P-51D Mustang Vs FW-190s B-17 Flying Fortress Escort | Digital Combat Simulator | DCS | WWII |

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

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[@JohnDoe-vf2es]

Please do a P-38 vs Mosquito dogfight!

[@shyboi1337]

F-104 dogfight! (Massive turn radius)

[@codychild2665]

Those airmen were so brave. Imagine going through these missions day after day, climbing back in your bomber knowing you were going to be in a fight for your life each time. Heroes all!

[@philsmith2444]

Long ago I heard a PSA on the radio around either Memorial Day or Veterans Day, in which a former infantryman was talking about looking up at hundreds of bombers flying east while fighting through the mud and dirt of France. He was saying how those guys had it so easy, sleeping in beds at night, getting hot meals every day, taking showers, etc. Several hours later he saw them flying west, greatly reduced in number and with many trailing smoke or on fire, and was thinking how glad he was that he wasn’t up there.

[@robertbloch1063]

Heroes? They have been attacking civilian infrastructure, demolishing cities and burning civilians. Heroism is something else entirely.

[@Michel411]

Maybe not the guys who bombed Dresden.

[@williepete45]

@@Michel411London, Warsaw, Antwerp and many, many more…

[@jayturner6570]

​@@philsmith2444 yea man. you had higher odds of survival as a grunt on the front lines vs being in a bomber crew. fun act, the actor who played 'Scotty' on Star trek, James Dohun [i think that's his name] was in a bomber crew; and I believe Gene Roddenberry was apart of a bomber crew as well.

[@mcmeissner9394]

ww2 bomber attack/ escort series is peak! Thank you!

[@Matt6644]

109E escorting Heinkels over the channel vs spits next?

[@YourBestFriendforToday]

I read that as Heinekens on the first pass

[@404-u5f]

I'd like to see hurricanes they were more successful in terms of kills but less glamorous than the spits

[@wahtx7717]

He should play more il2 imo.

[@James_T_Kirk_1701]

Yes! Thought same thing.

[@timonsolus]

@@404-u5f : There were twice as many Hurricanes in the Battle of Britain as there were Spitfires - that's the only reason the Hurricanes got more kills. The Hurricane was a more stable gun platform than the Spitfire, but its slower speed made it more vulnerable to enemy fire, both from 109s and from bomber gunners. It was easier to repair though.

[@TheRaptorXX]

I gotta say, the WW2 stuff is brilliant. Far less clinical and far more visceral! 👍👍👍

[@AmericanFlyOnTheWall]

This is fabulous. My dad armed and fueled P-51D Mustangs in Italy in 1944-45. Ace MAJ Sam Brown was the 307th Squadron leader, 31st Fighter Group.

[@CivisMilitarum]

That P-51 sound though ❤️

[@simonbarnett9773]

The Rolls Royce Merlin engine was a peach. You can hear it in the Spitfire too

[@CivisMilitarum]

@simonbarnett9773 Did you see that car with that engine in it? Wild!

[@simonbarnett9773]

@@CivisMilitarum I sure did. The hood / bonnet UK, was so long!

[@CivisMilitarum]

@simonbarnett9773 Yeah! And the same start up procedures! 🤣

[@elner934]

That German pilot was Erich “Bubi” Hartmann. Most of his kills were catching enemy planes unaware. Had credited his exceptional eyesight with finding the enemy. His book “The blond knight of Germany” explains it all. Great read.

[@hillbillyreefer8996]

Outstanding...great series..requested thus a couple of times over the last few months...thank you...

[@lukesmith1003]

Bomber Command: We need a long-range escort fighter. North American and Rolls Royce: *Designs the most versatile prop plane of all time*

[@Capt_Tarmac]

Love the “Little Friends” escort mission and the Yellow Jacket paint scheme is tremendous. Thank you. 😊

[@VerumAdPotentia]

My favorite WWII Fighter will always be the Lightning.

[@yowie0889]

shocking...

[@OJGAMING2]

Ok. Not sure why it’s relevant but you have decent taste

[@JW86SH]

Hopefully, it's in the works. Definitely one of my favorites too.

[@leealan3449]

Me too

[@thewarsix8219]

Amen to that

[@loganmaddocks4703]

"ohhh ho ho ho instantly caught on fire" 🗿 "Okayyy byyeeee" 🤗

[@LNReallyLikeThat]

This series, packed with the radio style of videos, are fkn amazing, keep em up

[@LadyWarmachine]

There is nothing quite like the sound of Merlin V12 at full throttle.

