I'm really glad you included the scene from the start of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in this, that's always been one of my favorite movie scenes period. Really helps to set the stakes of the setting, especially for people who just think it's a fantasy story going in.
@@danpullen6676 The scene in general is great, but the music. Chefs kiss. And the humming of the engines as they come into frame as the search lights turn on sends chills down your spine.
I was eagerly awaiting that Blitz clip from Narnia, knew you couldn't miss it haha. Probably one of the most pleasantly unexpected openings of any film.
That scene ruined that entire movie for me. It was so good I completely forget I was watching a Narnia film. I was so bummed out when the actual story got going.
BIt of an interesting fact, that a lot of Japanese Army aircraft took many design philosophies from the German Luftwaffe and their aircraft designs. Meanwhile, the Navy used more design philosophy than the US airforce. The Navy had more similar configurations to Us bomber designs. While the Army airforce took a lot of designs from the German He-111s.
@@sinisterisrandom8537 Sinister, i have a question if i may,i assume you have seen "The battle of Britain", there is a scene when the He 111s are headed to England and they get bounced by the Spitfires, there is a shot of the back of one and around the tail it has these 2 globe looking things tied to a line and a big globe, looks like little ballons or something, i just pulled my copy of the movie, its at the 55.56 mark all the way to the left of the screen,wonder what that is? a camera? thank you for your input.
@@dntlssI believe that was part of the Casa 2.111 radio antenna. They ran insulators on the wire and this may have been part of the set up. The German set up was conical.
Mi father worked with the HE111 in the Spanish air force, based in Puerto Pollensa in Mallorca- Spain in the 50´s. The emergency landing gear deployment was a simple fixed cable scissor were the cables passed thru. Pulling a handle they just cut the cables and the landing gear dropped down, simple and effective. I like your channel, i´m also aircraft maintenace engineer like my father, subscribed and like, greetings from Barcelona.
I love Battle of Britain, used to watch it from a VHS recorded off the TV in the 80s every time I visited my grandparents. Some facts about the film are: - The "109s" like the 111s were also Spanish copies, HA-1112s, and some were painted RAF colours to stand in for Hurricanes (they could only get 3 airworthy hurricanes, they had 17 HA-1112s) - With about 100 aircraft under their control, the film studio was also the worlds 35th largest air force at the time. - More blank rounds were shot during filming than live ones during the actual Battle of Britain. - The scenes of a bombed out London were shot in a housing estate in Peckham Rye that was being demolished - Some of the extras playing civilians lived through the actual blitz and quit after a few takes due to PTSD - All aircraft were painted in period correct camouflage and markings, which meant the aircraft could only be filmed on cloudy days since the camera aircraft (a B-25 painted bright colours so stunt pilots could see it and dubbed the "Psychedelic Monster") had trouble filming them - Luftwaffe general Adolf Galland was the films technical advisor, and the scenes where the German pilot asks Goering for a "squadron of Spitfires", and where Goering leaves yelling from his railway car, are based on personal exchanges Galland (allegedly) had. - Michael Caine's role in 2017s Dunkirk as the Spitfire squadron leader is an homage to his role in this film. - The scenes in RAF fighter command were shot in the actual facilities used in WW2, with the props and furniture being mostly the ones used in the war. - It was one of the WW2 films that George Lucas paid tribute to in Star Wars, with the spitfires rolling away one after the other to engage the bombers inspiring the scene where the X-Wings break away to dive on the Death Star.
The He 111 gets a bad rap due to the Battle of Britain. That is because it was flying against an enemy who had the advantage of radar that allowed the fighters to intercept at the right time and at the right altitudes. Elsewhere in early to mid WW2 bombers flew and only faced interception by roving patrols that were often low on fuel and at the wrong altitude, making the bombers far more survivable. Compared to other nations' pre war bomber designs that were swept from the air attempting daylight bombing (with the exception of the B-17) the German bombers actually flew at day well into 1942/3. After that they were just victims.
Another reasons was for instance that Göring ordered the escort fighters to stay close, which prevent them from doing what they were designed for: Energy fighting. Not speaking of the fact that an escort is almost useless when it cannot protect til the target is reached because of lesser fuel
Not sure why they get a bad rap,when you are a lightly armored bomber and you have a fighter almost twice as fast or any fighter for that matter the results are pretty much expected, He111 were a awesome machine,a workhorse for sure, i actually have a Ehrenpokal that belonged to a He11 Beobachter,he survived the war, would love to get a picture of the plane but its proven hard to find, you know if there are any websites dedicated to the Zwilling? i would love to find a lot of info on that bad boy.
Long ago there was a small book about the making of "The Battle Of Britain". In it is a story that upon seeing the squadron of Spanish bombers one production crewman turned to another and said "do you realize that right here we have fully 50% of Spain's strategic bombing force.."
The 4 Engine one from Cicero is already haunting my dreams and I havent gone to sleep yet. It almost looks like a B-17D but someone had to put so much effort into making that model instead of just downloading or buying a model of a B-17
The Battle of Britain movie is such glorious classic warbird porn. CGI can never replace having actual aircraft and the way they behave. If only because the animators just don't quite know how these aircraft move and because directors can't help but overindulge themselves making the aircraft and/or cameras do unnecessarily flashy moves. And there is of course that glorious BoB movie soundtrack which lifts the movie up to an ever higher level of aerial bliss.
Awesome job. The He-111 is one of my personal favorites. I saw on in the UK. I spent 6 weeks touring it with my family seeing all the sites including Dover, the battle of Britain museum, the Imperial War Museum, Duxford, Bovington and the RAF Museum. Anyone that likes militaria a show in Los Angeles is scheduled for June 17-18!
The Heinkel 111 was a difficult aircraft to fly with a single engine. Some years back now, an HE-111 crashed on final approach to Cheyenne airport when it lost an engine.
Every twin engine aircraft is difficult to fly on one engine especially if airspeed is low during takeoff and landing as this reduces rudder authority. Its even worse if the undercarriage is down. This is why twins need a copilot. Quick reactions are needed. -Modern aircraft, say a beechcraft barron or king air will have sensors detecting engine failure, automatically feather the propeller and apply a little rudder away from the failed engine. All of these things have to be done manually on older aircraft.
@@williamzk9083 And here comes Dornier Do335. It was able to fly on one engine. ( Though its a jet; HAL 24, a Kurt Tank design, also had records to get back to the base on one engine after heavy damage in 1971 war. 😉)
Lemmy from "Motorhead" once had the song bomber on the album cover (from 1979) and was a Heinkel 111. Yes, we also saw that Stalingrad Heinkel 111 wreck in "Enemy at the Gates" (2001). Great video Johnny!
Well you came up with a good subject Johnny, and I live in any area that was subjected to repeated air attacks during the second world war by this type and others, my family knew lots about this and it's nice to see and hear you have kept up with this, they would have liked it too. The film footage took some finding and that is always a joy to see your dedication with that, well done, more please.
