Amazingly done! I've recently finished reading a book named "Reach for the Skies" by Paul Brickhill, and it really interested me in Douglas. And this video sure did reenforce that - thank you! It's truly a great video. 👍👍
@GULLPERCHFLYER
2 ай бұрын
Many thanks do ponder subscribing. Chris. kzitem.info/rock/Oh3lzlK4b9UtMzHagk7SaQ
@CliipperzzFR
2 ай бұрын
@@GULLPERCHFLYER I don't have to ponder if I've already made up my mind to subscribe 😄😄🛩
@GULLPERCHFLYER
2 ай бұрын
Very much appreciated. Chris.
@jackthebassman1
2 ай бұрын
Super Chris, thanks again, many, many times over.
@GULLPERCHFLYER
2 ай бұрын
Thanks Jack glad you enjoyed the film. Chris.
@johnhudghton3535
8 ай бұрын
Thanks Chris. Good video. I particularly enjoyed the interview.
@GULLPERCHFLYER
8 ай бұрын
Appreciate your kind feedback John. Chris.
@kevchilton908
8 ай бұрын
Great job again, Chris. I was totally engrossed from the first click to the last! 👌🏻👍🏻
@GULLPERCHFLYER
8 ай бұрын
Many thanks Kevin glad you enjoyed it. Chris.
@davidcole333
7 ай бұрын
I read his biography at 8 years old, I am now 56. It sparked a life long passion for world war 2 aviation. I can't imagine a modern fighter ace who was a double amputee...truly remarkable.
@GULLPERCHFLYER
7 ай бұрын
I agree David an amazing character. Do ponder subscribing to my channel. Chris. kzitem.info/rock/Oh3lzlK4b9UtMzHagk7SaQ
@bobsakamanos4469
Ай бұрын
Having flown Pitts and other aerobatic aircraft, I can't imagine anyone from any era flying a high performance taildragger with tin legs. Bader was an amazing pilot and leader. He worked tirelessly after the war to inspire other amputees and handicapped people.
@kenh3344
8 ай бұрын
Nice find, this footage. Did not know much about Douglas bader , or his by planes. But the film reach for the sky made him famous in my view . And his tin legs the germans took off him at a concentration camp in Germany.. a hery hood portrayal of Douglas bader by Kenneth Moore in reach for the sky . So you have filled in his early years for me . And reach for the sky filled in the rest. Very informative Chris. We tend to forget bi planes in,world war 2 . Eg sword fish. Tiger moths. Etc because of the hurricane and spitfires and lancs etc. 😊
@GULLPERCHFLYER
8 ай бұрын
Thanks Ken I am glad it was of interest, Douglas Bader's early RAF life was an interesting find. Chris.
@ianbell5611
8 ай бұрын
Great video. My Dad used to talk about "The British ace fighter pilot with both legs amputated". I never knew his name much about his earlier history pre battle of Britain. Definitely a Legend of a man. Cheers
@GULLPERCHFLYER
8 ай бұрын
Its hard to imagine losing both legs and having the drive and determination to get back and fly a front line fast aircraft back in the day. Appreciate your feedback Ian. Chris.
@daveengland78
7 ай бұрын
That was an interesting short film you put together, I have been a subscriber from when you started and I appreciate all the effort you put in to make these short films, keep going gull I for one will continue watching. Dave.
@GULLPERCHFLYER
7 ай бұрын
Thanks Dave for your kind feedback. Chris.
@freeman8128
8 ай бұрын
A lot of people who knew Bader personally and flew with him deeply disliked him. He was seen as dangerously egoistic and reckless.
