I fell in love with the Lancaster after building an Airfix one in the 70s as a kid. I was fortunate enough to take my dad on a taxi ride in Just Jane in 2010. We were lucky to have an ex pilot who flew them during the war as well. As we taxied around we were at 2,200rpm..everything was vibrating. The old RAF guy explained that take off power was 2,500rpm with an overboost of 2,800rpm available - I can't imagine what that was like as during wartime these aircraft would be loaded way beyond their peacetime limits. I'll always be in awe of those quiet heroes who flew these aircraft, until 1944 the RAF was the only way we had at hitting back at the Nazis and the fact that these men flew night after night when statistically the odds of them completing a tour of 30 ops were negative is beyond my comprehension. Lest we forget.

Like the bloke says. they were all of 18 19 20 years old,that generation matured into functioning adults, and will always be admired.the greatest!

I had the privilege of a taxi run in this aircraft for my 60th birthday present from my wife, I will never forget it, god bless all aircrew who did it for real 🙏🏻

Freddie is one of the Heroes of Easy Company who fought a 50 day battle against the Taleban in Helmund, well done Freddie

only 2 of the 17 still around are flyable, and I get to see it fly every week in the summer.

One of my Dads friends bailed out of a Lancaster during the war. I was very lucky to read his prisoner of war diary and his mission log.

The jets he identified as F16s are actually Typhoons based at RAF Coningsby

I visit Lancaster VRA at the Canadian Warbird Heritage Museum (Hamilton Ont) a couple of times a year. Its my way of supporting the project and saying thanks to those who flew it in earnest. I've seen it fly many times and it always gives me a chill. Lest We Forget.

Myself an my Dad went for my 40th birthday in 2010. I had a taxi ride an my Dad got to come on-board afterwards. Was on board for well over an hour. Was an amazing an very humbling experience, the bravery an devotion to duty that those who served in Bomber Command showed is almost incomprehensible. Truly an amazing generation of people, I consider myself very blessed to have had Grandparents from said generation, they were people to truly respect an look up to an learn from. Thank you.

2 week life expectance, what a brave people.

Seen this old girl a few times. They are aiming to get her airworthy. I really hope they do.

My dad joined up in June 1940, aged 18. RAF ground gunner, then gunnery instructor, then aircrew- rear gunner on Liberators, Coastal Command flying out of RAF Aldergrove, N Ireland. Used to say very little about it except that most of the time he was scared. He wouldn't fly after the war, said he used all his luck up then.

Had a ride in "Just Jane" for my fiftieth birthday in the cockpit behind the pilot , the short take of run felt absolutely exhilarating , a must do for any aviation enthusiast . My father in law was a Merlin engine mech & worked on the coastal command version carrying the ASR lifeboat .

Love the Lanc. My Grandmother worked on both Manchester's and Lancaster's at the Metrovicks factory at Trafford Park, Manchester.

Went there for my 40th birthday. Absolutely fabulous place, went in the Lanc myself. Please go and support them there. Wonderful day out, lots and lots to see.

My Grandpa was a Lancaster pilot at 21. I got to see the inside of one at an airshow when I was a kid.

I would love to watch the entire series but it is blocked behind a pay wall, thank you discovery:D it was free before hand :)

There was a flying Lancaster in Northern Scotland in a private aircraft museum owned by a man named "Lord Strathallen " . This place was just outside of the town of Pirthshire Scotland . I've been there and seen it . The Lanc was purchased from a Canadian oil prospecting company and flown over to the UK in about 1980 .

Worked on this at east kirkby in January to March 2020 before leaving cause of covid

what a beautiful plane!

Discovery.... how about helping the Hawker Typhoon Preservation Trust to get RB396 back in the air? A bit of publicity, or better still, Bruce and the boys finding some bits for them!

I live in the area and often see BBMF flying over. So sorry to hear about the crash last weekend, my heart is with you all 😢. Love a day out at east kirby ,and watching Jane taxi is awesome, esp in the dark ❤. Bruce and his team are legends to 😂

My grandad was a tail gunner in a Lancaster , on the way back from the mission they were set upon by me109’s he was shot up and had shrapnel in his leg, he absolutely loved the aircraft . Pity there aren’t more of them flying

Shame the plane at 0.08 is a Halifax. Couldn't they find enough Lancaster footage ??

