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Really enjoyed this episode. Well done Greg.

Still looking forward to the mosquito/P-38 video.

Have to say that I didn't know much about this aircraft before watching this video. There's just so many airplanes in WWII that got overshadowed by the more "glamorous" ones. I'd really like to see you do a video about the B-25. The variant with the 75mm cannon is fascinating and would like to learn about it's origins and use throughout the war.

I always appreciate the Jug getting some love. She always seems to get overshadowed by the Mustang.

On dec 31st, 43, 4 P47s landed at Rivenhall at the 363rd Fighter groups new home. The 363rd had not yet received their planes. The P47's had aborted the mission due to radio problems and, they couldnt get their "Drop Tanks" released. This is from the logs of the 363rd.

19:48 "It was quiter than a straight piped DC-8 for instance" I just get the picture in my head of a lowered DC-8 with chrome wheels and a custom paint job roaring around on the tarmac with flames shooting out from those exhausts...

I'm something of a history buff (I taught it), and when it came to the British aircraft of WWII, I was smitten with the Beaufighter. Of course, I was also intrigued with the Battle of the North Atlantic against the Wolf Packs and their suppliers, and the Beaufighter was reputedly the answer to the Condor, the German Navy's support aircraft. The Beaufighter had the legs to keep up with the Condor and the weapons to take them down. Coastal Command was the most underrated military command of WWII; both Bomber Command and Fighter Command got oodles of kudos, while Coastal Command largely worked in the dark, pulling loooong boring flights out over the featureless ocean in search of surfaced submersibles or their suppliers.

On March 4th 1943, the 363rd fighter group lost 11 planes. (51's). 12 entered the clouds at 500 feet. After 10 minutes , Lt William Schmidt said he felt things were not right and pulled away from the other 3 he was with and went on his own instruments, he pulled out of the clouds at 200 feet, saw several fires burning in the channel but could not identify any wreckage. None of the planes or pilots were ever found. There was a lot of speculation about what happened, broke out of the clouds and met the germans? But Lt Schmidt believed they all ended up in the channel. This would have been the tenth day of operations for the 363rd.

the crime here is that "they" sabotaged the capability in Europe to try to prove a useless point, even if b17s and b24s could fend for themselves (which they couldn't) it wouldn't hurt to have escorts.

Gregg's going to continue this debate even if nobody is debating him :p 😅

A RAF Cat spotted the Bismark with an American hush hush crew as pre dec 1941

I love your content, but you mispoke/mistaken ar 2:31. Collector further down stream improves scavenging at lower rpm not higher rpm.

Well, I will read his book Kenney Reports again. Good read. Which version of the P38 specified by Senior commanders?

I think you will find that because of the POR dives in Three Tests in 1944 at AFDU,RAE and Wright Field the P47 was relegated to other duties and Petrol usage may have also played a part The P/W engine was horrendously thirsty

As far as I can tell, you never did provide contents on the French Dewoitine D.520. Is it because it never really had a chance to prove itself?

The Corsair with the WK tail letters was from VMF-224, I was in that squadron in the late 60s as an A6-A plane captain. It was VMA-aw-224 at that time, but it was good to see it in this excellent presentation.

F8F Bearcat

I've never flown a p-47 but I can attest to the fact that morphine and speed makes a long drive go by easier

"If one of those bottles gets hit it's gonna' get pretty exciting for the pilot." 🤣

Once again. My father, who was a lifetime bomber man. He flew B-17 's in WWII and was shot down shortly after the Stuttgart/ Regensburg raid. When he retired in 1968, he was in charge of MMS at Andersen Air Base. When asked about this, he would say; " after they crossed the Channel the Germans would jump the fighters and dive away making sure belly tanks would be dropped ". Have you ever hear that the fighter pilots had complained they were not allowed to follow them down? Thank you Doolittle.

This was the last ditch effort to make something that was already stupidly complicated even more complicated. I wonder what the first aircraft mechanic that saw a single spool turbine engine thought.

Just think of they had developed titanium alloys! P-38K !

Insurance! Of course. All heavy industry died in the US and the only thing left is finance.

Kelly Johnson wanted the -21 series Merlin available at that time but they were primarily used on the Lancaster bombers. The Griffin would've been the better engine... Or have Allison develop a similar engine of 35% ci increase. There is also wing design.

Who was in overall command 0f the SWPA?

P47 hated in SWPA. Can you blame them? Compared with P38J.

dummes Gequatsche, jedes Aliminiumteil an einen 1500 PS Motor angeflanscht kann fliegen, muss fliegen , ob mit Sauerstoff oder ohne.. Alle Kampfflugzeuge dieser Epoche sahen gleich aus, warum wohl? Das Geheimnis war der Motor, ohne Motor kein Fliegen moeglich, aber alles flog. dass wurde weltweit schnell erkannt. Keine langen Versuche im Windkanal notwendig, jede Holzkiste flog, ab 500 PS.....

1:03 I see what looks like a thunderbird patch on two of the guys. Does anybody have any history on this?

