The Coolest Gun We've Ever Owned!! Walther PP Presented to LUFTWAFFE ACE!!
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- Опубликовано: 6 окт 2021
- In this video, we show the coolest gun we've ever owned!! This is a factory-engraved Walther PP that was presented to a Luftwaffe Ace! The pilot's name was Hans Philipp, or "Fips". This gun was given to him as a gift for achieving 100 aerial victories during WW2. Besides being presented to one of the deadliest pilots in history, what makes this gun so cool is that we have actual footage of Fips being presented an award by Adolf Hitler (in person) and footage of him having dinner with Heinrich Himmler. It doesn't get any better than this!
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I own a Walther PP. My uncle gave it to me. He said he got it at the Battle of the Bulge. It's not in the greatest shape. The blueing is off the pistol, the holster leather is cracked and the magazine is broken. However, I'm the proud owner of a Walther PP.
Do a restoration. It's worthy!
You get oak leaves for the knight’s cross not the iron cross. In fact Fips had the knights cross with oak leaves and swords which equates to 3 knight’s crosses. Quite an accomplishment.
Hi. The other 2 pilots present at that event were: Hauptmann Kurt Ubben and Oberleutnant Max-Hellmuth Ostermann. Best Regards
Thank you, was strange to see that Goering was not present.......being that he and Himmler were not buddies kind of explains his absence.....
Lt. Robert Johnson was so confident in the ability of the P-47 to absorb punishment after landing with 200 bullet holes that he believed his plane could never be shot down by an ME-109. That gave him the confidence to go into combat with no fear. Even facing superior numbers of ME-109's, Lt. Johnson would attack and shoot them down. The P-47 had 8 X 50 caliber guns. The ME-109 only had two small machine guns and a nose cannon that frequently malfunctioned.
You're right. That's the armament of a 1939 ME 109, in 43 when the P 47 flew a armament of 3 x 20mm FF and 2 x 13 mm or 2 x 7,92 MG's was common on a ME 109 F or G series.
A lot of P47's was lost to the ME 109.
The green heart would be the insignia of JG54 (Jagdgeschwader 54 'Grünherz {Green Hearts}). the heraldic crest was the insignia of the 1st Group of JG54 (I Gruppen) The arrow and bars would indicate his position within the Gruppen - Gruppenkommandeur (Group Commander) Properly written, it would be I/JG 54. Interesting that the main gear doors of his BF 109F were removed to help deal with the snow. That was great - what a beautiful PP - wonder how it made its way to the US.
“Friends is high places” has a good double meaning. The high ranking people he knew as well as the friends he had while he was literally flying in high places.
You should look up hans ulrich rudel, he is the only person in Germany to receive the knights cross of the iron cross with golden oak leaves, swords, and diamonds. He was an ace and known as the “eagle of the eastern front”.
The Sign on the grip is the sign of the 1. Group (Squadrons 1.-3.) of Fighterwing 54 "Greenhearts" (Grünherz). Phillip was commander of this Group in 1942.
Beat me to it.
Your correct.
Green Heart Das grüne Herz Deutschlands -- Thüringen. Der Geschwaderkommodore stammte ursprünglich aus diesem Land. Deshalb die Kennung auf den Flugzeugen.
@@dieterrahm4044 das Grünherz wurde noch bis 2003 bei der 1. Staffel des JaboG 34 „Allgäu“ weiterverwendet 😉
Tom, that is an awesome gun, and a great collector piece. Some things that I thought about while listening to your presentation:
1. FIPS was 25 years old when he got to 100 kills.
2. He was only 26 when he reached 200 kills.
3. I would love to see what he was awarded for the 200 kill mark!
4. I would have thought that a member of the Luftwaffe would prefer a PPK over a PP because of it's size, and the constraints a cockpit has.
5. You, sir, own a very important piece of history.
Thanks for sharing.
Larry
Honestly i think a PPK is a gun you carry when you really need to hide it. a PP is still a compact gun, wich is most likely the best for close quarters and self defense. And since i held both in hand i can say that i would preferred a PP to carry on missions. It fits better into a mans hand and more accurate, hence the longer barrell. That extra 1,5cm of length won't bother the pilot much in the cockpit. IMHO PP is slightly better. The PP's main pro is that it's better for conceal carry.
@@hugostiglitz1816 I also prefer the PP as well. PPk however is my dream in my younger years due to the Bond movies. PP with the slightly longer barrel & a being heavier may be slightly more accurate as you already mentioned. Also more comfortable to shoot. The smaller version PPK may cause serious slide bite if you have larger hand.