Thank you kindly! Glad you liked it. I grew up in Bath and remember having a memorial in our garden to the victims of the Bath Blitz. Few places that weren't effected in some way.
As a historic note, prior to WW2 there was a Luftwaffe general named Walter Wever who was pushing hard for a German strategic bombing force. However, he was killed in an air crash in the late 1930's and the strategic bombing idea died with him. So the Luftwaffe developed into a tactical air force which worked just fine, until it didn't.
@@welkingunther5417 Well never know of course, but Wever was a pretty dynamic indivdual and if he was able to get Hitler's ear, and Hitler always had a nose for good ideas like armored divisions and blitzkrieg for example, it just might have happened.
The Luftwaffe was NEVER a tactical air force. Not in doctrine or procurement. Less than 15 per cent of its aircraft were designed for close air support. Interdiction and the air superiority mission were both prioritised over CAS
@@DannyBoy777777 So what kind of an air force was it supposed to be? You're only telling us half the story. Mind you 50 people liked what I had to say including Johnny Johnson so if you've got a good analysis of what the Luftwaffe was intended to be let's hear it.
@wayneantoniazzi2706 Anybody who asks that sort of question clearly isn't familiar with the subject, and I haven't got the time to educate. For a start, Prof. James Corum "The Luftwaffe, Creating the Operational Air War". Or Corum's "Luftwaffe doctrine 1911-45" That 53 idiots off the internet liked what you had to say has no bearing on anything. Lots of crap gets written about the Luftwaffe. Being a tactical air force is one of them. It was organisation that was, what Corum, Müller, Overy et al describe as an "Operational airforce".
A friend of mine is working at the "Flugwerft Unterschleißheim", the aeroplane department of the Deutches Museum, Munich. They got one of these Battle of Britain movie-CASA 2111s and restored it. Consequentially for a museum, in its original form, in the original silver and blue spanish livery. Some details that may not be so obvious: Due to the slanting glass nose, in poor weather visibility could become very restricted. To overcome that especially during landing, you could slide back the panel over the pilot, a smal windscreen folded out, and then the complete pilot seat could be lifted so that the pilot's head was sticking out. I would have thought especially for a military plane the wing mounting would be extremely sturdy. In gliders usually the wing spars are elongated in a tongue and fork fashion to reach through the fuselage into the wing root on the opposite site to reduce forces = become stronger On the 111, the upper and lower wing spar members end in a ball way smaller than a fist, more llike a tennisball. . At the fuselage are receptive sockets for these balls. And the ball is secured with not more than a bell nut over the ball and around the socket. Practical, but it looks flimsy af, esp. for something that is expected to receive damaging hits in its service. One hit at the wrong spot (this joint), and the wing is off - completely. E.g. the Mosquito had a one-piece (wooden) wing that was lifted in a cutout in the fuselage, thus leaving no punctual weak spots.
I like how at 2:13 That plane treated the bomber like an aircraft carrier And at 2:47 how classic music is playing while a guy nearly gets killed by a propeller after being hurled off by an agent
04:30 thanks for featuring this clip from the Battle of Britain! As an East End kid in the 1960’s I played on this ‘beach’ a few times before it was closed to the public…
Neil Williams was the director of fighters in the movie BoB. He had been the world aerobatic champion for 14 years. He was also the, if not the senior, Test Pilot for French business jets. Unfortunately he, his wife with the entire maintenance crew, died when he ran a CASA (He111) into hills attempting to remain visual.
One of the few German aircraft from WWII that was as beautiful as she was deadly! The HE-111 was a masterpiece of design, and looks like it could have come from the minds of American bomber designers! One of my all-time favorite planes from this era!
fell in love with the Heinkel 111 when i saw THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN IN 1969. Then look around for a model kit, and found the LINDBERG 1/64 SCALE KIT. Had a lot of fun building those!
6:32 That and the only other German fighter, the BF-110 Destroyer was a twin engine heavy fighter. It had range on par with that of the 111, and had good firepower, but it lacked maneuverability to dogfight Spitfires and Hurricanes
The He 111 was intended both as a bomber, and as an airliner (V1 and V3 were bombers, V2 and V4 were transports), while Heinkel kept trying to interest Lufthansa in transport versions as replacements for the He 70, Lufthansa had no use for another gas-guzzler.
God i love Battle or Britian, that music never dails to stir emotion, hope, courage, desperation and sheer bloody grit. Even the opening soundtrack and german theme are perfect.
Fun Fact: The Bomber B project was meant to replace the He 111 for a much heavier bomber aircraft. However, due to the failures of the aircrafts supposed to replace it meant that the He 111 continued to be Germany's main bomber aircraft. Thankfully, Germany never made a heavy bomber aircraft equivalent to the American B-17 and British Lancaster bombers.
RAF museum Hendon, London has a late war fallschirmjäger version on display. I feel like I’ve known this aircraft since I was a kid but I only learnt today abt the Z and V1 carrying versions. Excellent!
The 1969 Battle of Britain footage got recycled quite a few times in the years that follows, probably the most interesting use was in the TV adaption of 'Piece of Cake' a novel about the early days of WWII that ends with the first of the German raids on London. I've also heard of at least two films using footage from the film converted to 'black-and-white' as substitutes for period newsreel footage.
I know there is a car called Brutus that was featured on the old (and best) Top Gear which was built around a Heinkel engine. They also had another car that was built around a spitfire engine that they ended up racing.
The Fritz X radio guided bomb was tested using the 111. There is video of the bomb mounted on the 111 under the wing. However, the Dornier Do 217k carried the bomb for attack procedures.
The Do 217K (extended wingspan) could attack from higher altitude than the He 111 which was safer for the bomber. The Do 217K would approach at high speed at 22,000ft or so, aim the bomb normally through the Lofte 7 computing bomb sight and release. Upon release the bomber would make a steep climb with flaps down to 24,000ft thereby slowing down and lining up the bomber with the target. Bomb fall time was probably 35 seconds. The bomb aimer only made corrections in the last 5 seconds or so with a simple on off switch in a joyastick. Like the US with the AZON bomb proportional control was found to add nothing.
Bugger me! The bloke who is playing Franco is a dead ringer for him!! HE 111 had unsynchronised (or was it synchronised?) engines that made them give an undulating hum. The scene in BoBrit where theNazi He111 ‘Tomatoes’ tried attacking my hometown across the North Sea and got there arses handed them gives me goosebumps every time I watch it (the bit where the Henkel splats in the drink and the music kicks in). Every time!! Nice one Jonny. You should do this for a living:)
I'm glad you include the movie "Into the white". I remember seeing it when I was younger and remember it being a very unique movie. Nice video as always!
There is a video from a couple of years ago with a pilot of a Spanish Casa 2.111 giving a tour of the plane and he said flying it was really loud and could be hot in the summer because of the glass cockpit.
very nice to see you including the turning tide, my gran lives in Troon where it is is set and I often go down there where they filmed the Heinkel scenes neat the South Beach.
