I have to get to an airshow in the UK where I can see and hear this plane fly past, just so I can get in touch with that era, what a remarkable defence that was put up against the Nazis by pilots from so many nationalities, and that amazing ground to air system the British had the foresight to put in place, remarkable innovation.
I have created a music album which charts this same period of British history:
Britain At War - Darkest Hour by Rhesus Monkey. The album covers the Prelude to War, The King's Speech, The Battle of France, Dunkirk, The Battle of Britain, and of course The Blitz. I've also created a video to accompany Churchill's address to the United States in June 1941: 'The Old Lion'. You can view that video within my YouTube channel.
You got this video just right, some video of the "spit" with just the wonderful sound track of that fabulous engine and the equaly wonderful music too.
We may be in dire straits at the moment as a country, but its things like this which remind you of the pride and love we have for Great Britain.
We've fought off attackers from all parts of the world, united through times of crisis, achieved huge feats of engineering, gained one of the largest empires in the world, the list goes on...
We were great, we are great, and may we continue to be great for many years to come.
I went to the airshow in '99 when I was 7. The spitfire was and is my favourite aircraft - if ever a machine had a soul, the spirit of defiance sitll lives on in these fine planes.
Goosebumbps watching that. Thanks so much for sharing it. They should play it in schools as an educational film....Children this is what your forefathers designed, built and flew to protect you and your country from evil in our hour of need.... The greatest British invention ever.
I enjoyed watching this video. If you enjoy watching and listening to Spitfires being displayed, may I suggest you watch my video: "Spirit of Kent Spitfire_Manston_14.9.08_Pilot_Dan Griffith", posted on my channel "rgnvideo". Dan Griffith gives a scintillating display, which includes showing the Spitfire's legendary ability to do tight turns.
Sosseries, Think /i saw the same one, just before Fairford, Live on Cleeve hill, heard it before i saw it, looked up and saw that Beauty...may she fly for ever!
No orchestra in the land can make sweeter music than the Merlin engine. Spitfire-the peregrine falcon with a piston engine strapped to it! Awesome & incredibly beautiful. Many thanks for posting :)
I was out for a drive in my land rover (1970 series 2a) with the roof of with my son and wife in cheltenham down a country road when i heard this sound that i automatically knew and looked up and sure enough it was a spitfire flying over us . so i pointed it out to my boy and we all waved as he came round for a second pass and as we waved he wagged his wings , what a feeling that gave me , i hope my boy remembers it . 2 british icons in one moment wish i was a bystander with a camera . heroesraf
I'm also an ex-matelot and I've heard a lot of fine sounding machinery but you Crabs win with this. There's only one thing better in my opinion and thats a Mossie with 2 Merlins!
truely a awsome peice of firepower , and show of force , i know if i came up against one id shit my pants and shout mummy nine nine ern spitfire zes after mien
Nice editting to get that Rolls-Royce Merlin 'purring' through the BoB theme.. Also nice to just pick up the Hurricane taxiing near the start of the footage.
What have the White British or those of British origin ever given the world? NOTHING but slavery.
Now we are fighting back, and one day you will hopefully be a minority in your own fuckin country. :-D Your numbers are already dwindling, thanks to abortions (God bless those doctors who dismember those unborn white kids) and also thankfully 'positive discrimination' is now taking a hold of the UK. you white males can't even apply for some jobs! things will get even better when lib dem get in.
One of these did a very low flyover once on a royal visit. I was fortunate to be right at the front next to the royal party as it went over.
My goodness it was the most beautiful and staggering noise i have ever heard. Videos and soundclips dont to the engine noise any justice. Anyway, good video.
The main mark from spring 1941 until early autumn 1942. The fw190A came as a shock in sept 1941 - which led to the mark 9 and later the mark 14 which stayed superior to anything Germany had (except for the ME262 at high speed - it had poor manouverability at lower speeds)
That was awesome buddy....Thanks. I never get sick of seeing the spit doing a fly-by, I get goosebumps with the sound of that Rolls. Just my opinion, but the Spit is without a doubt the most beautiful aircraft ever flown or designed. Keep the video's comin', thoroughly enjoyed!
