The World's First Cruise Missile

[@MM22966]

That video of the US Navy testing their own version...it's like somebody told them if they made the insignia almost bigger than the missile, nobody would notice it was a V1.

[@TallDude73]

I was wondering whether that was being tested over London, so they made the US markings huge so as not to frighten the Londoners. ;)

[@Treblaine]

"You know, Admiral Skinner, these JB-2 cruise missiles are quite similar to the V-1 flying bombs Germany used."

[@vlexonkol8466]

"Nah its just region dialect expression, Comrade Superintendent. In Soviet we called it Izdeliye 10"

[@ronaldtartaglia4459]

To the winner goes the spoils.

[@owyman]

@@ronaldtartaglia4459 Not much Vietnam spoils then.

[@fortis3686]

Little fun fact here In order to record the sound of the V-1 for Battlefield V, the Dice devs went to Northern Sweden where people race modified snow mobiles which use similar engines to V-1s. So they went and recorded one of these races in order to get the sound of the V-1 in game.

[@ThommyofThenn]

@@fortis3686 that is dedication to gamers

[@MM22966]

Neat!

[@AtticusHess]

And everything else is incredibly historically inaccurate

[@grizwoldphantasia5005]

Snowmobiles with pulse jet engines?

[@bobmetcalfe9640]

Some mildly idiotic Brit decided to power his pushbike with a pulse jet. It worked okay but by God it was noisy.

[@geordiedog1749]

I remember as a kid my friend bought a record that had actual recordings from WWII. One of them was of a V-I . First time he played it mother came into the room screaming at him to turn it off and forbid him to ever ever play it again.

[@BigBubbaloola]

My Dad felt similar. He was about 8 years old when the v-1 was used. He was in Chichester which is between Tangmere (main airbase) and Portsmouth (naval hq) so they had quite a few come over. We went to a WW2 recreation of an East London street in 1990. They piped in the noises from the time including the doodlebug. Never saw him looked terrified before that but he went white as a sheet and had to leave.

[@Adonnus100]

why did she do that

[@BigBubbaloola]

@@Adonnus100 Basically ptsd!

[@km077]

@@Adonnus100 Some mothers just love to come in screaming to forbid something they don't understand nor like. This is one of the reasons we don't have proper "flying cars" or whatever people consider futuristic or advanced. Fr though- the mere sound heard from another room provoked an emotional, PTSD-induced response. The solution was to not let her child learn history in a safe environment. problem solved

[@Adonnus100]

@@BigBubbaloola for some reason i forgot that some countries actually had germans launching rockets against them

[@andrewstevenson118]

Random joke, to hopefully brighten your day. During the Battle of Britain, the BBC sends a radio van down to the south coast to follow the raids. A big one comes in and the Allied fighters rise to meet it. A Hurricane gets shot down, and the pilot bails out. He lands nearby. The reporter runs over. It turns out he’s Scottish. “I say, sir, how was it?” “Och, there were Fokkers to the left, Fokkers to the right, Fokkers all around. I hate them Fokkers.” Embarrassed silence. “For the benefit of our gentle listeners, a Fokker is a type of German aircraft.” “Aye, y'right, but these Fokkers were Messerschmitts.”

[@unowenwashere2782]

Where can i fine this

[@andrewstevenson118]

@@unowenwashere2782 It's a joke. 🙂

[@coling3957]

Douglas Bader told the original version of tis joke on BBC tv in the 1970's ... he was talking about "Fokkers" he was attacking in the Battle of Britain.. the interviewer helpfully added "Fokkers are of course the name of the German aircraft".. Bader shot back " except these "fokkers" were in Messerschmidts!" :D

[@andrewstevenson118]

@@coling3957 Yeah, I've heard that too but can't find any substantial evidence. There's another comedian about the same time that told the joke (there's a clip on YT.) It's certainly possible it was DB as he hated the Germans with a passion.

