FW-190 D9 DORA | Low Altitude Dogfight | World War 2 | IL-2 Great Battles.

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

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[@Nicksanchez1122]

J20 vs f22 BVR

[@AbyNeon]

played this same plane tons of time in war thunder, but no way those cannons where as lethal or anywhere close to what i saw in this video.

[@arthurlivramento8857]

A-4 skyhawk vs mig 23 flogger

[@petesmith147]

"I don't think they can pull lead..." *instantly dies* Karma got you on that one, GS. I like this plane. Definitely want to see more video with this.

[@donaldwrightson]

I laughed my ass off when that happened!!!! Oh,the irony!!!! lol

[@nova84930]

The D9 is such a beautiful aircraft

[@fishpants3877]

That long-nose version is so cool looking.

[@ivanplavljanic1057]

@@silentabove119 yes having brought down half of us airforce first.

[@flix1717]

@@ivanplavljanic1057 nah most of good german pilots were dead by this point (with some exceptions, I know, I know). It was a really good plane, but easy pickings for the big base of capable allied pilots that did not die on the eastern front...

[@ivanplavljanic1057]

@@flix1717 that's fair i thought you were referring to video.

[@JWinger62]

It is nice looking, I much prefer the A variants lines though.

[@uriahthefox]

Today, GS learns that they can indeed pull lead

[@cinedelasestrellas]

I’ll bet that just before shooting you down, that P-47 pilot was saying, “I love it when they climb!”

[@_Am0N_]

😂

[@lancet.346]

I actually flinched when you got turned into salsa. Another great video, GS!

[@Newie69MK]

This ranks up there with "I'm treating like an AMRAAM so I should be able to defend against it*instantly gets a missile to the face" Great stuff dude. I may never be able to play DCS or IL-2 anytime soon but seeing these videos of yours certainly brings a smile to my face.

[@beatboxbuggi6884]

Same man. Way too poor for that kind of equipment, but this helps us dream that we aren't

[@jimlthor]

@@beatboxbuggi6884 what's kind of funny is that I have both this and dcs, vr, trackIR, hotas, streamdeck, and other crap... but I spend more time either watching videos on the games, reading about the games, or setting up some piece of equipment for the game than I do actually playing. Play time is probably about 10% of what I spend doing that other stuff

[@Ekki1701]

My Dad was a ground electrician for the FW 190 in JG 54. And he always was fascinated with flying. He even developed an automatic propeller pitch adjustment to prevent engine damage. He was always a bit miffed that the Messerschmitt raked in all the glory.

[@Allwin-lz6yj]

Did he ever work on the Dora?

[@hanswolfgangmercer]

Hah that's surprising to me! It seems like everything I read is people talking about how the 109 was obsolete and the 190 was far superior. Aviation enthusiasts today seem to be much more excited for the 190 than the 109, but my own perspective is limited I guess. It would have been really cool to talk to a guy who had actually been with JG 54. Their lone struggle in the Baltic is just wild to read about.

[@Ekki1701]

@@Allwin-lz6yj Not sure about the Dora.. And he died 12 Years ago, hard to ask now.

[@Ekki1701]

@@hanswolfgangmercer He told me lots about it and he even left some really interesting Photos. His invention even had the Stamp "Geheime Reichssache"

[@tonyrun5802]

See this is what I meant in my comment on today's previous video, the variety of the content is getting insane man, love your work

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

Thanks Tony feels real good when you guys see the effort, much love brother.

[@Mike_Romeo]

That ending 🤣 best laugh in a long time

[@theelectricbrain97]

This bird and its successor the Ta-152C, Ta-152H were my favorite ones in the old IL-2 and this video proves it why it will remain so amongst WW2 Warbirds. Lots of fond memories in it.

[@justacomment1657]

In the old il2 I think the d9 was my favorite, next to the A4 and A5 :)

[@blue_orb24]

I was one of the people who were wondering how come there was no FW-190 content on your channel. Great to see it, and the aircraft has performed exactly as I expected. Very nice.

[@jamesj.7750]

I learned the other day that the German cannon ammo had about 6x the amount of HE in them as the allies. So they were more like mortars than cannon rounds.

[@derekpierkowski7641]

I thought you were getting a little Smug there!🤣👍🏻

[@JonNo86]

That series of boom and zooms on the 3 low aircraft had me all kinds of hyped! I love these IL-2 VR videos and they're quickly becoming my favorite videos on the channel.

[@Karza_357]

Pilot in the morning, ace in afternoon and dead in the evening.

