Inside The Cockpit - Heinkel He-111 H-16 (CASA 2.111)

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[@armoredspain7053]

botellas termas mean thermal bottles, its pronounces boteYas*

[@julianshepherd2038]

Can you do a review of the film "The Battle of Britain" ? It's full of original planes and other kit but I'm not well informed enough to know when they cheat/fail.

[@dredlord47]

Could you please do a video on how the remote controlled wing turrets of the Paiggio P.108 work?

[@bodieofci5418]

'Help yourself everyone. There's no fighter escort.'

[@hazed1009]

Bismark could I humbly make a request for you to make a video on your favourite and more importantly your most enjoyable military aviation books you own. I too have a large collection of books, mainly on my favourite era ww2 but also several on aircraft combat tactics written much later. Mostly my interest was fueled by these books ability to inform my tactics and behaviour whilst playing PC flught sims like iL2 or for many years Aces high or more recently warthunder. I think many of your subscribers will be similar to me and always buying books and I think you would be a great source of recommendation to us all. I love your channel, I honestly think you should be making documentaries on the discovery TV channel they're so good. I can't understand why some TV producer hasn't thought to contact you. Anyway I hope you will consider my request and tell us of the books you love the most and have enjoyed reading or returning to again and again. I would also ask if you could start with the WW2 era books, perhaps even doing several videos covering the different eras ? but of course I leave the decision to you! Thanks again Hazed100

[@harrybergeest6790]

Hi, my dad flew in the Heinkle111 during the war as a flight mechanic (flight engineer). He sat just behind the pilot and was in charge of the instraments for the engines as well as manning two side guns in combat. He flew over eastern Europe. One of the missions was dropping mines in the Danube but the main missions were usual to set the target lights for the main bombers. He flew from the beginning of the war right to the end when the crew surrendered to the British at a German airfield. He was with the same air crew throughout the war and they were shot down twice but survived. My dad is now 99 and still alive in Vancouver Canada.

[@fatbudgiekillen8997]

Imagine how few of the Luftwaffe crews made it through the war, what a fortunate crew, and to survive two downings! Best wishes for Dads 100th.

[@bryangeake5826]

How did he survive those terrible Russian winters? And were the defensive guns really all that effective, I remember that the dorsal 7.92mm MG17 was changed to a 13.2mm MG 131, I expect that help[ed!!?

[@ron9320]

Harry Bergeest ::Good that he made it to Vancouver after that. What a lucky man at a wonderful place to live. If been there several times sailing the Strait of Georgia etc. I wish to be there. Regards from Germany!

[@davidvanniekerk3813]

Thanx Harry Bergeest. My Dad (1931-1984) was not in the war. My Granddad (1896-1990) was, but only in South Africa and in WO1. In 1989 I use a tape recorder and let him speak of Colonial South Africa and the South Africa he know. South Africa have change 180*. As a child I lost that tape.. America is very different from Africa. It is great thing to have the fist witness of History on a recording.

[@SovietUnion100]

Sounds like a total scumbag probably dropping bombs on Soviet civilians. Its a shame he escaped real justice, Soviet justice. Canada is a nazi hideout.

[@wilsonj4705]

After watching you squeeze into the cockpit area it's probably safe to say Goering didn't ever fly one of these

[@MarvinT0606]

They'd need two 111's to fly his fat ass anywhere

[@bensmith7536]

bismark is about 190cm or something crazy like that.... he's very talll.

[@Ronnie-kun]

Thats what ETCs are for

[@wwvvvvvww]

@@MarvinT0606 which means a He-111Z I guess.

[@dotdashdotdash]

Ben SMITH that’s not that tall

[@MarvinT0606]

"This is the bomb bay. It's empty *at the moment* " Wait

[@MirceaD28]

The same reaction here....

[@jetaddicted]

« Alaaaaaarm!! »

[@jwhoward182]

How can it be a bomber if there are NO bombs in the bomb bay????

[@tombstonesoda9122]

Set a course for London

[@Keithbarber]

@@jwhoward182 they would be loaded as needed- Idiot

[@StonyRC]

FANTASTIC video - I've never seen inside the iconic He-111 before. Bloody hell, the Luftwaffe pilots were clearly tough, flexible and resourceful men to be able to cope with the ridiculously small confines of the aircraft. Best wishes from the UK.

[@darkredvan]

I sat in this one in the pilot’s seat when she sat at Siegerland airport in the early - mid 1970‘s. Sadly some a$$holes stole instruments and other items, even damaged the airframe. Good the airframe was rescued and finally ended up at Deutsches Museum, Flugwerft Schleissheim. Great restoration for sure.

