RAF's Legless Antihero - Sir Douglas Bader

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[@the_fat_electrician]

Who should i cover next?

[@Channel-23s]

Audie Murphy

[@NebDaBrush]

Battle of Osan.

[@TheCrusaderKing]

Patton

[@Channel-23s]

Or Desmond Doss the full story because some crazy things people don’t know

[@NebDaBrush]

AKA Task Force Smith

[@mister_woot]

Doug also was a guest at a Luftwaffe reunion after the war and was noted as saying "My God, I had no idea we left so many of you bastards alive"

[@Phoenixgemgaming]

Dear god Doug 😂😂😂

[@gregnm369]

That’s amazing

[@tristancills6442]

incredible 😂

[@sportsboyjon]

Thats so fucking brutal holy shit!

[@oz_jones]

British humor at it's best.

[@harbl99]

"You can't fly. You don't have any legs Dougie." "Does a bird use its legs to fly? Me neither. Put me in a plane!" Probably went just like that, but with a lot more swearing on Bader's part. The man swore up a blue streak at any opportunity.

[@longshot7601]

I've heard the joke about fuckers and Messerschmitts before. I didn't know it was an actual quote. That makes it even funnier. Thanks for the laugh, Sir Bader.

[@ElGreco15]

Why is it called a blue streak?

[@mshort7087]

What’s the joke, Sir?

[@andrewbell1105]

​@@ElGreco15 A blue streak, is a sentence with a lot of swearing in it. Blue jokes are jokes with lots of swearing and / or sexual references.

[@fnors2]

​@@ElGreco15Probably because it's about talking non-stop without catching your breath until your face turns blue.

[@fireman305]

Normally he wouldn’t have a leg to stand on, but Sir Bader became so good at his craft that he should’ve been referred to as Master… Bader.

[@amacfarlane001]

How dare you make me read that with my own eyes 😂

[@mickowen6137]

supreme master if you dont mind

[@LBdreamin]

That’s Sir Master Bader to you

[@SweatyFatGuy]

@@LBdreamin if he learned German and Italian he could also be a cunning linguist.

[@darksu6947]

​@@amacfarlane001Nobody makes me read with my own eyes!

[@docsavage101]

I had the real honour to escort this Legend for his last medical in 1982 at PMRAF Halton as a young medic. His first words were as he literally jumped out his taxi" hello lad, I'm Dougie Bader and your expecting Kenneth More " he looked at the wheelchair I'd been ordered to convey him on and told me he wouldn't be needing that and walk and chat with him. What a great personsable man. He inspired me so much that when i sustained a brain injury 30 years later and was told I'd be in a wheelchair for life, i just shook my head and proved them wrong .Thank you Dougie🙏

[@dariolinder4508]

"You're never going to walk again." Nu'uh!

[@andrews6411]

"You're never gonna walk again" "You and what army?"

[@paulvamos7319]

They told me that same thing when I broke my back and it took me two years and more than 90 surgeries before I could start to walk again! 😊

[@lokibrux]

That's incredible. I can't help but smile at this, so thank you. I just hope others can take inspiration from this and conquer their own adversities just as you have. 👍

[@rmoore850]

Wow!

[@mightymouse2249]

Sir, you actually make a commercial entertaining. I salute you.

[@kamrenbrown9666]

Shit even got me to buy a box haha. my unit gonna be stealing these from me I know it

[@garyng5662]

Hell yes he does. It’s incredible.

[@rcstl8815]

Can you imagine the fainting at woke corporate America!

[@ssjabelincoln420]

Dude, i paused it when i had to walk away. Didn't even think twice about it haha

[@helpPSYCHO]

@@rcstl8815Why do we need to bring woke-ness into a video about a British ace from World War 2.

[@jamesbell6182]

After the war Douglas wanted a private pilot license, the air ministry refused him because he had no leges. He went to the ministry headquarters and explained that he was a war ace and pow after a long conversation he got the license

[@EthalaRide]

Honestly, I would blame him if he pulled a "Do you know who I am?!?" Because at this point, COME ON.

