This series was something else. When i passed my flying lessons, my grandpa was my first passenger (my father having died in service when i was a wee one, grandparents raised me) we had loads of fun flying together. After his death, we found out what Grandpa had went through flying over Europe during the war. His last flight saw a lump of shrapnel take the co-pilots head off and partially scalp and blind (with blood) Grandpa. He flew that bomber back and his crew, landed in Norfolk, England, and recovered in hospital. He once said to me that out of all of his adventures, flying with me scared him the most 😂 i loved that man. As a Grandpa, father figure and as a brother in arms. Grandma lost both her brothers during the war. Her youngest brother David was a navigator on a bomber which went down over Germany. His name was mentioned in despatches, saying he kept the plane flying long enough for some of the crew to escape. The eldest was a paratrooper, Charles, kia at bastogne. What these guys went through, we'll never fully comprehend. Would we today go through what they did? Yes. When your country calls for help you answer and flying is a gift weve been given. Its a beautiful thing to fly
About time the “Bloody 100th” got some recognition. Of course can’t compare with “Twelve O’Clock High” and “Memphis Belle” but I prefer this over that opening scene in “Red Tails”.
Far superior special effects these days,, memphis belle and its weak historical story,,very bad dialog, only saved by the aircraft,,twelve oclock high was great for the story and cast,,my father 48 missions,,,radio op,,
for the next upcoming episode next week, what would you like to see more or less in the videos? please drop in comments all feedback is appreciated , tnx Bas
Why not at night.... like the RAF and their Lancasters.. ?? What was the reason to fly the mission at daylight ? RAF used pathfinders so the bombers could find the target at night.. My grandfather living near the dutch coast once said... you could hear te engines from the bombers before you could see them.. within seconds the sky was filled with the bombers. Greetings, Rik
Well Flak was dangerous but only if it exploded close to the plane and even at this state for every 1.000+ flak detonations there would be around 1 or 2 planes hit with minor to medium damage. Planes taken out by flak was kind of a rare occurrence. Which was the reason why German Command made the effort to switch to rockets fired from stationary positions in the ground. Those were way more effective with around 200+ firings with 10 planes shoot down (since the rockets were kind of an insta-kill by design. So why did they not aimed to replace all Flak stations with those rockets?, well because they came up with the idea late enough in the war that the parts needed for them were either hard to find or stupid expensive and time consuming to manufacture, unlike the standard Flak systems which were already steaming at full production capacity. For the record the Flak Towers in Berlin (which still exist to this day) had those defense systems equipped and they were one hell of a killer. Regardless the channel "Military History Visualized" did a video about flak accuracy based upon German reports from the time period and how worse it was compared to rocket barrages from the ground.
shameful display of indiscipline and incompetence. A Bail out alarm is sounded and the crew asked whats that, do you mean bail out? They bring shame to their entire family.
@@derrickj45yeah they did. The formations would be slightly above or below eachother to avoid midair collisions. So calling flak locations was used to make other flights on the same mission aware of where flak was bursting in the air. Ignore that guy man, he’s obviously not clued on with the subject or just looking for a reaction.
I'm gonna assume you're American and don't speak German: The German word for "fire" is "feuer", which sounds almost IDENTICAL to the English pronunciation of fire. Hollywood got it right. Source: I'm German You know a lot of English words come from German, right? What other word would you have had them use? Feuer means fire and sounds like fire, so... what exactly are you complaining about?
Hello, William! I'm Portuguese, but yes, the times I heard the pronuntiation of the german word "feuer", it really sounds very close to the english word "fire". First time I heard it was when I was a kid, I had a german friend who would spend vacations near our house (his grandparents were portuguese), and we always laughed when he said the word "lighter" (feuerzeug, or something like that..), it sounds powerfuly weird funny for portuguese hears. And that's how he also explained us the word feur (among others, ofc). Curiously, because of this story, feuer is one of the very few german words I know. 😅
This series was something else. When i passed my flying lessons, my grandpa was my first passenger (my father having died in service when i was a wee one, grandparents raised me) we had loads of fun flying together. After his death, we found out what Grandpa had went through flying over Europe during the war. His last flight saw a lump of shrapnel take the co-pilots head off and partially scalp and blind (with blood) Grandpa. He flew that bomber back and his crew, landed in Norfolk, England, and recovered in hospital. He once said to me that out of all of his adventures, flying with me scared him the most 😂 i loved that man. As a Grandpa, father figure and as a brother in arms. Grandma lost both her brothers during the war. Her youngest brother David was a navigator on a bomber which went down over Germany. His name was mentioned in despatches, saying he kept the plane flying long enough for some of the crew to escape. The eldest was a paratrooper, Charles, kia at bastogne. What these guys went through, we'll never fully comprehend. Would we today go through what they did? Yes. When your country calls for help you answer and flying is a gift weve been given. Its a beautiful thing to fly
About time the “Bloody 100th” got some recognition.