[@fenny1578]

Many, many years ago in the mid 90s I visited a Confederate Air Force airshow in Arkansas and they had one of these CASAs dressed up like an He-111. I was very young, probably about 7 or so, and I was got to run around inside it. I was absolutely besotted with the aircraft. So much so that my father bought me a shirt to help support it and keep it flying. I got to talk to the guy who flew it for a little bit, and I have a very fond memory of wiggling a fake machine gun around and making pew pew noises towards a B-17 that was parked nearby. I found out a few years ago that the aircraft crashed and the pilot was killed in the accident in the early 2000s. RIP He-111, and RIP the two men who went down in her.

[@danielr.l.mccullough600]

I do believe that that aircraft was General Franco's private aircraft, if memory serves me she was wrecked in 2006. Lucky you, not so lucky crew, bless them

[@beverlychmelik5504]

I went through the same airplane in 1976 at the main airshow when they were at Harlingen, TX. I thought the compass on the floor was a great idea, makes it easy to fly by pilotage.

[@paulluce2557]

That aircraft was the last remaining flying CASA 2 111 used to represent the He 111 in the 'Battle Of Britain' film 1968.

[@Roger-mz4lx]

I went through her as well in Lancaster, Ohio late 90's. It was very moving for me as from an early age I've always had and felt strong ties to the Luftwaffe. Yes I heard she went down with loss of life, deeply saddened upon hearing that.

[@armoredspain7053]

Hey! That's our aircraft, don't break it

[@caydens.1250]

A long shot from flying HE 111's in IL-2 with BohicaIce... These are quite excellent videos, thank you sincerely.

[@kimbonzky]

Hey Ho Luftwaffepirates

[@penguasakucing8136]

0822 SECTOR 5 NEED SOVIETS TO SHOOT ME DOWN URGENTLY

[@edwardscott3262]

More videos

[@BenitoakaDuce]

I waa in that museum its very cool

[@Ashfielder]

Merlins on German airframes always seems wrong… but they do sound good.

[@bigblue6917]

And in the Spanish Me-109.

[@StuSaville]

Personally I think the shape of the Merlin's cowlings match perfectly with the He 111's elliptical wings and fuselage curves. I agree though that they look ugly and unnatural when combined with the boxy design of the Spanish 109 (Buchón)

[@Leon_der_Luftige]

I dont think merlins sound that good compared to a Boomerang or 109 flying by.

[@bigblue6917]

@mark bushnell Israel did have some Spitfires so they could have reenacted the Battle of Britain

[@bigblue6917]

@@Leon_der_Luftige Really. One of the things most noted about the Merlin is the sound. Stil. Each to their own

[@wwvvvvvww]

So I've always learnt the alphabets wrong. It should have been: "A, B, C, Rumpf-Seiten, E, F, G..."

[@MrAli171]

So many good and decent men died in the air battle we should never forget them

[@alstokesveteranfilmmaker913]

Just a quick note on the lack of available space to move around in bombers, my father was in the RAF (1942-1945) down 'The Hole' at RAF Uxbridge and from what I remember of him long ago he was incredibly thin. In my long ago youth I was incredibly skinny too. The only reason I bring this up at all is because we both worked in the British Film Industry and it paid to be skinny in tight corners - him in a (Spanish) Heinkel 111 on the 1968 film 'Battle of Britain' and me inside a French owned B-17. No sudden moves. My father worked on a Chapman Crane during BoB and took his Super-8mm camera with him. And one day I'll get round to posting it on my You Tube. The mystery of skinny Brits - the diet wasn't so good back in the 1940s. Keep up the good work.

[@klausdiefenbach8329]

As a Retired pilot I really enjoy these episodes where I can see how aviators flew in the past. Needless to say it is so much easier today and safer as well.

[@dickiedollop]

The pilots seat was the inspiration for modern day economy class jet airlines by the look of things !

[@notmenotme614]

“A wing is a wing, you know what it looks like 🤷‍♂️“ Cries in Northrop B-2 Spirit

[@amerigo88]

The long, narrow "Davis wing" was a distinctive characteristic of the B-24 Liberator. It provided much of the higher speed and longer range of the B-24 versus the B-17. However, it also meant the B-24 had a higher landing speed and was less stable at lower speeds as compared to the wide wings of the B-17. Generals loved the B-24, pilots loved the B-17. Also, the uniquely shaped wings of the He-111 earned it the nickname, Die Spaten, "The Spade." Note that the early Spanish Civil War models had a traditional stepped cockpit, rather than the "Millennium Falcon/B-29" cigar cockpit. The bombs falling out tail first were a known accuracy problem for The Spade.

[@armoredspain7053]

Not understanding in F-104

[@davidmarsden9800]

The Spanish were still using them in 1968 as they appeared in the film " The Battle of Britain".

[@Furri1bia]

The cockpit, from the inside, reminds me of the Millenium Falcon.

