The Junkers JU-88 was one of the most innovative aircraft of that era and a very effective fighter/bomber/night fighter, and reconnaissance being one of the most versatile aircraft in the Luftwaffe due to its ability to serve in a multitude of ways including fighter, bomber, and reconnaissance. The JU-88 served through the duration of WWII. Some were taken back to both Britain and America and studied and test flown influencing how aircraft were designed after WWII. The allies were both stunned and impressed at how advanced the JU-88 and further variants were compared to what the Allies had in operation at that time. Both Heinkel and Dornier had similar designed aircraft in operation during WWII. All three companies probably designed their aircraft based on requirements from the Luftwaffe which resulted in very similarly designed aircraft. All of them were very effective and relied upon aircraft for the Luftwaffe. even with heavy losses. They're was no question at the beginning of the war that Germany had the best Air Force in the world at that time and the most aircraft of any Air Force in the world. All of their airplanes and even Gliders were highly advanced and had technology much more advanced than the Allies had. Much of their technology was reversed engineered by the Allies during and after the war from captured Aircraft which were heavily studied and test flown by Allied Test Pilots. Jet technology was also heavily influenced by the ME262 jet and other jet types captured by the allies and taken to America and the UK after the war. Russia also captured downed aircraft and reverse engineered much of the technology the Germans had developed.
Just envious because the "allies" didn't have a decent jet fighter. According to Eric Brown the Me 262 was a quantum leap forward. You punks had nothing comparable. Suck on it.
Go research theju388now that was an advanced aircraft.butnone of them could hold a light tothe me262 orthe ar224both of which were light yearsin advancedof anythinginthe a Alliedinventory.i should mentionthe horten ho229which was the fore runner of an aicraftmeant to be stealthy?😮😮
Faux le glouster meteor est sorti avant le me 262 le radar est une invention anglaise etcsi l aviation allemande était si puissante pourquoi a t elle perdu la bataille d Angleterre ah les admirateurs de la technologie nazie vous delirez
@@alaindaubresse2161 You may be absolutely correct sir. The Gloster Meteor was a little ahead of the ME262 in the testing phase I believe and some were definitely pressed into service in very limited capacity compared to the piston engine fighters and bombers. I guess what I meant to say was the ME262 was deployed in the first operational Jet fighter Unit in service in WWII with the Squadron that Galland was heading up of all the German ACES who were close to Galland and German pilots whom Galland thought would excel in the Defense of the Reich with the ME262. Not sure when exactly the Meteor went into actual operational service in combat against enemy airplanes. The Meteor was a much more reliable machine for sure. The ME262 jet engines only had a service life of like 25 hours before they could blow up on their own and fail. Although they did suspect that some failures were attributed to forced labor workers intentionally sabotaging the engines in small unnoticeable ways during manufacturing to sort of hurry along the failure of the engine of their oppressors. This was part of the fact why there were not more of the ME262 in service when they were at the very tail end of the war. As revolutionary as the 262 was, and it certainly was an advanced aircraft for that time period, it wasn't without major problems, including lack of parts, lack of fuel, and lack of experienced mechanics trained to work on the new jet engines. Pilots for Germany were in very short supply by the end of the conflict. Germany trained over 20,000 pilots before and during WWII. Only 2,000 survived WWII which is a horrible ratio. Many of their finest ACES were eventually shot down by either British, Russian, or allied nation pilots. I certainly did not want to take away anything that the brave British Pilots did during the Battle of Britain and beyond to defend their nation because they were certainly a force to be reckoned with and they did eventually repulse the German's out of English territory successfully during the Battle of Britain, although some German historians might argue a little bit in their own favor saying they still had a significant impact. There is no doubt Germany had the most powerful Air Force in the world at the beginning of the conflict. It was reduced to a limited Air Force by the end of the conflict just defending Germany and as the war progressed, you saw less and less German aircraft in the skys.
The Kammhuber line as conceived was an extremely formidable countermeasure to British night bombing. Many times the RAF endured unbearable losses and this plus the German tactic of scrambling heavy fighters at the British airfields when the bombers were leaving and returning, almost brought the British strategic bombing to a complete halt due to excessively heavy losses. Amazingly, Hitler sent this night fighter force to the Mediterranean, during the period when they were enjoying their greatest successes against the RAF...
The Saturation bombing rendered the line useless...the Flights over the English coastal I agree. Bombers were mincemeat there. Terrible mistake from Goering, but he'd had no options as Hitler rulled him.
Adolf had a tendency to do that, the greatest military tactician lol … with the British campaign they had no idea how close they came, Goerings intel wasn’t that great
The German Moskito failed because the resin glue failed. They literally fell apart. To bd fair the British version struggled in warm humid climates but that was more about wood swell & shrink rupturing the glue.
@@Dave5843-d9m I heard a completely different story! The TA-152 was about to enter production. The British found this out and bombed the factory making the glue. Apparently there were no substitutes.
The He 219 was far more difficult to build and carried few advantages over the Ju 88G. Had it been able to effectively intercept Mosquitos it might have had a better claim, but in the end it didn't really offer anything that the Ju 88G couldn't, and it also couldn't be built at anywhere near the same scale. You'd have a better argument with the Me 262B, which could chase down mosquitos, but had trouble with much slower heavy bombers. Rapid closure rates with low velocity rounds, at night, are a dangerous combination. At the end of the day, the Ju 88G was the only realistic option for phasing out the venerable, but very dated Bf 110G-4, and it did so very effectively, both in terms of performance and production.
@@henryh8357 My congratulations for such a superb comment! It seems the myth of the HE-219 "UHU" will never die. I fully agree that the JU 88 G-6 was the Luftwaffe' definitive Nightfighter.
He 219 was a good nighter but to small in numbers and the better models were hampered by unavailable engines. In the the backbones of Germany night fighter were Me110 and ju88
Nope. It may have been the technically most advanced, but was never produced in the numbers required to be the "best". Less than 300 of all variants built to 1945. The best night fighters as in most prodigious and successful were the Bf 110 of which 3268 were built of the G variants alone excluding C, E, F, models pressed into ersatz NJ service. The Ju 88G & C were also great, but again the numbers. 1000 of all C variants, and unknown of the G series.
JU 88 was the best German plane of the war! Okay, yes an exaggeration but considering the JU 88 production and versatility not an extreme exaggeration.
