Spitfire Ace - Episode 1 - Part 1

[maverick8228]

don't forget Polish pilot from 303 division ! Best regard from UK.

[justadroid]

That sound at 1:02 .....incredible

[ClericUK]

We can't forget the hurricanes and the pilots of those planes. They did just as much as spitfire pilots and helped preserve our freedom.

[StandardSam1]

Does anyone know who the composer is of the opening piece to this video?

[ckolonko]

Anyone else notice the edit at 03.24? He says Hurricanes!

[andysim232]

one of the most Iconic aircraft in the history of flight. and one of the most beautiful machines ever build by human hands.

[Poopingbotham]

Joe Roddis mentions that the Spitfire had the legend "Supermarine" embossed on the rudder bar, something of which I'd like to see a picture of!

[Lasstpak]

Spitfire is most sexy aircraft EVER

[Blasphemisaurusaoe3]

@Lasstpak P-51 is just as sexy and it's faster... British pilots remarked that it had even better handling than even the Spit.

[kevinkards1]

@Blasphemisaurusaoe3 the spit was the better plane

[Blasphemisaurusaoe3]

@kevinkards1

1.) Because of the Cannons it carried

2.) Because it was Bloody British

Am I correct? *wink*

[kevinkards1]

@Blasphemisaurusaoe3 the spitfire was the better plane end of story the p51 comes in 2nd place

[Blasphemisaurusaoe3]

@kevinkards1 Yeah, yeah. These videos are full of comments just like this. People alter the facts to fit the purpose of informing people of their favorite planes. I once heard a guy say that the 109 was superior in every way to everything the allies had including late spits and the P-51D. He said the axis only lost to superior numbers, too. Of course all he said was completely false. The Spit and Mustang were very similar in performance, but the 51 delivered spit performance at +1000 miles.

[kevinkards1]

@Blasphemisaurusaoe3 i think we can agree to disagree you have your views and i have mine and at the end of the day that was what he last war was all about freedom so people like us can disagree you hae your favorate and i have mine

[Blasphemisaurusaoe3]

@kevinkards1 Agreed. I love both planes and have no favorites.

[kevinkards1]

@Blasphemisaurusaoe3 long live the freedom we have lets not let those brave men and woman die in vain

[Blasphemisaurusaoe3]

@kevinkards1 Agreed. I love both planes and have no favorites.

I also enjoy and cherish my freedom which these planes helped preserve.

[MrStig691]

@Blasphemisaurusaoe3 Not so, the 51 didn't quite have the performane of climb and speed, as well as turn. Not to mention armament.

[Blasphemisaurusaoe3]

@MrStig691 Oh for goodness's sake, stop altering the facts to suit your favorite planes. Every historical account gives the 51 credit for being the fastest single-engined fighter of the war. The Spit couldn't outclimb the 109 or 190 until its 8th variant. It still possessed somewhat superior armament and turn rate to the 51 but lacked range and superior speed. Both aircraft were still more maneuverable than axis counterparts, so when 51s were over Berlin it really didn't matter.

[Blasphemisaurusaoe3]

Who gives a damn anyway? They were both beautiful & deadly aircraft whose historical importance cannot be ignored.

[kevinkards1]

@Blasphemisaurusaoe3 i offer a compromise both planes where the best at what they did p51 long ranger support fighter the spit best defence fighter

[kevinkards1]

@Blasphemisaurusaoe3 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."

[kevinkards1]

@Blasphemisaurusaoe3 USAAF pilot Charles McCorkle (who flew both in combat), reporting on a mock combat between a Spitfire and Mustang in 1944: "Now we could see which was the better aircraft...a Mustang and a Spit took off for a scheduled 'combat', flown by two top young flight commanders. When the fighters returned, the pilots had to agree that the Spitfire had won the joust. The Spit could easily outclimb, outaccelerate, and outmaneuver its opponent..."

[Blasphemisaurusaoe3]

@kevinkards1 Which models of teh planes? Because the Spit XIV had a 2200 hp engine, and earlier models of the Mustang were lesser in performance. Was the Mustang fully loaded with fuel? because loaded mustangs were very unstable.

