Amiens: the vibe

What viewers said

• “More British excellence in documentary film making. We Americans view “The Few” who flew in Fighter Command and Bomber Command as the legends of valor they were. And we will never forget that it was the RR Merlin that gave our P-51D’s their”

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• “I was blessed to spend a wonderful day with Canadian fighter pilot Don Burton before he passed. He flew on that mission, lost his best friend Henry Brown ( although he did not know it until he returned) and was piloting the Typhoon that pas”

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• “As a young and, I must admit, immature airman, I was based at Topcliffe in Yorkshire. There was a Flt Sgt controller there with his pilot's brevet, and above it sat a set of gold wings. Bored one evening I asked him what his gold wings were”

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• “Wing Commander Iredale Australian pilot flew on this mission ,survived the war returned to Australia and and never flew aircraft again,his son Michael served a tour in Vietnam in 1966,Mike asked his father how he kept getting promoted he re”

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• “The Amiens prison raid was another example of what British determination could achieve. Starting with Sir Geoffrey de Havilands determination to produce the Mosquito as a private enterprise when the narrow minded officials declined his orig”

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• “Thanks for this doco, a few new details I’ve not heard before. My great uncle PO Mervin Darrall, from the second flight first wave, survived the war and returned to NZ. As far as I am aware he never piloted a plane again and almost never sp”

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• “Good that you emphasised the fact that the prison was run and staffed mostly by guards who were French and consequently therefore technically….no actually…in the pay of a collaborationist government. As a French girlfriend once said to me: ”

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• “I bought a diecast model Mosquito plane a few weeks ago from an RAF museum and I was holding it and looking at it as I was watching this interesting mission story video. What a fantastic plane the mosquito was. It's one of my favourite WW2 ”

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• “Amazing video. May France and Britain's friendship last until the end of time!”

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• “There is a claim that a bombing range called Braid Fell which is in the middle of nowhere near Cairnryan in Scotland was used during the aircrews training for this operation. On that now defunct range stands a large wall that still stands t”

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