The RF Polish fighter squadron shoot down 126 enemy planes. It was the most effective RAF squadron during the battle of England and they didn't fly the legendary Spitfires but a lot slower and worse Hawkers Hurricane. Fucking British arrogance. Thankless pigs!
Making holes in the Spit dream - sorry, fact. British built. Stop the Polish nationalist agenda. You should be very happy Britain was there, made this genuis machine, and invited your brave men to fly in her.
MH434 is painted in the markings of 316 "City of Warsaw" Sqdn with the boxing bulldog of Polish ace Aleksander Gabszewicz who was credited with 9.5 kills including by some accounts a share in the first Luftwaffe loss of WWII. He survived the war and remained linving in exile in the UK til his death in 1983. Post war politics were complex and unfortunately the Poles bore the brunt of appeasement to Stalin to avoid ongoing full scale conflict. One of many brave Polish pilots. Lest we forget.
The worst thing was that end of WWII, when the victory was celebrated, Britain banned the attendance of Poland, in deference to the Soviet Union. An utter scanda.
Heinz Knoke's book " I flew for the Fuhrer" has a bit of information. The 109 was not easy to fly, in any of its forms. Walking round a 109 is a bit off putting, there is not enough wing to lift the large engine at first sight. The pop-out slats on the early models were not altogether helpful, and the type was noted for killing inexperienced pilots in stall/spin accidents on takeoff and landing. Easier to build than Spitfires, the engineers nearly got it right. Now if they'd used a Mustang wing.
can someone tell me does anyone still makes the spitfire, can a person buy one,where, and if someone knows what is the price of one of these :) please
@SASNIGHTCRAWLER erm - sorry to burst your bubbly thing but John Dodd (UK) was the first to put a Merlin in a car to my knowledge - take a peek at this (and scuse the poor quality) /watch?v=OxMxFE37Sxw
@BaddaBigBoom Cheers m8. i think the American put it in an estate car i think, well from what i can remember anway, and he also stuck a Rolls Royce grill and lady on the front, Rolls got wind of it from a Rolls customer who had seen this, and took him to court to get him to remove the lady, he refused and ended up having the grill taken off too...anyway i will check out the link...cheers
@florianska6 Indeed, there were 16 Polish Squadrons in the RAF during the war but also many other nationalities including Czech, French, Norwegian as well as pilots from many British Empire (Commonwealth) countries like South Africa and Canada. This is why it is said that it was the Allies who won the war, not the British or the USA (although they seem to think that ;) )
@florianska6 Ignorant fuck ! Its because of you polish fucks that we entered the war to help you against the nazis !! Silly CUNT ! We should have left you all to be gassed i hate the lot of you ! Get the fuck out of my country ffs ! Stealling all our jobs & working for peanuts ! Dirty arrogant bastards !
Were you there? I rather think that your comments here are O.T.T. and NOT representative of the majority of British and Polish people. Indeed, the nuanced rhythms of our beautiful English language are lost on you I suspect. You do a grave disservice to the memories of the pilots, both British and Polish who flew in the war.
Were you there? I rather think that your comments here are O.T.T. and NOT representative of the majority of British and Polish people. Indeed, the nuanced rhythms of our beautiful English language are lost on you I suspect. You do a grave disservice to the memories of the pilots, both British and Polish who flew in the war.
@florianska6 Without Polish Pilots the RAF would not have suffered a disadvantage, whilst I praise the achievments and skill of Polish pilots, you have a grossly over inflated perception of their contribution to the Battle of Britain.
in fact , the Luftwaffe had a NUMBER of flyable Spitfires after BoB . Having test flown them , they decided that the Me109 suited their tactics better in most respects. But they LOVED that Merlin engine.
But anyone who knows even a TINY part of German aircraft developement , and WHO Hartmann & Nowotny were MUST have respect . I think that the Ta152 ( Fw190D9 - D13 ) were the best.....and I am ALLOWED to think that ! sofukkinthere !
Adolf Galland rated the Spitfire so highly he told Goering 'Give me a squadron of Spitfires!" Did anyone EVER hear that said about a German plane? Nuff said in the argument of Spit vs 109!
@MGWhitfield : I'd like to see how the Spitfire compares to the Grumman Hellcat, which the U.S. considered a benchmark for judging other aircraft. The Hellcat was one of the best against the Japanese.
Thats a yanks point of view, why arent there any Spitfire Dogfight videos? It says it all. According to many top aviators the Spitfire was the greatest propeller plane ever made. The Hellcat was good because it could take off on aircraft carriers and it was the upgrade from the Wildcat which was proved successful flying from the carriers, they mad it faster and armed it better, thats it. The Spitfire would eat a Hellcat for breakfast in a Dogfight.
@Soloman1001 : If the Hellcat can't do it then the Corsair can. Let's see how the Spitfire compares to the Corsair, one of the fastest planes we had on the carriers.
William Dunn (US fighter ace who flew Spitfires, P-51s, Hurricanes, and P-47s): "Now, if I had to make the choice of one fighter aircraft above all the others - one that I'd rather have tied to the seat of my pants in any tactical situation - it would be, without any doubt, the world's greatest propeller driven flying machine - the magnificent and immortal Spitfire."