The Ju 88 was by far the most versatile german aircraft with its 60+ variants. And the night fighter role was one of her strong suits. Apart from that, the best german night fighter was - without any doubt - the He 219. So Your video description is unfortunately proven to be wrong. And there is no way to sugarcode this right... ;)
I think they use "best" to mean several criteria including service life, success in combat, versatility, and numbers produced. I think a one plane fly-off between a Ju-88G and a He-219, assuming both were in perfect mechanical condition, could surely favor the He-219, but that isn't what the video is focusing on. Crazy thing is the 219 was underpowered and imagine it's capability if it was given a better engine.
There wasn't anything the He 219 excelled at that the Ju 88R and G nightfighters didn't. Sure, it had better visibility and handled better on one engine, but that didn't justify trying to convert already existing, massive production lines to build a more complicated plane that didn't any serious advantages. Even the He 219 A-7's weren't much faster than the last Ju 88G's with Jumo 213E engines at altitude, a moot point though, considering how few of either were built. The reputation of the He 219 as an unbeatable nightfighter is a post war narrative, many Luftwaffe pilots had mixed opinions on it, as did test pilot Capt. Erich Brown, who had nothing but praise for the Ju 88.
The Heinkel 219 Uhu was the best Luftwaffe Nachtjäger plane - but it was expensive to produce, complex and made in v. small quantities to the Nachtjagdgeschwader units. And why did this happen - is one of the unusual examples when Germany instead introducing another complex type or another subvariants to existing machines (which complicated the already overloaded industry unable to keep up with the current orders, complicated deliveries to the front and the availability of spare parts, and thus the number of available machines in a combat readiness status in the front units...) - for a change they chose more the "Anglo-Saxon or Soviet pragmatic approach" - that is the production of a combat-proven type in huge numbers, such as the: M4 Sherman, T-34, Spitfire, IL-2 Sturmovik, etc. And the Ju 88G was that type of machine: durable, well-proven, already available in production lines, familiar to both flying and ground personnel. The He 219 was a good plane in terms of performance, and in some concepts ahead of its time (USAAF technical intelligence used some solutions, e.g. an ejection seat, a layout of the cabin extended beyond the aircraft's engines with good visibility for the pilot and a retractable ladder copied and used in the Fairchild A-10 Warthog), but the cost of its production and complexity in relation to its advantages over the Ju 88G spoke in favor of the production of a proven aircraft. Germans in this period (1943) were starting to lose the war and the introduction of another new type which the costs in relation to the benefits were not to much significant, was not a very good idea. If they took the same approach to other types of armament, instead of multiplying further sub-variants and introducing new types, e.g. continue production of proven good Pazer IV and V Panther, StuG III- IV in large numbers, instead of useless very unreliable like: Tiger II, Jagdtiger, etc. - then German soldiers would have had more good and working(!) equipment at the front, and the war could have lasted longer. Also the decisions of the units had an impact on the failure to use the advantage of some great machines, such as Adolf's obsession to make the Me-262 Schwalbe his desired "Schnellbomber" (fast bomber) instead of producing it in large numbers as a fighter to fight the Allied bomber formations which in the meantime turn Germany into rubble...
The He 219 was a little faster than the Ju 88 with the same class of engine, probably about 32kmh faster and could be directly upgraded with the Jumo 222 engine to provide a 444-460mphmph fighter. It likely would have been cheaper to produce than the Ju 88 had it been produced in larger numbers. The lower grade of electronics supplied (no tail warning radar) is not the fault of the air-frame. It wasn't really fast enough to catch the mosquito, perhaps when the Jumo 213E, DB603L became available in late 1944 or early 1945.
@@thethirdman225 You know little on the topic but feel compelled to blab out your ignorance. Over 220 were produced and aircraft flew with it. The Jumo 222 was put back on the production list in 1944.
Actually best night fighter was HE-219 "UHU". But due to it has complex structure, expensive and time consuming production rate, very few entered the service. So Ju-88 modification was best and easiest solution for the Luftwaffe and they did the job done.
Arguably the best. A lot like the Hurricane in the BoB vs the Spitfire. One was the more numerous and workhorse shooting down the bombers, the other the press glamour queen. The problem for the Luftwaffe's NJG dealing with the bomber streams was the RAF's tactic of maximum effort sheer numbers in order to overwhelm the defences. The Bf 110's performance vs the RAF heavies and mediums was more than sufficient for their NJG role in terms of firepower, endurance, climb rate, twin engine redundancy, and crew space. The more of them that could be put into the air plus pilots who didn't require conversion other than NJ specialisation the better. It was also cheaper, used less materials and was faster to produce, and the extant factory Bf 110 and Ju 88 production lines could continue uninterrupted in parallel with one another. Not being dismissive of the 88, but the venerable 110 like the 109, amazingly, continued to be viable in the NJG role until the very end, the sheer numbers of allied fighters and bombers the actual Achilles Heel overwhelming der Reichsverteidigung.
In my opinion, the Junkers Ju88 was Germany's Bristol Beaufighter in terms of armament, speed and operational roles. The Heinkel He219 was at the time a very complex aircraft, innovative, but late in WW2 the Luftwaffe didn't really have the support structure to enable it to be as good as it promised. The 219 was also quite a handful to fly for the average service pilot.
It was the German counterpart of the Mosquito (in a way), although the genesis of both were as different as "chalk and cheese"! . Designed as a bomber but modified again as a night fighter... the Mosquito became the fighter-bomber that the Ju 88 never actually was but both were flown with oversized armament (but for different purposes). Completely different in construction but both were high performance airframes and VERY adaptable to new purposes. It was one of Germany's truly modern, multipurpose designs.
The German counterpart was the Me 410. Similar in size and performance to the Mosquito. The speed differences between them were dependent on the supercharger setups. The ju 88 is a much larger plane.
@@HaVoC117X The Ju 88 indeed was a much larger plane but could also take larger engines than the Mosquito. The mosquito was considered too small to handle the Grifon but the Ju 88 could be adapted to the Jumo 213 which was the same size as the Griffon The G series heavy fighters were generally adapted with night fighting equipment. The Ju 88 G1 used the BMW 801, the Ju 88 G6 the Junkers Jumo 213A and the Ju 88 G7 used the Jumo 213E which had a two stage three speed supercharger and a clean speed of about 404 mph and about 386mph with radar and flame dampers. The FuG 240 N1A Berlin microwave radar likely would have raised this quite significantly. -The Ju 388 was a development of the Ju 88G sharing wings and tail etc and was planed with the Jumo 222E/F engines (Jumo 222 E/F had two stage super chargers, the Jumo 222 A3/Br3only two)with which a speed of about 444mph was expected. This engine was back on the production lists at the end of the war and was bench testing and passing endurance tests at 2800hp.
