The History of The Messerschmitt Bf109 & The Sea Hurricane | Restoration Classics | Spark
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- Опубликовано: 15 авг 2019
- ‘Black 6′ was just one of the 30,000 Messerschmitt Bf109’s to enter Luftwaffe service. Today it remains the only flying example in the world, and is probably the most authentic restoration of its type. Over 19 years, led by Russ Snadden, a volunteer team brought this rare aircraft back to flight. This film explores and records the painstaking stages of their task, revealing the aircrafts history through WWII archive, set against a background of secret pilot training in gliders and civil aircraft.
Produced in association with the Imperial War Museum, this documentary series highlights the history and developments of two great WWII fighters, the Messerschmitt Bf109 and the Sea Hurricane. We meet the pilots who flew them and the restoration teams who bought them back to flight. The series includes rare WWII archive footage, air to air sequences and interviews with pilots, historians and conservationists.
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Before people comment. This is an old video made in the 1990s. At the time of this video it was the only Bf-109 flying. But obviously since then more of them have been restored.
Also, most people count Hispano-Suiza Buchons as 109s, these guys aren't counting them.
i could tell by the mk1 fiestas in the car park that this was old.
@@dastardlyman There's more operational BF-109 now than MKI Fiesta!
I know, I saw it flying at Duxford in 1990
The Nazis are alive and well. They have gained public servant positions of power in the United States, which is now a de facto police State where individual rights under the Constitution are relatively meaningless.
To Russ Snadden R.I.P. Thank you for your hard work! You are not forgotten!!
And thank the heavens we have guys like that who spend twenty + years restoring something for us to enjoy
SUNGEAR59 thank them, not the heavens
So sorry that the Black 6 don't take the skies anymore...
A little bit strange after watching this for just under a hour and becoming engrossed in the entire substance of the story to learn that the aircraft was damaged to the point of being grounded. It actually caused me to feel a sadness for an inanimate object and the men that basically dedicated a large portion of their lives to bringing it back to being airworthy. I am not capable of doing mechanical or physical things like I used to, but if I had the resources I would definitely donate a considerable amount to projects like this that keep history alive.
It was likely going to be grounded anyway - insurance premiums were a reason (a reason - maybe not the only reason). Small compensation but on the final flight it had a replacement prop - so despite the prang - the original prop was not damaged.
And she was repaired to airworthy condition, even though she would no longer fly.
@@andypandywalters "Black 6" was never going to fly indefinitely. The original plan was to fly for a season or two and retire her permanently. If I understand correctly, the unfortunately incident was on the retirement flight ironically. Today there is a Bf-109E that is airworthy in the UK and a G or F that is in restoration. And I think another Emil that is still in restoration is owned by a UK collector.
It may be an old video, but the dedication of the men who returned this thoroughbred to the air deserves recognition.
It's sad that the aircraft was later damaged beyond affordable repair, but the 109 was always regarded as a difficult aircraft for anyone not well trained in flying it. The undercarriage was narrow and landing was risky for rookies or in less than ideal conditions.
What a story. Somebody... please make a movie! What a beautiful bird.
+Adrian Goede A DVD was made although I do not know if it is still available.
Very good documentary, what dedication! Full marks to this team of experts that brought this plane back to life. Thank heavens for people like that.
One of my favorite restorations!🤗
What a beast that engine is! Huge respect to the people who know how to fix them!👍👏
Black 6 has been on static display since an idiot crashed it in 1997.
Long story short, the pilot was unaware of the characteristics of the engine cooling system - during a display at Duxford he was informed by the tower that he was 'trailing vapour'.
This was normal if the coolant was hot but the pilot panicked and came down like a meteor to land - anyone watching knew he was too fast and steep and it flipped on its back.
It was later found that he had the cowl flaps closed!
Of course, being of high rank in the RAF, he was exonerated of blame and Black 6 was deemed too expensive to repair.
She was housed at Hendon Museum near London until the collection was *split up recently and now resides in Cosford, which is in the middle of nowhere in comparison.
*Amazingly, Hendons superb collection was split up to make way for 'corporate hospitality' space.
