Going Solo Ep.3 - 'The Battle of Athens - The Twentieth of April'

DISCLAIMER: This video is made for entertainment purposes only, all rights go to the author/publisher.
Episode 3 of my adaptation of Roald Dahls' book covers the air battle over Athens on the 20th April, 1941. During this engagement, the highest scoring British Commonwealth ace of World War II, Pat Pattle, was shot down and killed. Only 7 Hurricanes were left to defend all of Greece from the Germans after the Battle of Athens, and Roald Dahl only narrowly survived the encounter.
Songs: Heroic Music - Dark Ages by MaxKoMusic, Sounds Of War - Petteri Sainio (Epic Instrumental) • "Sounds Of War" - Pett...
Game: IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles
#roalddahl #battleofgreece #il2

[@dorsal123]

Love your work, plane volume is a bit loud with the speech but still great work

[@sotocinematics]

Noted, thankyou

[@Artiglio1977]

Ancora un capolavoro bellissimo ;)

[@sotocinematics]

Grazie!

[@duncanwaffles7492]

Could you let me know where to find the book, please? many thx! Keep up the good work :)

[@agordon20024]

www.amazon.com/Going-Solo-Roald-Dahl/dp/0142413836/ref=sr_1_1?crid=DUILTP44NB3P&dchild=1&keywords=going+solo&qid=1610862988&s=books&sprefix=going+%2Cstripbooks%2C149&sr=1-1

[@Mollusc1954]

Going Solo by Roald Dahl

[@bernardthefourth]

I can't believe how close we were to never having James and the Giant Peach.

[@sotocinematics]

Its crazy to think what things wouldve been like without his books! He was extremely lucky the more I look at it.

[@LeopardIL2]

@@sotocinematics Thanks i didn´t know anything about Roald Dahl. Another surviver was Raymond Baxter, Car Racing commentator.

[@kinglear5952]

Or Sophie Dahl.

[@anonymous8780]

Pat Pattle was probably the highest-scoring Western Allied ace of WWII. Official records of the last few weeks in Greece were lost, but his total score could be as high as 60 enemy A/C destroyed. He achieved 15 victories in a Gladiator and the rest in a Hurricane. Quite an achievement considering he was using rather obsolete planes, armed with no cannons but only rifle caliber .303 Browning machine guns, and on many occasions shooting down significantly superior machines like Bf 109s and Bf 110s. He is considered the highest-scoring ace on both Gladiator and Hurricane. Rest in Peace legend

[@oliverbraun4966]

Pat achieved his successes against the Germans in the Hurricane, when flying Gladiators he fought against the Italians with likewise inferior planes. Nevertheless a real ace with around or over 50 victories. A real loss for the RAF then. May they all fly in heaven together.

[@stralabastro142]

@@oliverbraun4966 The gladiator was inferior to the Italian planes, especially when compared to the CR 42

[@sotocinematics]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2S9noOalsx3qdE

[@sotocinematics]

Hi guys! So because I changed PC, the 'Going Solo' text at the start of the video is different. I also want to make it clear in case someone complains; no, this is not really a map ofAthens but a modified version of the Kuban map. I was also not able to get my track IR working on my new PC annoyingly, but no worry. Please enjoy the video!

[@Darrylx444]

I'm enjoying your style of narrated history using combat flight sim video. Keep up the good work!

[@doge8430]

Wow, this was amazing. Definitely worth the wait. wow again.

[@sotocinematics]

@@doge8430 thanks a lot Doge

[@andrewlong6438]

Really enjoying this. Love the combination of great graphics and brilliant commentary. More please.

[@IoannisAr]

There is a monument at 112 CW at Elefsina for all the airmen who fought and died during the battle of Greece. Pattle is a legend

[@Platanskellet]

Dahl states that Greek observers counted 22 German aircraft shot down, although another source states that the Germans lost eight aircraft. (From Wikipedia)

[@nhandinh7404]

Well the book this is based off of was written 40 years after the war by a veteran(Roald Dahl) so the facts are either inaccurate or really accurate

[@brentonclark6247]

Your vids just keep getting better and better. Thanks.

[@moilami1]

If I saw them Hurricanes above Athen I would had thought they are relocating. Would not had increased my morale.

[@dpeasehead]

@Mikko Moilanen": "Relocating"=fleeing.

[@operator6471]

I always like to think I would have lasted the course but I guess in reality a few mins tops if I was lucky.

[@chrisstenger3719]

That was wonderful...thanks :) a never pat psttle was killed there ..

[@olesuhr727]

Read more about Pat Pattle in his biography "Ace of aces". I read my copy "to pieces" years ago, and I remember that it was a great read!

[@sotocinematics]

More detailed historical video on death of Pattle kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2S9noOalsx3qdE

[@TacticalPascale]

Excellent video, subbed. Keep up the good work.