@camelot41992 ur not the only one i get goosebumps just listening to that SWEET Engine and the hairs on the back of my neck stand up with the spit engine and the music.
The Spitfire, that's it..... the most beautiful and the best fighter aircraft of ALL time.
This is actually the Mk V Spitfire, recognized by the three exhaust mufflers and the one radiator under the right wing.
Both sides had great pilots. Johnnie Johnson, Cyril Bamberger, Douglas Bader - a true hero - . Werner Molders, Otto Kittel, Rudorffer, Galand, Barkhorn..... My deepest respects to all of them - no matter the side -.
@yerwotaname : The character of "Skipper" played by Robert Shaw is based directly on him. Same no-nonsense atitude towards fighting. You're in there to kill the bugger and get the hell home, nothing else matters.
I remember how dissappointed I was when I first saw a warbird in person.The thin aluminum was a shock.I had always thought the metal was 2 inches thick always hearing about the armor plating.Then my heart jumped into my throat when I realized how vulnerable thes pilots were and I found a whole new respect for them.These boys had nothing but guts and deserve every credit given to them! Lets also remember the boys on those Liberty ships that never made it across the lake.Heroes all!
As an American I just want to tell you that I am in awe of what the English and her allies did during the Battle of Britain. This video brought a tear to my eye seeing that gorgeous Spit streaking along with the amazing movie theme behind her. I love Spits, Hurricanes and Mustangs . USA and UK forever!
As an Englishman, I'd like to say just how much I admire the guts and courage of the American Devastator torpedo bomber crews at Midway - all but wiped out in an heroic action. Also the B17 crews on their daylight raids over Germany. Before the advent of the P51 with long range drop tanks, those guys were shot up real bad.....but they carried on. It seems in that war, heroes abounded. The sound of a Merlin or a Wright Cyclone in full cry will stir me to the end of my days.
Thank you for your thoughts. Yes, the sound of a Merlin or a Wright is the sound of liberty. I am also moved by the people of London that endured the nightly bombing raids, that's something Americans were spared. Thank God evil lost that round.
What a sound, what a sound the Rolls Royce Merlin, one of the finest aero engines ever built! So good the Americans built it under licence to power the Mustang. Two of the greatest fighter planes in history.
By 1945, Wg Cdr Peter Malam Brothers DFC had flown 875 REPEAT 875 operational hours and was credited with having shot down 16 enemy aircraft and damaged many more.
Sid Clayton made 100 operational sorties as a Navigator and then persuaded the RAF to send him to train as a pilot in Canada; he came back and made another 45 operational sorties on Mosquitos,
By the time Neville Duke RAF had finished his third tour, completing 486 operational sorties, he had destroyed 27 enemy aircraft and probably three more, making him the RAF's outstanding and highest scoring fighter pilot in the Mediterranean theatre. He was then 22 years old.
Johnnie Johnson 515, YES 515 sorties flown, 34 aircraft claimed destroyed with a further seven shared destroyed (totalling 2.91 kills), three probable destroyed, ten damaged, and one shared destroyed on the ground
Group Captain James Brian Tait (nicknamed Willie) DSO and three bars, DFC and bar. Conducted 101 bombing missions during the war, including those which finally sank the German battleship Tirpitz in 1944.
@weneedheroesnow: who do think you are? nothing more then a stupid islandmonkey! No one talks about Hitler or Göring! They were just bloody idiots. The best fighter pilots in 2nd world war were germans! Allied pilots: 30 missions, then go home to mom! German pilots: fight the whole war, day after day! They are the real heroes not the allied pilots. Think about sensless fighterbomber attacks against small villages in germany at the end of the war. Killing civilians, thats heroic!!
Some RAF fighter pilots undertook hundreds of sorties. 30 sorties was the minimum operational limit for RAF BOMBER crews many of whom went on to fly 100+
What Aces? Its proofed that german fighter pilots have the most kills in WW2. Erich Hartmann for example: 352 kills! So what? Sissy allied pilots, no courage but big mouthes! And its easy to overrun an almost defeated air force with large numbers of planes and pilots. But anyway we had the best pilots and the better planes. Unfortunately to the end of the war not enough of them. So go home with your boring Hellcat!