@@williamzk9083 do you have got a source for jumo 222 being back on the list. All I know is that it was canceled late 1943. The jumo 213 had lots of unused potential, with higher grade fuels and 4 valves per cylinder and better superchargers it was expected to crank out almost 3000 hp. Being much smaller than the complicated 222 I don't see a reason to put it back in production. Furthermore I think the BMW 802 was much more promising as a bomber engine. The jumo 222 and the DB 610 were dead ends as far as I know.
In short: German night fighter crews disliked and avoided the Ju 88s whenever possible because they were heavy, had poor climb, and were a big target. Their positive side was a large amount of fuel, which ensured an all-night flight. The He 219 owl had the same problems. The workhorse remained the Me 110, which failed as a destroyer only as a night fighter. many times more victories. The Me 262 made its debut as a night fighter in 1945, and with a few copies, the future would belong to it.
Not true at all indeed, what you mentioned applies to Do 217 nachtjäger variants, Ju 88 had supreme flight characteristics and was loved by pilots both in C and G variants. Ju 88G6 and Uhu were the best Luftwaffe night fighters in WW2, period. Bf 110 was a good aircraft, especially in NF service as u mentioned, but simply those two were better.
@@danx4880 The He-219 was not nearly as successful as has been made out. To begin with, there were never that many of them and secondly, they offered few, if any, advantages over the Ju-88. When I got my hands on a copy of Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown’s book _’Wings of the Luftwaffe’,_ the first aircraft I looked up was the He-219, believing to have been something extraordinary. It wasn’t. Brown’s description is not flattering. On the other hand, he loved the Ju-88 and actually flew the one in British markings in this video. He was almost equally complimentary about the Bf-110.
True. Me 410s production was cancelled by the end of 44, but the 110 was kept in production in large numbers till the end. Together with the He 111 both started the war and remained till the very end.
Good video, if anyone out there wants to know more about the night conflict, they should get hold of a wonderful book by Alfred Price called "Instruments of darkness".
Thanks for the tip. For another really good read, I highly recommend Peter Hinchliffe’s book, _’The Other Battle’,_ which describes the night war. Peter Hinchliffe was a Bomber Command navigator and explains the progressions and technological leapfrogs throughout the war.
We were only ahead in rocket technology. Every other nation had similar ideas or concepts but we were always the first to built/try out new stuff to fight allied production capacity with better quality. It didn't pay off in ww2 because of germanys inability to produce anything of that advanced tech in significant numbers.
Milch, had a vendetta against Ernst Hinkle and delayed it out of spite. The head of the Luftwaffe night fighter force, Kamahuber (iirc) saw it as a good prospect and ordered it outside of RLM procurement policy. Side stepping Milch, which got him sacked. Delaying the 219 for 12-18 months.
How to build a dedicated Nightfighter from scratch!? The HE-219 and P-61 offered no clear advantages over their JU 88 and Mosquito Nightfighter contemporaries (which were converted from Medium Bombers).
The He 219 Uhu was the most advandced and specialised night fighter concept. For me it's the best nightfigter od WWIi, but at least,....it's the indian, not the arrow!
Lacked some of the equipment of other German types, and wasnt as fast as the Mosquito NF30 or P61 (and didn't have comparable radar). While fast and heavily armed, it wasn't even the best German nightfighter.
@@thethirdman225 Eric Brown was not forced to flew it in combat! The, sadly only few, nightfighter pilots who used it were committed of the combat efficinecy! F.E. the relativly high mounted Cockpit with superior visibility conditions was a new concept we could find later in modern fighters (F16....)
@@karlhubben8009 The 219 was underpowered. If you're a pilot of a twin you don't want an underpowered one. The 219 was overrated. It's got a huge following of fanbois but that doesn't change history.
Does anyone know where does the plane carry four SC-250 to SC-1000 Hermann bombs? On the bomber version it's actually carried on the wings between the engine and the main fuselage itself. However it would be risky for the crew of This Plane fighting against a British Sunderland seaplane because of its formidable armament
The Ju 88 had two bomb bays in the fuselage. These could not carry more than 50kg/110lb bombs (there was apparently a 70kg bomb as well). These internal bomb bays were generally blocked off and used for fuel. There were two bomb shackles under the inner wing. One of these under each wing could be used to carry a 1000kg bomb (or a 900 liter fuel tank). The Ju 88A4 carrying internal bombs only and with diver brakes removed was quite fast. The Ju 88 night fighters had the forward bomb bay blocked of by the gun pack and the rear usually filled with fuel. Only once shackle was provided under each wing. There was a shackle that could be fitted to the outer wing but it was seldom used.
@@LeopardIL2 This event never happened. It’s a complete myth. No evidence of it in British or German records. It wouldn’t be entirely surprising as most Ju 88 were the A4 or A5 and lacked the armament.
@Williamzk myth ? Proof, please . The crew of the Sunderland were decorated for their efforts . Their opponents were Ju88C-6's , heavily armed and armoured planes used over the Bay of Biscay /Atlantic to intercept allied aircraft .
@williamzk9083 Spot on and for John Weal's Ju-88 Western Front book, he said that a Ju-88A-1 or Ju-88A4 tried to attack a convoy but got shot down by a Sunderland escorting a convoy
Japan took notes from this night fighter program and tried to convert their own twin engine bombers lines for the same task, but neither converted Frances bomber P1Y2-S Aurora nor converted Peggy bomber called Pi-109 were successful. Was it because Japanese Home Islands had no early warning system to speak of when the Allied bombing campaign began?
@@SuperTrumpMAGA The Bombing of Japan campaign started in 1944 forced IJN and IJAAF to scramble for sloutions since none of their single engine aircraft could climb to the altitude B-29s were flying in time before they drop the payloads. Before Raiden interceptor was deployed, they made do with bolting extra guns on their twin engine bombers and used them as ghettoed high altitude interceptors. Didn't work very well.
Being advanced offered no advantage. The 262 night fighter was never used in anger, as far as I know. The He-219 had little to offer over the Ju-88 or Bf-110.
@thethirdman225 I need to check on the 262 because I'm pretty sure they flew some sorties. And the he 219 offered A LOT over the other types, ejection seats,better speed and climb performance and most crucial of all, armament was positioned in a way that it couldn't blind the pilot.
@Robinson K sure about all of that ? Ejection seats were no real advantage in aircraft of that era ; the 219 had to have them because the cockpit was ahead of those big propellers.... Better speed ? Hmmm. Better climb ? I definitely doubt that one - an underpowered, heavy aircraft with high wing loading won't ascend like an angel .