Fuck
I have seen that video crash a few times. The clod coward, been an arrogant official, overruled the pilot that was going to fly. Made many idiot mistakes in the air, then landed it horrible, crashed it like an idiot student pilot. Wrecked it, Cant fly anymore.
Who was the moron flying it?
Double-Fuck
@@daves.9673 Triple-FUCK!!!
Gloriously beautiful aircraft.
It is wonderful that the group succeeded so well. I appreciate the fact that they fly it as its last combat pilot who was lost later flew it. Augie USA
Magic video and magic aeroplane. Thank goodness that there are people like this with so much passion and drive.
Such a beautiful machine.
Interesting .. amazin the amount of work an the time it takes to restore these old planes .. WELL DONE CHAPS , jolly good effort !!,
I think this aircraft is one of the most beautiful vintage birds flying excellent to see her in her proper colors and insignias to
The 109 is a real beauty,as were many other WW2 aircraft,from all the participating nations.
Great film though😎👍!
wow what an amazing story! 22 years though.. wow thats a long time..
A couple of British guys battling 20 years in odd cercumstances with no own benefit or real help from the government to restore an enemy aircraft just for the sake of history? That is true dedication! I think Willi Messerschmitt would be very proud of these men and congratulate them personally if he would not have passed away. Greetings from Germany
We got 2 original g6`s in Finland. Put in museum in flying condission. Finnish markings mt-452 and mt-507.
we have two in norway that are flightworthy, but they are on display. Restored to factory spec, but they will not fly
@@Aikaramba12 Such a shame. 4 Messerchmitts not flying. What series are they. I know that there were 12 model T´s situated in Norway - Only those 12 were made for carrier use. Worth a trip.
@@petrisyrja-kokkila7103 i had no idea. Sadly we have just recovered two 109s, but i know there are plenty more on the bottom of lakes and in the sea. Flying or not flying, great that they are restored in a perfect manner
@@Aikaramba12 Thumps up!
@@Aikaramba12 so there not flight worthy maybe running and able to taxi
The post-history of the plane hardly dents the wonderful and extraordinary vision and efforts of these gentlemen. Respect. Australia
Don’t make the mistake of thinking that this documentary is anything less
than a historic document... neither the plane or this film were made in this century....... I saw Black 6 fly... it was awesome
Lucky Bastard!!!!
I saw it too, I must have been 13/14, Duxford I think
I was lucky enough to be on the flightline at Duxford with my old Living History group, displaying Luftwaffe crew. I do not recommend wearing a furlined channel suit in high summer if you avoid it. As for the aircraft - the noise really stood out for me in an airshow dominated by Merlins.
Thanks for sharing the video, it's interesting!!
Fantastic, I wish I could have been part of such a worthwhile project as this, well done all you should be very proud
I was fortunate to see it out at Duxford before it was wrecked, but I never got to see it fly, alas. As others have noted, this is an old documentary and it was indeed a one-of-a-kind restoration at the time. Several are flying now thank goodness.
I love the Spitfire, but I now realise that this plane really deserve much more admiration. A real unsung hero for wrong reasons.
The spitfire is a banger ! heehee lol..
Amazing story, heart warming they could get it going again!
It's a damn shame just how many gems we have just sitting around and rusting away. Glad to see some of them being saved.
Not always as simple as that
Very good restore, we need to keep this kinda thing going.
Fascinating story.
It's amazing. Of the tens of thousands built, by both sides, barely a handful remain.
Great work team! Beautiful plane 👍
What a great group of people, well done.
Outstanding!
Great job on the restoration guys on one of the most realistic looking 109s I've ever seen. Makes me wish I could fly planes like that. Great video too!
Brilliant film! Really enjoyed that. Dedicated men obsessing over something is the only way to get a job like that done
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I know this is an old motion picture , but i always learn something new...so...appreciate it .
I like very much the old warbirds. In Spain was built the hispanish version of the 109, the Ha 1112 with Hispano Suiza and Merlin engines. Greetings Manuel from Spain.
Remarkable...
Amazing how so many were made and none are left at all. One of the most highly prosecuted planes of all time
Lovely,, keep it up !!
What a beautiful looking aircraft it is one of my fav the me109 is the sound of that db601.
