Inside The Cockpit - Heinkel He-111 H-16 (CASA 2.111)
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The Heinkel He 111 is one of the most famous aircraft to come out of WW2. As a Luftwaffe bomber, the Heinkel was the mainstay of the German Air Force for a long time. After the war, it saw continued service in Span as the CASA 2.111.
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Thank you to Joe Kudrna (Priceless History) for providing some pictures of an early He-111
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- Sources
D.(Luft) T.2111 H-16 Teil 9A, He 111 H-16 Flugzeug-Handbuch, Juni 1943
D.(luft) T.2220/1, He 111 H und He 111 P u. D. Kurzbetriebsanleitung, Juni 1940
Heinkel, Vorläufige Montage- und Betriebsanleitung He 111- H
K.H. Regnat, Vom Original zum Modell, Heinkel He 111, Bernard & Graefe Verlag
Heinkel, Kurzbetriebsanleitung He 111 H mit Motoren Jumo 211, Sept.1938
L.Dv.T. 583/3, He 111 H,P und D, Bedienungsvorschrift Schußwaffe, Dec 1940
L.Dv.T.2111 H-11,H-14 und H-16/Wa, Schußwaffenanlage, Jan 1943
Robert Forsyth et al, Heinkel He 111, Crecy Publishing, 2014
Manfred Griehl, Heinkel He 111, WW2 Combar Aircraft Photo Archive
Siemens Luftfahrt, Kurskreisel-Navigationsanlage LNK 4, Bedienungsvorschricht He 111
Werkschrift 2111 H-11 Teil 12B, He 111 H-11 Flugzeug-Handbuch
- Time codes
00:00 - Intro
01:28 - He 111 H-16 & CASA 2.111 Facts
03:14 - Walkaround
08:38 - Inside
11:15 - Cockpit area
21:41 - Turret position A
22:54 - Turret Position B
25:15 - Turret Position C
28:58 - Outro
-Audio
Music and Sfx from Epidemic Sound
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Can you do a review of the film "The Battle of Britain" ?
It's full of original planes and other kit but I'm not well informed enough to know when they cheat/fail.
Could you please do a video on how the remote controlled wing turrets of the Paiggio P.108 work?
'Help yourself everyone. There's no fighter escort.'
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Mostly my interest was fueled by these books ability to inform my tactics and behaviour whilst playing PC flught sims like iL2 or for many years Aces high or more recently warthunder.
I think many of your subscribers will be similar to me and always buying books and I think you would be a great source of recommendation to us all. I love your channel, I honestly think you should be making documentaries on the discovery TV channel they're so good. I can't understand why some TV producer hasn't thought to contact you.
Anyway I hope you will consider my request and tell us of the books you love the most and have enjoyed reading or returning to again and again. I would also ask if you could start with the WW2 era books, perhaps even doing several videos covering the different eras ? but of course I leave the decision to you!
Thanks again
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Hi, my dad flew in the Heinkle111 during the war as a flight mechanic (flight engineer). He sat just behind the pilot and was in charge of the instraments for the engines as well as manning two side guns in combat. He flew over eastern Europe. One of the missions was dropping mines in the Danube but the main missions were usual to set the target lights for the main bombers. He flew from the beginning of the war right to the end when the crew surrendered to the British at a German airfield. He was with the same air crew throughout the war and they were shot down twice but survived. My dad is now 99 and still alive in Vancouver Canada.
Imagine how few of the Luftwaffe crews made it through the war, what a fortunate crew, and to survive two downings! Best wishes for Dads 100th.
How did he survive those terrible Russian winters? And were the defensive guns really all that effective, I remember that the dorsal 7.92mm MG17 was changed to a 13.2mm MG 131, I expect that help[ed!!?
Harry Bergeest ::Good that he made it to Vancouver after that. What a lucky man at a wonderful place to live. If been there several times sailing the Strait of Georgia etc. I wish to be there. Regards from Germany!
Thanx Harry Bergeest. My Dad (1931-1984) was not in the war. My Granddad (1896-1990) was, but only in South Africa and in WO1. In 1989 I use a tape recorder and let him speak of Colonial South Africa and the South Africa he know. South Africa have change 180*. As a child I lost that tape.. America is very different from Africa. It is great thing to have the fist witness of History on a recording.
Sounds like a total scumbag probably dropping bombs on Soviet civilians.
Its a shame he escaped real justice, Soviet justice. Canada is a nazi hideout.
