Imagine surviving the deadliest conflict in human history as an airmen only to die in a car accident in civilian life 5 years later Life is so bs sometimes

@justavideo6324

2 жыл бұрын

at least he died while surrounded with his family instead of exploding in the air

@tristanortega606

2 жыл бұрын

@@justavideo6324 true

@cursedhawkins1305

2 жыл бұрын

Given that they showed what looked like wine bottles in the car it’s probably to imply that he was under the influence at the time of the crash.

@bellumgerere

2 жыл бұрын

Rather like Yuri Gagarin's dying in a regular plane crash. Bitter ironies.

@franciscosansalone2319

2 жыл бұрын

@@cursedhawkins1305 did you not hear the part where he worked in a winery?

The history + The good narrator + the animations + descriptive lessons = **chefs kiss**

@AzielPlayz

2 жыл бұрын

magnifique!!

@aguy7095

2 жыл бұрын

"Magnificent." -A french spy that is a mercenary on the team based action Team Fortress 2.

@Pastajelly1388

2 жыл бұрын

Finally, some gud fucking food

@Frank_Audun

2 жыл бұрын

Good soup

@archnemesis256

2 жыл бұрын

Well said brotha

I love learning about the individual soldiers of WW2, no matter what country they served. Excellent video!!!!

@irongeneral7861

2 жыл бұрын

I second this!!!

@logggaming2398

2 жыл бұрын

John fox

@oceanhome2023

2 жыл бұрын

We all HATE WAR but we Love Studying it !!!

@irongeneral7861

2 жыл бұрын

@@oceanhome2023 it'll always exist in one form or the other. That's just how the universe is

@exogul7201

2 жыл бұрын

Me to

I love this channel. I am a young history fanatic, and NOTHING beats this channel. What a legend.

@thai6989

2 жыл бұрын

is oversimplified a joke to u

@dutchthespitfire3204

2 жыл бұрын

@@thai6989 Mark felton?

@Toblerones

2 жыл бұрын

I was about to write the same "i love this channel"....

@ericclark8537

2 жыл бұрын

Extra history mr.beat and history matters are good to

@user-pd1vb9ih1n

2 жыл бұрын

Simple History, Sabaton History : "Yeah, Yeah, fuck me."

This guy shot down my Great-Uncles lancaster (he was a rear gunner from no.9 squadron, sadly he perished in the crash, rear gunners rarely survived)

@Yum_Yum_Delicious_Cum

2 жыл бұрын

. Your Great Uncle may he rest in peace, "rear gunners rarely survived" I have a fun fact for this one, there have been 2 cases 1 B17 and 1 Lancaster where the tail was cut of from the plane and the rear gunners glided back to the surface

@michaeld.uchiha9084

2 жыл бұрын

War is so shit there are no sides only the dead and the living. The main politics should fight wars themselfs but instead they send young guys to die.

@mercian7

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, he was a person who supported a regime who thought it was a good idea to gas their own citizens. Bless your Uncle (if you care)

@ricegrain1809

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaeld.uchiha9084 now I'm just imagining the people forcing the politicians in one place and telling them to fight their for their own country rather than having soldiers fight

@TTTT-oc4eb

Жыл бұрын

The Lancaster was notoriously difficult to get out of - one of the few things that was better with the Halifax.

we can all agree this is the best history channel out there(so glad I found it )

@elitepilot836

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

@tbnrwolff3354

2 жыл бұрын

It's more of an opinion doesn't mean it's the best I am quite indecisive about my favorite channel specifically when it comes about history because well in my opinion they're all pretty damn good so can't really make a decision on it

@porky162yearsago9

2 жыл бұрын

YES SIR

@Timooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it is!

@panther01da20

2 жыл бұрын

You are correct

Another great animation!! The equivalent of 5 squadrons downed just goes to show how much peril the crews of RAF heavies were in every time they set off for Germany. The night fighter role was ideally suited to the bf110, particularly in the hands of such a skilled pilot.