@GULLPERCHFLYER
8 ай бұрын
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@electricmanist
7 ай бұрын
I think many people who 'stand above the crowd' have a determined 'personality' . Douglas had (and needed this) in order to persevere in overcoming his limitations and rejoining the RAF after his accident. No doubt this determined personality 'rubbed up against some people at the time, but no doubt this trait carried him through many adversites
@freeman8128
7 ай бұрын
@@electricmanist Good point with a lot in it. However one can also bear in mind that the crash at Uxbridge in which Bader lost his legs was caused by this same personality flaw. During WW2 he was disliked at Tangmere because due to his egoistic personality he was dangerous to fly with, jeapardising his fellow combatants as much as did the enemy. There are questions about the circumstances in which his plane went down. Bader claimed to have been shot down, but others who were there and witnessed the incident say that he collided with another British plane, the pilot of which did not survive.
@vipertwenty249
7 ай бұрын
I knew an armourer from 19 squadron during the Battle of Britain. He was based at Duxford's satellite airfield at Fowlmere. He deeply disliked Bader due to Bader's appalling attitude toward the lower ranks who worked so hard to keep the aircraft flying.
@electricmanist
7 ай бұрын
@@vipertwenty249Bader was well known (probably disliked too) for his 'arrogant' attitude to other 'less' mortals . Having lost both legs (in a flying accident) he probably cultivated this attitude when fighting to overcome this disability, --- also in order to successfully command 242 squadron during the Battle of Britain. I think he was to only totally legless pilot in WW2. Nonetheless, he was an inspiration to many wounded servicemen during those times. I know this, as I was (as a boy) in such a hospital ( many wounded service men) for several months during the early 40's/41s. (Near St Albans) The movie 'Reach For the sky' was a romantic attempt to portray his character.
@astiwine2354
8 ай бұрын
Douglas Bader was one of my heroes when I was a boy in the1950's.
@GULLPERCHFLYER
8 ай бұрын
Thank You Asti it was interesting for me to read up about Douglas Bader's early RAF life. Please consider subscribing. Chris. kzitem.info/rock/Oh3lzlK4b9UtMzHagk7SaQ
@WarblesOnALot
7 ай бұрын
G'day, Yeah, blame BBC Propaganda and Paul Brickhill for that. I copped it, and believed it all, too, unquestioningly. However I was always aware of the salient points of Bader's character being that he was headstrong, arrogant and ruthlessly ambitious - which was why and how skewered himself on a Spike-topped Iron Fence as a teenager, and it was how and why he crashed his Bulldog to lose his legs...; and it was also why he got himself mired on the wrong side of History regarding his "Big Wing" nonsense... But then, during the 1980s, as a Student Nurse at a Repatriation Hospital I had a Patient who'd been in POW Camp with Bader, before he was sent to Colditz - and he DESPISED the arrogant bastard. Because there was no possible way that any of Bader's "Escape Attempts" could ever achieve anything beyond pissing off the Guards and resulting in all the other Prisoners to be lined up and beaten in the Snow, being counted while they were looking for Bader - and therefore EVERY time he pulled that shit it was against the orders of the Camp X Committee which ruled on any proposals for trying to run away. And, he was too much of a bullshit artist to ever admit that he was shot down by a better Fighter Pilot - always claiming to have lost his Tail, while being rammed. I only met him once, briefly, in Sydney in 1982 ; shortly before encountering the ex-POW who explained to me the yawning gap between the Propaganda Image and the actual man. Anyway, such is life, Have a good one... Stay safe. ;-p Ciao !
@bobsakamanos4469
Ай бұрын
@@WarblesOnALot and now the BBC has been running its smear campaign against Bader for decades after his death. Wars aren't won by the emotionally frail. Bader was the right man at the right time and did wonders for 242 Sqn and others. After the war he worked tirelessly for the handicapped.
@johndavey72
8 ай бұрын
Good evening Chris . Tally ho! Old boy . Spiffing ! ......Douglas was , and always will be my all time favourite hero , even though Kenneth More was responsible for my admiration ! I have his commentary on the 50 th anniversary of the Battle of Britain on CD . I often play it in my garage ! Thanks Chris .
@GULLPERCHFLYER
8 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed the film John, appreciate your kind feedback. Chris.