What happened to your all of your great aces. K.I.A. or just was following a drug addicted fat man or a former corporal's orders. in the end who won. Go a play your video games.
The Luftwaffe 'aces' were involved in shooting down eastern European biplanes and other totally outdated machinery, hence their enormous number of 'kills': the RAF pilots were up against 109s and 190s mostly: how many German aces even got into double figures against the RAF and USAF I wonder...;-)
British pilots in World War II were great. However there were a few Germanaces that had over 100 victories on the Western front. The best known was Hans Joachim Marseille who had over 250 victories.
we just have different tastes i guess. the spitfire was a interceptor and the mustang was an escort fighter. the both did their jobs very well. at least the Germans didn't have either plane.
Yeah the mustang is pretty sexy, ok, but the Spitfire saved a country with her beauty, speed, style and firepower too! she is a symbol of our freedom! and independence too!
Spitfire NN A is from 310. (českoslovenké-czechoslovak) perutě-squdron... Nice, nice.. Greetings from Czech rep (Pěkné, pěkné.. Pozdravy z České rep.)
it's amazing -I am not of the generation of those brave lads who fought in these beautiful fighters -but just the sound of the Merlin engine makes the hairs on the back of my neck go up! -such a emotional thing.
Can't watch this - it's too special and emotional... Everything this country stood for captured in less than five minutes. In another world from anything else on YouTube. Thanks you.
Best fighter plane ever invented. Saved a country, its people and turned the tide of a world war
tel37 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
sucks that this plane did so lousy in jap dogfights. cant anything out turn those god damn zeros at low speed!!!!
runningcockroach 1 month ago
ok not too bad.
runningcockroach 1 month ago
I have to get to an airshow in the UK where I can see and hear this plane fly past, just so I can get in touch with that era, what a remarkable defence that was put up against the Nazis by pilots from so many nationalities, and that amazing ground to air system the British had the foresight to put in place, remarkable innovation.
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Britain At War - Darkest Hour by Rhesus Monkey. The album covers the Prelude to War, The King's Speech, The Battle of France, Dunkirk, The Battle of Britain, and of course The Blitz. I've also created a video to accompany Churchill's address to the United States in June 1941: 'The Old Lion'. You can view that video within my YouTube channel.
rhesusmonkey2012 2 months ago
all the hairs on the back of neck stood up watching this great video
TheFflynnie 2 months ago
'You can teach monkeys to fly better than that...'
Cool video!
jamesnash1981 2 months ago
You gorgeous, gorgeous girl you!!
2349DF 3 months ago
"Bloody marvelous" Now all we have to do is pull out of Afghanistan and stop mass immigration.
ImaViking1 3 months ago 2
A thing of Beauty..Sight and Sound..Awesome..Goose bumps everytime i see or hear a Spitfire..
SpeedTriple59 4 months ago
"spring chicken to shitehawk in one easy lesson"
BradBrassman 4 months ago
one of the best fighter planes ever built! what a beautiful machine....
TheLander40 5 months ago
BEST video on youtube !!! im proud to be english !!! :)
jackthelad93 5 months ago
What a brilliant engine! I love the sound of this beeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaauuuuuuuuuutiful machine!
TheRobloxfighter 5 months ago
Always, Always Remember the Few....
chubsmagoo 6 months ago
As cheesy as it is to play movie soundtrack to an air show, I have to admit the video made my hair stand on end. Splendid stuff.
CYCROFT 6 months ago
Fantastic!
You got this video just right, some video of the "spit" with just the wonderful sound track of that fabulous engine and the equaly wonderful music too.
This video makes me proud to be British!
steamwally 7 months ago
As a fan of the RAF this video made me cry!
SR71ABCD 7 months ago
Great footage
bobthejo1 8 months ago
outstanding !
buffallobill007 8 months ago
We may be in dire straits at the moment as a country, but its things like this which remind you of the pride and love we have for Great Britain.
We've fought off attackers from all parts of the world, united through times of crisis, achieved huge feats of engineering, gained one of the largest empires in the world, the list goes on...
We were great, we are great, and may we continue to be great for many years to come.
