The DH98 Mosquito. Designed by a genius, built by a craftsman and flown by a hero.

One of the best aircraft ever built for the age hands down. A superb machine.

@ThePaulv12

2 жыл бұрын

Another jolly good one was a Bristol Beaufighter. According to Wikipedia 5900+ of the blighters were produced.

@jezfrench9435

2 жыл бұрын

Built by men who had a low demand skill (at the time). Carpenters and cabinet makers.

@stephenpetermay1721

Жыл бұрын

@@jezfrench9435 not so. Demand for wooden aircraft (Mosquito, Airspeed Horsa and General Aircraft Hamilcar) far exceeded the capacity to build them in the UK. The US only built wooden Trainer Aircraft but made much of wood working machine tools that the British used including many of the Aircraft components. Canada and Australia manufactured Mosquito aircraft.

The real genius was De Haviland, designing and building planes before the RAF even knew that they needed it. Imagine having to spend considerable effort to convince the War department that this was a needed and good plane. Have a read of the genesis of this plane.

@TXLorenzo

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree, better to have a forward looking genius design the plane than some stuff shirt RAF committe back at Whitehall.

@Dra741

2 жыл бұрын

And back in those days for you to propose a wooden plan to fight off the me-109 and other Fighters oh, you had to prove your bacon

@russellbaston974

2 жыл бұрын

And he essentially hid the design team away in a country house to stop them getting interrupted or diverted to other jobs.

@rhysgoodman7628

2 жыл бұрын

@@russellbaston974 yep it was a kitchen to make it inconspicuous to the Jerries. First (and last?) plane to be build in a KITCHEN.

@jezfrench9435

2 жыл бұрын

Apparently the deal was sealed when war office inspectors witnessed the prototype performing vertical rolls on one engine.

What you’re watching here gentlemen, is the greatest generation in action. An ever decreasing circle of brave young men, now fast disappearing into history. Thank God for those young men. The greatest generation.

@geoffreypowell9220

4 жыл бұрын

@funkmasterjee I don't agree my friend , I was brought up where my mother passed a cup over the garden fence to her neighbour for some sugar ,Now if you did that you would most possibly lose the cup, or indeed have it filled with Heroin .. This generation do not know they are born ,Had it so good..

@geoffreypowell9220

4 жыл бұрын

@funkmasterjee When you get to 81 yrs old you will think differently....

@goldanboy43

4 жыл бұрын

@@geoffreypowell9220 My nan would always go on that during the war looting and thieving was rife. She left London with nothing because all the 'fingersmiths' had taken their belongings. Both her brothers never wanted to go to war and one deliberately thew himself off a wall to come home. There were many heroics and bravery in the war but we shouldn't ignore it brought out the worst in many people back home, something forgotten in the history books.

@geoffreypowell9220

4 жыл бұрын

@@goldanboy43 I agree Dan, A lot went on in the war , Like murders that were put down to bomb damage and you always got the anti establishment guy.. but you did not get panic buying , it was under the counter system occasionally , Twice during this pandemic I have seen greed and fights, I am glad they have formed queuing it will stop /reduce panic buying and then we will have food for ALL ,but I take your point, I apologise if I sounded Judgemental Geoffrey.

@goldanboy43

4 жыл бұрын

@@geoffreypowell9220 The problem with today's society is there's a sense of entitlement and many people don't like being told what to do. When we have situations like we live in now, we can see who are the good people are and those who aren't.

This summer I met a gentleman in his mid seventies who is a highly regarded mechanic/machinist/consultant on WWII warbirds. Fascinating dude. During the course of the conversation I asked him which of them was his favorite. Without blinking an eye he answered, “the mosquito”.

What an excellent piece of archive footage

@noelellesmere6636

3 жыл бұрын

Richard Mille

Bloody hell. What amazing camerawork. I felt like I was there!

My dad was a Tiger Moth pilot. We also had a dh 84 Dragon. I saw it fly over Adelaide and it gave me chills to think I flew in that heaps of times. I was named after the Dehavilland brothers and dad was the last full time barn stormer in the world. Captain Boggles. Biggles was was his favourite hero when he was a kid. I'd love to show him clips like this if he was here.

@lufe8773

Жыл бұрын

Biggle was mine too used to get a boys magazine

one of the finest aircraft ever made .

Thank you roberto. I had a family member fly a mosquito (plane K) in the Australian 464 squadron during WW 2. Amazing plane and very brave men.

I used to be in the B.C. Mountaineering Club and on one of the hikes the leader said that he used to fly aircraft to attack German shipping in Norway. He didn't say if it was a Mosquito he flew or Beauforts. What he did say was when the Gernans got better at defensive fire they had to go lower to about 50 feet above the waves.