After watching you squeeze into the cockpit area it's probably safe to say Goering didn't ever fly one of these
They'd need two 111's to fly his fat ass anywhere
bismark is about 190cm or something crazy like that.... he's very talll.
Thats what ETCs are for
@@MarvinT0606 which means a He-111Z I guess.
Ben SMITH that’s not that tall
"This is the bomb bay. It's empty *at the moment* "
Wait
The same reaction here....
« Alaaaaaarm!! »
How can it be a bomber if there are NO bombs in the bomb bay????
Set a course for London
@@jwhoward182 they would be loaded as needed- Idiot
I sat in this one in the pilot’s seat when she sat at Siegerland airport in the early - mid 1970‘s. Sadly some a$$holes stole instruments and other items, even damaged the airframe. Good the airframe was rescued and finally ended up at Deutsches Museum, Flugwerft Schleissheim. Great restoration for sure.
FANTASTIC video - I've never seen inside the iconic He-111 before. Bloody hell, the Luftwaffe pilots were clearly tough, flexible and resourceful men to be able to cope with the ridiculously small confines of the aircraft. Best wishes from the UK.
A long shot from flying HE 111's in IL-2 with BohicaIce... These are quite excellent videos, thank you sincerely.
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I waa in that museum its very cool
Many, many years ago in the mid 90s I visited a Confederate Air Force airshow in Arkansas and they had one of these CASAs dressed up like an He-111. I was very young, probably about 7 or so, and I was got to run around inside it. I was absolutely besotted with the aircraft. So much so that my father bought me a shirt to help support it and keep it flying. I got to talk to the guy who flew it for a little bit, and I have a very fond memory of wiggling a fake machine gun around and making pew pew noises towards a B-17 that was parked nearby. I found out a few years ago that the aircraft crashed and the pilot was killed in the accident in the early 2000s.
RIP He-111, and RIP the two men who went down in her.
I do believe that that aircraft was General Franco's private aircraft, if memory serves me she was wrecked in 2006. Lucky you, not so lucky crew, bless them
I went through the same airplane in 1976 at the main airshow when they were at Harlingen, TX. I thought the compass on the floor was a great idea, makes it easy to fly by pilotage.
That aircraft was the last remaining flying CASA 2 111 used to represent the He 111 in the 'Battle Of Britain' film 1968.
I went through her as well in Lancaster, Ohio late 90's. It was very moving for me as from an early age I've always had and felt strong ties to the Luftwaffe. Yes I heard she went down with loss of life, deeply saddened upon hearing that.
Hey! That's our aircraft, don't break it
“A wing is a wing, you know what it looks like 🤷♂️“
Cries in Northrop B-2 Spirit
The long, narrow "Davis wing" was a distinctive characteristic of the B-24 Liberator. It provided much of the higher speed and longer range of the B-24 versus the B-17. However, it also meant the B-24 had a higher landing speed and was less stable at lower speeds as compared to the wide wings of the B-17. Generals loved the B-24, pilots loved the B-17. Also, the uniquely shaped wings of the He-111 earned it the nickname, Die Spaten, "The Spade." Note that the early Spanish Civil War models had a traditional stepped cockpit, rather than the "Millennium Falcon/B-29" cigar cockpit. The bombs falling out tail first were a known accuracy problem for The Spade.
Not understanding in F-104
Merlins on German airframes always seems wrong… but they do sound good.
And in the Spanish Me-109.
Personally I think the shape of the Merlin's cowlings match perfectly with the He 111's elliptical wings and fuselage curves. I agree though that they look ugly and unnatural when combined with the boxy design of the Spanish 109 (Buchón)
I dont think merlins sound that good compared to a Boomerang or 109 flying by.
@mark bushnell Israel did have some Spitfires so they could have reenacted the Battle of Britain
@@Leon_der_Luftige Really. One of the things most noted about the Merlin is the sound. Stil. Each to their own
The pilots seat was the inspiration for modern day economy class jet airlines by the look of things !
So I've always learnt the alphabets wrong.
It should have been: "A, B, C, Rumpf-Seiten, E, F, G..."
So many good and decent men died in the air battle we should never forget them
The cockpit, from the inside, reminds me of the Millenium Falcon.
Stannan
B-29 Cockpit is what inspired the millennium falcon. If you see an internal picture it looks almost the same
B-29 looks more like a TIE fighter. From the thumbnail I did initially think for a moment that Chris was doing the millennium falcon.
