The Flying Sawn-Off Shotgun That Terrified Hitler

[@SCP-POOL]

As an American who LOVES the UK, not to mention my Father's great-grandfather (on his father's side) moved from London to the USA. Dad's great-grandfather (on his Mom's side) moved from N. Ireland to the USA. Both arrived in Ellis Island, NY in the late 1800s. It is truly amazing the strength, courage, determination & refusal to submit in any way, the will of the British people. They faced the overwhelming might of the Luftwaffe, hopelessly outnumbered, yet still managed to repel wave after wave of the most lethal planes & air force the world had ever seen at that point. It is often said that the only thing that saved the UK from Germany, was the fact it is an island. That is part of it, but not the main reason. Germany couldn't Blitzkrieg with troops & tanks. The only way to take the UK was to neutralize the British navy guarding the English Channel. The UK stood alone & not only held off, but outright defeated the same forces that rampage across Europe. The Germans never accounted for one thing. Germany was just attacking yet another European country (which is exactly how the troops felt). The UK on the other hand, was fighting for survival, because if they faltered they lose everything. Never underestimate people that have nothing to gain, but everything to lose. Can you imagine this happening today with the insanity going on around the world?

[@H4CK61]

Well said Cuz and kindest regards from London England.

[@richierich2534]

That's where America got the ball's we use to have 😂😂😂😂

[@SCP-POOL]

@@richierich2534 we're (USA) being overachievers in the stupidity dept.

[@seniorslaphead8336]

What we are facing at the moment is worse than the N4zis and we are failing. But thanks for the solidarity and kind words.

[@richierich2534]

@@seniorslaphead8336 your 100% right I think America is reaching a breaking point

[@luckyguy600]

One hell of an agressive English pilot if there ever was one. May his exsplots and he himself never be forgotten. RIP sir.

[@noesantana_com]

The ww2 GOAT pilot, he served honorably and with distinction. Wonderful and inspiring presentation.

[@kenjones2973]

Where? Did I miss something?

[@jonathansteadman7935]

The Jagdflieger easily had the GOATS, Joachim Marseilles Hartmann among many more.

[@RTFLDGR]

a young man @ the prime of his life combined with the Supermarine Spitfire. To live is to fly.

[@blusnuby2]

Yep, heady stuff, indeed....

[@78tag]

It is miserably ironic that he wanted to be a pilot to fight in the sky and it appears it was ground units that took him down. What a great pilot in any circumstances.

[@sixfootbear]

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.

[@Dav1Gv]

When you go home, tell them of us and say 'for your tomorrow we gave our today'.

[@abbersj2935]

@@Dav1Gv Thank you both, for we thank them.

[@adamweston4152]

My grandfather died in WW2 in a mosquito and he died six weeks before my father was born, his story is on the Carribbean aircrew WW2 website and his name is pilot officer H.F WESTON.

[@MichaelCampin]

Lest we Forget, the Few as well as the many who laid down their lives so we may remain free

[@mariantaylor7109]

We will remember them .

[@bretatvs]

Sniper of the sky, protector of the homeland. A real ace.

[@ondrejdobrota7344]

Definitely not the first, but yes for the second.

[@kenellson2327]

At 12:00 the narrator notes that a "Ju-88 and Bf-110 fell to his guns and cannons". As far as I am aware, all the Spitfires in the Battle of Britain were armed with eight .303 caliber Browning machine guns. The only Mk 1b cannon armed Spitfires were with 19 Squadron, not 41.

[@John-k6f9k]

Nobody likes a smart ass. Just enjoy the video and spare us your anal knowledge of airplanes.

[@ralphhathaway-coley5460]

The research on this is appalling as at 14.13 he shot down a He 113, a plane that is famous for not existing other than as a propaganda myth!

[@Dave5843-d9m]

Early cannon equipped Spitfires (Mk5 with B wing) had a pair of 20mm Hispano cannons. However they were prone to jamming and the recoil of one gun made it impossible to aim the aircraft. They were quickly replaced with two cannons per wing. BoB aircraft had eight 0.303 Brownings. Cannons came much later.