As a Heinkel pilot in war thunder. I'll say that it's okay, i mean it's a good bomber and the defence armament is decent. Its just that the cockpit is unarmored and the pilot snipes are very inconsistent. Like you'll get snipes 1km+ away or survive even 20mms.
@@EnclaveChad It's a fantastic light tactical bomber; it is _very_ maneuverable and can get good loadouts. The problem it suffers is getting safe into and out of the AO Defensive armament is light - by game, and by contemprary reality standards; just a single _edit: of them_ 7.62 facing backwards-top, which is where the majority of engagements for you will be. Inexperienced pilots chasing you are still easily shot down, though, as the aircraft is durable, and the 7.62 penetrates glass as well as any other gun, or get one of the incendiary rounds into their engine.
@@armoredspain7053 There were. I watched a behind the sceans documentry on the making of the film, which was made in the 1960's. Spain used the He-111's as trainers for their new pilots. The Battle of Britain was not the only movie they were used in, they were also used in the movie Patton.
Great video. And thanks for including details about the bombing of Guernica. It was an unprecedented war crime at the time, soon to be exceeded by all sides in WW2. Also, it inspired the only work of art by Picasso that I like. I really don't know why he is so admired. In the late 90s, I did get to meet a man who was a member of the Lincoln Brigade (US volunteers who fought against the fascist forces in the Spanish Civil War in 1936-37. Quite an astounding person, one of the very last survivors who participated in that struggle against fascism. Now it goes around again. I hope this generation is up to the challenge.
@tomhenry897 I believe he was an anarchist. The Soviets did side with the Republicans and supplied arms etc, but they also murdered a lot of Republican volunteers who would not tow the party line. The NKVD were just as bad as the Fascists.
A very useful adjunct to the book on the story behind the plane by Heinz Nowarra, that I used to have but was amongst a whole raft of books that went in a house move about three-an-a-half years ago, so thanks a lot for this video. One of the quotes from the book referring to the CASA 2.111 as used in 'The Battle Of Britain' alluded to this strangely familiar and yet not-so-familiar aircraft at an air museum. There was always a strange irony in a juxtaposition of the aircraft type that partially influenced the He 111, the He 70 with a Spitfire in a pair of photos in the book - the He 111's nemesis, if it weren't for the Hurricane! As a fellow medium bomber that was also used as a torpedo bomber - and thanks for making reference to the He 111's role as such - I'd love to see an 'In The Movies' video on the Savoia-Marchetti S.M. 79.
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq Thanks for the incredibly prompt reply. I'll look forward to that video on the 'Terrific Trimotor', which I've just coined as an expression for the S.M. 79, if one appears!
During operation Pedestal, Vics Fulmars attacked a group of HE111 TPS from Fleigerkorp X. They had the upgraded armour you mentioned. The Fullies had been fitted with .50s as an experiment (and ‘cos the .303s where like hens teeth at the time) but they’d misbehaved in artic conditions and were removed. Consequently, the Fulmars (and Sea Hurricanes) had to engage the He111s at point blank and near suicidal range to defeat the new armour plating. There was probably some Polish fighter pilot at the time shaking his head saying “we’ve been doing it that way since 1939 but you guys crack on!” Most Fulmar losses were consequently to return fire from bombers. If you can do a video on the Fulmar, JJ, then I’ll buy you a pint! I think there’s a training film from 1943……. And that’s it. Shame. Great planes.
You missed the most incredible story about a Soviet fighter pilot Devyataev (Movie "Escape from Hell", 2021). He managed to steal He 111 from a Nazi camp and fly away with 9 other prisoners. Mikhail Petrovich is a real Hero.
Speaking of which. The Kent Battle of Britain Museum in Hawkinge has acquired one from Duxford and restored it apart from the engines throughout the lockdown in 2020.
Would you please do a video involving the sbd3 dauntless dive bomber and dusty kliess and dick best, the only 2 pilots to hit 2 aircraft carriers in 1 day?
@6:53 The Pearl Harbor movie when the Spitfire made a dive attack above the He-111 shooting at the cockpit when it exploded, that was the common method RAF/American volunteered pilots do when they want a fatal kill on a bomber. They would aim for the cockpit where both pilot and bombardier would be from above where its' least protected. Grandfather told me stories he heard from his older brother who volunteered because he was Polish. They would load the 20mm cannons on the spitfires with high-explosive flak shells to make the bomber explode from inside, which was historically accurate and unfortunately would be a vicious kill because he said he never saw any parachutes from a downed Heinkel over the English channel.
Can you do the JU 88 next? Despite being smaller than the Heinkel 111, it was made a workhorse of the Luftwaffe, being used in roles beyond tactical and strategic bombing.
These are 2 great aircraft, but ze germans being ze germans they had to have a third, not aunty Ju (Ju-52 being a transport not a bomber) which means the Do-17, also known as the flying pencil, seeing anything on that would be a treat, thank you.
I love the heinkel 111 in war thunder, good bomb load for tier two and while it wont bite against the late tier IV vehicles it is more than enough to kill early spitfires and yaks
Yeah. One of the things about early WWII and the conflicts immediately preceding it - was that there were a lot of things that had not been done before and no one really knew what they were doing. For the Battle of Britain - the Luftwaffe had never gone against such a sophisticated and technologically equal opponent before. As would later happen between the 8th AF and the Luftwaffe - the participants shot each other to pieces. All in all - the Luftwaffe didn't have the horses to do what they were trying to do - but then - again - they didn't know that going in. They could put drop tanks on 109's but - they didn't have enough. I read once that those they did have were made out of a paper like material (they were after all disposable) but they got left out in the ran - and ruined. Their initial attacks were properly thought out and they went after the Enemy Airfields as they had in Poland. Here though - they suffered from Over Claiming - thinking they had done much more damage to the RAF than they really had. They thought they were winning - and they weren't. The switch to bombing cities - was only partially out of revenge - but they thought that this would cause the RAF to send in massive fighter defenses - which they would then be able to destroy. That didn't work out as planned either. They would have been better off sticking to airfields. The thing was - at NO time were the Germans ever close to winning. People love to over dramatize things (like the Germans being on the skirts of Moscow (Oh! They were so close! They almost won the war!!!!!) when it was never that close to being decisive). Same thing with the Battle of Britain. Of course, the British didn't KNOW how well they were actually doing. There's a line from _The Battle of Britain_ movie where the production guy (iirc) is talking to Dowding about the accuracy of the RAF loss estimates. _"If I'm right - they'll quit," Dowding says, "If I'm wrong - they'll be in Whitehall in a week."_ Of course - this - is exactly the kind of over dramatization I talking about. Sea Lion - the German Plan for Invasion - never stood a snow ball's chance in hell of succeeding - but again - no one had ever done anything like that before - so - they just didn't know how badly prepared the Germans were. It is only in contrast to the later Allied Efforts that we can see how hopeless the Germans Efforts were - but then - the Germans didn't have those operations as guidelines yet either. .
