The Airplane that Struck in an Impossible Place
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- Hermann Göring, president of the Reichstag and chief of the Luftwaffe high command, mounted the stage above a fanatical crowd of his compatriots at the Air Ministry Building on January 30, 1943.
Göring stood tall at the podium, the weight of his medals pressing against his chest, their gleam sharp and defiant in the morning sun. This was his moment-to restore faith, to reassure the people that Germany’s power remained unshaken despite the tightening grip of defeat.
He inhaled, ready to speak, as the fanfare of Großdeutscher Rundfunk, Germany’s state radio, cut through the air. The crowd leaned in, breaths held in anticipation.
Then came the sound-distant at first but growing with terrifying speed. A deep, thunderous drone froze the blood in Göring's veins. His eyes shot wide, hand gripping the podium. At that moment, he knew: for the first time in the war, enemy aircraft were on their way to Berlin…
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I will admit, I never have and never will have balls as big as these air crews. Absolute heroes.
The Mosquito was one of the best aircraft of WWII. Their contributions to the war were quite amazing. One of my favorite aircraft, with a very cool development story.
Right?
I’m a p-38 lightning guy my self.
Absolutely! the US all metal single seat fighter version, which is much better in the humid pacific theater.
Yes iknow ,no we dont want it, oh wait maybe just a couple of thousand loved by its crews as well,still it was nice if them to send such a lovely aircraft with presents for Mr Georing,sadly the 2nd op didnt get of as easy
@@raulcastro925Right!
The Goering story is better than you told, if my memory serves me correctly.. Before his speech to the crowds he was asked what he needed to win the war and he said "Mosquitoes", and got them about 5 minutes afterwards.
No, 'Spitfires!'
That was Adolf Galland, when asked by Goering.
@@JimNaylorTell ‘im, Jim!!!
@JimNaylor Hi, OK, so one replier reckons it was spitfires.. I still think it's mosquitoes.. And yes, now you name the 'other Adolf', that seems to fit with my memory.. What say you?
@ Hi, OK, so one replier reckons it was spitfires.. I still think it's mosquitoes.. And yes, now you name the 'other Adolf', that seems to fit with my memory.. What say you?
I enjoy the stories about the Mosquitos. They made a major contribution to the war effort. Plus, they were a cool airctaft.
My grandfather was a navigator in a Mosquito squadron in the late war.
Like many of his generation international travel post-war wasn't really a thing. We asked him if he'd ever been abroad. He said he'd been to Kiel once but it was dark.
A few of the twin engine aircraft shown in this film were not Mosquitoes' I think they were Blenheim's
@@hammondpickle Then there's the time a B.O.A.C. captain went down the wrong taxiway at Frankfurt International. The tower, very angrily, shouted over the radio "Haven't you ever been to Frankfurt before?"
The British pilot, sounding very chirpy & very RP, said "Only once old chap, but we didn't stop." 🤣
They really were fantastic airplanes.. One of my favorites
I like a cool airctaft, but my favorite taft is William Howard Taft
Spitfire, Hurricane Lancaster and Mosquito were all excellent and iconic aircraft.
The RAF. Trolling Britain's enemies since 1918.
Trolling... I like that.🤙
1st April 1918
goering asked for it. and he couldnt take it when the french did it so the british re-troll probably burned twice as hard.
My father flew B24's for the Eight Air Force. He was offered his choice of flying assignments, and he requested a chance to fly one of the Mossies that shared his air base. So a Brit pilot gave him a courtesy flight that started, and ended, when the pilot barrel rolled the Mosquito after barely leaving the ground. My dad had seen enough and declined the transfer. He had described flying a B24 to me as being like flying a dump truck. The Mosquito was nothing like it, and way beyond what he wanted to try to handle.
Shame he didn't press on with it. That's a Maserati.
You get very few chances to fly that sort of kit.
@@grahamstubbs4962 This was war time, not play time. There is a definite character difference between a good bomber pilot and a good fighter pilot. My father's character made him most valuable as a bomber pilot. He was a quiet leader, one of those guys that say little, but when he does, everyone important listens. He wasn't as much of a hot rod in the fighter seat as he had thought he was. He made the right choice. Him and his crew flew their missions, no one earned a Purple Heart and they all got home.