[tfifriday1]

There's a great page at bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11029903 that shows just how comprehensively the Brits outshone the Luftwaffe. Click on the "Airmen Lost" section for the starkest figures.

[eus478]

@tfifriday1 Very interesting, but BBC still manipulates the statistics: They compare the Fightercommand with the whole german airforce and "forget" the Bombercommand and the shot-down-fighterpilots and damaged planes, who get a second chance. Check these facts: Fighter-losses between July and October 1940 : 631 Hurricane's, 403 Spitfire's, 610 Bf-109's, 235 Bf-110's.

[nickizzyyouification]

comment posted  for blueskyatmidnight!!!!

[nickizzyyouification]

God why do idiots like this even bother to post comments! research the figures of BoB you idiot, it wasnt due to the sea! bloody nut job!

[Nomade66]

one to three - polish kills to the next british one. Poles killed 10% in that battle.

[cdrc2004]

Thank you SO MUCH for posting these videos!! I happened on a bit of one the episodes on Discovery (??) but have never been able to find the series on TV or DVD. I'd pay good money for the series but it's not to be. This series is brilliant. Thanks again.

[mariarts]

06:08 MAGIC

[lukeywookey]

the polish squadrons were good but i dont think that they were the "best"

[maxin2]

Yes they were. Check the Kosciuszko No.303 Squadron.

[nickizzyyouification]

It's terrible what happened to the poles and it should never be forgotten what they did in the battle of britain! at the time there pilots were probably more experienced not sure really how you can compare every pilot as to who was best figures dont tell the whole story.

[janak19771977]

@lukeywookey actually the 303 was the higest scoring sq. and frantisel josef from 303 (but czech national) was the higest allied scorer

[XxShikakuNaraxX]

@janak19771977 actuly they were polish

[janak19771977]

@XxShikakuNaraxX yes i meant that 303 was polish...but farnatisek josef was czech

[simaodocaminhao]

Yes, they were THE BEST. Remarkably, they did not take part in the battleof Britain from the very start. They were also much better trained that their Commonwealth counterparts and most of them had already experience from the September Campaign 1939 when they had to face German pilots flying superior machines to the ones they flew. Sadly, their role (and other Polish squadrons) in the battle of Britain is often ommited in the British publication on Battle of Britain. Polish Pilots, I salute you!

[CairSilverwolf]

It kida sad, that you can hear in this document "all the britans allies were gone" Britain did not fought alone, Many nations that were ocupied by Nazis had governments in exile located in London ( Poles, Czechs ,etc. even Free French ) The allies were not on maps true, but their soligers fought on, I think without them Britain would be defeated. Hundreds of thousents of allied groud troops, seaman, and airman protected GB borders, supply convoys from US, and participated in all operations

[forestg83]

@CairSilverwolf

Among them were also 'Kiwis', 'Ausies' and others.

For some people it's hard to imagine that the best squadron was No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron (based on wikipedia)

[CairSilverwolf]

Yup , especally memorable that Polish squadrons did not participate in the begining of Battle of Britain, they where commisioned after 2 months of battle in the last day of August ,and still they made the largest amount of vicories, larger than squadrons that were fighting from the very beginning of the battle. Besides sentence "all the Britains allies were gone" is false for one more reason. Poland did never surrender to Nazi Germany (unlike France, Norway, Netherlands, Yugoslavia etc.).

[310Stanlee]

you are true, but it wasn´t Czech, they were Czechoslovak. Thanks:)

[CairSilverwolf]

Or maybe I should write Czech and Slovak pilots that came from a two-nation coutry (like Poland-Lithulenian Commonwealth few centuries earlyer )?

[ryko26]

or maybe you shouldn't

[cogidubnus1953]

Notwithstanding my previous comment, there were two Spitfires and two P51s flying above Chichester today...such a glorious sight... and so few people even looked up...

sic transit gloria

[cogidubnus1953]

So...what about the Hurricane...the aircraft that the majority of Fighter Command was equipped with, and the favourite of the good shots...

[aurora2k]

IL2 for life !!!