William Dunn (US fighter ace who flew Spitfires, P-51s, Hurricanes, and P-47s): Now, if I had to make the choice of one fighter aircraft above all the others - one that I'd rather have tied to the seat of my pants in any tactical situation - it would be, without any doubt, the world's greatest propeller driven flying machine - the magnificent and immortal Spitfire.
William Dunn (US fighter ace who flew Spitfires, P-51s, Hurricanes, and P-47s): Now, if I had to make the choice of one fighter aircraft above all the others - it would be, without any doubt, the world's greatest propeller driven flying machine - the magnificent and immortal Spitfire.
@MGWhitfield Churchill in 1938: "we need some Messerschmidt planes if we want to win this war"..
nuf said ;)
the spitfire were good fighter planes, and slightly superior to the FW 190 and ME 109, but the UK only withstands germany because of the US economy and support in material and personal..
don't act like you won the war, you only stood long enough to not loose it!
You are right in part. Thr Germans lost interest in Britain to push east instead. The RAF did prevent them acheiving air superiority in 1940 but that was not the reason Germany did not invade. The real reason was that Germany had taken a hammering by the Royal Navy and simply did not have the resouces to protect a cross channel invasion. Had they gone ahead the RN would have almost certainly destroyed most of the invasion barges before they landed on British soil.
@MGWhitfield Yeah - so Galland said...I wonder if he really had the bollox to say that to the second most powerful man in the Reich? I doubt it - Galland was a great friend of Douglas Bader...another bullshit merchant!
@TheMG63 Nothing to do with his nationality - I love the English and have lived in West Sussex (near Tangmere!) for 20 years! Bader prevented his "batman" Alex Ross, who was a non-combatant, from being repatriated in 1944 because it was his job to carry Bader up and down the stairs in Colditz. Mr nice guy!!
@TheMG63 You talk about the SNP's view! From what you say about the UK you feel exactly the same!! I totally agree by the way - I am Scottish - you are English - where's the problem? It all goes back to when England wanted Union so that the country was not caught between two enemies - Scotland and France. Thank God we grew up.
@MGWhitfield The Germans should have given the Fw-190 priority over the Me-109. It was the best fighter of them all. And it was actually the Hurricane that saved Britain, the Luftwaffe was already severely weakened when the Spitfire began to perform.
@Kroenen81 You don't take into account that in the Battle of Britain there were 30 Squadrons of Hurricanes as opposed to 19 squadrons of Spitfires. The Hurricane shot down 21.9 credited aircraft per squadron, the Spitfire 27.8 credited aircraft per squadron. The spitfire's ratio of kills was higher than the hurricanes in comparison to their numbers. The hurricanes would not have been so successful had not the spitfire taken out the supporting German fighters.
@MGWhitfield Yes, Galland did say that but if you read his book you'd see that he said that to infuriate Göring because of what Göring was asking his 109 pilots to do during the Battle of Britain. And if you read further in his book Galland says he thought the Spit was a better defensive aircraft than the 109 but that he considered the 109 to be fundamentally better. I'm not trying to say one aircraft is better because personally I like both equally.
There was an occasion when the Focke Wulfe was introduced. A British squadron leader put up a sign; "Who's afraid of the Focke Wulfe?" Every pilot in the squadron signed it!
cristiandan,ME 109 ugly as fuck,only advantage over a Spitfire was fuel injection,apart from that nothing.Your man might have had a good victories under his belt,but hey!The krauts got there ass kicked in the air period.
Erich Alfred "Bubi" Hartman (April 19,1922- September 20,1993) also nicknamed "The Blond Knight Of Germany " by friends... and "The Black Devil" by his enemies,is the most successful fighter ace in the history of arial combat!!!!!!!!!!! 352 aerial victories!!!!!! Me-109 Fighter,nice and best sound!!!! OK!!!!!!!! RESPECT!!!!!!!!!!
That is because of three things. He fought against outdated Russain designs not state of the art US and British designs, 2 most of his kills as he later admitted were bombers and transports and three the allied pilots flew less combat missions because they were rotated when every German pilot had to be flying, there was no "rear". Either way, still a great.
if there is a better looking aircraft i want to see it, if there is a better sounding aircraft i want to hear it....just simply the best fighter aircraft ever
I was nearly run over because of a spitfire. Walking through a motorway carpark one flew over head. I stopped with dropped jaw and this four by four came to a screaching halt, the driver was just about to give me a mouth full when i just pointed skyward - he too was with dropped jaw....
Sorry but you're wrong. Check the planes history (Old Flying Machine Company website)! It was never owned by Poland and so would never have the Polish Aircraft symbol. Poland only ever owned one Spitfire - clearly not this one!
Aha, rozumiem :-) actually I've been checking, and you probably had more than one Spitfire. I found a link which said you had a few thousand. So I made a little mistake on that one. Oh, and I have no problems with Poland - mieszkam tutaj ponad cztery lat teraz. Na razie nie chce wracac do anglii! ;-)
What they mean is that at the time the vid was made MH434 was wearing the markings of 316 Squadron, which was one of the Polish maned squadrons within the RAF during WWII
U want to be sarcastic - but U fail.This Spitfire Mk IX has SZ-G RAF marks on the sides, Polish National Marks (On the engine), that belongs him to 316 City of Warsaw Squadron.
@pleppes and everybody else, yes there was a large polish contingent flying for the UK in the second world war, the markings depict the polish pilots and their squadrons. Poles would often be mistaken for german pilots after bailing out of an aircraft and landing in an english backgarden or field, and some of them were badly treated by some of the lesser informed english citizens.