[@MRTEE-sy7sb]

The brits rip you a new one! The Allison's are no RR merlins

[@badcornflakes6374]

​@@MRTEE-sy7sb Two upgraded Allison's together makes a P-38 though

[@StressedYeti]

I love the 190 A8, but the 190 D-9 was so much better!!

[@DingoZed]

Agreed, I see a lot of Antons, but hardly much Dora action.

[@angelosmyth7186]

Really enjoying the WWII content - I like how you present both sides. Very well done.

[@garethbarry3825]

I love videos like this, as it seems to showcase what actually went on historically. The lesson that i take from this is that energy is/was everything in this scenario. Almost zero of the kills are multi turn, low energy 'dogfights.' It also shows how the superior performance of the p51 at altitude, combined with using the bombers as bait, absolutely crushed the German fighter force.

[@ethanmcdowell9677]

It's been noted that when Göring saw Mustangs over Berlin, he knew the "gig was up".

[@jameskester7745]

The Mustang is such a beautiful plane, it looks fast sitting still

[@edwardsarty9572]

Great video. Tough to watch knowing the 10 guys in each B17 went through hell.

[@jackmunday7602]

Hands down one of your best videos yet. I'd love to see more fighter escort videos in the future. 👍

[@451dskots88]

Daylight bombing was insane.

[@mattt525]

The Americans were wildn out with those daylight raids

[@AverageWagie2024]

At least you know what happened to your friends though because its daytime. In RAF Bomber Command your mates just disappear off the face of the Earth, never to be seen again.

[@17VINCE]

Thank you for fulfilling our request! This would be even cooler with a wingman following you through all of this!

[@brysky2011]

P-47 ground attack/dogfight would be cool!

[@EC-hx2ou]

Escort duty would be even better, since that was their jobs first

[@bowser515]

Loving the WW2 stuff lately. Those 50's shredded!

[@DriveByShouting]

“Cadillac of the Sky” 🇺🇸

[@kaipyroami]

Had to go too far to see this.

[@bradleymyers5030]

Great movie" Empire of the Sun"!

[@kirkhere2711]

That flak field was insane!

[@truthseeker9454]

For real! Around 3:05 they all fired at once! 👀

[@busterdee8228]

Nice work retaining energy. It did not go the Luftwaffe's way.

[@sr7129]

I feel like the yellow nose on a Mustang woulda been asking for a friendly fire incident.

[@wills.5762]

Maybe not so much, the gunners would often identify any plane that points its nose at the bomber as hostile rather than by the colours or type of plane

[@flobp2381]

Nobody but americans are going to fly bare metal planes. I'm pretty sure everybody got briefed on what squadrons on both sides are in the area and what the squadron colors are.

[@Clingwrapisyummy]

Every day I look forward to seeing a new upload from you, keep it up!

[@Danko05]

Great video GS, thanks for bringing WWII videos again. I hope the can finish the Corsair, can't wait to watch your videos in it.

[@truthseeker9454]

Major fun watching you dispense some belt-fed freedom over WWII Europe, brother! I know it means editing for you but I hope it's at least as much fun to make as it is to watch. This is not a request, just a note. I watch those 88s shredding the B-17s and would love to see a formation of P-47s or Mitchells swoop in and _plaster_ those guns while they're focused on the bombers above. I wonder if the 8th Air Force did that during the air war? A SEAD mission during an attack run seems like it could be effective. Anyway, many thanks for another great video!

[@esr243]

Great cinematography and love the older action

[@kristianfischer9814]

Hey GS, you still using the 3080? There’s a lot of airplanes in the sky at once and it’s looking good.

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

Hello, yes sir the stats in the video description remain accurate.

[@randyjohnson5426]

Another video from GS just made my day.

[@truthseeker9454]

Yeah, I saw it drop and stopped watching college football to switch to this. 😃

[@JLH111176]

P 38 in the next video would be good

[@anes1240]

Awesome video as always thanks 😊

[@troyl5929]

I like how you kept shooting 7:18 as you saw the pilot jump out

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

…..weapon malfunction 🙄

[@danielmattera4298]

I was just reading Robert Johnson's book about being a P47 Pilot, in one of his early missions he took a ton of 20mm cannon fire, his canopy was damaged and couldn't move far enough for him to bail, and his hydraulic lines were spraying all over him inside, and oil was all over the canopy, while the plane was also burning. Unable to bail out he flew back to England with no instruments to land after being pounced by ANOTHER FW190 who shot him up more and then let him go. Wild book and absolutely worth the read for that story alone.