Excellent post Bob, and the allies corresponding lack of experience with ampibious assault was partly alleviated by the catastropic "practice run" of "Operation Jubilee" AKA the Dieppe raid.
@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 Yeah. The big things there were - don't assault a beach made of loose rocks and don't try and take a port right away. Thus the Mulberries. In the Pacific - the Navy and Marines were learning about neap tides at Tarawa ... and the importance of amphibious tractors. The Americans had made beach landings before - and Dieppe was a shared learning experience but they had never made an assault landing across a coral reef into the teeth of heavy beach defensives. Of course the Japanese were learning too ... and one of the things they learned - was to NOT make suicidal Banzai charges - but to make the Americans dig them out of their bunkers, caves and tunnel systems. .
@@BobSmith-dk8nw Its nice to see other commenters on YT that have a firm grasp of history and the grammatical skills necessary to convey their view. Far too many parroting revisionist nonsense, and with utterly no idea of what they're talking about. Keep up the good work Bob. All the best.
could you do a vid on the Long range Bomber Focke Wulf Fw-200? if i remember right is was a massive problem for the Allies to deal with due to the fact of how high in the sky it could operate at.
The fictional he -111's from 9:06 may have supposed to be heinkel-177 "greif"s? or something made up but not disimiliar to the he-111z a five engined heavy bomber made up of two conjoined he-111 connected with a 5th engine it was used for towing gliders and dropping the fritzx naval guided bomb.
Huh... Always wondered what those Twin Engine Aircraft Were back in my Younger Days, watching those Classics... And I Never even Bother Searching it afterwards, even when my Curiosity about is still Active, but now... This Video has Cleared me of my Question, a Question thats been on my Mind for Years... I Honestly dont know why I didn't search these up... But Hey At least my Questions are now Answered, thanks to you Johnny! Excellent Job! Very Informative as Always! Keep up the Great work, my Friend!
I had a chance to get in one from the Confederate Airforce back in 1999. My impressions is it is very cramped inside. This one you enter through the right side. The classic door underneth was closed off. They had a gun in the upper mount and 2 on either side. The cockpit was blocked off but you could look inside. They added a second set of controls. The cockpit was hot, it was August but all the glass gave it a green house effect. Talking to the guys that flew her she was bit a user friendly plane. Very loud and hot with the green house effect. Unfortunately she crashed in 2003.
Rather randomly a heinkel appears in the 1970's "Battle of midway" during a montage of stock footage. It's clearly a Casa from the battle of Britain movie used incorrectly in the edit.
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The Heinkel He 111 is a beautiful and extremely cool aircraft.
I'm really glad you included the scene from the start of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in this, that's always been one of my favorite movie scenes period. Really helps to set the stakes of the setting, especially for people who just think it's a fantasy story going in.
Me too. Ever since a kid, I loved that opening scene in the bombing raid. Loved the movie in general as a kid, too.
I used to watch that scene over and over again as a kid, it was very well done
@@danpullen6676 The scene in general is great, but the music. Chefs kiss. And the humming of the engines as they come into frame as the search lights turn on sends chills down your spine.
I was eagerly awaiting that Blitz clip from Narnia, knew you couldn't miss it haha. Probably one of the most pleasantly unexpected openings of any film.
That scene ruined that entire movie for me. It was so good I completely forget I was watching a Narnia film. I was so bummed out when the actual story got going.
That clip of Bo messing around with the Heinkel still makes me laugh to this day; on par with cutting wings with the tails of PBY Privateers
Bv 238 best aerial landing strip.
its not funny to weaken your own team, this clowns should be reported and banned
They're all classics
@@Sturminfantrist These* If you’re going to be a wet blanket, at least have grammatical correctness…
Because it’s Supposed to be entertaining, the content is obviously not supporting team killing or anything
BIt of an interesting fact, that a lot of Japanese Army aircraft took many design philosophies from the German Luftwaffe and their aircraft designs. Meanwhile, the Navy used more design philosophy than the US airforce. The Navy had more similar configurations to Us bomber designs. While the Army airforce took a lot of designs from the German He-111s.
There was a whole design class of Japanese engineers taught by Meherschmitt, if I remember rightly.
@@NM-wd7kx for the army for the most part yes.
@@sinisterisrandom8537 Sinister, i have a question if i may,i assume you have seen "The battle of Britain", there is a scene when the He 111s are headed to England and they get bounced by the Spitfires, there is a shot of the back of one and around the tail it has these 2 globe looking things tied to a line and a big globe, looks like little ballons or something, i just pulled my copy of the movie, its at the 55.56 mark all the way to the left of the screen,wonder what that is? a camera? thank you for your input.
@@dntlssI believe that was part of the Casa 2.111 radio antenna. They ran insulators on the wire and this may have been part of the set up. The German set up was conical.
That’s true
Mi father worked with the HE111 in the Spanish air force, based in Puerto Pollensa in Mallorca- Spain in the 50´s. The emergency landing gear deployment was a simple fixed cable scissor were the cables passed thru. Pulling a handle they just cut the cables and the landing gear dropped down, simple and effective. I like your channel, i´m also aircraft maintenace engineer like my father, subscribed and like, greetings from Barcelona.
I love Battle of Britain, used to watch it from a VHS recorded off the TV in the 80s every time I visited my grandparents. Some facts about the film are:
- The "109s" like the 111s were also Spanish copies, HA-1112s, and some were painted RAF colours to stand in for Hurricanes (they could only get 3 airworthy hurricanes, they had 17 HA-1112s)
- With about 100 aircraft under their control, the film studio was also the worlds 35th largest air force at the time.
- More blank rounds were shot during filming than live ones during the actual Battle of Britain.
- The scenes of a bombed out London were shot in a housing estate in Peckham Rye that was being demolished
- Some of the extras playing civilians lived through the actual blitz and quit after a few takes due to PTSD
- All aircraft were painted in period correct camouflage and markings, which meant the aircraft could only be filmed on cloudy days since the camera aircraft (a B-25 painted bright colours so stunt pilots could see it and dubbed the "Psychedelic Monster") had trouble filming them
- Luftwaffe general Adolf Galland was the films technical advisor, and the scenes where the German pilot asks Goering for a "squadron of Spitfires", and where Goering leaves yelling from his railway car, are based on personal exchanges Galland (allegedly) had.
- Michael Caine's role in 2017s Dunkirk as the Spitfire squadron leader is an homage to his role in this film.
- The scenes in RAF fighter command were shot in the actual facilities used in WW2, with the props and furniture being mostly the ones used in the war.
- It was one of the WW2 films that George Lucas paid tribute to in Star Wars, with the spitfires rolling away one after the other to engage the bombers inspiring the scene where the X-Wings break away to dive on the Death Star.
The He 111 gets a bad rap due to the Battle of Britain. That is because it was flying against an enemy who had the advantage of radar that allowed the fighters to intercept at the right time and at the right altitudes. Elsewhere in early to mid WW2 bombers flew and only faced interception by roving patrols that were often low on fuel and at the wrong altitude, making the bombers far more survivable.
