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A fast and powerful plane at low to medium heights

Bought a model of the Mavis years ago. Thought it looked cool but was ignorant of what it was, and it's importance. Quite pleased with my purchase when I found out. Thanks for the video.

The "best fighters" have two, and only two, things in common: numerical superiority and superior pilots. And even the numerical superiority can be overcome by excellent pilots. That's why Finnish pilots, with a few inferior fighters, dominated the Red Air Force. Cheers!

Not true the title, that plane was underpowered, less maneuverable and lighter armaments lol, but Germany did make improvements by switching engines and yeah there was an improvement in speed thats all, a little research on your part you would've been educated

V1 killer? Is the V1 alive? If not, how can it be killed?

A thorn lol, misinformation here, a little research would've told anyone that Germany destroyed the Polish air force in two weeks so this video is full of holes and a fantasy world in the minds of delusional uneducated people who are CLUELESS in history. LOL. 🤣🤣

What a stunning bird those were, they definitely would have been better suited for times of peace. A shame there aren't any left to appreciate today

It is a very beautiful craft. My all-time favorite flying boat is the Catalina.

I was hoping there would be a discussion of the potential use of these planes to attack a major West coast US city with biological or chemical weapons. Japan had a huge (and brutal) program based in China. Not a war winner, but it would have caused havoc nonetheless. Mark Felton (quasi believable?) has a vid on this. Any thoughts?

it bafles me that the germans had all the time and resources to built buzzbombs, V2 V1 and rocketproppelled planes like the comet just to kill civilians in London, all 3 were NILL in contribution to war efford, instead putting resources to built italian designed fighter planes to defend the reich . I guess german pride played a capital role here they can't swallow it when italians do superior things than them. And they still have that envy today

Anything on Soviet avaition personnel and equipment would be very well received. Someone kept these trucks flying.

Emily most capable flying boat of the war. Would have been a great U boat hunter in the Atlantic. Mavis remains elegant and classic Thanks for your research.

Liberator bagged one. What a spectacle that must have been. No B17s on this trip.

Nice introduction to Pete Brothers. 10 victories in Hurricanes during the BoB. Very skilled fighter pilot and good leader, finishing as an Air Commodore.

Pete Brothers. Extraordinary pilot. He, as CO of the Sqn, signed off on my fathers logbook. Everyone glad to be on Spitfires rather than the Hurricanes.

Death by Mosquito

Thank you for this great video. Your research skills and narration, despite the fact that English is not your first language, are impeccable! BTW, one of the first model planes I ever built was a Matchbox 1/72 scale Hawker Tempest II.

Did the Soviets prefer the P-400 version to the 37mm cannon equipped version? I would think that the smaller cannon in the P-400 would still be more than enough destructive force to cripple, or completely destroy anything the Luftwaffe flew in WWII. IMO having sufficient firepower coupled w/the fact that (I assume) the 20mm cannon had greater ammunition stores, and higher rate of fire than the 37mm.

This plane was shot out of the skies by the Japanese aircraft.

Excellent channel.

One of the best computer games ca.1990 was flying a Mosquito fighter. The only reason I quit playing it was that when I got the hang of it, the German planes wouldn't engage or even show up on radar, even starting from scratch.

imho one important bit was left out in Ash-82 vs Sabre comparison. In drag/frontal area .. is that big radiator's underneath tempest's engine cross-section and drag added in, or it's "engine only"?

Dude, it was a superb machine!

Stalin was so paranoid that it costed USSR very good soldiers and engineers

Ни чего не было бы абсолютно, Александру Филиппову максимум что было это, отставка .

Short video but very interesting. Thanks for sharing your research and experiences in producing it. 🙈🙉🙊 😎 🇺🇸

I would think that the LA-7 would be a livelier plane, a pilot's plane. No nonsense and quick to respond.

Adolf Galland said it looks like a fighter, which of course it was.

BRITISH MADE MOSQUITOS MADE BY DE HAVILLAND.. RAF FIGHTER.BOMBER. AND RECONISCENCE.ETC. ROLLS ROYCE MERLIN ENGINES.

Years ago I knew a SAAF pilot who flew Gladiators in 40/41, I remember him saying that their "kites" had the advantage over the "eyties in their 42's"

Beaumont is quoted as saying he did 495mph at RAF Newchurch. Then he used the word Formidable.