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

Ha! Ha! Ha! *_I JUST TYPED THAT JOKE INTO ANOTHER VIDEO TODAY!!!!_* Ha! Ha! Ha! Here it is: _The WWI Fly Ace Joke_ First heard this joke when I was about 10 in 1961. [After I had heard it - I saw this joke in _Boys Life_ where they obviously didn't get it]. Little Johnny brought his Uncle The World War One Flying Ace to School for Show and Tell. His Uncle tells tales of daring do until he gets to this one story. "So - there we wuz - me an' Georgie - and they had five of these Fookers coming to get us." The Teacher interrupted him and said: "The Fokker is a type of German Aircraft, Children." Johnny's Uncle replies: "Right ya are Missy - but these Fookers was flying Albatrosses." There are any number of versions of this joke - but - this was the first version I heard. . .

[@Sanj1n]

We always count on Johnny to bring us the best content.

[@kellychuang8373]

Yeah he sure does and also speaking of this and aside of getting the sequel could look into the first jet fighter ME-262, Fritz-X and if JJ is looking for more modern tech and weapons or even duds the Chauchat and Type 94 are something to look into among Stealth aircraft like the Nighthawk F-117 and B-2 bombers are good and A-1 Cobra attack copter is another anyway really could look into that along with M-14 rifles, S-Mines and also the interesting German first MANPAD Fliegerfaust anyway could really have a look into it.

[@BinBintheRiceCake]

"A piloted version...they were quickly expected to bail out." Japan: Laughs in Yokosuka mxy-7 (Oh, it got referred to as the cherry blossom in the video)

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

3:44 the missile knows where it is because it knows where it isn’t

[@thepny_chasseur_de_tricera5361]

Jean Maridor (1920-1944) was a French aviator celebrated for his heroism during World War II. Born in Graville-Sainte-Honorine, he developed a passion for aviation at a young age. By the age of 19, he earned his pilot’s license and joined the French Air Force. Following France’s defeat in 1940, he fled to England and enlisted in the Free French Air Forces (FAFL), quickly becoming a skilled and courageous fighter pilot. Maridor was assigned to defend London during the German campaign of V-1 flying bombs. On August 3, 1944, Jean Maridor performed his final heroic act. While intercepting a V-1 missile headed for a populated area, he realized that a school filled with children was in its path. Rather than risk a premature detonation by destroying the missile from afar, he closed in dangerously close to ensure its destruction. The explosion of the V-1 destroyed Maridor’s aircraft, killing him instantly, but his sacrifice saved countless lives. His bravery left a lasting mark and stands as a testament to the dedication of the FAFL pilots. Jean Maridor is buried in Sainte-Marie-au-Bosc near Le Havre, and his name is honored among the heroes of the French Resistance and aviation history.

[@VIadlV]

It wasn't the sound of a V-1 that was scary, it was when the sound stopped.

[@sonwig5186]

Thats what my grandad always says.

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

Fun fact: at some point, the British announced all v1 sites had been overrun and no more would be hitting Britain. The next day, the first v2 was fired that actually hit something

[@macobuzi]

At least they weren't wrong...

[@jimroberts3009]

As a teenager my father worked on a tug, on the Thames, during WW2. The tug had a near miss, from a V-1, while my dad was still on it. He was the only one onboard at the time. He had been working in the engine room and didn't hear the air raid siren!

[@T.h.e__T.r.u.t.h]

Gave a thumbs up just for the opening images alone. Good work here on this upload, tyvm

[@williamlloyd3769]

Missile Park, located adjacent to Point Mugu Naval Air Station in Ventura, California has the US copy of a V-1 on display. USA version is called the “Loon” and was built for use against Japan. The war against Japan was over before they were used in WW2. The improved V-1 were used as target drones by the US Navy. PS - Missile Park is just off Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) and has over 12 missiles plus aircraft on static display. Worth a visit. Free to visit.

[@uncle2593]

Hey look another Ventura native!

[@josephpadula2283]

I was there a couple months ago and the Loon was gone ! It was rusting so repair ?

[@Toupac1029]

The quantity really is amazing. Absolutely terrifying. Defense adaptation in such a short time span is also amazing.

[@gig1958]

Good ending,Johnny!

[@MM22966]

Honorable mention: Star Trek: Voyager SE5E25 "Warhead", a ST story about a interstellar, AI-guided buzzbomb...told from the buzzbomb's perspective. "I must destroy my target! That is why I was created!"

