Battle Of Britain Spitfire Formation - Queen Elizabeth II Tribute (Vid 2 of 2) | DCS

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  • Опубликовано: 19 окт 2024

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  • @VRFSC
    @VRFSC 2 года назад +12

    I'm Red Squadron's 'Boss' and the creator of this celebration mission.
    It was an absolute pleasure to host this flight and have Grim Reapers and JSW join us.
    Thank you everyone for making it a very special flight and to CAP for a great video.

    • @seanquigley3605
      @seanquigley3605 2 года назад

      Thought it was quite moving to listen while watching, you did a great job.

  • @No1sonuk
    @No1sonuk 2 года назад +18

    IIRC, "Starboard" comes from "Steerboard". The steering board (rudder) on Viking longships was on the right side of the ship (because it was easier for the predominantly right-handed crew to use it like that), which meant they docked with the left side to the land, hence left is "port" because it's the side the port is on.

    • @Decrepit_biker
      @Decrepit_biker 2 года назад +3

      At one point port was referred to as Larboard, derived from loading board.

    • @chrisinstasis7986
      @chrisinstasis7986 2 года назад +3

      I learned this from Bernard Cornwell novels 😂

    • @grimreapers
      @grimreapers  2 года назад +1

      Thanks

    • @eloisepasteur
      @eloisepasteur 2 года назад +1

      @@Decrepit_biker like a lot of our language, we’ve kept bits depending on who used it, some extent. French uses babord and tribord. Tribord is the way modern French has changed the same Viking root word that gives us starboard, babord is “back side” because you put your back to it. Supposedly we kept starboard because the actual people doing the steering were commoners, but we replaced larboard with port because the posh folk boarded on that side and had to use that term. Not sure how true that is though.

  • @albird87
    @albird87 2 года назад +12

    Hotel lead here, was very honored to be able to fly in this tribute. I may of sweated 2 pints out of me and lost a year of my life from it but very proud of all wings and my flight for making me look great with my shaky flying and not crashing! Thanks Cap and GR for this opportunity! Great work also from Red Squadron for creating this fantastic flight/tribute!

    • @VRFSC
      @VRFSC 2 года назад

      Thank you for your kind words... great to have you aboard and look forward to many more such joint efforts.

  • @scottr9900
    @scottr9900 2 года назад +5

    Yes. The Few. They are immortal. Their memories may dim, but they will never fade.

    • @scottr9900
      @scottr9900 2 года назад +1

      And need I say it, Gentlemen, God Save The King!

    • @LondonSteveLee
      @LondonSteveLee 2 года назад

      The "British" people currently partaking in the large scale (but hidden by the press) sectarian violence on streets up and down the country have probably never heard of the battle of Britain.

  • @justinpallies
    @justinpallies 2 года назад +9

    Well done guys! My great great grandmother built P-38s during ww2 listening to the voices of this greatest generation was wonderful what a tribute to the courage and sacrifice of those wonderful men and women who put everything on the line for freedom and country ❤️

  • @OldStreetDoc
    @OldStreetDoc 2 года назад +15

    Thank you, to all you gents for doing this. I cannot help but get a bit teary eyed listening/watching/speaking with the men who’ve been reunited with their warbirds. Even if only for a moment, you can hear the young pilot in them come out. Full of, as they say, “piss & vinegar”. They’d never admit to any more than ‘just playing a tiny part’, yet along with their compatriots they truly saved the world. We will never see the likes of them again. And May we never see a time like that again.
    God be with them, and may they take our immense gratitude with them.
    (Additional) Having just binge watched ‘The Crown’ again, I can’t help but be tickled with the talk about Peter Townsend. I wonder if he could ever have known what was ahead of him after the war & with HRH Princess Margaret.

    • @youarecreatedforapurpose
      @youarecreatedforapurpose 2 года назад

      Hi old street doc, I hope you are doing great...
      I invite you to Islam, please study Islam with open heart and save your soul from hell fire 🔥🔥 before it's too late this life is temporary but hereafter is forever.

  • @danielberger1378
    @danielberger1378 2 года назад +8

    Great tribute, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Also Damp being actually serious gave it a nice touch 😁
    Well done.

  • @timblack6422
    @timblack6422 2 года назад +5

    Thank you for this… God bless her and you all!

