Interdiction | Spitfires Over Libya 1941 | Afrika Korps HQ Strike | Digital Combat Simulator | DCS

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

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[@thedishonoredamerican129]

That 2nd bomber pilot had the heart of a fighter pilot. Props to him for putting up a decent effort against a Spitfire.

[@OK-GV888OD]

😎😎😎

[@apolgi8393]

L39 vs aermacchi common buddy it's been a year I have been asking for this ultimate fight of two trainers

[@Xeno1001]

10:51 LOOK AT THE TAIL! EACH MARK IS A KILL!

[@simonedwards2703]

I thought that as well

[@Gurumeierhans]

*Air victory, not kill

[@warmouth65]

He had plenty of kills, Germans put those markings on the rudder.

[@Dermochelys12]

Beat me to it! Counted about 12.

[@adambulmash6880]

What markings? What am I missing here?

[@Hangar402]

I count 17

[@wolfmanjackxl1691]

@@adambulmash6880 The black vertical stripes on the rudder-each one is one kill.

[@adambulmash6880]

@@wolfmanjackxl1691you mean the two longer black streaks and the third shorter one? I had just assumed those were three continuous streaks lol. Maybe it’s just my vid quality.

[@sparky4878]

“I wonder what they’re shooting at?” could have been famous last words.

[@AARONANKRUM]

Like GS's saying, "I'm pretty sure that missile isn't an issue so I'll recommit." BANG!

[@blooeagle5118]

Today, GS learned that the Luftwaffe put kill marks on the rudder of their aircraft. Multiple times.

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

looool honestly, I had seen it while looking at the skins in the mission editor, but for some reason in the mission my brain was looking under the canopy, silly mistake.

[@cliffordchang4612]

@@GrowlingSidewinder I'm sure he appreciates you letting him live! lol

[@cowboyvalley]

@@GrowlingSidewinder Know your history. It makes a big difference.

[@MisterAnthony706]

the moment you said "what are they shooting at?" I immediately said "you mf" and then you got shot at by flack. that was hilarious.

[@bluecordterrainmanagement]

He had 17 kills. They put the markings on the rudder of the 109

[@GregThe_L]

12:41. You shot up the bomber’s pilot *and* the autopilot. Fortunately, the autopilot can be reinflated using the inflation tube located at its beltline.

[@TheHilltopPillbox]

Surely, you can't be serious.

[@andytomlinson4716]

i am serious and don't call me shirley

[@jwrockets]

Good luck. We're all counting on you.

[@user-wm3hu7lo1g]

11:37 Impressive energy infrastructure for Libya 1941 with all those power lines

[@angeloc1340]

😂

[@krzysztofiwan4901]

Oh no, look at the tail, he is an ace!!!

[@cooperclimaxx]

Being a bit technical, most if in fact all, of Allied and Axis aircraft had Tropical Air Filters fitted to keep sand out of the engine cooling radiators. A good vid anyway given that DCS haven't set up a North African Campaign. Both my father and my wife's father fought in North Africa, Sicily and Italy Campaigns. My wife's father, a Major in the Pioneer Corps, led his troop of Zulu's and Basutes up the slopes of Monte Cassino with pack mules, to get ammunition to British troops, losing a quarter of his men. He told me years later, that he couldn't have had braver men under his command. For his bravery under machine gun fire, he was awarded the Military Cross, presented to him by King George VI at Buckingham Palace...

[@BeaufighterGaming]

It's dcs, the only spit and 109 available are the mk9 and k4 respectively, both 1944-45 versions of the plane. There's nothing else available.

[@waynedaly1718]

Approximately 18 kills markings on his rudder. Certainly no amateur

[@KillerKev1961]

They got the subtle pink hue of the sand and dust correct. That stuff got into everything, and made a lot of things so difficult for maintain and to operate in.

[@johns1625]

I lived in Moab for 1.5 years nearly 10 years ago and I'm still cleaning sand out of my truck. 😂😂

[@bobsakamanos4469]

Yes, the colours are fairly accurate. The red dust from that bloody desert reaches as far as west africa in the winter (summer is rainy season). I'm still finding it in my gear 15 yrs later.

[@KillerKev1961]

@@bobsakamanos4469 Indeed.

[@willsterofleicester]

My dad would have been 100 yesterday. He was cpt SAAf flew missions across Med in Italy. God rest

[@CalicoJack1803]

R.I.P. Lest We Forget

[@guyman2674]

That 109 ace was very lucky you didn't know where luftwaffe pilots painted their kill marks. He probably thinks you were just being merciful lol.

[@avipatable]

Longshot is a good buddy! I watched his version earlier :) Good to see some North Africa theatre - often forgotten. Neville Duke's war diary is a great read for anyone interested in this area.