Oldschoolmetalnrock 8 months ago
Just imagine if when a women orgasimed she sounded like a spitfire, now that would AMAZING
KartCentral 8 months ago
Spitfire save the Queen !!!!!!!!
ppqq66 8 months ago
I shivered at the start.... GAAAH, beautiful!
CaptainWatson234 9 months ago
sexy aircraft
Winston2004 10 months ago
Not even a luftwaffe Ace can destroy a spitfire muahaha! I love being British XD
saber5892 10 months ago 2
good afternoon my arse
2pikeman 10 months ago
heinkel killer
IMPERIALSTORMTROOPER 10 months ago
I've been wanting to do this over Central Berlin or even Dresdon at some point in my life.
1990MattyD 11 months ago
One of the saviors of the free world ladies and gentlemen.
ChrisPenta 1 year ago 3
THE MIGHTY ONE
burnley5960 1 year ago
Stick to me like glue Simon, (Spring Chicken to Shitehawk in one easy lesson!!!!)
BradBrassman 1 year ago
oh thats it, Battle of Britain is going on right now
mrspenn1611 1 year ago 3
absolutely brilliant. Just cant beat those merlin engines and music is right and fitting too.
JNL19901 1 year ago 3
love the spitty wat a plane
fishcake555 1 year ago
@iceblue345
You'll be in a barrel if you don't look out for the fighters
PhinfanUK 1 year ago
whoa quality that!!!
TheDoctor46UK 1 year ago
oye do as your told she said stop it.:)
blobby1972 1 year ago
The Spitfire + musical score "The Battle of Britain" = Brilliant
MrDavkoz 1 year ago
I went to the airshow in '99 when I was 7. The spitfire was and is my favourite aircraft - if ever a machine had a soul, the spirit of defiance sitll lives on in these fine planes.
FilmCryptic 1 year ago
Spitfire one of the greatest fighters in the WW2 era thanks for posting. :)
Avenger4201 1 year ago
love the sound of that merlin engine
2pikeman 1 year ago 5
Goosebumps at 1:05
moobref 1 year ago
Goosebumbps watching that. Thanks so much for sharing it. They should play it in schools as an educational film....Children this is what your forefathers designed, built and flew to protect you and your country from evil in our hour of need.... The greatest British invention ever.
tel37 1 year ago 2
what a machine :-)
01gooseman 1 year ago
Bloody Marvelous.
Those were the days, eh peps!! When Britain could work together to make such fantastic products. What ever happened, why cant we do that now??
Um, actually we do - Triumph Motorcycles anyone?
volumex2000 1 year ago
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fuocofly500 1 year ago
Ace piece of work Inspired Thankyou for your ingenuity.
coffindodgers 1 year ago
Jesus, got lump in throat now with a tear in my eye, thanks
mrspenn1611 1 year ago
goosebumps
nuff said
NorthernStar1982 1 year ago
Sosseries, Think /i saw the same one, just before Fairford, Live on Cleeve hill, heard it before i saw it, looked up and saw that Beauty...may she fly for ever!
duracelbunny21 1 year ago
@fuckingpillock British
alski695 1 year ago
No orchestra in the land can make sweeter music than the Merlin engine. Spitfire-the peregrine falcon with a piston engine strapped to it! Awesome & incredibly beautiful. Many thanks for posting :)
LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH 1 year ago
@fuckingpillock You mean British? ffs I hate ignorant people!
nrjelley 1 year ago
should have cut the wind out while playing music
252beanie 1 year ago
Beyond doubt the best video on Youtube, thank you so much for posting! : )
solbergsindre 1 year ago 15
@solbergsindre Thanks a lot for the glowing critique of my video, please pass it on to your friends.
fuocofly500 1 year ago
nice recall story Sosseries shame I wasn't there it would have made a great video.
fuocofly500 1 year ago
I was out for a drive in my land rover (1970 series 2a) with the roof of with my son and wife in cheltenham down a country road when i heard this sound that i automatically knew and looked up and sure enough it was a spitfire flying over us . so i pointed it out to my boy and we all waved as he came round for a second pass and as we waved he wagged his wings , what a feeling that gave me , i hope my boy remembers it . 2 british icons in one moment wish i was a bystander with a camera . heroesraf
sosseries 1 year ago
Awesome
mrfreezenfrost 1 year ago
I'm also an ex-matelot and I've heard a lot of fine sounding machinery but you Crabs win with this. There's only one thing better in my opinion and thats a Mossie with 2 Merlins!
