Avro Lancaster Bomber Tour | Battle of Britain Memorial Flight

Thank you to the Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial Flight and Sergeant Matthew Marriott for their time and braving a snow storm to host the STARRSHIP team.

[lornaburgess]

My Brother was a Senior Aircraft Technician at BBMF now retired from RAF and working at East Kirkby Air Museum working on NX611 Just Jane.

[mytube]

My dad was a tail gunner, managed to do a full tour, even after having a wound in his shoulder . Got to 92, miss him loads.

[jamesodd]

Amazes me how many young men bravely took the missions & when you see old photos they're all smiling. Great generation.

[bubbleobill]

My grandfather was a navigator on one of these during WW2. He said that tail end Charlie was usually hosed out at the end of a bad mission. We cannot even begin to thank these men for their sacrifices.

[lesliesmith]

Rolls Royce starship I remember as a school boy (Roy chadwick) said keep it simple and he he
Had a bit of bad luck with the (Manchester) so he got the engernears to fit light switches (as the engine magneto short out units) engine cut outs this is only part of hundreds of good simple good ideas that was so helpful I was about 10 years old when I heard of that now I am 68 and still marvel at the avro Lancaster God bless them all ❤ 😅😊😊😅😊😊😅🎉

[tonylarkin]

Thanks mate great tour. Good that you didn't forget us aussies .460 RAAF SQN. Lest We Forget.🇦🇺

[placidrenegade]

Saw her fly low over my place yesterday. Such a wonderful surprise and it made my year. Lest We Forget

[Colin]

The refurbished Lancaster Bomber in Hamilton Ont.Canada is flying into Goderich Ont on June 14th 2024, there are only 2 left in the air today.

[chrismaplethorpe]

Recently visited the memorial flight and seen this amazing plane. Is worth a visit. We must never forgot the sacrifice the armed forces give and have given for our freedom

[bartjennings]

Such an incredible aircraft. Thank you sergeant, and the BBMF for preserving this history.

[patriciabracken]

I think you are a very lucky guy..to be beside the Lancaster....
The stripes on you're jacket tells me you're a Sergeant.. ..wow...
The Lancaster bomber is my favourite...4rolls Royce merlin at Castle Bromwich Birmingham....
My bucket list wish is to see her in person....
I'm her number 1fan...
Amazing Aircraft....
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[jimfarnell]

My father (a Canadian in the RCAF) flew 30 night missions over Europe & Nazi Germany on a Canadian crew aboard a Lancaster from 1943-1945… he was the navigator…

[DavidAndrewsPEC]

Beautiful aeroplane! I love this lineage of aeroplane - Lancaster-Lincoln-Shackleton ... I think that the Shackleton probably was the best that this line of design could have gotten to. But they were all brilliant machines, and they definitely made up for the short-term blunder that was the Manchester.

[sacreballs]

My Granda was a navigator in n the Lancaster during WW2. Would have loved to hear more stories from him but he never said much. He always talked about another pilot called Cornfield Jack as he always overshot the runway on landing and ended up in the corn field. Granda flew raids over Dresden. Our generation wouldn’t dream of it now. We’ve bred a bunch of jessies.

[davidwitter]

Thank you. That was informative. Great perspective. I got to see them living near Mt Hope Ontario. Avro did good work. cheers

[markorollo.]

I live in Chadderton, Oldham, about a mile from an old Avro factory where they used to build Lancasters, i think there was another one down the road in Failsworth too. And i found out not too long ago i had a distant relative that was a gunner on Lancasters,

[davidlawrencebanks]

Such beautiful condition, an absolute credit to all involved 👌

[gazh]

Thanks great video so good to see the inside of PA 474

[jamesbraine]

I fell in love with Flying Fortress type planes when I was 10. My dad took me to see Memphis belle which was a 12 rated. Im really enjoying your videos, keep up the good work.

[markorollo.]

i live about a mile from the old avro factory in Chadderton, Oldham where many, if not most, lancasters were built. regretably i didnt realize that until just a few years ago.