[@AbelMcTalisker]

@@Dave5843-d9m There was the Mk 1b which was only used by 19 squadron as it had issues, low ammunition load, jamming, and some flexing of the wing causing aiming issues, the squadron was glad when they were replaced as the BoB went on by eight gun Mk1a`s. Some MkIIs also had cannons (saw some limited squadron service and often confused with MkVbs in photos) and a good number of IIa`s were retrofitted with B wings when used for training later. Most of the issues with cannons had been fixed by the end of 1940 but there was a big debate going on in the RAF at that point over whether volume fire from multiple .303s was preferable to a mixed Cannon/mg configuration so the adoption of cannon was slowed until about the middle of 1941. The most common armament configuration used on the later Spitfires became two cannon and four .303 browning with the .303s being replaced in the "D" wing by twin .50s towards the end of the war. Some later production Mk5Cs used four cannons but it was an unusual configuration.

[@lancerevell5979]

And the video clips of the bubbletop Spitfire, when it came late in the war.

[@laguna3fase4]

Eric Lock grew up in Bayston Hill near Shrewsbury. There is a street in the village named after him. I used to work in Bayston Hill and know the story of his bravery during the war.

[@jimglass5892]

Visited Shrewsbury specifically 1986 because of this legend. Beautiful little town gentile and polite. Can imagine why he was who he was.

[@kimbaldunsmore4633]

What a bloody story! l have probably read about Lock before but this program really shines a light on him. The one bit that stands out though, is that while he was fearsome in battle, he was also human and took time and risk to help in the rescue of the ditched enemy aircrew. That is the sign of a brave and decent person. Hope he is with his old mates on patrol in the heavens now.

[@David-d4k9k]

You cannot be commissioned as a sergeant. Sergeant is a non-commissioned rank. He received his commission when promoted to pilot officer, the most junior commissioned rank in the Commonwealth air forces.

[@graemebond99]

One of many howlers in the script. Who writes such nonsense?

[@blkrob55]

Shut up

[@78tag]

...if true and it sounds like the military mind, that shows the ignorance of pride and staunch arrogance - look at what they pass up on when they exclude the best of the best.

[@Qspecialman]

Very sloppy writing and presentation 3/10, must try harder.

[@billdawes123]

@@78tag There were plenty of sergeant pilots in WW II. You did not need to be an officer in order to fly and fight. The OP was just calling out the sloppy script writing for talking nonsense.

[@daskritterhaus5491]

the narration of these vids is enthralling, matching the subject material. fascinating

[@johncranwell3783]

One of many heart rending tales of heroism and loss….thank you for this

[@marvetheman]

😊

[@David-d4k9k]

I was surprised re the comment that much of the Luftwaffe had been dispatched to the Easter Front. I didn’t know there was one until June 1941, 8 months after the conclusion of the Battle of Britain, when Germany invaded Russia.

[@fenlander7114]

The narrator gets confused and carried away with excitement.

[@JohnShields-xx1yk]

Bravery and determination knows no height, we made a powerful military, in the air, on the sea and boots on the ground 🇺🇸 🇬🇧

[@markblocker4981]

The British repeatedly crapped their pants and ran, or surrendered to numerically inferior forces, e.g. Dunkirk and Singapore. Poor allies compared to the Soviets if you want the truth.

[@wor53lg50]

Id say The Red army being pushed to the gates of Moscow and stalin disappearing without telling anyone and hiding in his Dasha miles away who Molotov had to seek and found in a discombobulated child like state, is called shitting of the pants wouldn't you? , if it hadn't been for general winter Stalin and all the high command would have been dangling from those coloured domes and spires the Germans could see through their field scissor glasses ...