[@arthas640]

​@@EthalaRideI do love some of those "do you know who I am stories". Reminds me of a few other stories like one where a former special forces veteran was forced to take a basic firearms test because they didn't beleive he knew how to operate a firearm, or another story where some young men tried picking a fight with Jack Dempsey (former world heavy weight boxing champion), or a similar story (not to his face) where people questioned why Cus Dimato (sp?) knowledge of boxing (trained Tyson and impressed Ali repeatedly), or that time an idiot told Stephen King he didn't know about literature and should read a book because he didn't recognize him

[@Earthshaker513]

My favorite part of Bader's story is that after the war, Britian's Southern Railway built a series of steam locomotives known as the "Battle of Britain Class." Each locomotive was named for officers, squadrons, and RAF bases that had participated in the battle. When the locomotive named "Fighter Pilot," number 21C155 was commissioned, Bader was invited to the christening ceremony as a guest of honor. He was even allowed into the cab and took the throttle for the loco's maiden run.

[@MacOriginalGamer]

"He was literally a legless man in the biggest ass-kicking contest the world has ever seen... and he was WINNING!" had me rolling! 😆😅🤣😂

[@txusmc69]

Msgt Roy Benavidez should be next. Survived a landmine and 37 bullet, bayonet and shrapnel wounds after a 6hr fight. Another legendary Green Beret Texan.

[@bdubb4684]

Yes, yes, yes, and YES!

[@Backdaft94]

INDEED

[@Rotorhead1651]

Agreed

[@zabdas83]

F yeah! This needs to be made...

[@mshort7087]

I’ve never heard of him, but I know I’m gonna love the man

[@theGimpfantry]

100% Disabled Veteran. I was told wheelchair by 30 y/o. Pushing 50 on my own two feet still... I love this pilots character!

[@petuniasevan]

I read Bader's biography "Reach For The Sky" back when I was just a kid in the early 1970s. Totally amazing badass. Never let his limitations limit him. Thank you for telling his story to many folks who might not have heard of this legless Brit pilot.

[@Rotorhead1651]

With all due respect to ALL of the men and women who've fought (and sometimes died), there's one man who you should absolutely recognize for this coming Christmas. For all of the DECADES that he was active, as long as there were Americans fighting, he never spent a holiday at home. He was ALWAYS with them, helping morale, giving them a reason to keep going, despite never having served, himself, due to a childhood accident that nearly crippled him, when one knee was crushed while playing in a train yard. When I was small boy, even into my teen years, he served the men and women in Vietnam. Before that he helped out in WW2 and Korea, and wherever men and women were stationed far from home. Eventually, the USAF gave him the honorary rank of full General, in recognition of his decades of selfless service to American servicemen and women.... .....General Bob Hope

[@kentleytaggart5816]

Yes few people know thank you for bringing it up.

[@MrIdiotkiwi]

You gotta be pretty gangsta to be a civillian that gets bumped straight to General for what you've done. Didn't know this, now, on to a Google rabbit hole I go! 😅 P.S. Appropriate last name is appropriate.

[@maggierainville3321]

Absolutely

[@LadyLibertyBella]

Amen! Hope brought laughter to generations of our warriors in the darkest times.

[@MrGaryGG48]

That would be so right! I really hope to see that video here; I know it would be excellent. General Bob Hope was on tour in Vietnam while my ship was in the Tonkin Gulf directing aircraft in and out of the fight. We never knew about that at the time though. I'd never heard about his "promotion." What a deserved acknowledgment! 👍

[@twrecks9119]

If you haven't covered Fighting Jack Churchill, then you should. Dude went into battle during WW II with a longbow, Scottish broadsword, and bagpipes. Dude was a bad ass.

[@joshmccoy1522]

When Bader went down, his plane was indeed recovered. The Germans recovered his prosthetic leg from the wreckage and gave it back to him. When he pointed out that it was damaged, the Germans did a little work on it and brought it up to serviceable condition.

