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@keithm86893 жыл бұрын
The Mosquito, Lightning, Spitfire, Mustang, Corsair, and the Rolls Royce aircraft engines were the the age of flying. Unfortunately l was born too late to fly these magnificent aircraft. True there are aircraft today that are impressive but none equal those named.
@keithm86893 жыл бұрын
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@hanspeterx3 жыл бұрын
28:46 why the Mosquitos didn`t have fighter cover at this Route to Amien, Fighters can make this range without drop tanks, for sure.
@Draugh393 жыл бұрын
@@hanspeterx They did. Hawker Typhoons.
@geraldblaine72932 жыл бұрын
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@MrGetreal22 жыл бұрын
My grandmother doris loos atkins, was an engineer on the mosquito aircraft, at 4ft 11in and a size 6, she was small enough to climb inside the wings to make repairs including repairs to fuel tanks hit by shrapnel or bullets, this reduced the repair times to just 2 days, whereas normally the wings wouldve been removed and taken 5 days to repair, although pilots are the admiration of the world war 2, ground crew are merely mentioned and id like my grandmother to be remembered for her efforts, if not special talent to keeping these beautiful aircraft fight worthy
@maggiel.516 Жыл бұрын
awesome!
@michaelhilborn4204 Жыл бұрын
What a wonderful legacy. 🙂
@anthonygreen2100 Жыл бұрын
I entirely agree. Without the ground crew there wouldn't have been an RAF. Thanks to the likes of your Gran we're free. Respect. Thank you.
@jacksimpson-rogers1069 Жыл бұрын
Fabulous! Ernest Montgomery, the man who taught me high school "Advanced Mathematics" and physics, in Downpatrick, NI, had taken time off from teaching, at the beginning of the war, to go to the most dangerous part of England, and work on Radar.
@frasercard7714 Жыл бұрын
Your GrandMother worked at what plant building them ?
@taofledermaus Жыл бұрын
It's amazing how the sound of a Stuka dive bombing is STILL being used to depict ANY airplane in a dive.
@bobsakamanos44696 ай бұрын
true enough, but here's a nugget of history. When Spitfires finally arrived in Italy and were performing ground attack missions, some of those Ju87 sirens were scrounged from wrecks in Africa and attached to some Spits to inflict the same psy ops on the enemy.
@michaelafrancis13612 жыл бұрын
One thing that is often forgotten about the Mosquito is that, because of its wooden construction, it had a very low signature on the Germain radar sets of the day. That, along with its extreme low level penetration capabilities, makes it the world's first stealth bomber.
@TheGeneralWorldofTanksReplays2 жыл бұрын
Indeed, it was not intentional, but a happy side-benefit of using wood. About the only things that gave off a radar return was the propeller, the tail wheel, the radio antenna, the exhausts and the front of the guns if they had guns mounted in the nose. The engine was concealed in a cowling and wheels retracted into the area behind the engines so that only the rubber was showing. It truly was a stealth aircraft, but totally unintentional. In fact, most of the modifications that made it stealthy were actually to try and increase the speed by streamlining the airflow.
@jacqueslefave4296 Жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing, I was disappointed that it wasn't mentioned in an otherwise excellent video.
@rubix4195 Жыл бұрын
I am sure there was a UK documentary and a RAF pilot also added that they could sneak up to the targets because they didn't see them coming (because of the stealth from the wood) and they gunned it fast (as in put the pedal to the metal)
@michaelhilborn4204 Жыл бұрын
@@TheGeneralWorldofTanksReplays That was the same synergy behind the SR-71 Blackbird. It was built for speed and wound up being stealthy as a consequence.
@dangurtler7177 Жыл бұрын
@@jacqueslefave4296 They did mention more than once that the German radar didn't pick them up. The strike on the radio station in Berlin was one example.
@jeffreymartin84483 жыл бұрын
Can you imagine screaming along at tree top level for 1.5 hours? Navigating while trying to avoid the ground. Picking up the target in the last few seconds and smashing it to bits!! My mind races. What supremely brave men. And they did without batting an eye. Greatest Generation ain't no exaggeration,
@Patrick_Cooper3 жыл бұрын
I have trouble just navigating my lawn mower at any level.
@robertmaybeth34342 жыл бұрын
they did it while scared sh%tless and mindful of the mates they'd lost swimming through their minds - it was indeed a world war since everybody in the western world and Asia was involved one way or the other.
@lightningdriver812 жыл бұрын
It sure was. Compared to that bunch, these modern dingbats are less than nothing.
@deplorablecovfefe94892 жыл бұрын
Sounds like amazing fun.
@hanoversofbits76292 жыл бұрын
@@Patrick_Cooper 😂
@Mikeban943 жыл бұрын
This video was just randomly recommended to me by KZbin and my grandfather is in it wow that just made my day! I miss him so much he had so many amazing stories.
@keironlea19222 жыл бұрын
My great uncle was pilot too he give own life flown. His plane into German look out post as they did the raid on prison to give the prisoners chance to escape
@edinacloud59682 жыл бұрын
Oh wow that's amazing!
@SpainHighlander2 жыл бұрын
My neighbour in the UK had been a mosquito pilot during the last misunderstanding with the Germans, et al. He rarely spoke about his time, because in his own words...People would either hero worship or would batter him with questions,..... so he kept quiet about it. He had worked in the film industry and had advised on a number of post WWII films. Just a cracking chap to be around. Everyone's idea of an RAF pilot.
@jonhohensee3258 Жыл бұрын
That never happened.
@bobsakamanos44696 ай бұрын
Most vets only talked about the war among themselves, or with lads in uniform. I was always placed beside them at Mess dinners and enjoyed their stories.