God Bless!
@@cdjhyoungfair enough, but Mosquitoes were just about the safest bomber to be in. They could fly higher than flak could reach and outrun most fighters.
The mosquito could bite a pilot in the arse if they weren't ready for the engines to lose power in inverted turns, too many pilots found out the hard way, including one beautiful restored historic aircraft.
Plywood and fabric construction. Amazing machines.
They didn’t use fabric on the Mosquito; it was constructed with a variety of wood: Alaskan Spruce, English Ash, Canadian birch and fir, Ecuadorian balsa, yellow birch, paper birch, Walnut and Douglas fir. Plywood with a Balsa wood core.
@ Wow, even more impressive getting the needed shapes right and still be lightweight. I tried warping plywood once, but failed utterly.
I heard they used fish glue in one source and urea formaldehyde in another. Until then, the laminations wouldn't hold together, and that moisture would cause them to come apart. I think the Germans tried, but didn't have the right glue.
Anyone know more more about that?
We got to see a Mosquito flying at the Carpiquet Airport in Caen during the 50th Anniversary of D-Day airshow in 1994. What a thrill for a lifelong WWII HOTROD freak!! Even with the Mossie, it was difficult to pick a favorite that day! We had no idea the airshow was happening (the weekend after June 6) until we saw a billboard outside Caen advertising it while driving north toward the beaches. It was 1PM, and I said to Denise, “I guess we missed that- what a bummer!!” She opened her mouth to reply, and was drowned out by THREE Mustangs ROARING from left to right about 150 feet over our car, in line one after the other, and soaring up to the right. She shouted “I don’t think so!” as I made a U-turn to go back to the airport. We ended up watching the entire show (which had just started with the 3 Mustangs) standing in the exuberant crowd lining the right side of the runway, eating French pastry. A day I will NEVER forget! (We’re going to post video of that day pretty soon, on the KillerPlanes channel- keep a lookout!)
The woody!....Britain's first stealth aircraft. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
This raid was NOT the first raid on Berlin, just the first at Low Level, in Daylight. The RAF bombed Berlin during the Battle of Britain in 1940, in retaliation for the Beginning of the Blitz on London, and had revisited the city several times since - All at night and all at High level.
BTW, the Mosquito B Mk IV (4) - Bomber Mark IV - was unarmed apart from the bombload. No guns. because the Bombaimer sat in a clear plexiglass nose cone. The FB MK VI (FighterBomber Mark 6) was armed with 4 .303 MGs and 4x Hispano 20mm cannon, but could only carry 1/2 the bombload of the Mark IV. Both were in service at this time, the BMkIV being largely superceded by early 1945 by later, faster & more powerful Bomber versions like th B MKL IX and B Mk XVI The FBVI served right through into the post war RAF and other nations (like Australia & New Zealand.) It was too versatile to replace unrtil the advent of better jet aircraft.
Exactly what I was going to comment, glad I took the time to read previous comments. Hitler's big mistake, 1 more day of attacks on RAF Airfields and Germany would have won the Battle of Britain but he switched to mass bombardment of London and the rest, as they say, is history.
ps. good video!!
You are wrong. The first allied raid on Berlin was made by french air force on june 7th 1940.
I love that final quote. Thank you for the history bite!!! 👍
A nice video of a very famous RAF raid on Berlin. But the inclusion at 4:52, 12:24 and 12:46 of a captured Me 410 in allied markings is amusing. I believe this is the same Hornisse that is displayed at the RAF museum in Cosford.
4:55 is NOT a DH Mosquito , it is a captured Messerschmitt Me 410 ( Hornet)
My thoughts exactly!
I did notice that.
And again at 6:06
Again at 12:20
09:29 "Britain's largest indoor venue" What? Shome mistake surely, Shirley!!!!😮😅
It does say "Berlin" in the subtitles now 🤓
I caught that too
Excellent! Thanks again Gents!