[@fisk0]

Might have been inspired by John Carpenter's Dark Star, which features AI-guided nuclear bombs, which at one point have to be taught the philosophical concepts of phenomenology.

[@tonybaloney8455]

That hit the spot! Great work as per usual, Johnny!

[@alanmacpherson3225]

G'day Johnnie I'd like to say thank you for the time and effort you put into these videos particularly the lesser known subjects. On that note perhaps you could cover the Mistel. The first pilot to tip a V1 was Kenneth Collier an Aussie pilot flying with the RAF.

[@chardaskie]

Good timing. 9 seconds old The scale of WW2 is mind boggling. I wonder If we don’t get back to that level of quantity over quality with drone warfare

[@MM22966]

Tell Taiwan they have to make a home-built cruise missile for less than $2000 a munition.

[@TotallyNotAFox]

Both Ukraine and Russia basically went that way already. Some high tech drones but lots of cheap smaller ones attacking in swarms also

[@ronaldtartaglia4459]

Are you proud?

[@unklebobosaurus]

The blending of comedy with historical fact is awesome, good job JJ :)

[@Pleasant_Plant]

8:55 surefully Germany would never try making its pilots fly cruise missiles again. conspicuously cruise missile shapped interceptor:

[@alexmiguelsanchez2801]

I saw a copy of the V-1 in the Air Force Armament Museum in Florida, I guess every masterpiece does have its copy.

[@Woody_Florida]

That is a great museum! They built a huge small arms room that is like a bank vault so it can be locked up at night. Very cool and worth the trip if you haven't been in a couple years.

[@MrElliotc02]

A very happy Christmas and New Year to you and yours. Thanks for all your hard work. Stay well.

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

You too. Happy Christmas 🎄 💓

[@paulwee1924dus]

Beate Uhse and Hanna Reitch where 2 female Luftwaffe aces. Beate Uhse had a postwar shop with adult toys in Germany.

[@rolfagten857]

Beate was a Luftwaffe captain.

[@kutter_ttl6786]

Hanna Reitch wasn't an ace, as that's reserved for pilots who shot down 5 enemy aircraft. She was, however, a very accomplished test pilot.

[@mathiasbartl903]

The Ladies were made proper Luftwaffe officers only shortly before the end of the war.

[@glitchingwiththethugz8400]

Remarkably simple how this works. JJ uploads, I click like. Great video as always.

[@David_Crayford]

Great video. Born in Surrey, I grew up in London. Dad was born during the Blitz and grandad was in the RAF. Never knew they had kamakaze pilots in some V1. There are captured examples in the London Science Museum in Knightsbridge, and possibly the Imperial War Museum, both among the school trip pilgrimages for us kids back in the 1970s and 1980s.

[@rolfagten857]

"Missiles from hell "1958 was depicting the V1 rockets also.

[@varovaro1967]

Great channel with a calming voice plus.

[@brunogarza3096]

Amazing video as always!

[@Woody_Florida]

The old videos of the V1 being tested by the USAF over white sand beaches is from Destin, Florida. The ramp is still there, and right in the middle of a gated community. As you drive into the housing area there is a sand dune with a bunker in it made for safely viewing tests and the old building is now where they keep tractors and mowers. The ramp is huge and points out into the gulf of Mexico. The air armament museum in Shalimar, Fl. has an orange painted V1 on display hanging from the ceiling too.

[@VincentNajger1]

The damage caused by a V1 and a V2 are not even remotely comparable. I highly recommend checking out a British 4 part doco series called Blitz Street, especially the last episode where they simulate a V2 hit on the purpose made, period accurate London style buildings. They just don't use stuff that big any more.

[@shaider1982]

The last lines has to be the best one yet.👍🏻

[@GunnerHeatFire]

Pretty cool fact, In 1944 George Orwell's first draft of the book “Animal Farm” was almost destroyed in a V-1 attack. Luckily he found the manuscript inside of the rubble of his house.

[@josephpadula2283]

The Navy version was on display at Pt Magu Naval air Station Missile Park outside the base and open to the public .a bit over an hour from LA , CA. Called the Loone . Recently visiting it was gone , hopefully for repair as it was Rusting ! Iron red rust not aluminum corrosion .

