VERY Difficult Mission To Shoot Down V-1 Flying Bombs Over English Channel | IL-2

[@davidaustin1276]

The Meteor was initially used to counter the V-1 flying bomb threat. 616 Squadron Meteors saw action for the first time on 27 July 1944, when three aircraft were active over Kent. These were the first operational jet combat missions for the Meteor and for the Royal Air Force.

[@pancudowny]

In a vintage Commodore-64 game (Ace Of Aces) the missile intercept mission was flown in a P-38 Lightning.

[@bongojona]

Cap seemed to be unaware of the Meteor when someone else mentioned it early in the video. A gap in his knowledge that needs filling, they were indeed used for V1 interception successfully. Also, I am assuming noone has created a Gloster Meteor model for DSC yet, or at least they do not have it in their version.

[@godalmighty83]

@@markparry63 Cap/GR seems to have a very deliberate area of fuzzy void of knowledge when it comes to British aircraft and weapons. Yes the Meteor was used against V1s, with success, as were Spits and Tempests.

[@exidy-yt]

@@pancudowny THAT'S The name of the game I was thinking about! THANK YOU!!

[@godalmighty83]

@@pancudowny Not sure if that's a regional thing, as my copy put the player in a Mosquito.

[@waynec3563]

The aircraft used to intercept V-1s used higher octane fuel and extra boost to try to match the speed of the V-1s. The Spitfire XIV with the extra boost could almost do 400mph at sea level (someone mentioned only getting 365), and the Tempest a bit above. Some Mosquitoes were fitted with nitrous oxide to get extra speed. NF Mosquitoes could also intercept them at night, whereas the others maybe not so well. The Tempest was the most successful fighter, scoring 638 V-1s. The next best were the Mosquito (623 victories), Spitfire XIV (303), and Mustang (232). The most successful method of shooting V-1s down was anti-aircraft guns with radar control and proximity fuses.

[@pancudowny]

In a vintage Commodore-64 game (Ace Of Aces) the missile intercept mission was flown in a P-38 Lightning.

[@genekoesling]

I think you've incorrectly remembered that game... Ace of Aces put you in control of a Mosquito {en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_of_Aces_(video_game)}

[@Psychobolic77]

I remember as a child visiting the Air Museum at Wright Patterson AFB, being told about these V-1s. I was told it was very dangerous to try to shoot one down, because if you were within a certain distance, the detonation would destroy your plane as well.

[@kittyhawk9707]

Tempests and late model Spits where able to "tip the wing" of the V1 in real life

[@nigeldewallens1115]

This has been interesting for me, as my mum and three other"r ladies that stayed together throughout the war, were in the WRAF and in an office called, Special Intelligence Reporting Office! Called SIRO'S for short! They had to a direct line to his (Churchill's) office and used to report mostly Duncan Sands! However! My mum told me that some times a person used to pick up the phone but not answer! Mum often wondered who that person was! They used to report daily on V1's d then V2's So this was very interesting for me! My mum passed away in 2019 aged 95 R.I.P 😥Thank you for that interesting vlog!

[@craigdavies4682]

These things are quite easy within the single player campaign with the Spit Mk 14 and the 150 octane fuel. The sim gives you a reasonable patrol area. Best tactic I found was a steady high speed climb to around 12,000 feet then pulling lots of lead in a diving turn at max power and blowing them out the sky at about 450 yards. Not tried the wing tipping technique as yet, however the single player campaign adds lots of angry pixel Luftwaffe into the mix. They usually bounce you with attitude advantage. Generally speaking by this time your Griffon is wanting to explode so its time to get home for tea, cake and medals.

[@Chio_OB]

I flew the in game v1 intercept when it 1st appeared in erm 1946 or whatever it was, so tough. Looking forward to watching GR try it. It was a P-51 I think in the older il2 iteration, it wanted you to tip the wing, I didn't manage that without dying but I did shoot it down!

[@saintuk70]

Love how enduring IL-2 remains.

[@grimreapers]

IL-2 will never die.

[@timdillon3344]

How does it look that good?

[@Maverick0451]

Well done!!! This was excellent communication, and great team work. Well fought Grim Reapers!!!

