An ME109 force-landed on Tunbridge-Wells golf course. The pilot got out and set eyes upon my 12-year-old father who he approached, handed over his side-arm as proof he was unarmed, and told to run and fetch a policeman to come and arrest him. My dad complied with that instruction, but hid the gun before doing so because it would clearly make an excellent plaything. Hours after the uneventful arrest of the German pilot, the policeman was forced to return to my grandparents house in search of the missing weapon, and my dad got a severe slippering!

Not an epic account of how the war was won, but an absolute gem of a story…so many treasures yet to be discovered! Thanks!

My father, an Aussie seconded to the RAF, was forced to bail out of his Spitfire over Britain. He, too, was greeted by a little old lady (into whose backyard he had parachuted). “Would you like a cup of tea, Sonny?” was her greeting - after her savage terrier had latched onto Dad’s bootless foot. He gratefully accepted but his trembling hands spilt most of the tea. Seems Aussies we’re more welcome than the Germans!😊

My dad was in England with the 106th Infantry Division training and waiting for their placement in the war. On one long March in the country, they were greeted by a group bird watchers from the local town. They were told that when they finished running about, they could come to the Manor house for a spot of tea.

"...clearly from an upper-class family by the way she was dressed..." Sooo, the fact that she was in a BENTLEY LIMOUSINE wasn't clue enough? 😄

A German plane crash landed on the mountain above Maerdy in the Rhondda Valleys and the local policeman with a group of miners went to see if the pilot survived. He did and was brought down to the village, where he faces a number of angry Welsh women. Many of whom had relatives fighting in the war. That was until they saw him and how young he was. Then it was a case of cups of tea and Welsh cakes. They general feeling was they hoped their men would be treated as well by the enemy if captured. 🤞🤞😊😊

I love seeing some of these remarkable stories. Very well done. Can you imagine the pilot asking if the lady had any Grey Poupon?

My Grandad was a Policeman during the war. He brought in a German pilot. Crashed on the Somerset levels. Took him to Stoke under Ham police station cells. Dad said he took him breakfast. Was furious because the pilot was give Bacon and eggs. Which he never got for his breakfast. The Army came and collected him later.

NEVER underestimate grannies and old ladies.

Now this was a lovely story. That old lady didn't just capture that German flyer. She actually did him a favor. Which was nice of her.

He may had been a German but I love happy endings. I wish this was a book with more detail

An absolutely charming story about people, fear and most importantly: feminine compassion. What a lovely encounter

A very English lady. Great story. Thank you

For the record - Lord Buckland (d. 1926) married in 1907 Gladys Mary, the oldest daughter of the late Mr Simon Sandbrook, J.P. of Merthyr Tydfil, and had a family of five daughters . . .

German: Surrenders after 8 days in the wild Japanese: Wanders in the jungle for years, not knowing the war is over. 😁

Lol no German would ever do this over the Soviet Union. 😂

Excellent work Brother, I really love these little documentaries that you do, thanks.

Times past. Honour, civility and duty. A very British story. Excellent!

Beautiful story! I love your videos.

A delightful story! Thank you for sharing!

The plane getting destroyed wasn't unfortunate, it was success!!! LOL

Something tells me that the good Lady was so privileged that not for a single moment did she consider that the young German would not act like a respectful gentleman, and she is indeed fortunate that he was a gentleman for had he been a true warrior he would have shot her driver and the Lady, taken the car to the English channel and stolen a boat to occupied France. This is indeed a remarkable story.

Amazing video from excellent specific channel thanks for sharing

My friends father was a child during the war. He told a story of being in class and having his old teacher pull a pistol out of his desk and told the class to wait one minute. They watched as the teacher went outside as a German pilot landed in his parachute. The teacher gathered the pilot up, brought him into the school and sat him at the back of the class. The teacher then continued the days lessons and turned the pilot in at the end of the day.

“It looked unlikely that they could make it back home” *bomber starts to nose dive*

Great stuff!