@TheLincolnshireFlyer
8 ай бұрын
Thank you for posting 😊
@GULLPERCHFLYER
8 ай бұрын
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@stuartlynn-q8q
8 ай бұрын
Great video. Thanks Chris
@GULLPERCHFLYER
8 ай бұрын
Thanks Stuart it was interesting to look at Douglas Bader's early RAF days. Chris.
@alexandradane3672
7 ай бұрын
Thank you for this - from a new Subscriber.
@GULLPERCHFLYER
7 ай бұрын
Thanks for the subscribing very much appreciated. Chris.
@CP-sy9cd
8 ай бұрын
The foolishness of juvenile ego but also the grit and determination of a fighting spirit.
@GULLPERCHFLYER
7 ай бұрын
Very well written many thanks. Please have a subscribe to my channel. Chris. kzitem.info/rock/Oh3lzlK4b9UtMzHagk7SaQ
@malcolm4956
8 ай бұрын
🇬🇧One of only two books that I have read (the other was Treasure Island) found him inspirational in the1960’s find him inspirational today 🇬🇧
@GULLPERCHFLYER
8 ай бұрын
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@RSA_JD
7 ай бұрын
Also ponder reading another book. You may just enjoy it.
@bobi2582
8 ай бұрын
Very interesting and informative. Douglas Badger was a childhood hero of mine growing up and Reach For The Sky, my favourite wartime film. Just one minor observation and that is, a couple of the biplanes shown here and labelled Avro Tutors, and, I believe, are actually Avro 504N's.
@GULLPERCHFLYER
8 ай бұрын
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@bobsakamanos4469
Ай бұрын
Bader was indeed the right man at the right time for revitalizing 242 Sqn who were completely demoralized after returning from France. He cut through red tape to get them operational again and his charisma, leadership and energy won them over to become a first rate team of fighter pilots.
@GULLPERCHFLYER
Ай бұрын
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@JohnMcNamara-c7i
7 ай бұрын
Absolute Legend, and so humble too. Absolutely personifies the British Bulldog Spirit of the time.
@GULLPERCHFLYER
7 ай бұрын
Many thanks its been Douglas Bader has been an interesting subject to research. Chris.
@vernongoodey5096
7 ай бұрын
My Grandad worked at Woodley Aerodrome for Miles Aircraft where Bader had his crash! Later on he served in his RAF Squadron and he said the Man had balls BUT he was never a humble man! Check out what he said about the Rhodesian problems in the 1960s. Excellent
@bobsakamanos4469
Ай бұрын
I never met a fighter pilot that was humble. Part of the profile for succeeding at the OTU was to be agressive and confident.
@cramersclassics
7 ай бұрын
Well done!
@GULLPERCHFLYER
7 ай бұрын
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@wersiplayer1
7 ай бұрын
Did Douglas Bader or Kenneth Moore have any connection with the cottage hospital in Cobham Surrey in real-time or during the filming of "Reach for the Sky" and the pub in Downside near Wisley near the runway used for the VC10 "Touch and go trials".
@GULLPERCHFLYER
7 ай бұрын
Douglas Bader had a connection with Roehampton Hospital and the filming for Reach for the Sky was at Kenley. Do please have a subscribe to my channel. Chris. kzitem.info/rock/Oh3lzlK4b9UtMzHagk7SaQ
@raypurchase801
8 ай бұрын
I was in the Air Training Corps during the 1970s. Our cadet warrant officer was plane spotting with a friend at a local airfield. A small twin engined aircraft came too quickly along a taxi way in the wrong direction and nearly hit them. 30 minutes later, they were surprised to see Douglas Bader walking towards them. He'd been the pilot, and he apologised. Bader blamed himself, called himself a stupid effing idiot, said that he'd been completely wrong and he was pleased the lads were alright. Very effusive, very apologetic. This says something about Bader. He was hard on other people, but he was always much harder on himself. Bader always pushed the limits both of himself and the regulations The cadet warrant officer later became a Tornado pilot in the RAF.