@cirrus1964

4 жыл бұрын

You mean Beaufighter I presume?

@rickrayn

4 жыл бұрын

Probably

@voornaam3191

2 жыл бұрын

Airforce still image reconnaisance F-16's were sometimes flying far lower, in the 80's. Try 5 to 10 feet, for getting a good picture. I've seen a surprised looking cow photo, in black and white. Very funny.

@voornaam3191

2 жыл бұрын

@@romanopinto5172 Yes, it was a daring concept. Two Merlin engines, no armour plating, a light fuselage. That thing was fast. Go there, do the job and come back. Private version, turboprops? Hmm.

@UserUser-ww2nj

2 жыл бұрын

@@voornaam3191 Reconnaissance , flying 5 to 10 feet for getting good pictures ??, really ?? At that height you would get nothing useful

Brilliantly designed fighter bomber. Exciting to watch!

@anthonywilson4873

3 жыл бұрын

Even better it’s a bomber fighter. Two man crew and bomb bay so good a bomber, faster than its contemporary fighters until the ME262 it could be used as a night fighter and many other roles. It would not tangle with a single engine fighter in daylight on purpose. I would not want to be in the way of the guns of a night fighter version equipped with with airborne radar. Hornet was the fighter bomber cousin a little late for WWII 485mph fighter with hard points for 2000lbs of bombs, rockets and four 20mm cannons. Designed for carrier work in the Pacific war finished before it entered service.

Great film. My old man was a navigator in a Mozzy. Brilliant to see.

The Mosquito was one of my favorite fighter/fighter-bomber aircraft of WWII, along with the FW-190, the P-47, the P-38, the Il-2, and the Beaufighter.

As a kid in the late ‘60’s I began collecting Revell model aeroplanes. My late dad was ex WW2 with the AIF. He raved about the Mosquitoes, Spitfires, Lancaster bombers, P51’s etc...Anyway I bought the Mosquito model with my birthday money. Some 46++++ years later I still have it! Mine saw it’s fair share of battles too! 🤣 Brilliant footage!!!

@tim7052

2 жыл бұрын

Great stuff!! That model is as tough as the real thing!! 😊👍

@daveywynter1607

2 жыл бұрын

Andrew D I was a Airfix fan I built model planes from Airfix kit parts.

@bergssprangare

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing..I wish I had saved mine

@gordonhall9871

Жыл бұрын

i did the same thing back then all the ww2 planes i could get over the years

Arguably, the finest warplane of WW2.

@Jewels-rp9js

4 жыл бұрын

Ola Dudes!! Let us not forget thee one and only...FORKED WING DEVIL P-38!! YYEEEEEEEEEEEHHAAAAAWWW! JD/82ND

@navnig

4 жыл бұрын

@@Jewels-rp9js The Mosquito could carry the same bomb load as early B-17 models from England to Berlin and back at 400 mph...Anyway....The P-38 isn't even in the same category regardless....They were different aircraft employed in a different role...My reference to being arguably finest aircraft of WW2 comes from that it served with distinction in every theatre of WW2 in every role that it served in.

@Jewels-rp9js

4 жыл бұрын

@@navnig Ola!! The mosquito is a badass plane.. so is the spitfire!! JD/82ND

@chrissearle6176

4 жыл бұрын

P38 was an outstanding plane, definitely a top 4 allied fighter. Spitfire & mustang the same, but the mosquito was #1 in every category. The definition of overkill is having a plane that carries 2x500lb bombs, 8 rockets, 4 machine guns & 4 20mm cannons & thinking its not quite destructive enough " best stick a 6pounder auto cannon on it"(6lb=57mm)

@ericgrace9995

4 жыл бұрын

This is probably a pointless debate. Aircraft were designed at different times for different purposes. For example, the Mustang was an outstanding escort fighter. The Typhoon and Sturmovik were brilliant ground attack aircraft. But the Mosquito was perhaps the best multi-role combat aircraft of the war. Attack bomber, night fighter, reconnaissance, path finder... And it was excellent at all of them. Jack of all trades..and master of all.

My uncle was a mosquito pilot during the war ...later moved to the states sadly died in 74..rip unc

@rovercoupe7104

3 жыл бұрын

He helped save the world from fascism. You must be very proud of him. M.

The heroic crews and others that made that particular attack are immortalized in films such as this will keep reminding ours and future generations that valor was a daily thing during those times...let's praise their deeds and not forget that all combatants fought for the flags and ideals of each warring nation's...

Jolly good show......home in time for tea and medals. Seriously though incredibly brave airman flew in the Banff strike wing attacking shipping in the Norwegian Fiords in Mosquitoes and Beaufighters. Obviously mostly RAF but also by many Kiwis and Aussies in RAAF and RNZAF squadrons flying and sometimes dying 10000 miles from home.