Sadly this did happen, I beleive their uniforms were quickly adapted to include a union flag and the word Polish appeared on a badge. They were fearsome fighters, arguably more focussed than Brit pilots due to the hatred they had for the Germans.
GRAZYARNIE! Czechs / poles etc fought against the Axis for their OWN REASONS ! not to liberate England. Britain and U.S were not going to have a full scale war with the SOVIET UNION ! OVER THESE COUNTRIES ! it would of destroyed us all ! GROW UP and DEAL WITH IT!
Yes very true, I think it is called REVENGE. Yes, the Soviet Union did suffer the largest losses. But this was a different theatre and another site or video.
Laddie there you go. This site, I believe was for those who flew the Spitfire.
Brits,Aussies,Canadians,Kiwis,Springboks,Rhodesians,Czech,Poles,and even a few Americans flew Spitfires and Hurricanes. It took a world to fight the battle.
that the great war followed by the great depression just about bankrupted and busted the uk there was no money for foreign adventures or keeping the services up to date indeed most bluecollar families were hard put to put food on the table
so piss potless and underarmed we were thrust into a war against thoroughly modernised German forces t was very touch and go BUT WE SURVIVED AND WON
and You think Germany was a rich and powerful country after the cease fire agreement in that wagon near the woods of Compeigne?...
Germany wasnt allowed to build large battle ships and the "pocket battle ships" visiting english harbours did overshoot the tons limit.
Every seamen saw that...but didnt care...Europe was eager to go to another war..the french had so much trust in the cease fire that they builded the Maginot Line...times were different...and the germans as a nation no devils
ands I am glad the allies won that war...and I thank america...I really thank america to decide that Germany needs good politics instead of european...racist politics...the post war american politics were the best politics Germany ever had for decades...finaly democratic politics for a nation getting ass kicked since 20 years....I feel sorry for the proud eastern parts of Europe who needed to wait so long for freedom...because western EUROPE was a coward....Hungary, Czech.. and the list goes on
Czech and polish pilots fought in british planes to defend the homeland of Britain....and where was Britain during the Praque spring or the Hungaraian demonstration...? Fear of war was immanent...the fear of an atomic war...so the politics staid calm...but the nations in the eastern part of Europe which did fought for freedom and peace had to suffer Stalin-communism....and the former West-allies did nothing...just to condemn verbal the military counter reaction of the Stalin system
And as for your cheapshot about not fighting but observeing I'd never denegrate american servicemen with whom I have been proud to serve and call some of them friend. I remind you we have as many boots incountry per head of population as you do and as many dead and wounded. yes our soldiers are poorly equipped ,paid, and treated but thats the fault of a shit government not the soldiers DONT KNOCK THE FEW FRIENDS YOU HAVE LEFT cos itl be worse on your own
is that a reply of one of my statements ? I mean the cheapshot quote....man to accuse the military is wrong....the politics were the problems and are the problems...the english soldiers did fight for a good reason...but the politics before declaring war were kind of weird....
as far as I am concerned the WW2 is my field of interest....the new war (Afghanistan/Iraq) fought by the british and americans and some of their "new friends" is a pretty grazy story..the aims are different and the reasons are different...not a good partnership in my eyes
The RF Polish fighter squadron shoot down 126 enemy planes. It was the most effective RAF squadron during the battle of England and they didn't fly the legendary Spitfires but a lot slower and worse Hawkers Hurricane. Fucking British arrogance. Thankless pigs!
MaxPolej 4 months ago
Sorry, but you are talking British arrogance.
Unfortunately no one can prove it so let's just live with our own perceptions.
florianska6
florianska6 5 months ago
Pity the film quality sucks.
24262748 7 months ago
Making holes in the Spit dream - sorry, fact. British built. Stop the Polish nationalist agenda. You should be very happy Britain was there, made this genuis machine, and invited your brave men to fly in her.
transonicbuoy1 7 months ago 5
Poles flew well, but it is a misnoma to credit them with winning the battle. They represented a tiny part of Fighter Command.
transonicbuoy1 7 months ago
MH434 is painted in the markings of 316 "City of Warsaw" Sqdn with the boxing bulldog of Polish ace Aleksander Gabszewicz who was credited with 9.5 kills including by some accounts a share in the first Luftwaffe loss of WWII. He survived the war and remained linving in exile in the UK til his death in 1983. Post war politics were complex and unfortunately the Poles bore the brunt of appeasement to Stalin to avoid ongoing full scale conflict. One of many brave Polish pilots. Lest we forget.
madwill11 9 months ago
To KallistiUK:-
The worst thing was that end of WWII, when the victory was celebrated, Britain banned the attendance of Poland, in deference to the Soviet Union. An utter scanda.
florianska6
florianska6 11 months ago
awesome....love it an... Iconic aircraft....thanx for posting
purplefurball 1 year ago
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Aside from the obviously beautiful aircraft - the landing in this clip is absolutely pefect - talk about featherlight touch!
billyconnearly 1 year ago
Aside from the obviously beautiful aircraft - the landing in this clip is absolutely pefect talk about featherlight touch!
billyconnearly 1 year ago
sound like freedom :)
ziomal406 1 year ago
Heinz Knoke's book " I flew for the Fuhrer" has a bit of information. The 109 was not easy to fly, in any of its forms. Walking round a 109 is a bit off putting, there is not enough wing to lift the large engine at first sight. The pop-out slats on the early models were not altogether helpful, and the type was noted for killing inexperienced pilots in stall/spin accidents on takeoff and landing. Easier to build than Spitfires, the engineers nearly got it right. Now if they'd used a Mustang wing.