[@themoojuice89]

I do wish the video covered a bit more about exactly what the kegs looked like and how they functioned etc

[@tracywilkinson1820]

I read that too. He was touched by it, the work they put into the repair, the leather straps replaced, the craftsmanship.

[@ez_company9325]

if thats true, what about the whole story with the air dropped leg? this comment kinda puts much of the video's authenticity in question.

[@jaythus3181]

​​@@ez_company9325this comment only said a leg, it's possible that his other leg was damaged and fell off during his capture and they repaired it, it's also possible that their repairs weren't 100% correct or that despite the repairs it still wasn't in good enough shape for long term usage, or the recovered and repaired leg was the air dropped one, or this is false. I don't know the answer, but there was at least a recreation of the letter shown in the video. Edit: that letter is around the 20:00 minute mark

[@joshmccoy1522]

@@ez_company9325 That part of the story is true, but there's more detail to it. The spot where the leg was bent never really worked right, so he asked the Germans if they could check on getting another. The Germans graciously offered to let a single British plane overfly the area and drop the leg, but not wanting the Germans to get any humanitarian ammo out of such a gesture, the RAF decided to include the leg in a regular bombing run. Worked like a charm.

[@keeftaylor834]

History + foul language + sarcasm = most brilliant and exciting history lesson ever. Thank you for your service, I absolutely love your content.

[@Grimpy970]

I absolutely love that you're so open and unabashed by the fact that you, like everyone else, have biases. Nobody on earth is immune to it- we all tell our own versions of stories. You, however, seem willing to embrace that vulnerability and keep on trucking. That's admirable! It's also informative to your audience that there's more to learn. You do good work! I hope to see more long-form videos because that's where you really shine in my opinion

[@lightwoven5326]

A great story about Bader was that he heard about metal ailerons for the Spitfire, which did not balloon and cause slowdown in a dive. So he flew to the engineering site, got them fitted and the next combat flight he outdived both the target ME109 AND HIS own Wingman! Needless to say his report was less than truthful. An absolute legend!

[@NateWhitelock]

Oh my god lol… so, this is officially one of my favorite videos you’ve made because the last minute or so contained one of my dads favorite “jokes” that I never knew was at least based on a true story. The “those fuckers were Messerschmitts” line KILLS. My life is complete knowing that was a real interaction lol.

[@muzzlevelocity4397]

That was truly a golden moment!

[@grahampovey8073]

Fokkers.....😂

[@Fanboy_of_everything]

@@grahampovey8073 lmao google says that Fokkers means “breeders” I mean they aren’t wro-

[@grahampovey8073]

@@Fanboy_of_everything haha...it would. Fokkers were WW1 biplanes and WW11 fighters, as in 'Fokker Dri.'

[@GimbleOnDew]

" G-force is just viagra for this guy" had me cracking up out loud. Love all your puns.

[@meatspoon2610]

Respect for sharing the story of a British wartime hero, we learnt about him at school (I'm British and from the London area) Here is a quote that has stuck with me for years; Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men- Sir Douglas Bader.

[@DifferentM14]

Pure gold, thank you!

[@WileyGunslinger]

23:50 “The lengths haters will go to just to hate never ceases to amaze me!”. Yup. It’s truly unbelievable. You put that much work and emotion to get better and you’ll stop being a hater. We’re all made in Gods image. No excuses. Go do the work. Don’t be intellectually lazy. Pick up heavy thing. It’s amazingly effective.

[@raptormaster666]

Having read the biography my grandparents had on this legend, I could not click faster on this video. Two things I liked from the book was that the Germans found his crashed aircraft and the broken prosthetic leg, and fixed it, so in addition to the one the British dropped, he had three of them. The second was he demanded that he be able to go on walks through the German countryside (let that sink in for a minute), and when he was granted them, he would load his legs with food that he'd bring back into camp.

[@wormfood83]

Yeah same here. I've read that book a few times now. I also try to shove a copy into the hands of everyone I know.

[@dimitriusvoldun8031]

Wow... And I COMPLETELY agree with how it's your subordinates that are a better show of your character than any peers or higher-ups. PERIOD.