Compared to other nations' pre war bomber designs that were swept from the air attempting daylight bombing (with the exception of the B-17) the German bombers actually flew at day well into 1942/3. After that they were just victims.
It gets a bad rap because it was a German piece of 💩 like their car industry today and the superior British machinery came out on top
SUPERIOR BRITISH MACHINERY
Another reasons was for instance that Göring ordered the escort fighters to stay close, which prevent them from doing what they were designed for: Energy fighting. Not speaking of the fact that an escort is almost useless when it cannot protect til the target is reached because of lesser fuel
Not sure why they get a bad rap,when you are a lightly armored bomber and you have a fighter almost twice as fast or any fighter for that matter the results are pretty much expected, He111 were a awesome machine,a workhorse for sure, i actually have a Ehrenpokal that belonged to a He11 Beobachter,he survived the war, would love to get a picture of the plane but its proven hard to find, you know if there are any websites dedicated to the Zwilling? i would love to find a lot of info on that bad boy.
@@samholdsworth420 lol, a fighter against a bomber,thats a no brainer.
Long ago there was a small book about the making of "The Battle Of Britain". In it is a story that upon seeing the squadron of Spanish bombers one production crewman turned to another and said "do you realize that right here we have fully 50% of Spain's strategic bombing force.."
During filming the movie was the 35th Largest Airforce in the world
I have that book somewhere in my attic. 😊
The 4 Engine one from Cicero is already haunting my dreams and I havent gone to sleep yet. It almost looks like a B-17D but someone had to put so much effort into making that model instead of just downloading or buying a model of a B-17
It's as cursed as they come
A Frankstreins' monster of Bomber Aircraft
Was trying to find it, but I cannot. Mind sharing a picture?
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq And if you look closely they're in USAAF markings.
@@Graham-ce2ykeven more so, pre-1942 USAAF Markings (before they removed the big-red dot to avoid confusion with the Japanese)
The Battle of Britain movie is such glorious classic warbird porn. CGI can never replace having actual aircraft and the way they behave. If only because the animators just don't quite know how these aircraft move and because directors can't help but overindulge themselves making the aircraft and/or cameras do unnecessarily flashy moves. And there is of course that glorious BoB movie soundtrack which lifts the movie up to an ever higher level of aerial bliss.
Awesome job. The He-111 is one of my personal favorites. I saw on in the UK. I spent 6 weeks touring it with my family seeing all the sites including Dover, the battle of Britain museum, the Imperial War Museum, Duxford, Bovington and the RAF Museum.
Anyone that likes militaria a show in Los Angeles is scheduled for June 17-18!
You've been to some excellent museums my friend.
There is one of the 3 left
The Heinkel 111 was a difficult aircraft to fly with a single engine. Some years back now, an HE-111 crashed on final approach to Cheyenne airport when it lost an engine.
It was a CASA-2111
Every twin engine aircraft is difficult to fly on one engine especially if airspeed is low during takeoff and landing as this reduces rudder authority. Its even worse if the undercarriage is down. This is why twins need a copilot. Quick reactions are needed.
-Modern aircraft, say a beechcraft barron or king air will have sensors detecting engine failure, automatically feather the propeller and apply a little rudder away from the failed engine. All of these things have to be done manually on older aircraft.
@@williamzk9083 And here comes Dornier Do335. It was able to fly on one engine.
( Though its a jet; HAL 24, a Kurt Tank design, also had records to get back to the base on one engine after heavy damage in 1971 war. 😉)
The Heinkel He 111 is by far one of my favorite ww2 planes
Lemmy from "Motorhead" once had the song bomber on the album cover (from 1979) and was a Heinkel 111. Yes, we also saw that Stalingrad Heinkel 111 wreck in "Enemy at the Gates" (2001). Great video Johnny!
Thanks man! Wish I would have thought to add the Motorhead cover.
Great comment ! And for more I learn that Airfix produced a special edition of their He 111 model kit with Motorhead decals ! I wish I build it :-))
I thought the EATG aircraft was a Siebel. I’ll have to dig out the DVD and check it again.
Well you came up with a good subject Johnny, and I live in any area that was subjected to repeated air attacks during the second world war by this type and others, my family knew lots about this and it's nice to see and hear you have kept up with this, they would have liked it too. The film footage took some finding and that is always a joy to see your dedication with that, well done, more please.
Thank you kindly! Glad you liked it. I grew up in Bath and remember having a memorial in our garden to the victims of the Bath Blitz. Few places that weren't effected in some way.
As a historic note, prior to WW2 there was a Luftwaffe general named Walter Wever who was pushing hard for a German strategic bombing force. However, he was killed in an air crash in the late 1930's and the strategic bombing idea died with him. So the Luftwaffe developed into a tactical air force which worked just fine, until it didn't.
I can't help but wonder if such an idea would've come into fruition for Germany if he survived that crash.
@@welkingunther5417 Well never know of course, but Wever was a pretty dynamic indivdual and if he was able to get Hitler's ear, and Hitler always had a nose for good ideas like armored divisions and blitzkrieg for example, it just might have happened.
The Luftwaffe was NEVER a tactical air force. Not in doctrine or procurement. Less than 15 per cent of its aircraft were designed for close air support. Interdiction and the air superiority mission were both prioritised over CAS
@@DannyBoy777777 So what kind of an air force was it supposed to be? You're only telling us half the story.
Mind you 50 people liked what I had to say including Johnny Johnson so if you've got a good analysis of what the Luftwaffe was intended to be let's hear it.
@wayneantoniazzi2706 Anybody who asks that sort of question clearly isn't familiar with the subject, and I haven't got the time to educate.
For a start, Prof. James Corum "The Luftwaffe, Creating the Operational Air War". Or Corum's "Luftwaffe doctrine 1911-45"
That 53 idiots off the internet liked what you had to say has no bearing on anything. Lots of crap gets written about the Luftwaffe. Being a tactical air force is one of them. It was organisation that was, what Corum, Müller, Overy et al describe as an "Operational airforce".
the HE-111 was also in Dunkirk
Always liked the look of the He 111. Good on you, Johnny for including the torpedo bomber role.
I went to the RAF museum outside of London and there was a HE111 in excellent condition. Really cool to see it up close.
This was a great video. The first bomber model kit I put together was a Heinkel 111, so this video brought back cherished memories. Thanks!
Could you.see.throu the front glass once.you.finisjed the model as.mine was more glue residue than plastic :)))
@@BenStrutton-qb9rx lol yes
A friend of mine is working at the "Flugwerft Unterschleißheim", the aeroplane department of the Deutches Museum, Munich.
They got one of these Battle of Britain movie-CASA 2111s and restored it. Consequentially for a museum, in its original form, in the original silver and blue spanish livery.
Some details that may not be so obvious:
Due to the slanting glass nose, in poor weather visibility could become very restricted. To overcome that especially during landing, you could slide back the panel over the pilot, a smal windscreen folded out, and then the complete pilot seat could be lifted so that the pilot's head was sticking out.
