rare de havilland mosquito combat footage SOUL IN ISOLATION

[justforever96]

Is the strange burning sensation supposed to be in my ears? It still hurts! It's a good thing my speakers committed Hara-Kiri after about 20 seconds, or I might not be alive to type this!

JK! ;)

[micron005]

Thanks for posting this, music and all. My dad, who turns 90 this year, was a navigator flying Mosquitos out of Harrington on missions for the OSS. They did night runs to communicate with resistance fighters in Germany and France as part of Operation RedStocking. I'm sending him this link, which I think he'll appreciate.

[yayablu1970]

The Mosquito was an absolute wonder of the second world war. A great plane flown by a great air force. God bless the RAF!!

[superpursuit2007]

not my kind of music but who cares,just good to see such a great aircraft on film.thankyou for putting it on

[wwwtotalitaerde]

Far more than half of the right extremists inside Germany are snitchers of German secret services.I guess that the NAZIs in the US with their help are being guided and supported by the German BND as well. The BND is actually the NAZI Gestapo under a new name.

These right wing troublemakers are very useful to divert from German human rights abuses in the past and today.My brother Markus Bott had been tortured during five and a half years and was murdered on 11.7.09

[ninetalis]

@whiteadderextras

whatever man, im not the only who says that your a moron

[whiteadderextras]

@ninetalis nice of you to point that out

[whiteadderextras]

@Art4Law LIKE YOUR COMMENT

[whiteadderextras]

@Sardondi didnt stop u from poking your comment in tho did it...

[whiteadderextras]

@ninetalis get a grip...

[ninetalis]

@whiteadderextras

shut up stupid i dont remember what i posted here but i do remember that is wasnt that bad that you had to delete it, anyway, you just took the mosquito's good name through the mud with this fail of a vid

[whiteadderextras]

@ninetalis this fail of a vid ...lol

the survivability of the wooden wonder both as a weapon & a legend will remain - whatever you or I say, such is the irrelevance of opinion - if u feel so strongly why don't you rip the video, & repost it with your own audio

[whiteadderextras]

@Art4Law tuff -

[adamkincaid1234]

If you don't like the sucky music, all you have to do is hit the mute button?!

[whiteadderextras]

@adamkincaid1234 well said - if it had original sound....but it didnt

[zenislevas]

this vid have better watching without sound, damn

[whiteadderextras]

@zenislevas A MATTER OF OPINION -

[d0ct0r01]

@Sardondi amen to that chief

[MichiCipoten]

@mixedbreed10

Alle muziek bij dit soort opnames is volstrekt ongepast.

Er is al so-wie-so teveel ”muziek”, altijd en overal.

[bettymilo]

@MrChappy39 ...you missed the point. It went right over your head.

[MrChappy39]

@bettymilo right back at you sister.

[1is1and2is2]

Cool soundtrack:) Chameleons..Soul in isolation...!

[kolbpilot]

The Germans admired the Mosquito immensely. They also never had a satisfactory answer for it. Only their fastest machines had any kind of chance dealing with it.

[bryanncampbellca]

@Sardondi You can always turn the volume down. ;)

[12lacroixsouslange]

Stop moaning guys just turn-off the music! Great vid great plane!

[HSTMDad]

Wonderful aeroplanes ... hideous music

[bolijack]

@mixedbreed10 I d prefer good comments instead of friggin music :-((

[SGDeGalvez]

turn down the volume?



[Dwoolyman]

The music . . . no appreciation or respect for the brave men and women that fought for us.

Cobblers indeed.

Actually ... WANKERS.

[avril2]

Just click on the speaker symbol and the sound stops!

[53hew]

@Sardondi - ooops brain dead forgot where the mute button is?

[DiamondEyeProduction]

You twat. Stupid music over rare footage. you should be shot, you idiot.

[eric3810101]

unplug your headphones

[xoio]

This fucked music sounds like U2 after eating feces!

[ffokcuf10]

not sure I liked the music either but hey whats the hassle I just turned it off. There would be no soundtrack any way

[nachjagger33]

fuck music

[clarinet1]

I gave up, solely because of the vulgar and monotonous music.

[bbpom]

Not sure about the music, info or comments would have been better.

[andieslandies]

I've never been good with numbers but was that 162 missions marked on one of those aircraft??!!!

[XEIGHTYS]

i dont like music the video is excellent

i think is 633SQ

[Rommgomery]

Hi XEIGHTYS, you are right about the music, its crap, but the video makes up for it.