Nice video fuocofly500
malletpaws 1 year ago
truely a awsome peice of firepower , and show of force , i know if i came up against one id shit my pants and shout mummy nine nine ern spitfire zes after mien
heresjohny32 1 year ago
Nice editting to get that Rolls-Royce Merlin 'purring' through the BoB theme.. Also nice to just pick up the Hurricane taxiing near the start of the footage.
snaffuu 1 year ago
Yeh...I just watch it again goosbumps and shiver's!
fuocofly500 1 year ago 4
I'm Glad you all liked it, must be good if it causes goosebumps and shiver's up spines, must be hitting that emotional spot...
fuocofly500 1 year ago
jolly good show makes you proud to be british
sammyboy1337 1 year ago
The sound of a Rolls Royce engine
the sound of freedom!
LordGeorgeRodney 1 year ago
The sound of that aircraft is sending a shiver up my spine,tally ho!!!
M6SPW 1 year ago
The music kicks in and i get goosebumps all over great video.
timuss 1 year ago
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What have the White British or those of British origin ever given the world? NOTHING but slavery.
Now we are fighting back, and one day you will hopefully be a minority in your own fuckin country. :-D Your numbers are already dwindling, thanks to abortions (God bless those doctors who dismember those unborn white kids) and also thankfully 'positive discrimination' is now taking a hold of the UK. you white males can't even apply for some jobs! things will get even better when lib dem get in.
bigscolari 1 year ago
No doubt about it, the Spitfire is a gorgeous aircraft...and years ahead of it's time as well.
spokes64 1 year ago
The most elegant fighter man has ever built to this day!
JonasBrosroxx 1 year ago
absolutely beautiful...cant get much better than a spitfire
AussieSpitfire9 1 year ago
awesome sound!
metalandjazzare1 1 year ago
bloody marvalous
oldstuffandcollect 2 years ago 2
Thanks awfully old chap.
Tommy1917 2 years ago 3
One of these did a very low flyover once on a royal visit. I was fortunate to be right at the front next to the royal party as it went over.
My goodness it was the most beautiful and staggering noise i have ever heard. Videos and soundclips dont to the engine noise any justice. Anyway, good video.
Phoenix258 2 years ago 2
Had you liked it keep on watching
fuocofly500 2 years ago
Tears in my eyes every time I see this video! 5+ rating!
solbergsindre 2 years ago 2
I agree
Tommy1917 2 years ago
loverly vid thanks
tutor4011 2 years ago 2
Looks like a mark 5
The main mark from spring 1941 until early autumn 1942. The fw190A came as a shock in sept 1941 - which led to the mark 9 and later the mark 14 which stayed superior to anything Germany had (except for the ME262 at high speed - it had poor manouverability at lower speeds)
funkmasterjee 2 years ago
I honestly would give my soul to fly one of those machines.
I truely would.
bluepheonex1989 2 years ago 4
That was awesome buddy....Thanks. I never get sick of seeing the spit doing a fly-by, I get goosebumps with the sound of that Rolls. Just my opinion, but the Spit is without a doubt the most beautiful aircraft ever flown or designed. Keep the video's comin', thoroughly enjoyed!
camelot41992 2 years ago 3
@camelot41992 Yes when I editted it I was pleased with the result. Glad you liked it - Fuocofly 500 - Blaxe Epp Foam Models
fuocofly500 2 years ago
@camelot41992 ur not the only one i get goosebumps just listening to that SWEET Engine and the hairs on the back of my neck stand up with the spit engine and the music.
DILightning 1 year ago
nice!
100ofhoo 2 years ago
@100ofhoo thanks
fuocofly500 2 years ago
This video gives this American gooseflesh, awe inspiring, proud of the UK.
radzai 2 years ago 4
@radzai glad you liked it!
fuocofly500 2 years ago
The Spitfire, that's it..... the most beautiful and the best fighter aircraft of ALL time.