That's a Real piece of History there 👍
The youngest, childish looking pilot talking to Himmler was definitively Max-Hellmuth Ostermann. The tallest one in the middle is Kurt Ubben IMO.
Thanks so much for sharing your acquisition with us. The heart emblem was JG 54's unit emblem "Green Hearts". It was the 2nd highest scoring Luftwaffe fighter wing, with 9K+ victories.
That's awesome!!!!!! What a story
Very very cool! As somber as the 100 kills is, such is war. The actual history that you explained is priceless. Great work
"A parachute not opening is a rare occurrence." I'll say, it only happens once to you.
I would add that the parachute may have been damaged while being shot at by the American. All it takes is one of the risers to be weak. While ejecting things can get caught on the cockpit windows or broken metal.
The 109 was not an easy plane to exit from....it was cramped and had that strange hinged canopy.....could have caught on something or as you suggested been tampered with....funny thing is that there are many German pilots who were shot down and parachuted several times in their Carreer and survived....he did it once and was killed....fate..very nice firearm, the Sauer 38 for snipers was also a very interesting and unique firearm as well.....
Nice gun and history regarding the owner! Great pilot by the way! I'm huge into WWII Aces!
A once in a lifetime piece. Awesome.
The other two pilots in the film clip are:
Max-Hellmuth Ostermann- born in Hamburg in 1917. He achieved 102 victories before being killed on August 9, 1942 in Russia.
Kurt Ubben-born 1911 in Dorstadt he saw action on the Western, Mediterranean, North African and Russian fronts. He achieved 110 victories before his death on April 27, 1944 over France.
What a awesome gun !! And to say that it’s your “coolest “ gun ever is saying A LOT !!!
The German commentary says “capt. Phillip, 94 kills”, not 100, FYI. So this footage was taken before his 100th kill presumably.
Are any handguns ascribed to Hans Ulrich Rudel, the Famous "Stuka-pilot" whose kannon-voegel {2 -37mm AA, 15rds/gun, mounted out side of the wheel spats, one/wing} allowed him to destroy over 510 Soviet tanks, to where Gen. Schorner called Rudel, "Worth an entire tank-division, by himself". Rudel shot down over 5 Soviet planes, reportedly in a Stuka! Rudel survived the war, probably thanks to his excellent rear-gunners, two of which had over 100 victories, each, from the rear guns of Rudel's Ju-87D and other variants. If he spotted a downed German flyer, Rudel multiple-times landed his stuka and rescued him/them. Nearing the end of the war, Rudel Lost part of his lower-leg & foot, but was back in the air in two weeks! Rudel sometimes flew a long-nose Fw-190D @ the end of the war. Rudel sometimes flew his Ju-87D alone into combat. He escaped capture twice, once losing his gunner to drowning several hundred feet from shore, after swimming the mile-width of the river. He walked away from 13 crashes in total. Rudel flew as many as 13 sorties/day, playing Soccer for "fun" when not flying/sleeping/eating. On surrender, Rudel expertly "control-crashed" his Stuka, snapping-off the landing gear legs so it couldn't be flow again. He had his gunner and a female-mechanic on board, who were unharmed in the "crash." The "Grunherz" was the symbol of the 54th, not "Fips" personal symbol. I believe Erich Hartmann {352+ kills} was also in the 54th. Anyone make a 37mm "sniper-rifle"? That'd be a "Rudel-gun"!
Thank you. Outstanding presentation.
Is awesome how excited you get about Walthers man. I’m that way about vintage 1911’s
Great research, great gun, glad you got it !
Awesome video put together great
What a great piece of history!!
What a quality man, pistol, and production from you and your wonderful channel. What an amazing story and so well told. Thank you.
What an amazing piece of history! I really enjoyed this show piece and the history behind it. Thank you. 🤠
That realy is pos the nicest pistol i have ever seen very cool thankyou for showing us just lovely
P.s like what you did to the bottom plate of the mag 👍
I would love to own a gun like that! Congrats on your acquisition.
Given the lack of finish on the engraved areas and the blued non engraved items, plus that this scroll style is not a recognized pattern for the other Thuringen engraved Walther presentation guns, I'm gonna guess that this was engraved by a non-"factory engraver", (perhaps at the last minute as you suggest) on a gun that was already blued, and long gone from the Walther factory. .
Thank you Tom. Amazing history lesson. Wait it's just you and the way you are and your editorial staff. You make WW2 and further back absolutely come alive and that is a gift my friend. Someday I hope to be able to afford one of your fine guns. Tod :)
Small correction regarding the insignia on his plane, it was not his family crest but one of the standard insignia of JG54. The standard symbol of the unit was a green heart and each Gruppen had a secondary unique insignia additional to that.
