Can YOU Survive this Deadly Job in World War II?

This is another episode of my "Can You Survive" series - this time inside of the Junkers Ju-87 Stuka dive bomber in the Battle of Britain. This mission takes place on August 16th of 1940, in the famous bombing of RAF Tangmere. This was made using the World War II flight simulator War Thunder. Hope you enjoy! Please like, comment, and subscribe. #WW2 #WWIIHistory #WarThunder
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[@TJ3]

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[@maxstonecro1]

The newsletter came a few hours ago, it's awesome! Keep it up!

[@Sundays566]

I lost the will to live with your long draw- out, narcissistic, ambling, boring, slow, pretentious bullshit....

[@TJ3]

@D wood thanks so much glad you loved it!

[@davidstaudohar6733]

Great footage 🎥🎞️🎞️🎞️🎬 , Posing in Honorable memories of Cmndr George O Neil , 🏅🏅WW ll fighter Ace USN ret, Rest in Eternal Peace brave pilot 🦅 🇺🇸🦅 That servered at the Battle of Mid Way , ‼️ ❤️♦️♦️♦️‼️

[@Mr.Bob9785]

1 wrong

[@TJ3]

Historical notes - literally every detail of this recreation was based on the raid on Tangmere on August 16th of 1940. And almost all details are accurate :) Only thing that may not be perfect is the actual layout of RAF Tangmere. But did my best! Thanks again to Tinus Le Roux for allowing me to use his interview with former Stuka pilot Heinz Migeod (Who has since passed).

[@LeopardIL2]

I remember watching the interview several years ago. 👍

[@Wollemand]

The last question is wrong.. Any German pilot in active combat, would surely have found a at least one French girlfriend by August 1940.. Most French soldiers would, at this point, be in a pow-camp or in Britain, leaving a surplus of French women unattended 😂😂😂 What is the point of invading France, if you don’t enjoy the spoils of victory, and you can’t expect young men to be into French wine and food alone..😂😂

[@modelmagic9930]

I’ve gotta say that this really tested my knowledge of the JU-87 during Operation Sea Lion but I’d say my knowledge served me well and allowed me to correctly answer the right outcomes to the scenario.

[@rolftraupe9058]

Flying straight and level while being attacked is a one way ticket to hell, as very well documented by Oberst Ulrich Rudel who survived literally thousands of Stuka Missions by turning inside the possible turn radius of the faster fighters. It is very difficult for the fighter to hit you with his fixed guns, not seldom stalling out and crashing, while the same does not apply for your own gunner. The Stuka guns were not very effective in any case. The Stuka normally outlasted the fighters not because of firepower but because the fighters fuel would run out first.

[@zaphodbreeblebrox9542]

Rudel's book is pretty clear, the way to survive is to turn your flight of Stukas into a swarm of angry bees, and clean each other's tails of unfriendly visitors.

[@zaphodbreeblebrox9542]

The other was dropping to the deck and going as fast (fast?) as you could while dodging streams of bullets so you could watch them auger in when they misjudged their speed and altitude.

[@matthewcaughey8898]

@@zaphodbreeblebrox9542 chances are that’s what I would have done while trying to get back over the channel. The closer you are to home the better your chances a flight of BF-109s will hear you and come to help

[@captainhurricane5705]

Nice one! I chose right each time, of course! As for the final choice, I might have had to try all three options first to know which was best.

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

Looks like Helga has been two-timing with the fighter pilots.

[@adhip0574]

Wdym by two timing

[@denisdaughton9936]

The stukas were equipped with explosives in the landing gear to blow the solid wheels off and achieve a belly landing!

[@Pyjamarama11]

I lived at Tangmere and learn to drive on its runways Fortunately no Stuka attacks by then 👍

[@siniaura]

Stuka pilots are legends. And the plane is beautiful AF

[@zaphodbreeblebrox9542]

Stukas could drop a one-ton bomb within 30 feet their target fairly reliably. I want one!

[@siniaura]

@@zaphodbreeblebrox9542 on WW2 that was precision. Better what you can do with ya kite Or drone that daddy gave for Christmas

[@markdavids2511]

Stukas were death traps & had little chance against much faster & more heavily armed modern fighters.