This is actually the Mk V Spitfire, recognized by the three exhaust mufflers and the one radiator under the right wing.
Both sides had great pilots. Johnnie Johnson, Cyril Bamberger, Douglas Bader - a true hero - . Werner Molders, Otto Kittel, Rudorffer, Galand, Barkhorn..... My deepest respects to all of them - no matter the side -.
nanchuanwushu1 2 years ago 22
Thank you for your post Nanchuanwushu1
fuocofly500 2 years ago
@nanchuanwushu1 and sailor malan
yerwotaname 1 year ago
@yerwotaname : There was a man. Fought against the Nazi's during the war and fought against the racists in South Africa after it.
althesmith 11 months ago
@althesmith yep true legend !
yerwotaname 11 months ago
@yerwotaname : The character of "Skipper" played by Robert Shaw is based directly on him. Same no-nonsense atitude towards fighting. You're in there to kill the bugger and get the hell home, nothing else matters.
althesmith 11 months ago
Great! Thanks!
ilmelone1 2 years ago
I remember how dissappointed I was when I first saw a warbird in person.The thin aluminum was a shock.I had always thought the metal was 2 inches thick always hearing about the armor plating.Then my heart jumped into my throat when I realized how vulnerable thes pilots were and I found a whole new respect for them.These boys had nothing but guts and deserve every credit given to them! Lets also remember the boys on those Liberty ships that never made it across the lake.Heroes all!
groovy67 2 years ago 4
As an American I just want to tell you that I am in awe of what the English and her allies did during the Battle of Britain. This video brought a tear to my eye seeing that gorgeous Spit streaking along with the amazing movie theme behind her. I love Spits, Hurricanes and Mustangs . USA and UK forever!
radzai 2 years ago 5
Well thanks alot I'm glad you enjoyed the video and music.
fuocofly500 2 years ago
God bless you mate ,thanks to the eighth we got througgh
oldstuffandcollect 2 years ago
As an Englishman, I'd like to say just how much I admire the guts and courage of the American Devastator torpedo bomber crews at Midway - all but wiped out in an heroic action. Also the B17 crews on their daylight raids over Germany. Before the advent of the P51 with long range drop tanks, those guys were shot up real bad.....but they carried on. It seems in that war, heroes abounded. The sound of a Merlin or a Wright Cyclone in full cry will stir me to the end of my days.
pjmetco 2 years ago 3
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radzai 2 years ago
pjmetco,
Thank you for your thoughts. Yes, the sound of a Merlin or a Wright is the sound of liberty. I am also moved by the people of London that endured the nightly bombing raids, that's something Americans were spared. Thank God evil lost that round.
radzai 2 years ago
My son has more solo flying hours than most BB pilots and he has"nt even got his pilots llicence yet
Thank them all
paulc457 2 years ago
How's he got all those hours?
fuocofly500 2 years ago
Damn it, your video just brought a tear to my eye and goosebumps. Fantastic!
TK42138 2 years ago 2
Well i'm glad it got you soft spot, thanks for the comment.
fuocofly500 2 years ago
This gave me the an enormous chill down my spine! "Hey, where's my Spitfire! Tally ho!"
solbergsindre 2 years ago
Polish pilots took out fully 1/8 of all Luftwaffe planes lost during the Battle of Britain.
MrPloopy 2 years ago
What a sound, what a sound the Rolls Royce Merlin, one of the finest aero engines ever built! So good the Americans built it under licence to power the Mustang. Two of the greatest fighter planes in history.
GlennAsh 2 years ago
Glad you enjoyed it, I've been surprised on how many hits it's had!
fuocofly500 2 years ago
Totally agree.
Packard built it under licence and some say you can hear the difference in engine sound.
TK42138 2 years ago 3
Thanks everyone for your messages
fuocofly500 2 years ago
Always Remember The Few......
chubsmagoo 2 years ago
My brother and I sat in the cockpit of that very same aircraft, AR501, at Old Warden in 2006. What an incredible experience!