633 Squadron is fictional, a quick check on Wikipedia will give you info on the 1964 film.

[dorset972]

Interesting video but why the music? It is distracting and completely inappropriate.

[martynpank]

Interesting comments Billy, Thanks! If the allies only used Mossies, would they have fallen into the same trap as the Luftwaffe? If the Luftwaffe had a Heavy bomber during the Battle of Britain, would the outcome have been different?

[iroscoe]

Its doubtful they had plenty of targets they could of hit quite effectively with the bombers they had in 1940 . I think the German BoB campaign lacked clarity of purpose it was tactics rather than weaponry that let them down .

[martynpank]

@iroscoe 1940 bombers were shit! The worst thing (Best!) that the Luftwaffe did was to bomb London. How we needed the respite!

[iroscoe]

The Heinkel 111 and Junkers 88 were perfectly adaquate aircraft,it was tactics that let the down . The Germans lacked a clearly defined achievable goal in 1940,they were in effect bluffing with a bust hand .

[martynpank]

To restart the thread though. Do you think that bomber command would have done better if they forgot the 'Heavies' & just made more Mossies, & only attacked specific targets?

[billyconnearly]

I doubt it - the Lancaster could carry a load of 10000lbs to Berlin on 4 engines the Mossie managed 4000lbs on 2 plus - with modification the Lanc could carry up to 22000lbs.

[andieslandies]

@billyconnearly even if the mossie carried only 4000lb, it could get to Berlin twice in the time the Lanc got there and back, required half the engine production, a quarter of the trained aircrew and could outrun most of the fighters. Same bomb load as a B17 but a bigger single bomb (I've read)! Not a total replacement for the heavies but perhaps a more cost effective option for many of their tasks?

[MaxMeles]

The music is absolutely fascinating. Unbelievably lousy - does anyone know the song? Makes me curious

[thedreamdealer]

For your enjoyment PLEASE mute audio before watching - thankyou!

[aenoch75]

what is the music

[LordoftheHornets]

soul in isolation by the chameleons :)

[snowdog271163]

Thank God the aircraft was better at it's job than the 'singer' in this band is at his.

His out of tune wailing set my teeth on edge!

[the82spartans]

Ha ha! 

Word.

[andywarh0l]

Were those cylindical bombs cookies like the Lancaster ones? I didn't know the mossies loaded cookies (and I had an uncle in a Mossie squadron) so hey-you learn something every day!

[dimgwalltameiben]

Why did the FB version have second crew member? Tiffies didn't (obviously) and it did make them any less effective.

[rlbondi]

Navigate man, navigate. Have to go a long way sometimes & you vcant just look over the side to clear your tail.

[dimgwalltameiben]

If you're looking for a specific target in the middle of enemy territory obv. you a need a navigator but Mozzies were also used for flying over the channel shooting up anything made of metal prior to D-Day. This is what I had in mind when I made my comment.

[Goldman769]

the wooden wonder - amazing aircraft

cheers for posting this

[SyncroRacing]

Best fighter bomber of the war. End of.

[THEPUNISHER1968]

Why are you IDIOTS comparing an A10 with a Mosquito?

[boogeyman450]

Just love the 1940's "music" :-(

[wsteffen]

The British bomber command should have replaced their Lancasters with the Mosquito. They lost too many Lancasters to the German nightfighters. In addition a surplus of Mosquitos would definately have provided the needed airsupport of the Arnhem operation that failed partly due to lack of air surport! They would probably have handled the SS-panzer divisions effectively!

[killingamps]

There was plenty of air support at Arnhem. It could not be contacted because the radios that the paras had had the wrong crystals. Even though the pilots of the Typhoons on hand could look and see a German tank, they could not attack without an order from the ground, lest paras be nearby.

[wsteffen]

It sounds a little odd when you know these attack planes usually could go on rampaging the French countryside just looking for potential targets! Though there were parachuters around at Arnhem they were not equipped with tanks so it shouldn't have been to difficult to hamper the Germans if they really had done it right!

[killingamps]

I know it sounds odd, but it was easy to hit a target effectively in a "free fire" zone. But after a lot, and I mean a lot, of "friendly fire" incidents involving air support, the procedures for using air support around friendly troops was put into place and strictly enforced. I have to wonder how many "Tiffie" pilots cheated at Arnhem, and attacked what they saw without guidance from the ground. Ryan didn't address that in his book, "A Bridge Too Far."