@GULLPERCHFLYER
8 ай бұрын
Many thanks Ray, I would like to use your quote on my next post because a good few folk say rather more unpleasant things about Douglas Bader when they never met him as you did. Chris.
@raypurchase801
8 ай бұрын
@@GULLPERCHFLYER I never met him either, but this story reveals a lot about him. LOADS of nasty videos about Bader. I wouldn't want Bader as my dentist, but he was ideally suited to be a warrior.
@johnhudghton3535
8 ай бұрын
Nice story, thanks
@johndell3642
8 ай бұрын
@@GULLPERCHFLYER In May 1975 I was an Air Cadet doing a Gliding course at 636 Gliding School at Swansea Airport on the Gower Peninsula in South Wales. I was a couple of flights from going solo, coming into land when suddenly my instructor shouted "I have control" and manoeuvred the glider to starboard to land parallel to the runway. As we did so a twin-engined Beech aircraft landed on the runway. If I had carried on with a normal landing I would have landed on top of it. My instructor just looked stunned and said "Good job I happened to glance behind!" When the Landrover arrived to tow us back to the winch the chief instructor jumped out of it and said "You almost succeeded where the whole Luftwaffe failed! - That was Douglas Bader in that aircraft you nearly landed on!" - I apologised, but the Chief instructor told me that there was no need - as a glider I had right of way and Bader had no business approaching the glider from behind and below - and that the control tower had been screaming at him over the radio to stop, but he had not responded. When we got back to the winch and control caravan another instructor popped out of the caravan and said "Baders gone to the control tower and wants to come over to speak to the students". The Chief Instructor said "Tell the tower to tell the b*****d we're too busy." - We young cadets were disappointed we wouldn't see the great hero. The chief instructor told us all, "He's been here before a couple of times," (I think he had a holiday home nearby) "I'll tell you exactly what he does. He'll ask you all what school you go to. If you go to a posh public school he'll then ask if you have any relatives in the RAF or government. He's obsessed with social class. He'll be smarmy to anyone he thinks is his superior, civil to those he considers his peers and downright rude to anyone he considers beneath him, which is usually everyone. Either way, he'll give a dressing down to all us instructors and you can bet that he'll send a nasty letter to Whitehall complaining about something or other". - So I never got to meet Bader. I later joined the RAF proper and met a few people who had experience of Bader, none had a good word to say about him. One particular Sergeant hated him with a vengeance. He had had a posting to RAF Headquarters in Whitehall and Bader would often "Pop-in". He said that Bader would find fault with almost every "other rank" he met, from a speck of dirt on shoes to the merest hint of stubble on a chin. He would often demand that people should be charged for these offences. They evolved a method whereby if Bader entered the building the front desk would turn on the tannoy and knock three times on the microphone to warn everyone. Then all the lower ranks (and a few of the less senior officers) would try to hide, locking doors behind them. The sergeant said that Bader's attitude would completely change when addressing a senior officer, becoming obsequious. My view of Bader was changed by reading Michael Burns' book "Bader - the man and his men" - For all his faults he did seem to have a pivotal role in developing the "finger four" formation. But for a REAL hero, you need look no further than the RAF's other legless fighter pilot, Colin Hodgkinson. His autobiography "Best Foot Forward" is a brilliant read. Not only was he fighting the Germans, but he was also fighting his own inner demons and fears.