@dtaylor10chuckufarle3 жыл бұрын
They were the Greatest Generation - God bless them all.
@johnchristmas75222 жыл бұрын
What a difference from all the Snowflakes and Wokes now!
@dtaylor10chuckufarle2 жыл бұрын
@@johnchristmas7522 John, I couldn't agree more. We stand on the shoulders of giants.
@thethirdman2253 ай бұрын
@@johnchristmas7522 *_"What a difference from all the Snowflakes and Wokes now!"_* You mean the snowflakes and wokes who fought and died in Afghanistan and Iraq? Or are they all losers to you?
@Stevos-oo2vd2 жыл бұрын
Whilst working in nursing, I had the extreme honor to meet an RAF navigator who flew in the Mossie, he only managed 95 flights over Berlin. He was a Pathfinder tho..what a man !
@AquilaCrotalusEsox2 жыл бұрын
"only"
@oldfatbastad60532 жыл бұрын
@@AquilaCrotalusEsox yeah i know, "only" 😆
@tomc4139 Жыл бұрын
My grandad was a RCAF navigator in mossies then Lancaster...he actually was part of the the planning on operation Jericho, not part of the air crews. He came back to Alberta had 3 children 7 grandchildren 8 great grandchildren so far. Harry Elhorn we remember you
@joelspringman523 Жыл бұрын
95!!! 😳 Oh, my goodness!
@garrington1203 жыл бұрын
My father was an RAF armourer between 1942 an 45 based at RAF Lasham with 613 Squadron and later after D Day , Cambrai /Epinoy . He always spoke very fondly and highly of the Mossie.
@shipless332 жыл бұрын
My Grandfather was a head airplane mechanic in the Canadian RAF, and in WW1 had 2 ships blown from under him (perhaps that's why on the second time around he chose a different branch). My Mother, sent from Canada served in the RAF, went through the blitz on London. 20 year olds of a great generation. Such a strange world. Today we have 20 year old guys competing against girls in sports. We have a generation that think men can have babies, women who prance nearly naked on stage to sell their music, American leaders allowing their cities to be burned down, and ....
@jackdundon22612 жыл бұрын
.... and almost like the world is falling apart... much like 1940. Humm
@shipless332 жыл бұрын
@@jackdundon2261 Except this time it is falling apart from within. Big difference.
@harrymills27702 жыл бұрын
@@shipless33 We're dying of too much government. WW II was instrumental in creating many of the control systems that now strangle us.
@shipless332 жыл бұрын
@@harrymills2770 Agreed.
@davewalker99262 жыл бұрын
I flew a WW2 Mosquito in the 70s in the Canadian Arctic. It was fitted with a camera and I flew ice patrol between Baffin Island and Greenland, photographing icebergs headed into the North Atlantic. I was under strict orders to never use full throttle, except as needed for takeoff; the owner was worried about getting parts for the Merlin engines. The gig only lasted 3 months, but I loved every minute. Beautiful in the air, but my hands and feet were always busy on the ground, trying to keep it from ground looping.
@jonhohensee3258 Жыл бұрын
Sure you did. I was the eighth man on the moon.
@dalj4362 Жыл бұрын
@jonhohensee3258 Yeah, they used a few in Canada for mapping as well.
@bobsakamanos44696 ай бұрын
was it a late Mk. with rt and left handed engines?
@gregsutton62583 жыл бұрын
The allies developed? De Havalland fought everone including the RAF to build it
@forsakenghost70543 жыл бұрын
While the original deHavalland was not made by the allies and actually rejected was then modified-by the allies so yes the allies did develop it just not the original
@forsakenghost70543 жыл бұрын
@Hoa Tattis the plane went threw several variations before the settled on the 4 gun 4 cannon with bombs series of planes
@kevingoodwin51773 жыл бұрын
@Hoa Tattis The narrator is from Canada and Commonwealth pilots from around the world flew the plane... Canada made about 1200 Mosquitoes and the raw materials came from Canada ... hence he uses the term "allies".
@forsakenghost70543 жыл бұрын
@Hoa Tattis in accordance to what the RAF wanted lol i never meant the allies did the actual design
@nobodyknows31803 жыл бұрын
Well, it sure AF wasn't developed by the Italians. You know, whenever a company worked for one side or another, usually it is acceptable to apply the catch-all phrase. Sort of like saying the Axis developed the first operational jet fighter in history.
@Mackeson33 жыл бұрын
"It makes me furious when I see the Mosquito. I turn green and yellow with envy. The British, who can afford aluminum better than we can, knock together a beautiful wooden aircraft that every piano factory over there is building, and they give it a speed which they have now increased yet again. What do you make of that? There is nothing the British do not have. They have the geniuses and we have the nincompoops. After the war is over I’m going to buy a British radio set - then at least I’ll own something that has always worked." Hermann Goering
@richardbrislen94463 жыл бұрын
I don't agree Herman, you Germans had the best weapons the 88 artillery gun could take out bombers, infantry, tanks, we had nothing like that, we had the 25 pounder gun unless, they had the mp40 machine pistol known as the shizer
@richardbrislen94463 жыл бұрын
The german army had the best weapons, the 88 artillery gun could kill our heavy bombers, tanks, infantry, the mp40 machine pistol the shmizer, heavy machine guns,mouser rifles, we had the 25 pounder field gun hopeless, bren gun not bad but apt to stop as the barrels got hot, the sten gun bloody useless as it jammed a lot, the anti tank gun the phiat we might have thrown tennis balls at the tank it would bounce off it,out air force was number one and our navy was too it was the navy that we depended on as the German navy ships were in harbour a lot as we were bigger and better and when they came out we were waiting and sink them there u boats were the threat but we sunk a lot of them too plus the German only had light bombers ours were heavy, carrying twice the load they had.
