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In "Reach for the Sky", the biography of Douglas Bader, he claims that he was brought down in a collision with a Bf109 during a dogfight after engaging a section of 4 109s. The Luftwaffe claim that he was shot down by one of the 109s he attacked. I also see on another comment below that he was shot down by another Spitfire, but that this was kept secret by Bader and the other RAF pilot involved. Whatever the truth (and my view is that it was most likely he was shot down by a Bf109), he was NOT shot down by a Fw190 as claimed in this documentary.
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33:58 – 34:16 Douglas Bader 🙂
The Hurricane was not an all metal aircraft as suggested at 4:30. It was partly because it was fabric covered that it was so successful ( required less metal to manufacture, easy to repair and could take lots of damage).
Hitler under estimated the RAF.he was very wrong.
did the British invited the radar?
I MWonder where the germans used the v1 firsttime? My city Antwerp,Belgium was bommed oftenboth v1's and. V 2's. A cinema was hit while playing Buffalo Bill. My grandma was a witness to it!
nobody force them to fight they didnt kill and die for sport
I think 'did not loose' would be a better opening. Just because some crazy guy with a strange moustache didn't push it doesn't mean you 'won'.
check also 'The best pilot in the world' and his comments on this 😉
oh, I never knew the brits bombed berlin first…
Dear people, it was a war against the powers of evil. authority's in low places, powers & principality's of a vary vary dark world.
Beaverbrook was a wonder during 1940, forcing companies to work together to mass produce the Hurricane and Spitfire. He was completely ruthless as Ministry of Aircraft Production and deserves more credit for his role than has been given. He stopped the production of bomber aircraft almost altogether and focused on fighters and focused solely on the two aircraft already in service deciding two was enough and keeping production simple. Interestingly, Adolf Galland when he became General of Fighters urged the German High Command to do the same. Focus solely on fighter production. Unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on your point of view he was overruled consistently. A pilot without an aircraft in the evening would find a new one waiting for him in the morning. One Spitfire pilot who landed a very damaged aircraft, and feeling pleased with himself for having done so, was brought to earth by his crew chief who told him off for having brought it back. He was unhappy because now his men had to work through the night repairing it when if he'd bailed out he could have a new aircraft by the next day and told this poor pilot not to do it again. The lack of pilots, especially trained ones, was the biggest worry for Dowding. It would be interesting to know if Dowding or Park had they remained in command of Fighter Command would have allowed those Fighter Sweeps across France. I suspect not. They achieved little except to lose trained pilots and valuable aircraft.
Wasn't Churchill a faggott in disguise?
Everyone knew it was the Polska pilots that helped in the Battle of Britain.
we lost our home during an air raid on Birmingham in November 1940. I was in the Royal Air Force stationed at Bently Priory Headquarter Fighter Command for 3 years from 1953. I worked in the officers mess. Bentley Priory was an historic mansion and i did meet Douglas Bader when he came for a visit.
Best result of the battle of Brittan has a poluisch squadron 303 -110Â germa plane down -and that autor of movie fuk the tru facts??? shame to you asholes
303 and 302 Squadrons Polish was the best in battle of Britan –and that movie is fuck of this tru –shame of you fuckers and liers-you don't have of pis of honour liers of tru history -fuck uou self asholes
The commentator of the Radio broadcast where he is describing a Stuka attack got into trouble with his bosses. There were a lot of complaints from the public who expressed their dismay on his manor of reporting, saying that he was talking like he was commentating on a football match instead of a life and death struggle in which young men were being killed. Of cause this was early in the battle, before the Germans started to bomb British cities and towns, after that attitudes understandably hardened.
Why hasn't an episode been made about Soviet units,the 13th Guards for instance in Stalingrad
Barder, a very gallant man, it was revealed long after the war, was shot down by error by a Spitfire while he was close to and attacking a group of Me 109's. He learned the truth when the man who shot him down joined him as a POW.
Together they agreed to keep the secret. They thought if out, the story would be bad for moral.
