The Desert Terror That Utterly Screwed the Luftwaffe

[@brj_han]

He lived until June 2006, making him one of the few old, bold pilots, lol. RIP, Old Nick...

[@Vaushgg]

🫡

[@phil4986]

What an incredible fighter. In every way. Part of that is gaining the respect of your captures, so they don't just shoot you on sight. He had to be cunning, smart and brilliant. And Andrew Barr was all of that. Rest in Peace, Great Warrior. Barr's example is one of massive character under fire and relentlessness. Australian proud, for sure.

[@timmontano8792]

Glad to hear this man lived to retirement. Too many of these unsung heroes met their end with little recognition.

[@davidh6300]

Exactly my thoughts

[@bobsakamanos4469]

He's well known outside of the US.

[@johnk8825]

Why has his WWII service exploits not been made into a movie? It would have been enough for a full action packed show. Thank you for presenting this.

[@abellseaman4114]

Why make a movie about a guy who was a good flyer but NOT A TRULY GREAT ONE??????????????????????? Even among allied fighter pilots one had to shoot down at least 25 aircraft to become a major ace!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ccrider3435]

@@abellseaman4114 Rewatch, he didnt just shoot down planes. Man, THINK.

[@patrickdurham8393]

Because feelings and shit.

[@Roger-go6jc]

@@abellseaman4114 Because sometimes it is about the journey, and this is a journey of resolve and greatness. The Dambusters, Memphis Belle, and even the Battle of Britain come to mind. And the fact that he is an ANZAC has nearly nothing to do with my bias!

[@abellseaman4114]

@@patrickdurham8393 Yes - LIE-beral "feelings and sh+t!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LIE-berals WANT TO HIDE what it truly costs to APPEASE THE DICTATORS of the 1930`s - and LIE-berals want to HIDE what it will truly COST to appease Putin and the Beijing Bullies and the nuclear nutbars of Tehran and the Hamas TERRORISTS!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@BroncoMoeJoe]

Shot down 3 times, evades the enemy for days, escapes prison camp multiple times. He had some great stories for his grandkids. One badass Aussie.

[@donmarshall4888]

Kiwi

[@stevehall734]

@@donmarshall4888 😆

[@thebagnechannel3183]

This guy is a bad ass. That’s why they call them the greatest generation.

[@jparky1972]

Thank you sir for your service.

[@Lybarger12b]

When im feeling overwhelmed i turn to history channel's. Reminds me that it will work out in the end just need to keep getting back up.

[@0101-s7v]

Get back up and make more laps around your 4' x 6' cell? I'm a long-term optimist, but it's going to get much, much worse before it gets better.

[@philalcoceli6328]

​@0101-s7v Not always. Depends on what specifically the situation is. Still, even in the most extreme situations and when all hope is lost, never giving up is the best of attitudes and a victory even in death. The study of history proves that again and again and again.

[@brodyberry6253]

“We are born into this time and must bravely follow the path to the destined end. There is no other way. Our duty is to hold on to the lost position, without hope, without rescue, like that Roman soldier whose bones were found in front of a door in Pompeii, who, during the eruption of Vesuvius, died at his post because they forgot to relieve him. That is greatness. That is what it means to be a thoroughbred. The honorable end is the one thing that cannot be taken from a man”. ~ Oswald Spengler

[@0101-s7v]

@@philalcoceli6328 from here? Worse.

[@roypaulcarter4654]

Incredible life. They need to make a movie about his heroic exploits.

[@murrayscott9546]

Hats off to him and thx for content, team !

[@durhamgrigg3125]

Amazing story of courage and skill and determination. Just one criticism. "Old Nick" was BORN in Wellington, New Zealand!!!! While clearly he moved with his parents to Oz and was given his flying break with the RAAF - he was at all times a KIWI (New Zealander!!) NOT and Australian!!!! As an "AustraZealander" I have noted that Aussies quickly "adopt" New Zealanders who have stories to tell like this!!!! I am proud of the ANZAC spirit and the camaraderie that has always existed between the Aussie's and the Kiwis - (apart from on the Rugby and Cricket pitches) - however I truly recognise that this is primarily the story of an extraordinary KIWI flying ace!!!!❤❤❤

[@alanwayte432]

They stated that he was born in New Zealand ...