I was at Benson for a short while working on 72 squadron wessex and this aircraft was in the far corner of the hanger. John Dixon was a great fella who used to take us all around this cab giving us a full brief. I can remember what a brilliant job these RAF lads had done under trying conditions and having little help from the bloody headshed, nothing ever changes. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
What a beauty sleak menacing and deadly like a shark in shape a mechanical masterpiece
beautiful
Beautiful plane
It's a beautiful aircraft.
Great story of the long process to restore this aircraft, at times the voices are so soft that they cannot be understood. Also, it would have been nice when problems are mentioned if some more time had been devoted to explaining the exact nature of the problem and how it was fixed.
I wish I could get the plans for a old bf109 and just build one from scratch from sourced parts, such a good looking aircraft
This was made some time ago. I love going to duxford.
Awesome work and fascinating to watch! Would have been pretty cool to get some of the old Luftwaffe ground crew mechanics involved. May have helped with some of the learning curve.
I believe Gen.Gunther Rall the third highest scoring Luftwaffe ace was invited to sit in the cockpit of Black 6 & ground run her ?
a beauty!
Wonderful men!
When I was stationed at Robins AFB in the 80’s my Squadron restored a BF109 for Wright Pat or the Smithsonian. I sat in it and it was not a big cockpit, I am 5’ 11” and was 205 back then. I didn’t have a parachute on which would made it way to small. Yet it was a experience I will never forget.
Having some Scots involved Bf109 restoration is good, they can be fussy about details and that's good. This is a wonderful story, it's good to see the Messerschmitt flying in restored condition, it's part of our history.
Beautiful aircraft I wish there where more Dm 605 powered Bf 109 ‘s flying .
There is a g14 flying in germany
My dad was the senior firefighter that got the ACM out of black 6 at Duxford.
Even though Black 6 no longer flies due to its famous crash, there are now a plethora of airworthy 109s that have been lovingly restored around Europe. Belgium has 1, the United States has 2, Germany currently has 4, along with Britain, which has 5 airworthy 109s. In Britain, two fly out of Duxsford, three fly out of Sywell, and one flies out of Briggin Hill.
Many of those are hispano HA-1112 buchons
Buchons DO NOT count.
@@CAL1MBO buchons are 109G-2s just licence built or made from parts. Also called the 109J.
@@AreeyaKKC buchons still dont count, they do not have the correct nose and engine, nor where they built in the War, they are license built in spain.
"buchons are 109G-2s just licence built or made from parts. Also called the 109J."
not really, they have different engines.
"HA-1109-J1L the initial 25 Bf109 G-2 aircraft, from German production, with Hispano-Suiza 12Z-89 engines" .
later models used the older Hispano-Suiza 12Z-17 engine because the 12Z-89 engines had lots of mechanical problems.
Great video of a lovely aeroplane.
Amazing. Eamon in ireland.
bloody amazing to see these birds restored and flying again. there'll be a time when they will never be able to fly again though. The spare parts will run out.
Bluthammer, don't worry, anything can be remade.
if it was a person that made it in the first place. Joe Magnets
Superb video. Could you imagine some older brit folks looking up an seeing a 109?
My god that's a beautiful bird
Very nice. There is a flying FW190A based in Wangaratta, Australia.
A True Classic deserves it's place, like the Hurricane! Spitfire although good is So Hyped!!!
Spitfire is hyped!!!! You dont really know much about this, do you?
nightlightabcd. Actually Yes it's the Legend behind the 'Battle of Britain' where my Beef lies with the spitfire! Hurricane Deserves the Credit - Quote Me Wrong. Always willing to learn and later marks played their role with cannon and against V1's etc! But according to you I know diddly squat¥ Xxx
@@johnathonseagull492 There is no doubt that the Hurricanes played a very, very important in the defense agains the German aerial invasion, but the Spitfire out preformed the Hurricane.
In general, the Hurracnes went after the bombers while the Spitfires went after the fighters!
nightlightabcd. Feeble but fair play! Hurricanes versus Spitfires re numbers, not going to get into a slanging match. Each unto their own like the fighters! They had their specific roles and Achieved them. The Spitfire Is the Sexiest looking plane of WW2, Mustang P51D - The Best!!! But am Biased¥ Xxx
@@johnathonseagull492 - I think the war would have been lost against the German invasion if not for the Hurracane!