Not only were the the flight charistics of this plane fantastic, the construction, utilizing the carpentry skills of the wood workers, sheer genius .not competing with the existing aircraft industry.

@markcarter3617

2 жыл бұрын

Couple of Merlins give a very nice edge too !

"In 1940 I could at least fly as far as Glasgow in most of my aircraft, but not now! It makes me furious when I see the Mosquito. I turn green and yellow with envy. The British, who can afford aluminium better than we can, knock together a beautiful wooden aircraft that every piano factory over there is building, and they give it a speed which they have now increased yet again. What do you make of that? There is nothing the British do not have. They have the geniuses and we have the nincompoops. After the war is over I'm going to buy a British radio set - then at least I'll own something that has always worked." - Hermann Göring, 1943.

@santamulligan676

4 жыл бұрын

Tom McAllister Wilfred neat designed the props to be able to fly at higher speed at low level , and mr Kidd a norfolk Carpenter spent most of the war putting them together. Two highly skilled guys that gave the boys in blue the the tools to do the job bless them.

@alainarchambault2331

4 жыл бұрын

Should've included himself on that list of "nincompoops." The way the Luftwaffe was set up was bound to include infighting.

@exb.r.buckeyeman845

4 жыл бұрын

Tom McAllister Wow, that’s some statement.

@isee7668

3 жыл бұрын

Like he could talk!

@Kevin-mx1vi

3 жыл бұрын

@@alainarchambault2331 I believe that the whole German military command structure was designed to be "competitive", with the intention that people would strive to do better than their rivals, but predictably it just resulted in wasteful infighting, with each faction struggling against the others for a greater share of dwindling resources. A massive flaw in the "survival of the fittest" ideology.

Thanks for the film. My father Flt.Lef. John Morton was navigator/gunner on one of these mosquitoes and probably took some of the film.

@ronti2492

2 жыл бұрын

Ian, do you have a location and a date for the raid? It looks like spring by the snow on the hills. What SQN was your father serving in?

New to me footage and some of the best I've ever seen.

@silvergtotwinturbo9984

4 жыл бұрын

G.H.T. did you hear the soundtrack, just kept repeating the same Merlin engine noises, didn't match the flying sequences. My dad helped manufacture bits for the Mossie before joining the RAF.

surgical precision, incredibly versatile aircraft

@tonyhynes1938

5 жыл бұрын

Versatile enough to fit a 6lb cannon in the nose. Beast of a aircraft

I pity the sailors on those ships. The Mosquito's firepower is shockingly brutal.

@g8ymw

4 жыл бұрын

True, but then Narvik was (still is) the port where Swedish iron ore was shipped out. Crucial for the Geman war effort

@terryj7996

3 жыл бұрын

Nah, fuck ,em. This was war, no time for pity.

@davidmorris3981

2 жыл бұрын

@@terryj7996 And they were Nazis. Yeah, fuck 'em.

@Ian-mj4pt

Жыл бұрын

Beaufighter had 4 Canon and 6 machine guns

Great footage. Respect to these RAF boys and respect to the German seamen below.

@richardm3023

4 жыл бұрын

below what? The waves? And those were probably Norwegians or Finns serving on the merchantmen.

@markscarisbrick1534

4 жыл бұрын

@Terry White It wasn't as if all Germans supported the Nazi regime. And even if they didn't, they still had to go to war as did people on the allied side. Both sides deserve respect my friend. Peace.

@eglin32

3 жыл бұрын

@norman simpson bullshit.

@eglin32

3 жыл бұрын

@@markscarisbrick1534bullshit.

@eglin32

3 жыл бұрын

Nil respect to the German seamen below may they rest in pieces.

Real men in a time of need. God bless you sirs.

Their gunning and bombing was amazingly accurate, wow

@SuperBeaker1

5 жыл бұрын

What an awesome weapon. Might have been a Mosquito but stung like a hornet. Wish I could’ve flown one.

@chrissiddall8525

5 жыл бұрын

@@SuperBeaker1 Guess what the replacement for the Mosquito, was called? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Hornet

@peterelmer9114

4 жыл бұрын

It was indeed on that footage; those ships certainly took a pounding.

@davidmurphy1896

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Peter for your service in helping to fight the war, can you remember what model the Mosquitos were that was used, FB Mk VI etc? all the best.

@hoodoo2001

2 жыл бұрын

As compared to what?