[@Lobo204RHF]

This reminds me of my grandfather who built spitfires in the western desert after they were shipped across in crates.

[@jpteknoman]

This reminded me an old interview with a WW2 pilot. He talked about how dive bombing worked in reality vs movies. In most movies they show a roughly 70 degree angle dive when in reality the dive was completely vertical but for outside observers it seemed to be at a 70 degree angle because of the angle of attack.

[@bobsakamanos4469]

The Kittybombers in Africa & MTO certainly had a maximum dive angle. A line was painted on their side canopy for reference.

[@iNeedaBreakdown]

I guess the 109 pilot was in fact an ace: There were a bunch of markings on the rudder, if I'm not mistaken.

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

Yup you’re correct. I looked in the wrong place for the markings. That ace lived to fight another day.

[@alexmoffitt8063]

17 to be exact……… 😬

[@jonesy279]

Could’ve been a Hans-Joaquim Marseille type?

[@truthseeker9454]

@@GrowlingSidewinder That's assuming he survived the crash and either walked out of that desert or was rescued. There was no sign of him at 11:40.

[@jimbenson3926]

Bf109 only had 18 kill markings on his tail.

[@MrJohndoakes]

He would have gotten the Iron Cross for that.

[@jimverschueren674]

Yeah I agree triple Ace with probably a few more probables Iron Cross with Swords and Oak leaves 😅

[@johns1625]

The Spitfire with the desert camo is so mean looking. 😍👌 I swear almost evey plane and tank looks so much cooler with that desert theme. Especially old German tanks.

[@whistlingbadger]

Agreed. The F-16 with desert camo is one of my all-time most beautiful aircraft.

[@hapisua]

You really need to make another video with this ace guy, you can't just leave him like that. We need sequel for that story

[@Charon58]

I spent a year flying the DHC-6 and Cessna 208 about 1,000 miles south of this area in eastern T’Chad. No joke about going down in the Sahara. Unless you are near a water source you have but a few days at most.

[@connorburnes7697]

The original COD1 audio at 1:17 is awesome!

[@PepperDog76]

Brother, I just can’t wrap my brain around the quality and quantity of your content. Killin it, man

[@jonesy279]

As an Aussie aviation nerd, few things get me as amped up as Spitties and particularly P40s (shoutout to my boy Clive Caldwell) in desert camo over Africa ❤

[@bobsakamanos4469]

Clive was extraordinary once he learned deflection shooting. A great leader and uncompromising fighter pilot. Sadly a victim of the smear campaign back down under.

[@toddshrull]

The Bf-109 had fuel injection engines and didn't rely on carburetors, which gave them so many advantages!

[@brentcombrink]

Surprised at all those rocks on the landing field. Miracle you didn't snap off the undercarriage.

[@jrmorris8140]

Looked like some good sized rocks on that runway!

[@truthseeker9454]

SO COOL to see you and LongShot fly this mission! That 109 was splashed by Longshot 3 days ago and you today. He's gonna have trouble explaining that to his superiors! 😄

[@tnwhiskey68]

I really enjoy the WW2 episodes! Those planes are the epitome of technological advancements but still requiring man vs man. After missiles, the stand off distance changed and it just isn't the same.

[@commentsedited]

This is by far the most interesting channel I've seen..it just doesn't get old!!🎉

[@XxLob_xX]

“That guy is not a ace” When he got like 18 kill markings on his tail

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

Looool ya I was looking under the canopy. Deff my bad.

[@Ambaryerno]

Technically true. The Germans didn't refer to pilots as "aces" during WWII. They had Experten.

[@AlanTiffany-t8e]

He has PLENTY KILLS... the markings are on his tail!!!

[@shokkk-i2i]

I was SCREAMING “look at the damn rudder”😂

[@xaxsimplexescapex]

*sees the muzzle flash of the 88s pointed directly at him* "I wonder who they are shooting at - there's no one else out here"

[@danestewart2539]

Plenty of kill marks, also that nose emblem is of 1 Gruppe, JG27, commanded by Eduard Neumann, very competent squadron

[@nor0845]

One of the things seldom mentioned about the Spitfire is the beautiful, uninterrupted view you get from the Malcolm Hood. They really should have fitted it to the Hurricane too (They did at the very end with great success, but too late).

[@bobsakamanos4469]

I've never heard of a Hurricane with a Malcolm Hood. Production stopped in '44 and the bird cage canopy was still used. The Typhoon IB however did get the bubble canopy. Perhaps that's what you're thinking of.

[@nor0845]

@ Hi there. No, it does take a bit of digging to find but it was a standard Hurricane (There is some info on the Secret Projects Uk forum. improved-canopy-hurricanes).. There were one or even two Hurricanes modded P3899 & P3221 with a ‘Malcolm Hood’ canopy, somewhat along the lines of the P51B, P47D and F4U-1D. Sadly it was never officially adopted on the Hurricane. I feel it would have made a huge difference if it had been. It’s all a bit sketchy but I feel it would have made a huge difference to the Hurricanes effectiveness and more importantly, survivability. Cheers.