Wow what an absolute treasure and important part of history. Certainly one of the coolest guns anyone could own. Great video as well loved the historical backround you went over and I totally understand not being able to sell such a piece. I hope you enjoy owning it for a very long time and I definitely am jealous, thanks for sharing!
Greetings from Germany. It's good to know that this piece of history is in good hands
Possibly "The World's GREATEST-EVER combat pilot" Rudel also influenced tactics in Vietnam, where US forces were eventually defeated by the "Damacrat-Traitors" in the U.S. Congress, condemning a million South-Viet allies to fatal, permanent, "Re-education." US National-guard-level German Panzer-men routinely "out-shoot" US regular Army in competition, with your German Leopard. May there always be a German Army, --probably the cheif factor in the EU not swallowed-up by now by Putin's Panzers.
I wonder how it got to the US in the first place. Shouldn't it be in the possession of the family?
@@herrlich1461 After the surrender of Germany, the Germans had to surrender all weapons, also private hunting guns. Possession of weapons would lead to dead sentence when found. I guess there was the fear of partisan warfare.
Also, after surrender the food rations for Germans were lowered to 1200 kcal per day, that are starving rations. 2600 kcal are sufficient rations, everything below leads to starvation and disease.
Many people exchanged valuable items for food.
Your presentation was outstanding. Love the historical information that you presented. I would agree with the others - I am jealous. Great job. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing!
Nice presentation! Definitely the coolest gun that you have shown and are fortunate to have in the collection! The closest second in my opinion was the Singer 1911 several months ago.
I love all your videos I love the guns but the history lessons and tributes are my favorite part Thank you
Everyone smoked in the ‘40’s. It was glamorous. There were no “health issues” with smoking back then.
Yeah! These videos are one best thing in youtube! New Old colt videos?
Amazing video, Excellent Footage, and dissection of the events. Accurate and as a fan of your channel and WW2 history I really can't say enough great things. Please keep us posted when you will be at a big gun show. God Bless.
you tell these soldiers stories so well. and with so much respect. can never get enough. thanks.
Wow, this was another outstanding video and presentation. This will go down as my top Legacy Collectibles video so far. Thank you for all the hard work for make a great video.
Jagdgeschwader 54 "Grun Hertz" Green hearts... One of the most storied fighter squadrons of the Luftwaffe.
MAKE sure you put your wifes tooth brush back before she notices it missing
You do some awesome videos.alot of history on the gun and person . Thumbs up to you brother for military history. Keep the videos coming. Dave blackburn
Always a pleasure listening to these stories and especially the real gems that come your way!
It's nice to see such a perfect match. You deserve to own it. Thanks for the fabulously informative video.
Great video. Thanks for sharing this historic gun.
How was the gun recovered? If it wasn't picked up off of the body where did it come from?
It was smuggled up a officers butthole.
Wow, what history!!!! Thank you for sharing it.
Congratulations on scoring this unique piece of history. I wonder if the dirt mark on the grip was caused by his chute not opening?
A beautiful pistol with an interesting history.
Fascinating stuff! Thank you for sharing. 👍
This was a great video doc, absolutely love the detail you went into with this one. I can fully appreciate why you'd want to keep it, with so much history surrounding Fipps. It's a very beautiful piece too, so yes I AM jealous!
Can’t wait to see it at the next SOS Show😀
You're like one of my cats after they catch a mouse. Congratulations!
I doubt the pistol would have been ordered from the factory much, if at all, before HP achieved his one hundredth victory in the air. Not only would tempting fate in such a brazen way have been considered terribly bad luck; given the ever present dangers of air combat, there would have been every reason not to assume such an outcome was a foregone conclusion.
So awesome! Thanks for sharing. Love your videos
You're so lucky to own this piece of history - so cool !
Another great video and story. Thank you
AMAZING.
Top documentary, very well presented .... Thank you Tom.
Beautiful 👍
Brilliant.
Very cool.
Thank you now I know how too make my gun more valuable
You could also paint a Monet.
Thanks for this piece of history and introducing us to this jagdflieger
O I have made his fw 190 model plane cool man u own it
I’d love to see it at the next SOS in February!! Been looking forward to that show since I left the last one in July.
Yes Tom I am very Jelly. Good get!
Great video thanks for sharing
The fighter pilot, regardless of Nationality or conflict, is perhaps the most Romantic figure in the history of war. The fighter pilot was generally smaller in stature, in excellent health with excellent vision, highly intelligent, quick reflexes and fearless.
Many of America's Astronauts were fighter pilots, Neil Armstrong, for instance, in the Korean "war."
