His was the first book i ever read as a ten year old, it was so exciting, now at 71 i still remember the book, my travels took me to Thailand where i was engaged, my future wife sister was young and going out with an older Frenchman, we talked over lunch and once he found out i had an aviation background ( possibly due to the book ) he started to tell me a story about Pierre and himself flying in Africa, Pierre was flying the DC3 whilst my new friend push boxes out of the freight door, it sounded all very exciting, he later mention Pierre had trouble with authorities but didn't elaborate. I now have the book in my kindle library. Many thanks for the video and the memory it triggered, Cheshire UK
Pierre refers in his book [if I recall correctly?] about 'the kid'.. I have never forgotten the brave young guy who was treated a little roughly by his mates because he would fly off alone, excellent pilot..but tragically disappeared on another lone wolf adventure. I can't find reference to this in the audio version. Have I got the right book? If so why is it not in the audio book? I must have missed something. I just ...miss his story.
It happened from time to time, with the Luftwaffe scraping together 20 or more aircraft to do some damage. I met a former FW 190D pilot in the 1970s. He said the "D" was so good he survived the war by flying it in the dying days of the Luftwaffe. You can see him here beside the FW-190D 13 at 3:14 at the Champlin Fighter Museum, Mesa Arizona. He is second from left. His name is Oskar Boesch - RIP. I flew at his glider club in Toronto and worked on a movie about the club. Fw 190 D 13 start up and moreYT - at the Champlin Fighter Museum, Mesa Arizona th-cam.com/video/uf7nyTdwsHU/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=JerryCrandallStudios The glider club film is here Whistle of the Wind th-cam.com/video/Kw9qfFVNNSY/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=IvoCristante I attended airshows where Oskar flew his glider, with one of the announcers being a former RAF pilot who commented to the audience that he and Oskar were "old friends" having met each other over the sky of war torn Germany from time to time.
The simulated view out of the cockpit is wrong. It illustrates a view not representative of the pilot's actual field of view. Basically set way to high even the simulator illustrates the pilot sitting much lower, yet that's not what is illustrated during flight. Forward visibility much more restricted in actuallity ..
His was the first book i ever read as a ten year old, it was so exciting, now at 71 i still remember the book, my travels took me to Thailand where i was engaged, my future wife sister was young and going out with an older Frenchman, we talked over lunch and once he found out i had an aviation background ( possibly due to the book ) he started to tell me a story about Pierre and himself flying in Africa, Pierre was flying the DC3 whilst my new friend push boxes out of the freight door, it sounded all very exciting, he later mention Pierre had trouble with authorities but didn't elaborate. I now have the book in my kindle library. Many thanks for the video and the memory it triggered, Cheshire UK
Your "The Big Show" presentations are top notch. I read the book in the 1960s and it stood above others of the time, such as "Malta Spitfire" etc.
Pierre had a charmed run and more lives than a cat 🐱
Very very nice video!!!
But the Doras belonged to JG 26.. ;-)
( the first shows the yellow-red stripes of the JG 301 )
Great vid.
Yes some from the ' dark side' ( desperate side ) at about this point in the war would be cool
Pierre refers in his book [if I recall correctly?] about 'the kid'.. I have never forgotten the brave young guy who was treated a little roughly by his mates because he would fly off alone, excellent pilot..but tragically disappeared on another lone wolf adventure. I can't find reference to this in the audio version. Have I got the right book? If so why is it not in the audio book? I must have missed something. I just ...miss his story.
Nice!
0:13 meant to be Bremen-Hamburg
2:47 lighting*
@Liam Conway thanks I mustve missed that one. Edit: actually that is how it is written in the book.
Nice. Your videos would be much better if you had a narrator for imersion value.
👍 👍 👍!!!
the metal thread,so you went buster!,at last someone who knows. 04:11
How could 20mm cannon shells bounce off the Fw190 lol
Love your work but don’t you need oxygen in a tempest or the pilot gets asphyated by Fumes from the engine?
Sometimes when I fly with tempest I get a sound glitch do you ever get that? It usually with the engine sound
Yeah I do too, mostly in replays in the external view for me.
They had 30 FW at that stage?? To do even do ground attack??
It happened from time to time, with the Luftwaffe scraping together 20 or more aircraft to do some damage. I met a former FW 190D pilot in the 1970s. He said the "D" was so good he survived the war by flying it in the dying days of the Luftwaffe. You can see him here beside the FW-190D 13 at 3:14 at the Champlin Fighter Museum, Mesa Arizona. He is second from left. His name is Oskar Boesch - RIP. I flew at his glider club in Toronto and worked on a movie about the club.
Fw 190 D 13 start up and moreYT - at the Champlin Fighter Museum, Mesa Arizona
th-cam.com/video/uf7nyTdwsHU/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=JerryCrandallStudios
The glider club film is here
Whistle of the Wind
th-cam.com/video/Kw9qfFVNNSY/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=IvoCristante
I attended airshows where Oskar flew his glider, with one of the announcers being a former RAF pilot who commented to the audience that he and Oskar were "old friends" having met each other over the sky of war torn Germany from time to time.
Hardly few aces for 20,30 kills from allies are glorified,what about more than 200,300 kills from german pilots they were legendry
IMHO this sim is definitely burn out, 'cause they decreased the visibility less than the reality.
The simulated view out of the cockpit is wrong. It illustrates a view not representative of the pilot's actual field of view. Basically set way to high even the simulator illustrates the pilot sitting much lower, yet that's not what is illustrated during flight. Forward visibility much more restricted in actuallity ..