[@theauralucario60]

Stannan B-29 Cockpit is what inspired the millennium falcon. If you see an internal picture it looks almost the same

[@slowerthinker]

B-29 looks more like a TIE fighter. From the thumbnail I did initially think for a moment that Chris was doing the millennium falcon.

[@FeedMeMister]

Good catch.

[@StuSaville]

Good luck squeezing a Wookie into that cockpit 😁

[@jasonharry645]

I agree, I think Stalingrad inspired the snow scenes , the first film where Vader walks in at the beginning to the captured ship is so much like from I think when Russia fights back, or named something similar , the scene was as the Russians open the doors to one of either Paulus bunker or the hospital , when seeing it I was like that what inspired the Star Wars scene , many thanks for this video again

[@trig]

Please! Please! Take a lead from The Chieftain and start doing a plane version of "Oh Damn! the tanks on fire!" Seriously though how the hell was anyone in that plane getting out in a hurry.

[@bigblue6917]

You thought the Chieftain trying to climb out of a tank was exciting. I think we now know why they invented the ejector seat.

[@tlw4237]

Not too bad for the guy in C position, just open the door and drop out. Assuming he was actually wearing his parachute and didn’t have to get up and retrieve it from somewhere else before jumping, that is. One of the few aircraft where the rearmost gun position offered the easiest and most accessible emergency exit. As for the rest of the crew, good luck, you’ll need it. Though I suppose if the pilot still has enough control he could invert the plane then release the cockpit roof then he and the bomb aimer could just fall out, doing what little they could to avoid being hit by the tail and in the process making it much harder for the other crew to escape thanks to the aircraft being the wrong way up, a hurricane blowing in the fuselage and the plane doing whatever happens when its streamlining is negated and a big air brake opened in what is now the underside. And if the plane is spinning, all bets are off. Before ejector seats became standard the chances of a bomber pilot successfully bailing out if the autopilot was inoperative were not very high. While in later aircraft like the V-bombers the ejector seats meant the cockpit crew could get out quickly the crew members who didn’t have bang seats had to do their best to get out through the doors and hatches the old fashioned way, quite possibly in the dark if the internal lighting failed.

[@FeedMeMister]

@@bigblue6917 Oh bugger, the bird's on fire!... Well, shite. Now my back's buggered.

[@Leon_der_Luftige]

You are quite motivated to get out in those situations so you won't mind banging your head/shoulder/little toe too much if it means you make it out.

[@TheLastOldOne]

@@Leon_der_Luftige quite right, I mean it's not quite the same but one time I got distracted and my pizza was burning so I dashed to the kitchen and hit my elbow on the door frame on the way through. Didn't even feel the pain til after I rescued my pizza.

[@thomasvernon2531]

Rather fitting upload considering tomorrow marks 80 years since the start of the Battle of Britain. Great informative content as always!

[@Jon.A.Scholt]

My mother's BF (strange saying that) who moved from Germany to the US as a 5 year old in the late 50s had an uncle who was KIA as a crewman on an HE-111 over Russia. He also had an uncle who amazingly survived the war as a sailor on an U Boat. His father was conscripted as a 14 or 15 year old to help man an AA battery, somewhere in Wurttemberg that I cannot recall. Very very different times back then.

[@malcolmcarter1726]

Pure excellence. Surprised he didn't mention the elevating pilots seat function ,which raised the seat and controls so that the pilots head was out of the glazing above ,which slid backwards and at the same time raised a small windshield. This was for use in bad visibility for taxiing and take off. Great show. I really enjoyed this.

[@ramjb]

I'm still having nightmares trying to decypher that stupid instrument panel xDDDDDDDDD

[@MilitaryAviationHistory]

Thanks for the help with translations ;)

[@bonzomcdrumcat4989]

Nice to know that these exact heinkels were used in the film "Battle of Britain"

[@neilwilson5785]

I have to say, this is such an elegant and informative video. REALLY well put together. The use of simulated footage and diagrams to make this clearer is great.

[@frankandrewartha5037]

Great work. Imagine trying to bail out of the HE111 if you are in the cockpit. I had a friend who flew as a gunner (17 years old) in a JU-88 in an observation squadron during the battle of Britten. He had plenty of stories. He loved his 88 and didn't want to fly in the 111. Late in the war they stopped flying because no fuel.

[@TheSound0fLegends]

I wish the one at Duxford in storage would be restored to flying condition. Also just imagine if a stuka was restored to flying condition, they could dive it at airshows 😍

[@Captain-Nostromo]

There is a desert stuka in America that will be restored to flying condition, there are videos here on KZbin where you can follow the progress. I don't remember the name of the channel, but if you do a search You will find it.

[@turkishbigdaddy3334]

@@Captain-Nostromo Goddamn, hopefully it's not the R version.

[@d17a2dude]

Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum is restoring an R-4 taking parts from multiple original air frames and rebuilding sections they can't source.