[@davexenos9196]

He could have joined the RNZAF. Why didn`t he do that?

[@awf6554]

Australia is a land of migrants proud to call themselves Australia.

[@LisbonLadd]

He had the choice and he chose Australia. Not everyone likes to fuck sheep mate

[@davexenos9196]

@@LisbonLadd Some of my best girlfriends have been sheep, ewe know what I mean.

[@blusnuby2]

""Above And Beyond The Call Of Duty." Big Salute !

[@petercastles5978]

Love the P40. Helped the Australians no end at Milne Bay. I don't think it was ever a "Glamour" plane such as a few others, but still a valiant piece of machinery !!

[@rayallan8481]

Good man, that man. From one kiwi to another. Much love and peace my brother.❤

[@news26boom]

Gets rescued on another continent. The RAF: "While you're here, do you mind flying a few combat missions for us?"

[@0101-s7v]

Nothing like the feel of hyperbolic video titles in the afternoon. Seems Wikipedia wrote an article about Old Nick while watching this video, because it's in the exact same order. :-)

[@Oligodendrocyte139]

Golly, that's never happened on this channel before 😂.

[@scottgilmour8392]

And that's why you can't trust Wikipedia. 😜

[@0101-s7v]

@@scottgilmour8392 I was being sarcastic, but you definitely are not wrong.

[@scottgilmour8392]

@@0101-s7v Sarcastic, really? Obviously sarcasm's wasted on "Old Farts" as well as the young. X-P

[@stephenwelch339]

Now this story should be made into a movie, heroes like this gentleman need to be remembered and honoured forever ❤. Thanks Old Nick.

[@cohenshcohen]

Exceptional individual...

[@carlbusque]

Just wow! You could not make this up! Thanks😊

[@bobsakamanos4469]

Barr was indeed a gifted pilot along with Bobby Gibbes and Clive Caldwell, flying the old Tomahawks and early Kittyhawks. As Caldwell said, without the ability to fight the LW above 15,000' he would allow himself to be used as bait and take some rounds simply to lure the 109's down from their perch. Aussies were tough lads, but the LW & Desert Afrika Korps held the advantage with better aircraft until their supply lines were cut in 1942 by the forces in Malta. By Sep 1942 the RAF had air superiority with more, albeit less effective aircraft (Kittyhawks) .

[@jamiebusch9406]

Thank you so much for this video! Why is there no movie about this man?!!

[@bo0tsy1]

Rommel you magnificent bastard, I read your book!

[@garryferrington811]

This guy's story would make a heck of a movie! Aren't there any ambitious moviemakers down under?

[@miketurner3964]

Good lord..what have I just read. The luck of old Nick was apt indeed. Thought for the day people…who would be the correct person to play the role?

[@pauliewalnuts240]

"Millitary cross for exceptional courage in organizing escapes" Ive never heard of anyone being awarded for that, I wonder if he's the only person awarded for escaping as a pow?

[@brownsauceful]

lets be honest the title of this video is bullshit but we all clicked on it 🤣

[@philalcoceli6328]

The title of the video is "Bullshit?" Weird... I read something very different and not as smelly... LOL! 😂

[@Roger-go6jc]

No I swear to God my finger accidentally tapped the wrong video.

[@bobsakamanos4469]

The history of the man is the important thing here.

[@demzunoplayer]

Attention! Salute.

[@fredMplanenut]

They certainly make 'em brave in New Zealand.

[@gordonclark7632]

How little we know if our own heroes.

[@cryptotharg7400]

The P-40 was much better than it was given credit for. Like the Hurricane.

[@ianlong8935]

what a man !

[@Trobtwillis]

Remarkable.

[@dougjamesvandals]

Amazing ....yes a .movie

[@Mojo59079]

Great story.