So, did Mr.Snadden get to fly it or not??
Anyone knows if it's still original after the accident or they replaced the fuselage, it was quite a bit crumpled behind the cockpit if I remember correctly.
👍
He should have flown it after all those years of work, but unique unforgiving machine it is, so understandably, he did not.
Glad to hear it was not so seriously damaged, it looked really bad.
Heard some brilliant British Ace proudly claimed it after all 🤗
As others have posted Black 6 is now at Hendon after being rebuilt after its crash at Duxford and won't be risked to fly again
No it isn't at Hendon, it's been moved to Cosford.
I was told by a member of staff at Duxford that it, along with many other rare aircraft were moved out in order to build a restaurant and corporate hospitality facilities.
Yes, an Air Museum which removes aircraft and builds a glorified cafe instead. Ridiculous.
@@gibson617ajg I've been to the revised Hendon. It's fine and there are plenty of aircraft to see.
@@EricIrl I can go to East Midlands Airport and see 'plenty of aircraft'.
Not the ones I want to see though - if I wanted to see S Sugar , a Stuka and Black 6 all I had to do was go to Hendon. Now it's 80 miles South to Hendon and 80 miles West to Cosford from the Midlands. I won't be doing either again.
@@gibson617ajg Those who live in the Midlands love the new set up at Cosford. As in all things in life, there are winners and losers. All the aircraft you miss are in safe hands and are arguably better presented and displayed at Cosford than they were at Hendon.
Having said that, the revised Hendon is better in some ways than the previous incarnation of the place.
good video
I took photos of the FW 190 dangling from the ceiling when I visited the IWM in 2007! That's where I also found a Tiger (Panzer VI) with the hole in the rear - and a Rheinmetall 20mm MK20 twin AA gun with German badges and tags! This weapon was used by the Bundeswehr until the mid - 90s, when the Aerodrome Support Units (Luftwaffen - Sicherungsstaffeln) where disbanded.
"Press big red button to eject engine"!....heehee ..Great vid Thankyou very much ..
An old video. A few flying now and ironically this one isn't - after its accident. Now repaired and static in the RAF Museum in Cosford.
What accident?
@@tripwire3992 As I recall, it landed long, hit a ditch, and flipped on its back in the late '90s. It was indeed a big deal during its restoration as it was indeed a first at the time. But, as others have noted, several are flying now. A simple search of RUclips will deliver many videos of flying 109s. There's nothing quite like the sound of that supercharger on the Daimler Benz 605 engine 😍
That sucks it should be in the air!
high compliment
What a beautiful aircraft the bf109 is lovely work done on the beautiful black six the sound of that db605 engine the spitfire does not sound better than this bird and it just as nice as looking aeroplane as a spitfire it's just a beast of a aircraft.
Recording the sound of this airplane, getting close to you, should be enough. We can`t preserve the tears of those, who had to fear it.
Is this the yt "quit the full-picture mode" sign on the aircraft?
Jup, the German ww2 roundel was a black and white "Balkenkreuz". This is basically the "quit the full-picture mode" on RUclips.
@@martijn9568 verstehen sie Spaß?
We have one in the aircraft museum in Helsinki Finland. Finland got 162 of the bf 109 G series sent in 1943 but only 159 arrived as two G6s and one G8 where lost in the transition to Finland. One still sits in the museum still in original decorations.
I does not fly of course.
And one at Tikkakoski air museum and another at display next to Utti regiment
3 Squadron RAAF website has a great article in it regarding Black 6. Two 3 Sqdn C/O's flew it back in turns to Brit Intelligence not long after its capture. One of those Sdqn Leader RJ Watt grew up on our family farm.
A barrel-roll in a GLIDER? I've never seen that before! 5:05
Not a Barrel roll, thats an aileron Roll with the pilot overcorrecting for drop
@@Hyperus A ROLL IS A ROLL :) find me another video of a glider doing one and I'll give you a kitten.