[wsteffen]

So, if I understand you right the paratroopers at Arnhem could have got their needed "artillery" support if their radios had been working correctly.

What a blunder!

Still I hold the view that the resources should have gone to the Mosquitos rather than the Lancasters. The German Luftwaffe showed in the openings of the battle of Britain that dedicated attacks on military targets can bring the enemy to its knees. They lost that battle when they stopped bombing the airfields.

[sard37]

Both fantastic planes but the Mozi was a fighter bomber and the Lancaster just a bomber and able to carry a bigger pay load, may be they should have sent mosquito's with the lancasters but hey hind sights great, name two more British WW2 planes and you know your stuff kid.

[wsteffen]

Hm, I saw the lessons learned by the german airfield attacks as sufficient to turn that lesson around and concentrate the attacs through the use of the Mosquito. The hindsight was there but Wallis didn't want to see it. He believed Germany could be brought to it's knees solely by the heavy bombers wich was a folly! So the issue of my criticism is the "kinglike" power of men like Wallis in the military system and the deliberate negligence of hands on knowledge! Not knowing about numerous planes!

[wsteffen]

Harris, not Wallis(!) but he merely represented a lot of "Kings" in the military establishment still. The Americans had their own King in the navy and Germany had Gøring! They were all men with large egos resulting in losses of lives and resources. The Mosq could have been used to a larger extent than it was but this was hampered by poor policies. Luckily de Haviland developed the plane in spite of political obstacles making it a statement of the free spirit of the west!

[AyebeeMk2]

which aircraft acted as the pathfinder for the other ?

(pathfinder = scout !)

do your research before you open your mouth....

[gb5uq]

The P51 was eerily similar in design the Hawker Typhoon. They even built Merlin's at Packard's Detroit factory to power it. Incredibly fast but useless as a fighter due to it's severely restricted ceiling to name but one shortcoming, just like the Typhoon. Good ground attack aircraft though, just like the Typhoon. The DH98 was the most versatile and innovative aircraft in the world for it's time and even today remains one of, if not the most beautiful aircraft ever built.

[blackhawkce]

hawker typhoon's are kinda sexy

[MegaBrits]

First to exhibit an element of RADAR stealthiness.

Fully loaded had the Load of a B-17 and when empty were faster than any fighter.

[blackhawkce]

which is why more mosquitoes have been shot down vs the A10. As far as it being the best flyingjoe, that's your opinion. In almost every history book it has been said that the P-51 won the war for the Allies.

[CaptBubble]

...almost every AMERICAN history book!

P 51 is a great result of British technology improving on American (I am from USA), but Mosquito did far more important work, if there had been equal numbers there would be no contest, and I am a big fan of P51!

[hewhosayszonk]

I've never seen a single history book that said the P-51 won the war for the allies. By the time the P-51 was available, the allies had already achieved air superiority. Its main value was as an escort for the long range heavy bombers. Most history books I have read seem to say the war was won by tactics, strategy, logistics, and the tremendous industrial and manpower advantage the allies had over the axis countries.

[1gunfighter1]

NO Way the war was won by Easy Company of the 506 pir 101st airborne! Dont you watch TV?

[gotcha109]

the mosquito was far superior to the A-10

[lrmis11111]

Hitler did not build heavy bombers. And he was stupid to invade Russia

The heavy bomber won the war. And the Russians.

the 51 was an escort.

The nukes had a pretty big impact as well

[Erictheirritated]

The P51 was built by North American Aviation to a British Air Ministry specification.

It came into its own when powered by the Rolls Royce Merlin.

The allies would not have had nearly sufficient to have won the war without US production.

It's foolish to argue over who should have got credit for the P51. Both countries should have a share.

[TONYPARAMOTOR]

The allies would not have had nearly sufficient to have won the war without US production.REPLY if the british had used the american under powered engine would they have come into there own.u talk crap mate.u look at our small country to yours.u all came from the british colonies

[Erictheirritated]

The Rolls Royce engine fitted to the P51 was superior to the Allison above about 12,000ft because of the advanced design of the RR supercharger. That's what turned the P51 from a ground attack aircraft into the fighter which flew over Berlin.

[flyingjoejackson]

The Mosquito was not one of the best aircraft of the second world war....It was THE best by far. The Government and defence procurement were incompetent then as now! If they had ordered more the war may have ended earlier and we might have had more flying examples left now.

[mapache11]

..and unlike an A10 with all its armour, the Mosquito was made of wood.

