The Complete 100 Year History Of The RAF with Ewan McGregor | Spark

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  • Опубликовано: 30 окт 2024

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  • @lynnbrooklyn1332
    @lynnbrooklyn1332 Год назад +26

    So happy to see them doing another documentary! Glad to see they both got to fly and their family watch. It was poignant knowing that several from the previous docs had passed away. All respect to them. Also enjoyed the spotlight on all the different people that made everything possible behind the scenes.

  • @clarefreeman3909
    @clarefreeman3909 4 месяца назад +28

    Thank you Ewen, my father served in the RAAF, my mother was from Dundee so I am both a proud Australian and proud of my Scottish heritage. We must never forget those brave few. Kind regards to you and your brother Clare

  • @markwentz8332
    @markwentz8332 Год назад +65

    I envy the guy flying Ewan.
    You got Obi-friggin-Wan as your co-pilot going Mach Wan . . . . One!

    • @MrShrog
      @MrShrog Месяц назад +7

      hIs brother had the name obi two while flying

    • @1joshjosh1
      @1joshjosh1 Месяц назад +1

      ​@@MrShrog
      I doubt that.
      😂

    • @generalgrevous2458
      @generalgrevous2458 Месяц назад

      You got Obi-friggin-Woke as your co-pilot showing how to abandon the wife and kids.

    • @SoloRenegade
      @SoloRenegade 26 дней назад +1

      @@1joshjosh1 doubt it all you like, but you're wrong. His callsign was Obi Two

    • @AlexHalt100
      @AlexHalt100 12 дней назад +1

      missed opportunity for "this is where the fun begins"

  • @HueGWang
    @HueGWang 23 дня назад +2

    Outstanding video from the team. Lest we forget the men and women to whom we owe of lives and freedom. As an Australian the RAF is close to my heart as is our RAAF. My Grandmother was proudly one of a small group of women to first to join the RAAF at Amberley Base in Ipswich Queensland so many years ago. RIP Grandma.

  • @Perktube1
    @Perktube1 Год назад +28

    I'm glad Ewan and his brother got to fly those planes and his family got to watch them.

  • @daniel030570
    @daniel030570 Месяц назад +8

    How is that I only see this now!!!?’
    Why it wasn’t released on RUclips by the time the Royal Air Force was at 100?
    Thanks. And the idea of Ewan Mcgregor as our host is simply fantastic

  • @graemewilson1400
    @graemewilson1400 6 дней назад +1

    Thank you just brilliant

  • @markbradley2367
    @markbradley2367 11 месяцев назад +3

    What a wonderful documentary, sad because of the loss of lives but amazing because of the human spirit under duress

  • @petersteel9331
    @petersteel9331 6 месяцев назад +8

    My father went as a volunteer from Chile and flew Lancaster and ended up in Pathfinder’s got DFC I have his logbook with all his missions I am very proud for his contribution in 156 squadron

    • @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684
      @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 2 месяца назад +2

      When you say "from Chile" was he a Chilean citizen? Or a British subject working in Chile? Regardless, sincerest respects to his memory & service.

    • @petersteel9331
      @petersteel9331 2 месяца назад +4

      @@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 my father was born in Chile from British decent

    • @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684
      @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 2 месяца назад +4

      @@petersteel9331 It was just interesting to hear your story, As I said above my hat is doffed to his memory & service.

    • @petersteel9331
      @petersteel9331 2 месяца назад

      @@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 He also got the DFC

  • @ronaldmiller2740
    @ronaldmiller2740 Год назад +8

    THANK YOU LADYS FOR YOUR FLYING YOUR WONDERFUL,, AND THE MEN ,,G D BLES YA!! ALL.. RIP TO THE OTHERS THAT PASS ON... AMEN...

  • @davidjohnson6623
    @davidjohnson6623 Год назад +23

    Is this not the most incredible video ever

    • @75YBA
      @75YBA Год назад

      Can’t agree more chief.