    • @youarecreatedforapurpose
      @youarecreatedforapurpose 2 года назад

      Hi Tim, I hope you are doing good...
      I invite you to Islam, please study Islam with open heart and save your soul from hell fire 🔥🔥 before it's too late this life is temporary but hereafter is forever.

  • @Wilko601st
    @Wilko601st 2 года назад +3

    Magnificent is the best description, the audio added was awesome. Thank you all for your time making this. I personally know this area of blighty well as I have family in folkestone. I really can't wait to join some of you in the skies.

  • @scarcasmtincap2856
    @scarcasmtincap2856 2 года назад +5

    On the edge of my seat. The skill, discipline, concentration and focused to keep the grim reapers to maintain professionalism and um...ability to get the craft of the ground without exploding the engine, crossing both runways on take off or landing etc. . Im genuinely worried. Love u guys. US , england born south ruslip RAF base. God bless the queen.

  • @mickemike2148
    @mickemike2148 2 года назад +2

    Nice!
    QEII was the queen of effin' EVERYTHING!
    Highly respected around the world.

  • @5Andysalive
    @5Andysalive 2 года назад +2

    Look at Damp being all serious and smooth!

  • @jjsoko6393
    @jjsoko6393 2 года назад +2

    Recoginsed the voice of Geoffrey Wellum during the flight.
    BBC did a film about his early Spitfire career based on his book "First Light".
    Great video guys.

  • @alanpayne29
    @alanpayne29 2 года назад +1

    Great video. I was thinking about the Eagle Squadrons as you bobbed along and then you started talking about them. Here’s a little more that you may find interesting. The Eagle Squadrons are still represented in the USAF by the Fourth Fighter Wing based out of Seymour Johnson Airbase in Goldsboro North Carolina. Some years ago, after my first couple of visits to the base, they acquired a reproduction Mk II Spitfire which they placed in front of the officers mess which is just inside the main gate. The Spit is on a pedestal about 15 feet up in a shallow left dive. Or to put it another way, just as you pass through the gate you a faced with a diving Spitfire filling your windscreen! I almost crashed the car. I pulled over at first opportunity and went to check it out whereupon I discovered the history. I knew about the Eagle Squadrons but did nit know that their descendants were still in service. I had the opportunity to take part in one of their air shows about 15 years ago, pre Spitfire gate guard, and it was a blast. I had the opportunity to talk to many of the aircrews taking part. I am an Englishman by birth an American by choice and a soldier and marine by profession so this was a really great experience. On the occasions I visit the base I always stop at the Spit. Keep the vids coming Cap.

  • @FenrisSulfr
    @FenrisSulfr 2 года назад +1

    beautiful flying Cap!! the moments old RAF pilots were talkin made me chill dude!! Long live Queen Elizabeth II, the Army Corpse mechanic, noble princess and Queen of England!!! God save the Queen!!!

  • @vintagepairdisplayteam910
    @vintagepairdisplayteam910 2 года назад +1

    Great work Cap and GR. It was great to fly with GR and JSW for this special event.
    It’s a shame YT wouldn’t allow the original audio, it’s very moving with the full music and speeches, Winkle did a great job!
    Hoping Red, JSW and GR will unite again soon for more fun.
    See you Sunday for more fun.
    Dave

  • @dcijams
    @dcijams 2 года назад +2

    That was an awesome memorial flight. Queen Elizabeth II

  • @victorfinberg8595
    @victorfinberg8595 2 года назад +2

    My God. This is a SIMULATOR ??
    The level of "administrative" detail (i.e. not just stick and guns) is eye-popping.

    • @No1sonuk
      @No1sonuk 2 года назад

      And that's just the WW2 aircraft. Take a look around the channel at some of the tutorials for the modern jets.
      Some people call DCS World a "study level simulator".

  • @Badlatitude
    @Badlatitude 2 года назад +2

    God bless Queen Elizabeth. She truly broke the mold as both a princess and a queen.

    • @LondonSteveLee
      @LondonSteveLee 2 года назад

      She presided over the UN agenda 21 replacement of her people (look at under 5 demographics) and did nothing - I did respect her as a person unlike her jug-eared eco-loon son.