SuperAviatar 1 year ago
can someone tell me does anyone still makes the spitfire, can a person buy one,where, and if someone knows what is the price of one of these :) please
SERDAROTmkd 1 year ago
@SERDAROTmkd Yes there is a company in Australia that make 3/4 scale spitfire replicas powered with an american car engine.
fireblade211 1 year ago
@fireblade211 do you know wheerre i can find this company??
desmondyeowk 11 months ago
@desmondyeowk The site for the company is supermarineaircraft . com
TopGunSGA 10 months ago
is on the Polish character
19F57 1 year ago
He was the BEST...RIP..
Hugonorge08 1 year ago
merlin is god!
quake4261 1 year ago
it be better if it was shooting something
logenblast 1 year ago
You know a woman did the design of the wings
grumm70 1 year ago
@grumm70
It takes a womans tender touch to create something of emense beauty.
llandudnoboy 1 year ago
Saw one of these down here in Southampton yesterday, awsome vid thanks!
eelsman1 1 year ago
man that thing gives me goosebumps it's beautiful in shape and sound
lancedboyle 1 year ago
good ex sund !!
plevia34 1 year ago
Mark Hanna, still missed.
crabbygaz 1 year ago
Ive just come
SASNIGHTCRAWLER 1 year ago
MG Whitfield ,,correct let's not forget the men inside them either
fullstrutn 1 year ago
Why do all the best aircraft sing like that? It roars like a tiger (bit of cantradiction but my goodness!)
wildhobby 1 year ago
RIP Mark Hanna - he passed from this life flying a Buchon Messerschmitt.
billyconnearly 1 year ago
Mark Hanna departed this life flying an ME 109 - It turned upside down and caught fire!
billyconnearly 1 year ago
If you are moved by the sound read "Sigh for a Merlin" by Alex Henshaw - he was the Chief Test Pilot at Castle Bromwich during WW2
billyconnearly 1 year ago
Reginald Joseph Mitchell CBE, FRAeS
Supermarine Aviation Works, Southampton, England.
Soloman1001 1 year ago 4
Now, if that sound doesn't turn you on!
Fantastic video. I wish I had bigger PC speakers :-)
Pilot Mark Hanna : 1995-1999
eivissano 1 year ago
Awesome
bandiflip 1 year ago
Only a Yank would put a Merlin in a fkn Car...this is the best sound you will ever hear from an engine...it makes all my hairs stand up on end
SASNIGHTCRAWLER 1 year ago
@SASNIGHTCRAWLER erm - sorry to burst your bubbly thing but John Dodd (UK) was the first to put a Merlin in a car to my knowledge - take a peek at this (and scuse the poor quality) /watch?v=OxMxFE37Sxw
BaddaBigBoom 1 year ago
@BaddaBigBoom Cheers m8. i think the American put it in an estate car i think, well from what i can remember anway, and he also stuck a Rolls Royce grill and lady on the front, Rolls got wind of it from a Rolls customer who had seen this, and took him to court to get him to remove the lady, he refused and ended up having the grill taken off too...anyway i will check out the link...cheers
SASNIGHTCRAWLER 1 year ago
ok I admit it's supermarine:p
timsduif 1 year ago
I love that sound
toptuneben 1 year ago
The sound of the Merlin has no equal.
racinglad 1 year ago
IT"S SUBMARINE!!!!
submarine spitfire not super!
timsduif 1 year ago
@timsduif SUPERMARINE...You half wit.
EnglishTurbines 1 year ago
@timsduif right........
MilitaryAircraft101 1 year ago
@timsduif PLEASE, don't be a helmet.
BaddaBigBoom 1 year ago
Ah, that sound!!!
phrayzar 1 year ago
just love Spitfire!!
tord116 1 year ago
Awesome aircraft !
I'll bet the Germans hated to see these things climbing rapidly towards them.
dbviewer5 1 year ago
@dbviewer5 I bet they hated seeing it diving from above even more :)
ginjaninja1988 1 year ago
Just an Awesome Sound just Perfect - a Spitfire flew over my house about 2 years ago could tell straight away what it was !
RaunchyRocker 1 year ago
The Brits were the best pilots in WW2 says, an American :)
caryasiam 1 year ago 2
You Yanks would know. You were damned good yourselves.
Mannock 1 year ago
@caryasiam and the polish 303 RAFsquadron was the best in the whole RAF
as in loss : kill ratio
:-)
dudekidPL 1 year ago
@dudekidPL
Without the Polish pilots the RAF would have been very seriously disadvantaged and the end result could have been different.
Fantastic pilots and wonderful people.
Floriańska 6
florianska6 11 months ago
@florianska6 Indeed, there were 16 Polish Squadrons in the RAF during the war but also many other nationalities including Czech, French, Norwegian as well as pilots from many British Empire (Commonwealth) countries like South Africa and Canada. This is why it is said that it was the Allies who won the war, not the British or the USA (although they seem to think that ;) )
KallistiUK 11 months ago
@florianska6 ...It would've mustered 2,800 fighter pilots, instead of 2,950. They were a great asset, no more so than all the other who partook.