[@NTAD]

Piloted versions... suddenly, that V1 scene from Youjo Senki makes a lot more sense. A shame we didn't get a clip or two in the video. :

[@akamiguelsanchez9985]

My dad remembers hearing what turned out to be a V1 flying over his house on Christmas Eve in 1944.

[@widyasantoso4910]

That's a fortunate thing that he could hear it. If he couldn't, that's the moment to start panicking.

[@201sovereign]

Love the sound that pulsejet makes

[@rubenskiii]

My grandmother on my mom’s side got blasted in 1944 when the allies tried to bomb V1 and V2 sites near The Hague but they bombed The Hague instead. She survived but she never ever wanted to talk about those days. We know she went through it because of her hospital records. Eardrums where rogered.

[@Danspy501st]

About the RAF pilots flying with their wing tip close to the V-1s. I also believe some of them did tip it over like that, which confused the guidiance system on the V-1

[@henkdespermatank2753]

Short and sweet video as always! Amazing tech for the time.

[@billyponsonby]

8:57 Barbara Rütting was in a West German movie about Admiral Wilhelm Canaris and his part in the July 20th plot to assassinate Hitler.

[@ulrikwener]

Have a shot every tune you hear "bomb!" Great video. Very interesting as always!

[@BillSilver-kg8hs]

The aforementioned "Missiles from Hell" made in 1958, was known in the UK as "Battle of the V1". Less well known as "Operation Crossbow", this was a pretty good movie, It starred Michael Rennie and a Pre Dracula, Christopher Lee, playing an evil Nazi. Worth checking out.

[@allanalopez1756]

why that pun just took off😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😊😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@WhatIsSanity]

Damn I never knew these were actually used to such deadly effect. Crazy that cruise missiles were invented in WWII.

[@TotallyNotAFox]

Since we are at it - what about the FA-223 "Dragon" transport helicopter from WW2?

[@danielapel1976]

Hanna Reitsch calibrated the gyro. Later flew into Berlin to evacuate Hitler. Freiherr vom Greim , her Copilot got his leg shoot off by AA but sat trough a diner with Hitler without fading. This scene is in Der Untergang.

[@Flusterbomb]

Thanks Johnny!

[@spankyharland9845]

the japanese took that design and then put a dedicated japanese guy locked in it to guide it to its ultimate destruction.

[@xToxicNinjax]

The scenes in both Tanya and Hellsing Ultimate are both such ridiculous executions of the V-1, but fun none the less.

[@Tin_Man1923]

Hey Johnny, I would like to see a video about barrage balloons. I don't feel like they get enough said about them what they did for the war effort

[@kkjkkj2584]

It’s hard to grasp that most people are only familiar with Germany’s tanks, like the Tiger and Maus heavy tanks, but remain largely unaware most of groundbreaking inventions Germany contributed to the 20th century. which reshaped whole war doctrine ever after.

[@marco8414]

Never looked too much into either the V-1 or V-2, but in my mind I always imagined them as something used much earlier in the war.

[@presstwo]

Amazing video, perhaps a deeper dive on the V2 is in order?

[@ScoutSniper3124]

Vengeance is mine sayeth the 8th Air Force.

[@MM22966]

"To err is human...To forgive is not SAC policy."

[@Ethanprice-ij2pv]

thanks for the Awesome video as per usual.

[@christophersnyder1532]

You already got my vote, regardless of the anime card, but it always helps, and works. Seasons greetings!

[@matt47110815]

I find the Fritz X GUIDED bomb more impressive, especially because it was joystick controlled via a TV Monitor.

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

7:35 ok now I gotta watch this movie

[@dekuzilla91]

Always great to see your videos. Think you might review one of the movies from this video? They are all great.

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

I definitely could! I'm just a bit backed up on my movie review list at the moment =)

[@Nobody.exe50]

well said at the end

[@burnlootmurder5348]

Scenes from 633 Squadron.