[@aztumtheknightofwumbo7060]

They say if you treat your subordinates like your own loving children then they'll follow you into the deepest valley.

[@alexh3974]

@@aztumtheknightofwumbo7060 Pretty true, you rely on them to keep you alive, and they rely on you to keep them alive.

[@brigidtheirish]

It's like judging people on how they treat the waiter. People show their true character when they have authority over someone.

[@Neonradss]

Disappointing how this mentality becomes rarer and rarer the higher the position someone has.

[@tjtheo3584]

I care more ablit what my platoon thinks than what the co and 1sg think. May be why I dont make e8, but it is what it is

[@vincentmueller3717]

His abilities with the primitive artificial legs of the time were truly amazing. They were basically one step above peglegs, but the man made them act like his natural, quite athletic limbs. THAT is the achievement.

[@arkhaan7066]

Reminds me of Gotz of the Ironhand

[@sklaWlivE]

@@arkhaan7066I was just thinking of that guy! Renascence-Era Prosthetic with a spring-locked grip, was actually able to both fence with swords and pole arms up to zweihandler with it…rumoured to have cold cocked someone in the jaw his literal iron fist a few times, but even more in line with Sir Douglas Bader, would be the attitude and anti-hero status…the absolute irreverence for authority and social mores at the time. Dude told the goddamn Pope off multiple times, sided both with and against peasant uprisings depending on what he felt like that day, and was willing to throw hands (er…hand) with anyone who said he couldn’t fight on the frontlines anymore. Also, the first verifiable source for a well known “colourful metaphor” that made it’s way not just into Deutsch, but also English, French, and many other languages: “Lich meine arsch!” indeed!

[@yuritahdid1475]

Don't hate the player, hate the game! I don't understand why so many people react like that to someone overcoming adversity and becoming among the best at whatever the job may be. Don't be a jealous crybaby, instead learn from them and study what made them so damn good at it and use that intel to elevate your own game! Thanks for another great story bro. As long as you keep pumpin em out you have a huge fan in me! 💯

[@aztumtheknightofwumbo7060]

Dogma, Jealousy, and Bureacracy. The biggest issues with war.

[@SweatyFatGuy]

I was told, about two hours ago, that overcoming adversity and achieving something difficult, is only anecdotal to my own life. I replied that I am not the only one who thinks and acts that way, these people called MEN do it and perhaps the commenter should try being one.

[@baseballjustin5]

"Why you mad, it only [ --game-- ] war?"

[@yuritahdid1475]

@@SweatyFatGuy amen

[@exploringwithtyler]

“What are you doing pilot?” Bader: “Gang shit”

[@tavernmancer]

In 1976 my Grandfather went to a Commonwealth aircrew reunion. One of the programs he kept from the reunion has the signatures of Sir Douglas Bader, Gen Jimmy Doolittle and a few others. Its one of the more interesting random things I inherited.

[@keithmays8076]

My father met him back in the 50s when Bader visited the Civil Air patrol in California. He was telling Dad about the early days of The Blitz over England when the Luftwaffe only targeted military installations and air fields. On this day he was arguing with the base commander because he was getting tired of being regulated to being a trainer. He wanted to get back to being a fighter pilot but command told him that this was a young man's war, that he was too old , no legs, blah, blah, blah. Basically, they wanted him grounded and out of the way. So Bader stormed out of there after turning the air purple with his swearing, deciding what he needed to cool off was a nice cuppa tea in the mess hall. He was halfway there when the air raid sirens went off and stukas were strafing and bombing the field before the bombers did the real damage. One stuka strafed real close to him before lobbing a bomb right through the mess halls windows blowing the whole place to hell. Now there are very few things that will get a Brit to contemplate war crimes, but messing with a Brit's tea time is one of them. And Bader was already in a foul mood. So he angrily stomps over to the nearest plane, jumped in with no parachute, no vest, just the bare essentials, and took off down the runway. As he pulled up, a junker was just passing above him, so he opened him up from below before the bombs could be dropped. Then he pulled an immelman and as he was upside down midway, another bomber was right there in front of him less than a 100 yards, so he opened him up from asshole to appetite. Blew up in mid air. Two kills in less time to boil a kettle. He knocked another plane out of the sky before he had to land because the plane only had a half tank of petrol. When he landed he turned his head towards the crew chief and said, "Fill 'er up." Wound up downing two more bombers that day. After that, the brass had no choice but to put him back on the active duty roster.