[@jimc6687]

D- All three, please TJ!! I'd love to watch a similar theme episode from the German pilot perspective on the first days of the newly developed and radically superior ME-2 jet Vs. the mighty but slower P-51 Mustang!! That would make an awesome episode, TJ!! Jim C.

[@davidpowell3347]

Me 262 was very vulnerable upon takeoff and landing,by the time a few of them were operational there were apt to be P-51 lurking. I understand that the would be Me 262 factory was destroyed by Allied bombing before it could produce any finished product. Also I think that hardly any of the pilots had had a chance to become proficient in operating the Me 262 at its limits.

[@davidstaudohar6733]

Thank God 4 the invention of RADAR 🎧📺🧿🧿🧿 ‼️

[@MrAdamchristopher2]

If i recall on stukas once the airbrakes are engaged once the bombs release the plane automatically pulls up and releases the airbrakes. Bc of blackout due to gs.

[@spaceted3977]

Yes !!! Correct !!!!! Also one of the Greatest German Air Aces was a Stuka Pilot fighting the Russians !!!!

[@zaphodbreeblebrox9542]

@@spaceted3977 Rudel !

[@ALA-uv7jq]

The British soon learnt not to follow the Stuka in a dive. There were many instances of RAF fighters being buried in the ground trying this.

[@kacodemonio]

8:10 good luck hitting with 0 bombs :)

[@RonGreeneComedian]

At 74, I would probably NOT survive meeting either of those three German babes. However, I would love to attempt to dive straight in.😂

[@em1osmurf]

answer to the last question: "Yes!" good vid! one interview i seem to recall (on YT?), the stuka pilot said only a fool would fly a stuka without at least 2 fighter escorts each.

[@FarFromZero]

At the eastern front the most famous Stuka pilot was able to fly 2530 ground attack missions between June 1941 and the end of the war, mainly on a Ju 87 G equipped with a pair of 3.7 cm anti-tank cannons. Fighting against the RAF or USAF this would have been an impossible achievement for sure.

[@oldbeardedguy]

Had a great time watching this "TJ3"...Different, absolutely different, just great!

[@Rick-ve5lx]

The rearward-facing gunner must have been apprehensive during the dive.

[@DavidRLentz]

The word "Stuka" is a German abbreviation for "Sturzkampfflugzeug", pronounced: shtoorts (oo as in "book") •kahmpf•flook• (oo as in "spoon") tsoik; accents on the first and the third syllable. Flugzeug is aircraft. Sturz is dive. Kampf is struggle. At 15:53, the narrator mispronounces "Fräulein". Frau (woman, wife) is pronounced "frow"; Fräulein is the diminutive form of Frau; the Umlaut (here over the letter "a") alters the pronunciation to "froi•line". As for my survival, I cannot see well enough to drive, so how might I fare as a pilot or a gunner? Naturally, one would like to think that one would live through the war, eventually to return to my family, my home, my city, and to resume at university.

[@rockymountainlifeprospecti4423]

As always great video and experience TJ3, you bring history alive and with honor and respect. Well done, Godspeed 🇺🇸. And I made it, for now in the air!

[@RANDALLBRIGGS]

During the Battle of Britain, Spitfires and Hurricanes had black propeller spinners. Also, they did not have ID bands around the rear fuselage. But they DID have squadron and individual-aircraft code letters--two letters for the squadron code plus one letter for the individual aircraft.

[@crazymoose9875]

Margot....!!!!....as always Great vid dude....!!!!

[@hariszark7396]

7:33 in your scenario option A is the correct way to go. Stukas will take out the AA guns and the higher flying incoming bombers will target the barracks and facilities. Diving to attack with the alerted AA making you a juicy target will not help your war.

[@zenoist2101]

Hans rudel survived the war as a stuka pilot and was germanys highest decorated air ace in WW2. He wrote an autobiography called " Stuka Pilot " if you like history and first hand accounts. Once he escaped advancing Russians by swimming a very wide river after being shot down and he also had a leg amputated but continued to fly.