    • @junanougues
      @junanougues Год назад

      amazing documentary... still thinking about those bomber crews and the one thing I would change about this documentary is perhaps focusing a bit more on the mental health challenges those guys experienced beyond the STD's which were also about x 4 the single seat aviators in the Spitfires and Hurricanes...
      which the RAF researched to find out an explanation for such a big difference even when the single seat fighters were having higher casualty rates a year earlier during the Battle of Britain... and it had to do with agency, not too surprisingly. What an accomplished and artful documentary, though, on a legendary air arms organization, defined by meritocracy and professionalism as much as love of country or anything else.

    • @karlluppold240
      @karlluppold240 6 месяцев назад

      Lots of holes in the RAF’s history here, but ok

  • @jamesmurphy1480
    @jamesmurphy1480 9 месяцев назад +4

    I worked in a nursing home one of the ladies there used to fly the Mitchells from Los Angeles to New York, spend the night and then turn around and fly them to England She said it was the most fun she ever had in her life never had been out of the United States, but she used to fly crop dusters when she was a teenager so that’s how she got the job

  • @MrEric2cu
    @MrEric2cu 8 месяцев назад +1

    Absolutely thrilling. Hello from Oregon.

  • @gilbertmoyes2918
    @gilbertmoyes2918 14 дней назад

    Proud of having been a R.A.F. Halton Apprentice. 217th Entry, Zeppelin Flight, 3 Wing.

  • @kerryflote1283
    @kerryflote1283 Месяц назад +1

    Amazing. I enjoyed every minute of this exceptional documentary.

  • @danielelder8621
    @danielelder8621 Год назад +2

    Welp! This was awesome. What a great documentary

  • @OJ_1138
    @OJ_1138 6 месяцев назад

    Incredible doco and brilliant to see Colin in his element. Fingers crossed they do a third doco together.

  • @AlexandrosV
    @AlexandrosV 11 месяцев назад

    Absolutely TOP NOTCH!

  • @rogerhowell6269
    @rogerhowell6269 Месяц назад

    Great Story of Aviation history, thanks for sharing with us! 👍💥

  • @englishmaninfrance661
    @englishmaninfrance661 11 месяцев назад +1

    Outstanding

  • @mccabber24
    @mccabber24 16 дней назад

    May the Royal Air Force be with you!

  • @juliene.duciel3714
    @juliene.duciel3714 25 дней назад

    Amazing, thanks

  • @hugocarreira8394
    @hugocarreira8394 Год назад +2

    THANK YOU FOR THE UPLOAD!!!! I was searching for this show for years!

    • @jamesmaddison4546
      @jamesmaddison4546 Год назад

      This is literally a reupload by spark. I guess they took the other down, then brought it back, to get all that view revenue again 🤷😑

  • @ClausB252
    @ClausB252 Год назад +1

    Brilliant!

  • @MrEric2cu
    @MrEric2cu Месяц назад

    That's one proud momma right there. Before coming across this, I wasn't even aware Ewan even had a brother. I love the relationship between the two of them.

  • @badant5863
    @badant5863 9 месяцев назад

    The 2 Brothers are great! 😎👍🏻👍🏻

  • @-----REDACTED-----
    @-----REDACTED----- Месяц назад

    The Eurofighter is such a beautiful beast

  • @VeeTaperTemplar
    @VeeTaperTemplar 28 дней назад

    Canards are like a Powerstache on an Aircraft 😂😂
    Sweet documentary obi one 👏🏼

  • @macmanmanny3983
    @macmanmanny3983 29 дней назад

    Those ladies ... 100 and 94 years old.. Wow!

  • @martyhowie75
    @martyhowie75 Год назад +5

    Hello there!