My great uncle flew these and the Wellington Bomber. Extremely proud of him, flying a wooden plane over enemy territory with antiaircraft guns blasting at him. Those men had elephant nuts...lol

The Mosquito, a horrible disease spreading insect but a beautiful, powerful and iconic aircraft

@andyman8630

3 жыл бұрын

it was a horrible disease spreading flying thing for the Jerry's

I would have hated to have been on the receiving end of all that punishment.

@NiSiochainGanSaoirse

3 жыл бұрын

Just dont be a nazi, and you'll be fine.

@r2gelfand

3 жыл бұрын

But people can be a Commie and everything will be fine.@@NiSiochainGanSaoirse

@NiSiochainGanSaoirse

3 жыл бұрын

@@r2gelfand that reply doesn’t even make sense lad

@artmcteagle

3 жыл бұрын

@@r2gelfand don't worry Mosquitoes flew many operations for the Nationalist Chinese under Chiang Kai-shek in the civil war against Communist forces. Commies and Fascists, the two cheeks of the totalitarian arse. Death to them both!

74 years later still cheering for the RAF

@diggledoggle4192

3 жыл бұрын

@MichaelKingsfordGray How do you even come up with a response as stupid and unrelated as that

Beautiful and effective airplane! Nice vid as well, thanks.

Even 80 or so years afterwards, I could imagine the amount of damage those planes were doing just by watching the tracers.

Behind the music and bravado , this looked like one brutal shootout . Brave pilots facing down flak , risking friendly fire or flying into the ground . Being on the recieving end is unimaginable too . Dealing with the aftermath must have been terrible .

@carrisasteveinnes1596

2 жыл бұрын

Hopefully, those ships were loaded with Leftists, Democrats, BLM race grifters and ANTIFA soy boys when they went down.

@Tom55data

2 жыл бұрын

@@carrisasteveinnes1596 The people that fought in the WW2 did a job, they did it from freedom from the Nazi's and the job was unspeakable - my father never talked about what he went through in North Africa - though he did comment on being some of the first soldiers to get to Belson concentration camp and there were no words to describe what he saw. Often after the war the soliders etc, considered that did their job on the other side with respect and great friendships resulted from people at war doing their job. You are clearly incapable of understanding war.

@daveroberts7295

2 жыл бұрын

@@carrisasteveinnes1596 A bit off topic arn't you?

@stevengriffin7873

Жыл бұрын

Yes the 20mm cannons and rockets would have ripped through those ships.Would have been hell for anyone on them and basically nothing they could do about it.

It’s all in a day’s work for the Coastal Command Mosquitos ! 🇬🇧👏👍👌

The firepower of those old warbirds never ceases to amaze me. I wouldn't like to be on the receiving end of those.

@chrissearle6176

4 жыл бұрын

With a 6 pounder cannon, when 2x 500lb bomb, 8x rockets & 8 guns isn't badass enough 🤣

@tamar5261

4 жыл бұрын

@@chrissearle6176 yes to think a cheap built plane can sink an expensive sub or surface ship

@chrissearle6176

4 жыл бұрын

@@tamar5261 a bit like the swordfish which did to the Bismarck what the Hood couldn't

Fantastic footage. A different now lost Britain.

@mootpointjones8488

5 жыл бұрын

Well we're not at war with Germany anymore so you're right on one thing.

@MrTubbymarshall

4 жыл бұрын

The Watchman ain’t that the truth!!! 👍

@richardm3023

4 жыл бұрын

What are you worried about? Britanistan will still fight in many Jihads to come.

@gurryshark6027

4 жыл бұрын

Richard M I think we have what 3 flying mossies with another possible one coming? Get them armed and start defending. I would’ve volunteered my dad, if he was still alive, as a navigator, off u go pops! I sound like one of those crazy generals on MASH tv.

@garwhittaker3743

4 жыл бұрын

What ever the left touch it turns to shit.

The wooden wonder is my favourite WW2 multi role Aircraft...

My father in law loved watching this. he flew nf11 mosquitos and really loves seeing them

When I see these clips I always wonder what civilians in there house's or out working seen or thought. Imagine watching this from your little farmhouse on the hill. Both be terrifying and astonishing you would never forget it either way.

@toddjoewinton3645

4 жыл бұрын

My mother in law is Norwegian. She once told us about, how one British aircraft attacked a German Submarine at the surface in a Fjord. They never forget it - the sounds, the drama, the danger, the tragedy.

@stanbest3743

4 жыл бұрын

Where do you think the British intelligence came from? The locals would get word to the Norwegian resistance who had radios provided by SOE.

@alanjm1234

3 жыл бұрын

When we visited Guadalcanal a few years ago, the same thing crossed my mind. For the natives in the Solomon islands (and elsewhere) modern warfare must have been totally incredible to them.