There was another German Ace who had an ironic conclusion to his career, Werner Mölders- the first to reach 100 kills, died as a passenger in a military plane which crashed in bad weather, he was 28 years of age.
Thanks Tom
"Regardless of conflict" criminal remains criminal: German (Nazis), American, French, British (imperialism), Israeli (Zionism), etc. Sapienti sat.
@@ernestolynch1926 You missed the point and pulled out Eduardo Galeano Open Veins of Latin America.
A Romantic figure is someone who is legendary, fearless, self sacrificing, mythic, archetypal. I'm not endorsing colonialism or war.
@@geraldjensen9399 This is a matter of opinion, really. You think that the Nazi is a romantic character, and I think that he is just a criminal.
@@ernestolynch1926 Troll...
@@Jreb1865 Iratus es, ergo nefas
The crest is for the city of Nuremberg.
Please bring the pistol to Allentown so I can have my picture taken with it! 😊
This is what I wanted to write, but You wrote it already, thanks!
This is of course a CITY of Nuremberg crest, not a family one.
(The I./JG 54 "inherited" it from the I./JG 70 in 1939…)
Great presentation, Sir !!
Very unlikely this dude used this engraved gun as his service weapon. It was more of a toy, fully functional, yet just a cabinet-stored gem intended for display and play with from time to time.
How did it get dirty and battered on the right side?
@@828enigma6 Because he cleaned the left side right there on the vid. Both sides were the same before he cleaned one...
Hello. How did this gun got to the market in the first place? What is the story?
Great Gun Great Video !
Extremely interesting video. Thank you for sharing this information,👌🙏
Thank you!!!
12:34 that is not iron cross rather Knight Cross wit Oak Leaves
Another great video! Now if you can only find a presentation PP given to Erich Hartmann or Adolf Galland!
Keep up the great work!
I have been searching that for years..what pistols Luftwaffe Aces Erich " Bubi" Hartman and Joachim Marsaille carried.
Germans, as they are VERY standardized and organized,
Probably issued the same pistols to their pilots...
WALTHER PP or PPKs.
The Heart is the badge of Jagdgeschwader 54 ˋGrunherz´, his fighter unit. Thanks Tom, fascinating.
Sounds like he was a heck of a good guy.
Sweet!... Amazung Stuff as Always!, the big question is did he have the Pistol on him when he bailed out of his plane...
And if so, did he end up in Axis or Allied territory? If Allied, some GI brought it back. Any details on it’s provenance?
Fantastic
WOW....👍👀
Them Lugers are exquisite. Would give a kidney for one those.
I have a Kodak Number 34 Autographic. Camera is marked Jan 7 1913. Your camera looks similar only smaller. I guess that's how cameras were made back then.
The hunter always becomes the hunted as in business so in war.
FIPS WAS A SPECIAL GUY AND PILOT... WELL KNOWN BY GERMAN WOMEN ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️... MY RESPECTS TO FIPS.
Nice!!!!
Making paratroops is one thing, folding them another one.
Another entertaining video.
Well I’m glad he didn’t shoot down my grandfather’s B-17.
Beautiful gun. Talk about blowing your own whistle.
Don’t blame you for keeping it.
BF109. One of my favorite aircraft. my dad was slave/forced labor at the Stuttgart Daimler Benz factory building 109 engines. One day the Allies bombed the factory and an engine fell onto his leg. The Germans were going pull him away from the engine without consideration for the leg. A group of Polish workers gathered around the engine and lifted it off his leg. My dad came to America in 1948 via Ellis island. He became a succesfull business owner on his own. Not fluent in eglish either . Never complained about his leg or the incident.
Thanks for sharing your story of your Dad
Wow....Now that is some real family history...
Very interesting. A lot of history in a single item. What surprises me is the quality of the engravings. I mean, the dividing line in the crest isn't straight. Walther could've used some outside help, IMO.
Individually, hand engraved. No lasers
@@thomaswhiteman4261 Well, each and every Rigby, H&H, Purdey, and Fanzoj are also hand engraved. So that's hardly an excuse for such a result.
Generally the engraving work looks sloppy. Look the presentation text in slide....all text looks like 4-year old did it. In my opinion and when compared to other gift-guns this is really sloppy and too poor quality to be real. Some poor russian prison made this in gulag. Well some people believe father Xmas to be real person :)
@@Skeppo1 agree. Low quality engraving, Clumsy scrolls, design not well planned and executed etc. Almost amateuristic. Dont think it was done by Walther. Does not matter, as it is still a historical gun.
@@ikwer111 That's the thing, though. Is it?
Let me get my money right...then I will buy this pistol
He paid $50,000 for a dirty Walther PP? That is some really expensive dirt!