"For the benefit of the uneducated among us, I shall translate." "Our chum can’t believe that Sedan’s fallen. I can."
@jamiegrover31812 жыл бұрын
Quote from Battle of Britain 1969
@mikhailiagacesa34062 жыл бұрын
That opening scene, from the Rolls-Royce cutting out in roll to the destruction of Hurri's on the ground(one of my favorite fighters), really got to me when I was a kid.
@Electricfox2 жыл бұрын
@@mikhailiagacesa3406 It symbolized the retreat to Dunkirk well, especially the pan down from the Hurri to the long convoy of refugees and soldiers with the "Who the hell is 'e trying to kid?" reaction.
@metaphyzikal12 жыл бұрын
CLOD is a great game...much harder to hit anything let alone shoot something down than Il2 BOS I find, and aircraft management is crucial too...keep at it taff, love these vids.
@mikhailiagacesa34062 жыл бұрын
"How was it Taffy?" "Oh, you know Flight. A squirt here and there...Piece of Cake."
@judyhopps93802 жыл бұрын
Kellaway - "Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed to so many, by so few" Moggy - "Sounds like he's heard about our backpay then."
@jamieevans44752 жыл бұрын
Probably your best landing 😊
@sopwithcamelus2 жыл бұрын
I love the early war campaigns. My favorite WWII fighters are the glorious underdogs: The Hawker Hurricane, and P-40. They held the line until better machines came on line, and they both had good service records.
@timonsolus2 жыл бұрын
Those aren't the underdogs. The real underdogs are the Gloster Gladiator Mk II and the Fiat CR.42. (Desert Wings: Tobruk)
@colindouglas77692 жыл бұрын
The Hurricane was no underdog in the Battle of Britain. Official records of the battle reveal that 60% of ALL Luftwaffe losses in the summer of 1940 were attributed to the Hurricane and while it was inferior to the Bf-109 in terms of speed and in the dive, the Hurricane had a significant advantage in the turn, and shot down almost as many Bf-109s as the Spitfire during the battle, especially in the last two or three weeks of the battle, when the Germans turned away from bombing the fighter stations of the RAF to concentrating their attacks on cities like London.
@sopwithcamelus Жыл бұрын
@@colindouglas7769 Yes. That's all true. But what is the general perception? The Spitfire gets the glory these days.
@sopwithcamelus Жыл бұрын
@@timonsolus Tobruk isn't particularly early in the war. But yes, both machines were inadequate for the ETO.
@timonsolus Жыл бұрын
@@sopwithcamelus : I was referring to the PC flight sim ‘Il-2 Desert Wings: Tobruk’, which has the Gloster Gladiator and Fiat CR.42 as flyable aircraft, and has player campaigns for them.
@Old_Catholic9 ай бұрын
I like the Hurricane. When I played European Air War, it was my first choice among many options.
@CZ350tuner7 ай бұрын
I always run pattern convergence, with the guns paired from 200 to 500 yards. I also load the two innermost guns with 1 observer (exploding) round per 5 other rounds as they kill aircrew instantly dead.
@ronaldwatson1951 Жыл бұрын
That was challenging in the clouds but good mission to get back. I thought your navigational skills would be on display? Good landing 👍
@jamesthenoobpilot8392 жыл бұрын
Great video man! I love the battle of France! Btw it would be cool to the the hurricanes from the Belgic air force!
@kingspoons2 жыл бұрын
Is this the official Battle of France single player campaign that came with Tobruk? I thought that was flying a Dewoitine?
@rafkllr2 жыл бұрын
More videos from blitz and tobruk please!
@mikhailiagacesa34062 жыл бұрын
'Avanti!'
@maxdevlin43492 жыл бұрын
When will the DCS games get "Smell_O_Scope" tech that Futurama promised?
@arthurcrego82972 жыл бұрын
Good job loved it.
@RemusKingOfRome2 жыл бұрын
Now that your doing the Battle of France, maybe you could escort a Sqn of defiants, defending Dunkirk ? 264 sqn were highly skilled, you could add external footage ?
