My Great Uncle was a Beaufighter Pilot ( Rank Sgt P/O A ) for both RAAF 463 Sqd and RAF 108 Sqd in the North African campaign - one of 4 Australians in a Unit ... 108 flew Night Fighter patrols over Egypt, Libya, Malta, Greece and the Aegean generally. His personal file shows the destruction of Ships, Trains, motor vehicles and a Heinkel HE. 111 among other victims. T Through 1943-44, flying out of an airfield in Athens - after the HE. 111 was intercepted and destroyed - records state his Beau harassed a German retreat by strafing Railway and Motor Transport following this up with nightly 'Intruder Missions' over the wider Aegean ( Salonika, Crete, Rhodes, Melos, Leros and Cos ) - Nice to see the Beau getting some love.
Why did the condor cut the engine on fire and as the mosquito has extinguisher in its engines as seen in the film 663 squadron then why has the condor not have them
And regardless of mark - more than enough firepower to put a poor Condor down on one pass. Not a bad plane for something quickly redesigned from an okay torpedo bomber!
Seems a little noisy for a plane labelled 'whispering death' but I love the graphics. I had one of those planes as a an airfix model when I was younger.
"One of the most successful British aircraft of World War II, the legendary Bristol Beaufighter was affectionately known to British aviators by its nickname “Beau”. It was also called “Whispering death” by the Axis powers, specifically by the Japanese…" "“They were flying low and slow. They carried only one torpedo, and the distinct noise made by their engines was only perceptible when they were very close to us. The covered engine exhaust valves made them almost silent… at first we heard a soft whistle, it might have been the air from the rigging of the ship, then a continuous monotonous whisper, and then we heard it distinctly. But the torpedo was already away, the ship was devastated by the impact, and in less than half an hour it sank… most were lost.” - Lost planes from World War II. Whispering Death Translation by Ross J. Robertson* (original article by Vasilis Mentogiannis)
I think the idea of the layout was they had a radar operator who either looked out the window and spotted targets, or looked at the radar screen for ships and planes, he'd then advise the pilot a direction to fly.
I wondered because the P-38, with its twin Supercharged Allisons, turned one clockwise, the other counter-clockwise, and they turned into the center of the fighter, which made for a very stable gun platform.
Well, the aircraft was the first fighter produced by the US to exceed 400 mph in level flight and one of two to have a 20 mm cannon as a part of the group of guns, with 4 .50 Browning machine guns, the other being the F4U Vought Corsair, they had a limited number with 20 mm cannons in the wings.
Yes a very fast plane and a World speed record breaker at debut. From what Ive read on the air war over Germany, when the P38 first appeared it had some fearsome nickname like the twin tail devil or something, because it was so deadly, but as time went on and Luftwaffe models strengthened, the P38 became cannon fodder. I think the P38 is going to be in Bodenplatte, and may even be flyable in the game next month as the developers are releasing at least one new plane in May :)
Have you upgraded the game to TF4.5? Its available on Steam now. Ti anything is going to be competetive against my single 1080, but I am not sure if Cliffs can support multi-gpu?
My Great Uncle was a Beaufighter Pilot ( Rank Sgt P/O A ) for both RAAF 463 Sqd and RAF 108 Sqd in the North African campaign - one of 4 Australians in a Unit ... 108 flew Night Fighter patrols over Egypt, Libya, Malta, Greece and the Aegean generally. His personal file shows the destruction of Ships, Trains, motor vehicles and a Heinkel HE. 111 among other victims. T Through 1943-44, flying out of an airfield in Athens - after the HE. 111 was intercepted and destroyed - records state his Beau harassed a German retreat by strafing Railway and Motor Transport following this up with nightly 'Intruder Missions' over the wider Aegean ( Salonika, Crete, Rhodes, Melos, Leros and Cos ) - Nice to see the Beau getting some love.
The Australian version of the Beaufighter had 4 20mm cannons and 4 .50 machine guns.
It packed a wallop.
As they used to say, it packed quite a wallop.
any enemy aircraft unfortunate to cross the bows of a Beaufighter was in deep trouble
This is an early Beaufighter model, recognizeable by its empennage with no dihedral. These were preferred by some crews due to better manoeuvrability
99% flying around haphazardly, 1% shooting at cannon fodder.
This is going to be great.