[@StoptheHateJustDebate]

@@markblocker4981You wouldn’t even be allowed to make this ignorant comment if it was t for the stubborn and tough British standing up to Germany all by themselves. The brave British, Canadian, Australian and other Commonwealth countries stood valiantly whilst the rest of the world figured what to do. The Russians were tough and hard as nails, but their leaders used their people as very disposable cannon fodder so that they could expand the USSR brutally over Europe. Thank god for Britain and her courageous people! What a foolish and uneducated comment. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@alanmcentee9457]

@@markblocker4981 WTF are you babbling about?

[@SadisticKid.]

Thank God for brave men and big guns.

[@samrodian919]

But he didn't have big guns, only 8 .303" Browning machine guns whereas the 109 had a 20 mm cannon and three ? 8 mm machine guns

[@markmaher4548]

​@@samrodian919That's because they fpund that a concentrated "cone" of fire was not only more likely to damage & down enemy aircraft, it would do expending less ammunition thus allowing them to stay in the fight longer.

[@kevinohalloran7164]

A German fighter pilot said that a Spitfire firing its guns looked like the spray from a garden watering can.

[@craigwiester9177]

He is not "defying physics"; he's using physics.

[@wstavis3135]

Arguing with then.

[@hectorrodriguez3244]

Aces High song by Iron Maiden (Powerslave Album)

[@rolanddutton]

The Spitfire is an amazing plane, but one thing it literally cannot do is defy physics.

[@alanmcentee9457]

Ya butt. That would spoil the intent of the video. If you can't invent facts, why have a KZbin channel.

[@Jigaboo123456]

Deeat clip,Dark Docs, thank you. BTW, sergeants are Not commissioned in British service, it is an enlisted rank 🙂

[@graemebond99]

Sergeant is a non-commissioned officer (NCO).

[@electrochubb]

This was not only a brilliant pilot, Lockey did all this bc Spitfires were equipped with 20mm cannon.

[@jefferyroy2566]

His name was Eric Lock, his nickname was "Lockie." His Spitfire was a Mk Vb variant, the "b" indicating the type B wing with two .303 ports and one 20mm. The C wing was the all-autocannon variant.

[@evilstorm5954]

No they weren’t then

[@geraldcalderone5228-x2p]

What is a bc

[@grahamepigney8565]

@@jefferyroy2566 was he in 19 Squadron, the only cannon Spitfire equipped squadron involved in the Battle of Britain?

[@jefferyroy2566]

@@geraldcalderone5228-x2p Based on context, "bc" is abbreviated "because."

[@billymoffat4744]

Go Shotgun what a guy you are what made Britain Great, you will always live on in Real British Hearts

[@josephmumma6997]

Yes he’s using physics like no one had thought of at that time. It’s men like this is the reason why we give them the moniker “THE GREATEST GENERATION “.

[@lesliemacmillan9932]

Nonsense. The designers of all aircraft and aero-engines know exactly what the physics is that governs their engineering creations. Famously, the carburetors in early Merlin engines would malfunction during negative g, as in bunting the nose down. To dive, the pilot had to roll inverted first, then pull positive g to keep the float in the carburetor working. That's physics! He might have been using human neuro-physiology in ways that people hadn't thought of at the time.

[@alanmcentee9457]

@@lesliemacmillan9932 Or he could have been using his plane to it's limits.

[@spiff1967]

RAF Squadron's are & always have been referred to by number alone with out suffix i.e. 'Forty one Squadron' & never - but never 41st!

[@John-k6f9k]

Oh such knowledge of military history!. Bow down before the knowledgeable person everyone!

[@Agent-zigzag]

@@John-k6f9k chill out man😮

[@Ian-mj4pt]

​@John-k6f9k you the only clown morning about learning something clearly showing how dim you are by resorting to that. Grow up clown 🤡

[@ColdWarVet607]

God Bless The Greatest Generation. Where Uncommon Valor was a Common Virtue. Im half a Brit. My GI Omaha Beach Assaulting Father met my English Mum in London and the rest is as they say..........history.........

[@briancooper2112]

Great fighter pilot!