@@jimmytgoose476 big ooof The he 219s and Mossies top speed areindeed comparable both are in the 670 kph range depending on the source (some claim 650 for the 219, others 670, probably depends on the variant used) The Mosquito climbs somewhat better indeed but not really by much,both arent really rockets when it comes to ascending. The heinkel has the advantage of having its weaponry based BEHIND and below the cockpit therefore not blinding the pilot when firing. Also wing loading isnt everything, the fw190 and the p47 have high wing loading and both were very maneuverable, sure the mossie can turn tighter but then again the 219 is far better armed and better in a dive. The 219 is the more sophisticated aircraft for nightfighting ,period.
Hamburg roasted - bcs a Ju 88 nightfighter had been brought to England by some defectors - then had been WELL inspected and the Allies could adapt their strategy . - An uncomfortable FACT , rarely mentionned.
If it's any consolation, my uncle's Lancaster crew was credited with the "probable" shooting down of a JU88 on a raid to Stuttgart in September 1943. Sadly, they were shot down by flak in late December.
@@richardstuart325 Two other Lancs had been shot down, before my dads, losing all crew. My dad and the other gunner apparently shot down the Ju888, and no others got shot down afterwards, so I have read.
The Best always means the most Successfull on in is role. No matter how much technical details that could be "Throw" against that certain model. Like ,what was the Best Fighter of WW2... ??!! The BF109 of course. It was designed to shot down other/Enemy airplanes,and did that job better than any other plane produced during WW2. Oh,but it was slower than the...,the landing gear was crap,the canopy was shit..etc,etc but in the end it was the most Successfull Fighter plane in history. So,it was/is the Best,do you like it or not
The night fighter versionof the me 262 was the nemisis of any and all mossiepathfinders.kurt welter msde his namein becoming the one german pilot in specialising in thedowninmany ofmosquitosand otherallied intruder aircraftinc.p61 black widows!
G'day, Define "Best"... Specify, "best"...; for which purpose ? Is it possible for ANY Design to be actually "Good", when it is that of a Fossil-Burning Flying Machine intended to convey Firearms and Explosives to be employed in the wanton killing and wounding of Strangers, and destroying built-up Infrastructure and manufactured goods belonging to the aforementioned Strangers...; all in the service of an irrational megalomaniacal Dictator who is bent upon World Domination - to be achieved by his followers' resorting to wholescale murder, rape, dispossession, theft, arson and "induced famine" as well as Industrial-Scale Death-Camps....., and all because, "the End Justifies The Means...!" ???? Technically, theoretically, EVERY Death Machine which was ever designed and built to levitate within Herman Goring's Luftwaffe..., because they were always intended to be employed attempting to conquer the Planet called "Earth" so that Hitler could then proclaim himself to be " The King Of The World"...; (edit, posted early due to Finger Trouble..., Concluding now.) ...; tecnnically ALL those Flying Machines were by definition BAD things indeed - because they ONLY existed to facilitate the carriage and use of Guns and Bombs, the better to ensure that Warfare ocurrs upon the Earth ; and thus EVERYBODY who had ANYTHING to do with any of them is an integral part of The Problem, and thus fully deserved EVERYTHING which subsequently went wrong with their lives. Just(ifiably ?) sayin', Have a good one... Stay safe. ;-p Ciao !
Well, I agree. Although the FW-190 comes close. The versatile butcher bird, easy to maintain workhorse. And there were these top high altitude fighters, possibly best of the war of all sides.
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Great review of the Ju88, my favourite German twin engined aircraft.
The Junkers JU-88 was one of the most innovative aircraft of that era and a very effective fighter/bomber/night fighter, and reconnaissance being one of the most versatile aircraft in the Luftwaffe due to its ability to serve in a multitude of ways including fighter, bomber, and reconnaissance. The JU-88 served through the duration of WWII. Some were taken back to both Britain and America and studied and test flown influencing how aircraft were designed after WWII. The allies were both stunned and impressed at how advanced the JU-88 and further variants were compared to what the Allies had in operation at that time. Both Heinkel and Dornier had similar designed aircraft in operation during WWII. All three companies probably designed their aircraft based on requirements from the Luftwaffe which resulted in very similarly designed aircraft. All of them were very effective and relied upon aircraft for the Luftwaffe. even with heavy losses. They're was no question at the beginning of the war that Germany had the best Air Force in the world at that time and the most aircraft of any Air Force in the world. All of their airplanes and even Gliders were highly advanced and had technology much more advanced than the Allies had. Much of their technology was reversed engineered by the Allies during and after the war from captured Aircraft which were heavily studied and test flown by Allied Test Pilots. Jet technology was also heavily influenced by the ME262 jet and other jet types captured by the allies and taken to America and the UK after the war. Russia also captured downed aircraft and reverse engineered much of the technology the Germans had developed.
Yeah. Sure.
Just envious because the "allies" didn't have a decent jet fighter. According to Eric Brown the Me 262 was a quantum leap forward. You punks had nothing comparable. Suck on it.
Go research theju388now that was an advanced aircraft.butnone of them could hold a light tothe me262 orthe ar224both of which were light yearsin advancedof anythinginthe a
Alliedinventory.i should mentionthe horten ho229which was the fore runner of an aicraftmeant to be stealthy?😮😮
Faux le glouster meteor est sorti avant le me 262 le radar est une invention anglaise etcsi l aviation allemande était si puissante pourquoi a t elle perdu la bataille d Angleterre ah les admirateurs de la technologie nazie vous delirez
@@alaindaubresse2161 You may be absolutely correct sir. The Gloster Meteor was a little ahead of the ME262 in the testing phase I believe and some were definitely pressed into service in very limited capacity compared to the piston engine fighters and bombers. I guess what I meant to say was the ME262 was deployed in the first operational Jet fighter Unit in service in WWII with the Squadron that Galland was heading up of all the German ACES who were close to Galland and German pilots whom Galland thought would excel in the Defense of the Reich with the ME262. Not sure when exactly the Meteor went into actual operational service in combat against enemy airplanes. The Meteor was a much more reliable machine for sure. The ME262 jet engines only had a service life of like 25 hours before they could blow up on their own and fail. Although they did suspect that some failures were attributed to forced labor workers intentionally sabotaging the engines in small unnoticeable ways during manufacturing to sort of hurry along the failure of the engine of their oppressors. This was part of the fact why there were not more of the ME262 in service when they were at the very tail end of the war. As revolutionary as the 262 was, and it certainly was an advanced aircraft for that time period, it wasn't without major problems, including lack of parts, lack of fuel, and lack of experienced mechanics trained to work on the new jet engines. Pilots for Germany were in very short supply by the end of the conflict. Germany trained over 20,000 pilots before and during WWII. Only 2,000 survived WWII which is a horrible ratio. Many of their finest ACES were eventually shot down by either British, Russian, or allied nation pilots. I certainly did not want to take away anything that the brave British Pilots did during the Battle of Britain and beyond to defend their nation because they were certainly a force to be reckoned with and they did eventually repulse the German's out of English territory successfully during the Battle of Britain, although some German historians might argue a little bit in their own favor saying they still had a significant impact. There is no doubt Germany had the most powerful Air Force in the world at the beginning of the conflict. It was reduced to a limited Air Force by the end of the conflict just defending Germany and as the war progressed, you saw less and less German aircraft in the skys.