[Yamieguy64]

It's hard to compare the Mossie to anything modern as there are no modern bombers as fast or faster then fighters! As impressive as the Mosquito's performance was it's versility...used as everything from bomber to fighter to Martime strike, photo recon, pathfinder...even an intereption-proof BOAC airliner flying to Sweden.

[CaptBubble]

Only an American could compare a Mosquito with an A10 ! If you have to make comparisons with the A10, I suggest you take a look at a Heinkel He 162 "Salamader".

[navnig]

true, the only factors that are even remotely comparable are the speed and payload. other than that they're like chalk and cheese.

[Spenner56]

What beautiful all-round aircraft it was !

Did you know this ?

If the Lisbon Treaty is ratified by all 27 member states..Britain's RAF will be forced by law to swear allegience to the EUROPEAN UNION.

Google eutruth and weep !

[lecky229]

to spenner56, the RAF will not swear allegiance to the EU. 30 years in the RAf tells me that we will not. Anyway, whose air force got it's arse kicked!! Will have more respect for the modern Luftwaffe when they can put up an aerobatic display team

[phildaguy]

No.4 in Discovery channels top ten bombers of all time.

[dragonbat76]

The A 10 Warthog of WW2 Such an important piece of history.

[cloudebase]

as it sounds "A Hog" or in English - "A Pig" I worked with them In RAF Germany, the pilots were about as good as a chocolate teapot.

[MechelenManiac]

One of WW IIs greatest all round attack, recce, night fighter and bomber aircraft, the allies should have stopped production of all the other twin engined types and spewed these babies out for all they were worth. Fast and hard hitting the 1940s version of the Panavia Tornado and just about as stealth as they could get back then.

[kerednotsdib]

Keep on coming, Nazi's.

You are an embarassment to your government.

Your comments have been forwarded.

It's good to know who you are ;)

[aerovid]

you are all idiots.

the world is filled with humans and humans fight, thats what we do best. War is part of us and always will be. The German's were a great and glorious empire and almost took over the world. Something other nations can only dream about. think about that for a while as you sit preaching how moral and superiour your countries are, the only reason you think this is because you are too stupid to see how evil all countries are.

[surn1970]

And 6 million jews robbed Palestine and German wealth to establish an illegal entity there you criminal go to hell you and your fucking security!

You're trying to intimidate me with those bastards, you cursed thugs and murderers!

[surn1970]

Arrogant criminals with blotted hands of innocent blood for ages! If there were a just powerful authority you would be all brought to justice for your atrocities against humanity: against the red indians the inkas the aborigines the vietnamese the japanese the germans the arabs the indians the africans. You still feed on the blood of other wetched nations and fight your super historical battles against prisoners and refuges!Fool your selves but soon you'll pay the bill!

[kerednotsdib]

6 million jews would disagree.

Oh, sorry they can't because you German cunts killed them.

Btw Google, a US company owns youtube and has your IP address - you clever little Nazi.

So expect their security services to be taking an interest in you.

[surn1970]

Grrreaaat Britain, CanaAustalNewsealand, commonwealth+ colonies, USA, USSSR, Middle EastTraitors + persecutions of heroes, UNresolutions Sanctions Embargoes, Confiscations of assets, charity donations, satellites Control, B52s Tons of Napalm Cluster bombs Cruise missiles, massive Propaganda exclusive for "Historical Battle" and co

on the other side a focke wulf

Now adays no sea fleet no uboat not even a focke wulf but Taliban with a rusty kalashnikov!

[kerednotsdib]

You really are a little prick.

You started two wars and lost both.

Fuck off back to your hole.

[surn1970]

Thousand against one just like Afganistan and Iraq! You cowards!

[Gruntol5]

Thousands of what against one of what? Please clarify.

[kerednotsdib]

He's an ignorant little Nazi.

I've seen his odious, ignorant comments elsewhere.

Sadly the internet throws up this vermin now and again.

[Gruntol5]

Yep. Another psychotic jerk.

[RAFdavidjohnson7771]

wow!

[HAHAYERFACEBROKE]

termite's delight + P-47 = fascism withers on the ground

[Keith2855]

Great looking aircraft.