Why did the condor cut the engine on fire and as the mosquito has extinguisher in its engines as seen in the film 663 squadron then why has the condor not have them
Rushed into service with inadequate thought or preparation for its role? The Condor was an airliner with fuel tanks in the cabin to enable long range.
Fw 200 condors suffered heavy losses from allied fighters during ww2, eventually they were relegated as transports like on eastern front
That use one superb computer you have. The graphics are astounding an spool smooth.
I know right? Its like its alien technology, In my opinion computers are so powerful now that computer games are becoming as good as movies. Cheers :)
Early model Beau I see - later marks had a dihedralled tailplane.
Yeh the late and post war models had that new tail and often a radar nose.
And regardless of mark - more than enough firepower to put a poor Condor down on one pass. Not a bad plane for something quickly redesigned from an okay torpedo bomber!
Seems a little noisy for a plane labelled 'whispering death' but I love the graphics.
I had one of those planes as a an airfix model when I was younger.
lol :) I had a model Bf109G, Fw190D and a B17G also a B29.
Do you mean a couair
TheUselessGamer Corsair was the whistling death
@@JamLeGull That makes much more sense.
"One of the most successful British aircraft of World War II, the legendary Bristol Beaufighter was affectionately known to British aviators by its nickname “Beau”. It was also called “Whispering death” by the Axis powers, specifically by the Japanese…"
"“They were flying low and slow. They carried only one torpedo, and the distinct noise made by their engines was only perceptible when they were very close to us. The covered engine exhaust valves made them almost silent… at first we heard a soft whistle, it might have been the air from the rigging of the ship, then a continuous monotonous whisper, and then we heard it distinctly. But the torpedo was already away, the ship was devastated by the impact, and in less than half an hour it sank… most were lost.” - Lost planes from World War II. Whispering Death
Translation by Ross J. Robertson* (original article by Vasilis Mentogiannis)
Well done
That Beaufighter looks like a bulldog and is blind as a bat! No rear visibility.
I think the idea of the layout was they had a radar operator who either looked out the window and spotted targets, or looked at the radar screen for ships and planes, he'd then advise the pilot a direction to fly.
Several condors were shot down by RAF fighters during ww2, some others broke their backs on landings because of structural weakness
As always, great external views from your channel
Cheers :) The Beaufighter - One of my favourite aircraft of WW2. I'm glad I can fly it , even if its in sim format, better than nothing.
So what would the minimum specs be to run IL-2 CoD? (somewhat smoothly?)
Thanx, I enjoyed the "movie" BTW
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Nice three point landing.
Thanks, she flies and lands well :)
Height is life,get up there
Did the Props on the Beaufighter turn the same rotation?
I dont know, but from flying the plane in Cliffs of Dover, it seems to have some propeller torque, so probably turned same direction.
I wondered because the P-38, with its twin Supercharged Allisons, turned one clockwise, the other counter-clockwise, and they turned into the center of the fighter, which made for a very stable gun platform.
Yeh that's the smart way, Any time you can select contra-rotating its going to be awesome lol.
Well, the aircraft was the first fighter produced by the US to exceed 400 mph in level flight and one of two to have a 20 mm cannon as a part of the group of guns, with 4 .50 Browning machine guns, the other being the F4U Vought Corsair, they had a limited number with 20 mm cannons in the wings.
Yes a very fast plane and a World speed record breaker at debut. From what Ive read on the air war over Germany, when the P38 first appeared it had some fearsome nickname like the twin tail devil or something, because it was so deadly, but as time went on and Luftwaffe models strengthened, the P38 became cannon fodder. I think the P38 is going to be in Bodenplatte, and may even be flyable in the game next month as the developers are releasing at least one new plane in May :)
Any reason the access hatch was open with the undercarriage down?
Graphics pack upgrade for this game? I run a 980ti and my game doesn't look as good as this.
Have you upgraded the game to TF4.5? Its available on Steam now. Ti anything is going to be competetive against my single 1080, but I am not sure if Cliffs can support multi-gpu?
No swastigas on German planes?
Nope. There is a mod for DCS that allows custom skins, If I ever figure out how to do it, ill add them to some DCS planes :)
Niiiiice!
Bloomberg ad. Never mind.
That was not a fair fight.
just boring ...
we know you are
@@MrDaiseymay You know this statement from your GF very well, do you?