[@chrissinclair8705]

This is like a digital version of "Choose your own adventure" books. "Option A turn to page 27" "Option B turn to page 52" "Option C turn to page 64"

[@Eagleblazer69]

But the channel was too lazy to make the mechanic work, so only one way, and they can’t know if you are right or wrong.

[@finncarlbomholtsrensen1188]

Actually the Stuka was a very advanced weapon. After having swung out the frame holding the single bomb during the dive, not to hit the propeller, when the bomb became released, it had a sensor pointed at the ground, which could decide the right, short distance, and when correct it released the bomb automatically, and the elevators became set to take the Stuka out of the dive, not to hit the ground! The pilot "just" had to point the plane at the target, during the dive. And the airbrakes at the back of the wings made the dive very "slow", so that it was possible to direct it and hit a small target, like a tank. The highest decorated pilot in Germany, besides Erich Hartmann, was a Stuka pilot: Hans Ulrich Rudel, who destroyed really a lot of Russian tanks with his Stuka. But the Russians totally outproduced Germany with so many tanks in their eastern Factories that it didn't really matter in the end.

[@GiovanniCaselli98]

Excellent use of war thunder!

[@flycatchful]

Any dive bomber is a sitting duck without fighter coverage. In the case of the Stuka it was withdrawn from combat over British soil because of this.

[@LancelotChan]

Once again I got all the aerial combat answer right, but the bombing answer wrong. I chose barracks thinking I could reduce the number of pilots, which in WWII was more important than the planes available. The planes got produced fast back then, but training a pilot takes much time. I didn't consider that the pilots were not there to begin with. LOL.

[@merlynjep]

I am about to start the video but I bet I get that answer right.

[@merlynjep]

Dammit, tea kettle wasn't an option.

[@matejgulvas]

exactly. Kill 1 pilot is always more beneficial than destroy 1 plane

[@noobepro_7146]

14:38 actually, you can detach the landing gear and land more safely

[@davidkoloc1313]

Im not convinced that would make much of a difference in a Stuka. The inverted gull wing design would like produce the same result fixed landing gear would, a digging in and a flipping over.

[@kieranrichmond5864]

3:40 taking off with a 20 knot tailwind?

[@TJ3]

Keen eye. Haha

[@bobgreene2892]

A small point about pronunciation-- Luftwaffe-- looft--vahfah Junkers-- yoonkers

[@CalibanRising]

Good job TJ!

[@TJ3]

Thanks!

[@adriannel6267]

Thank you for this projection, I enjoyed every minute. Please keep it up.

[@tonyjones1560]

Your plane’s going down? Pray…while hitting the silk!

[@pedrojuliancereceda8301]

Really well performed and thank you kindly for your subtle wit! Yes, I made my pick! LOL!!!

[@tedbeaver2394]

“No wrong answers” 😂😂 Love it!! 👍

[@paulmazan4909]

Good one! I really enjoy these.

[@bikeny]

Since I am not a pilot, I made the wrong choice by selecting the climb away option. By the way, thank you very much for not messing up your video with background music. It has become a real nuisance with other YT hosts that think background music helps the video. It does not, especially when they play it over their own narration. What are we watching, an informative video or a music video?

[@feedyourmind6713]

One the first takeoff shown in the vid, it was going with the wind, not into it. A heavy plane such as the Stuka need all the help it could get on takeoff. A slow, easy to target it was. Tangmere turkey shoot (see what I did there?). And id'ing the aircraft coming at you, who else could it be, besides Brits?

[@shockingfilters]

of course you shared a beer with them XD

[@DrStrangeLemon]

Damn! Ursula is a fox. I mean, God damn! That picture is going to see a lot of action over the next 5 years.

[@lorenzbroll101]

To survive in a Stuka must have had more to do with luck than skill. They are quite a large machine too hence an easy target for an experienced fighter pilot.

[@CaptMarkSVAlcina]

This will be good

[@joelgalvan8358]

Extremely informative.