@keltacuk8112

3 жыл бұрын

Must be terrifying to witness something like that,to create as much damage in the shortest possible time....imagine being one of the ships crew on that day!!!Scary stuff but fascinating!

@ianmorton4136

3 жыл бұрын

My father flew mosquitoes over Norway and told me of a Norwegian farm on the SW tip of Norway. When they heard the distinctive sound of the twin RR Merlin engines, they ran out of the farmhouse and waved the Norwegian and British flags ,risking their lives if the Germans had found out.

Balls of steel....Flying a plane made of timber and plywood.

@MrDaiseymay

4 жыл бұрын

grrrreat--even the tyres were solid oak

@DessieTots

4 жыл бұрын

...and used Fairy Liquid bottles when they were the correct shape.

Wow! I thought 'sea level' was just a figure of speech.

Wow just wow, formidable aircraft with outstanding aircrews, virtually everything fired was hitting the target,

248 Squadron. These are FB.VIs but the unit also had Mk.XVIII TseTse aircraft armed with a 6 pounder Molins gun. Part of the Banff Wing from September 1944.

Love the Mossie. They are like a twin engined Spitfires. However, my left ear aches now :-))...

Flying from RAF Banff? This is like the 633 Sqn movie, only the real thing!!

@Backs4more

5 жыл бұрын

maxwellfan55 I was wondering if The was Boyndie as well. Must be.

@MrDaiseymay

4 жыл бұрын

Watched that film last week, first time in 40yrs--bloody awful . They tried too hard, crap story, and didn't have the skills to make their models look real. It badly needed CGi

@DaveGIS123

4 жыл бұрын

@@MrDaiseymay You're right, 633 Squadron was a bloody awful movie, but it did have nice flying shots of Mosquitoes.

@bangosdemangos416

4 жыл бұрын

Philip Croft - sadly rather true - but the music’s brill though . . .

They should bring back the Mozzie now that we're moving more to prop planes for ground attack. Can take a ton of punishment, can carry some serious ordnance, long loiter times, and proven to be lethal. Modern materials and engines it'd be awesome. Mosquito Mk44

@tech4pros1

4 жыл бұрын

Make it out of carbon fibre or composites with modern efficient turboprop engines.

@colinkepple7555

3 жыл бұрын

A company in New Zealand has, in recent years, completely rebuilt to flying status, 3 Mosquitos.

Seeing a squadron of those diving towards you must have been absolutely terrifying.

The brilliantly insane idea behind the mosquito was to build a plane of wood because metal was scarce and there were plenty of out of work joiners. Then bolt two Merlin engines to it and attach an assortment of powerful weaponry. Job done.

Bloody 'ell ! Talk about a hammering.

0:57 when you think the camera plane couldn't go any lower, someone else is lower and then someone else lower again.

My Dad flew on Air/Sea Rescue flights with Coastal Command in Avro Ansons and one day he was detailed to follow a squadron of Mosquitoes to Norway in case any of them had to ditch. The Mossies were so fast and his Annie was so slow, he’d only crossed halfway across the North Sea before Mosquitoes had hit their target and were returning to the UK. One of them fell out of formation and flew close to his Anson on one engine, and his crew began thinking the Mossie was in trouble. One engine gone? Flak damage? Would they escort the Mosquito all the way back to base? But then the pilot just restarted his engine and climbed back to rejoin his formation. His last view of the Mosquito was of the pilot and navigator waving goodbye, laughing at them all the way. My Dad said the Mosquito would break your heart.

@dambuster6387

5 жыл бұрын

Sounds like they are having a joke on Annie

@MrDaiseymay

5 жыл бұрын

@@dambuster6387 On the other hand, one Anson is credited with downing a ME109 into the channel.

@MrDaiseymay

5 жыл бұрын

My half brother was in Coastal Command, based at RAF Detling Kent. In early august 1940, he was in a Anson (crew of 4 ) over the north sea, observing the Dutch coast ,for Nazi preparation's for Operation Sealion'. They were shot down by coastal Flack, into the sea.. He and another crewman survived, and were picked up by Dutch Fishermen, but later, captured by the Nazis, and spent the War in many camps, attempting to escape, which he attempted many times. He almost boarded a freighter for Sweden, but a keen policeman asked for his papers and he was caught--again. He was awarded the MBE after the WAR, and spent the rest of his life in Canada. were he died aged 90. As for the two other Anson crewmen, sadly, they both died on impact.

@johnhardman3

5 жыл бұрын

@@MrDaiseymay I used to see Ansons flying regularly in the 1950s (pre-'57): I gather that they outlasted the Mosquitoes in RAF service (into the late '60s?).