Good catch.
Good luck squeezing a Wookie into that cockpit 😁
I agree, I think Stalingrad inspired the snow scenes , the first film where Vader walks in at the beginning to the captured ship is so much like from I think when Russia fights back, or named something similar , the scene was as the Russians open the doors to one of either Paulus bunker or the hospital , when seeing it I was like that what inspired the Star Wars scene , many thanks for this video again
"That's great, kid. Don't get cocky."
I have to say, this is such an elegant and informative video. REALLY well put together. The use of simulated footage and diagrams to make this clearer is great.
I wish the one at Duxford in storage would be restored to flying condition.
Also just imagine if a stuka was restored to flying condition, they could dive it at airshows 😍
There is a desert stuka in America that will be restored to flying condition, there are videos here on RUclips where you can follow the progress. I don't remember the name of the channel, but if you do a search
You will find it.
@@Captain-Nostromo Goddamn, hopefully it's not the R version.
Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum is restoring an R-4 taking parts from multiple original air frames and rebuilding sections they can't source.
@mark bushnell FHCAM hasn't announced whether they have a siren or jericho or not. We will see! Fyi they also have an original me-262 being restored with reingineered Jumo engines!
I doubt that they will ever dive it at airshows as if it was dive bombing. After all these years the wings spars aren't what they used to be. A shallow dive is more likely, just to get the trumpets whining.
As a Retired pilot I really enjoy these episodes where I can see how aviators flew in the past. Needless to say it is so much easier today and safer as well.
The Spanish were still using them in 1968 as they appeared in the film
" The Battle of Britain".
Please! Please! Take a lead from The Chieftain and start doing a plane version of "Oh Damn! the tanks on fire!"
Seriously though how the hell was anyone in that plane getting out in a hurry.
You thought the Chieftain trying to climb out of a tank was exciting. I think we now know why they invented the ejector seat.
Not too bad for the guy in C position, just open the door and drop out. Assuming he was actually wearing his parachute and didn’t have to get up and retrieve it from somewhere else before jumping, that is. One of the few aircraft where the rearmost gun position offered the easiest and most accessible emergency exit.
As for the rest of the crew, good luck, you’ll need it.
Though I suppose if the pilot still has enough control he could invert the plane then release the cockpit roof then he and the bomb aimer could just fall out, doing what little they could to avoid being hit by the tail and in the process making it much harder for the other crew to escape thanks to the aircraft being the wrong way up, a hurricane blowing in the fuselage and the plane doing whatever happens when its streamlining is negated and a big air brake opened in what is now the underside.
And if the plane is spinning, all bets are off.
Before ejector seats became standard the chances of a bomber pilot successfully bailing out if the autopilot was inoperative were not very high. While in later aircraft like the V-bombers the ejector seats meant the cockpit crew could get out quickly the crew members who didn’t have bang seats had to do their best to get out through the doors and hatches the old fashioned way, quite possibly in the dark if the internal lighting failed.
@@bigblue6917 Oh bugger, the bird's on fire!... Well, shite. Now my back's buggered.
You are quite motivated to get out in those situations so you won't mind banging your head/shoulder/little toe too much if it means you make it out.
@@Leon_der_Luftige quite right, I mean it's not quite the same but one time I got distracted and my pizza was burning so I dashed to the kitchen and hit my elbow on the door frame on the way through. Didn't even feel the pain til after I rescued my pizza.
9:10 how nice of Heinkel to provide some Henkels
The CASA 2.111A & C did had Jumo 211F-2 engines . The versions F, B, D & E had Rolls-Royce Merlin 500 engines. The bomber versions were retired in the 60's. The transport versions were used up until the 70's.
Is there a book on the history of the CASA 2.111?
@@pricelesshistory Yes, this, Los C-2.111 "Pedro" De CASA
Clicked instantly!
My favourite Luftwaffe aircraft.
Edit: I've read that the control column could be swung over to allow the bomb aimer/forward gunner to fly the plane if the pilot was incapacitated or killed. I'm not sure how he would have used the rudder in that case.
The column itself had a big, segmented circular blind behind the horizontal portion that would encircle the yoke when deployed; this was to prevent the pilot being blinded by searchlights and was probably only fitted for night missions over Britain. I saw a face metal elements of one of these blinds for sale on eBay a few years back, the fabric having long since deteriorated. Probably taken from a crashed plane.