[@exidy-yt]

There was a ww2 flight combat game I played a few times on my Commodore 64 back when I was a kid, I cannot remember the name of it now, but one of the missions was a V-1 intercept like this, and it was every damn bit as hard as this was. I remember never being able to kill them with guns, the only success I had was taking a plane that mounted unguided rockets to blow the damn things up. It was a fun game I should have played more. Wish I could remember it's name, I'd go bust it out on VICE and see if my memories match the reality. EDIT: Pancudowny named it a couple of posts down, it was Ace of Aces. Fun video here, thanks for triggering the memories too!

[@USMCArchAngel03]

In the real war, some pilots took the V1's down by putting their wing under the bombs wing and flipping it over.

[@rmsimpson91]

We did attempt it a few times, but couldn't keep up with them for more than a few seconds to pull it off.

[@pancudowny]

In a vintage Commodore-64 game (Ace Of Aces) the missile intercept mission was flown in a P-38 Lightning.

[@waynec3563]

@@babayaga8605 upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Spitfire_Tipping_V-1_Flying_Bomb.jpg

[@Wileylikethehawk]

@@babayaga8605 Look it up, kid.

[@stephenfowler4115]

British radar had no trouble detecting the V-1 and directing fighters to intercept. But they were so fast they were very difficult to intercept until late in the war when fighters capable of exceeding 400 mph were available

[@mrlodwick]

Thank you Capt and crew. Full English breakfast for tea tonight.

[@grimreapers]

Full English for tea? Wow, literally never done that. Inspired.

[@BaseSerpentMessmer]

V-1 interceptor planes would attempt to match the flying speed of the bomb, fly along side it, then flip the bomb into the sea with their wings

[@BaseSerpentMessmer]

Between the ground gunners and planes, only 1 in 5 v-1s would hit their target

[@QuentinStephens]

My father had a very close encounter with a V1. It flew _under_ the branch of a tree near him.

[@davidkettell5726]

My late father dove into a ditch and left my mother to be standing in the middle of a country road when a V1,s engine cut out above them .

[@davidmccann9811]

My nan was alone in South London at the time (my grandad was in Italy). He told her that if she heard a doodlebug to grab the baby and go and sit under the stairs, which she did. I'm not sure how much use that would have been, but luckily none of them landed that close.

[@philipr.6090]

@@davidkettell5726 Wow! I would not have wanted to be in his shoes when he climbed out of the ditch to face your mother. 😳

[@ziepex7009]

@@davidmccann9811 mine did aswell!

[@laubox]

Nice Video! I tried this in VR, but these rockets were a pain to spot in the first place!

[@grimreapers]

I didn;t spot a single one, I had to rely on following the boys.

[@xenaguy01]

25:27 WOW! Now I see why the B-17s so respected those ME-262's! You look like you're stalled!

[@zsavage1820]

On the ground as long as you could hear the BuzzBomb.. you were safe.. but the sec that motor stopped making noise , that's when the panic started , because that meant it was on it's way down...

[@gosborg]

I believe that early Gloucester Meteors were actually used to intercept V-1s, to good effect.

[@shawnwolf9240]

Nice save from going into the water. I'm hooked to your channel

[@Davros-vi4qg]

Using the Me262 as a Meteor substitute was inspired. Now to change both those jet engines after the half hour of use?!?

[@Alvin_C_York]

Wow! You weren't kidding, those things a small!!

[@timbaskett6299]

Those Tempest are just a beautiful plane!!! Definitely keeping up with the tradition of the Gladiators, Hurricanes, and Spitfires.

[@pierrebach6161]

A free French pilot, Jean Maridor did quiet a good job on intercepting those V1, flying on spitfire he crashed 6 of them, unfortunately the last one damaged his wing and they both crashed, forgotten hero

[@nigeldepledge3790]

Given that we didn't have things like the Dora and the Me-262, does Il-2 allow you to try it in another plane that the RAF didn't have : the American Lightning?

[@300spartan2222]

Polish squadrons used to fly close to them and use the wings (pressure) to destabilise the flight of the v-1

[@scottythedog8829]

Is there no P47? There were fast versions of the P47 based at Lashenden specifically for V1 interceptions. Don't know how successful they were though.

[@simonpallett5287]

I mean, the target is Chatham. Can't we just let them hit?