9:27 Britain's largest indoor venue?
Yeah with A.I. its rubbish in, crap out…😂
Yeah I had to play back that part as I thought ‘did he just say Britains largest venue?’
And yep the AI on this video once again gets it wrong!
TH-cam should ban AI generated voices on videos!
12: 22 ALSO a captured Messerschmitt Me 410 ( Hornet) ( P - prototype )
0:56 That was not the first time allied aircraft were on their way to Berlin. The Brits bombarded the city already in August 1940.
Those early aircrew deserve remembering.
I was looking for this comment. 🇺🇸🤝🇬🇧
@@matthewjay660 They beat me to it.
This helped win the Battle of Britain. The Germans had the British on the brink in the battle by attacking their airfields. But Hitler gave strict orders Not to bomb London, however. Bet a German bomber got lost over London and dropped it's bombs. The British retaliated by bombing Berlin. The Germans switched to bombing British cities, instead of airbases. Bad for English civilians, but it stopped Germany from gaining air superiority over English skies, therefore preventing the German invasion of the British Isles over the Channel.
The first allied raid on Berlin was made by french air force on june 7th 1940.
I've flown in and out of RAF Marham, albeit on a C130, and I'm pleased to say it's still an operational station.
It was while in the RAF that I took an interest in the history of RAF airfields, especially the disused airfields, and sadly there are more disused airfields than active airfields these days!
Did I detect a couple shots of aircraft which, in the context of this video, were included as if they were Mosquitos? They seemed to be in British markings and, if British aircraft, I couldn't identify which type. They looked more like J188s(?) and, if so, they may have been being evaluated by Eric 'Winkle' Brown and the clips included here in error. More knowledgeable viewers may be able to clarify this.
Me 410 I think.
@@jimmartin156 Yep - thanks - good call.
Such wonderful aircraft and brave airmen. Pity the voiceover does not do them the appropriate justice. 'Flying just over the waves at tree top height' and 'the aircraft turned for home, their hearts pounding'. Seriously? That is the best writing you could come up with.?
Well done in every way. The story, the narration, the footage. Wow!
My favourite story about Goering is of a time when, prior to Operation Barbarossa, he was entertaining the Soviet ambassador at the opera in Berlin. During the performance there was an air raid and everyone had to go down into the shelter. While they were there Goering regaled the ambassador with stories of how the RAF was completely defeated and under control. The ambassador, who despite being a Communist was no fool, replied "If the RAF are no threat what are we doing down here?" (Source: "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich")
I've read that book years ago but don't remember that story. Might have to look it up again.
The aircraft at 04:50 and 12:19 are not Mosquitos, they're Messerschmitt 410s.
Great video! The Mosquito was an awesome plane!
Gotta just love those Mosquitos and those pilots.
There is a recording of the attack, that would have made your great video much better if you had included it.
What is going on with that thumbnail? No undercarriage, props in wrong places, engine nacelles messed up. I assume not AI, it's not like photos of Mosquitos are hard to find.
It looks like something AI would do
All AI now a days
Yeah its ai. The photo is real, but ai distorted it, and its not a mosquito in the original either.
Errors DONT encourage upthumbs😮😢😊
That story always makes me smile.
And the Mosquitos had cannon armament as well as machine guns
And occasionally a 6lb'er field artillery piece 😂
The Mk. VI Fighter Bomber versions. Standard Bomber and Photo-recon had no guns.
@@lancerevell5979 I agree but some had a real arsenal of armament
The Mosquito MkIV used in the raids was a bomber version with a clear nose and no cannon.
In some configurations it indeed did.......... The Mossie was probably the most adaptable aircraft in WW2....... It performed many different roles from photo reconnaissance, tank buster, troop support, night fighter, pathfinder, low level bomber, transport and more...................
You all seem strongly appreciative of WW II planes? So you may remember that a P51 Mustang augered in, at dawn of the 4th of July, 11 years ago, at the Durango airport?
I was coincidentally the limo driver for both widows' trips to memorial services (separate days); one was the Instructor, a local Fire Department officer (Captain?); the pilot/trainee/owner was a millionaire oil piping supply company owner.