[@jcjammer8972]

Glad that you’re also doing IL2 because it has a wider selection of warbirds than DCS, particularly the Spit Mk XIV. Both sims are fun in their own unique way. ✌️

[@mohummedsandwich]

I prefer il 2 because I love ww2 aviation but I want to get into dcs as well because it sounds very fun

[@pldaniels]

The ending very much reminds me of the marvellously laughable sense of humour the universe had when GS was trying to avoid the hypersonic missile "I'm just going to treat this like an AIM and I should be good by now..."

[@pldaniels]

@@aarontheaviationaddict3643 indeed - my memory has failed me.

[@hariszark7396]

There is a saying in my country. "Eat big bites, don't say big words." (Translating as best as I can). That ending was unexpected at least.... Surprised af....

[@robgraham5697]

LOL! At the end of the video. Something similar happened during the American Cicil War. A Union general was standing on top of a trench during a siege. "Get down, general!" shouts one of the men. He replies, "Don't worry. They couldn't hit an elephant at this ra…"

[@theowlfromduolingo7982]

Nice, I love the FW-190 a.k.a. the butcher bird. The way you maneuver and line up your shots is pure art 👍

[@derekpierkowski7641]

I was happy they got you!🤣👍🏻

[@Cherokie89]

These free roam hunting type videos are by far my favorite, though the dogfights with tactical reviews are super helpful as well.

[@alexharris3348]

Live by the sword, die by the sword. Payback's a bitch. That was an intense video, very immersive. Thanks GS you're a YT OG.

[@adrianhendy]

FW-190 was probably the best all around fighter of WW2. Armament, performance all excellent. Probably not the best in some matrices but overall yup I think it was

[@jasonbw3581]

Hilarious ending! Great video again GS

[@air-headedaviator1805]

Fw-190 D is one of the best! Formidable plane in any stage

[@The_Original_Brad_Miller]

The slash and dash on the P-40 was awesome. Glade to see some of my favorite butcher bird footage.

[@dbenci2071]

Seems to me that alot of people don't check six, nice flying till you found that one who knew how to pull lead... Always liked the Dora, good plane

[@jeravincer]

"I don't think they can pull lead --" ... Your nation thanks you for your service.

[@Jwalker21NC]

Another great video. The 51 at 4:30 was a beautiful kill

[@richardroberts7629]

LOL! "I don't think they can pull lea---------- Another great video, thanks.

[@TORMotorsports]

Anybody else see a GS video and just hit like regardless of the content?

[@ralphhalliwellwright7652]

yes

[@Mike_Romeo]

Yes of course

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

Love u buddy you the man

[@ralphhalliwellwright7652]

@@GrowlingSidewinder we love ya mate 🤟🤟

[@tonyrun5802]

me, all the time

[@sbg911]

Hey GS, I dont think he did pull lead....you sure there wasn't another plane higher that got you? The shots seemed to come from above and the left in the replay, not right or below where he was, and at the moment you were KIA, that low guy did not look like he was nose on either.... I don't think we even see any visuals he fired...

[@katherinespezia4609]

There was a second pair of Thunderbolts that he didn't see but they're visible in the third person view at the end.

[@MozTS]

There was a second P-47 at the grassy knoll

[@Panzerfire666]

Hahaha. That vibe check at the end. The more fun you have, the more likely you will be pulled over by the fun police.

[@sgt.grinch3299]

Taking out Red Tail P-51s? Excellent video. Ace in first flight nice job.

[@eg395]

I noticed that too. He brought down some Tuskegee airmen.

[@wyunaboy]

WW1 dogfight is like a fistfight, WW2 air battle is like a knife fight, Korean is like a gunfight, today is like a missiles fight, tomorrow is like a robot fight. this is why I like WW1 and WW2 dogfights. more fun to watch.

[@Razgriz85]

In the Jane's Flight Sim games from the 90s, The FW-190 was my favorite plane to fly. Also, seeing a pattern where you say you can't be hit/killed by an opponent and then immediately eat those words.

[@subpilot1000]

Love all of your hilarious last words, such as... "trying to come up here, but I don't think they can pull lead". 😜

[@bernhardkleber7713]

I love your work. From occasionally looking I am now looking for nearly every video. Keep on GS!

[@melgillham462]

🤣 famous last words...🙌👍

[@esr243]

This is addictive and a daily feature nowadays

[@jasonwilliams3967]

On the old Microsoft simulator, the FW 190 was one of my favorites. Tons of firepower and one of the fastest roll rates in the theater.

[@seanpatrickgall4623]

I must say GS, your bloodlust is infectious! Great vid!

[@beatboxbuggi6884]

To be honest, at first I didn't pay much attention to the WW2 and WW1 videos. But I once I got into them, man these are great. This one in particular was a really great video, how big are the cannons on that thing? Making a P-47 explode like that can't be easy.