[@grimreapers]

oof

[@achilles2484]

Hey Cap & co, could you do a modern carrier fleet against, say 5-10 WW2 carrier fleets (similar to the one where modern carrier fleet tried to stop pearl harbour or maybe 4th gen fighters against 5th gen fighters, or a swarm of Me262s? Keep up the good work and great quality!

[@turnerdan53]

Years ago I read that some of the intercepts were done by wing tipping the v1 to send it off course.

[@ashhawk2346]

Absolutely correct my friend.

[@VimyScout]

Love these missions. Great content thanks for sharing Cap 👍

[@NightWatch1337]

RIP residents of Gundulph Road, Chatham

[@peterjones035]

Dear CAP and also friends The Much loved GrimReapers. I had a weird idea of using your beefy tail hook off a F14 or a F18. Just in case your Winchester and you must bring the target down without a kamikaze job. No wing tips or any kind of kinetics only the tail hook.🎉❤that would be great. Thanks 🙏

[@grimreapers]

Will try!

[@jugganaut33]

Cap you have homework. Gloster meteor. Dehaviland Vampire. The meteor and vampire flew in 1943. Same time as the 262z The meteor was in full service by 1944 the vampire in 1945. Britain had jets. Be proud

[@grimreapers]

Yup we'll get them, eventually.

[@davidsike734]

I thought a P-38 would be a good choice chase plane (straight off the nose 20mm).

[@SeedOfElijah]

Ooh forgot the 109 had smaller control surfaces causing issues diving.

[@grimreapers]

Nightmare in a dive.

[@seanquigley3605]

Wonder if you guys could simulate these being used against the red force by the Blue and Yellow force in that thing that's going on to the east of you. Maybe in DCS? Considering the engines can be made in a garage and the avionics could use simple modern drone tech kind of surprised they haven't shown back up as swarms.

[@waynesworldofsci-tech]

One of my ex-wife’s great-uncles took the piss during the war for not enlisting. He couldn’t tell people he was an engineer on the Spitfire.

[@oliabid-price4517]

The Tempest and the Mossie were the prime interceptors of the V1 (excepting the Meteor as it's obviously a jet).

[@captainjonna1034]

you could try reducing your prop pitch to decrease drag on the prop in a dive, not sure how well the auto mode manages it in IL-2 great battles

[@codystout5353]

They would get above them. Then they would go inverted pull down. They would gain air speed pull up on the wing and flip it over. It would cause the V1 to nose dive into the ground. You really didn't want to shoot it. It was so powerful to get close enough to shoot it down could cause damage to your plane.

[@BenGarcia]

you guys should re-do this with some slightly faster aircraft, early jets maybe? these seem impossible unless you get the perfect intercept

[@pancudowny]

In a vintage Commodore-64 game (Ace Of Aces) the missile intercept mission was flown in a P-38 Lightning.

[@ClodiusP]

Wasn't the Tempest good at this?

[@wildbillkelso2083]

Nice work boys!!

[@davidmccann9811]

Real RAF V-1 hunters were the Tempest, Mustang, Spitfire, Meteor and Mosquito.

[@woodrick88]

Would the Whirlwind be any good for this? If not, how about if it had the twin Merlins it was supposed to have?

[@53kenner]

This is where you really need a P-51H

[@lenn55]

How about a vid on how modern SAM systems would do against V-1s and V-2s?

[@grimreapers]

nice...

[@randalljones4370]

Did anyone try the P-38 Lightning? (or no model?) Or maybe an F4U?

[@Taoweiji]

What is the best way to make suggestions for new missions? I looked on the website, but there isn't a contact form or anything else I could see?

[@andrewstorm8240]

Not use Patriot missile system?

[@thelatemickb6927]

friday night joy.

[@fondueset6034]

Average speed of V1s was 340 and you could hear them 10 miles off!

[@fondueset6034]

Meteors accounted for only 13 - most were to tempests and, I think, the B mustang with high octane fuel.

[@grimreapers]

Il-2 versions travel at 400mph. Bloody nightmare.

[@johnyricco1220]

Could do this with something faster like a F-86, just to see if the V-1 was still viable in the 1950s?