BlindWillie1 2 years ago
By 1945, Wg Cdr Peter Malam Brothers DFC had flown 875 REPEAT 875 operational hours and was credited with having shot down 16 enemy aircraft and damaged many more.
TRUFFLEHOUNDEXPRESS 2 years ago
Sid Clayton made 100 operational sorties as a Navigator and then persuaded the RAF to send him to train as a pilot in Canada; he came back and made another 45 operational sorties on Mosquitos,
TRUFFLEHOUNDEXPRESS 2 years ago
well done to the few
supergarret 2 years ago 2
K J Somerville DFC , AFC RAF Bomber Command flew over 100 operational sorties, most of which were against heavily defended targets.
TRUFFLEHOUNDEXPRESS 2 years ago
By the time Neville Duke RAF had finished his third tour, completing 486 operational sorties, he had destroyed 27 enemy aircraft and probably three more, making him the RAF's outstanding and highest scoring fighter pilot in the Mediterranean theatre. He was then 22 years old.
TRUFFLEHOUNDEXPRESS 2 years ago
Johnnie Johnson 515, YES 515 sorties flown, 34 aircraft claimed destroyed with a further seven shared destroyed (totalling 2.91 kills), three probable destroyed, ten damaged, and one shared destroyed on the ground
TRUFFLEHOUNDEXPRESS 2 years ago
Group Captain Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire RAF flew over 100 opertational sorties,
TRUFFLEHOUNDEXPRESS 2 years ago
Wing Commander Gibson completed over 170 sorties, involving more than 600 hours operational flying.
TRUFFLEHOUNDEXPRESS 2 years ago
Group Captain James Brian Tait (nicknamed Willie) DSO and three bars, DFC and bar. Conducted 101 bombing missions during the war, including those which finally sank the German battleship Tirpitz in 1944.
TRUFFLEHOUNDEXPRESS 2 years ago
THAT LAST COMMENT WAS FOR: hgbutte3.
TRUFFLEHOUNDEXPRESS 2 years ago
Watch out for the Hun in the Sun :D
2349DF 2 years ago
All credit to the German Pilots , they were excellent .
However they werent British and not fighting for their homeland .
I hope were side by side over Afghan Skies now , youve got to respect quality .
stewarthird 2 years ago
@weneedheroesnow: who do think you are? nothing more then a stupid islandmonkey! No one talks about Hitler or Göring! They were just bloody idiots. The best fighter pilots in 2nd world war were germans! Allied pilots: 30 missions, then go home to mom! German pilots: fight the whole war, day after day! They are the real heroes not the allied pilots. Think about sensless fighterbomber attacks against small villages in germany at the end of the war. Killing civilians, thats heroic!!
hgbutte3 2 years ago
You started the whole "air-raids on civilians" thing by bombing Guernica in '37. Oh, and you lost. And you were assholes.
LOLHAMMER45678 2 years ago
Typical ignorant Hun Twat.
Some RAF fighter pilots undertook hundreds of sorties. 30 sorties was the minimum operational limit for RAF BOMBER crews many of whom went on to fly 100+
TRUFFLEHOUNDEXPRESS 2 years ago
Hey kraught! They kick your ass, or arse! swine!
100ofhoo 2 years ago
That we did.
2349DF 2 years ago
The best figthers in WW2 were the Focke Wulf 190 series! They kicks your asses!
hgbutte3 2 years ago
Tell that to the P-51's that nailed the FW-190's =)
365fg 2 years ago
who won the battle anyway
oldstuffandcollect 2 years ago
Grumman F6F-5 Hellcats. The ace makers. FW190's no chance
weneedheroesnow 2 years ago
What Aces? Its proofed that german fighter pilots have the most kills in WW2. Erich Hartmann for example: 352 kills! So what? Sissy allied pilots, no courage but big mouthes! And its easy to overrun an almost defeated air force with large numbers of planes and pilots. But anyway we had the best pilots and the better planes. Unfortunately to the end of the war not enough of them. So go home with your boring Hellcat!
hgbutte3 2 years ago
the Germans and their fighters were good but the truth remains that the allies won so where are you getting your information from clearly it's wrong
oldstuffandcollect 2 years ago
What happened to your all of your great aces. K.I.A. or just was following a drug addicted fat man or a former corporal's orders. in the end who won. Go a play your video games.