[@Reggiestreet]

On the third scenario after the bomb run, I would split up and head for home I wouldn’t worry about gaining altitude till I was over the channel

[@razorback20]

Yes, especially when you consider that, in a Stuka, the 0 to 10.000 ft doesn't require a clock to be measured. But a calendar instead. 😁 However, more seriously, if you don't stay in formation, you're basically dead meat. One MG-15 vs eight Brownings... nuff' said. Plus, teamwork is a thing: it gives your enemy several targets instead of a single one. 😉

[@Reggiestreet]

@@razorback20 mig-15? a Russian jet fighter interceptor . I believe those were from the early 50s and used during the Korean War. They had 2 20mm cannons and a 37 mm cannon. But yeah, when I said split up and head for home, I seriously overlooked the fact that the stickers had a tail gunner. I hope I have a know it all that you would definitely want to stay together as a B-17 formation stay tightly together and not just vertical formation, but horizontal as well like stacked on top of each other and I believe I heard that German guy say it we heard it from the horses mouth pretty cool how he had that and that was a great video Man I wish the Nazis would’ve kept the focus on the airfield. They would’ve overwhelmed the British, but they change the tactics and put about 50% of their Air Force targeting cities instead. The Germans bombing the cities that gave the RAF some breathing room and time to build a few more planes last a few more months whatever was.

[@razorback20]

@@Reggiestreet Sorry, but you missed the point. I said MG, not MiG. The rear defensive machine gun of the Stuka - at least the Ju-87 B version - is a Rheinmetall MG-15 😜

[@Reggiestreet]

I highly agree with what you’re saying about information that is a good identifier for family or enemy plane but also they’re heading could give you a sign as well and altitude. It’s highly unlikely that I will briefed pilot would not know of a friendly operation earlier that day that could possibly returning to base, so I say not only formation, but they’re heading as well should be possible identifiers.

[@davidkoloc1313]

However a four plane unit that had lost a comrade would be returning home in some sort of three plane formation also. Depending on what they’re flying over, I might watch for ground fire near/under them. There’d be no muzzle flashes or tracer rounds anywhere near/under them if they’re British aircraft.

[@ralphtijtgat3233]

Okay the last choice was funny!

[@raymondyee2008]

Take a hint from the 1969 “Battle of Britain” movie especially the JU-87 bombing of the Dover Chain Home radar stations.

[@russtimmons7470]

Nice presentation....I survived

[@spaceted3977]

One of the Top Geman Air Aces was a Stuka Pilot !!!! The Stuka had an Automatic Device to pull out of a Dive !!!! The Stuka was useless as a standard Bomber in the Battle of Britain !!! It was a Blitzkrieg Bomber, and had no Chance against British Fighters !!!! They would shoot you down when you were unconscious as the Stuka pulled out of a Dive !!!! But Stukas were used a lot in Russia by the Luftwaffe !!!

[@maisonraider4593]

Ju 87s had 2 mgs on the wings. It would also make sense to turn and attack the hurricanes in a traditional dogfight and although the Stuka was not a fighter it had the capability to engage enemy aircraft and at least have a chance rather than staying in formation without fighter cover against more than one hurricane that boasted 8 guns. Some allied aircraft were brought down by stukas and the type was also credited with the very first air to air victory of ww2.

[@jamesfisher4326]

It took someone of extraordinary skill and luck to survive using a dive bomber to dog fight with fighter. It makes more sense to stay in formation if you have fellow Stukas to join.The Hurricane has the option to attack or break off with it's superior speed and climb. It also has 8 guns to your 2. If you haven't stayed with your formation, you are also likely to find yourself outnumbered.

[@davidpowell3347]

There may have been a very few of the rear seat machine gunners who were exceptionally sharp shots and pilots who were exceptionally skillful at turning/manuvering at very tight radius inside of the fighters" larger radius.

[@01ZO6TT]

Great video again. I really enjoy these. I got the first option right only because the German fighters were higher so, it had to be British fighters below. I don’t know about the formations. The only one I missed was when the Hurricanes came in. I tried to split them up. Keep these videos coming. Thanks

[@stephenhosking7384]

I also guessed the first one correctly from the height and direction, but the "correct" explanation was very interesting and convincing.

[@marcow705]

Amazing video! Well researched! And the end really got me!😂👍

[@71tbomb]

Wow. I just found this channel & I love it already. The content is great & so are the graphics. Well done.