[@bobsakamanos4469]

@@nor0845 interesting one time modification. Yes, better vis would have helped the unfortunate Hurri pilot who was always looking over their shoulder. I think Hawker's planned replacement fighter meant no effort put into the old Hurri production line, otherwise it would have received thinner wings and a Meredith radiator scheme years earlier. Unfortunately the typhoon had its own problems.

[@luggilu7864]

11:00 the tail markings say he shot down a bunch of your guys

[@numbersletters3886]

Look at all the ticks on the tail!!! Absolutely an Ace!!!

[@oriolesfan2463]

Good job mixin’ it up GS. Keep it up!

[@Mav09]

F/A-18E/F vs F-35C (Fox-2 fight) would be epic to see! Navy vs Navy : Old vs New Day 181

[@Anvilarm07]

Dang, that Spit looks great in those colours.

[@anthonyfitzgerald1768]

Longshot is down there shooting flak like a boss.

[@VictorRomeo1917]

Loving the WW2 stuff again!!!

[@SouthPoleAntarctica]

looking at the stacks at the Kraut rudder "no kill markings"

[@ImperialAce-q8g]

Love the WWII flights! This was a really neat mission!

[@davidbaron8330]

If you're in a Mk IX (and you seem to be) it's 1942. German kill marks appear on the rudder. The guy had about a dozen kills.

[@death-y2b]

It appears to be an the LF variant of the Mk ix with a vokes air filter integrated into the air intake so it's probably early to mid 1943 but it could be 1942 too.I'm not sure when they started implementing the filter into the production aircraft

[@bobsakamanos4469]

@@death-y2b Aboukir filter and Mk.IXs were available there in 1943.

[@death-y2b]

@@bobsakamanos4469 yeah that checks out thanks

[@mrflyingfishgf]

He was an ace with 17 kills. On German planes look for short vertical stripes on the rudder.

[@videomaniac108]

The flak gunners didn't leave GS wondering long as to whom they were shooting at.

[@sbg911]

Gee there were some pretty nasty rocks on that landing strip, you do a great mission then KIA when you nose over at 100 after your landing gear gets ripped off..

[@ronratcliffe2219]

He had tons of kill markings in his rudder, "Waste Him!"

[@stinkyfungus]

Rommel was the guy on the Kettenkrad... he got away.

[@davidca96]

The British had some trouble with their tropical Hurricanes and Spitfires in the beginning, lots of sand in the intake issues and they ended up using American P-40's for a bit until they worked out the problem. Fun little tid bit.

[@mortenBP]

Yea, the Kittyhawk.

[@heneagedundas]

The Vokes filter.

[@SmithandWesson22A]

And the Australians.

[@oborozukiyo73]

P-40s were employed before the Spits reached the Desert fighting. They were the mainstay of the RAF when it became obvious in 1940 that Hurricanes weren't going to cut it aerial combat & it was equally obvious there weren't going to be enough Spits to send everywhere the Brits were likely to be fighting at.

[@bobsakamanos4469]

P-40s Allison engines had severe problems with engine failures and didn't address the induction filter issue until the M version, 1943. Meanwhile the Spits in 1942 had the Volkes filter, then the better Aboukir filter. The USAAF acquired over 600 Spits and used them in Africa & MTO for top cover over the Allison P-40s. Lot's of P-40 engine fires.

[@PilotPazolidis]

Finally, I was waiting for this one, well done

[@920utdoor]

Man the drop off of those cannons are sever

[@esr243]

What I like with the period WWII - 1970s is that there is much better visual range, plus the aircraft are so good looking

[@Andy_XT]

We love WWII content, GS! Great stuff. Keep'em coming!

[@kaistorte6973]

Joachim Marseille was a German Pilot in North Africa. He shot down 158 Planes.

[@jamescdean9010]

I saw many good sized rocks on your landing somewhat hidden in the taller grass. I don't think, for the sake of safety, they should be on the landing strip.

[@kenc9236]

Bravo! Big Dog love the ww2 vids mix up.

[@dougmccoy1260]

On April 6th 1945 a B24 of the 308th bomb group in China dropped a bomb from 14,000 ft. It hit the 10ft wide Yellow river bridge right in the middle of the very long bridge.

[@BrotherJP333SP]

The Libyan desert and Spitfire make for an awesome mission.

[@garyburford5774]

“Never fly straight and level for longer than 30 seconds “ Sailor Malan

[@dougmccoy1260]

There is a B24 still sitting in the Sahara desert. You can see it with Google Earth. It over flew it's base and ran out of gas. It was lost for years.