Today we allow the press and liberals to spout just about anything including call patriots fascists and then wonder why moral is low…
The assertions made by the gentleman at 37:50 don't seem to match facts.
Spit mk9 : speed 408 FW190 "Dora" top speed 472
Spit mk9 service ceiling 43,000 FW190 Dora 48,556
Rate of climb and range for the FW190 Dora were also far better than the Spit mk9. So, the statement that the Spit mk9 "reigned supreme over the FW until the end of the war" is FAR from accurate. p.s. the Dora also had heavier armament.
"My they're awful silent, these guns." lmao….That was just hilarious.
what about Polish pilots from 303 Division?
18:16 A Link trainer! There is a working one set up with it's control table and original "flight" logs in the town of Leavenworth. Kansas.
A shame the RAF and Luftwaffe had to fight each other, they were both so very great 😉 Respect for all pilots from every country.
Those fighter pilots were kids of 19 or 20 years of age. Must have enormous admiration for RAF Fighter Command.
It's a pity there was no word on Polish pilots not being allowed to take part in the final parade over London in 1945.
Mr Hitler has a brilliant mind,doing everything to invade Britain.I was wondering,what could be on his mind when he failed.
Tuck! And had never seen the gun camera footage of the guy who shot down Bader, that was fascinating, thanks
You would think the producers of this video would realize that the Waffen SS decal – on the helmet (at 0:14 into the programming) would be placed correctly on the left side of the helmet. Actually to the rear of the round metal band retainer. – sheese! –
the Hurricane, accounted for more air victories than the Spitfire despite its fame. Mostly due to it's intangible construction allowing it to shrugging off damage as bullets would just pass right through the body, and that they were much more numerous than the Spitfire.
We are just to good! We would even take the German Nazi Merkel lot out today.
Leigh Mallory did much to undermine Hugh Dowding and especially Keith Park. Failing to provide support at crucial times and working political circles to have them removed.
It was they that devised the strategies that saved Britain yet after the end of the Battle of Britain he campaigned to have them both sacked.
Mallory's was a snake in the grass. Park has been written out of history and that's a disgrace.
29:34
"Although it caused little damage, Hitler ordered attacks on London, day and night".
Queue footage of a city-wide firestorm.
Even if the RAF was shot out of the sky the Germans had no means to cross the channel safely and without fatal losses. Now if they could lease the RN evacuation ships used in Dunkirk to get the Wehrmacht across in numbers they could have a shot at it. 😉
these people their always give credit to the RAF but forget to give their respects to the INDIAN ARMY that made them win Arabia/Middle East!! Why are these losers like that??!ANYONE??!!!!!!!
Dont Forget the polish, amerikan, French, canadian pilots and pilots from other nations. The british allone were not able to defend.
God bless the Bloody RAF.
Those in charge of Fighter Command did a fantastic job in setting priorities and organizing the limited planes and pilots they had. I wish I could shake the hand of the pilots and those in charge of the defense of Britain back then.
What is the name of the song from the begining and the end of the episode?
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Damn. I was hoping that this was a documentary about Gloster Gladiators.
Squadron 303 the best in RAF…
Beware of a Hun in the Sun.
They mention it because they won it and it was declared their "Finest Hour."
Why do the British always mention za var? lol
Very amusing comments Thanks for the memories. 11 Group F.C.
sabra,your history on bader & the legs has a pegleg,,bader was hosted with champaigne and a tour of the luftwaffe base & pilots ready room,even sitting in a bf109,,galland truly respected this 2 no legged guy,,the eartificial legs,as told him by galland,were to have been air dropped over the german base by a brit plane under a white flag,,this suggestion was relayed to brit hq in open air r/t,,,bader was 'informed' of this by galland,douglas huffed & laughed,,haw! I bet they drop it in the regular course of bombing raids'' which indeed they did.the narrow margin,,they were.
thank you they were Marvellous men
retard or not Woods is probably right. RN wud hav had terrible losses but was so large I feel the logistics of Seelion were not sustainable. Dont 4get RN succeeded at Dunkirk vs GAF