@stefanlaskowski66602 жыл бұрын
One of the very few times in World War Two that Goering was right. About the Mosquito, I mean. He wasn't buying anything after the war ended.
@lyndoncmp57512 жыл бұрын
Richard Brislan, The Germans had SOME of the best weapons. The British made better planes. Spitfire, Mosquito, Lancaster, Typhoon/Tempest. Even the Gloster Meteor was better than the Me-262.
@MothaLuva2 жыл бұрын
@@lyndoncmp5751 They made better planes…? Tell me please, how many flight hours do you have in each one of those and compared to that, how many in the German counterparts? Roughly.
@thevelointhevale11323 жыл бұрын
My Great Uncle was a Beaufighter & Mosquito Pilot ( Rank Sgt P/O A ) - flying for RAAF No 456 Mosquito Squadron on Night Fighters/Intruders out of RAF 10 and 11 Group in late 1943-44 - then RAF No 46 Squadron and RAF 108 Sqd in the North African campaign he was one of 4 Australians in a Unit. No 46 & 108 Sqd flew Night Fighter patrols over Egypt, Libya, Malta, Greece and the Aegean generally. His personal file shows the destruction of Ships, Trains, motor vehicles and a Heinkel HE. 111 among other victims. Through 1943-44, flying out of an airfield in Athens - after the HE. 111 was intercepted and destroyed - records state his Beau harassed a German retreat by strafing Railway and Motor Transport following this up with nightly 'Intruder Missions' over the wider Aegean ( Salonika, Crete, Rhodes, Melos, Leros and Cos ) - Night Fighter Pilots were cut from a particular cloth - Gods bless them all!
@littlefluffybushbaby72563 жыл бұрын
Wow, Beaufighter & Mosquito Pilot! That's like... Q. Would you like a Ferrari or Maserati? A. Yes I can only imagine how proud you are.
@littlefluffybushbaby72562 жыл бұрын
@Noel Coward What makes you think it's untrue? What he's written is in line with the wiki entry for 456 Squadron. I'm not sure what anyone would gain by making it up. That doesn't mean it's true, but doesn't mean it's untrue either.
@littlefluffybushbaby72562 жыл бұрын
@Noel Coward Are you seriously thinking "In The Vale" is someone's last name? Or are you joking? Hopefully the latter.
@murph84112 жыл бұрын
I thought Greece was overrun and occupied by the Germans in 41 and wasn’t liberated until nearer the end of 44? Wouldn’t this make it problematic for any allied squadron based in Athens in 43/44?
@Chrisjude1002 жыл бұрын
My uncle, too! He may have met your great-uncle! He navigated flying to strafe ammunition and supply trains in Belgium especially. High speed zig-zag at tree-top height with map and stopwatch to get to the right place at exactly he right time to find the target train. He was told that the intelligence was coming from local partisans working in the lines and informing the Allies of train movements. In reality, looking back, it may have been the deciphering of Enigma that did the trick, but they could not be told that, naturally! The Belgians decorated him after the war because he flew three whole tours.
@josephamego15282 жыл бұрын
Aircrews of any plane had stories that some would talk about, this helped to release the tensions that built up, other couldn't or wouldn't talk, some of their nightmares continued for years. some died with their nightmares never leaving them. A lot of the forces guys went into battle knowing that they wouldn't be going home, we should remember them at remembrance Sunday, they should never be forgotten.
@michaelhilborn4204 Жыл бұрын
We will remember them.
@ak22gml85 Жыл бұрын
I'm in awe of how young these pilots and navigators were as noted on their gravestones. Some a mere 21. How short must their training have been, yet to fly as amazingly as they did, into new and foreign territory, and under such fraught circumstances. I'll stand corrected but thought the narrator mentioned at one point the loss of 5000 of these planes. What an awful turnover of these young men barely into adulthood
@michaelhilborn4204 Жыл бұрын
@@ak22gml85 They were all so young. Some were kids. That's what history tends to forget and the war movies misrepresent. My dad was a paratrooper in WWII. The average age in his battalion (including officers) was 22 years, four months.
@drh6808 Жыл бұрын
Unless I'm mistaken, the Mosquito was not developed by the Allies it was developed entirely by the British and De Havilland in particular. I'm proud to say My Aunt delivered these planes from the factory to the airfields. She died 30 years ago, I learned of her war work only 5 years ago. A marvellous lady, she married a fighter pilot.
@bobsakamanos44696 ай бұрын
She'd have delivered them to Maintenance Units for installation of IFF radios, gun sites, guns etc. It wasn't an easy twin to take-off or land with both props rotating in the same direction. Kudos to her !
@boogeh36303 жыл бұрын
A little known fact: The heaviest piece of equipment on the Mosquito were the Pilots Balls.
@leaturk113 жыл бұрын
good one
@umpman043 жыл бұрын
@@leaturk11 Fact, Jack ! !
@littlefluffybushbaby72563 жыл бұрын
To make a balanced turn in flight you "tread on the ball".
@morenofranco92352 жыл бұрын
LOL!!!!
@andrewbranch49182 жыл бұрын
Don't forget the navigator, He had a pair as well ✌️
@michaelburke59072 жыл бұрын
Beautiful aircraft. Brilliant design and engineering. Developed solely by de Havilland, without govt funding or input.
@jacksporran74683 жыл бұрын
Two Spitfires flying in (very) close formation :) - a remarkable aircraft.
@sureshot83993 жыл бұрын
Was lucky enough to see one of these flying here in Canada about 6 or 7 years ago. Saw them as a kid occasionally at air shows in the UK, so brought back some fond memories. A lovely plane flown by some of the bravest people in history.