[@meatpopsicle1567]

That was the "Lady Be Good." They've moved it. Libya hauled it out of the desert in 1994.

[@FlyinBrian777]

RAF also used the P-40 during the North African campaign.

[@card_stock_gliders]

Spitfire in the desert is fire.

[@jamesrussell7760]

At 10:59, Fritz's Bf-109 looks like a colander - full of holes - the work of .303 MGs. If you were flying a Tempest with 4x 20mm....!! It looks like he has about 22 tally marks on his rudder, maybe bombs. Can't quite make them out for sure. Judging from the .303 holes around Fritz's cockpit, he probably has holes in his legs as well. That may explain why he didn't bail out. Very good video, G S, as always.

[@420BulletSponge]

That Luftwaffe pilot had 17 or 19 kills. Kill tally's are on the tail of German aircraft.

[@420BulletSponge]

Now if it was a Japanese or Italian aircraft I would have no clue. Ich bin nicht Wehraboo.

[@larrybetteridgeii2817]

German kill markings are on the tail rudder of their aircraft. He had around 12-14 kills

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

Yaaaa someone else just pointed that out. Can’t believe I missed that.

[@odudke4869]

ww2 is my favorite content, thx so much

[@jasonanalco542]

His kill rack is on the rudder! You let a multiple ace go 😢

[@1007leo]

I was really surprised by those german lines from CoD1

[@Inazuma68]

Sagen sie dem Kommandostand, sie greifen an 😆

[@ChristopherDoll]

Oh cool, just dropped and I caught it! Your videos are my writing and art prep, thank you

[@CalicoJack1803]

Awesome! I saw this scenario on Longshot’s channel…it was fantastic. Maybe you guys can do a joint mission with the Spitfires over Libya ‘41?

[@basecode8]

01:40 Everyone has a plan until they say "they're shooting at me"

[@markorahoske6931]

God no matter how many times i see the inside of a WW2 Cockpit, it still amazes my that the pilots were able to shoot anything. Truly an amazing set of people existed back then, im so grateful for the freedom i enjoy cuz of their sacrifice

[@Innercityoutdoorsman]

😂 bruh missed the tail signs.... he was bagging the allies

[@drawingdead9025]

Don't mind the huge rocks all over the 'runway'.

[@Mike_C_64]

Ahhhg! The Germans put their kills on the rubber! He might have been the Star of Africa!

[@bzum19]

It was triple ACE

[@getit9066]

Look up The Star of Africa if you want to see the greatest fighter pilot of all time, Hans Joachim Marseille. His exploits will blow your mind.

[@batbensam5794]

You should do an intercept of Santa for Christmas.

[@darkfox2076]

GS "I wonder what their shooting at?" "Oh its me!" 😂😂😂😂

[@ImNotJuggy]

I know you probably don’t care but I ordered the tomcat hoodie 👍

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

I appreciate you, thank you for supporting the channel.

[@skyknight1414]

The boulders on that runway, jeez. Surprised that those didnt take you out

[@Kennyuk77]

10:39 you can see the kill marks on the tail!

[@briansmithwins]

At least the bomb didn’t hurt the kettenkrad

[@dbenci2071]

Yeah, he had a bunch of hash marks on his rudder

[@WarBird-h6p]

Good job keep up the great content. Also just a video idea: Su-75 checkmate vs I-16 donkey

[@aaronliddell4280]

Appreciate the WW2 content, but especially appreciate you flying for the Allied forces! 👍

[@SierraGargoyle]

Love the WWII stuff! Especially when you guys fly the Allied planes. Should do an air cover mission for an SAS ground op!

[@csjrogerson2377]

How was the Me 109 still flying and not on fire? It 851 holes in it.

[@gtvvpt]

Love your stuff man. Video idea: axis matchups for example fw190 vs bf109 dogfight

[@benj7312]

I wish 1C GS would do a Mediterranean campaign taking in battles across North Africa, Malta, Sicily and Italy. So much stuff happened there that it's a rich source for inspiration from Swordfish bi-planes attacking the Italian fleet in Taranto to the 'siege' of Malta, which was, for a time, the most bombed place on earth. The Axis lost ~3k aircraft in about a 6-month period during it's peak, while in that same period, some 700 aircraft were lost on the Eastern front.

[@sickfarce6275]

These german radio calls at the beginning triggered my nostalgia so hard. They are taken from the very first Call Of Duty.

[@Beeterfish]

"Fox-2, vechio, vechio!" "Please, vechio." -time.

[@peted2770]

Looked like he had about 15 kills. Germans put their tally on the rudder.

[@mortenrasmussen965]

The victory markings are on the tail fin and rudder. And plenty of them.

[@swizzzy4962]

Do the same with the Bf-109 please. I would love for you to play in Tunisia with a Bf-109.