@steveperreira5850

2 жыл бұрын

Shameful the British did not develop adequate night fighter protection. Not an easy task, I understand, but sooner or later he will shoot down the Nazi bastards like this. In the daylight these BF 110s were complete dogs against single engine Allied fighters and they were decimated.

@BradBrassman

2 жыл бұрын

@@steveperreira5850 Yes, like Stuka crews their pilots thought themselves part of an "Elite" and after a disasterous sortie over Kent in 1940 when a large number were shot down, ever after they just flew in defensive circles when challenged over enemy territory. Stukas after the similarly disasterous unescorted sortie on Portsmouth Harbour when 54 Squadron splashed fifteen Stukas they were not sent over without fighter protection again. 54 Squadron were said to have give "Dover Ack Ack" three of the kills.

@angelonunez8555

2 жыл бұрын

@@steveperreira5850 The British had an excellent aircraft for night fighting, the Mosquito, but it was simply very difficult to detect enemy aircraft at night.

@thefolder69

2 жыл бұрын

@@steveperreira5850 yeah... because a Bf-110 wasn't meant to be a daytime fighter killer. Germany needed something to stop nighttime bombing raids, so they made the Bf-110. they had other planes to combat Allied fighters, obviously...

@jackd1582

2 жыл бұрын

@@steveperreira5850 ya. Steve Boi . And all Americans are Republicans .....muppo

As a german, I appreicate these stories being retold with these (though rough but passionately-made) animations that bring them to new life greatly. The atmosphere is conveyed so exceptionally well. When I see the ace take a sigh of relief before walking off under the morning sun after his newest victory with that icnoic, german smirk on his face, it feels like I was in his boots. Excellent work, keep it up.

i love how engaging and descriptive the channel is

Wonder if this would've worked against something like a B17, as it had a ball turret. But still 20mm, vs a twin 50cal turret isn't a defence which would make the ball gunner confident.

@vadaszsch0360

2 жыл бұрын

Planes with Schräge Musik would always engage at night as British bombers, their primary targets, always do night bombing. British bombers would be their primary targets since they had no ball gunner. US bombers on the other hand, always do bombings when the sun is still up. Even when US bombers do night bombing raids for some reason, I think Schräge Musik pilots were instructed to not engage bombers with ball gunners. If they insist on attacking bombers like B-17s, things would not end well for the German night bomber hunters.

@infamousfalcon588

2 жыл бұрын

@@vadaszsch0360 Interesting.

@ZackaryWilliams77

2 жыл бұрын

I say unless the gunner was in the ball turret, the initial surprise attack still would've gone smoothly. My guess it would've cut the losses down to 4 or 5, mainly due to the combination of American Flak and the ball gunners deterring them from making a pass or two.

@infamousfalcon588

2 жыл бұрын

@@ZackaryWilliams77 The gunner was mostly always in the ball turret, except during take off and landing, as even with the ball turret retracted, landing with the gunner still inside was considered to be dangerous.

@ryangowen2816

2 жыл бұрын

The 50 calibre is about 13mm, so maybe the 20mm would fair better.

This was the best history channel ever. Narration 10/10, Information accuracy 10/10, Animation 1M/10♥️. Yarnhub outclassed the History Channel😆 JK

@devnandannair2336

2 жыл бұрын

Info accuracy would actually be 9/10 on the mig 21 vs F-4 Video

@triplejproductionscreation1057

2 жыл бұрын

@@devnandannair2336 yes, but no one is perfect though. Even BBC makes mistakes and when you're gathering some information about a specific topic, you'll not just stick to a single video though. You'll read numerous articles and watch other videos in order to fortify the knowledge you have. Still it's 10/10 cuz, limiting the length of that video in just a short duration will take some good skills, and you need to risk some details in order to make your video catchy and easy to understand.😊

@EmbeddedWithin

2 жыл бұрын

@@devnandannair2336 999999m/10 over historical accuracy of history channel

@EmbeddedWithin

2 жыл бұрын

comparing yarn hub with history channel is like comparing a f22 with PO-2

@endia-enderofabdoolsandchi1219

2 жыл бұрын

Is*

Dude nearly ran out of wing space for his tally, what a legend. Sad he died so young.