MrMorg19 10 months ago
@florianska6 Ignorant fuck ! Its because of you polish fucks that we entered the war to help you against the nazis !! Silly CUNT ! We should have left you all to be gassed i hate the lot of you ! Get the fuck out of my country ffs ! Stealling all our jobs & working for peanuts ! Dirty arrogant bastards !
TaNkSaLoT100 5 months ago
@TaNkSaLoT100
Were you there? I rather think that your comments here are O.T.T. and NOT representative of the majority of British and Polish people. Indeed, the nuanced rhythms of our beautiful English language are lost on you I suspect. You do a grave disservice to the memories of the pilots, both British and Polish who flew in the war.
shabbypants54 4 months ago
@TaNkSaLoT100
Were you there? I rather think that your comments here are O.T.T. and NOT representative of the majority of British and Polish people. Indeed, the nuanced rhythms of our beautiful English language are lost on you I suspect. You do a grave disservice to the memories of the pilots, both British and Polish who flew in the war.
shabbypants54 4 months ago
@florianska6 Without Polish Pilots the RAF would not have suffered a disadvantage, whilst I praise the achievments and skill of Polish pilots, you have a grossly over inflated perception of their contribution to the Battle of Britain.
ScottishCaledonian 5 months ago
a theres a pic of a spit with a Db601 installed looks kinda goofy
wind2jammer 1 year ago
@wind2jammer
jeah...just like a Me109 body with a Merlin engine...the HA1112 Buchon sucks
grazyarnie 1 year ago
R.I.P
P214Stearman 1 year ago
true fighter,my teacher in skhool flew one,loved the guy.,,that was back in the 60s...
MyDavid1960 1 year ago
The Best in WW II
Fulcrum1988rus 1 year ago
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Fulcrum1988rus 1 year ago
It sounds so good.
JackMacyntire 2 years ago
Hannah flying a SPIT - NICE.
How cool is Das Boot - a genius film
buttsyrc8 2 years ago
nice love the sound of that merlin lol
MyDavid1960 2 years ago
in fact , the Luftwaffe had a NUMBER of flyable Spitfires after BoB . Having test flown them , they decided that the Me109 suited their tactics better in most respects. But they LOVED that Merlin engine.
But anyone who knows even a TINY part of German aircraft developement , and WHO Hartmann & Nowotny were MUST have respect . I think that the Ta152 ( Fw190D9 - D13 ) were the best.....and I am ALLOWED to think that ! sofukkinthere !
tasman763 2 years ago
What source are you citing that the Luftwaffe had flyable Spits after the battle of Britain?
Saxe333 1 year ago
@Saxe333
The Spitfire Haynes manual shows early photo of a captured Spitfire I wearing German Luftwaffe markings.
TK42138 1 year ago
@Saxe333
There's photos around of a Mk V Spitfire that the Germans captured and put a DB601 Engine into for tests.
The Mk V didn't enter service till 1941
TopGunSGA 1 year ago
sexy plane for sure i love it
Luckertoni 2 years ago 5
Adolf Galland rated the Spitfire so highly he told Goering 'Give me a squadron of Spitfires!" Did anyone EVER hear that said about a German plane? Nuff said in the argument of Spit vs 109!
MGWhitfield 2 years ago 27
@MGWhitfield : I'd like to see how the Spitfire compares to the Grumman Hellcat, which the U.S. considered a benchmark for judging other aircraft. The Hellcat was one of the best against the Japanese.
JBC814 1 year ago
@JBC814
Thats a yanks point of view, why arent there any Spitfire Dogfight videos? It says it all. According to many top aviators the Spitfire was the greatest propeller plane ever made. The Hellcat was good because it could take off on aircraft carriers and it was the upgrade from the Wildcat which was proved successful flying from the carriers, they mad it faster and armed it better, thats it. The Spitfire would eat a Hellcat for breakfast in a Dogfight.
Soloman1001 1 year ago
@Soloman1001 : If the Hellcat can't do it then the Corsair can. Let's see how the Spitfire compares to the Corsair, one of the fastest planes we had on the carriers.
JBC814 1 year ago
@JBC814
I dont know i am just being flippant they were all good but the top aviators said that the Spitfire was the best propeller plane ever made.
Soloman1001 1 year ago
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@JBC814
William Dunn (US fighter ace who flew Spitfires, P-51s, Hurricanes, and P-47s): "Now, if I had to make the choice of one fighter aircraft above all the others - one that I'd rather have tied to the seat of my pants in any tactical situation - it would be, without any doubt, the world's greatest propeller driven flying machine - the magnificent and immortal Spitfire."
Soloman1001 1 year ago
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@JBC814
William Dunn (US fighter ace who flew Spitfires, P-51s, Hurricanes, and P-47s): Now, if I had to make the choice of one fighter aircraft above all the others - one that I'd rather have tied to the seat of my pants in any tactical situation - it would be, without any doubt, the world's greatest propeller driven flying machine - the magnificent and immortal Spitfire.
Soloman1001 1 year ago
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@JBC814
@JBC814
William Dunn (US fighter ace who flew Spitfires, P-51s, Hurricanes, and P-47s): Now, if I had to make the choice of one fighter aircraft above all the others - it would be, without any doubt, the world's greatest propeller driven flying machine - the magnificent and immortal Spitfire.
