WW2 Pilot's Daughter Flies Her Father's TWO-SEATER Hawker Hurricane! ✈️ | Forces TV

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The daughter of a Second World War fighter pilot has taken to the skies in an aircraft flown by her father in combat. Last month, Eugenie Brooks took off from Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar, Kent, in the Hurricane BE505 L-XP - the world's only two-seater Hawker Hurricane.
Ms Brooks' father, Pilot Officer John William Brooks, who flew with various RAF squadrons including No. 174 (Mauritius) Squadron, passed away in 1993. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Distinguished Flying Medal for his service.
Flying the aircraft in his memory, Ms Brooks flew over her father’s old wartime base at Manston, near Ramsgate, accompanied in the plane's cockpit by a photo of him taken 80 years earlier.
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[@matjov]

The James Milner of WW2 planes. Amazing career, hard-working and so often under appreciated!

[@keith79mod11]

What a wonderful story to honour her dad in such a wonderful way

[@wimjacobs5297]

Absolutely brilliant. Certainly your dad applauded from the fighter pilot heaven. They gave us the free world. Very proud, even as a Dutchman

[@exJacktar]

What a wonderful experience. As the child of someone who fought in the war, l can imagine the connection she would have felt to her father.

[@ifv2089]

What about camp bastion ?

[@dannycochrane4330]

Brought a tear to my eye. It must have been such an emotional flight for her.

[@michaelguerin56]

Great story and a special memory.

[@dazza9326]

Great story that it was her dads plane during the war.

[@HelixRsix]

Cracking old plane well done to her and all the pilots

[@billbrockman779]

The two seat Hurricane looks pretty normal. The two seat Spitfire not so much.

[@Skyprince27]

Quite agree, the two-seat Spitfire is pretty much a butchery although obviously, there has to be one. This two-seat Hurricane looks completely reasonable & natural.

[@milaskilathelab]

That is just such a cool thing to do!

[@jp10p66]

Wonderful and she must be very proud. My late next door neighbour, Fred, was a navigator in Mosquitoes with coastal command over the North Sea during the war and it's lovely to hear someone mention them as they're too often forgotten after fighter and bomber command.

[@bobthebomb1596]

Brilliant. I will have to look out for this. Love the Hurricane but I had no idea there was an airworthy two-seater.

[@camsmith6034]

Love forces TV keeps me up to date

[@empire-classfirenationbatt2691]

Gorgeous plane. Beautiful history.

[@tapster9657]

How beautiful was that, to see her fly in the plane her dad used to fly, wonderful.

[@1chish]

Well done that lady and god bless her Dad and all who gave their tomorrows for my generation (born 1947). Per Ardua Ad Astra

[@steveaustin6467]

watching this vid just tells you everything, emotional and wonderful....... well done to all....

[@mayajrj]

what a wonderful video. Thank you to all who helped Ms Brooks make this happen. And Thank you all, past and present, for your service:)

[@ROBIN_SAGE]

God bless all those who fought in the 2nd world war, especially bomber command, whom was treated as one less than a murderer after the war in GB, at least to my understanding from several books I’ve read on the subject. Is that really a thing? I was very surprised to learn/hear that, as that was not the case here in the U.S.

[@NJI-hy1pq]

Apart from Vietnam Veterans ofc....God Bless them!

[@TheTriumfAnt]

There will always be people who question decisions made during wartime. Generally by people who weren't there at the time. As you say, Monday morning quarterbacks.

[@bobthebomb1596]

I think that attitude is a more recent thing; from people with no close relatives who lived through the war. That said, fighter jocks have always stolen the limelight (no disrespect intended).

[@djsteel56]

The criticism levelled is based on ignorance by certain writers that should know better and can be refuted by these salient points. At the time it was the only way we we could take the war to Germany as there was no precision methods of bombing available till very late in the war (even the famed Norden bombsight was not anywhere near as accurate as claimed!) The Germans were the first to use area bombing of civilians with Zeppelin and Gotha raids on London in the First World War and Guernica in the Spanish Civil War. While the efficacy of Bomber Command's results is rightly subject to debate, the sacrifice of the 55,000 plus Bomber Command Aircrew plus the US 8Th Air Force sacrifice in the Air war over Germany should not be forgotten. We should rememember also all the civilian deaths caused as a result on all sides and stop following the politicians rush to war !

[@ROBIN_SAGE]

@@djsteel56 agreed. During World War II, one in three airmen survived the air battle over Europe. The losses were extrodinary. The casualties suffered by the Eighth Air Force were about half of the U.S. Army Air Force's casualties (47,483 out of 115,332), including more than 26,000 dead.... the loss of 55,000 for such a small nation is staggering. My grandfather was a tail gunner in B-17’s in the ETO/MTO. 52 missions. I have a small piece of Lancaster A-J-E flown by Lt. Norman Barlow on the “Dambusters” mission (operation Chastise) on 5-16-1943. It’s one of my most cherished “treasures”.

[@chazgisby8876]

So pleased for the lady to be able to do this.

[@jonathansteadman7935]

Wow, I knew about 2 seat Spits, I see the one from Shoreham frequently flying over Portsmouth in summer, but didn't know there was a Hurricane too.

[@TheTitaniumSkull]

I always liked the Hurricane more than the Spitfire. Under rated plane, More hurricanes than spitfires during the air battles over Britain.

[@stewartgrindlay9760]

Pretty cool that she got to fly in the exact same plane that her Father used and seat a couple of feet behind where he would have been. A great feel good story.

[@2865016]

Amazing

[@LordHughfusJarted]

What a great story.

[@lloydbarwick4977]

Just great to see.

[@roymichaeldeanable]

Girls used to fly them all the time...during the War

[@WillAleeLifts]

no

[@dickiemcvitie1752]

@Alexander Challis They certainly did. A friend of my mum (both now sadly no longer with us) used to do ferry flights of Lancasters from the factory to what ever base needed them.

[@bobthebomb1596]

@@WillAleeLifts Many of the ferry pilots that took aircraft from the factories to the RAF airfields were women.

[@claydayton1897]

Too cool.

[@imranzazai7404]

Wow very nice.

[@stephenthomson2196]

FANTASTIC

[@angelsone-five7912]

Lovely story, I hope she enjoyed the flight. I have moist eyes now too.

[@louispenn9253]

2:33 XD

[@3204clivesinclair]

Great story. Who are the morons who give a video like this a thumbs down?