[PinkHairedWitch]

my grandfather flew one of those planes in world war 2

[terrymod]

Heres remembering my dear late father who flew with 255 Sqdn in North Africa, Sicily and Italy. Way to go Dad.....xx

[DaveGIS123]

My Dad flew in Ansons on ASR patrols and said the Mosquito would break your heart. One day he followed a formation of Mossies on a raid to Norway in case any ditched. They hit their targets and were allready on the return trip before the Anson had even made it half way across the North Sea. Then one Mossie dropped out of formation, switched off one engine and blew right past the Anson, with the pilot & navigator waving goodbye.

[stormbringerII]

This is awesome to see. There's a mosquito under restoration at Windsor Airport, Ontario. It's gonna take years but it will be worth it. I went to see the amateur restorers at work and was able to see everything up close, even pick it up...totally awesome and very rare

[komepollass]

great aircraft, however, to me,...best aircraft in ww2 was p-47. Carried 1 ton payload, could endure massive punishment and was still an effective fighter.

[g3offrito]

well yeah, but the P-47 was about as aesthetically pleasing as your average hippopotamus. The mosquito looks absolutely brilliant, and it was a versatile and effective craft as well.

[falconlem]

The Mosquito was not meant as a fighter, so putting it up against the P-47 is silly. night fighter it was much better in that role, but was far more versatile, the post war jet fighters were still barely the equal of the P-47 at least until the F-86. But you are talking different eras. and that's pointless.

[terrence2112]

Best aircraft of WWII. A twin engine bomber with a bigger payload than a B-17 (I've been up in a B-17). The Mosquito was faster than any fighter. Is there any question that the Mosquito was the best? Good old Canadian plywood! lol. Canada rules! Everyone likes to pat themselves on the back (I'm looking at you Britain and the US.) But without Canada and Poland and the other allies...

Hey! Who were the best pilots in the Battle of Britain - the Poles! Best of the best. God bless Poland. Terry

[leeobee]

True. Britain is an idea. And it is cosmopolitan. It always was.

[joshibiz]

Agreed

[matt2house]

Rule Britannia!!!

[currawongee]

and its all true blanche imagine that

[currawongee]

no guns wings sry hey

beware the rockets but hey

2000kgs bombs beware the fucking mosquito idiot

6 50 cal guns will fk yer up but

[currawongee]

excellent video bro too never seen any before

ty

[currawongee]

go the english

music mate ty

[currawongee]

sry i meant p61 northrop and 1945 model mosquito night fighter with english radar,and lets say 4 30mm cannon the odd 50 cal in the wings

[currawongee]

do you blokes reckon a mosquito 45 version woulda done a p62 notrthrop "black widow" in the night fight of course

[thomasbhunter007]

This is much better if you turn the sound off, sorry to say.

[thomasbhunter007]

What terrible music.

[Gruntol5]

Utterly ridiculous and inappropriate music.

[tantalumdom]

can someone tell me what the music is please

[gw1965]

It's a track called "soul in isolation" by a band called The Chameleons ( from Manchester in the UK ). Superb band ... but I gotta agree perhaps not the best choice of music for this vid'.

[p1anet]

why the hell add such crap music!?

[sixfootbear]

why add crap music??

[russradicans]

Good for jails and Gestapo HQs too!

[woolfox45]

Great film. At 2min 13sec you can see the bulged bomb bay allowing the 4000 lb cookies to be carried.

Code P3 makes this No 692 Squadron of 8 (Pathfinder) Group, Bomber Command, the first Mosquito squadron to drop these cookies. The airfield is probably Graveley, their wartime base near Huntingdon. No 692 was a founder squadron of the Light Night Striking Force, for pinprick and diversionary raids.

These Mossies could make Berlin and back twice a night, with 2 crews, hence "Berlin Express".

[Hanglands]

Its not just 'probably Gravely', but almost certainly Gravely, I believe 692 were there until June 45 when they moved to Gransden Lodge, where they disbanded within three months.

Great vid. 5*

[thomasbhunter007]

Might anyone know if Mosquitos were ever involved in RAF attacks against Helgoland, Germany?

[exinite]

On 18 April 1945 20 Mosquitos, 617 Lancasters and 332 Halifaxes attacked Helgoland. 3 Halifaxes were lost. (See Middlebrook and Everitt, Bomber Command War Diaries, 1985, p697)

[pp12021]

moskitos the best planes- fast and cheap! like russian t34

[mikedeluco]

without a doubt one of the best aircraft of the war.

[911NEWSTWO]

You gotta love those old fighter's!

[flashbackfoley]

cool vid

[HoldinCoffee]

Glad to see you're still posting vids. Stellar as always!!