Second World War - Dam Busters

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  • čas přidán 3. 12. 2022
  • Drone film of the Möhne dam with information about the 1943 'Dam Busters' raid.

Komentáře • 45

  • @nashuf1492
    @nashuf1492 Před rokem +4

    Thanks for taking us all there and glad your drone stayed airborne :)

    • @StevenUpton14-18
      @StevenUpton14-18  Před rokem +2

      Thank you for watching. It was very scary flying over water for so long.

  • @VisionAssoc
    @VisionAssoc Před rokem +5

    Marvellous video. I appreciate all the work you put into these historic videos. Thanks Steven…🇬🇧

  • @PaYnMzZ
    @PaYnMzZ Před rokem

    Good to see you're back in the game mate, I have been reading some of the released battalion war diaries from ww1 available from the national archives. Always find your videos a good reference point when searching these, so I have both a written and visual standpoint to gain a better understanding of this terrifying moment of history. Greeting from Sydney, Australia

  • @martincolclough4387
    @martincolclough4387 Před rokem

    Hi Steven, enjoyed this video. Nice to see you have ventured into WWII. My family were RAF during WWII so it was nice to see your video.

  • @rogerpattube
    @rogerpattube Před rokem

    Most amazing use of the drone! Amazing. (Steven, suggestion: ANZAC Cove would be a highly suitable subject for more battlefield detective work!)

    • @StevenUpton14-18
      @StevenUpton14-18  Před rokem

      Thank you for watching. I would like to go to Galipolli as my great uncle served there. He was wounded twice and still only 16. Unfortunately not sure when ir if I can go due to cost.

  • @daveandjoannenoordhoff
    @daveandjoannenoordhoff Před rokem +1

    Having watched the marvelous film, read the interesting book and studied the After the Battle articles, I really enjoyed watching this video. Thank you for filming and editing it for us. Also, a very belated thanks for all your Great War videos, especially of the Franco-German parts of the front such as Massiges, Hartmanwillerkopf, Verdun, etc.

    • @StevenUpton14-18
      @StevenUpton14-18  Před rokem +1

      Thank you for watching and your encouraging comments. I hope to be back on the Somme in February.

  • @TheDeadlyraptor
    @TheDeadlyraptor Před rokem

    This popped up in my feed toga just after Johnny Johnson died . I met him few years ago at East Kirby with Barnes Wallis’s daughter . RIP Johnny

    • @StevenUpton14-18
      @StevenUpton14-18  Před rokem

      Thank you for watching. I just read today about Johnny's passing. The last of the Dam Busters.

  • @roddy222
    @roddy222 Před rokem

    My first UK trip included a visit to Herne Bay Museum to see a bouncing bomb prototype and then I visited Derwent River Dam where they apparently done training runs before the mission. So honoured to have been able to visit these sites. Great video. Cheers.

  • @AMDronephotography
    @AMDronephotography Před rokem

    Good video Steven, must go back there and take my drone. Not been there since 1989 when I was in the RAF and doing work out at Gütersloh, from North Luffenham. I can remember walking out to the middle and wondering how the hell they managed that at night at almost zero feet without modern navigation equipment. Lest We Forget

    • @StevenUpton14-18
      @StevenUpton14-18  Před rokem

      Thank you for watching. I always wonder how they found specific targets in a blacked out Europe.

    • @AMDronephotography
      @AMDronephotography Před rokem

      @@StevenUpton14-18 yes me too. There was a series on tv a few years back and the wanted to see if modern day RAF pilots and navigators could fly the Dambusters mission. They did it but they found it very difficult.

  • @Ade4fish
    @Ade4fish Před rokem +1

    Well done. Thanks for the film.

  • @dave3156
    @dave3156 Před rokem +2

    Very interesting video. Steven, I didn't know you ventured out of WW1 and into WW2. I do hope you have some more WW2 planned. Thanks for sharing!

    • @StevenUpton14-18
      @StevenUpton14-18  Před rokem

      Thank you for watching. I happened to be near the dams in August and decided to film them. Also my personal connection to 617 squadron.

  • @simon6ppc246
    @simon6ppc246 Před rokem

    Brilliant video my friend

  • @SimonFlex
    @SimonFlex Před rokem

    4FG3+J8 Aalter (wandelknooppunt77) not far from where I live, there is one slab of concrete left from the airfield, still though there are bunkers around. There is a museum as well 5GQ2+H3 Maldegem and the Canadian CWGC cemetary next to the museum. Two tanks from the Operation Switchback are still there in Adegem. Greets Simon

  • @harley909
    @harley909 Před rokem

    Surreal how peaceful it seems…

    • @StevenUpton14-18
      @StevenUpton14-18  Před rokem

      Thank you for watching. I filmed this early in the morning to avoid people. I know from a previous visit that the dam can get very crowded.

  • @Haxenhans
    @Haxenhans Před rokem

    8:06 you are mixing up Möhnetalsperre (Drone footage) and Edertalsperre (historical picture) - But of course you know - Best regards

  • @gatrataable
    @gatrataable Před rokem

    When are u visiting normandy? Plz

    • @StevenUpton14-18
      @StevenUpton14-18  Před rokem +2

      Thank you for watching. At present I have no plans to visit Normandy.

    • @westerncherokeewireless642
      @westerncherokeewireless642 Před rokem

      ​@@StevenUpton14-18 Hope you're well Steve, looking forward to your next history lesson, you're the best!

    • @StevenUpton14-18
      @StevenUpton14-18  Před rokem

      @@westerncherokeewireless642 - Thank you for watching.

    • @StevenUpton14-18
      @StevenUpton14-18  Před rokem

      I have no plans to go to Normandy at present.

  • @Mikkelltheimmortal
    @Mikkelltheimmortal Před rokem

    Beautiful footage.
    The plan was quite audacious wasn't it. Yet they managed to pull it off, even if it was seemingly all for not

  • @metalema6
    @metalema6 Před rokem

    The allies sure committed their fare of atrocities

  • @ja37d-34
    @ja37d-34 Před rokem

    Pretty amazing flying with Lancasters... Hat´s off boys! Amazing raid.

  • @ja37d-34
    @ja37d-34 Před rokem

    Just curious, went back and looked on some vids.. Working on any new ones? :)

    • @StevenUpton14-18
      @StevenUpton14-18  Před rokem +1

      Thank you for watching. Unfortunately I lost my drone in February in Switzerland, so although I will be visiting Verdun next month I will not be filming.

    • @ja37d-34
      @ja37d-34 Před rokem

      @@StevenUpton14-18 I´m sorry to hear you lost the drone. Hopefully ypu get a new one some time?
      Oh nice, have a nice journey? Nice season for visiting Verdun I guess? Maybe harder to see some traces in the green foliage?