The Kammhuber line as conceived was an extremely formidable countermeasure to British night bombing. Many times the RAF endured unbearable losses and this plus the German tactic of scrambling heavy fighters at the British airfields when the bombers were leaving and returning, almost brought the British strategic bombing to a complete halt due to excessively heavy losses. Amazingly, Hitler sent this night fighter force to the Mediterranean, during the period when they were enjoying their greatest successes against the RAF...
The Saturation bombing rendered the line useless...the Flights over the English coastal I agree. Bombers were mincemeat there. Terrible mistake from Goering, but he'd had no options as Hitler rulled him.
The problem, when you have to defend to much areas with not enough material.
Adolf had a tendency to do that, the greatest military tactician lol … with the British campaign they had no idea how close they came, Goerings intel wasn’t that great
The German Moskito failed because the resin glue failed. They literally fell apart. To bd fair the British version struggled in warm humid climates but that was more about wood swell & shrink rupturing the glue.
@@Dave5843-d9m I heard a completely different story! The TA-152 was about to enter production. The British found this out and bombed the factory making the glue. Apparently there were no substitutes.
Excellent video. All the technical aspects and service history is really interesting. Thanks for that 👍
The Heinkel 219 Owl was the best German night fighter!
The He 219 was far more difficult to build and carried few advantages over the Ju 88G. Had it been able to effectively intercept Mosquitos it might have had a better claim, but in the end it didn't really offer anything that the Ju 88G couldn't, and it also couldn't be built at anywhere near the same scale. You'd have a better argument with the Me 262B, which could chase down mosquitos, but had trouble with much slower heavy bombers. Rapid closure rates with low velocity rounds, at night, are a dangerous combination. At the end of the day, the Ju 88G was the only realistic option for phasing out the venerable, but very dated Bf 110G-4, and it did so very effectively, both in terms of performance and production.
@@henryh8357 My congratulations for such a superb comment! It seems the myth of the HE-219 "UHU" will never die.
I fully agree that the JU 88 G-6 was the Luftwaffe' definitive Nightfighter.
He 219 was a good nighter but to small in numbers and the better models were hampered by unavailable engines. In the the backbones of Germany night fighter were Me110 and ju88
Nope. It may have been the technically most advanced, but was never produced in the numbers required to be the "best". Less than 300 of all variants built to 1945. The best night fighters as in most prodigious and successful were the Bf 110 of which 3268 were built of the G variants alone excluding C, E, F, models pressed into ersatz NJ service. The Ju 88G & C were also great, but again the numbers. 1000 of all C variants, and unknown of the G series.
JU 88 was the best German plane of the war!
Okay, yes an exaggeration but considering the JU 88 production and versatility not an extreme exaggeration.
He 219. The Owl (Uhu). Another famous flying nightmare.
Uhu = Eagle Owl
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The Ju 88 was by far the most versatile german aircraft with its 60+ variants. And the night fighter role was one of her strong suits. Apart from that, the best german night fighter was - without any doubt - the He 219. So Your video description is unfortunately proven to be wrong. And there is no way to sugarcode this right... ;)
I think they use "best" to mean several criteria including service life, success in combat, versatility, and numbers produced. I think a one plane fly-off between a Ju-88G and a He-219, assuming both were in perfect mechanical condition, could surely favor the He-219, but that isn't what the video is focusing on. Crazy thing is the 219 was underpowered and imagine it's capability if it was given a better engine.
my father flew the JU88 night fighter version and was credited with shooting down 17 Lancasters,3 Halifaxes and 2 Wellingtons
There wasn't anything the He 219 excelled at that the Ju 88R and G nightfighters didn't. Sure, it had better visibility and handled better on one engine, but that didn't justify trying to convert already existing, massive production lines to build a more complicated plane that didn't any serious advantages. Even the He 219 A-7's weren't much faster than the last Ju 88G's with Jumo 213E engines at altitude, a moot point though, considering how few of either were built. The reputation of the He 219 as an unbeatable nightfighter is a post war narrative, many Luftwaffe pilots had mixed opinions on it, as did test pilot Capt. Erich Brown, who had nothing but praise for the Ju 88.
Great video
The Heinkel 219 Uhu was the best Luftwaffe Nachtjäger plane - but it was expensive to produce, complex and made in v. small quantities to the Nachtjagdgeschwader units. And why did this happen - is one of the unusual examples when Germany instead introducing another complex type or another subvariants to existing machines (which complicated the already overloaded industry unable to keep up with the current orders, complicated deliveries to the front and the availability of spare parts, and thus the number of available machines in a combat readiness status in the front units...) - for a change they chose more the "Anglo-Saxon or Soviet pragmatic approach" - that is the production of a combat-proven type in huge numbers, such as the: M4 Sherman, T-34, Spitfire, IL-2 Sturmovik, etc. And the Ju 88G was that type of machine: durable, well-proven, already available in production lines, familiar to both flying and ground personnel.
The He 219 was a good plane in terms of performance, and in some concepts ahead of its time (USAAF technical intelligence used some solutions, e.g. an ejection seat, a layout of the cabin extended beyond the aircraft's engines with good visibility for the pilot and a retractable ladder copied and used in the Fairchild A-10 Warthog), but the cost of its production and complexity in relation to its advantages over the Ju 88G spoke in favor of the production of a proven aircraft.
Germans in this period (1943) were starting to lose the war and the introduction of another new type which the costs in relation to the benefits were not to much significant, was not a very good idea. If they took the same approach to other types of armament, instead of multiplying further sub-variants and introducing new types, e.g. continue production of proven good Pazer IV and V Panther, StuG III- IV in large numbers, instead of useless very unreliable like: Tiger II, Jagdtiger, etc. - then German soldiers would have had more good and working(!) equipment at the front, and the war could have lasted longer.