The pilot also had a "drift sight" which helped with bombing. It's visible in British illustrated materials of the time. Maybe this sight replaced the four strings visible in the video. None survive as far as I know.
The control column that could be swung from one side to the other was a thing in the Me264 Amerika Bomber, to have alternating pilots for the long mission. Afaict it was not the case in the He111
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That was awesome! You really gave us a good tour of what it must have been like inside this aircraft. Thank you!
My mother's BF (strange saying that) who moved from Germany to the US as a 5 year old in the late 50s had an uncle who was KIA as a crewman on an HE-111 over Russia. He also had an uncle who amazingly survived the war as a sailor on an U Boat. His father was conscripted as a 14 or 15 year old to help man an AA battery, somewhere in Wurttemberg that I cannot recall. Very very different times back then.
Great walk round. Useful too as two of my model PROJECTS I am starting soon are a HE111 and a CASA 2-111. Many thanks.
This is such a beautiful aircraft
Again, well done! Thanks for giving us access to this iconic aircraft!
Great work. Imagine trying to bail out of the HE111 if you are in the cockpit. I had a friend who flew as a gunner (17 years old) in a JU-88 in an observation squadron during the battle of Britten. He had plenty of stories. He loved his 88 and didn't want to fly in the 111. Late in the war they stopped flying because no fuel.
Say all ye want...this is the MOST beautiful bomber ever made and sooo much underrated
B-25 most beautiful looking bomber of WWII
Mosquito
YES! My favorite bomber, I've been eyeing it in the background of several of your videos, just waiting for you to do it.
Thanks for the treat and the great work by the museum staff in restoring it. I love going to the Flugaustellung Hermeskeil, which has also has a He-111 (it needs a shelter :( ). Lots of other aircraft well worth seeing if you are nearby.
Rather fitting upload considering tomorrow marks 80 years since the start of the Battle of Britain. Great informative content as always!
32 years ago in Cuatro Vientos (Madrid) museum I enjoy the same experience in one of CASA 2111 but in worst conditions. So thanks to the German museum to bring it to shape.
I'm still having nightmares trying to decypher that stupid instrument panel xDDDDDDDDD
Thanks for the help with translations ;)
I have waited for HE-111 video like this for years. Thank You!
I really enjoy your videos and how you are so comprehensive in your descriptions. Keep up the great work!
finally!! thank you very much!
Been wondering what the 111 interior actually looked like every since I watched Battle of Britain, especially the Cargo Bay since in IL2, that compartment is completely covered off.
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@@pricelesshistory bro ive seen your A B C stand videos 10x over. It's an incredible insight into the 111. Had virtually no idea the A stand could rotate and that the B stand could even shoot forward. Until this video, yours was the most in depth I could find on the 111 since virtually no media wants to cover it.
A Video-series about the Autopilot systems of that time from Siemens, Askania, Patin and the American Sperry would be interesting. I really like the content on your channel. Great Job, weiter machen👍😁
This is the first of your videos that I have seen. It was great! Thank you so much.
Pure excellence. Surprised he didn't mention the elevating pilots seat function ,which raised the seat and controls so that the pilots head was out of the glazing above ,which slid backwards and at the same time raised a small windshield. This was for use in bad visibility for taxiing and take off.
Great show. I really enjoyed this.
Yeah Stephan! Thanks for helping sponsoring this video. The Heinkel He 111 is my favorite all versions! No He 111 H-22 is the Zenith I interject!
23:53 This is where my great-grandfather (probably) died.
Sadly I don’t know a lot about him or his fate. All I know is that he was a rear gunner on an HE111 and that he was posted MIA in the mediterranean theatre. RIP.
@Josiah Arceneaux Actually, the Hurricane was the bomber killer.
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Your tour of the interior made me feel positively claustrophobic!
Thanks for another great vid...your knowledge of the different types of aircraft is incredible...
I’m glad the pilot Hans were comfortable
What about fritz?
I don't know much about airplanes, but as far as I remember, I was still a Grade School and I already liked the Heinkel He-111 look.
Hi Chris. If memory serves one of the strings in front of the pilot was to show him the longitudinal axis of the airplane because from the pilot's seat there isn't a straight line anywhere in the cockpit! I always enjoy your vids and they are getting better and better. Thanks for the tour from Canada.