[@rowbags3017]

Perfect! I nearly requested this escort reply after your Fw 190 attack video. You read my mind!

[@karlbrundage7472]

Now let's see Marine Corps Corsairs in action

[@radicaljellyfish4435]

AU-1?

[@aaronliddell4280]

I know it’s ’just a game’ but damn if it isn’t way more enjoyable to watch when you’re on the side of the allied forces! 👍 🇺🇸

[@kcmsterpce]

I am so in love with the P-51D. Have been since I was five years old (so many decades ago). Thanks for some content with one of my favorite aircraft.

[@ImperialAce-q8g]

Great flight, thanks for doing the escort flight too! Love the WWII content!

[@RainorSantiago]

Its like a story of lone mustang piloted by major james howard (he is using a p51b variant) using hit and run tactics protecting the bomber formation against the entire luftwaffe pilot cool stuff

[@Rights4Life]

I wonder what our fighter aircraft would look like today if the jet engine was never invented. Would we have stealth prop planes with long range missiles? I wonder what a gen 6 prop driven fighter would be capable of doing. Would it be capable of 0.9 mach? Or?

[@hanschristianben505]

the concept was actually tried it with the XF-84H Thunderscreech… the results were… let’s just say… a lot of noise…

[@Hawaii96720]

Love your content! when I retire this is what I want to do lol. Mahalo from Hilo, Hawaii!!

[@01ZO6TT]

Loving the WW2 content!!! Esp the P-51, P-47, P-38 etc.

[@CartoonrBOY]

These recreations are brilliant. Love every single one. Thanks so much!!!

[@seanlowery9258]

Awesome video love the ww2 era stuff

[@rodpitcock6730]

This is the combat flight sim that I enjoyed. Screw shooting planes out of the sky from 2 miles away.

[@bradleymyers5030]

Yup, close up and personal 😁👍

[@mcleanac3000]

That was phenomenal. Love these segments thank you GS!

[@donnieweston3249]

I think this is one of you top 5 videos, very nice work GS.

[@avipatable]

Great viewing, some of it really looks like real gun camera footage. Be interested to see how you do with 8x .303s of a Hurricane or Spitfire against BoB Luftwaffe hordes... might be harder work...

[@FurryButBald]

Awesome video, a combination of your great flying to the amazing backdrop details of land below, cloud trails and plane model details of dcs makes the overall look

[@ChatanikaRoosting]

Loving these WWII scenarios! Thank you, GS!

[@harris9784]

Direct descendent of the P-51D, and it's legendary status is, without a doubt, the legendary F-16C Viper!! G.O.A.T. fighters !! 🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@dennissanvicente1576]

Even w/ 50 cals raining till empty to bring the enemy down! That's why the switch to cannons for air combat made whole lot of sense @ late stages of WW2 and Korea. It even took the NA F-86H Sabre to switch from original six 50 cal M3s to four 20mm T-160 cannons!

[@Pablo668]

Nice work. I'm pretty sure the Fw190 suffered at higher altitudes like this. Also there was a model they had that was more armed and armored up to take on the bombers, performance suffered there as well. I think the Dora was better in these respects. I think there were many aces who snuck up on their opponents. It was the better way to go. Furballs are risky and lose energy. AFAIK back in WWII the idea was to see your enemy first and try to have height on them, then manuver to get into the best position for an attack.

[@devildogu1284]

Been cravign your WW2 content and you have started the series i been loving it keep it up

[@Theawatson10]

Crazy to think how now a couple of strike eagles can deliver that same formations worth of ordinance.

[@mattt525]

It amazes me that the P51 was able to have such great range, while carrying so much ammunition. While also having such amazing performance. All while being water cooled. (With the Rolls-Royce engine, the Allison was a beast too. But it was naturally Asperated.)

[@mediapartners9950]

Great video really enjoying your return to WWII 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@andrewbranch4075]

So much more skills than the fire and forget stuff. Love it 👍😁

[@truthseeker9454]

You said it! I've learned a TON about modern air combat from GS, and I have a great respect for the challenges of that. But I always enjoy when he mixes in these WWI and WWII encounters. Cheers!

[@lookout101]

If i remember correctly Erich Hartman (THE top scoring fighter ace in WWII if you belive the claims...) there was an interview with him after the war in which he stated that he basically "jumped" them or rather buggered off. That's how he survived and scored so high. It's been a while since i saw that video, the interview mustve taken place sometime in the 70/80s i guess.

[@TJTruth]

textbook Immelmann loop on that FW 190 at min 6:30! Love to see real fighter tactics work like they are suppose to.