[@KOMET2006]

Fighter aces like Eric Lock, George Beurling, and Hans-Joachim Marseille were among the truly exceptional combat pilots of World War II by virtue of their flying and shooting sķills.

[@ScienceChap]

Adolf "Sailor" Malan.

[@ondrejdobrota7344]

Erick Lock definitely not. First two Beurlings claims were also fake.

[@alanmcentee9457]

All fighter pilots were small in stature. In pilot school, if you were a large person you went to bombers. If you were small, you would be steered into fighters. Why? Those fighter planes were small. A large person couldn't fit in the cockpit. The Spitfire and Hurricane had larger cockpits than the Me109. By the end of the war the planes were larger and had larger cockpits but still steered smaller pilots to them.

[@SemperParatus1234]

Didn’t know MIG 15’s were in the Battle of Britain

[@alanmcentee9457]

They were no match for the British Spads.

[@darrellwiley4288]

Proof that the measure of a man is not his height , it is his heart ,his soul and his spirit

[@wildcolonialman]

Stunning history, remarkable man, amidst the horror. Vanishes? Aircraft never found?

[@iancaldwell8451]

As Churchill said those eternal words. So much to so few by so many.😢😢

[@marlenehoy2487]

The words are:: "never before in human conflict ,was so much owed by so many,to so few"

[@iancaldwell8451]

@@marlenehoy2487 thank you , I was trying to be brief.😉

[@markoldreive]

Don’t forget that those words were for the pilots and crews of Bomber command as well.

[@zulubeatz1]

Great video. Incredible pilot.

[@kevin-parratt-artist]

The film clips have nothing to do with the narration.

[@thisthatandtheother8781]

Nothing unusual about that.

[@lesliemacmillan9932]

As usual for this channel.

[@alanmacification]

That is always the case with every war documentary.

[@GC_420]

His Go-Pro was having issues.

[@randyinscoe5780]

I disagree, the clips show the correct planes in dog fights and the battle of Dunkirk, it was almost a century ago 😂

[@cajohnson1234]

3:07, that’s no British aircraft, but is being manned by British personnel, captured 109 maybe? That’s the only aircraft I know of that has a canopy like that!

[@TheBeagleBox]

Lock’s wakes up, BF109 down. Eats breakfast, BF109. Leaves the house, double BF109 down

[@avnrulz]

3:35 'Countersink rivets', not 'sunken rivets', is the proper term for the 'flush head rivets'.

[@josephgrosso8731]

A British ‘greatest generation’ story of someone from humble beginnings who rose up to serve a cause greater than themselves and heroically defeat evil Nazi tyranny!

[@ac43942]

In the Battle Britain the Spitfire on had 14 seconds of ammo to feed the 8 machine guns

[@BrianWMay]

Showing a V1 being shot down was a little premature

[@lelanderickson1045]

Heinkel He 113s? Wellll... the He 113 was a fictitious propaganda ruse by the Germans (where they used the twelve Heinkel He 100 preproduction aircraft repainted in fictitious squadron markings for a photo shoot for Der Adler magazine where the photos were captioned as HE 113s operating from an airfield in Denmark. The British intel community bought the story hook, line, and sinker, and the He 113 was duly entered into the official RAF aircraft recognition training program accordingly.

[@lesscotford1419]

Interesting.

[@warwarneverchanges4937]

Shurley someone must have looked for him and his aircraft in all these years

[@IverKnackerov]

You want them too search the entire bottom of the English Channel ? Doofus

[@warwarneverchanges4937]

@@IverKnackerov If everyone thought like you we wuld not have found anything, they found missing planes/boats/subs litterary everywhere, wth are you on about??? You shuld not be callling random people online names it might bite you in the ass someday.

[@John-k6f9k]

They did. And don't call him Shirley.

[@mcmoose64]

That should read , "the spitfire flips and dives in perfect synchronicity with physics". You're welcome .