Also the decisions of the units had an impact on the failure to use the advantage of some great machines, such as Adolf's obsession to make the Me-262 Schwalbe his desired "Schnellbomber" (fast bomber) instead of producing it in large numbers as a fighter to fight the Allied bomber formations which in the meantime turn Germany into rubble...
The He 219 was a little faster than the Ju 88 with the same class of engine, probably about 32kmh faster and could be directly upgraded with the Jumo 222 engine to provide a 444-460mphmph fighter. It likely would have been cheaper to produce than the Ju 88 had it been produced in larger numbers. The lower grade of electronics supplied (no tail warning radar) is not the fault of the air-frame. It wasn't really fast enough to catch the mosquito, perhaps when the Jumo 213E, DB603L became available in late 1944 or early 1945.
This claim has been debunked a dozen times. The 219 offered few practical advantages over the Ju-88 and compounded with one or two disadvantages.
@@williamzk9083 Forget the Jumo 222. It was never more that a prototype.
@@thethirdman225 You know little on the topic but feel compelled to blab out your ignorance. Over 220 were produced and aircraft flew with it. The Jumo 222 was put back on the production list in 1944.
@@williamzk9083 This is personal for you, isn't it?
Actually best night fighter was HE-219 "UHU". But due to it has complex structure, expensive and time consuming production rate, very few entered the service. So Ju-88 modification was best and easiest solution for the Luftwaffe and they did the job done.
The ME Bf110 was still an excellent night fighter.
Arguably the best. A lot like the Hurricane in the BoB vs the Spitfire. One was the more numerous and workhorse shooting down the bombers, the other the press glamour queen.
The problem for the Luftwaffe's NJG dealing with the bomber streams was the RAF's tactic of maximum effort sheer numbers in order to overwhelm the defences. The Bf 110's performance vs the RAF heavies and mediums was more than sufficient for their NJG role in terms of firepower, endurance, climb rate, twin engine redundancy, and crew space. The more of them that could be put into the air plus pilots who didn't require conversion other than NJ specialisation the better. It was also cheaper, used less materials and was faster to produce, and the extant factory Bf 110 and Ju 88 production lines could continue uninterrupted in parallel with one another.
Not being dismissive of the 88, but the venerable 110 like the 109, amazingly, continued to be viable in the NJG role until the very end, the sheer numbers of allied fighters and bombers the actual Achilles Heel overwhelming der Reichsverteidigung.
In my opinion, the Junkers Ju88 was Germany's Bristol Beaufighter in terms of armament, speed and operational roles. The Heinkel He219 was at the time a very complex aircraft, innovative, but late in WW2 the Luftwaffe didn't really have the support structure to enable it to be as good as it promised. The 219 was also quite a handful to fly for the average service pilot.
It was the German counterpart of the Mosquito (in a way), although the genesis of both were as different as "chalk and cheese"! . Designed as a bomber but modified again as a night fighter... the Mosquito became the fighter-bomber that the Ju 88 never actually was but both were flown with oversized armament (but for different purposes). Completely different in construction but both were high performance airframes and VERY adaptable to new purposes. It was one of Germany's truly modern, multipurpose designs.
Well... the Ta152 was the real german mosquito.
But it sense of deployment, yes... let's say it was something like a german mosquito.
The German counterpart was the Me 410. Similar in size and performance to the Mosquito. The speed differences between them were dependent on the supercharger setups.
The ju 88 is a much larger plane.
@@HaVoC117X The Ju 88 indeed was a much larger plane but could also take larger engines than the Mosquito. The mosquito was considered too small to handle the Grifon but the Ju 88 could be adapted to the Jumo 213 which was the same size as the Griffon The G series heavy fighters were generally adapted with night fighting equipment. The Ju 88 G1 used the BMW 801, the Ju 88 G6 the Junkers Jumo 213A and the Ju 88 G7 used the Jumo 213E which had a two stage three speed supercharger and a clean speed of about 404 mph and about 386mph with radar and flame dampers. The FuG 240 N1A Berlin microwave radar likely would have raised this quite significantly.
-The Ju 388 was a development of the Ju 88G sharing wings and tail etc and was planed with the Jumo 222E/F engines (Jumo 222 E/F had two stage super chargers, the Jumo 222 A3/Br3only two)with which a speed of about 444mph was expected. This engine was back on the production lists at the end of the war and was bench testing and passing endurance tests at 2800hp.
@@williamzk9083 do you have got a source for jumo 222 being back on the list. All I know is that it was canceled late 1943.
The jumo 213 had lots of unused potential, with higher grade fuels and 4 valves per cylinder and better superchargers it was expected to crank out almost 3000 hp. Being much smaller than the complicated 222 I don't see a reason to put it back in production. Furthermore I think the BMW 802 was much more promising as a bomber engine. The jumo 222 and the DB 610 were dead ends as far as I know.
@@HaVoC117X The Me-210 and 410 were never very good.
Can u make a smaller video as to how they were able to fight at night
Great video , thanks
In short: German night fighter crews disliked and avoided the Ju 88s whenever possible because they were heavy, had poor climb, and were a big target. Their positive side was a large amount of fuel, which ensured an all-night flight. The He 219 owl had the same problems. The workhorse remained the Me 110, which failed as a destroyer only as a night fighter. many times more victories. The Me 262 made its debut as a night fighter in 1945, and with a few copies, the future would belong to it.
Not true at all indeed, what you mentioned applies to Do 217 nachtjäger variants, Ju 88 had supreme flight characteristics and was loved by pilots both in C and G variants. Ju 88G6 and Uhu were the best Luftwaffe night fighters in WW2, period. Bf 110 was a good aircraft, especially in NF service as u mentioned, but simply those two were better.
@@danx4880 The He-219 was not nearly as successful as has been made out. To begin with, there were never that many of them and secondly, they offered few, if any, advantages over the Ju-88. When I got my hands on a copy of Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown’s book _’Wings of the Luftwaffe’,_ the first aircraft I looked up was the He-219, believing to have been something extraordinary. It wasn’t. Brown’s description is not flattering. On the other hand, he loved the Ju-88 and actually flew the one in British markings in this video. He was almost equally complimentary about the Bf-110.
True. Me 410s production was cancelled by the end of 44, but the 110 was kept in production in large numbers till the end. Together with the He 111 both started the war and remained till the very end.
I agree. The 110s were the best German night fighters.
German crews did not know they disliked the JU 88. my father was credited with 13 victories flying the JU:
Schnaufer flews the BF110.
Very good commentary on a fairly obscure airplane, un Luftwaffe service..
Fine video !