B-29 // Lancastor Built: 3,970 // 7,377 Cost: $1.3 million // $1 million Crew: 11 // 7 Length: 99 ft // 69 ft Wingspan: 141 ft // 102 ft Empty Weight: 74,500 lb // 36,900 lb Loaded Weight: 120,000 lb // 55,000 lb Max Weight: 135,000 lb // 68,000 lb Engines: 4 (8,800 hp total) // 4 (5,120 hp total) Max speed: 357 mph // 282 mph Cruise speed: 290 mph // 200 mph Range: 3,250 miles // 2,530 miles Ceiling: 31,850 ft // 21,400 ft Climb rate: 900 ft/min // 720 ft/min Armament: 10-12 x .50 cal guns // 8 x 7.62 mm guns Ordinance: up to 22,000 lb internally // up to 14,000 internally The B29 is the winner

F16, should of gone to Specsavers..

Saw Bruce shopping at Halesworth Co Op last year.... @ 02:40 they were Typhoons on QRA. There are no F-16s in the UK. For all that its great publicity for the brilliant people at East Kirby doing so much to restore the Lancaster. They also have a working Mosquito but sadly not to airworthy condition.

Bruce talks about lancasters at 0:08 but actually the editor shows a handley page halifax. Me: Wait, hold my beer.

What a fantastic piece of engineering,,such a beautiful and powerful plane👍👍🇦🇺

Lancaster was a flying coffin. Plenty of space for bombs but no space for ventral gun turret which would have saved 100's of crews lives. Also a very difficult aircraft to escape from.

I'll be glad when Quest TV put y'all show back on thanks cuz

The 4 Engine Lancaster...8 seconds in... Halifax

My uncle Pat was a Lancaster rear gunner, I can't imagine how he did that, staying in that small bubble for hours in one of the deadliest positions on the plane to be assigned Edit: uncle Pat is my mom's uncle but we all call him uncle Pat

No one: Bruce Compton on thumbnails: 👁👄👁

Starts to rain just as soon as they get there. Got to love Great Britain :)

Imagine being in a German town or possibly berlin and you hear a Lancaster above you and the sound of bombs dropping how would you react I would run away

I think just Jane was stud outside the Wellington bomber factory in Blackpool for years. If you want to see something awesome then the poppy fields in Lincolnshire will knock your socks off when they are in full bloom

FEBRUARY 2021 nice to see Bruce and Co helping Just Jane,, shame about the vintage footage, which shows two different bombers ie the Bliemham and the Halifax. I just wish the researchers would check the footage first it let's down the end product.

You can book a VIP Day here which includes a taxiing trip on the Lanc. Most definitely put this on your Bucket List. A unique, once In a lifetime experience.

Bruce is just one of those people you believe is a old uncle you remember fondly as a friendly face spoiling the kids when he visited! Haha.

I grew up in Windsor Canada we use to have a Lancaster that sat in Jackson Park as a memorial my father knew people that use to maintain it back in the day so i got to bugger around in it on occasion.I moved came back about 10 years later it was gone in its place was a Spit and Hurricane (not real) but apparently they're fixing her up to fly hopefully they do only been 20 years so far lol

The Lancaster shown had the replacement 2 .50 calibre machine guns in the rear turret which replaced the four .303 machine guns. The same modifications were also added to the Halifax's

A couple of years ago i flew in one. great experience, Those merlin engines are loud as heck

Ops ..Yanks flew missions. Bomber Command flew Operations. My father completed a tour of Ops with 90 sq. on Stirlings. He would always point that out to me. His brother was KIA when the 51 sq Halifax he was bomb aimer on was shot down on a raid to skoda iron works Pilsen.

An Avro Lancaster Mk1 of the 106 Sqn RAF crashed behind my house in a field on the 26th of July 1942 at 02:05 AM. The plane was shot down by an German Bf 109 from the Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 the Bf 109 had taken of from Leeuwarden air base to intercept the the Lancaster. Behind my house the Lancaster was hit by the BF 109 and exploded mid-air. Debris from the plane landed scattered around the fields behind my house and the remnants of the plane crashed into a black peat bog close to my house. Four out of the 7 crewman died, the other 3 who survived the crash got captured by the Germans but survived the war. Three of the 4 casualties are buried close to my house, the remnants of the 4th casualty were never found. Sergeant (Flt. Engr.) Joseph John Cooper, 778188, RAF, 21 year Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.) Maurice John Dembrey, RAF, 26 year Squadron Leader (Pilot) Francis Harold Robertson DFC, 42264, RAF, 27 year May they rest in peace. Registration of the Lancaster: R5748 Link: aviation-safety.net/wikibase/52674

Awesome!

