Canadian ace fights for his life - William Barker's Victoria Cross action - 27th October, 1918
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On a final sortie before returning to England to undertake flying instructor duties, Major William 'Billy' Barker became involved in a desperate and deadly combat with a large amount of enemy aircraft, possibly an entire 'circus' of Jagdgeschwader 3. After being taken by surprise and wounded several times, Barker fought viciously and claimed six Fokker D.VIIs after a tremendous effort, all of which was witnessed by observers on the ground. Having fainted twice during the fight, Barker was eventually forced down and crash landed, but survived to tell the story. Barker was awarded the Victoria Cross for this action.
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Also on the October 27 arthur rhys davis he has never seen again 1917
Objective: SURVIVE.
Some of the fuselage is displayed in the Canadian War Museum.
Nice to see something on Barker 👍 Outstandong pilot and legendary dog fight (often overshadowed by the 'other' Billy).
Glad to see ya back!
What a coincidence! I was just reading about this engagement when you uploaded this. Great presentation as always!
Funny how that happens, isn't it?
Never heard of this action.
Incredible!
Thank you. 👍
What a hero!
Simply superb cinematography of a legendary fight. Well done.
RIP Hero ❤ And the graphics are fantastic
Would love to see any video with a P-61 Black Widow !!!
Very good, I am astounded by the quality of the graphics.
IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles. Flying Circus expansion.
I love it
Great video! Amazing cinematography
Excellent video! Thanks!
Eerily similar to Voss, except for the fact that clearly he was outnumbered even more so that Herr Voss against superior opponents DVII Fokkers !! Man the testicular fortitude of this marvelous gentleman!! Rest in Peace!!🫡🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
OMG,, this was Voss v Mcudden n his squadron mates!! Epic,, Skill n God served him that day!! Wow 🤩 😱😱😱😱
That was awesome. Love these videos❤❤❤❤
Awesome!!
😱 bellissimo video😍💪🏻
Great story of William barker’s VC famous dogfight could you do the death of franz scheiss the Luftwaffe’s top p-38 lightning killer of ww2.
Hang on what about the British Aces in ww1
21000 feet. Really?