I would have thought especially for a military plane the wing mounting would be extremely sturdy. In gliders usually the wing spars are elongated in a tongue and fork fashion to reach through the fuselage into the wing root on the opposite site to reduce forces = become stronger
On the 111, the upper and lower wing spar members end in a ball way smaller than a fist, more llike a tennisball. .
At the fuselage are receptive sockets for these balls.
And the ball is secured with not more than a bell nut over the ball and around the socket.
Practical, but it looks flimsy af, esp. for something that is expected to receive damaging hits in its service.
One hit at the wrong spot (this joint), and the wing is off - completely.
E.g. the Mosquito had a one-piece (wooden) wing that was lifted in a cutout in the fuselage, thus leaving no punctual weak spots.
I like how at 2:13 That plane treated the bomber like an aircraft carrier
And at 2:47 how classic music is playing while a guy nearly gets killed by a propeller after being hurled off by an agent
04:30 thanks for featuring this clip from the Battle of Britain! As an East End kid in the 1960’s I played on this ‘beach’ a few times before it was closed to the public…
2:15 love the Bo Time Gaming reference
The OST of BoB, 1969 by Ron Goodwin always had me pumping up. His work is also heard in Where Eagles Dare.
Neil Williams was the director of fighters in the movie BoB. He had been the world aerobatic champion for 14 years. He was also the, if not the senior, Test Pilot for French business jets.
Unfortunately he, his wife with the entire maintenance crew, died when he ran a CASA (He111) into hills attempting to remain visual.
One of the few German aircraft from WWII that was as beautiful as she was deadly! The HE-111 was a masterpiece of design, and looks like it could have come from the minds of American bomber designers! One of my all-time favorite planes from this era!
Here’s a suggestion you should make a video on Japanese air craft next
This was a great video btw keep up the great work :)
Why does your channel comfort me so much? I just feel so cozy when watching. 🤔
Thanks Ronald it means a lot to me to hear that 👍🙏
Dark Blue World is a favourite of mine and I am glad you managed to fit it in.
Personal favorite of mine as well
So glad you added Bo time into the overconfident part of your talk. 😂
Bo's the man
fell in love with the Heinkel 111 when i saw THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN IN 1969. Then look around for a model kit, and found the LINDBERG 1/64 SCALE KIT.
Had a lot of fun building those!
6:32
That and the only other German fighter, the BF-110 Destroyer was a twin engine heavy fighter. It had range on par with that of the 111, and had good firepower, but it lacked maneuverability to dogfight Spitfires and Hurricanes
The He 111 was intended both as a bomber, and as an airliner (V1 and V3 were bombers, V2 and V4 were transports), while Heinkel kept trying to interest Lufthansa in transport versions as replacements for the He 70, Lufthansa had no use for another gas-guzzler.
Lmao everyone gangster until the HE111 is flying above your flat and you ain’t even got a bofers in the yard 😂😂
*Bofors.
2:08 - I love this editing. Showing WT players goofing around while talking about overconfidence of the real-life Luftwaffe
God i love Battle or Britian, that music never dails to stir emotion, hope, courage, desperation and sheer bloody grit. Even the opening soundtrack and german theme are perfect.
Fun Fact:
The Bomber B project was meant to replace the He 111 for a much heavier bomber aircraft. However, due to the failures of the aircrafts supposed to replace it meant that the He 111 continued to be Germany's main bomber aircraft. Thankfully, Germany never made a heavy bomber aircraft equivalent to the American B-17 and British Lancaster bombers.
they made the Heinkel 177 but it was very unreliable and wasn't used much in combat
I think the main failure is caused by development of Junker Jumo 222 engine which some books claimed that the engine was "Developed to death"
"Pearl Harbor" (2001): A blockbuster that dissed THREE World War II theaters. (The Battle of Britain, Pearl Harbor, and The Doolittle Raid.)
izetta the last witch is really good at first i thought the tone would be out of place but i really turned to liking it
RAF museum Hendon, London has a late war fallschirmjäger version on display. I feel like I’ve known this aircraft since I was a kid but I only learnt today abt the Z and V1 carrying versions. Excellent!
The 1969 Battle of Britain footage got recycled quite a few times in the years that follows, probably the most interesting use was in the TV adaption of 'Piece of Cake' a novel about the early days of WWII that ends with the first of the German raids on London. I've also heard of at least two films using footage from the film converted to 'black-and-white' as substitutes for period newsreel footage.
The weirdest use was in "Midway" where aircraft turn into 111 just before they blow up.
Wow the he 111 looks badass
i love flying it in IL-2
I know there is a car called Brutus that was featured on the old (and best) Top Gear which was built around a Heinkel engine. They also had another car that was built around a spitfire engine that they ended up racing.
The Fritz X radio guided bomb was tested using the 111. There is video of the bomb mounted on the 111 under the wing. However, the Dornier Do 217k carried the bomb for attack procedures.
Which is curious why we have it on the He 111H-6 but not the Do 217K in War Thunder.
The Do 217K (extended wingspan) could attack from higher altitude than the He 111 which was safer for the bomber. The Do 217K would approach at high speed at 22,000ft or so, aim the bomb normally through the Lofte 7 computing bomb sight and release. Upon release the bomber would make a steep climb with flaps down to 24,000ft thereby slowing down and lining up the bomber with the target. Bomb fall time was probably 35 seconds. The bomb aimer only made corrections in the last 5 seconds or so with a simple on off switch in a joyastick. Like the US with the AZON bomb proportional control was found to add nothing.
I don’t like what it was designed for but love it as a plane..
Es wurde als Verkehrsmittel Entworfen nicht als Bomber.
Bugger me! The bloke who is playing Franco is a dead ringer for him!!
HE 111 had unsynchronised (or was it synchronised?) engines that made them give an undulating hum.
The scene in BoBrit where theNazi He111 ‘Tomatoes’ tried attacking my hometown across the North Sea and got there arses handed them gives me goosebumps every time I watch it (the bit where the Henkel splats in the drink and the music kicks in). Every time!!
Nice one Jonny. You should do this for a living:)
BoB was a yearly watch with dad growing up.
For us brits that excerpt and the music is the ultimate "Gotcha" moment.
I'm glad you include the movie "Into the white". I remember seeing it when I was younger and remember it being a very unique movie. Nice video as always!
7:43 as the Casa's in this sequence were performing strafing runs I'm guessing that they are stand-ins for either the BF-110 or JU-88.
There is a video from a couple of years ago with a pilot of a Spanish Casa 2.111 giving a tour of the plane and he said flying it was really loud and could be hot in the summer because of the glass cockpit.
very nice to see you including the turning tide, my gran lives in Troon where it is is set and I often go down there where they filmed the Heinkel scenes neat the South Beach.
Always liked the look of the 111. First saw it in the 90's when I watched Battle Of Britian. Must be fun to fly in War Thunder, and World of Planes.