@berndbrakemeier14182 жыл бұрын
All those other pilots were not that brave? What was wrong with that plane?
@richardpluim44262 жыл бұрын
My Uncle Chuck was in Bomber Command, 415 squadron. A Canadian of Metis background. If you Google Charles Labercane, you can see an article of him and his crew. Chuck is the one in the middle. Just kids really.
@titaniusanglesmith96902 жыл бұрын
@@berndbrakemeier1418 What are you even asking? Claiming one group of pilots is brave doesnt mean theyre calling other pilots not brave. You must vote conservative.
@gayludington197 Жыл бұрын
@@titaniusanglesmith9690 "You must vote conservative" 😆Marvelous!
@nickviner1225 Жыл бұрын
@@titaniusanglesmith9690 No, just nitpicking grump.
@catchaser523 жыл бұрын
Thank God these stories are recorded.
@hassegreiner96752 жыл бұрын
The unintentional bombing of the school in Copenhagen still haunts the nation but then again, Danes got through the war without suffering the major destruction other nations did and we're still very much aware of how much we owe the brave young men of the allied forces. A young woman taking her lunch in a roof top sewing shop was hit by a ricochetting bullet probably fired by one of the escorting P51s and she, who years later gave birth to me, bore the shrapnell deeply buried inside her buttocks for the rest of her life. My older brother was born 9 months after the incident and my late dad claimed that the pregnancy was a direct result of him inspecting the healing status of the wound.
@halnutt17902 жыл бұрын
That’s wonderful. Thanks for sharing the story of your fathers sexual intrigue and virility. Hope you tell all you meet. Some things are better kept to oneself.
@axelkusanagi41392 жыл бұрын
That's the greatest thing I've ever heard!
@hassegreiner96752 жыл бұрын
@@halnutt1790 So what do you mean ?
@djtoona2 жыл бұрын
Terrific risque' anecdote. Just goes to show that even in one of the worst of times, good things kept coming.
@sre331l2 жыл бұрын
@@djtoona terrible pun!
@raypurchase8013 жыл бұрын
The Mosquito was a phenomenally effective night interdictor.
@MrDaiseymay3 жыл бұрын
--as well as
@raypurchase8012 жыл бұрын
@@MrDaiseymay - everything else as well.
@richardbrislen94462 жыл бұрын
Ray don't you mean a nightmare eradicater one deadly piece of timber called R.R MERLIN.
@MrDaiseymay2 жыл бұрын
@@raypurchase801 better
@jeffpollard73043 жыл бұрын
I think one of the best attributes of this wonderful A/C, flight crews came home a lot more, than most other A/C!
@jaywalker30873 жыл бұрын
Our country will never see the likes of these people again. Bless them all.
@wokeybrokey80062 жыл бұрын
My parents lived beside an ex mossy pilot and became friends. He used to transport love letters between Elizabeth and Philip in Greece and in other days doing bombing runs ….all at ridiculous low levels. Seriously fast planes and seriously brave pilots. God bless them.
@emmascully98503 жыл бұрын
Such bravery, a privilege to have watched this and their story. Bravo Zulu.
@Skipjack78142 жыл бұрын
Ive been a barber since 1988. Back then our shop had lots of WW II Veterans, most of them were 63, 65 years old. Since i was always reading WW II History, the Vets would tell me what they'd done, and where, etc, during the war. Fast forward to 2020, and after all these years of fighter pilots, bomber guys, i finally made the acquaintance of a hundred year old New Zealander who joined the R.A.F. in '39 and flew those 'Mosquitoes!' I asked him if he thought hed could still fly one, and he said "sure! I dont know if i could land it, but i could certainly fly it!"
@chasleask85332 жыл бұрын
The narration by Norm Christie is so precise , and clear , it makes this familiar story come alive all over again.
@reiddennison2 жыл бұрын
RH Thompson, actually.
@peebeedee675711 ай бұрын
@@reiddennison Rob Thompson is a good actor but this is definitely Norm Christie. He did the original for Breakthrough Entertainment, now syndicated out to War Stories and other YT channels.
@allandavis82013 жыл бұрын
The very first Mosquito operational sortie was Photo Reconnaissance not an offensive mission as stated in the narration. One fact that is perhaps little known about the Mosquito is that it was the first pressurised cabin bomber in the world and was capable of bombing from an altitude of 6 miles high. One of the biggest reasons WWII RAF airfields disappeared soon after VE Day was because they wanted to turn them back over to farming in an effort to increase food production so sorely needed until imports of food items, especially fruit, coffee, and I suspect alcohol. I don’t disagree that the Amiens raid was “the most amazing raid of the Second World War” but I would have to say it was equally the most amazing alongside the “Dambusters” raid on the Ruhr valley dams by the RAF Lancaster’s of 617 Sqn crewed by a multinational force, the only thing that the Dambusters had as an advantage was the time to practice and perfect the bombing techniques, but the biggest drawback was that it had to be done at night, two very different raids carried out by very different crews in very very different aircraft, but all of them very very brave men, who by their actions and sacrifices made them my heroes. Personally I don’t think the V1 attacks were that successful, as with the blitz on London by the Luftwaffe the Londoners just got on with it, although it could have been a lot worse if it wasn’t for the RAF, Anti-aircraft batteries, and “Garbo”, but that’s another story. Why oh why did the makers of this excellent documentary have to spoil it by adding that stupid sound of a “missile” to the V1 footage, the V1, once it’s pulse get cut out was totally silent, that’s one of the signs you had to hit the deck as the V1 was on it’s way to earth, and as with the V2 there was no defence at that point, the V2.
