Awesome story. I live in NZ and have watched this three or four times now. How weird and wonderful life can be. Lovely man, lovely aircraft and a tale to be told. I salute you sir! I can only imagine how brave and lonely a feeling it must be sitting in an unpressurised cockpit above the enemy knowing that you still have the task to get home 3 to 4 hours away and find your airbase.Thank you for your service. Kind Regards. 👍👍
Grandpa *loved* it! He flew many planes during his entire military career, and every single time he talked about Spitfires, you'd think he'd just turned 18 again. I got to spend many hours over four decades with him, hearing his stories... this crash is only a moment in an *unbelievable* life that just happened to get caught on film. The conversations: I recorded a few. I'm thinking of releasing them because Spitfire 944 gives them context outside my own nostalgia. If you pair the voice you hear with the face you see in the film, you'll understand: His joy was profound. His gratitude almost obnoxiously humble :) He could describe his experiences down to the second, pausing to tell you where individual raindrops fell on Regent Street the day he bought his fourth pair of trousers. A product of the Great Depression, he appreciated everything (and forgot nothing). I miss him. He was exactly as good a man as you so nicely described. But never lonely :) Someone like that is never far from a loved one. Reading your comment and others... it's wonderful that the same awe, respect, and admiration every member of the family feels translates through Spitfire 944. He was the "realest" person I've ever known. Zero artifice. Tremendous human being. And the best grandfather *ever*.
when you get into a spitfire you don't strap yourself in you embrace it, spitfires are inherently easy/er and far more forgiving than the German mechesmitsand whilst lacking in armour and armaments, its ease of control and handling made it better in a dog fight and whilst yes it's engine did have a fatal flaw, it could easily be corrected
most underrated video on RUclips Eng.
Awesome story. I live in NZ and have watched this three or four times now. How weird and wonderful life can be. Lovely man, lovely aircraft and a tale to be told. I salute you sir! I can only imagine how brave and lonely a feeling it must be sitting in an unpressurised cockpit above the enemy knowing that you still have the task to get home 3 to 4 hours away and find your airbase.Thank you for your service. Kind Regards. 👍👍
Grandpa *loved* it! He flew many planes during his entire military career, and every single time he talked about Spitfires, you'd think he'd just turned 18 again. I got to spend many hours over four decades with him, hearing his stories... this crash is only a moment in an *unbelievable* life that just happened to get caught on film.
The conversations: I recorded a few. I'm thinking of releasing them because Spitfire 944 gives them context outside my own nostalgia. If you pair the voice you hear with the face you see in the film, you'll understand: His joy was profound. His gratitude almost obnoxiously humble :)
He could describe his experiences down to the second, pausing to tell you where individual raindrops fell on Regent Street the day he bought his fourth pair of trousers. A product of the Great Depression, he appreciated everything (and forgot nothing).
I miss him. He was exactly as good a man as you so nicely described.
But never lonely :)
Someone like that is never far from a loved one. Reading your comment and others... it's wonderful that the same awe, respect, and admiration every member of the family feels translates through Spitfire 944. He was the "realest" person I've ever known. Zero artifice. Tremendous human being.
And the best grandfather *ever*.
I would love to see the rest of the footage that they said they have.
Sat in Spain on holiday with tears in my eyes watching this. Such a stoic gentleman.
Absolutely fantastic. He seems that he was a great man. I loved his reaction to seeing the video God bless you sir you are a hero
Marvelous.... " That was the sweetest aeroplane ".........
Just terrific
This should've get more views. Amazing
01:30 - Unarmed & Alone is also known as, Off-the-Chart Levels of Testicular Fortitude
Fabulous story, cheers to everyone!!
One of the most dangerous jobs in wwii, photo recon, well done ✅
Amazing, hats off to this gentleman
Respect.
Brilliant
TERRIFIC!!
A True Patriot !!
when you get into a spitfire you don't strap yourself in you embrace it, spitfires are inherently easy/er and far more forgiving than the German mechesmitsand whilst lacking in armour and armaments, its ease of control and handling made it better in a dog fight and whilst yes it's engine did have a fatal flaw, it could easily be corrected