Man, what a sad and tragic ending to Basil Fisher. His brother having witnessed it is a double whammy. And the part about calling the boy "Mark." It's an example of how great tragedies can be passed down generations.
Am I correct in noticing that your inflection, intonation and even your script are mimicking an actual radio narration from the period? It seems like your reporting the day's events just as it may realistically sound, in the style of an early war BBC broadcast. That's pretty adept journalism, Warbird Mistress!
@@authorknown1623 It makes writing the script a balance of brevity and detail, but recording it is a lot of fun! I just want to make sure when I get to the biographies that I'm respectful about it. After all, I had an uncle in Bomber Command when all this was going on: I know what it all means.
@@TheWarbirdMistress You do indeed present a very respectful narrative. I believe it is a tribute to this history that you emulate the manner in which we would have heard these reports at the time. An Unk in Bomber Command? He must have had some incredible stories. My Father was an Eighth Air Force Command Bomber Pilot, flying B-17s out of England. He never spoke much of the War. Since his passing, I've endeavored to understand what his life must have been like...while the world was engaged in it's most horrific hostilities. He flew more than his obligation of missions, losing most of his squadron & many of the crew who defended his ship. Thanks to aviation historians like you, Warbird Mistress, that creatively facilitate envisioning this history, a vivid imagining emerges that ingrains a deeper respect...and admiration... for the airmen and their aircraft ...of World War ll.
@@authorknown1623 Wow. Well spoken, Author Unknown. My optometrist was a bombardier with the 384th Bomb Group (8th Air Force) in Grafton-Underwood, 3 miles from Kettering. Their Group had a "P" on their tail wings. And, yes, this chic really gets the whole bit about bringing this content to us in a way that drives home the sense of urgency of the time. Very creative, not an easy thing to accomplish through this relatively new medium. I find myself staring at the screen much like i might have if i was staring at the radio in 1940. Incredible.
That's a good point! I have their casualty lists from the time. I could always do a video on that. I do mention their losses at the end of the first part of the episode, right before the biographies. I could make a chart or something, too, but it doesn't really capture * what * aircraft are lost.
@@TheWarbirdMistress Don't go crazy. You have enough on your plate. The obvious vibe i get from the series is it's from the Englander's pov and, for now, we really aren't saddened by gerry's losses. But war is a tragedy and i don't dismiss the loss of anyone's life. That would be to dehumanize an enemy. I am prone to say they all had mothers.
Man, what a sad and tragic ending to Basil Fisher. His brother having witnessed it is a double whammy. And the part about calling the boy "Mark." It's an example of how great tragedies can be passed down generations.
Yah, I wasn't sure to include so much about him, but that seemed irreplaceably poignant.
you always do great job ms clair,,thanks for posting...
Recording more tonight!!
Am I correct in noticing that your inflection, intonation and even your script are mimicking an actual radio narration from the period? It seems like your reporting the day's events just as it may realistically sound, in the style of an early war BBC broadcast.
That's pretty adept journalism, Warbird Mistress!
It is just that!
@@TheWarbirdMistress Well done Claire, mission accomplished!
@@authorknown1623 It makes writing the script a balance of brevity and detail, but recording it is a lot of fun! I just want to make sure when I get to the biographies that I'm respectful about it. After all, I had an uncle in Bomber Command when all this was going on: I know what it all means.
@@TheWarbirdMistress You do indeed present a very respectful narrative. I believe it is a tribute to this history that you emulate the manner in which we would have heard these reports at the time.
An Unk in Bomber Command? He must have had some incredible stories.
My Father was an Eighth Air Force Command Bomber Pilot, flying B-17s out of England. He never spoke much of the War. Since his passing, I've endeavored to understand what his life must have been like...while the world was engaged in it's most horrific hostilities. He flew more than his obligation of missions, losing most of his squadron & many of the crew who defended his ship. Thanks to aviation historians like you, Warbird Mistress, that creatively facilitate envisioning this history, a vivid imagining emerges that ingrains a deeper respect...and admiration... for the airmen and their aircraft ...of World War ll.
@@authorknown1623
Wow. Well spoken, Author Unknown. My optometrist was a bombardier with the 384th Bomb Group (8th Air Force) in Grafton-Underwood, 3 miles from Kettering. Their Group had a "P" on their tail wings. And, yes, this chic really gets the whole bit about bringing this content to us in a way that drives home the sense of urgency of the time. Very creative, not an easy thing to accomplish through this relatively new medium. I find myself staring at the screen much like i might have if i was staring at the radio in 1940. Incredible.
Can't help but wonder as a comparison what the Battle of Britain Luftwaffe personnel losses were on each of these days.
That's a good point! I have their casualty lists from the time. I could always do a video on that. I do mention their losses at the end of the first part of the episode, right before the biographies. I could make a chart or something, too, but it doesn't really capture * what * aircraft are lost.
@@TheWarbirdMistress
Don't go crazy. You have enough on your plate. The obvious vibe i get from the series is it's from the Englander's pov and, for now, we really aren't saddened by gerry's losses. But war is a tragedy and i don't dismiss the loss of anyone's life. That would be to dehumanize an enemy. I am prone to say they all had mothers.
@@rudolphguarnacci197 There's always next summer!