@Kalamabbfan2 жыл бұрын
Just a Yank's input. Doolittle's raid on Tokyo was as amazing or maybe more amazing considering the entire raid. Bombers off of a WWII aircraft carrier? Knowing that you probably wouldn't have fuel to get anywhere safe? Letting the Japanese know that there Island was directly attackable by bombers? A pretty amazing air raid, in my opinion.
@popeyedoyle36492 жыл бұрын
@@Kalamabbfan tru dat! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@reefer29172 жыл бұрын
@@Kalamabbfan Except none of them made it Back!
@suprajew602 жыл бұрын
@@Kalamabbfan don't need yanks input, always trying to take the centre stage, don't really think it's all that good
@MrDaiseymay Жыл бұрын
@@reefer2917 And those that headed for China afterwards, ended in Japanese held territory, and were murdered.
@charliemansonUK Жыл бұрын
7:33 I've seen how they navigated so well in person. Large dioramas of the landscapes 20 feet sometimes more across. Every tree, road, villages with each house, churches railway lines where built to scale...all taken from Arial recon photos. They used the shadows of tall buildings on sunny days and the exact time the photo was taken to work out the height as well as 1930's european road trip guides for steeple heights etc They would study them intently and make their own flight paths. Now here's the genius part. Once they chose the flight path they then had a camera mounted above on cables and could move it left/right and forwards/backwards by the use of hand cranks. They could fly their routes without leaving the ground. The lighting could simulate sun height and moon conditions so they could see easily identifiable objects etc. They then studied these films and changed if necessary. This was from the 1990's when as a young Airman in the RAF I was fortunate to get regular access to the RAF Museums storage site, when it was at Cardington where the old Airship hangers still are. The curators where amazing even taking time to set one up to show me how it worked as a suprise on a visit and showed me some of the origional films, but they where from a proposed attack on a Norwegian factory. Peace Charlie 🇬🇧
@MilesCobbett2 жыл бұрын
My father Bryan Cobbett was a Spitfire and Mosquito mechanic in the RAF during WWII. He used to tell me stories about the Mosquito
@briandean2734 Жыл бұрын
My father, Fying Officer A W Dean, but always known in the RAF as "Dixie", was a navigator in Mosquitos during the war. He flew on the Amiens raid (Operation Jericho) mentioned here. He and his pilot "Monnie" Monaghan both survived the war, and received medals for "distinguished flying" (DFM and DFC) - something of an understatement, I would think.
@TroyChard Жыл бұрын
Checkout "Terror in the Starboard Seat" for a first hand account of what it was like to be an "Alligator" back then. (Navigator)
@dub25363 жыл бұрын
The Mosquito was an impressive aircraft indeed!
@simonmcgough73363 жыл бұрын
I love the mosque air plane mosquito I really loved them,
@duncang552 жыл бұрын
That was the first aircraft my father worked on in India durning the war. We have his original notebook detailing some of his work. Just before the V1 started falling on London, my mother was working for the Admiralty and sufferd from claustorphobia after spending so much time in the underground during raids.
@cliveanstey27233 жыл бұрын
Fantastic documentary... complete, entertaining and very educating.. Respect for all the pilots who risked their most valuable.
@jasmadahar90892 жыл бұрын
Years ago when I was at school, my Technical Drawing teacher, Mr Kimber, was a Spitfire pilot in 1944. As part of his training, his squadron was tasked with practice interceptions with a PRU Mossie squadron. They had to in effect intercept them, in preparation for ‘future’ German fast aircraft. He told me that these Blue Mosquitoes would easily outrun them, even with emergency boost applied. These were fast aircraft and were beautiful.
@manasbose88173 жыл бұрын
Great documentary about an amazing plane and the brave men who flew it. Wonderful stuff thanks
@georgevantuyl58372 жыл бұрын
The Mosquito was the finest wood and cloth aircraft ever to be manufactured by human beings. Nothing has come close to this aircraft.
@XCX2372 жыл бұрын
The Avro arrow would have. The mosquito was an awesome plane.saved many many lives. God bless all the brave men who flew them.
@defender1006 Жыл бұрын
Yes, and undoubtedly Britains fastest and most deadly piece of furniture!
@peebeedee675711 ай бұрын
@@XCX237 Don't think the Avro Arrow would have been constructed from wood and cloth ! Pity it wasn't built though, same as the TSR2 for us Brits.
@lightningdriver812 жыл бұрын
Great documentary. Those RAF pilots were incredible. Thanks.
@MaskofAgamemnon3 жыл бұрын
Yaaaaay! My favourite plane of the war by far! 😁😀😃😀
@rigolonzinbrin3 жыл бұрын
Yes, But the P-38 Lightning was also a terribly efficient aircraft. P-47 Thunderbolt and P-51Mustang to. Terrors of nazi's fighters.
@MaskofAgamemnon3 жыл бұрын
@@rigolonzinbrin I didn't say best, only favourite.
@MrDaiseymay3 жыл бұрын
@@rigolonzinbrin Yes, but the list doesn't stop there. Britain had many other's, but a few failures too, as did the Axis power's and other Allies.
@thethirdman2253 ай бұрын
@@rigolonzinbrin The P-38 and P-47 aren’t even in the same post code as the Mosquito. Other than the P-51, perhaps the only other American aircraft that belongs there is the F6F Hellcat.
@d.e.b.b57882 жыл бұрын
I love how every documentary about old planes say the one they're covering, was the best, fastest, pilot's preference.
@marymorris68972 жыл бұрын
True! The Mosquito was the best of its time, though.
@zendonbuilds9482 жыл бұрын
The Mosquito was the first true stealth aircraft in the modern sense of the word. Its wooden frame and skin made it very difficult to detect with the pre-1944 longwave German radar units.
@nickdanger38022 жыл бұрын
Source?