[CMDRFandragon]

heck yeah, IL2 is the only way ive flown a Spitfire and that doesnt amount to much but i know in game it owns all and is a great plane

[mmmsikim]

@ 9:46 did he black out?

[Donuts73]

Yesiree, looks like the nugget did blacked out~!

[Dragon22873]

Yup :D

[FireXtheRipper]

but the hurricane almost shot as many germans down as the spitfire... spitfire gets all the glory but the hurricane was even more present than the spit in zhe battle of britain

[Mattebubben]

The Hurricane Shot down more Germans then the Spit cus the HUrricane was as good as the Spit but there was More Hurricanes then spits it didnt Turn as good but it could take more Beating

[RoadRunnerDrummerJD]

Anyone who's looking at this comment, it may seem rather an inane question, but what's the best,

fighters or bombers?

:)

[FireXtheRipper]

depends on what you want to do ^^

[trwagner1]

Where can you get this on DVD? This is fantastic!

[matt2house]

Good doco this, I saw this on tele 2 years ago and I've been looking for dvds of this show for yonks.

[Xiolablu3]

Ahem, Canada? Aus?  New Zealand? They stood with Britian.

Bad mistake on the part of the program makers.

[matt2house]

ah well, shit happens innit

[kristoffersweden]

These goes in my favorites! Thanks!

[AlHillATC]

Futhermore, your probably from the shittest little country Ive ever heard of. I'd like to see your countries fine Air force of World War 2 hold off against overwhelming enemy aircraft and a possible invasion. Trust you lot to be a French territory lets go through all the wars they've lost, before you say the FRENCH invaded us it was the Normans. Prick I suggest you fuck off from offending the Allied pilots in BoB it was there efforts, not the channel. I fucking hate you

[virgintrainssuck]

i love people like u

[AlHillATC]

Haha! I just love going round youtube and reading all this shite members seem to write about and then proving them wrong. 95% of them are from shitty little countries that can't even manage themselves!

[bbathtub101]

LOL!!!

[matt2house]

there were 2 german bombers in the air, there were 2 german bombers in the air, there were 2 german bombers, 2 german bombers, 2 german bombers in the air.

And the RAF from england shot 1 down, and the RAF from england shot one down, and the RAF from england shot 1 down. And the RAF from england, RAF from england, RAF from england shot 1 down.

[AlHillATC]

Actually blue sky, the Allies lost 1,963 aircraft, 500 pilots being killed. The krauts lost 4,074 aircraft with around 2500 of those pilots killed. I suggest you research more u fuckin useless prick!

[eus478]

@AlHillATC Didn't they teach arithmetic in at school in your glorious country? How can 2500 pilots fly 4000 planes? According to BBC Germany lost 2662 "airman", not pilots. More than half of them were crewmembers of bombers (mostly four-seater). So the BBC-figure of 1918 lost aircrafts makes more sence than yours.

[BlueSkyAtMidnight]

The Luft shot down more than than the RAF in the BOB. It was the English channel that saved Britain.

[eselous]

Shoo troll.

[virgintrainssuck]

Not true at all watch the ending of the film BoB that shows true figures muppet

[matt2house]

that's bollocks you've lost more aircrafts and pilots than we did. Do some research u donkey

[RMCDOXX0]

Can you get these on DVD?

[DataWaveTaGo]

Thanks! Great series.

Fortunatly Adolf didn'r realize that the Luftwaffe failing to prevent the evacuation from Dunkurk uncovered Goering's flaws, so they were able to throw the Luftwaffe at England and lose again, thus uncovering yet another, more fatal flaw, which Adolf still didn't see, namely that he had built a corrupt team of subsidiary despots who were willing to kill even more of their own countrymen for some mythic glory. See "Nazis - The Occult Conspiracy" - here on UTube.

[RMCDOXX0]

cheers matey, this and the Royal Marine docu. Your going to be like Oddball and GD.Bloody brill docu's mate. Do you have the docu where a team of people try to become a British Bomber crew like their relatives in ww2?

[mrrmancunian]

I remember that one, I never saw the last bit though where they actually flew the bomber...