[@drstrangelove4998]

Why can’t I stop this

[@wobblybobengland]

Said every Luftwaffe

[@johnking6252]

Ahhh the old P-40 ! she fought on many fronts, kinda like the Aussies 👍. RIP mate

[@MrEsMysteriesMagicks]

I love how virtually every time this channel mentions Me 109s, they show Stuka dive bombers. Sloppy. It's not as if there are no clips of 109s.

[@trickyricky-n2o]

Saw it right when I was reading your comment 🤣

[@snafufubar]

In compensation they did show a 109 taking off when talking about Stukas.

[@blust-_-8101]

And how is this something to legitimately talk about? How is this important because it's not

[@trickyricky-n2o]

@@blust-_-8101 exactly you took the words right out of my mouth

[@chrisgastis5535]

Bahahaha😂...thx for that....saved me from mentioning it....but I do like his vidz.....lol...little historys about lesser know pilots ....and other stuff I don t mind hearing about......

[@RandyTerrell7174]

Hope you have a good day 😊

Top man!

[@peterlovell4617]

Strange that he would have been discharged in October 1944. The big push to Japan was in full swing right then.

[@johnbailey3877]

I expect there’s a need to read between the lines - I think he ran afoul of authority when not given a better combat assignment. Or perhaps he was forbidden further combat duty because another recapture might have meant execution rather than prisoner of war status.

[@bobsakamanos4469]

His bio shows that he flew some ground attack missions in Kittyhawks in New Guinea and was released in Oct 1945.

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

He borne to become flying warrior...

[@maxsmith3894]

good story👍

[@johngreally9599]

I am not sure which of the two Battle of El Alamein he fought in... I'd need to check he wasn't in captivity for one or both.

[@BLD426]

Somebody took a chill pill.🤔😁

[@HobbitHomes263]

In the early days of the war, a cash srapped Britain sought to save money by purchasing low power versions of the P40 and P51 A. Ironically it would be the Brits genius Merlin engine that would make the Mustang famous for hi speed performance

[@russcole5685]

High altitude and range was a combination of the Merlin and laminar flow aerofoil

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

HobbitHomes Thats BULLSHIT !!! Nothing low powered about the P40 or the P51A, they used the ONLY V12 AVAILABLE in the USA!!! And dimwit the slobbered and drooled 60 series 2 stage supercharged merlin DID NOT EXIST !!!! They did not appear until late 1942 early 1943 in service. Check the Damn time line before running your mouth !!!

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

@@russcole5685 Not until early 1943 !!!!!!!!

[@bobsakamanos4469]

Oh oh, you've stirred up Wilbur with the facts. He doesn't like hearing about the underpowered and unreliable Allison engines that seized up and caught fire in the desert campaign.

[@alanwayte432]

@@bobsakamanos4469Wilbur does love to point out the very very obvious

[@hiltongaley2576]

no discredit to a fine man intended

[@drdaveyjones6216]

He was lucky to be picked up by the Italians.

[@RemusKingOfRome]

ANZACs in ACTION :D

[@Devo491]

Ripping yarn! Fortune favours the bold, and this bloke milked it to the max.

[@John-k6f9k]

Video titles seem to get more and more overblown these days. Next, "The Avro Anson ,The Terrifying British Bomber That Made Hitler Sh*t His Pants"

[@Roger-go6jc]

Well he probably would have shat his pants if he'd been in the flying greenhouse.

[@stuarthannay3370]

'The Fairy Battle: the plane that changed the very fabric of the space/time continuum! 'The Blackburn Botha, the plane that was even more deadly than a partially cooked Prawn Vindaloo'

[@drstrangelove4998]

I know, utter crap 🤣

[@ceemichel]

You show photos of Japanese Zeros and German Stukas when talking about Italian and German fighters

[@tuyultuyul362]

1:01 Can they do that? Aircraft on the right position banking left first? Isn't that dangerous?

[@dougdarby3564]

Hans Joachim Marseille preyed on P40s

[@ianmoseley9910]

The North African theatre was tough at the start because the British were sharing strategic information with the US military attache, who then reported to Washington in a code the Germans could read.