I see you like the big birds with R-2800 engine. 🙂 You have many great videos about the P-47 and some also from the F4U Corsair, but I also would love to see you making some content about the F6F Hellcat. I saw some interesting datas, especially about the price, where as the F6F was listed as 35000 USD and the F4U and P-47 about the twice. Okay, the P-47 had a very complex turbosupercharging system, but the F4U had something similar (WWII wartime ones) like the F6F. Two questions: are these prices are about correct and if they are how does it possible? Some wartime economy also would be interesting. 😎

Can't believe how quickly this conversation is evolving! It's like a whirlwind of ideas and insights.😘

727...Still the sexiest jet to grace the skies.

Hi Greg, what do you mean by “superchargers don’t like to be throttled”? Do you mean they don’t respond well to throttle input or do you mean erratic movement of the throttle?

Then: Boeing run by engineers. Now: Boeing run by a bean counter who don't care if people die as long as he makes $$.

if it weren't for Greg I would know a lot less about airplanes and automobiles.

Simple poweradder❤

Brisbane tank might have had a fuel pump in it.

From russian sources:The unusual design with the engine behind the cockpit gave the aircraft good speed, maneuverability, aerodynamics and visibility. However, this also made it unstable and difficult to control, so that any mistake could be fatal. The Airacobra was therefore not an aircraft for beginners, but only for experienced pilots, which perhaps added to its appeal and was considered a badge of honor for the pilot. Soviet pilots raved about the fighter's 37 mm cannon (20 mm on early models). "The shells are very powerful. One hit and the enemy could usually say goodbye," recalled (rus) pilot Nikolai Golodnikov. The Cal.30 Brownings were less popular and were often removed to save weight. The undercarriage performed very well in snow, the Allison engine was initially not winterized. The aircraft was generally considered to be very bulletproof and robust, which was important because emergency exit through the strange car door in the air was problematic. The P39 was used only by Guards regiments, many of whom remained loyal to the type even when more modern types became available. For comparison, the Hurricane was very unpopular. "We got Hurricanes. They were a pile of junk, not an airplane," said Vitaly Klimenko, senior lieutenant of the 1st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment. "The MiG fighter had weaknesses near the ground, but it was a king in the air. The Hurricane, on the other hand, was neither fast nor well maneuverable. It had a thick wing profile. In our fighters, the armor of the pilot's seat was concave, but that of the Hurricanes was flat and easy to penetrate. Six to eight machine guns on board seemed like a good thing, but the ammunition load was very small. The Merlin XX engine was completely useless. During acceleration it could overheat and seize up."

Hey Greg, keep up the great work! This video of a Corsair crash came up in my feed and I immediately thought of you: ua-cam.com/video/oELswcifnGA/v-deo.html. If you find it interesting and have the time, I am sure I'm not the only one who would appreciate hearing your expert opinion on what happened during this accident. We often hear about how dangerous these aircraft were to fly, but seldom get any specifics on the challenges these brave pilots faced.

B-17s also sank the destroyer _Mutsuki_ at the Battle of the Eastern Solomons. She stopped to aid a damaged transport and when questioned about stopping her captain apparently told the crew to not worry, B-17s never hit anything...

Damn and thata with bigger tires

The Avro Lancaster was in no way suited to delivering an atomic payload and was promptly dismissed from any serious consideration. The two monolithic stumbling blocks for the Lancaster, were it's lack of range and it's inaccessible, in flight bomb compartment. Greg systematically uncovers the other speculations on the subject and proves them to be unsupported also.

I did not know about the shorter 707..

Maybe I missed the reference in the narration..I thought the FM2 was built (under license) by General Motors, hence the "M" designation. Just as TBMs were built by GM.

The first axial flow jet engine was built by British engineer Alan Arnold Griffith in 1923, actually predating the centrifugal flow jet engine developed by Frank Whittle. Griffith published his work and this was picked up by the Germans in the 1930s. The axial-flow engine was developed by Metropolitan Vickers (Metrovic) but was seen as inferior to the early Whittles in simplicity and power output From 1942 to 1945 the thrust had increased from 2,000 lbs to 5,000 lbs. The Jumo 004 never exceeded 2,646 lbs in the Me262. Some 80% of British and US fighters in the post war era 1945-52 flew on variants of the Whittle now being built by Rolls Rovce and others. The most infamous fighters being the MiG-15 and Mig-17. The axial-flow jets did not catch up in power output until the early 1950s, and then quickly surged ahead within a few years.

Telling the robot "disregard" was one of the most pilot-esque things Greg has ever done in a video.

Watching all of Greg's videos at a pretty fast pace. When I saw this video about the Sea Fury and sleeve valve engines I knew it was going to be a good one! Sleeve valve engines are fascinating and almost remind me of steam engines in a sense. It's surprising that they haven't made a resurgence in any real capacity. Gotta love the mention of Dreadnought! Sad to see that in 2023 it suffered and engine failure during the Reno Air Races.

Kenney was one of the best generals in WW2.

After Stalingrad and the Guadalcanal campaign, the rest was just epilogue.

Re your photo at 33:30, does it show the deck of a carrier? Might there be a story, or would it be a delivery operation?

Just looking at this plane, and understanding its mid-engine design, tells this engineer it’s a winner. Form follows function. Cannon in the nose, etc., etc. Too bad it didn’t have a 2-stage supercharger.