around 7 mins 15 seconds into the video, it is behind the Gloster Meteror.

[@marccesar1]

Someone could answer me what music is this? It's very beautiful.

[@pmw650]

The first section is William Walton's Spitfire Prelude and Fugue. The second part is part of the sound track from the film The Battle of Britain.

[@stevetheduck1425]

The second part is 'Battle in the Air' by Sir William Walton, part of his music for the film 'The Battle of Britain'.

[@Trenesybondisarg]

falto el wellington :c

[@hugobourgeais5743]

That's not a bf109 g6 but g2/trop

[@stephenburgess5109]

Isnt the Defiant now at the RAF Cosford

[@TheGalwayFarmer]

sadly yes, along with the Gladiator

[@stephenburgess5109]

I Visited the Cold War Museum at Cosford i think its the only place that you can see all three V Bombers together in one place also have some rare WW2 Japanese aircraft.

[@stanszumel3808]

Stephen Burgess 8

[@granskare]

Kitty Hawk flew in China as directed by C. Chennault.

[@piratedjradio]

spent many nights here investigating the hauntings

[@AdrianJayeOnline]

damn, anyone realize, using the BOB movie soundtrack !

[@BradBrassman]

Lancaster S-Sugar should still be flying, and that Mosquito and Tempest.

[@memonk11]

Oops. B-25, not B-26.

[@galdramadur1]

The Bf 109 G is a G2 or 4 not a 6.

[@hansstopfer878]

Most likely the G2 still without the bulges for the machine guns. Bye hans.

[@patrickmiddleton2743]

Cosford next time? They have Vickers Valiant XD818.