[@gaab1467]

the so calledd ME 109's showed in this vid are not actually ME 109's but Stuka dive bombers

[@Jasn_Chvz]

Epic life

[@debbie6353]

Hitler's 2nd mistake, oil should have been top priority

[@robertmacfarlane8176]

What happened to the fellow he originally tried to save?

[@TimothyColeman-k8v]

P40 Warhawk....Kittyhawk is a place. Keep it coming, great content.

[@Reggie-b3e]

Kittyhawk NC. Yes Sirrr! Good call! 🫡

[@fuguf1sh]

It was known as the Tomahawk (for early versions) and Kittyhawk (for later versions) in RAF service.

[@Reggie-b3e]

@@fuguf1sh Ok. Thanks fug! What did the Austrailians call it? Also, did'nt they paint the famous "shark's mouth" on their models of this unsung warbird? 🤔🫡

[@EugeneMurray-z1b]

Did the Aussies call it.. The Kuckabara

[@rescue270]

​​@@Reggie-b3e The RAAF is the Australian faction of the RAF, so they use the same terminology as each other, for the most part.

[@krisfrederick5001]

The Desert Fox was grounded

[@mktf5582]

Please do Reginald Barnes, British officer who fought in loads of battles.

[@craigpennington1251]

Title = total click bait, but the history of this video saved it from a No Show.

[@martinarnold4999]

He was young, tough and smart, but it's a bygone time when you can apply to be a fighter pilot and your resume is just 'rugby player'.

[@maxpayne2574]

The dessert dwellers sided with whoever was standing in front of them.

[@janlindtner305]

Wow👍👍👍

[@GlenDoer-gq1rs]

called R double A F..Not R AA F good show

[@joshrawlings2621]

They did then... Not now.. Edinburgh RAAF spelt, but when spoken "RAF" Elizabeth SA

[@pibbles-a-plenty1105]

Warhawks, Kittyhawks, Tomahawks, Hurricanes, BF109's, all posing as Old Nick's fighter type. Don't you ever recognize aircraft types correctly?

[@danparsons5327]

the footage isn't supposed to all be footage of old nick himself you dinlo

[@FutureSystem738]

Surely a Stuka is a fighter 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Roger-go6jc]

I can partially forgive him because his Alfred Hitchcock dialogue style is entertaining in a funny sort of way.

[@davidnoel2977]

Let me ask you something , do you have a damn KZbin channel ? Well then shut the fuk up. There is only so much footage you can recycle so many times in so many videos and these videos are more entertainment than actual accurate history when it comes to the visuals. The accuracy is more in the storytelling of the event. Get off the dude's nuts. You whinny bitches get on my nerves. Most of us are smart enough to know what the hell we're looking at and that the video isn't always matching the story but the fact that I have to explain it to you means that you must have to get your memos written in crayon. Shut up and watch the video or keep it moving douchebag. Too many whiny bitches on the internet.

[@jonathansteadman7935]

​@@FutureSystem738it is when Hans Rudel is flying one.

[@sblack48]

If he could fight me109s in a p40 and survive he must have been good. The p40 was badly outclassed.

[@jackcampbell3133]

At low to mid altitudes the P-40 was on par with most axis fighters. It's limitations in early models was that it did not have a two stage supercharger. Pilots who flew p-40 achieved significant success against axis forces in Russia, China, North Africa and the Pacific theater.

[@bobsakamanos4469]

He was very good, since at that time the LW had air superiority and the 109s outclassed the P-40s.

[@sblack48]

@@jackcampbell3133 significant success in North Africa? I don’t think so.

[@hiltongaley2576]

and yes y the hell is this legends story not the content for a major movie hit?

[@NR-rv8rz]

Why did they discharge him before the war's end?

[@danparsons5327]

he was discharged 8th October and had been very ill with fever since August. VJ day was 15th of Aug so he wasn't discharged before wars end

[@NR-rv8rz]

@@danparsons5327 Top bloke. Was Australia not at war with Germany?