Soloman1001 1 year ago
@MGWhitfield Churchill in 1938: "we need some Messerschmidt planes if we want to win this war"..
nuf said ;)
the spitfire were good fighter planes, and slightly superior to the FW 190 and ME 109, but the UK only withstands germany because of the US economy and support in material and personal..
don't act like you won the war, you only stood long enough to not loose it!
derschatten82 1 year ago
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MGWhitfield 1 year ago
@MGWhitfield
Are you joking?
Soloman1001 1 year ago
@MGWhitfield The FW 190 was in front line ops in 1941....... too late for what?
discoii004 1 year ago
@derschatten82 Sadly for you world war 2 started in 1939....
DJMODable 1 year ago
@derschatten82
You are right in part. Thr Germans lost interest in Britain to push east instead. The RAF did prevent them acheiving air superiority in 1940 but that was not the reason Germany did not invade. The real reason was that Germany had taken a hammering by the Royal Navy and simply did not have the resouces to protect a cross channel invasion. Had they gone ahead the RN would have almost certainly destroyed most of the invasion barges before they landed on British soil.
tpsossff 1 year ago
@MGWhitfield Yeah - so Galland said...I wonder if he really had the bollox to say that to the second most powerful man in the Reich? I doubt it - Galland was a great friend of Douglas Bader...another bullshit merchant!
billyconnearly 1 year ago
@billyconnearly A bullshit merchant? Why, because he was English?? If that's the case then bear in mind your alter ego doesn't share your SNP view.
TheMG63 1 year ago
@TheMG63 Nothing to do with his nationality - I love the English and have lived in West Sussex (near Tangmere!) for 20 years! Bader prevented his "batman" Alex Ross, who was a non-combatant, from being repatriated in 1944 because it was his job to carry Bader up and down the stairs in Colditz. Mr nice guy!!
billyconnearly 1 year ago
@TheMG63 You talk about the SNP's view! From what you say about the UK you feel exactly the same!! I totally agree by the way - I am Scottish - you are English - where's the problem? It all goes back to when England wanted Union so that the country was not caught between two enemies - Scotland and France. Thank God we grew up.
billyconnearly 1 year ago
@MGWhitfield I think it had more to do with selling his book in britain .After the war.
jrobertsoneff 1 year ago
@MGWhitfield Also dont forget the spitfire had radar on its side.
jrobertsoneff 1 year ago
@MGWhitfield The Germans should have given the Fw-190 priority over the Me-109. It was the best fighter of them all. And it was actually the Hurricane that saved Britain, the Luftwaffe was already severely weakened when the Spitfire began to perform.
Kroenen81 1 year ago
@Kroenen81 You don't take into account that in the Battle of Britain there were 30 Squadrons of Hurricanes as opposed to 19 squadrons of Spitfires. The Hurricane shot down 21.9 credited aircraft per squadron, the Spitfire 27.8 credited aircraft per squadron. The spitfire's ratio of kills was higher than the hurricanes in comparison to their numbers. The hurricanes would not have been so successful had not the spitfire taken out the supporting German fighters.
TheMG63 1 year ago
@MGWhitfield That proposition could run as far as propellor driven planes are concerned.
How about the Gloster Meteor vs the Me 262?
The 30 millimeter cannons on the 262 would punch that Gloster and contemporary planes a few new exhaustholes.
Bear in mind that the Gloster meteor was only in service THREE years after the war. Gloster E.28/39 was ready, but that was a trainer.
rocksparadox 1 year ago
@rocksparadox No, you are wrong. The Gloster Meteor was in service the same week the ME262 went into service. July 1944.
Xiolablu3 1 year ago
@MGWhitfield Yes, Galland did say that but if you read his book you'd see that he said that to infuriate Göring because of what Göring was asking his 109 pilots to do during the Battle of Britain. And if you read further in his book Galland says he thought the Spit was a better defensive aircraft than the 109 but that he considered the 109 to be fundamentally better. I'm not trying to say one aircraft is better because personally I like both equally.
zontral 1 year ago
@zontral hi, in what way was the Me109 fundamentally better?
darkmossie633 1 year ago
@MGWhitfield
There was an occasion when the Focke Wulfe was introduced. A British squadron leader put up a sign; "Who's afraid of the Focke Wulfe?" Every pilot in the squadron signed it!
dunrudin 9 months ago
@dunrudin I think the story was "who was afraid of the big bad wolf?" by a new P-51 pilot, and his wiser squadron mate signed "we are"
farmerned6 8 months ago
Wow Christian, over 30 exclamation marks in one post. That's impressive.
plumberlad72 2 years ago
cristiandan,ME 109 ugly as fuck,only advantage over a Spitfire was fuel injection,apart from that nothing.Your man might have had a good victories under his belt,but hey!The krauts got there ass kicked in the air period.
SpeedTriple59 2 years ago 3
Erich Alfred "Bubi" Hartman (April 19,1922- September 20,1993) also nicknamed "The Blond Knight Of Germany " by friends... and "The Black Devil" by his enemies,is the most successful fighter ace in the history of arial combat!!!!!!!!!!! 352 aerial victories!!!!!! Me-109 Fighter,nice and best sound!!!! OK!!!!!!!! RESPECT!!!!!!!!!!
cristiandan06 2 years ago
That is because of three things. He fought against outdated Russain designs not state of the art US and British designs, 2 most of his kills as he later admitted were bombers and transports and three the allied pilots flew less combat missions because they were rotated when every German pilot had to be flying, there was no "rear". Either way, still a great.
javakris 2 years ago 3
wow!!!
cookieboy56 2 years ago
Thats two words
TheEmzRocks 2 years ago 2
One word "absolutley amazing"
raymondcbrown 2 years ago
The hairs are standing on the back of my neck,,,,,,,,,,,,im loving it!
jamiehn123 2 years ago 2
Best airplane ever!!!!!!