  • @HAWKERFly
    @HAWKERFly 2 года назад

    Hi fantastic flying great video, i learnt to fly from fenland some twenty years ago nice to hear new pilots are still learning to fly there, great memory's

  • @turnerdan53
    @turnerdan53 2 года назад +3

    I worked with a man who as an American flew for the RAF during WW2 before transferring to the USAAC. He told me the story of his closest brush with death was at the hands of the British. He stated that he was in a dogfight with a German plane with a rear gunner and shot it down. In the process of the fight his plane was also damaged. The German plane crashed into a house and he landed just out of the village. As he was getting out of the plane a police car came to him at a fast pace. When they stop they yelled at him to hurry up as the village was coming to kill him. He was astonished as he though they would have been happy that he had shot down the German. The police told him they was upset because in doing so the plane had crushed into a house and killed their neighbors and were out for revenge. He hooped into the car and was taken to safety.

  • @HeloHounds
    @HeloHounds 2 года назад +2

    Thanks for the lesson Sock... I never knew why it was port/starboard until I watched this. The more you know >shooting star

    • @danielberger1378
      @danielberger1378 2 года назад

      "Starbord" has absolutely nothing to do with the stars....

    • @HeloHounds
      @HeloHounds 2 года назад

      @@danielberger1378 In the early days of boating, before ships had rudders on their centerlines, boats were controlled using a steering oar. Most sailors were right handed, so the steering oar was placed over or through the right side of the stern. Sailors began calling the right side the steering side, which soon became "starboard" by combining two Old English words: stéor (meaning "steer") and bord (meaning "the side of a boat").
      As the size of boats grew, so did the steering oar, making it much easier to tie a boat up to a dock on the side opposite the oar. This side became known as larboard, or "the loading side." Over time, larboard-too easily confused with starboard-was replaced with port. After all, this was the side that faced the port, allowing supplies to be ported aboard by porters
      Sock also said it was the ocean side, which is correct, technically, just as your comment is technically correct.

    • @BlueArsedGibbon
      @BlueArsedGibbon 2 года назад +2

      @@HeloHounds And technically correct is the best kind of correct. xD

    • @danielberger1378
      @danielberger1378 2 года назад

      @@HeloHounds Thanks for clearing it up, and you did well on the research👍
      But since I already knew that, I just wanted to point you into the right direction (that the origin comes from "steer"). I guess, I succeeded 😉

    • @HeloHounds
      @HeloHounds 2 года назад

      @@danielberger1378 depends on where you reference. There is also this one:
      The left side is called 'port' because ships with steerboards or star boards would dock at ports on the opposite side of the steerboard or star.
      Which in fact makes Damp 100% correct and you 100% incorrect with your statement... Lesson to you that there are more than one location to reference things.

  • @1865Cowboy
    @1865Cowboy 2 года назад +3

    Alcohol is a Class VI supply, which is why the store is called, “Class VI.”
    The Class VI is where you buy a bottle, but don’t consume there. The NAFI is similar to our PX system.

    • @No1sonuk
      @No1sonuk 2 года назад +2

      FYI, it's spelled NAAFI, but pronounced "naffee".

    • @1865Cowboy
      @1865Cowboy 2 года назад +1

      @@No1sonuk,
      I stand corrected. I experienced the NAAFI while in Afghanistan.
      Thanks for the correction.

  • @jonathanchalk2507
    @jonathanchalk2507 2 года назад +3

    Thank you guys, I hoped that you would do something to honour Her Majesty who was a WW2 veteran.

  • @nath-hh2ff
    @nath-hh2ff 2 года назад +2

    nice flight. Too bad the Hurricane isn't in DCS. I love the one that's half black and half white on the bottom. Maybe one day, but I'm not holding breath.

  • @DarrylHart
    @DarrylHart 2 года назад

    Your duty is done ma'am. Rest in peace, and rise in glory.

  • @seanquigley3605
    @seanquigley3605 2 года назад +1

    You guys must have been flying a bit lower then I thought while I was watching, lots of dust in my eyes. For a bunch of flying muppets you guys and gals do a damn good job.

  • @seththomas1119
    @seththomas1119 2 года назад +3

    This was wonderful.

  • @Ventura60kts
    @Ventura60kts 2 года назад +1

    Great flight CAP really enjoyed it.

  • @Zet0rius
    @Zet0rius 3 месяца назад

    Beautiful. Thanks guys, super job!

  • @ErrorMargin
    @ErrorMargin 2 года назад +2

    @GrimReapers, have you read the book Red Storm Rising? There was a big bomber/carrier battle in the book that would be great for you to simulate.