Another Markl(e) causing trouble in Blighty

Love your videos! :D

Fun fact. The surrendering pilot in the film was actually durrendering to US troops after having flown a new type of focker wulf to an allied airbase to avoid capture by the soviets just before the end of WWII. The plane is in a museum somewhere.

So good thanks Tg3

A very British story 🇬🇧✌️💪

Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

That was an interesting bit of information 👍

loved this story

Thank you. An interesting tale.

Grandma showed her true power

Most Germans who bailed out over Britain were instructed to surrender so that to expect to be freed within a few weeks but The Germans did not invade Britain and they stayed in POW camps for much of the war, even transferred to Canada and the USA later in the war. They only freed after the war and some stayed in Britain and in America.

Great little story, although she hardly "captured" the German pilot. He deliberately turned himself in. Had he decided otherwise, she wouldn't have done anything. Absolutely gallant conduct on her part nonetheless.

Good video with real videos !

"Mrs. Miniver" is a classic WWII movie about the "home front". There's a scene where a German pilot shows up in her kitchen!

Great story. Cool, honorable Lady. I hope she got to keep his hand gun and shells. Great souvenir.

Now i wonder why i thought of Hogans Heroes when i watched this.

Thank you.

Another potential graphic novel. I love a good story.

The night witches historical video please tj3!?

Nice work, as usual, particularly on the flaming He111 engine. If you don't mind the suggestion, the nighttime bomb flashes are not as realistic as they could be. Missing is the flash, itself, and the flash reflection in nearby buildings and trees. Instead, there is only a brief, dull-orange cone of light. Anyone who has seen documentary film of an aerial bomb detonation notices the flash and sometimes, the shock wave, as well.

Have had dealings with the so called upper crust . I can tell you although charming , they as tough as nails underneath the surface .

Well of course, a member of the British 'Upper Crust' was simply doing what was right. Fear was subjugated by her sense of correctness.

How come the old lady had petrol for her Bentley?

True story....my mother's father and a neighbour captured a German Luftwaffe aviator that had bailed out of his aircraft and landed all tangled up in a tree.....my grandfather had seen him coming down and grabbed his shot gun and his neighbour seen him come running out of his house with gun and decided to join him. Once they caught the German and told him to put his hand's up ! While someone called the authorities, My Grandfather an air raid warden during WW2 and an ex WW1 household cavalry veteran, who served in the trenches in France. Got his neighbour to climb up the tree, while he kept the shot gun on the German, they quickly got the German down.... knowing that the authorities where on the way and need to act fast. They quickly stole his parachute and ran off with it, into my grandfather's house, before the Royal Recovery Unit arrived on the spot and take the German into captivity. My Mother told me that her mother (My Grandmother), made pillow case's and the girl's ( my mother and my aunt's) Petty coat's out of all the silk chute.

The word "capture" is a bit frivolous here... To "capture" something or someone supposes a number of specific, active actions with the intend to do just that. She just came by with the (nice) Bentley, one can not call this a "capture". The guy simply surrendered. The title of this docu would have made Dr. Goebbels smile....

that was a nice story

ILOVE UR VIDEOS

Germany: "Would you like some bombs?" England: "Amusing, would you care for some tea?"

Nice Bentley. I wonder if it survives to this day.

Do one on an Italian ace like Franco Lucchini or Major Visconti

Getting captured by that lady was the luckiest day of his life no doubt although he probably didn't think so at the time.

he was not captured! the german surrendered. what a misnomer

Wasn't there a British movie called "Mrs. Miniver", who managed to eventually outlast and turn in a wounded German pilot who entered her home while her husband used their boat to save British soldiers stranded in Dunkirk?

a Bentley,s OK but if Her Ladyship had been in a Rolls-Royce that would really be arriving in STYLE to the coppers....!

I had to laugh @:51 when he said, " As Hitler caught the allies off guard in France, he streaked across the countryside......" That would have been a sight ! 😀

! wow what a story. i had a grade 6 teacher. Her name, was Miss Buclin ..true !