[@d17a2dude]

@mark bushnell FHCAM hasn't announced whether they have a siren or jericho or not. We will see! Fyi they also have an original me-262 being restored with reingineered Jumo engines!

[@martijn9568]

I doubt that they will ever dive it at airshows as if it was dive bombing. After all these years the wings spars aren't what they used to be. A shallow dive is more likely, just to get the trumpets whining.

[@peterstickney7608]

Excellent as always! A couple of points - the bombs in the 2 bays were suspended vertically, nose up. This had 2 implications - Dropping the bombs out tail-first meant that they'd wobble around before they stabilized, which had a serious effect on accuracy. (Remember, they're not just falling, but also flying, to an extent If they aren't streamlined, then they're going to head off in their own directions.). Because the nose suspension lug meant there could be no nose fuze, bomb effectiveness would be reduced on some targets. The 111 also gets to go down in history as the first Air-Launched Cruise Missile carrier - when the V-1 sites in France were no longer usable, 111s were rigged to carry and launch V-1s. Given the state of Navigation systems available to the Germans at the time, and the primitive guidance of the V-1, they weren't militarily effective, but first is first.

[@michaelmorgan9824]

Yeah Stephan! Thanks for helping sponsoring this video. The Heinkel He 111 is my favorite all versions! No He 111 H-22 is the Zenith I interject!

[@esmenhamaire6398]

I'm VERY pleased to learn that there are still a few examples of this plane surviving in museums. I had thought that they had all been scrapped. Many thanks for your great videos!

[@Irish_For_Life1842]

There are only 5 original He-111s. The rest are Spanish model. The Spanish versions are sometimes painted as original He-111s. The was one Spanish version that was the only He-111 or Spanish version able to fly. While landing it suddenly loss power in one of the Rolls Royce engines and crashed - a total loss.

[@thamirivonjaahri6378]

Say all ye want...this is the MOST beautiful bomber ever made and sooo much underrated

[@themapmaker5374]

B-25 most beautiful looking bomber of WWII

[@rogernicholls2079]

Mosquito

[@magomo5635]

32 years ago in Cuatro Vientos (Madrid) museum I enjoy the same experience in one of CASA 2111 but in worst conditions. So thanks to the German museum to bring it to shape.

[@Testacabeza]

"That's great, kid. Don't get cocky."

[@tsbrownie]

My mother's cousin was a "navigator" (his word) in the He-111 in the early part of the war over England. His only comment was they could not do it for very long. I wish I could have talked more about his experiences, but it was awkward as it was the only time I had ever met him.

[@visionist7]

Clicked instantly! My favourite Luftwaffe aircraft. Edit: I've read that the control column could be swung over to allow the bomb aimer/forward gunner to fly the plane if the pilot was incapacitated or killed. I'm not sure how he would have used the rudder in that case. The column itself had a big, segmented circular blind behind the horizontal portion that would encircle the yoke when deployed; this was to prevent the pilot being blinded by searchlights and was probably only fitted for night missions over Britain. I saw a face metal elements of one of these blinds for sale on eBay a few years back, the fabric having long since deteriorated. Probably taken from a crashed plane. The pilot also had a "drift sight" which helped with bombing. It's visible in British illustrated materials of the time. Maybe this sight replaced the four strings visible in the video. None survive as far as I know.

[@galier2]

The control column that could be swung from one side to the other was a thing in the Me264 Amerika Bomber, to have alternating pilots for the long mission. Afaict it was not the case in the He111

[@pricelesshistory]

Then you have to see my videos! Link is in under "Show More"

[@brutusmuerto]

I have waited for HE-111 video like this for years. Thank You!

[@DJSbros]

I cant imagine trying to bail out of this damn thing.

[@Saskas-qy3qq]

Imagine going down and the cockpit hits the ground first, million of broken glass pieces going towards you

[@arneldobumatay3702]

I was thinking the same thing. I'm guessing crews with seriously damaged planes went down with their plane.

[@stormthetemplar2893]

I mean, for the pilot and bomber, it seems it was easier So that's that

[@taco44051]

try it minus a leg below the knee...or right arm gone...or blinded...

[@lesgreu]

Very interesting! My grandfather was a radio operator on the HE-111 in WW2. We actually visited the one on display in the Flugwerft Unterschleißheim quite a few times and he kept telling me stories from back in the day when he would be sitting there for hours in the very confined space of the fuselage. Having only been able to see the plane from the outside, I could never fully imagine what that must have felt like. Thanks to the video, I now have a better impression of the plane's interior, even if the plane shown in the video is a different variant from the one my grandfather was flying in. Thanks for that!

[@PABeaulieu]

I don't know much about airplanes, but as far as I remember, I was still a Grade School and I already liked the Heinkel He-111 look.