  • @Smokeyr67
    @Smokeyr67 2 года назад +1

    Whilst I’m no fan of the Monarchy, I have a lot of respect for QEII, not only did she work in WW2, but she not only reigned, but served.

  • @MarkloopRAF
    @MarkloopRAF 2 года назад

    My Grandad started his RAF career as a fitter, servicing Spitfires, before volunteering for aircrew (silly bugger). He became a Flight Engineer on Lancasters and was shot down on his 14th op against the Railyards at Vierzon on 1st July 1944. 6 of the crew survived, the mid upper gunner died. Also, the commentary must have been quite old, because one of the guys said that there are only a couple of hundred Battle of Britain pilots alive today. As of posting this, there is only one surviving Battle of Britain pilot still alive.

  • @TheCaptainbeefylog
    @TheCaptainbeefylog 2 года назад +1

    The sound of a Merlin has always caused me to skip a heartbeat and feel a chill in my blood.

  • @Jabberwoky
    @Jabberwoky 2 года назад +2

    Beautiful flight. I did most of my flying from Biggin, main runway is 03/21 not 04/22, is there a reason DCS changed it. I noticed that 05/23, the out of use runway had not been changed.

    • @VRFSC
      @VRFSC 2 года назад

      Mag Var was 8deg E in 40's so it would be right... if one changes the date to today it it would reflect present Mag Var and 04 wouldn't be correct.

    • @Jabberwoky
      @Jabberwoky 2 года назад

      @@VRFSC nice, hadn’t thought of that. Thank you.

  • @nigeldepledge3790
    @nigeldepledge3790 2 года назад

    The term "starboard" comes from "steer-board". Before ships had wheels for steering, they used what was essentially a great big oar, that pivoted on the side of the ship. These were all (for consistency, I assume) attached on the right-hand side of the ship.
    The other side, therefore, was always used for mooring, and became the "load-board" side. This quickly became "larboard", which sounded far too much like "starboard". Once some bright spark thought to call "larboard" "port" instead, it caught on pretty quickly.

  • @garymyers6638
    @garymyers6638 2 года назад +1

    Starboard comes from steering board. Before boats had rudders in the back, they were on the right side of boats. It was the side with the steering board, steerboard, starboard. Port, left, is the side that you parked the boat to the dock or pier to avoid crushing the steering board. Good way to remember port and starboard, port has four letters and left has four letters.
    From Wikipedia. Sailors began calling the right side the steering side, which soon became "starboard" by combining two Old English words: stéor (meaning "steer") and bord (meaning "the side of a boat").
    As the size of boats grew, so did the steering oar, making it much easier to tie a boat up to a dock on the side opposite the oar. This side became known as larboard, or "the loading side." Over time, larboard-too easily confused with starboard-was replaced with port. After all, this was the side that faced the port, allowing supplies to be ported aboard by porters.

    • @grimreapers
      @grimreapers  2 года назад

      thx

    • @iainjones537
      @iainjones537 2 года назад

      And with the directional marking lights, port is red, the same as the drink port, and therefore starboard is green. Also next time you get on an airliner, chances are you will get on the port side, the same as a ship.

  • @pauldolby4197
    @pauldolby4197 2 года назад +1

    if my memory is correct the american pilots that served in the battle of britain resinged there commission in the usaaf and joined the canadian airforce in order to fight here same as the american pilots did to fight for china against the japanese as america was not officially in the war

  • @No1sonuk
    @No1sonuk 2 года назад +1

    At 22:14 the ship off Sheppey described as "WW1 cargo ship" is actually a WW2 cargo ship - SS Richard Montgomery. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Richard_Montgomery

  • @mrlodwick
    @mrlodwick 2 года назад +3

    Thank you all! Love the radio snippets. The Spit just says "you best pee off and leave me alone" - like an evil miffed Hornet.

  • @wtfwtfwtf7477
    @wtfwtfwtf7477 2 года назад

    Absolutely brilliant 👏 👌

  • @tflashtube
    @tflashtube 2 года назад +1

    Well done!

  • @babbauk5536
    @babbauk5536 2 года назад +2

    Damn that was good, thx

  • @glitch9211
    @glitch9211 2 года назад

    Gee-whiz factoid for you: The USAF "Class Six" derives its name from the U.S. Department of Transportation designations for hazardous goods. Class one is explosives, class two is compressed gas, class three is flammable liquids, etc... Class six is the designation for toxins and is where liquor is sold on base.