[@bearcatracing007]

Doodle bug is also what the ladies call me.. 😂

[@grimreapers]

erm

[@WarbirdsVR]

Is this done on a private multiplayer server or on a coop server? Just curious on how you make this work.

[@tankman7550]

GR has their own IL2 server that runs 24/7

[@chriswoodgate6689]

Can u do a China vs Australia knowing there on our door step here in Australia 🇦🇺

[@ecbst6]

Australians are too nice to have a military. Send the drop bears 😁

[@chriswoodgate6689]

@@ecbst6 and our kangaroos to war to kick people

[@timblack6422]

Hello valued content creator!

[@grimreapers]

Hi Tim

[@Pand0rasAct0r_]

I have a new video idea for you guys. As it just been announced that Ukraine will get sea sparrow missiles armed on their buk systems. Would it be possible for you to test this against missiles/fighter jets? To see whether or not at least in a controlled game environment they can be viable for the task given like defending the air.

[@grimreapers]

ooOOO nice.

[@Pand0rasAct0r_]

@@grimreapers i believe and i could be wrong but that ukraine will then be the second ever country to use these as an anti air missile either stationary like taiwan uses them i believe or in ukraines case semi stationary on a buk installation. only ukraine and taiwan would then use them this way. all the other countries that do use them only use them on their ships. which is logical of course as they were meant to be on ships. still special though.

[@trevoralfred3507]

which version do you use steam or from the dcs website?

[@grimreapers]

Website.

[@trevoralfred3507]

Sweet as open beta version?

[@jonathanbartron3658]

You guys should be in combat spread. Close formation is a waste of resources.

[@brannanjohnson4046]

Good stuff

[@5Andysalive]

V-2 intercept next?

[@grimreapers]

off good luck...

[@ecbst6]

And now people use pulse jets to race sleds on the frozen fjords. WANT.

[@grimreapers]

Good Lord!

[@ecbst6]

@@grimreapers Damn things are LOUD, too.

[@mrlodwick]

Sabres?

[@Mojje42]

no F-86 in IL2

[@genekoesling]

Canada's second highest scoring ace (Russ Bannock) is credited with 19 V-1s (kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5iVc4COYriLpLM). Incidentally, you had to down the buzz bombs over the channel to get full credit for them, downing one over England only counted as a 1/2 kill.

[@topiahead]

Great Video! But! Can I have a situation battle suggestion? Can you try to recreate Zipang Anime Battle of the Mirai going against 40 WWII Aircraft along with a Carrier group? That would be interesting. I'm Aware that you had done a few of similar battles.

[@RedTSquared]

GR in Warbirds? Best GR?

[@grimreapers]

agreed

[@gunzelloharris3348]

Tht Wuz cool! ;)

[@grimreapers]

Hi ello

[@MrBrentles]

Why use german aircraft to shoot them down?

[@fribbledeedee1606]

Valued viewer, best viewer?

[@grimreapers]

agree

[@PeterMaddison2483]

Sorry to have to say this Grimm, but that was the first boring video of your's I've ever seen, possibly due to YT, in that the resolution they show the video's at, I could not see a single V1 until you were on top of it and shot it down. Also, due to the fact that we only saw your perspective an no one elses when they shot the V1's down. Could you do more video's where your team record their footage and you edit it in to the video. I know you do some like that, but not enough. I loved the ending though 🤣🤣🤣

[@7boiz795]

Two people cant be first

[@achilles2484]

Ich bin 294th

[@fredflintstone8569]

sorry to say but this one was achingly dull to watch. Not enough action.

[@JerryLai11B]

2nd

[@iananderson3871]

First

[@iananderson3871]

I concede to Warthy the worthy

[@robcalkelme]

No mosquitoes to intercept ?

[@Mojje42]

Mozzie was flown during the second attempt

[@grimreapers]

It just can't accelerate fast enough like a small fighter.

[@robcalkelme]

@@grimreapers aha - I thought it’s max speed reached 680 km / hour

[@flacodebuenosaires]

Wonderful ! fantastic!! Splendid!!!🧿🧿🦾🦾👁‍🗨👁‍🗨👍🏼👍🏼☝🏼☝🏼✈✈🧉🧉🏆🏆⚽⚽

[@warthy4889]

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