  • @wilsondavids4637
    @wilsondavids4637 Месяц назад

    Thank ou so much for this video, thanks for the grate peope working to have this megestic birds in flying condition, for the travel back in time, for the documentation, such a well documented video

  • @chheinrich8486
    @chheinrich8486 Месяц назад +8

    Disney really dropped the ball if this documentary is better than their 100 million dollar Kenobi show😂

  • @archimedesfromteamfortress2
    @archimedesfromteamfortress2 Месяц назад

    9:51 "it's 1916" with a time travelling tiger moth too!

  • @lefr33man
    @lefr33man Месяц назад

    "What are we looking at, Ewan?"
    "Sea ot- I mean Swordfish. Fairey Swordfish."

  • @Morpheus1984
    @Morpheus1984 21 день назад

    Watched the whole documentary, the harrier pilot describing his hatred and intend towards the argentinian pilot. You can see it in his eyes when he talks about it.

  • @JasonGarber-n9y
    @JasonGarber-n9y Год назад +1

    This is one of tbe best put together films. I have seen in a long time ....

  • @raywhitehead730
    @raywhitehead730 2 месяца назад +2

    Interesting, a history of the RAF. No mention of general Hugh Trenchard? Flying certification number 271. First Chief 0f the Air Staff and commanding general of the RAF before it was the RAF 1915 to 1917. He built the best and biggest air Force of WW1. A true visionary who understood what Air Power could before most.

    • @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684
      @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 2 месяца назад +1

      As Churchill once said to the British air ministry on reading their account of the battle of Britain, which did not ONCE include the name of ACM Dowding.
      "What would have been said if … the Admiralty had told the tale of Trafalgar and left Lord Nelson out of it?" !!!
      (From a former "Trenchard's brat")

    • @raywhitehead730
      @raywhitehead730 2 месяца назад

      Well said.

  • @chefpetey
    @chefpetey 8 месяцев назад

    Fantastic

  • @RoamingAdhocrat
    @RoamingAdhocrat Год назад +15

    gonna call nonsense on this. Ewan McGregor hasn't been with the RAF for 100 years. he's nowhere near old enough

    • @scarecrow108productions7
      @scarecrow108productions7 Год назад +1

      He's just narrating it. It does NOT mean he's been with it for 100 years.
      You just didnt get the context.

    • @raywhitehead730
      @raywhitehead730 2 месяца назад +1

      Roaminghadocrat got it right. This video is totally missing appointment appropriate historical context.

    • @michaelmcintyre5719
      @michaelmcintyre5719 19 дней назад

      You’d be surprised what they can do with makeup these days!!

    • @ahmadfirdaus4183
      @ahmadfirdaus4183 6 дней назад

      ​@@scarecrow108productions7u just didn't get the joke lol

  • @Morpheus1984
    @Morpheus1984 21 день назад

    After the dogfight "You were my brother Collin, i loved you!"

  • @titangamer6824
    @titangamer6824 Месяц назад

    Hes got the ultimate high ground now lok

  • @JDuBz815
    @JDuBz815 2 дня назад

    56:50 the bomber crews of both the US and UK were only doing what they were told to do with the tools they had at the time. Questioning those brave men for decades after their sacrifice was nothing less than a spit in their face. Shame on their respective militaries and gov'ts as a whole for that. They deserve our respect and gratitude. Let's not forget the Germans did the same to the UK. As an American who's grandfather served in that war, I thank him for his service and those like him to help guarantee the freedoms of the people of the world at that time and since. Furthermore, I thank those who served in Korea and Vietnam. Those people deserved better than our political efforts of that time. Finish what you start. The people of those countries and others like it deserved better than a war halfway won and then abandoned.

  • @Crazius-yf9lk
    @Crazius-yf9lk 14 дней назад

    Obi Wan reading to us the oldest tech in history according to the Jedi archives

  • @ClaytonJeanes
    @ClaytonJeanes Месяц назад

    "Hello there" "GEN. Konobi"!