The Messerschmitt BF 110 plyed a role as night fighter with Liechtenstein Telefunken radar.
Good video, if anyone out there wants to know more about the night conflict, they should get hold of a wonderful book by Alfred Price called "Instruments of darkness".
Coincidentally, I've just re-re-read Mr Price's "Luftschlacht über Deutschland" (Battle over the Reich).
Thank you my good sir. :)
Thanks for the tip. For another really good read, I highly recommend Peter Hinchliffe’s book, _’The Other Battle’,_ which describes the night war. Peter Hinchliffe was a Bomber Command navigator and explains the progressions and technological leapfrogs throughout the war.
Also try Night fighter by CF Rawnsley and Robert Wright
I would also recommend 'History of the German Night Fighter Force, 1917-45'.
the Germans had some really sophisticated weaponry in WW2 !
Allied weaponry was just as good. Each side had its own advantages.
We were only ahead in rocket technology. Every other nation had similar ideas or concepts but we were always the first to built/try out new stuff to fight allied production capacity with better quality.
It didn't pay off in ww2 because of germanys inability to produce anything of that advanced tech in significant numbers.
@@dave_sic1365 The night fighters were very advanced for the time. But quantity bypasses quality as you said
Lothar Schaefer great ace flew 110
Milch, had a vendetta against Ernst Hinkle and delayed it out of spite. The head of the Luftwaffe night fighter force, Kamahuber (iirc) saw it as a good prospect and ordered it outside of RLM procurement policy. Side stepping Milch, which got him sacked. Delaying the 219 for 12-18 months.
What a fun aircraft to fly!
oh , when did you fly the 88? PLEASE do not reply computer game!
I wonder if some German pilots got “lost” on purpose.
Making sure they didn’t land Switzerland. One crew did and got shot when they returned home.
How to build a dedicated Nightfighter from scratch!?
The HE-219 and P-61 offered no clear advantages over their JU 88 and Mosquito Nightfighter contemporaries (which were converted from Medium Bombers).
The P61's chief advantage was that it was American , a big factor to the USAAF .
they did, he 219s armament position for example
.....which was in the same position as the Mossie , the 88, the P61, the Beaufighter , the 110, the Ta154....
Subbed.
Painter loves the plane's name
I believe Milch had the appropriate manufacturing stratagy for the circumstances.
It was called the “Schnell (fast) Bomber”
What about the He 219? Surely the best German nightfighter, even though produced in limited numbers.
Forbidden by Milch.
What about it ? Best by what measure (apart from looks...) ?
Westphallian Stallion aproves Teutonic Night ^^
The He 219 Uhu was the most advandced and specialised night fighter concept. For me it's the best nightfigter od WWIi, but at least,....it's the indian, not the arrow!
Lacked some of the equipment of other German types, and wasnt as fast as the Mosquito NF30 or P61 (and didn't have comparable radar). While fast and heavily armed, it wasn't even the best German nightfighter.
Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown did not like it. However, he loved the Ju-88 and Bf-110.
@@thethirdman225 Eric Brown was not forced to flew it in combat! The, sadly only few, nightfighter pilots who used it were committed of the combat efficinecy! F.E. the relativly high mounted Cockpit with superior visibility conditions was a new concept we could find later in modern fighters (F16....)
@@karlhubben8009 The 219 was underpowered. If you're a pilot of a twin you don't want an underpowered one. The 219 was overrated. It's got a huge following of fanbois but that doesn't change history.
@@karlhubben8009 Brown had been a combat pilot so he understood the perspective of having to fly it in battle. I don’t see it makes any difference.
The Bf110G was a effective night fighter, does anybody have actual stats to see which was the best night fighter?
The simplest stat says the Bf110 is the greatest of all time if it's just taken as number of kills .
SAU is not a male pig , a male pig is called Eber
So "wilde Sau" is wild pig in english
wild boar would be "Wilde Eber"
thanks for uploading 🙂
219 got the ejection seat ! Yes.
The cockpit was in front of two big propellers ; getting out without an ejection seat would have been a bit of a challenge ....😳
Does anyone know where does the plane carry four SC-250 to SC-1000 Hermann bombs? On the bomber version it's actually carried on the wings between the engine and the main fuselage itself. However it would be risky for the crew of This Plane fighting against a British Sunderland seaplane because of its formidable armament
The Ju 88 had two bomb bays in the fuselage. These could not carry more than 50kg/110lb bombs (there was apparently a 70kg bomb as well). These internal bomb bays were generally blocked off and used for fuel. There were two bomb shackles under the inner wing. One of these under each wing could be used to carry a 1000kg bomb (or a 900 liter fuel tank). The Ju 88A4 carrying internal bombs only and with diver brakes removed was quite fast. The Ju 88 night fighters had the forward bomb bay blocked of by the gun pack and the rear usually filled with fuel. Only once shackle was provided under each wing. There was a shackle that could be fitted to the outer wing but it was seldom used.
@@williamzk9083 A sttafel of eight 88s failed in their attempts to shoot down a Sunderland, the Flying Porcupine!
@@LeopardIL2 This event never happened. It’s a complete myth. No evidence of it in British or German records. It wouldn’t be entirely surprising as most Ju 88 were the A4 or A5 and lacked the armament.
@Williamzk myth ? Proof, please . The crew of the Sunderland were decorated for their efforts . Their opponents were Ju88C-6's , heavily armed and armoured planes used over the Bay of Biscay /Atlantic to intercept allied aircraft .
@williamzk9083 Spot on and for John Weal's Ju-88 Western Front book, he said that a Ju-88A-1 or Ju-88A4 tried to attack a convoy but got shot down by a Sunderland escorting a convoy
Really wonder how those early radars worked and how their crews used them
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The owl had many design faultsinc.the use ofpoorglue used on tswooden components
Japan took notes from this night fighter program and tried to convert their own twin engine bombers lines for the same task, but neither converted Frances bomber P1Y2-S Aurora nor converted Peggy bomber called Pi-109 were successful. Was it because Japanese Home Islands had no early warning system to speak of when the Allied bombing campaign began?
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@@SuperTrumpMAGA
The Bombing of Japan campaign started in 1944 forced IJN and IJAAF to scramble for sloutions since none of their single engine aircraft could climb to the altitude B-29s were flying in time before they drop the payloads.
Before Raiden interceptor was deployed, they made do with bolting extra guns on their twin engine bombers and used them as ghettoed high altitude interceptors. Didn't work very well.
Hienz Schnaffer. 120 plus victories in a bf 110
Shot down the young man who previously lived in the house I grew up in.😕
HEINZ SCHNAUFER
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@@jkilla9934 Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer.