Very nice job! I really feel like I have a basic understanding of the entire HE-111. Thanks a bunch for doing this video!
exquisite aircraft, ; extraordinary presentation and history - very impressive.
Great! Great! Thank you. My admiration for those crews in those glass planes.
Can't get enough of these videos! Love your channel
This is a awesome video. Very interesting & informative. On my next trip to munich i will visit this museum. This remember me on my last visit of the "museum sinsheim"... also a blast.
Many thanks to you and your crew as well.
I cant imagine trying to bail out of this damn thing.
Imagine going down and the cockpit hits the ground first, million of broken glass pieces going towards you
I was thinking the same thing. I'm guessing crews with seriously damaged planes went down with their plane.
I mean, for the pilot and bomber, it seems it was easier
So that's that
try it minus a leg below the knee...or right arm gone...or blinded...
IVE BEEN THERE :O it’s really epic I got to talk about Erich Hartman and other aces with one of the staff members!
A superb video, educational and it is really how your delivery of this information is so very professional. Well done.
One of the main tasks for the copilot in an American medium bomber was to coordinate the defense, assign targets for the gunners, etc. Seeing the tight spaces and awkwardness of the gun positions it seems like this would be a really useful function.
Another excellent video thank you, if memory serves me, there was a German HE 111 at RAF St Athan in South Wales. I know it had been restored to a degree, but whether it was a flying example I'm not sure, probably not as it was being statically displayed but that may have been due to the fact it was too precious to fly, got to think of hours on the airframe and engines etc......
My Dad was “bombed out” in Portsmouth 23rd December 1940.
He and his twin brother went from “the snug” to “the cellar” of my grandparents pub in a few scant seconds. The family survived, the pub became just a memory - “The Gosport Ale House”. I’m pretty sure the Heinkel 111 was to blame!
Dad bore no grudge and that museum is in my sights... for a visit next year in my German car or German motorbike. Tell me who won again???
Nice one Biz. Great vid. Cheers for the upload.
Excellent work again! Please continue to create this priceless but disappearing history while it still can be documented!
Chris is awesome. When he reads off metric units, for speed and weight (kilometers, kilograms) it sounds like the Klingon gunner preparing the Bird of Prey warship main weapon that will destroy Voyager II. Seriously, greatly appreciate the inside tour. Agree with everyone's comments below. Just one pilot, basically, every combat sortie was almost a death sentence. No crew armor, so much glass, nowhere to hide.
Very well done! I loved seeing the instruments and gauges. Very different from the C172s I fly XD
Super mit der Cinematischen Einleitung!
Danke
When I was less than 8 years old, I flew a lot in the Junkers Ju-52 and in the Heinkel He-111. I loved the Heinkel, for its glass cockpit dome: I sat on the gunner's knees, and could never catch the moment of actual take off: the runway ahead was suddenly gone and fields and houses appeared instead, apparently little enough that I knew I had once more missed that moment.
Damn i never thought that the Heinkel would be this small lol I guess you learn something everyday.
MAH *enters* HE-111
*Gets LUFTWAFFLE pirates flashbacks*
Thanks. That was an excellent presentation of the interior of an aircraft that is somewhat familiar from movies and computer games. Getting to see what it looked like on the inside and how the crew were stationed in it was very interesting. There's a scene in The Battle of Britain where an He-111 has crash landed and they are trying to pry the bent fuselage away from one of the crew members to get them out. That problem is much easier to understand now seeing how cramped that area was.
I'm not familiar enough with British Bombers in general to know how common it was - but the Mosquito had the same arrangement for one pilot and other crew (though, of course, no one farther back in that plane). For American Bombers they usually had a pilot and a co-pilot, though such as the A-20 only had one.
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I thank you very much for this video, for being able to see a device like this that was airplane here in Spain. In addition to the historical importance it has for us, it is vital for you because of how incredible this machine was and is. Thank you again
Have joined and no regrets need step it up to higher level. You are entertaining and very very informative. Respect for the fliers
Great video and very well explained, visibility looked good on this aircraft but vulnerable too.
Great Video, enjoyed my trip in 2018 to the museum during our stay in Munich.
13:55 'Once inside it really feels comfortable.' I got that experience as well, one time in Germany.
Imagine during a dogfight the entire canopy filling up with smoke from the gunpowder and the din of the battle along with the sound of the aircraft engines. Those who have left behind written accounts of those moments confess that fear was their constant companion.