@PDZ11222 жыл бұрын
@@nickdanger3802 "saw it on the internet!"
@nickdanger38022 жыл бұрын
@@PDZ1122 That is the only place anyone is going to see it. The weight of two Merlin's, two props, three wheels and control cables is close to the weight of an early Spit. Add 4 Hispano cannon and 4 Browning MG's and ammo for fighter bombers or up to 3,000 pounds of bombs, with about half the weight being steel, for unmodified bombers. Mossy night fighters and Pathfinders had radar and stuck out like a sore willie on German radar.
@user-pt1ow8hx5l2 жыл бұрын
@@nickdanger3802 They tended to fly 'under the radar',......
@nickdanger38022 жыл бұрын
If they were stealth why did they fly 'under the radar',...... ?
@keithlillis79623 жыл бұрын
This documentary keeps talking about 'the allies' - there were no 'allies, America had not yet joined the fight and Great Britain was alone, with the great help of Canadian and other Empire volunteers . Also the Mozzie was a British invention and the reason that it was built from wood, was that the UK Government could not spare aviation metals for give to De Havilland for prototypes and testing. The Mozzie was very light and powered by 2 Rolls Royce Merlin engines. Uncatchable at the time.
@kevingoodwin51773 жыл бұрын
Are not the Australians, New Zealanders and Canadians allies ? The narrator is from Canada ... he is not American... hence he used the term allies.
@MrDaiseymay3 жыл бұрын
It's a courtesy thing, not strictly accurate, but '''We were all in it together'', As in, ''The allied armies pushed the German's back, after D'Day etc.
@jukes8883 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure that comment would offend all of the countries that responded to England. As if they weren't allies .
@golden.lights.twinkle23293 жыл бұрын
British but made from Candian wood.
@TheSound0fLegends3 жыл бұрын
@@jukes888 Offence is taken, not given.
@MilleusPetrozza3 жыл бұрын
Four machine guns, four cannons, four bombs and four huge balls, flying 50 feet in the air at 200 miles per hour. Damn!
@bobelliott2748 Жыл бұрын
Since we are all talking about our parents and grandparents here, my mother was born and raised in London and was drafted into the war effort in 1940 or 41. She worked in a shop that made disposable fuel tanks for recon Mosquitoes....out of paper mache!
@brianjones76603 жыл бұрын
The difficult we can do immediately ...the impossible may take some planning.....👍
@gayludington197 Жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣!!
@MilesCobbett2 жыл бұрын
My dad was a Spitfire and Mosquito mechanic in the RAF and he told me that by the end of the war RR had increased the engine HP to 2385
@brendancasey8662 жыл бұрын
If you read the book 'Pure Luck' the life story of Tommy Sopwith, his approach to designing aircraft was drawing them out, full size in chalk on the workshop floor, obviously well before the days of computers etc his qualification for going ahead with the build was simple, if it looks right, it will fly. The Mossie like the Spitfire, simply looks right,,
@garypollock26113 жыл бұрын
My dad was a mechnic with the a night fighter's unit during the war. He just love the mossie. He also worked on the beaufighter
@aaronseet27383 жыл бұрын
Luftwaffer: Schnellbomber. Mosquito: Let me show you how.
@ditto19582 жыл бұрын
The Mosquito goes in for a strafing run at an airfield at about 6:58, but when it opens fire it turns into a P-38.
@wmden1 Жыл бұрын
One more comment. I have watched this through 4 or 5 times. It is very inspiring and sad, in places, at the same time. I tear up every time. The loss of lives of pilots, civilians, the resistance fighters, the children and adults in the school, all weigh heavy, if we think about it. The V1s and V2s were kind of sickening, since being used mainly against semi random civilian targets and population centers. I also tear up because of the bravery, sacrifices and skills of the Mosquito pilots, in particular to this video, as I do with most every similar documentary about WWII and the soldiers and civilians who fought it to keep us free. I have no problem with them being called, "The greatest generation". I thank God for them, and I thank them.
@peterpaszczak40133 жыл бұрын
THE PLYWOOD IN THE MOSSIE WAS STUCK TOGETHER WITH GLUE SUGGESTED BY DAVID GOMME WHO WENT ON TO BE A DESIGNER AT "G-PLAN" FURNITURE
@dcanmore2 жыл бұрын
'RAF of 1940 is no match for the mighty Luftwaffe' - proceeds to show B25s in D-Day stripes.
@richardcolton41253 жыл бұрын
flying low through exploding debris in a wooden plane ... incredible
@rikijett3102 жыл бұрын
Awesome movie!!!! Excellent video!!!! Outstanding!!!! Endless thanks to the veterans and may God bless them always!!!! ✝️🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷🇨🇦✝️
@alankenney3 жыл бұрын
Some of the weirdest Merlin sounds I have ever heard. They've used any plane engine sounds they could find to overdub what was silent film.
@littlefluffybushbaby72563 жыл бұрын
I think nearly all the footage of air combat was silent although there is an audio recording of a bombing mission. As for the overdubbing this may give you a clue as to it's authenticity... "Content owned and licensed from Breakthrough Entertainment" That's Entertainment. It's historically-based entertainment as are all documentaries to some extent. No, a large extent. Sometimes I think we forget about the limitations of any documentary. Through editing, added sound, music, and naration they are only a stone's throw (and smaller budget) away from movies.
@brucebretschneider6962 жыл бұрын
Also notice the caption doesn't always match the voice, eg, the voice says "bomber stream" and the caption doesn't say that at all. Otherwise, great film for things that took place when I was very young.
@camrenwick Жыл бұрын
An amazing aircraft that certainly helped to win the war. RIP to all who sacrificed their lives.