[@seanjoseph8637]

Great vid, but it is Forty-One Squadron not the Forty-First.

[@Dav1Gv]

For a service formed on 1st April 1918 (All Fools Day) that's a bit pedantic although I too have protested when people get the name of my old TA regiement wrong.

[@seanjoseph8637]

@@Dav1Gv Details and tradition matter.

[@Dav1Gv]

@@seanjoseph8637 Agreed

[@paulbantick8266]

The BF 110 was a heavy fighter at this time, not a fighter-bomber.

[@transcendentalidiot3321]

I noticed that too. The Bf 110 in the Battle of Britain was a Zerstörer (destroyer, heavy fighter) used primarily as a long range escort for the medium bombers. Later in the war it would be used as a Jagdbomber (fighter bomber). And even later in the war, a Nachtjäger (3 man night fighter fitted with radar).

[@MichaelWilliams-mo1vv]

Correct the fighter bomber role came later.

[@TheDenny24]

Too bad the video and audio do not match, it takes away from how truthful this is. Sick of lies and half truths, either do it right or find another vocation.

[@gh8447]

Disappeared without a trace? Well it was obviously aliens!

[@SillyMoustache]

Great dramatic purple prose narration.

[@RedSinter]

His stature was a benefit as opposed to a detriment as cockpits were small and cramped in most cases, especially fighter aircraft. I wonder at what point in the early days the Spitfire Carburetor issue was fixed?

[@kevinohalloran7164]

Many pilots (especially Yanks) found the Spitfire's cockpit to be small and cramped. Lockie's reaction was probably, "Love this plane! Roomy, comfortable cockpit, too!"

[@TheRaptorXX]

Eric Lock comes from literally 20 miles away from us in Bayston Hill, near Shrewsbury.

[@beardedguy7321]

Was one of the planes caught in a time rift

[@suttoncoldfield9318]

13:23 he's shooting down a V1 during the Battle of Britain?

[@Yakubmeta-son331]

title is highly regarded

[@TomRomeo-h9u]

Lots of aircraft misidentified. Poor choices of archival footage, video does not follow narrative very well. Glad to see this pilot recognized.

[@marksnyder8022]

An interesting account of a largely unknown hero. Twenty-One kills against the Luftwaffe in its prime is nothing to sneeze at. Two little quibbles, if I may: 1) Sergeants cannot be commissioned, as they are non-commissioned officers in every military in the world, and 2) you mentioned an He-113, later calling it a Henschel 113; the Heinkel 113 or He-113 was a myth, a fictitious plane invented to scare the Allies, and the Henschel 113 or Hs-113 never existed (I think?) as their earliest and lowest numbered plane was the Hs-121, an early prototype plane not used in WW2.

[@PaulByrne-w8l]

Please select your film clips to match the aircraft you reference, an ME110 is not a BF 109 nor is a spitfire being raked by a German fighter 2 ME 109 being shot down by a Spitfire.

[@graemebond99]

Hear, hear!

[@russelllocke7180]

Yes, it is frustrating

[@markiangooley]

Roald Dahl was so tall that he kept hitting his head (including some proper head injuries) and he had to give up being a pilot . I believe he was an ace before he had to retire. Sometimes it pays to be short.

[@altaylor3988]

I have to correct a usual mistake made by those who are unaware...There is NO need to refer to the British Royal Air Force.(R.A.F.)... WHY well the R.A.F. was the very first Air Force to be officially formed as an AIR FORCE on the 1st April 1918 and listed as the 'Royal Air Force',it is the ONLY Air Force in the World that does NOT contain the name of it's Country in it's Title. To give further emphasis would you even consider referring to the United States of America "U.S.A.A.F."..... would that not be a case of Bread and Bread would it NOT....SO WHY refer to the British Royal Air Force.....DURR

[@dareka9425]

The video started with a flight of Stukas. I clicked randomly in the middle of the video to see the subject of the video. The same flight of Stuka appeared.