[@RenerDeCastro]

I survived and got captured. I did get a close call at the staying in formation part.

[@peterlynchchannel]

In August 1939, just before the start of the war, the Luftwaffe carried out a demonstration of dive bombing for top commanders. The onlookers watched as 13 Ju 87s dove straight into the ground killing all 26 crew, when the clouds they were diving through were lower than expected.

[@harvyss136]

I like these, very good info and even a little humor! Well done.

[@johnjuarez8005]

A minute in, it was great. You got a huge like.

[@SNP-1999]

It is a little known fact that the very best pilots in the Luftwaffe were not reserved for the fighter force, but for flying bombers - and the elite of these flew the Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers !

[@brokenbridge6316]

I made mostly the right choices with one exception. So I might've survived. This was a nice video idea. Can't wait to see more just like this one.

[@capitainsheep1137]

i would love to see a modern version of '' can you survive that battle '' in like heli or if you want to stay in WW2 in boats

[@darrellborland119]

Pretty cool video. Thanks,.

[@CFKnapp-gy3be]

We use this program for history enrichment in our school. It is well done, and interesting, and could be improved to an even higher level by excluding pin-up girls. Sure, they were a real part of WWII (and any part of life) but we don't need to copy the objectification. This is the first accounting we've seen that uses them. I hope it is the last. The program is far and away good enough to stand all by itself without resorting to the bait of eye-candy. It holds the attention of children ages 7-12 easily. I take responsibility for not proofing this one. I had come to think it unnecessary. Thank you for all the work you have done to put these pieces of history together in such an interesting way. Much more engaging than dry text.

[@johnasti7429]

Great video presentation. I enjoyed the possible options. Great work...

[@VikingTeddy]

This was fun! Looking forward to more. Bailing out is case spesific, and there wasn't much information to go on. Though it did look way too low for it. But that's just the pedant in me yearning for attention. Good job!

[@thatfeeble-mindedboy]

A dive so steep that the bomb had to lowered on a type of gantry device so that it didn’t GO THROUGH THE PROPELLER…

[@kaboulscabal4816]

A really neat video that is different than anything out there ... thanks and 👍👍👍

[@MG101]

I got 4/5, the one I got wrong was climbing in formation

[@ATOMTAYLOR]

This was informative and enjoyable. Thanks for posting.

[@johnheart6890]

Pretty cool concept! Look forward to more!

[@oceanhome2023]

Considered by almost everyone that it is the best Dive Bomber ever . I favor the Grumman SBD Dauntless, the SBD was the first to have retracting landing gear, not only do the retracting wheels make you faster but it saves your ass when you have ditch in the sea ! You do not want to ditch into the ocean in a Stuka !

[@davidkoloc1313]

SBD... Scout Bomber Douglas SB2C Scout Bomber Curtiss Grumman’s alphabetical nomenclature was an F

[@davidpowell3347]

Ditch your landing gear! (Most JU 87 had the capability to do that I understand)

[@aka99]

i am glad it is a video about german thing again. and i would choose all 3.

[@leestewart72]

Stukas were similar than modern day attack helicopters. They were powerful weapons, but needed air superiority to work safely.

[@carausiuscaesar5672]

Wowza!

[@tomstarcevich1147]

Awesome vid👍

[@3seidel]

Another great and informative video! Thanks again!

[@jimwiskus8862]

This was fun! To me the options while in battle were obvious. You do have to put emotions aside realizing it me or him. One thought I had as far identifying aircraft, I would hope I’d know If my fellow pilots were in the area. You’d think they’d share that info during the briefing. This was really cool. As a thought here, I always wondered how the B17 crews managed to not shot up their fellow crews in the heat of battle since I believe they stayed in formation. Thinking of the top turret, how did he keep from riddling his own tail?