I love this plane. My first modelplane as a child was a 109 and no other plane from the era got this perfect combination of grace and mean warmachine. Sorry brits, the spitfire is to beatiful and doesnt look hostile enuf.
What is not mentioned is that Black 6 is currently only on static display after a rollover crash.
@Jure Herman can you tell me when the video was made?
@Jure Herman The jacket in the talking to camera bits says 90's
End of the video says - 1994
@Jure Herman Yup you are correct -- 55:54 -- copyright 1994, but why does any of that matter???
@Jure Herman Danka Kapitan Obvious...
A random question.
Are there any precious metals in a 109, or indeed any other Luftwaffe aircraft?
Interesting to see the Sea Hurricane at Duxford.
I think I’ve a picture of me standing by black 6 at Cosford last year 😎💪🏼
Those Merlins are elegant
I was thinking, "Man, this is an excellent documentary. Just like the ones that I saw in my youth."
Then I realized, it WAS made in my youth. Too bad no major budget documentaries are worth a crap these days.
Sorry, but the music ruins the sound of that classic Messerschmitt :(
I don't know why they often think they have two gild the lily with music! It's as if they're not confident they've done a good enough job to hold our attention. This music was in the original video, but RUclips providers do it as well. The volume level on this was way too low.
Audio was quite low, but enjoyed seeing the plane retain the swastika markings of its original incarnation, So many restorers remove them for political correctness. You can’t change history by removing a symbol. You can’t change history at all. Loved hearing the engine roar, and watching it take to the skies!
I agree with that, show it like it should be, say it like it is.
Saw it fly at Biggin Hill only a few weeks before it crashed.
What a great video, such a shame more aircraft both, allied & Axis weren't saved for historical interest.
I wonder how much it weighs? Very neat airplane no matter who built it, or where it came from. I would love to ride in one.
We know this was an enemy aircraft and responsible for the deaths of many allied flyers but it was a magnificent fighter of it's day!. It should be maintained in flying condition as part of the history of world war two aircraft!.
Very Interesting, pls fix the audio.
Aircraft wrecked in 1998 at the end of a display, never to be repaired into flying status again.
It wasn't wrecked although it did receive damage. However, the plan was to retire it after that very display, so when it was restored after the accident, it was restored for museum display only. It currently lives at the RAF Museum, Cosford.
Paolo Zampieri they should sell it to Kermit Weeks,he would get her back in the air again!
@@fw1421 He's already got a 109, the restored fuselage was moved recently
Any other WW2 plane wrecks out there need to be recovered and restored now
THE perfect plane !!!!!!
IIRC Warbirds Worldwide did an issue on this aircraft restoration, sometime in the 80's or 90's. I might still have all those WBWW issues.
+Matt Kurke There's a book on the Black 6 story, by Russ Snadden, although I don't own it.
There have been several accurate flying restorations since this was filmed. All have Daimler Benz engines. There have also been some FW-190 restorations also, 2 have original BMW powerplants. There are currently 3 ME-262 aircraft flying in the u.s. They do not have original engines. They are 100% accurate replicas, with no original parts.
All those that were made and so few left,a bit of foresight and we'd be enjoying them as they were then.
Isn't there a 109-E, a vet of the Battle of Britain, flying?
@@nursesteve2004 "White 14" is BoB Bf-109E that is currently airworthy. A super rare "Condor Legion" Bf-109E from the Spanish civil war will fly in a few years.
@Phil Earl Only one WW2 original Fw-190 flies and has the BMW engine. The Flugwerk Fw-190 replicas were sold with ASh-82 engines, although at least two buyers installed R-2800s instead.
@@nursesteve2004 there was one in the former FHCAM collection. Sold by Jody Allen, the late Paul Allen's sister to one of the Walton heirs and destined to be shipped to Arkansas.
I've read that approx 5% of all Me109 built were lost in landing accidents, mainly because of its narrow undercarriage and poor operational airfields in WW2. So it was no surprise to learn that Black 6 has been grounded after a landing accident!
What has happened to that restauration team?
Russ Snadden at least passed away in March 2017 ... hope the rest of that team has still a strong bond.
Very good restoration! . But, being a merlin snob, the spitfire still sounds better!,in my opinion. Still, its a nice slght to see still flying. Well done.