[@richardsanchez5444]

9:03 i never thought of that and goddamn salute to the video game designers who put that much thought into a video game from the 90's

[@yudelabreu5964]

I actually heard the story about Sir Douglas before but never knew all the details. The only thing I heard was about the incident where the German flying ace had dinner with him and requested the prosthetic legs. Btw the Germans actually protested about the bombing the RAF did after dropping the legs. The ARF official response was something like: "This is a war, not a football game"

[@mordsythe]

I’m halfway through a full back tattoo of Battle of Britain featuring his squadron. My grandfather knew him personally and bragged for as long as the man was alive that his famous pilot friend could probably run a marathon with no legs and win. R.I.P. to the greatest generation.

[@davewatchedthat]

That has been my favourite flying ace joke since I was a kid, I never knew who told it until today! Thanks Chubby Electron Guy!!

[@leighz1962]

"Chubby electron guy" That had me watch the whole ad for lols. Glad we have you blessing us with your videos.

[@Herm.Q-92]

You couldn’t have found a more perfect way to end the video with the all-girls school bit. 😂😂😂 Textbook definition of a chef’s kiss moment!!!

[@kampfer3146]

That whole part had me on the floor 😂

[@jamesineson4609]

Douglass Bader grew up in my hometown sprotbrough. In the center of the village there is a fancy manor house which is the old rectory (church house) that his family grew up in as his mum married the vicar

[@Volvith]

This dude is the equivalent of "This man climbed the mount Everest without any legs." ; _"Yeah well his legs can't hurt."_ Am i saying we should turn modern fighter pilots full on double amputees?... _Not specifically. _*_I'm just saying we need to look at our options because this man rocked._*

[@brucemitchell5637]

" That may be ma'am, but these fockers were meserschimts. " LOL! A quote from a hero that absolutely doesn't give a shit what other people think about him ! 😂

[@mikesimms5750]

Hey man, I just wanted your sponsors to know: I actually watch this man's ad reads. He's the ONLY person who's ad reads I'll watch. Whatever you're paying him, double it, cause he's the only guy you've got doing it right.

[@mancunian4eva332]

Dude, love the fact youve covered Sir Douglas. Youre amazing presentation skills really did justice to his story. He is the very epitome of no such thing as excuses. It's a fairly broad topic but maybe you could cover Operation Jedburgh. The many guys that operated as teams all over the various theatres of WW2 were truly amazing. Its fair to say that without these teams of UK, US and European operatives then D-Day would possibly have turned out very differently. They were so successful that Hitler extended his commando decree to include operatives captured from Jedburgh.

[@BradfordRMcKnight]

That’s the best KZbin ad I’ve seen. PermaSafe needs to give this man a raise.

[@cowmeatius7151]

I've written this 3 times already, but you have to look into Leo Major, the one eyed Canadian Rambo who liberated a city by himself. I would love to see a video on him!

[@jakepashley2343]

Most British historians I'm aware of, view malory and the Big Wing with contempt. malory's plan conveniently gave him command of the most fighters, in all of the RAF and becase of the fuel limitations in 30s planes, and limited runway space, it used more fuel and limited response times, while the first planes waited for the others to take of and form up.

[@HydraHolden]

Makes sense. I’m sure his opposition used those as the primary arguments against him. It puts all of your eggs in one expensive basket, but extends one massive wallop for its effort.

[@peterrollinson-lorimer]

True. I believe that Bader's motivation for the big wing was largely personal, a way of inserting himself into the action.

[@thomasbraden8242]

"He's got a leg up." Dude I spit my coffee out on that one. Great episode.