[@LeonAust]

3 SQN RAAF helped kicked Rommel back to Germany, and flew all up through Italy till 1945. Most of Nick Barrs combat was before the US entered the war.

[@HondaCivic-dm1ly]

Thank you for putting the red circle on the big plane in the middle of the thumbnail. Would have missed it otherwise!

[@Rain-uc4ru]

^ Astonishing !!! If you slow down the playback speed from 06:51 to 07.01 you WILL see "Black.6" the famous Me.109-G She was airworthy again in 1991-1996 when that idiot Spencer trashed her in a field past the M.11 During that brief footage, she is under Australian control, but, being THEN the latest version, they were ordered to hand "Black 6" over to the British, so she could be taken to Alexandria (Egypt), crated up & shipped back to 'Blighty' (England), so she could be test evaluated @ Boscombe Down - Group Captain Reg Hallam took her up, in jade green primer paint (no markings whatsoever) in 1991 for a 1/3 hour test flight before Russ Snadden's team painted her back up in the ORIGINAL markings she'd been captured in ("Black.6" of JG.77) In that brief snippet you'll see, she's wearing the fuselage codes of "CV-V" in her brief RAAF tenure most folks might not have caught it, but I have Eagle Eyesight, despite my advancing years.... ( Yay !! )

[@drmarkintexas-400]

🏆⭐🙏❤️‍🩹 Thank you for sharing this

[@mingfanzhang8927]

😊😊😊😊😊

[@mingfanzhang4600]

😊

[@AlexanderMcCollum]

I'm not even 2 minutes into the video and first and foremost the Stuka was not a fighter that was a dive bomber and the P-40 was a Warhawk. The biplane you showed in the video is also a torpedo aircraft known as the swordfish

[@keithmcwilliams7424]

Australians called war hawk kitty hawks for some reason

[@AlexanderMcCollum]

@keithmcwilliams7424 I learned something new thank you and no I'm not being sarcastic I was not aware of that

[@keithmcwilliams7424]

@AlexanderMcCollum thank you

[@myfatboy1234]

Wow, and we fought to keep Dictators from our lives...

[@flickingbollocks5542]

PT of dive is dived.

[@justanaussie2822]

And the same age now are offended my not using their pronouns. The best generation to ever live are now old and frail they must shaking their heads in disappointment of their brave deeds.

[@user-uy3bj9ue5c]

Not many calls of achtung Kittihawk. Plenty of Achtung Spitfire! recorded on radio though.

[@LeonAust]

The P-40 performed good in the desert war

[@MichaelCampin]

The ME110 was only successful in North Africa as it had no able allied fighters like the Spitfire VB which could have easily defeated it in a dogfight

[@bobsakamanos4469]

The P-40s were not much use above 15,000' so the LW stayed up high normally and used the peck and zoom tactic. Some however, like Marseille, preyed on P-40s and Hurricanes easily outmanouvering them. The Me110 was useful if not handcuffed to bombers.

[@auro1986]

did he have tinted glass covering and air conditioning?

[@PepeLepew-rm9ft]

Hurricane was barely a match for 109 kitty hawk wasn't even in the league.

[@christopherryan7780]

Nick proved that theory wrong. Experience, skill and cunning are powerful tools.

[@bobsakamanos4469]

True enough. Most RAF units replaced their Hurricanes with P-40s as quickly as possible in the desert. By the time of El Alamein, Hurricanes were held back to provide cover for RAF airfields.

[@HenriHattar]

The Kittyhawk was a newer plane than the original Hurricane and as the Hurricane evolved it was just as good as the Kittyhawk but was perhaps more rugged. The Hurricane was never considered a front line tier one fighter ever by they British !

[@jazzy3445]

Promotion to Flight “leftenant”, not “lootenant”. We follow the British pronounce.

[@dancefloorabduction]

Contains footage of a captured Bf 109G in RAF markings........ If Eduard Model Kits are watching

[@oldesertguy9616]

Yup. Odd choice to show an enemy aircraft in RAF livery.