@saveyourbacon6164
7 ай бұрын
@@johndell3642 This comment has revealed a significant aspect of Bader's character I was previously unaware of. I knew from reading 'Reach for the Sky' in 1968 that Bader was to at least some degree egotistical and with others who came into contact with him, there were no shades of grey: they either loved or hated him. It has started me thinking about the exact nature of his psychological disposition, and I think I have a pretty good idea of it. The Wikipedia article about Bader states that as the second son of Major Frederick Bader and his wife Jessie, he was left with relatives for the first two years of his life, while his father, mother and older brother 'Derick travelled to India for Bader senior's work as an engineer. During his third year, he joined the family in India, and then they returned to England. Bader senior served in the Great War and was wounded in 1917, with the lingering effects of these wounds causing his death in 1922. Jessie Bader remarried shortly after, to the Reverend Earnest Hobbs, vicar of an Anglican church in the West Riding of Yorkshire, who was mild-mannered and unable to serve as a capable authority figure for Bader. His mother appears to have focused all her motherly attention on 'Derick, his older brother, and showed little interest in him, sending him away to live with his grandparents at times. Lacking a normal, secure upbringing, Bader's disposition seems to have been that he became an unruly and difficult individual, but with a determination to succeed, seen most noticeable in his ability at sport, perhaps based on the notion, 'I'll show them!' I surmise from all of this and the above comment that Bader may have had a psychological disposition not that different from Donald Trump, who, although not Fred Trump's eldest son, became the heir to the Trump business empire because he submitted to Fred Trump's control where his eldest brother, Freddie, did not. This must have been at the cost of great psychological damage, the consequence of which is that Trump has narcisistic personality disorder, a depressive mental illness and a variety of other psychological disorders. Trump's depressive illness is the reason why he belittles and disparages almost everyone. Trump, as President, had the ability to bully other leaders of democratic countries not as powerful as the USA, but he was obsequious and very submissive in the presence of Vladimir Putin, indeed, in thrall to him. He clearly understood that in terms of ability in world leadership and international diplomacy, he was not in Putin's league and obviously was intimidated at the thought of dealing and negotiating with him. Likewise, if Bader was dismissive and condescending to those who ranked lower than he did, civil to equals and obsequious to those who outranked him, this sounds a lot like the style of Trump's behavior.
@richardpeychers4076
8 ай бұрын
Read his book 'Reach For The Sky' and got the impression he was a headstrong chap whom had trouble taking orders as a young man and if he had finished the days flying with a conventional landing, all would have been well but not so.
@GULLPERCHFLYER
8 ай бұрын
Richard he was an interesting character for sure and led a lively life. Please consider subscribing to my channel. Chris. kzitem.info/rock/Oh3lzlK4b9UtMzHagk7SaQ
@bobsakamanos4469
Ай бұрын
You've just described every fighter pilot, then and now. Imagine what it takes to control a Sqn of them. Bader was the right man at the right time.
@paulmason3581
8 ай бұрын
Interesting short film and beautiful flying Bulldog. But the pilots are standing in front of a Gloster Gamecock, not a Bulldog.
@GULLPERCHFLYER
8 ай бұрын
Thanks Paul my error on the Gamecock has been pointed out to me several times. Please have a subscribe. Chris. kzitem.info/rock/Oh3lzlK4b9UtMzHagk7SaQ
@paulmason3581
8 ай бұрын
@@GULLPERCHFLYER Cheers. You’ve also got a couple of Avro 504N’s marked up as Avro Tutors but that’s a more difficult one to spot. You might be interested to know that I met DB at RAF Hendon when I was 10 (I’m 60 now). His character was everything I’d read about. Will never forget my encounter with him! Regards, Paul
@ivanpennell7664
8 ай бұрын
I met him in 1978 when he visited RAF Brawdy for reasons unknown. I have an official rent a crowd picture of him and 20 or so of us outside 234 Sqn line HQ. I can confirm first hand that Kenneth Moore got his walk exactly right.
@GULLPERCHFLYER
8 ай бұрын
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@ivanpennell7664
8 ай бұрын
@@GULLPERCHFLYER Already done a while ago.
@z_actual
7 ай бұрын
I met Douglas Bader in and around 1969
@GULLPERCHFLYER
7 ай бұрын
Appreciate your interesting feedback. Chris.