[@IverKnackerov]

What, you want real live video footage of every fight ?. Seriously?

[@Eddewardeke]

@@IverKnackerov A bit of accordance between text and images might be wanted.

[@scallopohare9431]

All you critics have your own channels. Make your own videos.

[@dareka9425]

I'm not criticizing anything. I make make videos for my school so I reuse material all the time. I'm just talking about the coincidence of clicking of the same footage in a video that just loaded on my browser. I experienced a slew of coincidences in my life for the past several months and this is the latest one.

[@scallopohare9431]

@@dareka9425 Okay, then it would still apply to Eddewardeke.

[@robertmiller2173]

This doesn’t make sense…..He113? Hs 27?

[@graemebond99]

It makes about as much sense as much of the rest of the narration. "The Heinkel He 113 was a fictitious German fighter aircraft of World War II, invented as a propaganda and possibly disinformation exercise." Wikipedia

[@majorkursk780]

HE115s?

[@hunterhess8433]

Maritime patrol seaplanes/torpedo bombers

[@leerogers6423]

A shame to see this great mans name on this channel which doesn't get any better.

[@IverKnackerov]

So salty …if it’s that bad why are you here ?

[@leerogers6423]

@@IverKnackerov . I live in hope of better editing and more accurate images but it's not to be . The language irks a bit too ''forty first squadron'', in English it 's forty one squadron.

[@ericthemauve]

It's an insult to his memory tbh.

[@jasandipsingh235]

Nice

[@davidarchibald50]

We lesser men would trade all our days of age for but one moment of their greatness. We will remember them.

[@therealjamesmarchant]

I Hadn't heard of the Heinkel HE113 so looked it up. It seems that it was fictional, so I am not sure exactly what he shot down at 14:20. Also, I am not sure that Britain was liberated as such...

[@andyinnes2178]

Amazing! I salute you sir.

[@avnrulz]

It would be nice if the aircraft mentioned in the script was better matched in the video.

[@daskritterhaus5491]

11:00 "the skies needed him" as did all Britain. all Europe. all free people the entire world then and in the future.

[@realhorrorshow8547]

It's a sad testament that the luckiest and most skilful RAF aircrew were used until their luck ran out. Vile Anglophobes like Chuck Yaeger were back in the land of Cadillacs and ice-cream after one year.

[@warrenmalpas9875]

Please keep V1s out of the Battle of Britain. Enjoyed the show tho.

[@shmuelhirsh]

Well told! ~

[@alphadog5270]

WOW,what an Amazing young man,forever in my memory.

[@darrynmeadows]

The image of a quarry was not in england it was sunny

[@shgstewart4674]

Short stature was an advantage for pilots back then.

[@sammyseguin2978]

Perhaps at some point in the future, someone will be strolling though a field in the Pas de Calais area and come across a piece of metal sticking out of the ground, and think, this looks like it came off an airplane.........

[@williammoses6460]

Seems odd that a pilot so skilled wasn’t pulled from active duty to become an instructor. A greater return on investment toward winning the war.

[@fabianwylie8707]

Thanks for posting up , but you mentioned June 1921 recovery from injuries 😂. I guess you mentioned 1941 .

[@alcav54]

Iron Maiden: “Aces High”

[@tomsen413]

What an inspiring story.

[@rudkratz3907]

Nice stort but the video seems not to be synchronised with the text

[@r.gregorystutz5312]

Wow … a V1 flying over England in 1940 … 13:33 point of video … do you try to proof your videos?

[@paulherbert5548]

Are you sure it was a Spitfire? Hawker Hurricane's recorded the majority of the kills in the Battle of Britain.

[@lesliemacmillan9932]

Majority of kills against bombers they did. The Hurricanes couldn't cope with the 109s so the Spitfires engaged the fighters and the Hurricanes went after the bombers.

[@flashgordon3715]

3:30 It sure sounds like narration says, "Lockheed supermarine spitfire."