[@zaphodbreeblebrox9542]

[ From Mr. Jim Peters, former B-17 flight engineer serving in 99th BG: ] Yes ,there was a Fire Cut-off Cam on both the upper and lower ball turrets. The upper turret fire cut-off cam prevented the top turret from firing when passing the tail vertical stabilizer and rudder. If traversing from the right to left, the RIGHT gun would cut out, and then the LEFT gun would cut out,,,and then as the Right gun passed the limit of the fire cut-off cam, the RIGHT gun would start firing again...Ditto the left gun as soon as it also cleared the Vertical stabilizer and rudder. The ball turret worked in a similar manner to prevent firing into the aircraft propellors. Again, if you were traversing from LEFT to Right, when the fire cut-off cam was encountered, the ball turret guns would stop firing, passing N1 Propeller and commence again after clearing No 4. This would not work if the gun barrels were overheated due to prolonged firing, as the rounds would "Cookoff" due to the overheated barrel (s). For this reason, we were taught to only fire in bursts of 20 rounds or so. so as to not overheat the barrels. If the rifling in the barrel was worn, due to prolonged firing without a break, the bullet accuracy was affected, with no telling where the bullets were going.

[@paul8158]

I go for Helga, the name is epic!

[@bwwwbb7904]

Great combat challenge video, stated diving speed at 300MPH..?...Was it not more?...IDK.....> Thank you, done very well.

[@davidgrason161]

Ok, I decide with option three..... Ursula. LOL

[@Turloghan]

Nice recreation. But You missed one thing: in all Germans dive bombers an automatic equipment was installed to make sure that plane automatically out from diving to level flight after bombs drops. This automat starts work just after pressing of bombs release button, than trimming settings was changed and plane just after bombs drops starts pull up , with high G force which did pilots unconsious until G-loc ends. So pilot in Stuka did not keep pressed flight stick in this part of attack because of G-loc, and that's why Stukas was very susceptible to enemy fighters attack just after dive, when they leveled flight Path, cause theirs pilots need some time to regain consciousness and control of plane. This matters about this out-diving automat is not added to many flight simulators, and i see is not mentioned in Your movie. BTW : Russians bought a Ju-88 Bomber from Germans just before the war for evaluation. This plane in german doctrine of serial bombardment was able to dive bombing too. They tried to copy this out-dive automatic equipment, but they failed to do so before Operation Barbarossa.

[@slehar]

Excellent analysis, excellent graphics!

[@wolfdestiny2519]

It's cool to see me in the Schwarm oo the leads left wing. Glad I could help with the filming of this video!

[@michaelwarren5646]

Enjoyed this vid. My choice is, Ursla.

[@robertbruce7686]

Only one letter....decisions decisions!

[@mikecrane6096]

The problem with staying in formation is that a bandit can easily make slashing passes, raking every plane in the formation with fire.

[@americanpatriot2422]

Outstanding video and presentations.

[@williamkennedy5492]

Tangmere is an interesting town to visit.

[@RemusKingOfRome]

Great video.

[@dangarcia6760]

Last question, all three😂

[@joshuaburke631]

My great grandfather was in Dunkirk survived the evacuation he died 5 years from now

[@Xtoxinlolinecronomicon]

Not knowing friendly formations I got bamboozled in the first question, hahaha. However I got the others correct.

[@jk28416]

its bad enough diving vertically at max speed as the pilot, but imagine doing it backwards as the gunner!

[@_R-R]

I exposed the bottom of my Stuka to the Hurricanes and got shredded. As for Miss Fiance, ALL 3!

[@white-dragon4424]

Stukas never had any advantage when it came to fighters, especially then cutting edge air superiority fighters like the Hurricane and Spitfire. It's like flying A-10s against F-15s and F-16s. They were sitting ducks.

[@Rabmac1UK]

I went for destroying the Barracks, Pilots being more valuable than Planes. I would be surprised if JU87 were ever sent to bomb individual planes. Runways, Hangers and Buildings YES Of course we all know they should have bombed the Radar towers, but that is History. The JU88 Shown in the 'video' also had 'Dive Brakes' and was as good at level bombing as dive bombing, and was fast, very fast.

[@LVmartins96]

Very cool video format 👍

[@JohnBeeblebrox]

03:38 You didn't take off into the wind. Bit of a no-no (especially with full fuel and bomb load).

[@airplayn]

1st mistake was the downwind takeoff! lol