@EpicSpartanz

2 жыл бұрын

A legend fighting for Nazi Germany, protecting their precious concentration camps and plans of invading the world to "cleanse" it?

@therandomone4822

2 жыл бұрын

@@EpicSpartanz The soldiers were mostly conscripted, very few were actually loyal to the Nazi regime. That's common knowledge

@EpicSpartanz

2 жыл бұрын

@@therandomone4822 yes unfortunately that was the case but my point is that we shouldn't be calling anyone who fought for Nazi Germany legends. While it is unfortunate and sad that millions of people were made to fight, they still fought for the horrible cause of the Nazi party. For example we wouldn't call kamikaze pilots legends after sinking an entire ship just because he was conscripted would we?

@scavulous6336

2 жыл бұрын

@@EpicSpartanz whilst I agree, the kamikaze pilots did not want them to survive, the pilot in this video only wanted to destroy the aircraft

@donald8066

2 жыл бұрын

@@EpicSpartanzNo, he protects civilian, the bomber pilots mostly killed and burned alive women, children and old men, and done nothing, to interupt production. Germany produced 1944 more Plans and Tanks, then ever.

Not far from where I live right here in Belgium is a memorial stone from a lancaster that was shot down on June 22 1944. Its near a forest where I usually go for a walk. On the stone is a plate with the names of the crew. I try to visit it most of the times I go there, just to pay my respects, and think about what these brave men did for us. Just a few years ago I did a little research, and found out that this was one of the crews that got shot down by this night fighter. The men inside where so young....I often think about them....and still have tears. What they did for us, I will never forget!! Thank you brave men, rest in peace, and may God bless you.

I appreciate you also covering the side of the Axis. Heroic feats should be commended regardless of what side you're from

@afrohighborn262

2 жыл бұрын

They were evil bastard

@willisaw135

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, triadwarfare.

@thelastmanstanding6555

2 жыл бұрын

@@afrohighborn262 Most of the men and women serving in the german military at that time were forced to conscript, they fought because they had to, not because they want to. The government and SS are the bad people.

@blitzy3244

2 жыл бұрын

@@afrohighborn262 You're brainwashed by the you know whose

@blitzy3244

2 жыл бұрын

@@afrohighborn262 Afro Lowborn is more suiting

Another great video, preserving history of battles fought in a time now slowly passing. Thumbs up ~John

@yollmanontherun9074

2 жыл бұрын

A beautiful way to putting it!

1:51 Wow, the animations are absolutely stunning! Superb narration as always, too!

@DannyBoy777777

Жыл бұрын

Not accurate. The 110 had a cramped cockpit. Animation makes it look roomy.

He be doin big brain. Edit: That transition from the sky's to the airbase was smooth.

@Frosty_tha_Snowman

2 жыл бұрын

@ 6:14

@restrom6932

2 жыл бұрын

@@Frosty_tha_Snowman yes, It's pretty smooth

Heinz Wolfgang Schnaufer: * exists * British four engined aircraft: **Sweating nervously**

Absolutely amazing had no idea I don't know how these can get any better

Can't wait for them to officially make a movie because this stuff is great~ (even 1hr vids is very noice too) Other than that, thank you for giving us a great show once more!

@mikepette4422

2 жыл бұрын

they won't make a movie because...wrong side and also shooting mostly helpless bombers down in darkened night skies isn't as glamorous as single man on man combat between "knights of the sky" as people love to frame single engine fighter planes.

@Anonymous-ss1kg

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikepette4422 Well... fair enough... 1hr documentations it is

@EinBaierImHimmel

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikepette4422 They were not helpless. But civilians on the bottom who got bombed were. ;-)

@moedictatornoriega8475

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikepette4422 imagine bombers being helpless

@typehere6689

2 жыл бұрын

You're fine with 18 months of no uploads, right?

6:10 smoothest transition ever. Nice

Wow ,Schnaufer was amazing ,he saved lots of his own peoples lifes. Also i like the british fairness to keep him for only one year. Very cool channel .