@martinsaunders7925
7 ай бұрын
He would have been "dangerous" to fly with,or against simply because he could pull more gs in turns or dives. This would give him the appearance of being irresponsible. He was a childhood hero whose example helped me overcome disability after an accident. Asking the surgeon who put me back together what my chances of recovery were. He replied that I was such an a hole that he didn't doubt I would succeed. I understand DB,his planes registration, short for dogs body,very well.
@GULLPERCHFLYER
7 ай бұрын
Really appreciate your interesting feedback. Chris.
@martinsaunders7925
7 ай бұрын
@@GULLPERCHFLYER after WW2, the pilots of fighters could buy surplus aircraft. Some did. One owned a spitfire and another a hurricane. Sunny weekend mornings one, or both, would growl around the hill on which we lived. Sometimes I would be treated to some aerobatics. The sounds of a merlin,from growl to a high pitched snarl are etched into memory. By the time I was 14 I was learning to fly at the airfield where these planes were kept and serviced.( by Doug Biachi,personal plane services). Last year I saw an old movie of Kermit Weeks there talking to Doug junior about a mosquito. One that had been renovated there. The original fuselage was made at Hudsons furniture. Frank Hudson was a mentor to me in my late teens. The world can be a small place with intricate connections.
@bobsakamanos4469
Ай бұрын
Well said. Unfaltering determination is required to recover from severe injuries. Today's pampered kids should not be judging the past, especially handicapped people like Bader, from the norms of today. Bader was admired by his fitter Barlow and the erks, as well as the cocky young pilots like McKnight, Turner, etc who needed a firm hand and dauntless leadership in the BoB.
@johnclarke2553
8 ай бұрын
That pic of the three pilots in front of the aircraft is not a Bulldog, it's a Gloster Gamecock. Much shorter, stubbier fuselage. The 23 Sqn Hendon Team flew Gamecocks, which were retained even as the squadron was converting to Bulldogs.
@GULLPERCHFLYER
8 ай бұрын
Thanks John please do have a subscribe to my channel. Chris.
@grahamwood9428
7 ай бұрын
Really inpressed with the Bristol Bulldog not so much about Bader after all I have learnt over the years. Think he was an arrogant arse frankly. The way he treated his "batman" in Colditz was unforgivable. Still a brave man I will admit.
@GULLPERCHFLYER
7 ай бұрын
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@brianmelmoth8657
7 ай бұрын
Bader was flying a GLOSTER GAMECOCK when he crashed ,
@GULLPERCHFLYER
7 ай бұрын
Thanks Brian all the sources I checked stated that the Gamecock had been exchanged for the Bulldog and it was in that aircraft that Douglas Bader crashed. Chris.
@GULLPERCHFLYER
7 ай бұрын
Further to my comment regarding the crash of Douglas Bader I can confirm he was flying a Bristol Bulldog MKIIA Serial Number K-1676 14TH December 1931 at Woodley Aerodrome. Noted aviation historian Dilip Sarkar MBE also confirmed this fact. Chris.
@paulgee6111
7 ай бұрын
That's why he crashed because he tried to pull the same stunts in the Bulldog that he routinely pulled off in the Gamecock but he was unfamiliar with the heavier and less nimble Bulldog.
@cochrane4599
8 ай бұрын
At 0:56 it's a Gloster Gamecock not a Bristol Bulldog as labelled.
@GULLPERCHFLYER
8 ай бұрын
Thank you I realise my mistake as it's been flagged up many times in the comments. Please subscribe to my channel. Chris.
@colinblick8946
8 ай бұрын
His air crew didn’t rate him at all……but Johnny Johnson was his number2 for a while and he admired him greatly…….a went onto command his own wing etc.