  • @raiden5176
    @raiden5176 Месяц назад

    ewan clearly have the experience from flying starfighters 😂

  • @titanmtfanavielshapiro2640
    @titanmtfanavielshapiro2640 Месяц назад

    Try spinning that's a good trick!

  • @AlejandroIrausquin
    @AlejandroIrausquin Месяц назад

    This time, the Fokkers had the high ground !

  • @acb9896
    @acb9896 Месяц назад +1

    9:33
    "The Fokker changed airwarfare forever.."
    Cor..
    Ya kiss ya mumm with that mouth??!

  • @ztyy8185
    @ztyy8185 Месяц назад

    Why am I thinking about trainspotting

  • @daveharringbone8512
    @daveharringbone8512 Год назад +1

    I want a focking hit “ trainspotting

  • @shockysocky5396
    @shockysocky5396 Месяц назад

    Ewen, you’re ancient af boy

  • @dsdy1205
    @dsdy1205 Месяц назад

    It's over Germany, I have the high ground!

  • @BlastFrag1
    @BlastFrag1 29 дней назад

    They should make a conspicuous effort to make sure there are no rounds in the chamber of any of those guns first!

  • @RedTail1-1
    @RedTail1-1 11 дней назад

    Wtf?... Ads put into the actual video?...

  • @dennismason3740
    @dennismason3740 Месяц назад

    Nice doc, the music is a screaming loud cliche'.

  • @AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg
    @AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg Месяц назад

    Sadly The Westside Boy's Were Only Day's Away From Their Debut Album.....

  • @JasonGarber-n9y
    @JasonGarber-n9y Год назад

    Damn , they would get the VD and then what amounts to a death sentence by having to start your tour over !

  • @colejewell
    @colejewell Год назад +13

    Flying is for droids!

  • @PTBS_Ortega
    @PTBS_Ortega 12 дней назад

    I thought this is a Documentary about the Terror Group. xD

  • @ethanjones9078
    @ethanjones9078 Месяц назад

    one teaches padawans and one trains pilots nice

  • @athelwulf8819
    @athelwulf8819 24 дня назад

    Does this passion has anything to your uncle's role as wedge Antilles?

  • @marcosambrosino
    @marcosambrosino Месяц назад

    46:54:
    For God, with all my respect: how b e a u t i f u l is that woman!!

  • @RML9732AE
    @RML9732AE Год назад

    ❤ red baron 🎉

  • @MG-fr3tn
    @MG-fr3tn 6 месяцев назад

    Saw a tv program about the jets protecting the boarder with russia.
    What about a rear faceing camera that locks onto objects behind and below the jet.
    Then displays it in front of the pilot with lines so the pilot can tell where it is realative to his/her jet.
    Like cars have.
    What about being abile to lornch or jetison flack behind so as to compromise a trailing jet.

    • @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684
      @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 2 месяца назад

      You mean NATO Jets encroaching along Russia's border.

    • @birdperson2540
      @birdperson2540 29 дней назад

      Air combat is now a long-range fight with a distance of dozens of miles not uncommon

  • @joaopauloalmeida6269
    @joaopauloalmeida6269 Год назад +1

    Top era para eu ser pilota avião ✈️✈️✈️✈️

  • @TheNecromancer6666
    @TheNecromancer6666 Месяц назад

    Obi Wan and Obi Two 😂

  • @graysono
    @graysono Месяц назад

    Cash in the cars in your garage Harry and buy one!

  • @MrWhiskers65
    @MrWhiskers65 6 дней назад +1

    “Your no RAF fan in my opinion”… Loser Mcgregor!

  • @jasebaker
    @jasebaker 9 дней назад

    Obi Wan and Obi Two

  • @stenalbertsen2440
    @stenalbertsen2440 Год назад

    Marvel's 👍.

  • @ohnezuckerohnefett
    @ohnezuckerohnefett Месяц назад

    Officer in the Scottish Air Force.