@jameschristensen1055

2 жыл бұрын

Keeping a POW in captivity for a year after the war is not 'fair' - not at all. When the war ends, prisoners are meant to be repatriated soon after, in accordance with international law.

@samkangal8428

2 жыл бұрын

@James Christensen But Erich Hartman ,who surrenderd to the Americans ,and was handed to the S. was convicted as a war criminal ,and returned 10 years later ,that was far worse .

@nxlckindumbz4929

2 жыл бұрын

@@samkangal8428 He deserved it

@samkangal8428

2 жыл бұрын

@Nxlckin DumBz What for ? For being that damm good?

@csbanki

Жыл бұрын

@@samkangal8428 Yes, apparently doing your job as a fighter pilot makes you a war criminal. Luckily raping thousands of women doesn't... - soviet logic -

Holy moly, first the animations are top-notch, best in the biz, secondly, 2 vids in 2 days?? That a real sight to see, amazing vid great job guys, loved every second of this.

Never heard about this guy. But I was intrigued by his name “spook of st Trond” I live in Belgium, in St Truiden (or St Trond in French). A little bit of research learned me he got his nickname because he was stationed in here in my town (we have a military airport here, although it’s out of service now), while we were still occupied, and that’s why he got this name… Nice to know this little fact of my town…

@glennghijsens151

2 жыл бұрын

Vee zen van st truin!!!!

@user-nz4wg8gf5z

Жыл бұрын

Sintruieeee pieeee, bruustem represent

Yarn hub always bring back legends

The channel always goes beyond anybody's expectations. Great animations and stories. I loved this channel the second I spotted it. Incredibly accurate and entertaining. Everybody must admit, this channel has greatly improved from when it started. Thank you for all your amazing videos!

Another masterful piece of history telling. Enemy or not he fought for his country with skill and courage and therefore deserves to be remembered.

I absolutely love the facial expressions in these animations! The smug grin of Schnaufer and his crew at the start, it's like watching a movie where the protagonist is about to pull off something crazy.

I live in St-Trond (Belgium) and was surprised when I saw this video title. I didn’t know about this man! And I live next to the airplane base so I’m a little embarressed😅 But it is nice to learn about its history! Thanks for the amazing video❤️

@petergoessens6179

2 жыл бұрын

Ik dacht net hetzelfde. Ik was niet zeker of het over St truiden ging 🤣

@beckerspieter

Жыл бұрын

Vandaar dat ge bij ons het bier “Spookvlieger” kunt drinken hè 😊 Was ook onderdeel van de trudofeesten show

@Woutrobijns

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha ik ook😂

There’s something about Wolfgang being in his name + “The spook of St Trond” + the creepy plane design that adds all that cool fear factor to the tale

Thank you I’ve missed you guys since you went on the hiatus at the end of September, yet another excellent story. Extra kudos to the narrator, as I work as a tour guide, I’ve tried to replicate your manner of delivery, as I believe it captivates the audience the best.

@Blacky123B52

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for noticing 🙂

My great Aunt's fiancee was a Polish Flight Engineer, he was lost after his 300 Sqdn Lancaster was shot down by the Luftwaffe Ace, Heinz Wolfgang Schnaufer (The Ghost of St Trond), in 1944, flying a BF110 Nightfighter. I discovered this after I saw the Tailplane from Schnaufer's plane in the Imperial War Museum in London, with the kill dates from 25-04-44 painted on it. Sent a shiver up my spine!

Love from India👋 🇮🇳 , An excellent compilation 👏, I liked it👌Top class. I must write ✍that after an 8 hrs of harday's work, it is very nice, calming & soothing to hear 👂such information. I'm glad I subscribed to your channel. Thank you 🙏very much. " Shukriyaa ".

We already heard the shoemakers story of how he took out he mighty black baron now im looking forward for the black barons story of how he became the best tank commander hope more vids we'll be uploaded this Christmas

Thanks for make a video about a nightfighter. It is a subject that I feel don’t get a lot of attention, so it is very nice seeing you guys talking about it.