Of course can’t compare with “Twelve O’Clock High” and “Memphis Belle” but I prefer this over that opening scene in “Red Tails”.
Far superior special effects these days,, memphis belle and its weak historical story,,very bad dialog, only saved by the aircraft,,twelve oclock high was great for the story and cast,,my father 48 missions,,,radio op,,
for the next upcoming episode next week, what would you like to see more or less in the videos? please drop in comments all feedback is appreciated , tnx Bas
Thanks for the good editing and additional information. Your collection is really cool too.
Thank you, we have just started with edit programs so still learning 😅
@@rocksteadymilitaria541it's a wonderful video. Thank you again!
It looks incredible
see our latest episode of relics uncovered: ruclips.net/video/SKZrdl_-KQ8/видео.html
This generally looks good, although this doesn't show formation course and altitude changes to avoid flak.
the series is more extended, iv just highlighted some fights from episode one
Love it mate :)
thanks! 😃
Nice collection. Do divers ever bring up things?
not divers but i got some gear from fishing trawlers
How did the B-17 fly in formation to protect each other with it weapons
i guess protecting was limited
Why not at night.... like the RAF and their Lancasters.. ?? What was the reason to fly the mission at daylight ? RAF used pathfinders so the bombers could find the target at night..
My grandfather living near the dutch coast once said... you could hear te engines from the bombers before you could see them.. within seconds the sky was filled with the bombers.
Greetings, Rik
US bomber doctrine wanted daytime ‘precision’ bombing to aim for specific targets compared to British carpet bombing which aimed for a rough area.
Brutal.
the series had some epic scenes for sure
Movie name?
series: masters of the sky
How rare where direct hits by flak
no clue to be honoust? anyone has more info? stats?
Well Flak was dangerous but only if it exploded close to the plane and even at this state for every 1.000+ flak detonations there would be around 1 or 2 planes hit with minor to medium damage. Planes taken out by flak was kind of a rare occurrence. Which was the reason why German Command made the effort to switch to rockets fired from stationary positions in the ground. Those were way more effective with around 200+ firings with 10 planes shoot down (since the rockets were kind of an insta-kill by design.
So why did they not aimed to replace all Flak stations with those rockets?, well because they came up with the idea late enough in the war that the parts needed for them were either hard to find or stupid expensive and time consuming to manufacture, unlike the standard Flak systems which were already steaming at full production capacity.
For the record the Flak Towers in Berlin (which still exist to this day) had those defense systems equipped and they were one hell of a killer. Regardless the channel "Military History Visualized" did a video about flak accuracy based upon German reports from the time period and how worse it was compared to rocket barrages from the ground.
These are just clips, not the series.
correct, for the complete series: apple TV $$
shameful display of indiscipline and incompetence.
A Bail out alarm is sounded and the crew asked
whats that, do you mean bail out?
They bring shame to their entire family.
The CGI looks cheap.
imo it could had been better..
No crew member is going to call out flak locations. The only flak that matters is dead ahead, and the pilots can see that.
Actually, the crews did call out flak locations, so...🤷🏾
@@derrickj45yeah they did. The formations would be slightly above or below eachother to avoid midair collisions. So calling flak locations was used to make other flights on the same mission aware of where flak was bursting in the air. Ignore that guy man, he’s obviously not clued on with the subject or just looking for a reaction.
Wrong.
Flak expands in all directions.
Tell us about your time serving in a B-17?
typical hollywood, germans saying "fire" in english rather then german
I'm gonna assume you're American and don't speak German:
The German word for "fire" is "feuer", which sounds almost IDENTICAL to the English pronunciation of fire. Hollywood got it right.
Source: I'm German
You know a lot of English words come from German, right? What other word would you have had them use? Feuer means fire and sounds like fire, so... what exactly are you complaining about?
Hello, William!
I'm Portuguese, but yes, the times I heard the pronuntiation of the german word "feuer", it really sounds very close to the english word "fire".
First time I heard it was when I was a kid, I had a german friend who would spend vacations near our house (his grandparents were portuguese), and we always laughed when he said the word "lighter" (feuerzeug, or something like that..), it sounds powerfuly weird funny for portuguese hears. And that's how he also explained us the word feur (among others, ofc).
Curiously, because of this story, feuer is one of the very few german words I know. 😅
Bro does not know languages, professional yapper over here
its indeed close to german so its sounds the same but its different