Say, I have come to very much enjoy your videos. Do you have any long range plans to branch into the Pacific Campaign? My mother was a nurse in the Asian Theater, hence, one reason, for my interest in that Theater of Operations.

👍 👍 👍!!!

She probably did more than capture him. If this Limo is Rock'n Don't come a Knock'n

Did she get to keep the Luger, for the next time?

Captured is not what happened….. he surrendered

2:15 That footage is making it look as if the British were the victims of Terror Bombing. 60 thousand died in the battle of Britain, 600 thousand died in the Bombing campaign of Germany.

She did not capture him. He surrendered.

Capture? Sounds a lot more like accepting his surrender. Whatever I guess that helps people to click on it.

A minor point: Flak is the term for German anti-aircraft artillery. In the Second World War, British anti-aircraft artillery was “Ack Ack”. Both “Flak” and “Ack Ack” are abbreviations, “Flak” being derived from the German term “Fliegerabwehrkanonen” and “Ack Ack” from the British phonetic alphabet for “AA”, the abbreviation for “anti-aircraft”.

This is why u don't mess with old lady in Russia

Your content is always informative and well done.

My home city is apparently the second worst bombed English city after London (several different cities also claim that dubious honour). 1600 seperate high explosive bombs were dropped on the 7 mile east to west and 4 mile north to south urban area excluding literally ten's of thousands of small incendiaries bombs and butterfly bombs etc and unexploded ordnance and those bombs that were aimed at the city but landed in the adjacent countryside and estuary etc. 4,000 casualties including 400 killed on two of the worst night raids (and hundreds more injured) and even today it's possible to see rows of Victorian and Edwardian era buildings with gaps were the bombs hit.

Your title is rather inaccurate, he wasnt captured,he wanted to surrender.

Operation old lady atacks

You could have put this into Hogan’s Heroes

To cool...hehe

I'm an American, and I have to admit that when the British do something, they do it with STYLE (capture a German pilot in a LIMOUSINE). .

"So, honey, how was your day?"

Surname = Markle. Please tell me there's no relationship with she who considers she must be obeyed?

I'm 👍 number 218.

older women always fall for the uniform. plus the poor pilot was probably very hungry. wonder if the chauffeur had something extra to say lol

Read more books about these pilots from both sides. Some great ones out there. Turn off that stupid idiot box folks :)

If you want to get to the point go to 6-34 where you will find an old lady did not capture him, but he was looking for a local person to surrender to- this story is not as sensational as it’s heading suggests and could be told in quarter the time

Change the title of the video from 'captured by' to 'surrendered to', otherwise it's slightly misleading.

Mrs. Miniver helped the police to capture a Nazi pilot, too.

If he planned an invasion of England Dunkirk would've been known as Dundead. Bc the effort to stop the escape would've been greater. Germany was pursuing peace with England.

Surely the English used Anti Aircraft Guns rather than FlAK, Flieger Abwehr Kanonen?

If your an allied soldier during WWII you would never wanna bail out when flying over japan, because japan really didn’t see the Americans as people, except for some Japanese soldiers but this was a rarity and you would mostly be shot read while in your parachute and the camps were worse then death.

Hello. I'd like to surrender now. Please?

That lady is my hero. Wouldn't it be wonderful if her car has survived until today and is in a museum?

Bros hole crew held j

Imagine losing to a grandma

well, the German lad did is duty against to try and evade capture, but can only subsist for so long on a diet of tree bark

LOL The Brits are Huns!

Not capture but received the surrenderor pilot

Real photos? Guess not.

The Hunters Dog noticed Him , But they were hunting Rabbit not Germans ....

Both sides had to be careful surrendering to locals, many an aircrew on both sides got lynched, there was the case of the Polish Pilot who got shot down during the Battle of Britain over England, Local Farmers found him, thought he was German because of his strong accent & Lynched him, they would try to evade Civilian's & Surrender to Authorities such as Police or Military.