[@grantv2313]

Fairly unique content indeed! I’m in the US and have always been fascinated by the He-111s for some odd reason. Built a very nice model of one 20 years ago and thinking about doing another one. This presentation was incredible. How in the hell do you know all of these details!? Thank you very much for going through all this. I never would’ve known this much about the plane without watching your video. It had to have taken a lot of guts to cram into that and head out. Can you imagine riding in that thing next to fuel and bombs, cramped space, freezing cold at 10k ft or more trying to shoot at enemy planes while unseen ones are shooting at you and bullets are ripping through it turning it into Swiss cheese all around you? Good God. Much respect for all the men who endured the air war in these planes on all sides. Anybody that got through it must’ve had some stories to tell.

[@flyus747]

finally!! thank you very much! Been wondering what the 111 interior actually looked like every since I watched Battle of Britain, especially the Cargo Bay since in IL2, that compartment is completely covered off.

[@pricelesshistory]

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[@flyus747]

@@pricelesshistory bro ive seen your A B C stand videos 10x over. It's an incredible insight into the 111. Had virtually no idea the A stand could rotate and that the B stand could even shoot forward. Until this video, yours was the most in depth I could find on the 111 since virtually no media wants to cover it.

[@wafikiri_]

When I was less than 8 years old, I flew a lot in the Junkers Ju-52 and in the Heinkel He-111. I loved the Heinkel, for its glass cockpit dome: I sat on the gunner's knees, and could never catch the moment of actual take off: the runway ahead was suddenly gone and fields and houses appeared instead, apparently little enough that I knew I had once more missed that moment.

[@T3STAM3NT11]

23:53 This is where my great-grandfather (probably) died. Sadly I don’t know a lot about him or his fate. All I know is that he was a rear gunner on an HE111 and that he was posted MIA in the mediterranean theatre. RIP.

[@gjaltvanderhem838]

@Josiah Arceneaux Actually, the Hurricane was the bomber killer.

[@ChrisSJROBINS]

🇬🇧🛫☄️🧨🔫🤣

[@sirendor202]

9:10 how nice of Heinkel to provide some Henkels

[@PhilbyFavourites]

My Dad was “bombed out” in Portsmouth 23rd December 1940. He and his twin brother went from “the snug” to “the cellar” of my grandparents pub in a few scant seconds. The family survived, the pub became just a memory - “The Gosport Ale House”. I’m pretty sure the Heinkel 111 was to blame! Dad bore no grudge and that museum is in my sights... for a visit next year in my German car or German motorbike. Tell me who won again???

[@philiphied]

This may be my favorite plane of all time. I always loved how the pilot sits out over the clouds. On a sort of captains chair.

[@armoredspain7053]

Glad to know your fav aircraft is a Spanish one

[@okkami676]

That was awesome! You really gave us a good tour of what it must have been like inside this aircraft. Thank you!

[@AsbestosMuffins]

such a nice looking cockpit with the glass, if only slightly vulnerable and cramped. I can't imagine what it felt like to be flying in that as you're practically floating in air

[@roguerepublic1746]

I’m glad the pilot Hans were comfortable

[@niume7468]

What about fritz?

[@numbersletters3886]

The 111s are absolutely beautiful birds. And most likely the best pilot cockpit for visibility. Thank you.

[@cwallace1951]

This is such a beautiful aircraft

[@PaddyPatrone]

Super mit der Cinematischen Einleitung!

[@MilitaryAviationHistory]

Danke

[@FrankC321]

Chris is awesome. When he reads off metric units, for speed and weight (kilometers, kilograms) it sounds like the Klingon gunner preparing the Bird of Prey warship main weapon that will destroy Voyager II. Seriously, greatly appreciate the inside tour. Agree with everyone's comments below. Just one pilot, basically, every combat sortie was almost a death sentence. No crew armor, so much glass, nowhere to hide.

[@crazybrit-nasafan]

Great walk round. Useful too as two of my model PROJECTS I am starting soon are a HE111 and a CASA 2-111. Many thanks.

[@joaquinandreu8530]

The CASA 2.111A & C did had Jumo 211F-2 engines . The versions F, B, D & E had Rolls-Royce Merlin 500 engines. The bomber versions were retired in the 60's. The transport versions were used up until the 70's.

[@pricelesshistory]

Is there a book on the history of the CASA 2.111?

[@antdte.5523]

@@pricelesshistory Yes, this, Los C-2.111 "Pedro" De CASA

[@deltavee2]

Hi Chris. If memory serves one of the strings in front of the pilot was to show him the longitudinal axis of the airplane because from the pilot's seat there isn't a straight line anywhere in the cockpit! I always enjoy your vids and they are getting better and better. Thanks for the tour from Canada.

[@adorimirable]

YES! My favorite bomber, I've been eyeing it in the background of several of your videos, just waiting for you to do it.