As a Heinkel pilot in war thunder. I'll say that it's okay, i mean it's a good bomber and the defence armament is decent. Its just that the cockpit is unarmored and the pilot snipes are very inconsistent. Like you'll get snipes 1km+ away or survive even 20mms.
@@EnclaveChad It's a fantastic light tactical bomber; it is _very_ maneuverable and can get good loadouts. The problem it suffers is getting safe into and out of the AO
Defensive armament is light - by game, and by contemprary reality standards; just a single _edit: of them_ 7.62 facing backwards-top, which is where the majority of engagements for you will be.
Inexperienced pilots chasing you are still easily shot down, though, as the aircraft is durable, and the 7.62 penetrates glass as well as any other gun, or get one of the incendiary rounds into their engine.
If you like you can also fly it in il2 Battle of Stalingrad. The detailing and flight models are about the best you can get in a ww2 sim.
There were no He-111s in that film, and in none
@@armoredspain7053 There were. I watched a behind the sceans documentry on the making of the film, which was made in the 1960's. Spain used the He-111's as trainers for their new pilots. The Battle of Britain was not the only movie they were used in, they were also used in the movie Patton.
Great video. And thanks for including details about the bombing of Guernica. It was an unprecedented war crime at the time, soon to be exceeded by all sides in WW2. Also, it inspired the only work of art by Picasso that I like. I really don't know why he is so admired.
In the late 90s, I did get to meet a man who was a member of the Lincoln Brigade (US volunteers who fought against the fascist forces in the Spanish Civil War in 1936-37. Quite an astounding person, one of the very last survivors who participated in that struggle against fascism. Now it goes around again. I hope this generation is up to the challenge.
He fought with the communist
@tomhenry897 I believe he was an anarchist. The Soviets did side with the Republicans and supplied arms etc, but they also murdered a lot of Republican volunteers who would not tow the party line. The NKVD were just as bad as the Fascists.
He had some of the most beautiful aircraft ever manufactured.
Super cool I really enjoyed that. Reminded me as well what a great film that Battle Of Britain 🇬🇧 from 1969 was.
A very useful adjunct to the book on the story behind the plane by Heinz Nowarra, that I used to have but was amongst a whole raft of books that went in a house move about three-an-a-half years ago, so thanks a lot for this video. One of the quotes from the book referring to the CASA 2.111 as used in 'The Battle Of Britain' alluded to this strangely familiar and yet not-so-familiar aircraft at an air museum. There was always a strange irony in a juxtaposition of the aircraft type that partially influenced the He 111, the He 70 with a Spitfire in a pair of photos in the book - the He 111's nemesis, if it weren't for the Hurricane!
As a fellow medium bomber that was also used as a torpedo bomber - and thanks for making reference to the He 111's role as such - I'd love to see an 'In The Movies' video on the Savoia-Marchetti S.M. 79.
okay, Savoia-Marchetti S.M. 79, I'll add it to my list and see what I can do :)
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq Thanks for the incredibly prompt reply. I'll look forward to that video on the 'Terrific Trimotor', which I've just coined as an expression for the S.M. 79, if one appears!
During operation Pedestal, Vics Fulmars attacked a group of HE111 TPS from Fleigerkorp X. They had the upgraded armour you mentioned. The Fullies had been fitted with .50s as an experiment (and ‘cos the .303s where like hens teeth at the time) but they’d misbehaved in artic conditions and were removed. Consequently, the Fulmars (and Sea Hurricanes) had to engage the He111s at point blank and near suicidal range to defeat the new armour plating. There was probably some Polish fighter pilot at the time shaking his head saying “we’ve been doing it that way since 1939 but you guys crack on!”
Most Fulmar losses were consequently to return fire from bombers.
If you can do a video on the Fulmar, JJ, then I’ll buy you a pint! I think there’s a training film from 1943……. And that’s it. Shame. Great planes.
I like a challenge. I'll add it to my list but I'll hold you to that pint.
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq Well, if you ever fancy a trip to the Smoke I’d gladly buy you a pint.
The Battle of Britain is such a fun movie to watch, one of my favorite ww2 movies
Your favourite movie aswell,i have watched it an amount of times that is unhealthy.
@@your_local_subaru_impreza_gc8 lol nice
One of my favorite planes. Love it.
Thanks for the positive waves man
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq Woof Woof! (That was my other dog impression)
I’m not a big bomber fan I like WW2 and Cold War fighters, but I do like the design of the He111.
I saw yesterday an He 111 in the movie "Jane and the lost city" on RUclips.
Excelente 👌 documental!!! Saludos desde Argentina!!!!
- Messerschmits.
- Heinkels
- Messerschmits.
- HEINKELS!
I love this scene! it's so endeering.
Good compilation. I was waiting for the scene where Patton is shooting back at a 111 with a pustol.
Love your channel for a few reasons but I love to get movie titles I haven’t seen or even heard of!!
Thanks man! I use some good ones and a few bad ones lol but hopefully you'll enjoy a few new ones.
Thanks again, Johnny. I'm going to have to keep a pad and pencil handy to jot down titles of the films I haven't yet seen! 👍😉
Glad I can expose some new movies for you!
Cool video. I recently purchased a 1/32 scale Revell model He 111. Can't wait to start constructing it!!
Happy modeling!
Great video. Good catch on "Turning Tide."
A Heinkel He-111 is going to appear in another movie that is upcoming this June.
This is such a great channel! Many thanks from Hamburg, Germany
Thanks for the kind feedback my German friend
You missed the most incredible story about a Soviet fighter pilot Devyataev (Movie "Escape from Hell", 2021). He managed to steal He 111 from a Nazi camp and fly away with 9 other prisoners. Mikhail Petrovich is a real Hero.
2:16 I love how you just have war thunder he 111s
Bring this bomber in br 4.3..
@@aslatabistaalphonso4250 so it can get gang banged by a bunch of Yaks, spities, and P51s?
Outstanding video! One of my favorite German WW2 aircraft.
The King's Choice is an excellent movie. The sinking of the Blucher at the beginning of the movie is a great scene.
Agreed
Speaking of which. The Kent Battle of Britain Museum in Hawkinge has acquired one from Duxford and restored it apart from the engines throughout the lockdown in 2020.
Is that the ex-Spanish one that was thought to be a CASA but has turned out to be an original German airframe that was sold to the Spanish?
@@AbelMcTalisker . ex-Spanish airframe
@@andrewmontgomery5621 Must be a different airframe then.
Would you please do a video involving the sbd3 dauntless dive bomber and dusty kliess and dick best, the only 2 pilots to hit 2 aircraft carriers in 1 day?
Very interesting and complete information
@6:53 The Pearl Harbor movie when the Spitfire made a dive attack above the He-111 shooting at the cockpit when it exploded, that was the common method RAF/American volunteered pilots do when they want a fatal kill on a bomber. They would aim for the cockpit where both pilot and bombardier would be from above where its' least protected. Grandfather told me stories he heard from his older brother who volunteered because he was Polish. They would load the 20mm cannons on the spitfires with high-explosive flak shells to make the bomber explode from inside, which was historically accurate and unfortunately would be a vicious kill because he said he never saw any parachutes from a downed Heinkel over the English channel.