Great job thanks

Nice work Sir, first time I’ve come across this channel and what a debut upload! There’s so little spoken about this and a few others that we’re all aware of so as an English man I wish you the very best and I’ll subscribe and tell my friends. 🎧🇬🇧👏

I'm paraphrasing but I've heard two different quotes from German pilots one I think was Adolf Galland The first was the only good thing about the Tempest was that there were so few of them. The other was The most Dangerous opponent of the ME262 was the Tempest Very fast at low altitude and heavily armed

Bravo, well done...

For some reason, Soviet aircraft tended to have short fuselages - material shortages? - while German planes tended to have long fuselages. American and British design seemed to fall in the middle ground.

Great video. Very interesting aircraft. Italy did produce some very fine aircraft in ww2.

It was my understanding the P63 couldn't fly efficiently, so couldn't fight, higher than 20,000 ft. Because bomber escorts would fly up to 40,000 ft in order to see the German interceptors/fighters and attack them from high above. Though they would sometimes mix it up at higher altitudes. It worked well for the Soviets because the Eastern front air battles were fought at much lower altitudes, mostly under the 20,000 ft ceiling of the P63.

The real fail for the German and Japanese air forces altimaltly came down to not rotating their combat hardened pilots back to the training schools. They flew them till death. Allied pilots returned during rotations educating/hardening the next classes of pilots to face the enemy with their experience and knowledge. Meanwhile the Axis ran short of fuel for basic training.

With the Macchi 205 in my heart and the Saggitario being strikingly beutiful and dangerous, I will have to concur with the German commisuon's assessment that the best of the trio indeed was the Fiat G55

It was NOT the Apex fighter

Excellent comprehensive well researched and presented video. Fantastic graphics too. Well done!

Thanks

what is no5? its look very interesting

Why would you even compare the two.....both were on the allied side in WWII. !

On March 19 1945 the US Navy did indeed lose 14 fighters in combat (some only damaged but later tossed overboard after returning). Not all of them were Hellcats and not all of them were lost to NIKs. Indeed, there were Corsairs lost on that day as well. Japanese ground fire also accounted for some of the losses. In fact, through extensive research I determined that only five F6Fs were actually downed by the 343rd throughout the ENTIRE war. On the other hand, US Navy pilots racked up more than a 5:1 kill ratio against the 343rd. This according to the book "Genda's Blade" which detailed every engagement that the 343rd was involved in, using both Japanese and American primary sources.

The Japanese aircraft engineers were the match of anyone on earth but they were plagued by shortages and, in many cases, doctrine that was flawed. Japan was probably doomed when they invaded China and was definitely doomed when they attacked Pearl Harbor but they built some incredible aircraft. Cheers!

About the Sabre engine. It has a complicated story. The early versions had quality control and manufacturing issues. For a time they were turning out occasional engines that simply wouldn't run for no obvious reasons. They would tear them down to the block, put the parts back in the bins, and production would resume with all the engines assembled with those parts running fine. Then the problems were exaggerated by the Typhoon needing high power settings to cruise at useful speeds. The production problems were largely solved by the time the Tempest came along and, with its laminar flow airfoil, it could cruise at much lower power settings. It was, like the Tempest, demanding but it was about as reliable as any engine with such high performance. Better than the highly boosted versions of the DB 605 and Jumo 213 for comparison.

Very different aircraft and difficult to compare. The LA was a classic case of the biggest possible engine in the smallest possible airframe. Stick in a couple guns and go fight. It's a formula that still works. The Tempest, like the Typhoon before it, was designed to use the smallest airframe necessary to hold the biggest available engine and all the equipment necessary for a first class fighter. That formula still works too! Head to head they are close enough that the pilots would be the difference but one can figure out how it would go. If the Tempest kept its speed up, which it was best at, it was pretty much untouchable by any other piston fighter at low level. If it got too slow? It was probably best to dive and run against a lighter fighter. Now let's throw in the Fw 190. It was designed with a similar philosophy Hawker used, including a heavy weapon load, but resulting in a more compact package. Considering it was a generation older than the Tempest or La-7 it was a masterpiece. It did however have a higher wing loading and had a sharp stall to match the Tempest and need for constant pitch trim. They weren't dangerous but they got tricky lower speeds compared to some lighter planes. It would need to use the same tactics against the La-7 that the Tempest would use against it! Cheers!