[@thisisnumber0]

Dived.... Carry on

[@daskritterhaus5491]

the courage and ferocity in the face of tyranny from a mere handful of these fellows exceeds 10s of thousands of today's whiners.

[@LeeHarris]

I dont think 10% of the video corresponds to the actual aircraft in the monologue

[@MichaelWilliams-mo1vv]

It's BF 109 not ME 109

[@david834]

Your video was great. But as an FYI, at 14:19 the He 113s mentioned were fighters that never really existed...it was propaganda hype put out by Germany in 1940. Pictures I've seen were actually He 100s, which never actually went into production either.

[@everactivedad]

Is the title correct?

[@hellobeautiful5225]

It’s not Sawed-off ? What’s this Sawn? Never seen that before.

[@lesliemacmillan9932]

British usage. Relax.

[@iandavis1355]

When a British aviator received their "wings", they became a flight sergeant. Additionally, the first generation of Spitfires did not have cannons, just eight .303" machine guns. What else is inaccurate in this video?

[@grahamepigney8565]

Flight Sergeant is not necessarily a pilot, you ought to know that. Flight Sergeant is a senior non-commisioned rank in the RAF even at that time. They could be ground crew, or non-pilot aircrew. However you are correct about the .303 machine guns, although one squadron (19) was equipped with cannon armed Spifires during the Battle of Britain but they were troublesome and prone to jamming.

[@iandavis1355]

Like I said, when the aviator gets his wings, he becomes a flight sergeant. And yes, other air force trades will also use that rank.

[@Polyharmacy]

Loads of inaccuracies.

[@lesliemacmillan9932]

The video is just wrong in implying the Phony War encompassed the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk and that "real combat" lay just ahead. The Phony War ended with the bombing of Rotterdam and the invasion of the Low Countries, followed quickly by the fall of Norway and France. The RAF was engaged during the time up to (and including) the evacuation of Dunkirk. It's true that the existential (for Britain) combat in the Battle of Britain began after that but to imply there was no real fighting until then is a howler.

[@mojacargaz]

The He 113 never existed, it was a German propaganda spoof. The aircraft that they used for this ruse was the He 100

[@davidmackieson4609]

makes ya wonder if this the guy they refer to as snoopy in the red baron tunes unless there was another as good as him in ww1

[@nicholasmoore2590]

He must have been some pilot to take down two HE113s, seeing as how this aircraft didn't exist.

[@remilekunakanny4816]

His name speaks for him

[@evilstorm5954]

Spitfires didn’t have Browning Machine guns.

[@alienone6854]

In fact they did, eight .303 Brownings, each with 300 rounds were common armament for some versions...others had 2 .50 BMG and 2 .80 (20mm) Hispano cannon

[@evilstorm5954]

@@alienone6854 I realise my mistake mate👍

[@evilstorm5954]

@@alienone6854 But they never had cannon in the Battle of Britain.

[@spacebeagle3810]

@@evilstorm5954 Comments above say 1 group did, jsyk, but do I think it was a surprise to many of us who lack expertise but have more than a passing interest in the subject.

[@evilstorm5954]

@@spacebeagle3810 nice mate. Chill out when you get the wrong info. I’m a dick. Did you read my reply to my comment saying I’m a dick?

[@cajonaconaquetebotou]

14:15 He 113? I have read that said plane was only used as propaganda, but never flew in combat.

[@darrelneidiffer6777]

He ended up in a Twilight Zone episode.

[@AnthonyTobyEllenor-pi4jq]

"" Terrified Hitler"" I don't think so !!

[@billcobbett9259]

Clickbait title for a poorly thrown together video.

[@jiraiya4560]

The halo music tho ❤

[@ronanstis6328]

It is a shame that not a word of the most interesting commentary bears any relevance to what is appearing on the screen at the time. The video footage shows incorrect aircraft types, time frames, localities, scenarios and aerial manoeuvres. If you cannot have reasonable video - leave it out.

[@billcobbett9259]

These things are done for money and accuracy is not important.