Night? Was it a black knight
yeah sorry but the bf 110 was the most successful nightfighter of WWII , and the He219 was the best or the Me 262 B1/U1 just by how advanced they were
Being advanced offered no advantage. The 262 night fighter was never used in anger, as far as I know. The He-219 had little to offer over the Ju-88 or Bf-110.
@thethirdman225 I need to check on the 262 because I'm pretty sure they flew some sorties. And the he 219 offered A LOT over the other types, ejection seats,better speed and climb performance and most crucial of all, armament was positioned in a way that it couldn't blind the pilot.
@Robinson K sure about all of that ? Ejection seats were no real advantage in aircraft of that era ; the 219 had to have them because the cockpit was ahead of those big propellers....
Better speed ? Hmmm. Better climb ? I definitely doubt that one - an underpowered, heavy aircraft with high wing loading won't ascend like an angel .
And the armament was (mostly) in a pod under the belly - just like the 88G and 110G .
@@jimmytgoose476 big ooof
The he 219s and Mossies top speed areindeed comparable both are in the 670 kph range depending on the source (some claim 650 for the 219, others 670, probably depends on the variant used) The Mosquito climbs somewhat better indeed but not really by much,both arent really rockets when it comes to ascending. The heinkel has the advantage of having its weaponry based BEHIND and below the cockpit therefore not blinding the pilot when firing.
Also wing loading isnt everything, the fw190 and the p47 have high wing loading and both were very maneuverable, sure the mossie can turn tighter but then again the 219 is far better armed and better in a dive. The 219 is the more sophisticated aircraft for nightfighting ,period.
True
The UHU was the best on my opinion.
Best German Night fighter was the He-219
Hamburg roasted - bcs a Ju 88 nightfighter had been brought to England by some defectors - then had been WELL inspected and the Allies could adapt their strategy . - An uncomfortable FACT , rarely mentionned.
Probably the plane that shot down my dads Lancaster over Normandy.
That’s sad.
If it's any consolation, my uncle's Lancaster crew was credited with the "probable" shooting down of a JU88 on a raid to Stuttgart in September 1943. Sadly, they were shot down by flak in late December.
@@richardstuart325 Two other Lancs had been shot down, before my dads, losing all crew. My dad and the other gunner apparently shot down the Ju888, and no others got shot down afterwards, so I have read.
@@WilliamJohnwon1522 Many thanks for sharing. Nearly 80 years on and these men are not forgotten.
Funny, during their debut, Canadians flying w/ the RAF, were in Mustang MK1/1As on intruder missions w/ no radar ripping them out of the sky!
Do yourself a favor and read David Irving's biography of Milch, Rise and Fall of the Luftwaffe
The Best always means the most Successfull on in is role.
No matter how much technical details that could be "Throw" against that certain model.
Like ,what was the Best Fighter of WW2... ??!! The BF109 of course.
It was designed to shot down other/Enemy airplanes,and did that job better than any other plane produced during WW2.
Oh,but it was slower than the...,the landing gear was crap,the canopy was shit..etc,etc but in the end it was the most Successfull Fighter plane in history. So,it was/is the Best,do you like it or not
The night fighter versionof the me 262 was the nemisis of any and all mossiepathfinders.kurt welter msde his namein becoming the one german pilot in specialising in thedowninmany ofmosquitosand otherallied intruder aircraftinc.p61 black widows!
Good video except for the silly hyperbole that seems to be the stuff of RUclips.
The uhu suffered fromfaultygluethat wasusedonthe woodencomponents of theaircraft😮
Imagine having a surname that means ‘milk’ in German lmao
He must’ve been bullied alot as a kid lol
my grandfather locked attacking English still over England. Greetings from Germany Torsten
Стирали города с лица земли эти ,, красавцы ".уничтожали все живое и на земле и на море...
& Heinkel 219
The best German aircraft of ww2 end of story
No, agreed
G'day,
Define "Best"...
Specify, "best"...; for which purpose ?
Is it possible for ANY Design to be actually "Good", when it is that of a Fossil-Burning Flying Machine intended to convey Firearms and Explosives to be employed in the wanton killing and wounding of Strangers, and destroying built-up Infrastructure and manufactured goods belonging to the aforementioned Strangers...; all in the service of an irrational megalomaniacal Dictator who is bent upon World Domination - to be achieved by his followers' resorting to wholescale murder, rape, dispossession, theft, arson and "induced famine" as well as Industrial-Scale Death-Camps....., and all because,
"the End
Justifies
The
Means...!"
????
Technically, theoretically, EVERY Death Machine which was ever designed and built to levitate within Herman Goring's Luftwaffe..., because they were always intended to be employed attempting to conquer the Planet called "Earth" so that Hitler could then proclaim himself to be
" The King Of The World"...;
(edit, posted early due to Finger Trouble..., Concluding now.)
...; tecnnically ALL those Flying Machines were by definition BAD things indeed - because they ONLY existed to facilitate the carriage and use of Guns and Bombs, the better to ensure that Warfare ocurrs upon the Earth ; and thus EVERYBODY who had ANYTHING to do with any of them is an integral part of The Problem, and thus fully deserved EVERYTHING which subsequently went wrong with their lives.
Just(ifiably ?) sayin',
Have a good one...
Stay safe.
;-p
Ciao !
Only one close FW 190. Bf 109 very good till end of 1942 and Me 262 had outstanding potential.
Well, I agree. Although the FW-190 comes close. The versatile butcher bird, easy to maintain workhorse. And there were these top high altitude fighters, possibly best of the war of all sides.
Safer to call it the most versatile.
it certainly was junk. it was slow and outgunned
Sure about that ?
Mosquito was better. lol. I would say that being English. hah Thanks for the vid.
Cope harder britboo tankie.
That’s because you are right NF 30 was the best Nighfighter of WW2
"frudition"?
Sorry, the best was the He 219
Why ? No received/repeated wisdom or "facts", please ...
clickbait title - he-219 was best nightfighter
Immer wieder klasse wie deutsche Namen verbalhornt werden..............naja ist was nicht von den Tommies oder Amis ist es laut diesen Nasen eh immer zweitrangig
Sie meinen: verballhornt..?! harhar, Mr. Deutschlehrer...Die restlichen Groß-/Kleinschreib- und Interpunktionsfehler: geschenkt.
Mosquitos were better.
.....and English .
Soon as I heard the audio I switched off.
Not everyone on YT is a native English speaker. I had no trouble understanding what was narrated.
Dear narrator when speaking english take out hot potatoe of your mouth😅
First????
Boring.