Just as an interesting point, The Bomber on Motorhead's "BOMBER" album is a Heinkel 111 compleat with what looks like Merlins
4:27 "Messhersmit!"
"ANKLE!!!"
"Messhersmit!"
"No they're not they're ANKLES!"
Lol.
Brother, where do you find all these movies????? incredible.
GOD I LOVE THIS CHANNEL!!!!!
Great video. Most enjoyable and informative.
Can you do the JU 88 next? Despite being smaller than the Heinkel 111, it was made a workhorse of the Luftwaffe, being used in roles beyond tactical and strategic bombing.
Hey, you beat me to asking for a Ju88 video lol. But in addition to that can you also do the Ju 52? Thanks!
These are 2 great aircraft, but ze germans being ze germans they had to have a third, not aunty Ju (Ju-52 being a transport not a bomber) which means the Do-17, also known as the flying pencil, seeing anything on that would be a treat, thank you.
On the list but will need some time :)
@@bongodrumzz Yeah the Do-17 was the worst of the three medium bombers, pretty lightweight in all departments regarding the aircraft.
I love the heinkel 111 in war thunder, good bomb load for tier two and while it wont bite against the late tier IV vehicles it is more than enough to kill early spitfires and yaks
Ju-88 Is better
I personally prefer the Ju-88, but the He-111 does have the 2500kg bomb going for it and pretty good defensive armament for it's br
@@GannicusMisteriosdeHonduras haha Mg 81 Z goes brrrr
Great video as always. Such a unique plane
James old boy. Glad to see you're still with me.
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq haha always brother! Liked the ending to this video lol
It's a very sleek looking plane to be sure.
Was about to fall asleep before I noticed this banger dropped
The music video "Spitfire" by the band Public Service Broadcasting features He 111 bombers.
2:46. That's the funniest line I think you've ever spoken.
Yeah. One of the things about early WWII and the conflicts immediately preceding it - was that there were a lot of things that had not been done before and no one really knew what they were doing.
For the Battle of Britain - the Luftwaffe had never gone against such a sophisticated and technologically equal opponent before. As would later happen between the 8th AF and the Luftwaffe - the participants shot each other to pieces.
All in all - the Luftwaffe didn't have the horses to do what they were trying to do - but then - again - they didn't know that going in.
They could put drop tanks on 109's but - they didn't have enough. I read once that those they did have were made out of a paper like material (they were after all disposable) but they got left out in the ran - and ruined.
Their initial attacks were properly thought out and they went after the Enemy Airfields as they had in Poland. Here though - they suffered from Over Claiming - thinking they had done much more damage to the RAF than they really had. They thought they were winning - and they weren't.
The switch to bombing cities - was only partially out of revenge - but they thought that this would cause the RAF to send in massive fighter defenses - which they would then be able to destroy. That didn't work out as planned either. They would have been better off sticking to airfields.
The thing was - at NO time were the Germans ever close to winning. People love to over dramatize things (like the Germans being on the skirts of Moscow (Oh! They were so close! They almost won the war!!!!!) when it was never that close to being decisive). Same thing with the Battle of Britain.
Of course, the British didn't KNOW how well they were actually doing. There's a line from _The Battle of Britain_ movie where the production guy (iirc) is talking to Dowding about the accuracy of the RAF loss estimates.
_"If I'm right - they'll quit," Dowding says, "If I'm wrong - they'll be in Whitehall in a week."_
Of course - this - is exactly the kind of over dramatization I talking about.
Sea Lion - the German Plan for Invasion - never stood a snow ball's chance in hell of succeeding - but again - no one had ever done anything like that before - so - they just didn't know how badly prepared the Germans were. It is only in contrast to the later Allied Efforts that we can see how hopeless the Germans Efforts were - but then - the Germans didn't have those operations as guidelines yet either.
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Excellent post Bob, and the allies corresponding lack of experience with ampibious assault was partly alleviated by the catastropic "practice run" of "Operation Jubilee" AKA the Dieppe raid.
@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 Yeah. The big things there were - don't assault a beach made of loose rocks and don't try and take a port right away. Thus the Mulberries.
In the Pacific - the Navy and Marines were learning about neap tides at Tarawa ... and the importance of amphibious tractors.
The Americans had made beach landings before - and Dieppe was a shared learning experience but they had never made an assault landing across a coral reef into the teeth of heavy beach defensives.
Of course the Japanese were learning too ... and one of the things they learned - was to NOT make suicidal Banzai charges - but to make the Americans dig them out of their bunkers, caves and tunnel systems.
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@@BobSmith-dk8nw Its nice to see other commenters on YT that have a firm grasp of history and the grammatical skills necessary to convey their view. Far too many parroting revisionist nonsense, and with utterly no idea of what they're talking about. Keep up the good work Bob. All the best.
could you do a vid on the Long range Bomber Focke Wulf Fw-200? if i remember right is was a massive problem for the Allies to deal with due to the fact of how high in the sky it could operate at.
I can definitely look into it! Cool plane. Would be a fun video.
Los de la película son CASA fabricados bajo licencia en España. Los motores son Rolss Merlín. Si os fijáis llevan los tubos de escape arriba
The fictional he -111's from 9:06 may have supposed to be heinkel-177 "greif"s? or something made up but not disimiliar to the he-111z a five engined heavy bomber made up of two conjoined he-111 connected with a 5th engine it was used for towing gliders and dropping the fritzx naval guided bomb.
Huh... Always wondered what those Twin Engine Aircraft Were back in my Younger Days, watching those Classics... And I Never even Bother Searching it afterwards, even when my Curiosity about is still Active, but now... This Video has Cleared me of my Question, a Question thats been on my Mind for Years... I Honestly dont know why I didn't search these up... But Hey At least my Questions are now Answered, thanks to you Johnny!
Excellent Job! Very Informative as Always!
Keep up the Great work, my Friend!
Thanks brother glad I could help out!
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq No, thank you! my friend! You're more than just that!
Keep it Up!
I had a chance to get in one from the Confederate Airforce back in 1999. My impressions is it is very cramped inside. This one you enter through the right side. The classic door underneth was closed off. They had a gun in the upper mount and 2 on either side. The cockpit was blocked off but you could look inside. They added a second set of controls. The cockpit was hot, it was August but all the glass gave it a green house effect. Talking to the guys that flew her she was bit a user friendly plane. Very loud and hot with the green house effect. Unfortunately she crashed in 2003.
Rather randomly a heinkel appears in the 1970's "Battle of midway" during a montage of stock footage. It's clearly a Casa from the battle of Britain movie used incorrectly in the edit.
another great video, thanks Johnny!
I got you William!
It was a very beautiful aircraft . A classic.
I’m a little surprised you didn’t talk about Dunkirk more.
I'll likely get more into it in a future Spitfire video :)