The Trainer's service was at the glider -port north of Durango; the millionaire's service was uphill at the country club near Purgatory ski area.
Sad days.
Several times you showed a Me 210 or 410 albiet with RAF roundels, probably post war under test.
The camouflaged Me-410 was coded by the Air Ministry as TP209. It was evaluated at RAF Collyweston/Wittering but sadly is not the machine at Cosford.
@paulgregg722 thank you for the information, I do find it annoying when the wrong aircraft are shown, the other week the Alison engined Mustang kept appearing in a feature on the Hawker Hurricane.
My grandfather flew a Mosquito. Got an iron cross too. Never joined the party either thank goodness.
The elephants 🐘 slay me 😅
I have taken to simply listening to the audio tracks (podcast-style) of the Dark video channels so as not to be distracted by the flaws of the video editing.
My approach as well. Now we just have to deal with the audio inaccuracies. Not many of those but they do exist.
"...skimming the sea at treetop height." 😂🤣
The Germans called the mosquito’s bandits.
I’m *surprised* I’ve never HEARD of this Event .. !
Mosquito was also flown by US Army Air Corps in photo recon role but as unarmed variant had to be escorted by a pair of Mustangs as the USAAC would not allow unarmed aircraft to fly in harms way.
Goering said “ no enemy plane will fly over reich territory” that was commented on in the film Battle of Britain when a British Raid was made in response to first bombs on London.
Finally the RAF squadrons are just referred to by number ie 105 Squadron not 105th
I'm sure the "Mosquito Show" provided quite the accent to Der ReichsMarshall's tenth anniversary celebration..........LOL.💩
I love being British
While we still can be.
Good thing you put that big red arrow so we could see the plane.
Lest we forget them!. They had the balls to go do it and their aircraft ie the Mossie was up to the task!.
Thanks for the video but please note that RAF Squadrons are referred to using cardinal numbers not ordinal numbers and there are some quirky rules once you get past 100 such as the Dambuster Squadron always, but always, referred to as Six One Seven!
Mr. Meier....
Like Tokyo Doolittle 😮
A light bomber that was faster than most fighters! 🇬🇧
Good history lesson. 👍
Hmm, I cant believe this is the first time ive heard these two missions, being such amazing stories and boosts to moral that they are. I have my doubts, what with AI.
There is audio of the goering raid on the net if you can find it.
Fantastic for a little wooden aircraft and one of the fastest in its day.
@ 9:27 The sportpalast wasn't "Britain's largest indoor venue" LOL ^___^
Did i just get click baited by that thumbnail
AI made rubbish
As said in the introduction, this was NOT the first raid by the RAF on Berlin. That occurred on 25AUG1940 supposedly in retaliation for the bombing of London by the Luftwaffe (during daylight) - a mistake apparently. It was the first daylight raid.
Includes a lot of shots of a Me210/Me410 in RAF colours!! I presume this is the post war evaluation that included Eric "Winkle" Brown - the person that still holds the record for the most aircraft type flown.....
“No enemy bomber can reach the Ruhr,” Göring assured them. “If one reaches the Ruhr, my name is not Göring. You can call me Meyer.”
The first allied raid on Berlin was made by french air force on june 7th 1940.
In Berlin they held the venue in the largest indoor venue in Britain? lol nothing beats quality control and proofing a project before release. This added to the other commenters observations.
When I saw the thumbnail . I thought know this story . To be truthful I did , but I thought it may be a different one . Canada immediately after WW2 a RAF Mosquito crewed by two highly decorated Brits . Was on a good will tour . at this particular event the Mossie was performing its usual array of tricks when it struck a flagpole with a wingtip. Aircraft crashed killing the crew .
So many survived the perils of war on;y to be killed in unnecessary accidents afterwards.
The Mk.IV Mosquito was unarmed. The nose was clear perspex to enable bomb aiming and had no guns at all.
3:22 my great grand pappy, family tradition of packing a bowl before any mission you may not return from, began!