[@cyclingnerddelux698]

Again, well done! Thanks for giving us access to this iconic aircraft!

[@ennep1718]

IVE BEEN THERE :O it’s really epic I got to talk about Erich Hartman and other aces with one of the staff members!

[@dinsdalemontypiranha4349]

This is the first of your videos that I have seen. It was great! Thank you so much.

[@jasonharding96]

MAH *enters* HE-111 *Gets LUFTWAFFLE pirates flashbacks*

[@dustinshadle732]

I had been in a walk through tour of an HE111, it was the last one flying. It says that it crashed in 2016. I saw it on its tour along side of a B 24 Liberator. I arrived late so I couldn't go for a ride, but they gave 2 rides and many tours. I feel even more honored considering none are in the air anymore

[@vivekshivdasani9521]

Imagine during a dogfight the entire canopy filling up with smoke from the gunpowder and the din of the battle along with the sound of the aircraft engines. Those who have left behind written accounts of those moments confess that fear was their constant companion.

[@thegrayknight71]

Exellent video. Thx. Just one detail, a pilot from usa flew a He-111 in usa and he said it was a nightmare to fly. The cockpit is not symmetric so the plane turns to one side all the time. There is no hydraulic or flying-help so it was very tough to hold the stick. He said that after 2 hours his arms were like jelly. It would probably be better With training but the point is that is was very exhausting to fly for long.

[@larsschroder212]

A Video-series about the Autopilot systems of that time from Siemens, Askania, Patin and the American Sperry would be interesting. I really like the content on your channel. Great Job, weiter machen👍😁

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

Thanks. That was an excellent presentation of the interior of an aircraft that is somewhat familiar from movies and computer games. Getting to see what it looked like on the inside and how the crew were stationed in it was very interesting. There's a scene in The Battle of Britain where an He-111 has crash landed and they are trying to pry the bent fuselage away from one of the crew members to get them out. That problem is much easier to understand now seeing how cramped that area was. I'm not familiar enough with British Bombers in general to know how common it was - but the Mosquito had the same arrangement for one pilot and other crew (though, of course, no one farther back in that plane). For American Bombers they usually had a pilot and a co-pilot, though such as the A-20 only had one. .

[@TheGreatCoalKing]

Damn i never thought that the Heinkel would be this small lol I guess you learn something everyday.

[@Steinbacker4001]

Wow! Bismarck from Bo TIme Gaming, right? Found this by accident! You have great charisma and are very entertaining. People need to definitely support your work! I will do my best. Thanks again.

[@varovaro1967]

Great! Great! Thank you. My admiration for those crews in those glass planes.

[@MGB-learning]

Outstanding video. I was fortunate enough to be able to go into the CAF (Confederate Air Force) He 111 prior to its demise in the early 2000s. It was also a Spanish built machine but gave you a real good representation of what an original He 111 appeared like.

[@davidewing9088]

exquisite aircraft, ; extraordinary presentation and history - very impressive.

[@julioperezs]

I thank you very much for this video, for being able to see a device like this that was airplane here in Spain. In addition to the historical importance it has for us, it is vital for you because of how incredible this machine was and is. Thank you again

[@woooster17]

Boy 1: “einkel” Boy 2: “Messerschmitt” Boy 1: “No they’re not they’re einkels”

[@EpicTalfo]

@fus149 Hammer taktaktaktaktaktak :)

[@Patchman123]

Ah! That Cockney accent! So many memories of that classic.

[@rb1179]

Pretty sure Boy 2 actually said: "Dornier", not Messerschmitt. But I'm old and my memory might be fading.

[@stephenhosking7384]

@@rb1179 Jogging my audio of a scene I've only seen a couple of times in fifty years, but I'm hearing a cockney "Messerschmitt". I'm also picturing a ME-110 as what he was talking about. I could be wrong.

[@rb1179]

@@stephenhosking7384 I regret to say you are correct, the kid did say Messerschmitt. I just finished watching the movie and that line happens at the 1:28 mark.

[@CanadaKeith]

I was able to take a look at an HE-111 some years ago in Calgary, Canada when the Confederate Air Force stopped in town. For me an HE-111 along with the Bf-109 symbolized the power of the Luftwaffe. I did get a chance to look all around it, but it was a shock to me getting into it, as to how little space there was in the aircraft!! I was, and still am, amazed. I believe they started life as a passenger aircraft, and I still don't know how they accomplished that! I would love to see a JU-52 someday! I can't imagine the size of them!

[@tonyminehan2323]

Another excellent video thank you, if memory serves me, there was a German HE 111 at RAF St Athan in South Wales. I know it had been restored to a degree, but whether it was a flying example I'm not sure, probably not as it was being statically displayed but that may have been due to the fact it was too precious to fly, got to think of hours on the airframe and engines etc......