@kevinbartram53022 жыл бұрын
I can recommend a trip to the De-havilland museum. I went a few years ago and thought a few hours would see around the small museum. it was so fascinating I was there all day and wanted to go back the next day.
@superEntity874 Жыл бұрын
What I like most about this documentary, is the host. I feel like when he looks at the camera, when he talks, he's talking to an invididual, and telling them a tale. It's a deep level of attention. Feels like he's telling me face to face. which really brings home the story. It's personal and intimate. Thanks for sharing this.
@peebeedee6757 Жыл бұрын
He's Canadian Norm Christie, well known there for history documentaries. The film was original made for Canadian TV.
@edgaraquino23242 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video! I saw the movie "633 Squadron" and it was love at first sight...my favorite configuration is the "fighter - bomber"...I enjoyed seeing the testimony of the veterans and the discussions of their missions...brave men all...God bless them...
@jeremypearson68522 жыл бұрын
The Spitfire usually gets most of the glory in WWII, but the Mosquito may have done more to win the war. You can see how emotional those pilots get when they recount some of the tragedies.
@waynevanstanley37952 жыл бұрын
I agree with you in principle, but because of the Spitfire's place in the Battle of Britain, the Mosquito will have to accept second billing in English WWII Air Lore
@glennfryer1539 Жыл бұрын
Not forgetting the amazing "HURRICANE"
@SongJLikes Жыл бұрын
Absolutely incredible that there is a radio show of the bombing… absolutely incredible that there was a break in the clouds at that exact point… absolutely incredible that the timing was right when Goerring was being presented.
@richardpluim44262 жыл бұрын
I like this guy's history show. he presents history well.
@dld4045 Жыл бұрын
Those daring young men in there Mosquito Flying Machines and those that made it possible! Thank you.
@thomasstaal62 жыл бұрын
Stealth is obviously not that new! Thanks to the greatest and most beautiful airplane ever - and to the fearless men that flew them!
@wilburfinnigan2142 Жыл бұрын
it was a happy accident that stealth came about,as wood does not reflect radar !!!
@thethirdman2253 ай бұрын
Please stop repeating this. It simply isn't true. First of all, there are no records to support this. Second, the radar used in WWII was pretty low frequency,; 50-500 MHz. Modern radar is X-band is 7-11 GHz. The characteristics are totally different. Thirdly, there was plenty of metal in the Mosquito, from the engines to the undercarriage to the armament to the thousands of fasteners that were used. Finally, if it had been a stealthy aircraft, it would have obviated the need to fly at such low altitudes, with all the attendant risk. The tests that were down on the Horten flying wing about 20 years ago didn't actually prove anything and were done incorrectly. The conclusions they came to were wrong for WWII. But the assumption hat just because something is non-metallic it must be non-reflective is incorrect. I have been using microwave links in the Ku Band for years and I assure you that many, many things are reflective. It could come down to the paint used or even the glue that held the plywood together. Please stop spreading this reverse-engineered hoax. You may not be responsible for it but it's simply wrong.
@raymond87842 жыл бұрын
Always rapt attention around living history veterans. So appreciative of their service.
@ralphculham46692 жыл бұрын
What a terrific story on the Mosquito and the airmen who put their lives on the line every mission. Then there is the story behind the story of the men and women involved in building the aircraft in Ontario then getting them over to the UK.
@markmitchell4502 жыл бұрын
Yet many of those Canadian buiit plane's failed due to problems with the glue
@wor53lg50 Жыл бұрын
@@markmitchell450cant really blame our faithfull stoic canadian brothers and sisters for that, ive heard it had a lot due with the climate and atmospheric conditions there? being obviously much colder than uk, causing the glue and resin solution to be mixed different to make it soluble and workable...
@tomcox2565 Жыл бұрын
Awesome episode! My Dad told me about a mosquito that use to fly overhead during the WW2 early 40’s in Etobicoke ( west Toronto ) I guess they trained in the area. He said it was the most amazing aircraft.
@tnwhiskey682 жыл бұрын
Feeling safe in your combat vehicle makes you take risks you wouldn't if you did not feel safe! I'm glad they did feel safe in these!
@waitemc2 жыл бұрын
That first story . What a shock that must have been . Great timing
@MrTartar20043 жыл бұрын
wow.... this reminds me of the 633 squadron series of books i read in the late 80s-early 90s....
@joelspringman5237 ай бұрын
Heroes, all! Incredible men!
@SimonAmazingClarke3 жыл бұрын
Not bad for an aircraft that no-one wanted. Hindsight being 20 20, they should have built 10 times more mossies and less lancasters.
@johncahill23093 жыл бұрын
if they had put merlins in the westland wirlwind ...they would have had a similar plane earlier
@jeffpollard73043 жыл бұрын
Wish I could agree, the Mossie was a fantastic A/C, unfortunately, a large bomb load was required. We would have needed about 100,000+ to do the same damage, also not enough trees in Canada! A Mosquito wouldn't get o the ground if it was 'strapped' to a Tall Boy!!
@johncahill23093 жыл бұрын
@@jeffpollard7304 horses for courses i guess...
@raypurchase8013 жыл бұрын
@@jeffpollard7304 I read a book which explained this in detail. Compared with the four-engined heavies, the Mosquito cost a third as much to build and suffered only a third the rate of loss. It would indeed have made sense to build fewer heavies and more Mossies, but hindsight gives us 20/20 vision. Fewer Lancs? No, fewer Stirlings and Halibags.
@MrDaiseymay3 жыл бұрын
But not in every mission, When the target is spread over a great area, carpet bombing is the only answer. It would take an awful lot of Mosquito's to achieve that, and besides, demands were so great for the Mosquito, by all groups and Squadrons, there could never be sufficient production , to satisfy them all. Hence it's specialiseation.