@GULLPERCHFLYER
8 ай бұрын
Thanks Colin Johnnie Johnson was a one off never shot down ever which is very rare. Do please consider subscribing. Chris. kzitem.info/rock/Oh3lzlK4b9UtMzHagk7SaQ
@bobsakamanos4469
Ай бұрын
A number of his pilots became effective leaders and admired him during the BoBritain. I would suggest that thereafter some ill trained replacement pilots right off civi street couldn't deal with his direct approach especially as they had to take the fight to the LW over France (losing many pilots), a doctrine which everyone hated, even Johnson. His fitter, Noel Barlow, gave Bader high marks and said that the ground crew worshipped him and admired his dauntless, endless energy and leadership.
@Ettrick8
8 ай бұрын
From what I read about him he caused chaos where ever he went.
@GULLPERCHFLYER
8 ай бұрын
Bader spent a large part of wartime as a POW. Chris. Please consider subscribing and check out some of my other films. kzitem.info/rock/Oh3lzlK4b9UtMzHagk7SaQ
@Ettrick8
7 ай бұрын
@@GULLPERCHFLYER Apparently he caused chaos there as well and his Batman hated him.
@tamar5261
7 ай бұрын
@@Ettrick8 Apparently he stopped his batman being repatriated from his pow camp in 1944
@bobsakamanos4469
Ай бұрын
That's because you buy into the smear campaigns put out after his death.
@willjeffery2661
7 ай бұрын
Better editing required for a film about such an amazing individual…!
@GULLPERCHFLYER
7 ай бұрын
You are quite correct Will, I was trying to put something together that was a bit more original, sometimes it works other times not. Chris.
@terencebull6340
7 ай бұрын
The video , the commentary , the event timeline are bad editing as things don’t tie up. I was in the RAF in the 1950 ‘s and people who had known him said he was a nasty piece of work and liked barking out orders, but never liked taken any himself He was not at all, like the very genial Kenneth Moore, who played his part, but people seem to think he was because of that. If you read a few books about his time in Colditz, and the prisoner of war camps he was disliked. if you look at his record in combat, he was not an ace and didn’t win the Battle of Britain after all
@GULLPERCHFLYER
7 ай бұрын
I am sorry you dislike my film. I try to improve with each film, some work some do not. My most popular film has reached over 320,000 views and my total channel views have just passed 2 million views so somebody somewhere is watching my films. Chris.
@daveengland78
7 ай бұрын
Bit harsh Terence I have followed gull perch flyer since he started and he always puts in 100% effort , sad you cannot be more gracious. Dave.
@bobsakamanos4469
Ай бұрын
@@daveengland78 agreed. Seems like more of the usual smear campaign against Bader. Willie McKnight, Stan Turner, Noel Barlow (fitter, pilot) said Bader was greatly admired. The smear campaigns have more to do with Bader's post war comments against the government policies.
@brushitoff503
8 ай бұрын
I do enjoy your video's, but if by chance, could you please stop adding in all the incongrouous sounds that don't fit with what is being shown on screen? For me it's like trying to listen to several different radio stations at the same time as listening to what you are saying. Please don't think I'm being disrespectful, I'm not. I'm a first born Generation of the "Ten Pound Pom" Both sides of my family are English. My Grandfather & Grandmother lived through the war before moving to Australia in the 1950's, as did some of my Auntie's & Uncle's including my Mother. Thank you for sharing what you do. Cheers.
@GULLPERCHFLYER
8 ай бұрын
Many thanks brush it off, apologies for the unwanted audio, its very much trial and error and on this occasion more error, during editing I work hard to create the sound levels and sometimes get it wrong but only pick it up in the final upload, I have often struggled with audio but I try and improve with each film. Hopefully you can subscribe. Chris. kzitem.info/rock/Oh3lzlK4b9UtMzHagk7SaQ
@brushitoff503
8 ай бұрын
@@GULLPERCHFLYER Apology accepted but not required Chris, as said, I enjoy your video's. It's probably more the way my brain interperates audio/visual. I listen to everything all at once including the planes flying over my head & cars passing by while trying to watch an enjoyable video such as what you produce. I just happen to find the audio Synchronization of it distracting to what I want to hear. which happens to be you speaking & telling a great story. I've been subscribed to you for more than a year. Just don't comment often. Thank you for the reply & I hope I wasn't rude, I was never my intent. Cheers, Leo.