[@kylehollens9655]

Great job making this video! Respect from the U.S.

[@stejer211]

13:55 'Once inside it really feels comfortable.' I got that experience as well, one time in Germany.

[@longshot7590]

Excellent work again! Please continue to create this priceless but disappearing history while it still can be documented!

[@bigblue6917]

The Heinkel He-111 was obsolescent at the time of the Battle of Britain yet they were never full replaced by the end of the war, five years later. This means that by the time the Spanish finally retired them it was more then 30 years after the Battle of Britain. Imagine being a Spanish bomber crew in the 60's. While people were flying the likes of the Canberra and the Hustler they are flying around in the Heinkel He-111. Must have been embarrassing.

[@tlw4237]

There’s maybe a reason they were converted to transports... Franco managed to stretch his increasingly bankrupt country’s limited budget enough to get his hands on some F-86s and later on F-104s but it’s hard to imagine why he might have needed bombers. Unless to use against e.g. a Basque or other internal uprising or in colonial “policing” in North Africa. No-one was interested in invading or attacking Spain and Franco was never in a position to threaten his neighbours. He was kept plenty busy tracking down and locking up his internal political opponents and fending off his most ambitious junior colleagues.

[@kittyhawk9707]

Big Blue Idiot .. they were used as transport aircraft.. did you not pay attention / or are you to thick to understand the video .. the US still used Invaders and Dakota's fitted with machine guns in Korea and Vietnam.. "Must have been embarrassing"

[@bigblue6917]

@@kittyhawk9707 well I did pay attention. They were used as bombers as well as transports. In fact Spain used them as bombers in Africa. If you wasn't trying to be such a smart arse you would have heard him say they used them as bombers as well as transports. There were still in service as bombers until the late 60s. So if you want to see an idiot find a mirror

[@bigblue6917]

@@tlw4237 Spain did use them in Africa. Don't think even Franco would have gotten awa6with bombing the Basques. Remember he was trying to encourage tourism in the 60s because he was broke

[@pricelesshistory]

@@kittyhawk9707 ​ Big Blue is correct, they were exclusively used as bombers; becoming transports was simply re-purposing an old air frame. Considering when first designed the He 111 was also meant to be a credible transport aircraft to avoid Versailles Treaty restrictions, and the He 111C was a fully realized luxurious transport version. Toward end of war it was also used as a 16 troop para drop plane, if not dropping bombs. No stretch of imagination to convert the bomber as transport.

[@powerjets3512]

Thanks for the treat and the great work by the museum staff in restoring it. I love going to the Flugaustellung Hermeskeil, which has also has a He-111 (it needs a shelter :( ). Lots of other aircraft well worth seeing if you are nearby.

[@JagerLange]

27:20 - the first rule of German Logic is, you do not talk about German Logic.

[@brianhumphries2700]

You are so lucky too be able to be inside the old war birds. Wish I could crawl around inside them as well. Keep the awesome videos coming !!!

[@KitKabinet]

"Because you can't really stand on the guy, can you". Would that otherwise be the 'Schützenrückenstand'?

[@Splattle101]

Your tour of the interior made me feel positively claustrophobic!

[@johniksushibar165]

a bit like a reverse tardis , big on the outside but small on the inside, i got into a Lancaster cockpit once...more room in my car , dont fancy the chances of getting out if it goes down.

[@JamesLaserpimpWalsh]

Nice one Biz. Great vid. Cheers for the upload.

[@RileyFM]

Very well done! I loved seeing the instruments and gauges. Very different from the C172s I fly XD

[@AlexDahlseid2002]

He 111 as well as the B-29 were both the inspiration behind the Starcruiser cockpit 2004-2008 Canadian-French sci-fi series Atomic Betty and they did swapped some positions the front gunner/bombardier was removed and was replaced as the flight deck for both Sparky and X-5 and pilot/co pilot, flight engineer position was accompanied by the supporting structure for Betty’s seat.

[@gordonclark7632]

I remember reading many years ago that when the B29 was introduced, pilots had trouble getting used to the glasshouse because of the different view through the glasshouse. Does your research show any such condition with the glasshouse on the Heinkel that you are reviewing here?

[@michaelbevan3285]

German pilots hated this type of glasshouse because it was too hot in summer and rain streaked it in winter or blind flying and the glare in strong light was such that they had to jack up their seat and use a sliding panel over their heads to see forward. Old sweats preferred the Pedro nose of the early version.

[@braedenh6858]

I began my US Air Force career on B-52s. You would think it would have more room and comfort, because it is larger, but no. With the exception of cargo and refueling aircraft, every military aircraft I've ever been in has been cramped and difficult to maneuver around in. Very interesting to see this. I love that glass cockpit. Must have been quite a view for a flight crew. Probably would've gotten them some likes on Instagram 😄

[@LegionOfEclaires]

Certainly one of the finest looking aircraft of the war. Didn't realize how cramped it was inside though...