The “Spook of St. Trond” is one of the coolest nicknames I have ever heard of any person in he military.

@kellyshistory306

4 ай бұрын

It also isn't real, as no one on the Allied side knew who he was. WWII wasn't WWI where pilots were so few that the other side knew who they were. As much as Yarnhub makes good videos, they largely rely on whatever book they read on the topic, regardless of whether those books are fully accurate. The "Spook of St. Trond" was an embellishment made up by German writers who wrote "pulpy" pro-military magazines during the post-war period, which were heavy on sensationalism and light on fact. Unfortunately some of this stuff had great reach (German writer Franz Kurowski for example largely popularized the idea of "Panzer Aces" even though the concept didn't really didn't exist during WWII in the German army), and as a result the "Spook of St. Trond" has made it into mainstream books because authors never bothered to look into it. Peter Hinchliffe in his excellent Biography on Schnaufer goes into the fine details on the topic and shows where these myths came from. Schnaufer was an excellent and skilled pilot, but when you're the best of the best, invariably people tend to mythologize you, and there is a lot about Schnaufer out there that isn't true.

When you realize the video now has character voice: *Upgrade people upgrade*

Excellent video on Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer. One notable error regarding the vehicle he was driving at the time of his accident. Animation shows him in a Volkswagen Beetle, but in reality it should be a Mercedes-Benz 170 convertible.

Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer shot a Lancaster of the 405th Pathfinder Squadron on November 23, 1943 above Ter Apel in the north of Holland. 6 crew members died and 1 crew member survived and ended up in a prison camp in Germany and survived the war. Every year we remember those who then gave their lives for us. This year it is 80 years ago and we are holding a big commemoration in Ter Apel.

@davecopp9356

11 ай бұрын

I respect and try to remember the sacrifice of the german soldiers who fought like lions during the second WW2 even while havily outnumbered the fought till the end. Respect and RIP. They gave it all with honor and loyalty till the bitter end.

Absolutely stunning video! The animation quality is superb, especially the shot at 4:16. Keep it up!

2 vids in a week I'm impressed

@charlesivan9247

2 жыл бұрын

Yea brudda what a blessing

Excellent viewing and narrative spot on and clean ...

I love this channel it’s crazy how a 23 year old done such a feet

Discovering this channel has made my week. Top notch stuff. The details are amazingly accurate.

Small recommendation for videos. At the end of them, you should include a real photograph of the person or people or vehicle described in the story. I think it would be more impactful to see the real faces behind the story after a video that's just an animation.

Very good animation and info. Really enjoyed it. Thank you. Many years ago I Spoke to an old Lanc crew member who survived. He said he always worried after they'd left the drop zone that any minute, in the darkness, all hell would come tearing through the underside of his aircraft. He will be long gone now I guess, God bless him.

I just think history should be told in an honest way the way you do, well done keep up the good work!

This is by far my favourite history channel, I’m a big 8 year old history-buff and nothing beats this. You are a ledgend.

Great work as always!! Schnaufer and his exploits rly need to be more widely known, as he’s the greatest night fighter pilot ever! Same with many more fighter aces!

It's been a while, as always, your video was spectacular, always amazing to learn stuff each time you upload, the animations have evolved so well too

My father was a mechanican on the airfield of Brustem, which is a suburb of Sint Truiden . He was a member of the Nightfighters. Every year I come along this airfield when I visit my cousin and her daughter. And every time I remember the stories my father told me about that time.

I loved reading about German night fighters when I was young and this video definitely hit the spot. Your animation of the Bf-110 looks fantastic, I really can’t compliment it enough. I really enjoyed following the facial expressions of Schnaufer throughout the sortie, and that moment with the Bf-110 attacking a Lancaster while vertical was amazing. Great job!

This is actually a good story during ww2.

I’m so impressed how y’all have improved!!! Love y’all channel from the start

So glad you guys are back, I actually looked a few days ago and was disappointed to see no new uploads, then bam, 2 in a row! I'll never doubt you again Yarnhub ❤

Schnaufer: “You just made a big mistake”

Even though i'm a huge ww2 and military fanatic I've never heard about that pilot, thanks for making a video of him

The unique mounting of the guns was called "shräge musik," (or slanted music), not the noise.