@andrewstevenson1182 жыл бұрын
Nerd question: per sortie, which a/c got more kills in the BoB? Hurricanes, Spitfires, or was it about the same?
@colindouglas77692 жыл бұрын
In the Battle of Britain, the Spitfire may have been the glamorous thoroughbred of the battle, but the real workhorse was the Hurricane. The composition of the squadrons of RAF Fighter Command during the battle was two thirds equipped with Hurricanes to one third equipped with Spitfires. The Hurricane could take significantly more combat damage than the Spitfire and could be patched up quickly and returned to operational condition often on the same day, whereas a damaged Spitfire had to be taken out of the line and returned to a machine shop for repair. By the end of the Battle, 60% of all losses suffered by the Luftwaffe were attributed to the Hurricane. You have to assume that most of those losses were bombers and since the Hurricane pilots were detailed to attack the bomber formations, the lion's share of the bombers shot down were claimed by them. However, there is a surprising statistic in that final analysis revealed that the Hurricanes also shot down almost as many Bf-109s as the Spitfire during the Battle. This could be a result of Goering ordering his fighter pilots to hold closer station with the bomber formations because of the inability of the Bf-110 to beat off RAF attacks on the bomber formations. The likes of Galland and Molders were bitterly critical of this change, because it meant that the 109s lost their advantage of height and speed in the dive and the Hurricane had a significant advantage over the Bf-109 in the turn. The short range of the Bf-109 was another weakness which was exploited when the Germans switched the focus of their attack away from attacking the RAF fighter stations to bombing the cities. The Bf-109 only had sufficient fuel for 10 or 15 minutes over London, so they were often picked off on their way back to base when they were low on fuel and ammunition, by RAF fighters who were fighting over "friendly territory" and able to break off combat, refuel and re-arm and return to the fight.
@Perktube12 жыл бұрын
So you can hear 109's with the canopy open? I envy you, for it doesn't translate over through KZbin's audio.
@jackiechandler65902 жыл бұрын
How do you look around the cockpit with ease, without taking your hands off the controls? Is it your flight stick setup you’re using with extra buttons for hot keys?
@michaelsellner17102 жыл бұрын
Probably trackIR.
@Colaris992 жыл бұрын
Is this a new scenario or from the orignal game?
@hellionfi2 жыл бұрын
Nice landing
@untitled11092 жыл бұрын
Do you you if you can play this with an controller?
@HydroSnips2 жыл бұрын
Anyone know a good resource on setting up & key binding joystick/HOTAS for il-2? Just can’t get mine working.
@LobsterminatorX2 жыл бұрын
What is your problem and what HOTAS do you have? I've never had problems using just the built-in settings menus.
@colindouglas77692 жыл бұрын
Check out Sheriff's Sim Shack on KZbin. He has done vids on this very subject.
@mattthacker91202 жыл бұрын
Does this mod require Battle of Tobruk?
@johnhudghton35353 ай бұрын
Caliban rising? Very similar voice...
@dennisjones00812 жыл бұрын
Taff is the best
@thomashiggins93202 жыл бұрын
Kinda frustrating, with the clouds and thick flack and smoke. Rotten visibility.
@stephenmiller1952 жыл бұрын
You know what to do with the lame ducks
@vielplaysdagames22982 жыл бұрын
Plz do more air war in Africa
@timonsolus2 жыл бұрын
Yes! Gloster Gladiator Mk II vs Fiat CR.42 biplane action!
@vielplaysdagames22982 жыл бұрын
@@timonsolus I was thinking more p40s over the desert but that would be cool 2
@wolftooth66782 жыл бұрын
I wish IL2 GB had the Battle of Britain :/
@janhapunkt2662 жыл бұрын
When‘s a new career happening?
@dennisjones00812 жыл бұрын
PS. Taff do another War on the Sea but with different units, then get the base almost built but don’t complete it, get a carrier group with like 5 carriers in it.