Only the real pilots got to fly something as good as that.
opuskiel 2 years ago 3
if there is a better looking aircraft i want to see it, if there is a better sounding aircraft i want to hear it....just simply the best fighter aircraft ever
1MrTurd 2 years ago 4
wow me hubiera gustado aver vivido en los años 40 este avion es sorprendente junto con el p 51 mustang y el zero japones
MARCO700750 2 years ago
top speed is about 490mph
PULSE1337 2 years ago
me 109s!!! nice and best soud!!!!! OK!
cristiandan06 2 years ago
no way man, spitfire sound beats me's into the ground
RichLesPaull 2 years ago 7
I was nearly run over because of a spitfire. Walking through a motorway carpark one flew over head. I stopped with dropped jaw and this four by four came to a screaching halt, the driver was just about to give me a mouth full when i just pointed skyward - he too was with dropped jaw....
kalamikid 2 years ago 3
Nothing beats the sound of a merlin
MickeyCBR1100XX 2 years ago 32
Or 4 royles royce merlin engines on the lancaster:)
ClarkesonTheMarksman 2 years ago 3
I dont know why but the sound of that engine gives me chills.
MisUnderEstim8 2 years ago 4
I know what you mean. Wonkabar007's "Pure Merlin Engine Sounds" clip brought tears to my eyes.
ZaTakeshi 2 years ago 3
@MickeyCBR1100XX actually, i know something that does
4 merlins :) Lancaster XD
250350murph 1 year ago
@MickeyCBR1100XX Hear Hear !
gloomypete 1 year ago
@MickeyCBR1100XX ...only sweet whistling sound of DB605 :)
flankingtiger 1 year ago
@MickeyCBR1100XX i like the drone of the c-130's engines at high altitude!
catchy1986 1 year ago
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@MickeyCBR1100XX i like the drone of the c-130's engines at high altitude!
catchy1986 1 year ago
@MickeyCBR1100XX i agree. but you should check out the Sakae 21 (Zero 52) ... sounds very nice.
FilipinoZeroFighter 1 year ago
jepp polish polska markings on this 1.
nolifemerc 2 years ago
I live only 5 kilometres away from this airfield.....on air shows I can play WWII air combat simulators....and hear the real engines not far away....
StuntmanKnut 2 years ago 2
Except it's not Polish, but nice try though
scatmanwalks 2 years ago
I would say it is, i see symbol on the engine 2:18
JackPLflashpoint 2 years ago
Sorry but you're wrong. Check the planes history (Old Flying Machine Company website)! It was never owned by Poland and so would never have the Polish Aircraft symbol. Poland only ever owned one Spitfire - clearly not this one!
scatmanwalks 2 years ago
Sure, i mean it was Polish air squadron formed in UK :)
JackPLflashpoint 2 years ago
Aha, rozumiem :-) actually I've been checking, and you probably had more than one Spitfire. I found a link which said you had a few thousand. So I made a little mistake on that one. Oh, and I have no problems with Poland - mieszkam tutaj ponad cztery lat teraz. Na razie nie chce wracac do anglii! ;-)
scatmanwalks 2 years ago
"Except it's not Polish, but nice try though "
What they mean is that at the time the vid was made MH434 was wearing the markings of 316 Squadron, which was one of the Polish maned squadrons within the RAF during WWII
TopGunSGA 2 years ago
Sorry scatmanwalks, didn't see your later reply to JackPLflashpoint
TopGunSGA 2 years ago
better 2:18
rysio92 2 years ago
2:07 polish aircraft symbol
rysio92 2 years ago
Simply brilliant.
crayzeehorse 2 years ago
put the hun to rest ha ha ha fucking haaaaaaaaaaaa:)
Fo3rest 2 years ago
Absolutely superb flying- shame it wernt higher resolution but good to watch.
stevecoterell9 2 years ago
There's planes and then there is the Spitfire, what else can this humble man say!
fijanemac 3 years ago
Awestruck beauty
ObltKG4 3 years ago
horsepower! v12 supercharged horsepower. 70 year old horsepower!!!
sketchmeister 3 years ago
my favorite plane ever , and it'll be #1 plane for me for the rest of my life
gt4fan 3 years ago 4
I love this plane!!
TitanicExpert 3 years ago
Such a pretty aircraft - a great loss that father and son are no longer with us - great pilots both !
globaleye8 3 years ago
Repeat please!
Braunheim 3 years ago
only 1 way to fly a spit, on full throttle and let that supercharger whine like a good un.
thecourierman 3 years ago 2
best looking and best sounding aircraft ever it puts shivers down my spine
and it was built in west brom birmingham england
andysllt 3 years ago 7
Designed by a lad from Stoke-on-Trent, Reg Mitchell
Wellingtonian66 3 years ago
hah 00.02 i see polish colours ...
rysio92 3 years ago
This Spitfire is Polish
rysio92 3 years ago
yeah sure and the germans won the war
pleppes 3 years ago
U want to be sarcastic - but U fail.This Spitfire Mk IX has SZ-G RAF marks on the sides, Polish National Marks (On the engine), that belongs him to 316 City of Warsaw Squadron.