[@engi9715]

Yeah, he stood up for all the leg-o-less people out there

[@danwrigley7955]

This may be the best one yet! I was laughing out loud amid severe depression. Thank you for your videos

[@mayberrygary25]

I met Sir Douglas Bader briefly as a USAF SP working as an Honor Guard at a big Anglo-American soiree at RAF Welford in 1981. It was 40 yrs after the war, but he was wearing his RAF dress uniform and came "clanking" somewhat down the entrance ! Very serious looking and talking guy !

[@DragonFruitXVI]

Being polite doesn't get you into heaven.

[@the_fat_electrician]

Fax

[@Cletrac305]

You did a great job with the time you had! I would recommend to anyone the book "Reach for the Sky" to fill in the missing details. A few of them of note are that a luftwaffe mechanic built him a replacement leg from aircraft aluminum using the first jointed foot on a prosthetic before the airdrop. he further developed this and other prosthetic technology after the war. He had his legs taken away several times. He was taken to a base and allowed to sit in a fully fueled and armed German fighter. He was head of the escape committee at Colditz. He escaped once by posing as a German officer with a homemade uniform and inspected their troops on the way out! He was physically abused as a child. In the book, he said he passed out, still stuck in the spitfire, and woke up in his parachute missing his leg Etc. Etc.

[@DutchTraveler]

Love the dad jokes, and love this man’s story. Dude is a mad lad, and I always enjoy reading about guys like him.

[@atomsk01]

Long time viewer, first time commenter, and paraplegic since birth. Loved this one! Hey since you did Douglas Bader you have GOT to do Roy Benavedez! Guy Practically willed himself to walk again after getting lit the fuck up in battle!

[@the_fat_electrician]

Roy is def on the list!

[@maxbarth4788]

"This man is not out here to make friends, he's here to win a war"

[@deef6844]

It is incredibly fitting that so much of the footage of Spitfires in this video are of 417 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force (Squadron code "AN") flying their Mk. Vbs in North Africa. 417 Squadron RCAF was eventually led by Stan Turner, who served under Douglas Bader in 242 Squadron during the Battle of Britain. Stan Turner was credited in the destruction of at least 14 Axis aircraft, and is remembered as one of Canada's exceptional fighter leaders of the Second World War.

[@vibechecker3168]

Ah yes Douglas Bader, because if he can’t walk, then Jerry’s not walking out of this alive either

[@joshuaking34]

Fellow Pilot: "You're an arrogant prick." Bader: "Don't make me break my foot off in your ass."

[@ericeckler8445]

The stories you tell and the way you tell these stories is just beyond! NEVER STOP! I wait with anticipation for another story from you, although I may know it and heard it somewhere else. You're the best!

[@RainedOnParade]

“That may be madame but these fuckers were Messerschmitts” is the funniest thing I’ve heard all week

[@madmachine5244]

He was most definitely a badass. Especially as a fighter pilot took on the Germans at their strongest and raised a little bit of hell. The reasons I believe that why his chain of command didn’t like him was because he didn’t play their games of military politics or played their game ruffling their feathers. I’m glad that he’d was able live a long life with his wife and children. Because he’d most certainly deserved it.

[@coltonbucholz6278]

I’m loving the channel. It’s great that these stories are getting passed down to new generations. Amazing delivery too!!

[@praetorian3902]

- This man has no legs and climbed Mount Everest. What's your excuse ? - My legs hurt.

[@Wyomingchief]

I found out about Douglas Bader when I was in high school. I was really into reading about World War ii, and at one point I started reading a lot about POW camps. That's how I found out about him and his Escape attempts and how they had to parachute him a new leg and etcetera and I knew he was a gangster at that point. And from there I read every book I could about the guy he was a legend

[@roycereinhardt3763]

Bro i just found your channel and have been binge watching your videos even while i sleep. Your commentary is fucking amazing and love the humor and puns you throw into the in depth serious contemt your discussing and talking about. Thank you for the accurate historical content and most importantly thank you for your service sir!