[@Bigcat726]

Literally the most terrifying thing to hear while playing bfv I don’t know if it was friendly or enemy I take cover while I can

[@kellychuang8373]

Can say real good video JJ and also may look into DDT pesticide use in WWII, B-52 Bombers, MI-24 Hind, Fritz-X the first smart bomb, MIG Jets, MP-5 SMG, AK-47 and it's variants, RPG-7, SA-7 and Stinger missiles, T-54/55 tanks, folding SMG's like the 1 used in Robocop 2 and well really a lot out there.

[@mrham6949]

I have actually been in a v2 rocket crater in black heath when it didn't have enough fuel to go to central London

[@FernandoCasadevall-u7o]

Buenas tardes. Feliz Navidad y buen comienzo del año. Utilizo este video para contactarme contigo por una duda. En la pelicula Tienda Negra de 1956, aparrece un vehiculo que no se que es. La pelicula es mala pero en una parte cuando aparecen los bidones vacios, se ve un vehiculo que en un momento pense que era un Bren-Carrier pero es muy grande para serlo. Si puedes mirala y dime que vehiculo es. Un abrazo desde Argentina.

[@Frankrhm]

Next should be the V-2

[@scockery]

O the last V-8 Interceptor

[@COLD1Dadi]

Vry intersting video, thank you :)

[@steveh1792]

World war 1 ended just a little too early for the Kettering "Bug" to be the first cruise missile. In 1918.

[@ГалинаКибкало-в3ю]

У ФАУ-1 был стартовый, пороховой двигатель. Он разгонял её до скорости, при которой начинал работать этот прямоточно- воздушный , пульсирующий двигатель. Англичане называли ФАУ-1 пукающая бомба. За характерный звук при полете.

[@dondouglass6415]

Another fantastic video... Huzzah! 😊

[@Luis-be9mi]

Got to wonder just how different the Battle of Britain would have been if the V-1 was available.

[@leothecat9609]

Why would it have been different?

[@Luis-be9mi]

@ for one as mentioned the V-1s are a lot cheaper to produce. The Germans could have used V-1s to cause round the clock raids over Britain, giving the RAF no respites, exhausted pilots are more prone to making mistakes. All while the valuable German pilots could be relegated to more important roles like sent over the skies on the eastern front or defending the skies over Germany.

[@leothecat9609]

@@Luis-be9mi what are v1s cheaper to produce than?

[@Luis-be9mi]

@@leothecat9609 cheaper than German pilots and aircraft the German pilots fly in.

[@widyasantoso4910]

@@leothecat9609 It's practically mentioned in the video.

[@stevenharsono9911]

Fieseler Fi-103R or manned version of V-1 flying bomb

[@srgtjyn2765]

12:40 you stated "shudder system". The correct term is Reed.

[@jffry890]

"It's not like I want to crash into your aircraft carrier or anything, b-baka..."

[@warpartyattheoutpost4987]

In our Axis&Allies house rules with enough R&D in Rocket Science ze German player can develop ze V-1. It's cheap to produce but can only be used for Strategic Bombing and has a short range and doesn't return to base like a standard strategic bomber... but again, it's cheap to produce.

[@deanstuart8012]

The first V1 attack on 13th June 1944 was initially spotted by the Royal Observer Corps post at Dymchurch in Kent. The ROC used the codeword "Diver" for the V1 and had been briefed on the weapon in March 1944.

[@pongo23597]

"A waist of human life and resources" Ironic!

[@jimroberts3009]

How could a pilot exit the V-1 without being sucked into the pulse jet?

[@Robert21432]

I love your content! Do you think you can do a video about animals that served during WW1? From pigeons, dogs, horses, to donkeys, camels and elephants? I believe those heroes deserve a spot in your videos as well.

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

That's a great idea! I have one on horses up already but pigeons would be great! Dogs gets kind of depressing though...

[@keithmoore5306]

they could have used a rocket pack and a simple ramp instead of the steam system a damn sight cheaper faster and easier to deploy!!