[@stephenhosking7384]

Agree on both counts!

[@recklesflam1ngo968]

Can't get enough of these videos! Love your channel

[@shooter2055]

As an aircraft mechanic, I'm in love with the totally naked instrument panel for the pilot!

[@grantv2313]

Lol

[@dr.wilfriedhitzler1885]

Because it is naked.._

[@gravesclayton3604]

In 2000 I was visiting my kids in Phoenix, and we went to see the B-17 & the HE-111 at the Mesa facility of the C.A.F. We got to go in the HE-111 but not the B-17 at the time. Hard to believe it was gone just 3 years later. I was really close quarters compared to the B-17, one of which I got to ride in back in 2000 as well, Alluminum Overcast, which has also recently crashed and been destroyed. Both crashes were tragic event with the loss of crew and even some passengers in the case of the B-17. I got to tour inside the C.A.F. B-29 "Fifi" in Richmond, VA, way back in about 1985 or 1986. The B-29 was more like a flying submarine compared to the rest! In the early 1980s I got to tour the Smithsonian storage facility and see the Enola Gay prior to it's restoration, the Horton flying wing, still in pieces as it was shipped here, and went inside JFK's 707! The aircraft they still have unseen by the public is absolutely stunning, and being up close to the originals was an indescribable experience!

[@johnaitken7430]

Have joined and no regrets need step it up to higher level. You are entertaining and very very informative. Respect for the fliers

[@jaykita2069]

Another outstanding video Bismarck. Back in '97 I had the opportunity to walk through a CASA 2.111 and a B-17G that the Confederate Air Force (now 'Commemorative Air Force') brought to Colorado. My father was a radio-gunner in the B-17, with a position and view equivalent to the B-Stand gunner in the Heinkel design. Even with hte additional space in the 17 the field of fire was tiny and seemed unlikely to provide any real way to push back against attacking fighters. My father spoke little about hte actual missions, except to highlight his love for the P-51s that provided escort in the late war. Incredible how different the accommodations were in machines of that era. I'm sure you have many suggestions for future videos; I would think it would be fascinating to consider the mortality of various roles in WW2 (german submarines, british night bombers, Japanese fighter planes in late war) and how the respective commands managed the troops (my understanding was that the Brits hid the results of operations engineering reviews of the night bombers). Again, great job

[@d17a2dude]

Were any of those in the movie "Patton"? I know parts of the movie were filmed in southern Spain and the HE-111s used in the film were Spanish.

[@akessel92train]

Yes and in the Battle of Britain. It’s disappointing the only flyable was destroyed in an accident in the states due to engine failure

[@bigblue6917]

@@akessel92train One of the many hazards of flying these aircraft. The British Royal Airforce lost several Gloster Meteors at air displays, And a newly restored WW2 Blenheim bomber did a belly landing, but in that case it was rebuilt and is flying again.

[@franciscosaez6411]

No solo eran. Españoles...estaban fabricados en. España..por tanto no tenian denominacion. Heinkel.. 111..eran aparatos. C. A. S. A... Construcciones. Aeronauticas. Sociedad. Anonima....

[@specforged5651]

You act like getting in and out of this thing was like climbing Mount Everest lol. Very cool, thank you for sharing.

[@cannonfodder4376]

Bismarck the pilot and Bo the bombardier. And Sturmling, Bear and Loli the gunners. The TBLF bomber crew. Why are you licking you gun!! - Bismarck 😂😂 Yet another good and informative video Bismarck. Although I do say a history session on it would have been good to have. Considering it's own storied history and changes as time went on.

[@mpk6664]

Bismarck wouldn't last long enough to get footage. as Bo never learned how to fire the guns.

[@dse763]

That was in a Ju 88. A perfect place for that kind of thing.

[@TheLeonhamm]

The sheer joy on our Bis' face getting to the fun bit is well worth any amount of support that we can give him. (Tappety-tap on the screen before me ..) Are you paying attention, KZbin? This is the stuff that brings so many loyal viewers to your platform .. please do your part in given bonus assists to the content makers. Cheers! ;o)

[@BobbyMulqueen]

I don't know what it is about German WW2 era technology but it's so appealing even to a Brit. 🤣

[@ewancampbellcampbell1550]

Indeed! I love the Spitfires and the Hurricanes, but I must admire the Bf 109.

[@TheRealDill93]

I agree. But I find that I can certainly appreciate all the different nations approaches to the war. Extremely interesting to see the designs, the what other nations would do to counter them. And so forth. I must admit that the German stuff just looked appealing. Even their guns. The mg34 is just a beautiful weapon. The panther and tiger 2 have beautiful lines. Etc