[@jacobweaver384]

That joke is one of the earliest jokes my dad ever told me when I was a kid. He loved air shows as a kid and picked it up somewhere but didn't know that it came from this guy. Awesome stuff

[@louellacharlton4425]

Please tell me I'm not the only one who wishes we had as many men of this caliber today as we had back then!!! And i do not mean "heroes " , i just mean real men!

[@fyrftr521]

Love all of your content. You are an amazing historian!

[@thedescendedangel]

I love that TFE did such a good job that they made him the ad on the Amazon page.

[@danrusso]

Man I don’t know which one of your stories is the best. It’s impossible to choose! Loved loved loved this!!!

[@KakashiHatake-gq8jc]

Day 3 of listening to your videos for 4 1/2 to 5 hours straight. As a 9 year army vet 12 b combat engineer your videos are beyond entertaining and informative. Love them

[@EndingSimple]

I knew about him, but yet again, you've done right by your subject. Very lively presentation.

[@lnytita6763]

Right before your video ended, I paused it (so I could come back to it) and then watched Sir Bader's movie. I appreciated having the knowledge from your video to fill in the "creative license" gaps in the movie. Great pairing! Thank you so much for what you do. Aloha🤙

[@chellescozycooking]

As someone who loves historical stories, especially those that aren't as well known, I absolutely LOVE your content! Watching this one made me want to watch the movie. I just found it here on KZbin so I'm going to give it a watch. Thank you for sharing the way you do. Keep it up!!

[@andylipscomb5199]

Another great biography of a true legend. Thank you. I knew some of his story, but you filled it out beautifully. Plus you can turn a phrase like no one I've seen recently.

[@jonathanbailey8624]

Bader was one of my heroes growing up. I have to correct one thing about his being taken down over France. The Germans did find the wreckage and sure enough his prosthetic was found it it, a bit worse for wear. Bader asked if they (Luftwaffe) could see about taking it back to their airfield and see if they could bash out the dents in it, which they did. I have the biography written by Paul Brickhill which contains the account of the whole incident.

[@Masonjar94]

I’ve been binge watching your stuff man. It’s the perfect mixture of comedy and history

[@airsoft1232]

I always love his ads, but for him to say paramedics first before all the others makes me warm inside. Thank you fat electrician, thank you so much

[@SirMevan]

Respect to that German guy who asked for a new prosthetic for Douglass and even let him keep it despite him trying to escape constantly.

[@jackolantern404]

I have a son with limb differences, and I can't wait to share this story with him one day ❤

[@jessehachey2732]

I hope you’re aware that it’s correctable with a couple orthopedic surgeries, if the issue is difference in length. In fact, it’s highly advisable to get it surgically corrected, as it will inevitably cause scoliosis and other complications over time…I had it done at 11 years old. Was able-bodied after, and even serve a decade in the 🇨🇦 military. So it’s worth it, just saying…

[@twrecks9119]

I am absolutely loving your military history videos.

[@piritskenyer]

Great video! A note on the Big Wing: Most criticism levelled at it is about cycle time, cost of missing and keeping up the pressure on the enemy. Cycle time: Cycling a squadron of 12 aircraft and sending them up when they're ready is quicker and generally more efficient than waiting for all 72-96 aircraft to be ready to go. Cost of missing: If one squadron gets lost in nav and fails to find the enemy, it's a smaller problem than if the great whole bunch of aircraft miss them, as there's a high likelyhood that other squadrons will find the enemy and engage it. This feeds in to the pressure issue: The point of having the smaller squadrons cycle constantly and always have the germans engaged was that the germans could never take a minute to set their shit straight, because there were always enemy fighters *somewhere* This increased their fuel consumption (and fucked their loiter time) and increased their ammo consumption which meant that they would probably run out of ammo before a fight was over. With the Big Wing you would have one big fight, not depleting ammo and fuel that badly.

[@samael4550]

The teacher coming up with “A Fuchen is a German plane!” on the spot is genuinely insane lol, he shoulda went with it just because of how clever that save was, but his response is still golden lmao.