  • @skyhigh776
    @skyhigh776 2 года назад +1

    Awesome!

  • @Njalgreybeard
    @Njalgreybeard 2 года назад +2

    Cap, you need to set your RPM, then leave it. Use the throttle, not RPM. You will kill your engine.

  • @Baddad36
    @Baddad36 2 года назад

    Fantasic. Wouldn't it be great if you could recreate a full blown dog fight. PS Don't forget the Czech squadrons.

  • @valuedhumanoid6574
    @valuedhumanoid6574 2 года назад +1

    "Look Mummy...there's an aero plane up in the sky..." (little British girl voice from The Wall)

  • @Evocati-Augusti
    @Evocati-Augusti 2 года назад +2

    If there was any plane that I think represents the Queen, I would pick the Spitfire...

  • @RossOneEyed
    @RossOneEyed Год назад

    I still find it hard to realize that HRH is gone (this was 11 months ago). It stills seems a bit surreal to realize there is a King now, instead of a Queen.

  • @scarcasmtincap2856
    @scarcasmtincap2856 2 года назад +1

    Id say the challenge is how far can ypu get the ground men on the craft and if they fall do they parachute ?

  • @johnzengerle7576
    @johnzengerle7576 2 года назад +1

    To honor her service, maybe drive trucks in formation.

  • @Wolfe351
    @Wolfe351 2 года назад

    well done

  • @suecobandito8954
    @suecobandito8954 2 года назад +3

    Good one. Ic Bin Ein Englander!

  • @neilproctor5163
    @neilproctor5163 2 года назад

    NAAFI is the British version of the US PX!

  • @firmaneffendi2801
    @firmaneffendi2801 2 года назад

    Nice one

  • @loco240
    @loco240 2 года назад

    Bit surprised that no one knew the names of the stores on American military bases. Millions of those who served or are on active duty depend on these. The largest store, for all general goods, is the PX (Army) or BX (Air Force), short for Post Exchange or Base Exchange. The grocery story is the Commissary. And yeah, the alcohol comes from the Class Six store. There's a massive DOD owned corporation that runs all this, the Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES). As a NAF (not appropriated fund) activity, AAFES belongs to the DOD but isn't funded by taxpayers; they have to earn enough to stay profitable. Excess profits are returned to the DOD to fund quality of life programs on military installations.
    Something often forgotten - these stores are needed to be operational even in very forward deployed locations, routinely in active combat zones. The civilian employees of AAFES endure the hardships and dangers of these areas alongside the fighting forces.

  • @Sirmellowman
    @Sirmellowman 2 года назад +1

    im american so shes not my queen, but, I have so much respect for what shes done for your country.

  • @darrellseike3185
    @darrellseike3185 2 года назад +1

    God save the Queen!

  • @JonathonMitchell-ig4bv
    @JonathonMitchell-ig4bv Год назад +1

    British Warplanes fighter are
    Queens

  • @dmsdmullins
    @dmsdmullins 2 года назад +1

    She wasn't the God to save us all. She was just a Woman born into a position.

  • @imellor711
    @imellor711 2 года назад +2

    Lol, a loverly tribute. But 10+ spitfires and one lonely Messerschmitt.....its like Sesame Street, "one of us is doing our own thing".....but can you guess who......

    • @danielberger1378
      @danielberger1378 2 года назад +2

      They said it in the briefing why that lone Bf-109 was in there

  • @PlebisciteChannel
    @PlebisciteChannel 2 года назад +1

    England 1 - 0 Germany

  • @bigcountry5045
    @bigcountry5045 2 года назад +1

    SHE WASNT EVEN THE RIGHTFUL QUEEN ... HER FAMILY IS NOT THE RIGHTFUL ROYAL FAMILY !!!!!! ITS BEEN A MONTH LET IT GO .......

    • @jjsoko6393
      @jjsoko6393 2 года назад

      Commemorating the Battle of Britian.

    • @Tricky-11
      @Tricky-11 2 года назад

      Don't make me scoot over there and bitch slap that cowgirl hat off your head lol

  • @ReiMonCoH
    @ReiMonCoH 2 года назад +1

    God bless mum

  • @VulcanM61
    @VulcanM61 2 года назад +1

    gad dayum this game looks so good