Time Team S07E03 wierre-effroy,.france

On 23 May 1940, Spitfire pilot Paul Klipsch flew across the Channel for his first and last day of combat. His plane crashed in northern France, where his body is buried in a local cemetery.
Time Team have just three days to excavate the Spitfire and tell the story of Klipsch's last hours.

[@christinelavoie2644]

I absolutely loved Stewart's gentleness in explaining to Eric what happened to his half-brother.

[@mattkaustickomments]

I just saw an interview with Roman History expert Guy de la Bedoyere. Out of all his TT experiences he said this one was by far the best and most memorable. Because living witnesses made it so real.

[@chrisbell5920]

Group Captain Allan Wright, DFC and Bar, AFC, passed away on 16 September 2015, aged 95. His father, Air Commodore Arthur Wright flew with the RFC during WW1, and Allan's brother Mandeville, wounded whilst flying a Hurricane early in WW2 was killed after volunteering for mining operations off the North German coast. The third brother, John Wright, was invalided out of the RAF after breaking both legs in a flying accident.

[@LarryThePhotoGuy]

My uncle, 2Lt Milton Herman Reestman, was a navigator on an American B 29 that disappeared while on a "search and rescue mission" over the Coral Sea near New Guinea on February 2, 1944 and has never been found. Unfortunately, my mother, who adored her older brother all her life, died at 93; never finding out what had really happened to him. The telegrams to my grandfather from a general in the War Department are heartbreaking. This wonderful, old man's chance at finding closure was nice to see. I cried.

[@kaarlimakela3413]

I have been watching all the Time Team episodes, but this is the first one that made me cry ... when the old gentleman was given his step-brother's jacket chain ... then the old fellow died a few weeks later ... it just got to me ... thanks for all your hard work, gents and ladies ...

[@richardhardin4247]

The end left me in tears...

[@GrahamCLester]

Amazing that this wonderful poem was written by a nineteen-year old:

[@LJC4Lennon]

Almost like the old gent was just hanging on long enough to find out what happened to his brother. Very emotional episode, and as always fantastically done by Time Team

[@carlosperez-gb1fk]

My jaw dropped when I saw that old guy jump into that plane like he was a teenager. I can only pray I will be half that agile when I near his age. If I do. God bless him.

[@sstewart18761]

Its hard to imagine what a terrible service those villagers had to perform, to remove his remains from such wreckage. R.I.P

[@petebeauds7181]

My father served with the Canadian Air Force in England during the war where he met my mother. Fair to say, because of the sacrifices men like Paul Klipsch, and all the men and women who served in world war II made, I have had the life I am living now. I liked this episode very much and it reminded me again to not take anything for granted, hard to imagine where we`d be today had the allies lost the war.

[@Mediatech492]

Thank You, Sgt. Pilot Paul Klipsch.

[@anetaintegra8543]

It was quite a sad episode. I lost a husband who died in military service, and I have thought about what really happened and did he know. So, watching this one and seeing the crew collect the pieces plus the personal effects of the pilot made me cry. The pictures of Paul, my husband's name was Paul too, showed a brave, happy, healthy and handsome young man lost forever because of a war. Eric was visibly moved too by Stewart's sensitive explanation of Paul's death and this part was very touching. RIP Paul and Eric- two brothers finally together forever.

[@ahabtheplant]

I thought when the former pilot climbed into the Spitfire, that he was going to start the engine and fly around for awhile!

[@krypticpanda6670]

Such a shame about Eric, you could see his heart stop when he was handed the small hanging chain from his step brothers jacket, made me tear up completely.

[@jmazoso]

Love seeing those old guys getting up on their old equipment, the years melt off them. Thank you for your service

[@uncannydan]

At 33 min... notice the old timer's immediate head movements~ left, Right, Up, down...youthful, ingrained instincts kick in~ observation of all and everything in seconds.

[@ilonamollema6467]

This Time Team episode is on my opinion the best one they've ever made.

[@ikeroelfsema9991]

After watching this wonderful and also emotional episode, I visited Paul's grave in 2014 and this was thanks to Time Team, very special. I cried a few tears.

[@jehansanzterre3956]

What these more historically recent digs sometimes lack in dramatic structures,celebrated names or amazing artifacts,they certainly make up for in poignancy.So often the aging participants recall details lost to current sources,and their contributions make these shows meaningful,emotional and rewarding.Thanks once again for another irreplaceable Time Team episode!