[@MattLaneFitness]

“G force is just viagra to this guy” Best line I’ve heard yet. Got a literal lol outta me good sir. Touché.

[@candacerocks99]

I just love this channel! As a USAF vet and somebody who loves history your videos are as informative as they are entertaining. I'd love to see you do more video's on the women of WWII, the code breakers, the Women Air Force Service Pilots, Women of the Air Transport Auxiliary (Britain), hell I know we hate communism but the Russian's had the Night Witches during WWII who were pretty bad ass. There were so many women who really helped during WWII and their stories are not told enough. Anyway keep up the great videos.

[@michalwintz7083]

Sometimes the military has stupid rules. Thankfully there are men who are determined to get the right to join the fight. Thank you for another awesome video. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@sirhostile7341]

Bro THANK YOU for that glove plug. I'm a mechanic and have been looking for a good pair.

[@dvldog_]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate the absolutely stellar and hilarious "word from our sponsor"?

[@zimbabwejim7153]

That end quote is the greatest thing I've ever heard

[@dozi3r]

Those gloves look great for surveyors. I'd love to have a box for when we have to measure the bottoms of sewers

[@Kannibal84]

That last bit cracked me up. Sounds like a great guy to have drinks with.

[@tedthesailor172]

Thank you so much for detailing the life of Douglas Baader, and defending him from his detractors. His kind just don't seem to be born these days. Incidentally, he was one of two legless British fighter pilots, the other being our less famous Colin Hodgkinson...

[@A_Wild_Dyzzy]

It is incredible that Douglas Bader potentially met Charles Upham at Colditz Castle. Two soldiers that made it their job as pows to be nothing short of a major pain in the ass to the guards. There’s a famous picture of Charles laying in barbed wire smoking a cigarette after telling German guards to come get him after being told to get out.

[@joebarrington7753]

The starfox lore and tasteful joke made this story so much better than it already was 😅

[@zedalba]

Most fighter pilots had a lot of respect for each other, no matter the side you were on. The reason so many were able to safely eject was because there was an unwritten rule that once the plane was inoperable, you stop shooting.

[@neilevarts6887]

I read Douglas Bader's (auto?)biography when I was in high school. He was a truly remarkable man, and an awesome pilot.

[@emilea2373]

I salute this man. Also the bit at the end with the story, love it

[@Dr.E2008]

Suggestion for another non-American badass: Brigadier Simon Christopher Joseph Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat, 4th Baron Lovat. He was the only commander to achieve his objective at Dieppe, and led British Commandos in the first wave ashore at Sword Beach during the Normandy Invasion.....WITH A PERSONAL BAGPIPER (who is ALSO a badass).

[@TheKidKaizer]

The timing on the flying robot shooting ad was timed perfectly by KZbin on this one hahaha

[@Platinumsniper]

You should cover Alexander de Seversky. This man created Republic aircraft company which made the P-47 Thunderbolt (The Jug) and alongsode Walt Disney created an animated move to prove to the brass that Aviation was the killer of Battleships and the future of the Navy.

[@dtaylor10chuckufarle]

Airmanship started to go sideways when pilots stopped wearing silk scarves. Clearly this was one key to the chap's success.

[@papanam4267]

Sir Douglas BADASS should be his Hero Name of Fame!

[@jasonarmstrong1229]

He definitely got more then a medal from the queen.

[@LavenderSystem69]

"These Fokkers were in Messerschmitts" will forever be one of the best aviation jokes/stories to ever grace this earth lmfao

[@JoshuaNyhus]

So great. 😂

[@faryldaryl3975]

One of my favorites was from the '70s, a British airline pilot going into Frankfurt. Frankfurt controllers were known to be stern and impatient. Once on the ground the pilot asked for directions to his gate, and the controller snapped "Have you never been to Frankfurt before?" Pilot: "Well yes, but that was in 1944, and I didn't land, I just dropped something off."

[@tomhalla426]

I had heard the line as part of a joke. That version had a Norwegian telling the story about the Fokkers.