@DaveGIS123

5 жыл бұрын

@@MrDaiseymay That’s fascinating. My Dad flew with 280 Squadron which was formed at Thorney Island in 1941, but he flew many of his missions from Detling. One day he was briefed to watch out for Nazi ships disguised as working fishing trawlers that were reporting the direction and altitude of Allied bombers. Then, as he told it, “Lo and behold, there was one of them, right below us”. His Anson carried two beam machineguns in addition to the single machinegun in the turret, so his pilot took the Annie down and both he and the gunner shot up the trawler, putting rounds “down the smoke stack, up the ladder and through the cabin door”. That was the one and only time my Dad shot at someone. Most of his time was spent on long patrols looking for survivors from crashed aircraft. I read his squadron's operations log and it was filled with entries like “searched for Beaufighter - nothing found” or “searched for Spitfire - nothing found”. It was very sad. There were so many of them.

The wooden wonder of WW2 it's flies in other Countries but not in the UK at the moment one day maybe we will all see one fly in the UK again fingers crossed

@MrDaiseymay

4 жыл бұрын

Google ''The Peoples Mosquito''. well advanced towards flying again. donate a few quid to speed it up--I did.

@exb.r.buckeyeman845

4 жыл бұрын

Martin Ramsdale Yes, a real shame we lost one a few years ago, pilots too.

Really nice shooting! Amazing skills.

Far out!.. let em. have it!... we used to fly Mosquitos down under... I saw a warbird in 2012...Thanks👍🇳🇿

1944 version of an A10 without the BBBRRRRT!

@chiptmcc8656

4 жыл бұрын

I suspect a helluva lot faster than a Warthog :-)...... No disrespect intended!

@mkvv5687

3 жыл бұрын

​@@chiptmcc8656 Mosquito was quite a plane for the time. Mosq: 361 knots (415 mph, 668 km/h) at 28,000 ft (8,500 m); 4k of bombs A10: 381 knots (439 mph, 706 km/h) at sea level, clean; 16k of bombs

@Alex-cw3rz

3 жыл бұрын

Don't bishmerch the name of the Mosquito by comparing it too something as awful and pointless as an A-10, it relative to contemporary aircrafts capabilities are embarrassing compared with the Mosquito.

Yes sir, flying the Mosquito in WW2 was the best job I ever had.

@simonmorris4226

4 жыл бұрын

I’d personally like to thank you and your brave comrades for what you did. Greatest respect to you all!

@michaelthwaite3282

4 жыл бұрын

So, you're what now - 95 or so?

@blissy1

3 жыл бұрын

You must the only one left. Let’s have your name. Not that I don’t believe you

@blissy1

3 жыл бұрын

Edigy, just checked you out pal, you are SO FULL OF Shit. Tosser,, what a bullshit artist, disgrace to the airman on both sides of the Atlantic that lost their life’s so you can have the freedom to post crap on the internet. The fact you subscribe to Doughnut media says it all. Go f**k yourself

@jfloresmac

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, flying the Mosquito and the P51 Mustang, having also been a bombardier on a Flying Fortress and a Sherman tank commander on a tank named Fury, were the best times for me. Surely, fighting in WW2 was the best job I ever had. I really dont know why you find it so hard to bellieve.

Typical British understatement, name your most heavily armed aircraft Mosquito.

The good old days when you could sweep across the North Sea in a Mozzie and give Harry Hun a damn good thrashing, six of the best, trousers down!!!

@davidaitchison1455

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, and then back to the mess for tea and hot buttered crumpets . Hang on, me bally navigator's just had his bleeding head shot-orf!

@hipcat13

4 жыл бұрын

My favourite is when the radar packs up and they have to radio base: "My Thing is Bent".

@donner5383

4 жыл бұрын

They don't like it up em

@marmadukewinterbotham2599

4 жыл бұрын

"And it's whoopsie daisy Mr Hitler!"

@MrDaiseymay

4 жыл бұрын

@Ranulf why would we be --bone head. Those same people would have been slaves of the nazis, or murdered.

1:03 there is flying at sea level and then there is this guy!

@scottwins2

4 жыл бұрын

Ha Ha Isaw that, "go ahead skippa" Right, "a little low and to the left blue leada!"

@richardm3023

4 жыл бұрын

That's not flying, that's trolling for fish really, really fast.

@spikespa5208

4 жыл бұрын

He just felt that his props were a little dirty.

Gun camera footage is among the most fascinating pieces of WWII documentation.

One of the fields I go metal detecting on has a crash site of a Mosquito coming home, always finding loads of tacks or short domed nails that held the canvas to the wood, great to see what they did in the war for us thank you.

What amazing footage!