  • @Privacityuser
    @Privacityuser Год назад +1

    💯💙💙💙💙

  • @emersonjongeling4195
    @emersonjongeling4195 Месяц назад

    As canadian 🫡

  • @jamesmaddison4546
    @jamesmaddison4546 Год назад

    This is literally a reupload by spark. I guess they took the other down, then brought it back, to get all that view revenue again 🤷😑

  • @icemanyeo4191
    @icemanyeo4191 8 дней назад

    Oh he has the hiGh Ground ewan mcGreGor😁😁😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

  • @andrinschoch9073
    @andrinschoch9073 17 дней назад

    It's fuckin obi wan kenobi

  • @tomato1040
    @tomato1040 3 месяца назад +1

    The big question🤔⁉️" IS", as WEmc2 All🧿 "R"👑viewing🧑‍🚀🪽the Royal👑Air🌬️♈ 🚀FORCE=mc2🛸the🇬🇧RAF, Mr. Ewan & Mr.🪖 Collin🦅McGregor's😎wonderful expression of these😅⚛️Forces, has HE=mc2 been knighted by the crown yet, play if not are you really sincerely think that he deserves to be knighted

    • @NINE93THREE
      @NINE93THREE Месяц назад +1

      You alright, there's not 1 emoji for the last 2 lines of this drivel?

  • @janssmidt4136
    @janssmidt4136 9 месяцев назад

    100 years RAF. .....only forgot a few years, like the in between years.
    they were only the most important years for the RAF,
    but, NO
    we go from 1917 to 1940

  • @ilovepotatos
    @ilovepotatos Год назад

    United Kingdom prestige stolen in Sir Carroll of His Majesty's Royal Family being thieved by HSBC.
    For England🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🦅☦

  • @fallschirmjager0000
    @fallschirmjager0000 Месяц назад +3

    the best of british bluster and propaganda

  • @Shoemakker1988
    @Shoemakker1988 Год назад

    Flying is for droids

  • @amarmusovic7748
    @amarmusovic7748 26 дней назад

    The cost was high = 544 pilots. It's terrible they died, but it always brings comparisons to the Soviets on the Eastern front. They lose about 15k soldiers daily for more than 1400 days. 😐😐 The RAF won this like a boss. Like it was a colonial skirmish with technologically inferior tribesmen, by comparison... 😐😐

  • @jasperzanjani
    @jasperzanjani Месяц назад

    you know your content is trash when even Ewan McGregor can't take you over 100k in a year

  • @white_clover767
    @white_clover767 Год назад +1

    All i can think about is how Ewan cheated on his wife.

    • @martyhowie75
      @martyhowie75 Год назад

      Good for him.

    • @mr.goodbullet3077
      @mr.goodbullet3077 Год назад +4

      You need better things to do

    • @markwentz8332
      @markwentz8332 Год назад +3

      "Dear Diary . . . . "

    • @75YBA
      @75YBA Год назад +2

      All I can think about is the women and men that sacrificed so much for us to be here today. End hate. End tyranny. End authoritarian regimes everywhere.

    • @jeanwinders9556
      @jeanwinders9556 Год назад

      That?...that's what you got out of it? I think of my mums 3uncles 1 who was killed and the 2others lived with "shell shock" precursor to PTSD till their death in the 70's.

  • @70snostalgia
    @70snostalgia Месяц назад

    Nice getting tax dollars for a joy ride.

  • @humberto6219
    @humberto6219 Год назад +1

    Z 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺 Z
    Go Russia

    • @danielelder8621
      @danielelder8621 Год назад

      I couldn’t agree more. Russia indeed needs to “GO!!!” What a waste they have become since the second world war.

    • @humberto6219
      @humberto6219 Год назад

      @@danielelder8621 FJB and F the Ukraine
      Thank you Russia 🌹🇷🇺

    • @VictorSilva-qf2tu
      @VictorSilva-qf2tu Месяц назад

      Go back to the stone age