Your great grandpa insisted on smoking weed before he participated in any mission he might die on?? Sick
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Anyone else catch the narrator said Goebbels' speech was being given at "Britons" largest venue?
@DarkDocsSkies. Brilliant work you do. Are you Canadian??
As the Mosquito was also made in Canada l would not of thought so
@frostyfrost4094 Quite a lot of it was made in Canada Im talking about the man behind the voice, of the video , tho
"Göring stood tall at the podium, the weight of his medals *that he didn't really earn,* pressing against his chest...."
Also: 4:04: "Zero Feet"???? 🤔🤨😮😵
That must have been his big oh shit moment 😂😂😂
3 Cheers for Rolls Royce ... The Merlin saved all of us.
Isn't there a recording of the speech with explosion in the background?
Yes , I believe the speech was broadcast, and the British were listening
They knew even before the German defense was informed
"Britain's largest indoor arena"?????
The thumbnail is a photo of F for Freddie a 213 misson Mossie seconds before it hit the mast on top of Calgary airrports control tower shearing off its wing, crashing and killing both airmen. Look it up, lots on the internet.
2:25 ...And then they send the Mosquito. 😂
Props look a little crooked on the thumbnail 😂
Amazing story about British ingenuity and daring. To build a bomber out of wood so fast and manoeuvrable that it could avoid fighters and flak. Then fly it in daytime straight into the hearty of the Third Reich. Shame my country doesn't embody these qualities now.
Quote 9.28 Schoneneberg Sportpalast Britain's largest indoor venue, I don't think we had one of those back then....🤣. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hardly the first air raid on Berlin. This channel simply cannot stop using highly inaccurate hyperbolic statements.
First daytime raid u need to listen better
I wonder why they didnt use a cookie, they would have heard it all the way across Berlin and less problems with targeting as it was designed to damage roofs for later firebombs.
They were flying FB VI so they could swing-role for self defence on the way home. They'd have needed to fly B IV to even load "cookies".
@Paws4thot I thought afterwards that a cookie was a heavy bomb, and probably impractical for such a deep penetration raid.
"they have the geniuses and we have the nincompoops" hehe, yeah that`s a good one, here`s some more of it:
"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!"
Im pretty sure you mistakenly said “Britain’s largest venue” when talking about Goebels…
Why are the air scenes of a Me 210
The jolly fat man definitely was not laughing at that one🧐🤔🌎🙄
“Schönenbergs Sportpalast, Britain’s largest indoor venue.” Really?
Good story though.
So, at 4:52 the aircraft is not a Mosquito, or so it seems. Is it an image of a later-captured German a/c in RAF colors? PS: the Mosquito was an absolute masterpiece.
The first allied raid on Berlin was made by french air force on june 7th 1940.
9.25 “…Britain’s largest indoor venue …” (Assume this means Germany’s?)
Britains largest in door venue!!! 09.28
Did I hear right that at 9 minutes 26 into the film they said that the Nazi stadium was Britain's biggest.
At least this video makes sense.
4:52 uhh... that's an Me410.
Just because you put a British insignia on the side doesn't turn it into a Mosquito.
And again at 6:06
Another at 12:20
Not sure why a twin-enginned aircraft clearly NOT a Mosquito keeps appearing...
A few not Mosquito Mosquitoes in there....
Interesting story, but I'm not sure how you know how the last Mosquito was hit and what the pilots did in the final moments considering it crashed and both pilots were killed.
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A good true story, one of many that the magnificent Mosquito accomplished, But why did you use shots of an Me 210/410. Hoping to pretend it was a Mossy???
Mozzie...fastest aeroplane in WW2....😊
There are so many mistakes now?
Has this just become an A.I. channel?
15:12. Recovery Elephants need a Dark vid all to themselves. also a few beufigters snuck into the footage
Clearly not 'impossible'. They did it twice in one day!
Miso
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Where's Meyer?
In Hell...
Criminal.
Fly low. Very, very low.
I saw a P 61 at USAF Museum in Dayton Ohio is this the same plane ??
I believe it waiis called Widow maker
Or Black Widow ??
Black Widow, and no.