Sarah de Havilland Your Excellence has never outwitted self

Looking at my 3 models of 'Mossies' on my WW2 section of Books, which I enjoyed building over the years. Have my "City of Edmonton - 418 Squadron " History Book beside me while watching these clips. Love everything to do with the Wooden Wonders OPs! 400 Squadron did Photo Ops; 404 were a rocket firing, coastal fighter. 406, 409 & 410 were night fighters; and 418 were night Intruders. 418 became the highest scoring squadron in R.C.A.F. history. 105 enemy planes destroyed in the air; 73 on the ground; 9 probables; 103 damaged and 83 V-1 Rockets destroyed. Rock.

Great plane for the time. Brave good men just like those who are part of the freedom convoy in Canada

This attack is very reminiscent of the dramatized raid in the film '633 Squadron'.

@bobswan6196

4 жыл бұрын

The crappiest war film I ever saw: and the ignorant bastards deliberately destroyed a perfectly serviceable, flying Mosquito in the making of it. Utterly moronic!

Definitely one of the best WW2 twin engined slammers. And it was supremely fast.

One of my grandads was a warrant officer in a Mosquito squadron. Lucky bastard!

incredible footage, always makes me wonder why the RAF did not switch to use of these aircraft on a much larger scale rather than the less effective large bombers.

Magnificent, both man and machine! 🫡🇺🇸🇬🇧

Superb gunnery.

THE greatest aircraft of WW2.

@roybaker6902

3 жыл бұрын

I agree, and I'm an American.

De Havilland engineers wanted to place the pilot and (navigator/radar operator) in tandem making it more streamlined and faster. RAF policy was to position them side by side on bombers and refused to take the advice of civilians.

That was Beautiful...

Made of West Coast Canadian spruce plywood

@EricTViking

4 жыл бұрын

We owe the Canadians a lot, many of the Mosquitos were built there too.

@simonmorris4226

4 жыл бұрын

We can always rely on our overseas cousins to step up to the mark when Blighty is in trouble!🇬🇧🇨🇦🤝

@exb.r.buckeyeman845

4 жыл бұрын

Luc LeBlanc Nothing but the best.

shipmates aboard ship be like "quick, where's the Mosquito repellant!!"

Prachtig vliegtuig is nog een understatement ...een super kist

These machines never cease to amaze, such a versatile aircraft could carry a load more of some 4 engine aircraft, what a beast, no wonder the Luftwaffe had trouble beating them

Imagine being on the receiving end of that!

Never mind the aircraft. These heroes should never have had to grow old and pass away.

Incredible footage !!!

Amazing footage, very brave men, massive respect

Yes,this is awesome. The WW2 air combat sims have almost none of these awesome Coastal Command missions,but they should. Max Guedj died in one of those fjord anti-ship missions. Proper WW2 air to ground fight.

Beautiful aircraft, one of my favourites.

possibly interdicting that Swedish iron ore headed to Hamburg. pretty rough.

@sunnyjim1355

3 жыл бұрын

Or possibly that of heavy water from Norway, which the Nazis needed for atomic research/development. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_heavy_water_sabotage

My late uncle FL Sgt Joseph Egan was a navigator in the Mosquito. Brave man who hated war but was proud to do his duty.

This video would have nicer if they didn't just throw repetitive engine noise over every scene. The Mossi is one of my favorite combat aircraft. "In 1940 I could at least fly as far as Glasgow in most of my aircraft, but not now! It makes me furious when I see the Mosquito. I turn green and yellow with envy. The British, who can afford aluminium better than we can, knock together a beautiful wooden aircraft that every piano factory over there is building, and they give it a speed which they have now increased yet again. What do you make of that? There is nothing the British do not have. They have the geniuses and we have the nincompoops. After the war is over I'm going to buy a British radio set - then at least I'll own something that has always worked." - Hermann Göring, 1943.

@lesizmor9079

5 жыл бұрын

no id--- Yes the repetitive engine recordings are annoying, but the alternatives are silence or repetitive narration. You can't stick a microphone out the window of your airplane and get anything but wind noise. And a mic inside the plane just gets a loud humming noise, not what you are wishing for. So these recordings are the best (and unfortunate) option.

@michaelnaisbitt1590

5 жыл бұрын

british stuff may have worked well 75 years ago but I think he would be disappointed with todays stuff

@tigertiger1699

5 жыл бұрын

I guess he should’ve spoken to poor old Gen Urquhart’s men at Arnhem.... they failed to regroup and were slaughtered because their radios didn’t work .....

@maxblinkhorn

5 жыл бұрын

The thing is it's very hard just to get any sounds of engines running constantly at flight revs. If there was sound recorded in the same section, then it would go with it so clearly, they didn't have the means. It's bloody annoying though!