Gryfiik 3 years ago
Watch the Plane, and stop that polish.....Chit Chat
BradBrassman 3 years ago
Heard of the Polish Squadron, RAF? Made a great contribution to Battle of Britain!
Wellingtonian66 3 years ago
and a squad makes the plane polish?
pleppes 3 years ago
I don't think he meant that!
johnbakoda 3 years ago
@pleppes and everybody else, yes there was a large polish contingent flying for the UK in the second world war, the markings depict the polish pilots and their squadrons. Poles would often be mistaken for german pilots after bailing out of an aircraft and landing in an english backgarden or field, and some of them were badly treated by some of the lesser informed english citizens.
snakeyjakehall 1 year ago
@snakeyjakehall
Sadly this did happen, I beleive their uniforms were quickly adapted to include a union flag and the word Polish appeared on a badge. They were fearsome fighters, arguably more focussed than Brit pilots due to the hatred they had for the Germans.
tpsossff 1 year ago
Makes you want to cry..
Tony1960x 3 years ago
Even today the Spitfire has to be the best looking aircraft ever made.
Tony1960x 3 years ago 5
A relly destruction machine the best of best
9s6c1r3ul 3 years ago
Please forgive me. The Dutch, Norwegian,Belgian,Finnish ex-pats flew the Spitfire and Hurricane.
biko0909 3 years ago
GRAZYARNIE! Czechs / poles etc fought against the Axis for their OWN REASONS ! not to liberate England. Britain and U.S were not going to have a full scale war with the SOVIET UNION ! OVER THESE COUNTRIES ! it would of destroyed us all ! GROW UP and DEAL WITH IT!
Valkyriepure 3 years ago 2
Yes very true, I think it is called REVENGE. Yes, the Soviet Union did suffer the largest losses. But this was a different theatre and another site or video.
Laddie there you go. This site, I believe was for those who flew the Spitfire.
biko0909 3 years ago
P.S. All of the above flew, Wellingtons, Halifaxs and Landcasters.
biko0909 3 years ago
Brits,Aussies,Canadians,Kiwis,Springboks,Rhodesians,Czech,Poles,and even a few Americans flew Spitfires and Hurricanes. It took a world to fight the battle.
The U.K. was never ALONE.
biko0909 3 years ago
Beautiful aircraft, and I just love the sound of the Merlin engines.
carsmasher 3 years ago 2
Ok.. WWII is your field then you must know
that the great war followed by the great depression just about bankrupted and busted the uk there was no money for foreign adventures or keeping the services up to date indeed most bluecollar families were hard put to put food on the table
so piss potless and underarmed we were thrust into a war against thoroughly modernised German forces t was very touch and go BUT WE SURVIVED AND WON
chitlika 3 years ago
and You think Germany was a rich and powerful country after the cease fire agreement in that wagon near the woods of Compeigne?...
Germany wasnt allowed to build large battle ships and the "pocket battle ships" visiting english harbours did overshoot the tons limit.
Every seamen saw that...but didnt care...Europe was eager to go to another war..the french had so much trust in the cease fire that they builded the Maginot Line...times were different...and the germans as a nation no devils
grazyarnie 3 years ago
ands I am glad the allies won that war...and I thank america...I really thank america to decide that Germany needs good politics instead of european...racist politics...the post war american politics were the best politics Germany ever had for decades...finaly democratic politics for a nation getting ass kicked since 20 years....I feel sorry for the proud eastern parts of Europe who needed to wait so long for freedom...because western EUROPE was a coward....Hungary, Czech.. and the list goes on
grazyarnie 3 years ago
Czech and polish pilots fought in british planes to defend the homeland of Britain....and where was Britain during the Praque spring or the Hungaraian demonstration...? Fear of war was immanent...the fear of an atomic war...so the politics staid calm...but the nations in the eastern part of Europe which did fought for freedom and peace had to suffer Stalin-communism....and the former West-allies did nothing...just to condemn verbal the military counter reaction of the Stalin system
grazyarnie 3 years ago
And as for your cheapshot about not fighting but observeing I'd never denegrate american servicemen with whom I have been proud to serve and call some of them friend. I remind you we have as many boots incountry per head of population as you do and as many dead and wounded. yes our soldiers are poorly equipped ,paid, and treated but thats the fault of a shit government not the soldiers DONT KNOCK THE FEW FRIENDS YOU HAVE LEFT cos itl be worse on your own
chitlika 3 years ago
is that a reply of one of my statements ? I mean the cheapshot quote....man to accuse the military is wrong....the politics were the problems and are the problems...the english soldiers did fight for a good reason...but the politics before declaring war were kind of weird....
grazyarnie 3 years ago
Not sure if you mean WWII or Iran/Afghani war but if the latter well if you had your time again you maybe wouldnt go there
chitlika 3 years ago
as far as I am concerned the WW2 is my field of interest....the new war (Afghanistan/Iraq) fought by the british and americans and some of their "new friends" is a pretty grazy story..the aims are different and the reasons are different...not a good partnership in my eyes
grazyarnie 3 years ago