@kenrobba5831
8 ай бұрын
The stray noise a bother ol’boy ? Damn, well DON’T go flying - it’s NOISY! LOL !!!
@alansmith8837
7 ай бұрын
Nice vid gpf but that was one obnoxious b.....d.
@GULLPERCHFLYER
7 ай бұрын
Appreciate your feedback Alan. Do please have a subscribe. Chris. kzitem.info/rock/Oh3lzlK4b9UtMzHagk7SaQ
@bobsakamanos4469
24 күн бұрын
LOL, only the emotionally frail say that in their smear campaigns.
@dukwdriver2909
8 ай бұрын
A very damning comment, though not meant to be. "Just consigned to a piece of history when we are gone". The War to End All Wars followed by the Second World War. I did not want to be only basic trained cannon fodder (as history taught me to expect) so, I served during the decades when the UK did not have major Wars, merely "conflicts", mates died. Yet now we arrive, again, at a point where Conscription is being discussed as a defence. Japan was an ally in WW1, Russia an ally in WW2. Will humanity never learn to meet person to person and realise we are both decent and helpful? Only the scared and greedy want War fueled by power hungry fanatics. Many Dictators have come and gone in history but, caused millions of deaths. Why do we allow Putin and Trump and their like?
@GULLPERCHFLYER
8 ай бұрын
Quite so, my father served in the 13th/18th Hussars in Sherman tanks during wartime and finished up liberating Bremen, he was never the same when he returned and passed away far to early at 40 years of age in 1964. Chris.
@richardpeychers4076
8 ай бұрын
Why mention Trump he had one term in the Whitehouse in which aggression compared to other administration was in retaliation to act against America. The Present Biden administration you will be aware is the one stirring the pot and escalating with Russia Putting world security at risk.
@RSA_JD
7 ай бұрын
Trump a warmonger? Instances please?
@dukwdriver2909
7 ай бұрын
@@RSA_JD Read his speeches and comprehend them instead of joining in the group hysteria he thrives on. Understand the consequences of what he says, not what he claims to have done. Or, make him President again and start taking Russian lessons so you can understand your new rulers. Telling Putin he can do whatever he likes to NATO countries that are not paid up to date. Rich, coming from a man who has stiffed so many with Casinos that went boke and lawyers bills that never got paid and a gold course built on promises of mass employment and development that never happened and is losing money by the boat load. Only a very insecure liar needs to keep boasting about how great he is and the vengeance he will take on anyone who opposes him. I can think of 2 dictators in recent history who did similar and came to very sticky ends.
@brentdykgraaf184
7 ай бұрын
Because Biden and Trudy suck.
@KPL400
7 ай бұрын
He was a poor leader and his tactics cost many lives....
@GULLPERCHFLYER
7 ай бұрын
Appreciate your feedback. Do please have subscribe to my channel and check out my other films. Chris.
@bobsakamanos4469
Ай бұрын
Then you haven't studied either subject or had military experience. His pilots and erks at 242 Sqn greatly admired him for his "dauntless, charismatic and energetic leadership". Don't buy into the smear campaigns.
@fraserm803
7 ай бұрын
Bader was not a "nice" chap from all accounts a bit of a bully and a narcissist to boot.
@GULLPERCHFLYER
7 ай бұрын
Many have said similar in the comments Fraser. Please consider subscribing I have over 200 films on my channel. Chris. kzitem.info/rock/Oh3lzlK4b9UtMzHagk7SaQ
@fraserm803
7 ай бұрын
@@GULLPERCHFLYER wilko!
@fraserm803
7 ай бұрын
ooops typo wilco!
@bobsakamanos4469
Ай бұрын
That's because you are emotionally swayed by selective anecdotes and smear campaigns.
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