Thank you for giving us these rather unknown stories Nothing beats this channel. I am so happy you exist

Oh my god your guy's animation is so well done! Glad the uploads are coming back strong

You can see the videos just getting even better.

Your pronounciation of the real exotic - even in Germany - names of Schnaufers comrades is nearly perfect 👍 - congrats for that: I know from personal experience that this is not an easy task for the AngloSaxons tongue - Chapeau for that as well as for this perfectly directed and created war history lesson I wasn‘t aware of prior to this movie.

The details are soo fantastic and so eye-catching you can never loose interest at any time! majestic piece of editing!!!

I cannot express how informative and entertaining your animations are with such a short duration, i love that you guys are still constatly improving! :) (also, i noticed the subtle voice acting here and there, very nice)

* Yarnhub uploads a plane video * Me: welp. Time to get on warthunder again

this channel gives history records and events, faces and stories. and thats what makes it amazing

I keep coming back to this specific Yarnhub vid. Something about the writing on this one with the sound. It's very well done!

So glad my favorite metal band brought me here, amazing work as always

@DapperD942

2 жыл бұрын

which song??

Two Thing that I love from this channel. 1.The Animations. 2.The narator sound. Hahhhh Everytime yarnhub uploaded.

Remember RAF has American made B-17s and B-24s equipped with Ball Turrets which can shoot back at the Bf-110. For the allies there's the P-61 using it's rear top 12.7x99 NATO MG

The British pilot probably did say "Time to leave" calmly.

When you survive an entire world war in an aircraft, and die by a car accident... sad Love the channel!

Wow i never heard of this maneuver it's brilliant to sneak up in the dark and rake the bottom of the enemy bombers. Just found this channel and I'm diggin' it.

Another great one, thanks everyone that worked on this content.

Oh Boy, this channel is getting better and better with every episode... Wonderful job guys, these videos should be part of history classes for real. This channel is so underrated

This channel deserves a mainstream platform.

perfection! as always, yarnhub

They named the guns "Schaege musik" because the cannons were mounted "schraeg"--at an angle. Nothing to do with the sound of the cannon. And they tried NOT to hit the belly because it could detonate the bombs and kill the fighter too. The target were the engines/fuel tanks in the wings

He had so many kills that it was impossible to put all of the icons within the texture of the tail fin with it still being visible

Damn 2 in less than a week! I didn't know about this particular pilot. I'm not calling this a bad story I really loved it, but I hate about hearing stories of any kind where the protagonist survives and does the unthinkable then dies in peace time in something as simple as a car accident or a fall down the stairs. The person looking after them from above blinked for a second and it happens it seems. Also shame the Brits didn't preserve the entire aircraft. Great video guys! Will we see another before the end of the new year? 👀

@Yarnhub

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Yes we should be good for one this Friday…..and it’s a really good one :)

@StuckOnAFireHydrant

2 жыл бұрын

@@Yarnhub I'm going to be keeping an eye out! I can't wait!!! Keep up the great work! 👍

I usually like it how he said "time to leave" calmly while there inside enemy territory 2:56

One of the best ones yet! The quality keeps getting better

The ending is so cool and this is why I have mad respect for pilots because they respect each other’s scores no matter the side the fight because they know they are adding to the same history in Aviation and that they are teaching new skills

Very nicely done video, and hats off for using both metric and imperial units

Schnaufer was known for shooting down the target marking aircraft, the "master of ceremonies" would drop flares to mark the target for the whole raid. A squadron of lethal mosquitos was sent as a hit squad to get Schnaufer, luring him out with a fake master of ceremonies. As fast as the Mosquito is, they never got him. Indeed he was never shot down the whole war. Just incredible! He must have indeed been like a ghost and hard to spot!