weneedheroesnow 2 years ago
The Luftwaffe 'aces' were involved in shooting down eastern European biplanes and other totally outdated machinery, hence their enormous number of 'kills': the RAF pilots were up against 109s and 190s mostly: how many German aces even got into double figures against the RAF and USAF I wonder...;-)
marsvltor2 2 years ago 5
British pilots in World War II were great. However there were a few Germanaces that had over 100 victories on the Western front. The best known was Hans Joachim Marseille who had over 250 victories.
titisuteu 2 years ago
My apologies over the typo, only 150 victories.
titisuteu 2 years ago
speak better english! fool!
100ofhoo 2 years ago
Leck mich! Du kannst ja wahrscheinlich nicht mal deutsch! Also halt dich zurück, du Penner!
hgbutte3 2 years ago
who won the war anyway
oldstuffandcollect 2 years ago
the allies
Calam95 2 years ago
Let's not forget that it took a Rolls-Royce Merlin engine to make the Mustang soar. The Mustang was the work of two brothers.
Tundramensch 2 years ago 2
look out for a freindly wing joining you on your starbaord side ('bloody marvalous')
oldstuffandcollect 2 years ago
cool video. sexy spitfire. not as sexy as the mustang though (yeah im an American so there is a little bias there) :)
jdubs2004 2 years ago
hey im an american and i would prefer a spit over a mustang anyday
dougc2004 2 years ago 2
we just have different tastes i guess. the spitfire was a interceptor and the mustang was an escort fighter. the both did their jobs very well. at least the Germans didn't have either plane.
jdubs2004 2 years ago
are you fucking kidding, the spitfire is the coolest ww2 plane, even if it was a pig to land and take off
2pikeman 2 years ago
Yeah the mustang is pretty sexy, ok, but the Spitfire saved a country with her beauty, speed, style and firepower too! she is a symbol of our freedom! and independence too!
GERMANOPHILE 2 years ago 6
yeah the Spitfire is legit! don't forget about the hurricane lol
jdubs2004 2 years ago 2
yeh the hurricaine was more involved in the battle of britain than the spitfire (well in the early days anyway). but the spitfire is more iconic.
i always love going to airshows and seeing the flypast of the lancaster, hurricaine and the spitfire. makes me proud to be a brit
dixie60 2 years ago
the mustang has a very good engine :)
laservader1 2 years ago
yep the merlin made the mustang legit
jdubs2004 2 years ago
Spitfire NN A is from 310. (českoslovenké-czechoslovak) perutě-squdron... Nice, nice.. Greetings from Czech rep (Pěkné, pěkné.. Pozdravy z České rep.)
Jjuurraa 2 years ago
I'm glad you like it, have you seen and enjoyed my other videos un the name FuocoFly500?
fuocofly500 2 years ago
I can't imagine what it must be like to be British and see one of those babies flying.
Tundramensch 2 years ago 4
i am british and been taught to fly by the great ray hanna the spitfire and it feels good
wizard316 2 years ago
Thanks mate, my uncle flew with 609sqn during the battle.
It's been a long time since I've heard a merlin.
Hasmatkid 2 years ago 3
I'm glad you enjoyed it
fuocofly500 2 years ago
it's amazing -I am not of the generation of those brave lads who fought in these beautiful fighters -but just the sound of the Merlin engine makes the hairs on the back of my neck go up! -such a emotional thing.
Fartsurmonde 2 years ago 5
Well said oldscout! we owe a LOT to the Hurricane! an unsung hero of the battle of britain and if she were missing we would not have won!
GERMANOPHILE 2 years ago
Can't watch this - it's too special and emotional... Everything this country stood for captured in less than five minutes. In another world from anything else on YouTube. Thanks you.
marsvltor2 2 years ago 4
Cheers Marsvltor2....thanks for the comment, I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
fuocofly500 2 years ago
battle of britain
rocksoliddude1 2 years ago
what song is that
Bloodravendude 2 years ago
Battle of Britain march music
fuocofly500 2 years ago