@mootpointjones8488

5 жыл бұрын

@@tigertiger1699 The airborne forces at Arnehem and Oosterbeek we're defeated because they landed in the middle of an SS Panzer division refitting and XXX Corp got across the Nijmegen bridge too late to save them.

These were some bad dudes because they flew one of the greatest planes of WW11. They were bold and confident and you could not stop them!!!!! They were awesome!!!!

3:23 - when you accidentally press 'fire' button

Probably the most successful multi role aircraft ever in the history of warfare. What a phenomenal thing it was. So sad there are so few left today compared to all the fighters that seem to be buzzing around like spits, mustangs and hurricanes. 😔😔😔😔

@johnds1963

5 жыл бұрын

That's because they were made of wood. The Mustangs, Thunderbolts and spitfires were made of aluminum.

@MrDaiseymay

4 жыл бұрын

@@johnds1963 And that--takes us right back to why the RAF weren't keen on the mosquito in the first place. BUT--they all missed the point of deHavillands idea. SPEED instead of massive heavy armourments. Besides, nobody expected ANY plane to last long. Length of survival was not a priority, Allied production of new planes WAY--outstripped the Nazis.

@ivorbiggun710

4 жыл бұрын

There is a movement to get an airworthy Mosquito in the UK. They have a You Tube channel. I think its called the People's Mosquito. They are trying to raise funds to pay for AVSPECS in New Zealand to rebuild one to airworthy condition. Those guys have done an amazing job putting several Mossies back in the air. They've all been delivered to US owners thus far though.

Great concentration and fire control!

Excellent filmed by the time, would Love to see it if it were restored.in HD and color

True workhorse during WW2, performed the most daring mission's. Mossy the legend 🇬🇧✌️👈Victory

Hadn't seen this footage before, many thanks for posting. Fascinating stuff. My dad was an RAF erk (mechanic) and his favourite plane was the Mossie, not least because he got several rides in them. I'm sure he told me they couldn't be used in the Far East (where he ended up) as the humidity caused the glue to weaken and they literally fell apart in flight.

@graememorris7820

5 жыл бұрын

That's funny; I read an account written by a Japanese soldier remarking on how difficult it was to shoot down a Mosquito. He said that since it was very hard to shoot the things down, they would rather just let them pass over head then fire on them and give away their positions

@muttley1956

5 жыл бұрын

Bilbo Bigbollix Not entirely true. Problems with glue deterioration was tracked to faulty manufacturing which was overcome by changing processes and using a different type of glue. My father was an RAF wireless operator/navigator in the Pathfinder Squadron during WW2 and flew in Lancs and Mossies in Europe and Mossies (among other aircraft) in the far east.

@AndrewLale

5 жыл бұрын

My dad was also an RAF mechanic. He worked mainly on Spits and Avro Ansons

@otterspocket2826

5 жыл бұрын

It should've been called the De Havilland Icarus - don't fly too near the equator.

@ivorbiggun710

4 жыл бұрын

The RAF and the RAAF did, in fact, use large numbers of Mosquitos in the Far East. The type continued to serve in the Far East until well after the War as, indeed, did its successor the DH Hornet. One problem they did have was termites literally eating their aircraft. they had to be parked in the middle of concrete hardstandings to keep the termites off.

Great footage!

Never forget what we owe these guys!

British ingenuity; with the vision of Geoffrey De Havilland, they finally engaged an established army of furniture manufacturers, gave them a different set of plans, and voila, [as the french would say] you have a fast new plane that could be easily produced using existing skills. Truth is, that De Havilland needed much effort and patience before the 'stuffy' British establishment would take him seriously and accept his wooden prototype. It was a great plane........... and quick.

@richardm3023

4 жыл бұрын

Too bad the British couldn't have made tanks as well as they made their planes. Ugh, Valentines, what were they thinking?

@exb.r.buckeyeman845

4 жыл бұрын

postwar46 You also had a small wardrobe to hang your clothes. 👕 👖

@postwar46

4 жыл бұрын

@@exb.r.buckeyeman845 Very humorous. I think the wardrobe supply could go on hold for a while to get the planes in the sky .

@postwar46

4 жыл бұрын

@@richardm3023 Fair comment Richard ,British and American troops were sent into battle with equipment that had nowhere near the hitting power of German Panther and Tiger tanks. They were formidable : much sorrow for those that were lo st in allied tanks.

@MrDragon1968

Жыл бұрын

@@richardm3023 Well, that's a bit of a silly comment. The Matilda's (excellent infantry support tank) and Churchill's (highly maneuverable and multi-terrain) were good tanks, and the Centurion - which came in just at the end of WW2 (development began in 1943) was arguably the best tank in the world at the time and hugely successful post WW2.

Brilliant. ¡!!!!!!!!!! Great aircraft and excellent video especially under those conditions.