@kellyshistory306

4 ай бұрын

So pretty much nothing you said in your comment is factually true, and it is probable that you read some lousy history stuff that told you this. The problem is a lot of the history on Schnaufer was written by post-war military "pulp" type magazines that were prevalent in Germany, often very right wing, which prioritized sensationalism over actual facts. The book "Schnaufer: Ace of Diamonds" by Peter Hinchliffe goes into this in a lot of detail and shows where the inaccurate stuff you are mentioning comes from, and why its all nonsense. The whole post-war German pulp type work on WWII is a fascinating topic in itself, but you need to realize there was a lot of money to be made writing sensationalist crap in Germany after WWII and it created a lot of myths that exist to this day. Very simply - the Allies had no idea who Schnaufer was. When they interrogated him after the war they didn't even believe his kill claims because they thought it was ludicrous someone could shoot down so many bombers. RAF Bomber Command itself never really had a solid idea during the war what percentage of their losses was due to fighters, as everything happened in the dark so it wasn't easy to tell what caused aircraft to be shot down. They certainly didn't believe one guy was responsible for so many of their aircraft. There was no nickname for him as the "spook of St. Trond", the German night fighter pilots were pretty much anonymous to RAF crews at the time, they were a faceless boogeyman they rarely ever saw. This wasn't WW1 where pilots had reputations on both sides. And there were no Mosquitoes tasked with shooting him down, nor any plots to lure him out with fake "master of ceremonies", none of that existed. RAF night fighters operated independently and simply shot down whatever German night fighters they detected on radar or radar detecting equipment. The "Master of Ceremonies" (actually called the Master Bomber) didn't lay flares for the whole raid. The Pathfinder force did, and they were dozens of aircraft largely operating interdependently using their electronic instruments to mark the target. They followed a plan, but once on the raid they operated on their own. Some marked the target, others backed up the original marking, it changed over time as different bombing aids came online. The Master Bomber was a later war tactic where one experienced officer coordinated the raid (hence Master of Ceremonies), often ordering pathfinder aircraft waiting as backups to remark accurate markers, or ordering the bombers to avoid bombing on certain markers because they were inaccurate. Sometimes they'd mark the target themselves. While "master of ceremonies" were occasionally shot down, there was no way for the Germans to home in on them. Problem was, the Master Bomber was often flying in a Mosquito which was safer. Schnaufer never shot down a Mosquito in the entire war, all his victims were 4 engine aircraft. Sometimes Master Bombers flew in 4-eingined aircraft, but there is no evidence any of the 4-engined aircraft he shot down had a master bomber. Plus the Master Bomber tended to fly at the front of the bomber stream, but the ME110 that Schnaufer flew was barely faster then the bombers he chased. While he could get into the Bomber stream and cause localized havoc at times, his aircraft didn't have any tools or the speed to actually get to where the Master Bomber tended to be located. Wherever Schnaufer ended up in the bomber stream was simply a matter of luck. Schnaufer was a very skilled and capable night fighter pilot, no doubt about it. But a lot of what you said was post-war sensationalism, not anything that was actually true about him.

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The narrator even got the ‘v’ pronunciation for the names, a very underrated channel this is.

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3:40 "We were glad that they would survive... and become prisoners" ooof brutal

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Sadly, he wasn't the only brave fellow to die in a post war road accident - I believe Barker, VC the Great War ace was one of several such men. Schnaufer and his crew exploited the one great built in weakness of all the British heavy bombers, the lack of underside defensive turrets. Even so, a brave, skilled man who deserves remembering.

@davecopp9356

11 ай бұрын

Also General Patton diet in a road accident shortly after the war. The man who said, we defeated the wrong enemy.

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13 July 1950 during a wine-purchasing visit to France, and died in a Bordeaux hospital two days later.

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Heinz Schnaufer, the fighter who rules the night. Erich Hartmann The Fighter who owns the day. German Pilots are really stunning, I'm Almost Shipping out for Air Force school, Hopefully I can become an Well-respected Ace like them 😂😂 Just Kidding

@maxklinger1494

2 жыл бұрын

Thar happens when there's no crew rotation and a numerically superior enemy. A few become some of the highest scoring aces of all time, but most of them became KIA or if lucky, WIA.