[@Mike_Romeo]

The D-9 is using two 13mm guns and two 20mm cannons

[@HeyZeus096]

Il-2 damage model is weird, P-47 is one of the more fragile aircraft in the game.

[@beatboxbuggi6884]

@@HeyZeus096 how odd. And @Mike Romeo thanks

[@georgelugenalt200]

whoa, I guess lead got officially pulled. "You been... thunderstruck!"

[@DanielCPhillips]

Gosh - the sound of a .50" calibre bullet going through the cockpit and brain contents splattering on the instrument panel at the end, was just a bit graphic, don't you think? However, I think you make a great point with your flying, about the FW-190-D being perhaps the best piston single engine fighter the axis had. Certainly, when put up against the best the Allies had, all other things being equal, it was the skill of the pilot that determined the outcome of the battle. As you proved with your excellent gunnery skills - even the toughest planes such as the P-47, could not withstand being hit by this fighter's cannons, which turned very solid metal into perforated, burning confetti, in very short order. In the hands of a skilled pilot, the "Dora" really was the ultimate "Butcher Bird"!

[@KekusMagnus]

it's probably the best "hit and run" style fighter of WW2 but in a 1v1 dogfight a 109 will always come out on top

[@50megatondiplomat28]

Man, the Dora is killer! "Gott strafe die Yankee-Luftpiraten!" 😆

[@lynx6722]

Keep up the great work GS. I get depressed if a day goes by without you posting something!!!

[@GM-fh5jp]

I know what you mean but in reverse...when I wake up and Internet surf the News in the mornings there's almost ALWAYS a GS and a LS video to have with my morning coffee. Puts a smile on my face to start the day here in Western Australia (even tho we are upside down) ;)

[@joerarey8496]

Dude, your gunnery is simply exceptional. Holy smokes, thanks for the instructional video!

[@teedepefanio4974]

That bird was only equaled by the P-51 and the latest Spitfire.. armor around the pilot left the aviator really well protected. Good armament. Great speed and maneuverability.. Definitely one the Luftwaffe should be proud of..

[@joepapp01]

More seal hunts like this in the Dora, GS - please!!! :D

[@fullbandjamming5127]

Finally it's the fw 190's turn! Awesome! I have always expected the fw190 video even it's not fw190 A series,but before this video there is only an old short video in which the 190D fought with the Spitfire in this channel.

[@VengerDFW]

Ten minutes of seal clubbing... then at 10:00, we get PURE VIDEO GOLD.

[@ddavis2508]

Loved the Dora 190-D9, great B and Z and High Alt flyer

[@knightonwarbeck1969]

The D9 is the the new "Too Much Fun GS Machine." If you were to also sip egg nog, you'd have the ultimate, perfect life experience.

[@kenc9236]

I like the hat trick you got. Excellent flying.

[@CharlesHuse]

GS: "What? Is everyone paying attention today?" DCS Server: "Crap, GS is back. Time to show him we've been learning." *activates Skynet mode*

[@sixaout1982]

"They'll never hit me at this dist-"

[@voyteka1870]

That was awesome, GS! Keep the videos com*SPLAT* . . . emmm . . . ing. Great to see the mighty 190 show up on the channel. Maybe it's just the aesthetics, but I always was a fan of the A8 and such (radials) as opposed to D model (long nose), even though the D is considered by many as THE Focke Wulf to be.

[@dmitrydji6172]

bro, thanl you so much! it was very entertaining to watch

[@gijoe775th6]

LOL the players in IL2 must be so happy you are there to shoot them down. Those last guys that shot you down must of high five each other when they got back to base. We just killed Growling Sidewinder. Good on them. LoL great video.

[@hrtvolleyball01]

Loving all the IL-2/VR vids. Really makes me want to get that setup-looks like a lot of fun

[@Zinix999]

Man I'm so happy finally a 190 video and the Dora too, and its not even my birthday. :-)

[@jeravincer]

Inverted High G hits on enemy! "You're a hell of an instinctive pilot, maybe too good."

[@VASHXKALIBER]

Flying that D9 so gracefully, great content indeed.

