Dogfights: No room for error: Art Friedler - Part 2 of 2

Clip from the History Channel's show Dogfights, from the 'No Room For Error' episode from season 2.
P-51 pilot Art Friedler shares his story. Part 2 of 2.

Be sure to watch the History Channel & don't forget you can buy the complete episode on DVD @ history.com

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• WW2
• dogfights
• P-51
• FW-190
• ME-109

[Tomcat165]

Vodkasvictim i must disagree the russians would have lost back in 42 if it wasn't for the British and Yanks and there suplies of ammo,trucks,some planes and construction products...

One more add the show is awesome but i never got why the hell the P-51's attacked a frikin Smoking 109? at that smoke it was just about to caught on fire... they just stole someone's kill... but nice episode whatsoever ^_^

[YouT00ber]

The smoke is most likely actually exhaust from a methane mixture added to the air intake to give it extra power/speed. Note that the 109 is hauling ass, something a damaged aircraft usually didn't do.

[YouT00ber]

wtf? do not give me this bullshit romanticized revisionism that Luftwaffe pilots were somehow knights in comparison as they brought Hitler's fight to free the world of gypsies & Jews to their new friends and neighbors.

be sure to watch .youtube(.)com/watch?v=Q8LVlYJ­5eJU to hear about what happened to one of these knights in shiny armour

[xthexparrot]

i hope u constipate.. bec probably you will think more deep..

[YouT00ber]

you really know how to convince a guy. just for that,  i'm not going to do it. oh, and you're blocked for being a douche

[pauka13]

At one time the famous zero ace Saburo Sakai refused to attack an enemy douglas c- 47 when he realized that tha plane was carried injuried soldiers and nurses.

[YouT00ber]

Saburo Sakai was definately a great guy. Thanks for the reference, I'd encourage anyone to read more about him.

[xSoilderx]

I love this show! :D

[vodkasvictim]

Yep, the P51 and her fighters were the best - it was only the yanks fighting the Germans in WW2, all the other countries didn't put up a fight at all and simply surrendered.

Now time for the truth: The yanks didn't fight alone and couldn't, they refused British advice in WW1 leading to costly mistakes and if the yanks hadn't joined in, the Russkis wouldve destroyed Hitler just like Napolean, just like theyll destroy China if she tries anything - history shows that the Russkis suffer, but win.

[prpiner]

I gather none of you guys are pilots - much less fighter pilots. I hear a lot of clueless pontificating here and not much else.

[MrFluffy1979]

the german was low to blend in with the ground and trees hoping he would not be seen by alliade fighter pliots

[MrFluffy1979]

yes some germans did shoot British pliots on parachutes, but germans like Adolf Garland did not, if he hated Hitler and the Nazis

[alexiswolfe]

Poor guy my a*** these german automatons used to shoot our guys when in 'shutes, they also straffed roads full of women children , old men, women etc as they were escaping from the invasions. They were mad dogs that needed to be stopped and we owe a huge debt to our guys of all nationalities and colours that fought, won and lost to keep us all free from the fascist cancer.

[LethalPenguin92]

Poor German guy, I would have let him go. That was like an execution.

[beckenheim101]

@Jaewon12345 Yes... he should have let him go !! that wasn`t fair !!

[Rogentx]

I would likely have done the same, jump out I mean. Maybe he didn't think about that at the time and doing what most humans would do out of reaction; get out of burning plane as quickly as possible.

[51mikep]

if i was ther german i would of rather bounced to death than burn alive while crashing...

when the planes on fire its time to pull out the handgun put one in ur head or jump out...lol...

[KidoSire]

1:23 right into the house! :-) The people in there were like WTFFFFF!!!!?????

[KickenItOldSchool]

2 Germans Oooh my god what a great twist i love this show.