Thorpe Abbotts Documentary

[@davef.2811]

Thanks for this. Not even a hundred years ago, and most of our youth don't even know of or understand what this was all about. God bless the greatest generation and their Herculean efforts to free the world of tyranny.

[@maxwellfan55]

This is a tremendous tribute, thank you for sharing it. Love and respect to our American friends including all those who served in England, enduring the hardships of war for our freedom today. We wouldn't have done it without you.

[@ColinH1973]

Very moving and touching footage. Thorpe Abbotts is a very profound place.

[@ducatiboy4951]

Your grandfather was one of our combined golden generation who gave so much in the cause of freedom and justice. 🇺🇸🇬🇧

[@samueldj123]

Great Job! I know your Great Grandpa had to love this. Salute to the Greatest Generation

[@thomascolones1937]

Wonderful tribute to your grandfather, great your family made this emotional journey to Thorpe Abbotts. I visited there twice before and enjoyed this history of this bomb group in WW II ! A salute to those who have worked hard over the years to ensure this history and those who flew & served from there are not forgotten! A salute to all who served there and the freedoms won for generations to come ! TC

[@jeffcarle5208]

One of the most memorable stops on a tour my friends and I took in the late 90’s. Hearing Glen Miller music as you enter the tower was cool, but my Bloody Hundredth coffee cup is now my constant reminder. Standing at the fence and listening to the breeze move through the corn then growing were so many young men worked and struggled was very emotional. Thanks for posting.

[@josephobe693]

Good job..we were there a few times because of a uncle who flew with the 351st. Sqd. as a waist gunner in 1944. Never forget. Thanks to Ron, Carol Batley, Gordon and the rest of the volunteers. JosephObe

[@grumpygramps1451]

The birds singing in the background, such a harmonious & tranquil atmospheric sound in comparison to the thunderous roars your grandfather would have been accustomed to all them years previous.

[@saxx001]

Very moving, thank you, we remember the Greatest Generation.

[@edge1289]

God bless your grandpa, my father in law, Frank Tarr also flew from Thorpe Abbot and was a member of the 349th. Again, God bless your Grandpa!

[@jrussell4711]

Very nicely done. Not many take the time to see where it all happened.

[@jordomayor5224]

Thanks for sharing your family history with the world. Your shown respect towards your Grandpa is what we are all obliged to do. We Younger one's can't imagine what those great heroes all went through. Only their suffering brought future generations the possibility of living in a somewhat free world. Respect to each and every one of them. I am a dual national, English /German, fifty five year old ex British Army soldier's son and live in Eastern-Germany right up in the North West on the Polish border. Reason for choosing this place is because my wife is originally from Poland and the city od Szczecin (Stettin). OK so for the moment this is all I have to share but if you'd like to reply then please feel free to do so. Cheers, Gordon

[@michaelbolton7790]

Been there several times. So awe inspiring, especially when they play a sound track from the control tower of returning B17's from a daylight bombing raid & preparing to land - so realistic!! So many young lives tragically lost on those raids.

[@tomburton8239]

Just seen this delightful video. What a treasure it is: a genuine personal link back to the Mighty 8th. We live in Norfolk, and pass so many airfields so often, every one swamps us with memories of 41-45. Thanks

[@freedombell2478]

My grandpa served their with the 418th Oscar l Edge Radio Gunner with the Bell Of Berlin B 17. It really is a magnificent place to really connect with your family history I felt standing their as if my grandpa was standing with me.

[@mpfaley]

awesome,

[@simon6ppc246]

Absolutely brilliant

[@ronaldleigh1933]

super

[@garysimpson3900]

What a fantastic thing for your family history to retrace the steps of your grandfather. No doubt he would have walked where you did 70 years before and wondered if he would survive the war, return home safely & have a family. Little did he know in those dark days that his grandchildren would walk in his footsteps.

[@JacobSmythYT]

Chills. Thank you for your comment.

[@thierryloop4039]

Merci beaucoup pour cette vidéo👍

[@flyingfortressrc1794]

Great video

[@freedombell2478]

My grandpa served their Oscar Edge kincannon crew , hope to go their one day.

[@freedombell2478]

I finally got to go.

[@edge1289]

God bless your grandpa, my father in law Frank Tarr flew out of Thorpe Abbot also in the 349th BS.

[@jeffsmith2022]

God Bless all the 'Grampys' out there who got the job done...

[@elmerlarimer9026]

love you dad crying

[@andrewfaber1792]

Six thousand miles , to a misty plain. Students schoolboys, brothers. Crew. For mother, country, Uncle Sam Our birds with pregnant bellies on the take off line. Our world behind us, lost through towering sky, our world within us, now mask and gun and sight. We fly, we fall. Black flak and circling fighters. Through frozen silence and laboured breath. And the souls we fight for, die for, and the lives we loudly end. And the enemy that sends us to our rest. So the '17 behind us, once proud then quickly gone. In two minutes taken lightly like the rest. And in that mass of fire and smoke, of guns and fuel and pain. They leave the burning moment of their time. A time of no significance to the world that never knew, their country's loss their families despair. Of twisted burning metal, falling death and skin and bone. The only meaning of the moment known. Ten mothers sons that won't come home. Sgt. l Moreno 100th bomb group, Thorpe Abbots Norfolk England 1944. After watching his friends B17 shot down. He himself was killed a week later.