[@JohnHill-qo3hb]

I watched this video so intently, my supper got cold, thanks... always great stuff.

[@Lee-sti8wrx]

These world war 2 videos are so cool man. its like a movie, well done on the video brother.

[@jeremyfilip4190]

That pilot that climbed out into a hail storm of 50 cal deserves a medal! 😂 did it all while flying/falling at 300±mph 😆🫡

[@ericsissenwein3601]

Fantastic graphics and sound. Very immersive. 👍🏻👍🏻 thanks!

[@brianfoley4328]

All of this is beyond my ability to play, but it's fun to watch. The graphics are amazing.

[@icaleinns6233]

Always great to see both sides of the same engagement.

[@mhult5873]

The B-17:s should alternate their altitude up/down close to the final approach of the bomb run to evade flak (as much as possible). Further away from the target the bombers should in addition also change heading for the same effect. All this in a random manner, within the formation-rules of course. Not fly straight and at a constant altitude all the time - this is making the bombers very easy targets for the flak. Thank you for another, as always, great video! Ps, in my humble opinion the P51 Mustang is the most beautiful propeller-airplane ever made.

[@CharlesSmithJr-hr1co]

I love the Mustang. It's probably my favorite warbird.

[@joelcueto2460]

I think the thing that really unnerves the bomber crews are not the intercepting fighters, but the flak. As one bomber crew described in a concentration of flak, they can literally walk in the sky, imagine the amount of the sharpnels it produces. Even the escorting and intercepting fighters move away from the flak concentration that they might get hit as well.

[@nedialkosimonov3893]

For god sake, you are the best with these old timers video 😍😍😍😍. Live you man , really appreciate your work. Its amazing to watch old aircraft battles 😍😍😍

[@markwheeler4417]

How about redoing this in a P-47 since your Fw-190 video had them as fighter escorts and not the Mustang?

[@jameswilliams1085]

Love the WW2 stuff!!

[@travishayes8125]

Really liking this series.

[@nigelfield2492]

WW2 is all I fly but I never seem to have that much fun. Great job.

[@murph3194]

Great idea for a vid: Timewarp an A-10 into WWII. Just for for the fun of it. Have it fully loaded to drop JDAMs and cluster bombs on the anti-aircraft flak guns and German Tiger tanks. Have it shred planes and bombers with it's main gun. Fire some Mavericks. Etc... Merka! lol It would so fun to watch!

[@daszieher]

Fw 190 had a jettisonable canopy. Pull a lever and off went the hood. Unhook the harness, quick trimming some nose down against back pressure and let go of the stick and out the pilot flew.

[@jasons9564]

I think I did the trial for the P-51. Landed almost every round on a single target, no damage. I'm winchester, hes mad. Rinse and repeat over 2 weeks. And that was the end of my warbird days.

[@walnut6212]

You shoud play the F-5E, its cockpit just got updated with new textures and some bug fixes.

[@radicaljellyfish4435]

Nah, he does enough jet content. Maybe in the future but let us Propeller lovers enjoy this trip for a little while.

[@curtisbartlett8170]

Maybe dive bombing a fleet in the Pacific

[@user-xq4kz5zb6q]

Keep the WWII warbirds coming!

[@CalicoJack1803]

Awesome! Love the WWII stuff.

[@noway0ut180]

I love the WWII/Korea content. Thank you for your entertainment and commentary as always. Would love to see you and Shotgun try the same scenarios in a new video, but the next time, switch mules for Part 2.

[@ret7army]

FW190s had the first ejection seat, used a 20mm blank round to kick the pilot out of the cockpit.

[@ricardocorbie6803]

That 51 was a beast, looking so sexy giving them the business!! Loved this!! 💜💜

[@ACs946]

More flak than Berlin Less flak than my better half telling me I watch too many GS videos

[@kyledelsan7024]

this was such a a cinematic experience

[@cooldudeH2O]

I liking these vids. I wonder if ww1 planes would be interesting to see?

[@mikefoster6018]

Superb stuff.

[@JClark2600]

Loving these WW2 vids. There seems to be a lot more action than jet fights where it's over in a sec or 2... Love to see more maybe some other missions...?

[@peteshively5552]

Need a Redtail skin for the P51

[@niteeshnitu8902]

I want this same scenario but with a me262 ( messerschmit) on German side That would be cool 😎

[@weirddeere]

I'm loving the WW2 action and realistic missions!

[@theunseenwalrus5768]

For the replays, you should do one from the front view towards the pilot. I think it would be a really cool view.