[@LeonAust]

@@oldesertguy9616 It was a RAAF captured BF-109

[@mingfanzhang4600]

😊😊😊

[@mingfanzhang8927]

😊

[@markherzog9484]

Two Messerschmitts dove down…..the film shows two JU87Stukas…… not great continuity….

[@avazquez01]

why does the thumbnail look fake? it feels like it was taken from WarThunder or smth lmfao

[@foenikxsfirebird3067]

unfortunately they failed to meet HJM...😂

[@stevegreen2432]

If you are talking about fighters and Me's...dont show film of a STUKA! Spoils the story.

[@Jim-fe2xz]

"They won't do anything" is their mantra because it's true! Witness joy reid yammering provable lies nightly ratcheting them up daily when her words don't get traction. Time to stop ignoring them assuming they'll get over it - they're no longer pubescent teenagers - they are adults! Time for accountability!

[@hiltongaley2576]

he was a kiwi! not oz lol!

[@keithmcwilliams7424]

Aussie came to Oz when he was six same as Russell crow we made them men .😊

[@stefanschutz5166]

Nonsense title and awful narration.

[@georgejenkins3371]

AWFUL NARRAROR

[@jacktattis]

They were very handy but there were more Hurricanes 4 x cannon 3 times better than 6x50 The Hurricane could get to 41000ft the P40 circa 32000ft The Hurricane was able to get above the Bf109 The P40 NO

[@LeonAust]

Depends on the P-40 variant

[@jacktattis]

@@LeonAust Mike Spick Fighters Bill Gunston Combat Aircraft P40 all variants all about 30000ft service Ceiling

[@LeonAust]

@@jacktattis Some P-40 had supercharged turbo charged british merlins engines in them and had better high alt specs P-40F and the lighter P-40L. My mum's uncle flew P-40L called the Kittyhawk MkIIA in the Australian RAAF 3 SQN in North Africa in WW2.

[@gertgilich3508]

I suppose the 'winners' re-write the facts! The germans were top notch in most aspects. Air, tank, u-boat..weapons. proof is that they fetch the highest prices at auction. Bookies know..

[@oldesertguy9616]

Auctions have nothing to do with what is better. They only show what collectors want. A lot of German equipment was destroyed by the Allies. You know, when the Germans were losing the war.

[@biernut8723]

@@oldesertguy9616 German equipment was simply better. From the Jerrycan (still used the world over) and MG 42 (still in use today in the form of the MG3) to the Me 262 and everything in-between. Compare the German Stahlhelm to the ridiculous Brodie helmet which hadn't changed from WW I.

[@oldesertguy9616]

@@biernut8723 You mean like the Kar 98 that hadn't changed since 1898? The Germans had some good stuff, but they also had some crap, and all that great equipment didn't win their battles, did it? The Allies had some excellent stuff, and didn't field jets simply because they didn't have to. If you'll notice, nobody used 262's after the war, and nobody used Panthers and Tigers except for France, which quickly abandoned them. The German stuff The Allies had the proximity fuse, better radar, and a host of technological advances that were held back because they didn't need them. We also had the atomic bomb.

[@ianmoseley9910]

They tended to emphasise quality while disregarding the need for quantity in time of war.

[@ELBOHOS]

You didnt tell us what happened to the other pilot downed before old nicks first downing?

[@ondrejdobrota7344]

No loss on 12.12.41! So, fake claim. On 13.12.41 only one Me 109 was lost due to fighter near El Adem, second due to A.A. at Tmimi airport. Only one Ju 88 was slightly damaged 10% at Derna airport with two crew killed. No loss either on 31.12.41 or 1.1.42 in Afrika. On 11.1.42 two Me 109 were lost, one S.W. Brega (pilot killed) and second El Agheila (pilot captured as PoW).

[@LeonAust]

3 SQN RAAF helped kicked Rommel back to Germany, and flew all up through Italy till 1945. Most of Nick Barrs combat was before the US entered the war!