@je78873 жыл бұрын
Excellent documentary.
@davidhewson1234 Жыл бұрын
Two Merlin V12s and a load of wood. 4600hp and 3 wheels. Give me a halo ; will fly ! Thanks my friend, Dave
@necessaryevil34283 жыл бұрын
Bravest of the brave.... thankyou all ❤ 🇬🇧
@robertmiller2173 Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much from New Zealand!
@danieljstark1625 Жыл бұрын
Superb! Understated. Detailed.
@number84852 жыл бұрын
The Mosquito was an all British aircraft developed by de Haviland.
@markmitchell4502 жыл бұрын
It was There was no available aluminum and other stuff available for proto types let alone production hence why its made mostly of wood But the Labour used to fabricate these was at first a skilled cottage industry of carpenters cabinet makers
@johnwaynegovernmentcontrac32192 жыл бұрын
Thank our veterans for EVERYTHING!
@michaeltowslee41112 жыл бұрын
Is there anything the Mosquito couldn't do? I saw ground attack and support, dive-bombing, low-level bombing-bombing, and interceptor-fighter. It may have been the most versatile aircraft of WWII.
@BlahVideosBlahBlah2 жыл бұрын
The P-38 could give it a run for its money in versatility.
@grizzlynad2 жыл бұрын
@@BlahVideosBlahBlah I think the Mosquito had the edge on survivability & repairing.
@alexcawthorne811 Жыл бұрын
@@BlahVideosBlahBlah the Mozzie had everything.....though the P38 was a fantastic fighter in that role it served virtually all it's time in the Pacific against Japanese aircraft (they weren't required where we already had Mozzies). In Europe a handful were used for recon / pathfinding with great success.
@johnve8327 Жыл бұрын
Excellent documentary, thank you!
@dirkusmaximus92682 жыл бұрын
By far my most favourite plane of World War 2. Furthermore: FW-190, Hellcat and P-38.
@brianthesnail38153 жыл бұрын
Some very impressive footage of Mosquito attacking merchant shipping in Norway elsewhere on KZbin. They really did pack a massive punch with their cannons. Makes me wonder whether somebody somewhere decided to build the A10 and thought about the mosquito except of course an A10 cant bomb anything and cant do nightfighter or reconnnaisance work. I guess the Tornado might be a closer idea but we just don't have a modern 'Mosquito' now.
@steveknight8782 жыл бұрын
We nearly did with either the TSR2 or the Arrow.
@brentsmith56472 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video thank you 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
@murrayandru75273 жыл бұрын
GREAT Canadian Wood !!!
@tkb8182 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video to an awesome aircraft and the men who flew them.
@raypurchase8013 жыл бұрын
If you think the Mosquito was brilliant, look up the De Havilland Hornet.
@lauriecroad31863 жыл бұрын
...and the Whirlwind...
@raypurchase8013 жыл бұрын
@@lauriecroad3186 The Whirlwind was so NEARLY great.
@jamesbaxter5219 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this great documentary.
@duggiebader17982 жыл бұрын
My Great Uncle flew the Mosquito with 107 Sqn in early '44. He also flew the Boston with the same Sqn. Other aircraft he flew with other Sqns were the B25, Blenheim Mk 1 and 4, Beaufighter and Defiant. I have his log books, maps, aircraft pilot notes, pre war pattern Irvin jacket, silk gloves, leather gauntlets, photo album inc pics of his flight flighing low over occupied Europe in Bostons.
@gayludington197 Жыл бұрын
Hope your priceless collection will end up in a museum where lots of researchers of ordinary folks can appreciate them!😄
@kidd4302 жыл бұрын
Loving the sound of those jet merlins lol
@DavidALovingMPF1023 жыл бұрын
Lots of those stinging nettles there! I remember those! I was at Bentwaters, Woodbridge for 2 years. no mosquitoes though..F4, A-10s. Fun times. Very good video!
@kurtbrown28682 жыл бұрын
I was there in 1975 and 76. Crew chief on F4d's
@DavidALovingMPF1022 жыл бұрын
@@kurtbrown2868 Remember the RUNNING BUCK pub in Ipswitch??
@canusakommando96922 жыл бұрын
My Grandmother worked at de haviland here in London Ontario building DH-98's. My Gramps was in the RCAF hunting U-Boats out of Gander. BR-10 Squadron the North Atlantic hunters. Did a full combat tour , then Ferry Command, then he was training on Mosquitoes out of London Ontario the very heart of the Allies Areodrome. Getting ready for Nippon!
@davegreenwood16633 жыл бұрын
Best twin engined plane of WWII
@Ironically_Good3 жыл бұрын
Nah bro that would be the Tiger tank
@MaskofAgamemnon3 жыл бұрын
@@Ironically_Good lol
@chrisbremner89923 жыл бұрын
me 262 was the best twin engined plane but came too late in too few numbers
@tonyevans9311 Жыл бұрын
I remember as a kid and saving pocket money to buy an Airfix model plane kit , had all sorts of models however my favourite was the DeHavilland Mosquito!! I spent 22yrs in the Parachute Regiment !! Think I would have been a good Mozzie pilot !!!🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴🏴
@LordOfLight Жыл бұрын
I recently discovered that the Germans, envious of the Mosquito, tried to develop their own version - even going so far as to call it the Moskito - but they could never make it work and only a handful were ever made. It's this that makes you more fully appreciate the genius of Geoffrey De Havilland and Henry Royce.
@tylesveque2373 Жыл бұрын
The mozi is my favorite aircraft of ww2 because of the speed of them they were used to intercept the v2 rockets and because of the fact that radar would not pick up the entrance of missions it was used for top classified operation like the James bond of aircraft at the time so awesome