[@SkynetDrone12]

The V-1 knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn’t, a determination made possible by its Askania-built mechanical autopilot, dual internal gyroscopes for pitch and roll stabilization, a magnetic compass for heading, a barometric aneroid device for altitude regulation, and a nose-mounted airscrew-driven odometer. By subtracting where it isn’t (the airspace not yet traversed) from where it isn’t currently occupying (the coordinates it has not assumed), it obtains a difference, or deviation. Its servo-actuated control surfaces and Argus As 014 pulsejet engine then employ this deviation to generate corrective impulses, guiding the V-1 from a position where it isn’t to a position where it wasn’t. Arriving at a position where it previously wasn’t, it now is. Consequently, the position where it is is now the position it wasn’t, and the position it was is now the position it isn’t. Should the position that it is in ever fail to match the position that it wasn’t, the system registers another variation and repeats the process. Thus, by continually acknowledging all the places it is not, the V-1 ensures that it will eventually arrive at the place it must no longer not occupy… which, in a final ironic twist, turned out to be directly into a barrage balloon, rendering all this intricate logic tragically pointless yet sparing Londoners below from the terror it intended, and thus ending its trajectory in the most unplanned and inflatable manner possible.

[@ThorstenKreutzenberger]

Give me the vector, Victor.

[@anthonyiocca5683]

What a menace…

[@TrueRoofTooKorean1992]

Ye

[@jonproctor3739]

Good video about the V-1s. A fair amount of footage & photos I've not before seen. Had no idea that sometimes a hundred a day were launched at London.

[@2428530]

Hey Johnny, I´m a fan of your videos. Sometimes you review movies, in another of your channels. I was wondering if you could do a review about the movie that you mention here a lot, that is Operation Crosbow. About that movie, there's something that I have always liked, being that how the operatives stuck to the mission till the end. That's the movie. I don't know really how much of it is true. Anyway, greetings from Chile.

[@2428530]

My name is Francisco Bustamante, by the way

[@mathiasbartl903]

You can only air launch manned V1s , the acceleration from a catapult start is too high for a pilot.

[@rob5944]

AI on the fly, you're a poet and didn't know it Johnny.

[@EGRJ]

6:27 Uh, why are they running TOWARD the flying bomb?

[@jaymudd2817]

Drone?

[@paulwee1924dus]

The V1 was Hitler's WUNDERWAFFEN.

[@davidneel8327]

Look up the Kettering Bug. It predates the V1.

[@andrewstravels2096]

Speaking of World’s First, I’m at Carillon Historical Park in Dayton, Ohio right now for its Christmas festival. The park has the 1905 Wright Flyer lll, the world’s first practical airplane. The 1903 Wright Flyer, at the Air and Space Museum in DC, was technically still a glider.

[@grizwoldphantasia5005]

No it wasn't a glider. It had an engine and made four powered flights. Or maybe you want to claim ALL powered airplanes are also gliders. The 1903 airplane was clumsy and fragile, but it was still a powered controllable airplane.

[@andrewstravels2096]

⁠The plaque in the museum its housed in says otherwise.

[@grizwoldphantasia5005]

@@andrewstravels2096 The plaque is wrong or has very odd definitions.

[@andrewstravels2096]

It’s in a Federally owned and operated museum, operated by the National Park Service and Dayton History. Your just someone commenting on KZbin.

[@grizwoldphantasia5005]

@@andrewstravels2096 Use your brain. Think for yourself. How can it be a glider if it has an engine and flow 800 feet at ground level? Why does everyone call Dec 17 1903 he day of the first powered controlled flight? Not because it was a glider!

[@Demolitiondude]

Engineering was buzzed.

[@widyasantoso4910]

Johnny, you missed out on a chance to include a clip from a movie you would never feature on this channel, "Goodbye Mr. Chips", with Peter O'Toole and Petula Clark. That movie included a V1 attack.

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

@@widyasantoso4910 shoot ill have to get my hands on it!

[@AnyoneSeenMikeHunt]

Was it called Thomas?

[@CrimsonAlchemist]

I love the anime scenes

[@steveshoemaker6347]

The Germans were way ahead of there time in a lot of ways.......Here is JJ and thank you my friend....... Old F-4 pilot Shoe🇺🇸

[@richardvernon317]

And in a lot of way's they were behind the Allies. The Allies looked at these kind of weapons back in the 1930's using prop driven pilotless guided missiles. The accuracy was so crap in trials that production never proceded.

[@dirk6001]

Antwerp had 2448 V1's attacks.

[@thebigm7558]

AI in missles... Nice