Very interesting! My grandfather was a radio operator on the HE-111 in WW2. We actually visited the one on display in the Flugwerft Unterschleißheim quite a few times and he kept telling me stories from back in the day when he would be sitting there for hours in the very confined space of the fuselage. Having only been able to see the plane from the outside, I could never fully imagine what that must have felt like. Thanks to the video, I now have a better impression of the plane's interior, even if the plane shown in the video is a different variant from the one my grandfather was flying in. Thanks for that!
I'm VERY pleased to learn that there are still a few examples of this plane surviving in museums. I had thought that they had all been scrapped. Many thanks for your great videos!
There are only 5 original He-111s. The rest are Spanish model. The Spanish versions are sometimes painted as original He-111s. The was one Spanish version that was the only He-111 or Spanish version able to fly. While landing it suddenly loss power in one of the Rolls Royce engines and crashed - a total loss.
As an aircraft mechanic, I'm in love with the totally naked instrument panel for the pilot!
Lol
Because it is naked.._
a bit like a reverse tardis , big on the outside but small on the inside, i got into a Lancaster cockpit once...more room in my car , dont fancy the chances of getting out if it goes down.
Fairly unique content indeed! I’m in the US and have always been fascinated by the He-111s for some odd reason. Built a very nice model of one 20 years ago and thinking about doing another one. This presentation was incredible. How in the hell do you know all of these details!? Thank you very much for going through all this. I never would’ve known this much about the plane without watching your video. It had to have taken a lot of guts to cram into that and head out. Can you imagine riding in that thing next to fuel and bombs, cramped space, freezing cold at 10k ft or more trying to shoot at enemy planes while unseen ones are shooting at you and bullets are ripping through it turning it into Swiss cheese all around you? Good God. Much respect for all the men who endured the air war in these planes on all sides. Anybody that got through it must’ve had some stories to tell.
The 111s are absolutely beautiful birds. And most likely the best pilot cockpit for visibility. Thank you.
Certainly one of the finest looking aircraft of the war. Didn't realize how cramped it was inside though...
Agree on both counts!
I remember reading many years ago that when the B29 was introduced, pilots had trouble getting used to the glasshouse because of the different view through the glasshouse. Does your research show any such condition with the glasshouse on the Heinkel that you are reviewing here?
German pilots hated this type of glasshouse because it was too hot in summer and rain streaked it in winter or blind flying and the glare in strong light was such that they had to jack up their seat and use a sliding panel over their heads to see forward. Old sweats preferred the Pedro nose of the early version.
Just a quick note on the lack of available space to move around in bombers, my father was in the RAF (1942-1945) down 'The Hole' at RAF Uxbridge and from what I remember of him long ago he was incredibly thin. In my long ago youth I was incredibly skinny too. The only reason I bring this up at all is because we both worked in the British Film Industry and it paid to be skinny in tight corners - him in a (Spanish) Heinkel 111 on the 1968 film 'Battle of Britain' and me inside a French owned B-17. No sudden moves. My father worked on a Chapman Crane during BoB and took his Super-8mm camera with him. And one day I'll get round to posting it on my You Tube.
The mystery of skinny Brits - the diet wasn't so good back in the 1940s.
Keep up the good work.
Outstanding video. I was fortunate enough to be able to go into the CAF (Confederate Air Force) He 111 prior to its demise in the early 2000s. It was also a Spanish built machine but gave you a real good representation of what an original He 111 appeared like.
Bismarck the pilot and Bo the bombardier. And Sturmling, Bear and Loli the gunners. The TBLF bomber crew.
Why are you licking you gun!! - Bismarck 😂😂
Yet another good and informative video Bismarck. Although I do say a history session on it would have been good to have. Considering it's own storied history and changes as time went on.
Bismarck wouldn't last long enough to get footage. as Bo never learned how to fire the guns.
That was in a Ju 88.
A perfect place for that kind of thing.
The Heinkel He-111 was obsolescent at the time of the Battle of Britain yet they were never full replaced by the end of the war, five years later. This means that by the time the Spanish finally retired them it was more then 30 years after the Battle of Britain.
Imagine being a Spanish bomber crew in the 60's. While people were flying the likes of the Canberra and the Hustler they are flying around in the Heinkel He-111. Must have been embarrassing.
There’s maybe a reason they were converted to transports...
