Fighting in a burning Hurricane - James Nicolson's Victoria Cross action - 16th August, 1940
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- On August 16th 1940, Flight Lieutenant James Nicolson led 3 Hurricanes of 249 SQN from Boscombe Down on a patrol of the Poole, Ringwood and Salisbury area. After climbing to 18,000 ft after unsuccessfully chasing some Ju 88s, Nicolson and his wingmen were bounced by a staffel of JG 53 Bf 109s over Corhampton Down. Squadron Leader King was hit and entered a spin but returned to Boscombe Down, Pilot Officer King’s Hurricane burst into flames and he bailed out only to be fatally injured when his canopy collapsed. Nicolson’s Hurricane also burst into flames, but as he attempted to bail out a two-engined aircraft flew into view; he chased it and shot it down before bailing out himself due to extensive burns. Nicolson was awarded the Victoria Cross on November 15th, 1940.
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Note: 8:18 is meant to read 'receive'
Excellent production, as always.
Sad that he survived the whole war up until just 6 days before the end of the European conflict.
We had a family member make it to a week after the war
To add to my earlier comment the Matchbox "Badges of Courage" did put it that a BF-109 was the plane that landed the first strike on Nicholson's Hurricane (which wounded him in the eye and setting the fuel tank ablaze). They didn't show though that his parachute got shot at badly.
My respect for Hurricane pilots has vastly increased, such a huge amount of courage to fly!!!!
Do you know what What was his role in the B-24? And on that part of the world?
Yes he was flying as observer off the coast of India when the B-24 caught fire and crashed
Think all the amazing pilots that defended the skies of Great Britain 🇬🇧, most certainly deserving of a victory cross , they were all heroes
Not a VC worthy action really. DFC maybe. He didn't even shoot down an enemy. He got hits on a possibly fictitious plane while he was going down in flames. Not really Rorkes Drift...
Hurricane burns were extremely nasty to say the least. The gravity tank in front of the pilot at the time of the Battle of Britain was not of a self-sealing type, therefore it was prone to burst into flames when hit. Once this fuel tank was hit, the poor pilot in the cockpit would inevitably wind up sitting in a furnace of flaming high octane aviation gasoline unless he was able to bail out in short order. If however, one was unable to bail out, one would be fated to be burned alive, which was a truly awful way to go.
I vaguely heard of this from Matchbox “Badges of Courage” but that was from a comic book ad for boys to understand; this is the *real story* behind it.
A compatriot his (Percy Burton) should have been awarded a VC...but it was refused on the basis that two airmen of the same Squadron could not be awarded the same medal....stupid...
To all of the people who didn't give this video a 'thumbs up,' and simply passed it by....Remember this.
If it hadn't been for the men and women of Nicholson 's generation, who went 'that extra mile for you, you wouldn't even been using this bloody app!
A nice tribute to
James Nicholson VC.👍
I’m sorry about your plane hurricane he was his friend
Great graphics. Well done! One small thing though. In the text overlay on the painting (image) of Nicholson in the cockpit, the text reads: "...to recieve the Victoria Cross...". It should, of course, be, "...receive..."
Incredible story!😭
Can you share how you created your map graphic at 2:16? That's the best way i've seen of showing multiple flights to help orient the viewer as to where planes actually are. I've been doing static maps with diagrams drawn so far and it's a little cluttered
It's hard to imagine someone misidentifying a 110 for 109.... But with facial and eye injuries, it is likely he had double vision due to broken facial bones. He just saw a twin engined fighter and fired at it..... but of course it wasn't a twin engined fighter.
Well I guess he would know if the plane he shot down was a single engine or a double engine aircraft. If he says it was a 110, I believe him.
Excellent but remember: "i" before "e" except after "c"!
parachuting out must have been the last resort i should imagine
I'm one very proud great niece.
Did the home guard who shot his arse up get the iron cross?
Superb details, high std as usual 👍
Amazing, well done!
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
An excellent depiction of a famous incident in aerial combat. Learned even more that I never knew about until now.
Respect
Excellent Work ! Thank you and greetings from Poland !☺☺☺
full respect to the poles and other countries the fought in the battle of Britain, makes me sad to see the state your country is in now
Britain that is
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Me ha encantado. Muchas gracias. Una historia triste pero muy bueno el trabajo.
Gracias de nuevo
Nice work!
Radar and the brave pilots of the RAF made all the difference. Good video
Always love your videos - so well done 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
Thanks again Soto.
Very good
I’ll be harsh, that action really doesn’t deserve the VC.
Why not He is in a burning plane and as the ball's to try and take out the enemy
@@alanmeasures8337 It should be a Distinguished Flying Cross, not a Victoria Cross. That German plane is not attacking another RAF fighter, the German is not shot down and the action not witnessed by any other RAF pilots to corroborate. Certainly he was a brave individual
Brave Man all the same
@@alanmeasures8337 most brave men received no medals or acknowledgement at all. That's not really a VC action..it's just not.
@@t.j.payeur5331 Yes there were lots of brave people not just men Women and Children also l just thought he was a brave pilot
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