[@Elfunko99x]

The first clip had me worried as you drop altitude and energy in a furball rather than boom and zoom from the outside. Great gunnery. That last 47 then going vertical is always a deathwish. If anything extending or possibly breaking and pulling them closer, using only as much angle as necessary to avoid guns with roll and rudder, then going for rolling scissors might see you make it out wounded. But doubtful. The 190 has a great climbrate and speed, that should be used over a greater distance imo. Cool to hear the difference between trackir and vr also 👍 Some target fixation but thats just narrating in real time and taking video, so no way to avoid that 🤷‍♂️ But those 3 p51s you hit in succession was real skill shit. Ida dropped back on that first 51 and missed or got jumped by the next 2, so very nice 👍

[@vineetkaddu1214]

Dude Your Gunnery Skills are legendary man

[@Masterbaade]

Lols at the death. 10:00 almost perfect lols

[@charles_wipman]

Looks like a monster with those cannons but... P47; "always look at the bright side of death, tada, tada tada tada.." heh.

[@toolbaggers]

The Dora series of the FW 190 was a high altitude fighter

[@momotheelder7124]

The 'everybody's paying attention' must have been the experience of a Luftwaffe pilot circa 1945

[@aries-3536]

Bugga, now thats one way to stuff up your day. OH well we live and learn hey. But up till then you were doing so dam well. Love your style Sir. One day would like the privilege to be able to join you.

[@avramnovorra]

I always had some love for the FW190, and im glad to see a nice representation of such a monster 😉😉

[@rangerrick8220]

With that many kills they are calling you in Deutschland "Die Growling Baron"!

[@brettcope9752]

Bwahahaha you're a bastard! But in a "sometimes they line up in a low energy state" way.

[@richardbradley2802]

Aww! and you were doing so well!

[@kentwilliams4152]

The 190D is probably the best fighter of WWII with great speed and excellent armament. The two 20mm cannons are quite close to the fuselage thereby not being problematic with convergence.

[@tomschueneman5435]

It had its strengths but it was by no means the best fighter of the war. The Spit Mk XIV, Tempest V, -4 Corsair, Ki-84 (build quality notwithstanding), Ta 152 and 109 K4 were all probably better aircraft on balance. The D9s attributes make it really well suited to pressing home an energy advantage, as long as the pilot is smart and keeps it pointed in a straight line, but if it doesn't enter the fight with that advantage - or the pilot is an idiot and blows that advantage - it will struggle against aircraft with better power/wing loadings, which can either build up an energy advantage more easily, do more with less energy, or both.

[@Fenixx117]

Love all the IL-2 stuff. Much more my speed with piston engines and guns instead of jets and radar guided missiles shooting from beyond the horizon almost

[@JF-xq6fr]

Army parachutist here. FWIW, jumps from fixed-wing aircraft are I think a lot lower than many think... Your very first jump, and all others during training are initiated at only 1200 feet... 400 yards/12 stories AGL (above ground level). Combat jumps are MUCH lower in altitude. The now obsolete T-10 Bravo chute I used had a descent rate of almost 20 ft/second... This ain't no tippy-toe landing; Think more like a wet bag of s*** ground-strike doing a PLF.

[@wagnerdantas1000]

I freaked out with that shot at the end.

[@DeanMurphyCDM]

Pretty sure I’m spending more time watching these videos than I do flying.

[@generalripper7528]

Finally some FW-190 love!

[@nicholaspaton6834]

Boom n' Zoom baby.. Dora is heavier than its radial predecessors but she's got a crazy advantage in terms of energy retention

[@yourearidiculouslunatic8435]

Haha revenge of the jugs was brutal.

[@bayuprakoso6502]

the german aircraft is so strong in ww2 era , the amount of energy they can gain is amazing also the armament is also good

[@Aceclimb84]

That was awesome thank you I've been asking

[@jbs9501]

Dammit! I'm a little behind the curve...just bought the TrackIR to use with IL-2. I see how difficult/awkward it is to maintain head position behind the sight during a gun pass...

[@alexaviationcorner]

Man you sure had some fun on the focke wulf. Any chance we could see the A8 version?

[@matthewtrapani9755]

Nothing but a fine red mist.

[@tonyennis1787]

FW-109Ds against P40s? Dear lord that should be a slaughter.

[@4vepvik781]

Wunderbar,an Ace in a day..Horrido!!😆

[@stefanqq1]

Ohh shit that last part got me jumping 🤣 rip my ears

[@barryscott6222]

Your gunnery is really dialled in on this fight

[@DChrls]

I remember from MS Combat I liked flying the 190 more than the 109.

[@Martinko_Pcik]

The last sentence made me laugh 🤣

[@fredsalfa]

Looks like you got some 50 cal raining into your cockpit there

[@creepy847]

Ive been waiting for this GS.. ;-)

[@NeXes42]

my fav plane of ww2! That thing just looks so slick and the guns are amazing.

[@RTPJu]

"Everybody is paying attention"... of course, mate! You are in a P-40 and some dude in a 190D keep diving near you. Panic is eminent... like when you are doing your daily deeds and a cockroach starts to fly near you