Franco managed to stretch his increasingly bankrupt country’s limited budget enough to get his hands on some F-86s and later on F-104s but it’s hard to imagine why he might have needed bombers. Unless to use against e.g. a Basque or other internal uprising or in colonial “policing” in North Africa. No-one was interested in invading or attacking Spain and Franco was never in a position to threaten his neighbours. He was kept plenty busy tracking down and locking up his internal political opponents and fending off his most ambitious junior colleagues.
Big Blue Idiot .. they were used as transport aircraft.. did you not pay attention / or are you to thick to understand the video .. the US still used Invaders and Dakota's fitted with machine guns in Korea and Vietnam.. "Must have been embarrassing"
@@kittyhawk9707 well I did pay attention. They were used as bombers as well as transports. In fact Spain used them as bombers in Africa. If you wasn't trying to be such a smart arse you would have heard him say they used them as bombers as well as transports. There were still in service as bombers until the late 60s. So if you want to see an idiot find a mirror
@@tlw4237 Spain did use them in Africa. Don't think even Franco would have gotten awa6with bombing the Basques. Remember he was trying to encourage tourism in the 60s because he was broke
@@kittyhawk9707 Big Blue is correct, they were exclusively used as bombers; becoming transports was simply re-purposing an old air frame.
Considering when first designed the He 111 was also meant to be a credible transport aircraft to avoid Versailles Treaty restrictions, and the He 111C was a fully realized luxurious transport version. Toward end of war it was also used as a 16 troop para drop plane, if not dropping bombs. No stretch of imagination to convert the bomber as transport.
This may be my favorite plane of all time. I always loved how the pilot sits out over the clouds. On a sort of captains chair.
Glad to know your fav aircraft is a Spanish one
Fascinating . Very Very well made and presented.. Really top notch job.
Boy 1: “einkel”
Boy 2: “Messerschmitt”
Boy 1: “No they’re not they’re einkels”
@fus149 Hammer taktaktaktaktaktak :)
Ah! That Cockney accent! So many memories of that classic.
Pretty sure Boy 2 actually said: "Dornier", not Messerschmitt. But I'm old and my memory might be fading.
@@rb1179 Jogging my audio of a scene I've only seen a couple of times in fifty years, but I'm hearing a cockney "Messerschmitt". I'm also picturing a ME-110 as what he was talking about. I could be wrong.
@@stephenhosking7384 I regret to say you are correct, the kid did say Messerschmitt. I just finished watching the movie and that line happens at the 1:28 mark.
I remember in august 2016 when the channel was still called Bismark and had approximately 20k subs.
Thanks for posting these videos!
another outstanding video on bombers. amazing job as always well done
"Because you can't really stand on the guy, can you".
Would that otherwise be the 'Schützenrückenstand'?
You sound knackered after 9:40 - was it the ladder climb, or the long piece-to-camera, or both? :P
It must be a sauna in that thing with the green house so no wonder.
probably spent the whole day filming videos and the voice was starting to let go
hes like 6 foot something and has far too much mass for that tiny interior
omg just found this channel this is beutiful! finally i can see the interiors of all my favorite planes that are still around
Another outstanding video Bismarck. Back in '97 I had the opportunity to walk through a CASA 2.111 and a B-17G that the Confederate Air Force (now 'Commemorative Air Force') brought to Colorado. My father was a radio-gunner in the B-17, with a position and view equivalent to the B-Stand gunner in the Heinkel design. Even with hte additional space in the 17 the field of fire was tiny and seemed unlikely to provide any real way to push back against attacking fighters. My father spoke little about hte actual missions, except to highlight his love for the P-51s that provided escort in the late war. Incredible how different the accommodations were in machines of that era. I'm sure you have many suggestions for future videos; I would think it would be fascinating to consider the mortality of various roles in WW2 (german submarines, british night bombers, Japanese fighter planes in late war) and how the respective commands managed the troops (my understanding was that the Brits hid the results of operations engineering reviews of the night bombers). Again, great job
“Here is the fun part” early blitz flashback
Am I the only person who thinks it would be nice to live in this plane
The music scene in the Intro was pretty well made. It really had a professional touch.
I really enjoyed the video Bismarck, hope to see you do even more in future. I imagine that even though you pointed out how to get out of the cockpit in an emergency, it wouldn't have been an easy task. Mind you it was never a guarantee that even if you could exit a cockpit that the airframe or part of it wouldn't kill you in trying to jump! (some of the most famous aces got killed like that)