I saw just Jayne last year. What a privilege, she’s absolutely beautiful, I would recommend anyone if they have the chance, go and see her. She’s an awesome sight and it really does hit home what those brave airmen did in ww2. Must of been terrifying flying over Germany being shot at , it must of been pretty terrifying for the Germans aswell, seeing hundreds of Lancaster’s above them about to drop their bombs.

Super lancaster

I live five minutes from the factory in Chadderton, Oldham, where many Lancaster's were built.

i went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day. But i couldn't find any! Great restoration!

Just Jane is a beautiful Bomber just like her other two Sisters Thumper and Vera

Beatifull planes who flew a cargo of nice presents to the krauts ,love it!

I love this man and his team 👊👊👊👊👍👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

Excellent

0:57 legend that look could kill lol

I would have thought these are the last people Andrew Panton wants to be near his Lancaster, let alone touch it!

I swear at 2:39 they were Typhoons not F16's

*LOL! At **7:59** he picked up a broken model of the Focke-Wulf FW-226 'Flitzer' project aircraft*

is there going to be more series of Combat Dealers ?

I thought he was going to donate a HUGE amount of money!

At least he was out of the rain!

B-17 Flying Fortress is even more of a beast

Good ole Brucie

My grandfather was a mechanic on Lancaster’s for the RAF then later on for the RAAF then onto the Lancastrians later on ….

My Dad was a flight engineer in the Lancasters in WW2

F16s, oh Bruce mate🤔

Nice shot of a Halifax dropping bombs at about 8 seconds in. Thought this was about Lancasters?

If you what to know what is was like get the book THE BOYS OF WAR it tells the story of an air Lancaster crew from start to finish and how some of them survived after being shot down it's a true story.

Wonderful aeroplane but shocking why the emergency egress couldn't have been improved.

Just jane's looking good

Lancaster the sound of Freedom, Bomber county UK

There is 1 in Western Australia Bull creek avaition museam. That flew from Canada to Australia. Sad to think the British never saved much from the war for museum's. 6000 plus aircraft an 17 remain. Wtf did they do to them.

Which episode is this from?

Some people have all the luck

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2:37 F-16s??? No no no those are Typhoons

Yea it can carry more but good luck when ya get a fighter etc on ya gonna be hella hard to get him un like american bombers where they got loads of guns

Is Bruce's duck face posture important for the thumbnail...

Might get them the item but makes a profit..

It didn't take 6 months to train a bomber pilot during ww2, it took almost 2 years including almost 1 year in USA.....

Compares a 4 engine heavy bomber to a 2 engine medium bomber. Wonder how the Lancaster stacked against the B17

Gramps skippered one for 114 sqn rcaf

Fuel consumption: 200 gallons an hour

What episode of Combat Dealers was this, and what season was it in?

1 of 17 Lancasters i live near one just 30 min drive

It had one major flaw how the hell do you escape when it’s going down? They had few survival chances when in a plane dropping like a brick when at the front trying to get to the back! The young boys who left home that never came back, who gave the ultimate sacrifice their lives for our freedoms! That today’s society in just coming 80years soon, don’t give these people the respect they deserve. Do not forget it wasn’t long a go, that every nation in Europe was in flames!

6:48 music called

F16s haha typhoons

I live in Lydd in kent if you go to Dungess with a metal detector loads of shrapnell world war 2 must be dog fights..

This guy is just a Spiv.

Personally I thought the Stirling Short was a more attractive bomber, and not a single example exists now. Massive shame.

I wonder if it's a Canadian built Lancaster.

1:49 "by bombing factorys". Lol ever heard of moral bombing. And the brits mostly flew night missions where the target often wasnt hit that perfect...

Pity a real test would have been to find four Bristol Hercules engines for a mk. II.

Old Brucie is looking a bit skinny is he ill?

My Relative Wing Commander Mick Ensor DSO & Bar DFC & Bar & AFC RNZAF/RAF flew for Coastal Command shot down twice Sunk the first UBoat of ww2 3 confirmed 2 unconfirmed by the end of WW2 book written on him called Ensors Endevours by Vincent Orange

F16's hahahaha guy really doesn't know much does he haha

Typhoons not f-16s

Typhoons not F16,s !!!

You can't park there SIR..