[@sotocinematics]

Thanks a lot man!

[@WanganuiWildcat]

Brilliantly done once again! Looking forward to the next installment!

[@alexandrospapadopoulos1474]

Wow!! Amazing work and stories, thsnk you

[@aviationsrunway1867]

I wonder if the German's knew they were shooting at the person who would write story books for their children

[@sotocinematics]

If they did maybe they wouldnt have shot xD

[@aviationsrunway1867]

Yeah

[@aadityadatir6456]

Thank you! I used to reread Roald Dahls RAF adventures so much when i was young because of how much i enjoyed it and having it animated is such a joy lol

[@funkmcfingers]

I love Roald Dahl, it's amazing how famous he is yet so many people have no idea what he went through.

[@roybennett9284]

From WW2 fighter piolet to Charlie and the chocolate factory

[@markrunnalls7215]

Amazing stuff, just incredible..

[@flycatchful]

The Germans lost eight aircraft not twenty two.

[@sotocinematics]

See my updated Battle of Athens video that covers the death of Pat Pattle in greater detail: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2S9noOalsx3qdE

[@makeitsonumberone1358]

Remember reading the book in school

[@alecblunden8615]

When did they restore the roof of the Parthenon?

[@matthew8086]

Very good. Please keep the titles numbered to make it easy to find

[@sotocinematics]

Done, I actually missed that so thanks

[@shootingpictures1478]

Lovly just lovly its so good!!!!!

[@xfa33lupisrex52]

Love the Hurri and I love these videos!!

[@brookeshenfield7156]

Wow. Just awesome.

[@brookeshenfield7156]

Just excellent.

[@rogerkay8603]

Really good, well done mate!

[@andrewlerdard-dickson5201]

I believe that staffelkaptian Oberleutnant Joachim Munchenberg of the 7th staffel Jagdgeschwader 26 Schlageter flying a Bf 109E7 claimed one aircraft during this period of April 1941.

[@luismiguelcaroto2202]

Brilliantly done!

[@angelsone-five7912]

Brrilliant.

[@conceptalfa]

👍 👍 👍!!!

[@ThePilot4ever]

+

[@theaviationchannel122]

Hey man I have a history channel and can I ask how do you make these videos?

[@modelfxaustralia8963]

Class work

[@thbopster477]

NICELY DONE! Great work with modifying the Kuban map. I barely recognized it.

[@eamon945]

Brilliant evocative video. Well done. 👍

[@sotocinematics]

Thanks! I give all credit to Roald Dahl

[@jonathansteadman7935]

Is that a genuine camouflage at 0.42, yellow nose and wing leading edge with green patches. Would make an unusual model .

[@sotocinematics]

Yes, the RAF in Greece and Crete used the Italian mottle in 1941 ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/hurricane-is-camo-scheme-over-greece-crete.51006/

[@noteimportax6477]

Bull... 22 germans for only 5 hurricanes? Bull..t

[@nhandinh7404]

It’s an autobiography written by a British pilot some things won’t be accurate

[@noteimportax6477]

@@nhandinh7404 overclaiming was common then

[@nhandinh7404]

@@noteimportax6477 indeed

[@dpeasehead]

@@noteimportax6477 Still is. Check out the current Ukrainian war.

[@noteimportax6477]

@@dpeasehead haha youre right

[@TheRaptorXX]

Nice one Lem...

[@joeroberts4408]

Super cool...well done

[@kraypher6103]

amazing video

[@TNSAOD]

MORE!

[@RemusKingOfRome]

Excellent

[@aviationsrunway1867]

Btw I liked this so much I subbed

[@sotocinematics]

Thankyou!

[@aviationsrunway1867]

In exchange please keep making this kind of content ☺️

[@sotocinematics]

@@aviationsrunway1867 haha deal

[@oliverbraun4966]

Nice video, but German losses that day were 5 planes, not 22.

[@sotocinematics]

Interesting, where did you find this info?

[@oliverbraun4966]

@@sotocinematics German command was very cautious when it came to air victory scores, units had to keep a war diary. Most unit diaries of that time have survived ( in this case that of JG 27 and ZG2 ) and most clashes and fights are thus well documented. There is quite a number of post war documentations about the air war from German side and most are fairly accurate because based on those diaries.

[@JohnyG29]

However, they did count 22 German plane wrecks. Clearly the German records are not entirely accurate, which is unsurprising considering how much was destroyed at the end of the war.

[@oliverbraun4966]

@@JohnyG29 Considering the practice of documentation in German units I don't think so. And who has counted those wrecks claimed here ? Greece was still occupied by the Germans, so the English went there later on after the liberation to count wrecks ? Highly unlikely they did so.

[@georgemorley1029]

What is your source? You haven’t cited a particular one. Just said “there’s some evidence”. Which evidence?