P-40 Warhawks of the Flying Tigers Intercept Japanese Bombers! Historic Flight Sim IL2 Sturmovik
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- A flight of Japanese bombers and fighters over China are intercepted by P-40 Warhawks of the Flying Tigers in World War II! This video was made using the IL-2 Sturmovik Combat Flight Simulator Great Battles series. (Kuban, Stalingrad, Moscow, Bodenplatte).
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Great video! I still have a liking for the Warhawk!
I have the same one. Imagine a p40 with the Pratt and Wittney 2800 double wasp, 2 000hp.
A regret, they didn't fight long time enough before Vinegar Jo Stilwell put the mess.
I'm an old man now. Years go by like nothing. These young pilots: days were their whole adults lives. It is so so sad. God bless them all.
Turn fighting against Zeros was not what the AVG did. Chenault taught them early to use the speed of the P-40 in a dive to hit and run against them. Above 250 MPH the Zero was a brick, below that the P-40 could not turn with it and would get killed unless it dove away at high speed.
Actual encounters with zeros in China were rare, during AVG/ 23rd fighter Squadron Campaign. It's more likely adversary would have been the Ki-43 Nakajima, ( Oscar ) although the tactics Chennault taught would have been identical as with the Zero.
@@rickbowser3308 People forget that the Zero was a _Navy_ fighter, and the machines the AVG would have confronted were mostly Army fighters and bombers.
Exactly. The P-40 *could* turn inside a Zero (or an Oscar) at high speed, but that advantage was fleeting as energy bled off. Best tactic for a P-40 driver was to zoom down, make a pass, break away and then gain altitude for another pass...and never get tempted to engage in a turning fight.
Not a single A6M2 "Zero" had ever been engaged by the AVG Flying Tigers from their operations between April 1941 and July 1942.
P-40's were beasts, they dont get enough credit to their role in the war in my opinion.
NICE job on the P-40's, makes me want to go and build a model of one.
I have six different P40 models. Don't build the Revell/Monogram ones. If you do just grab the decals and use them on another model P40.
But what about the Japanese Airmen who bailed out? What was their ultimate fate? Did the Chinese capture them and put them in bamboo cages?
1 vote for more P 40 missions.
P40’s usually did not take on any plane head on for the most. Chenault’s tactics were to dive on the enemy, cause the P40,s could not out maneuver the Zeros.
And why would you follow a plane that's clearly going down ?! Stay up.
They also were warned never to turn fight with a Zero, guaranteed death.
Not sure where you got your info from. The USAAF and Navy pilots were forbidden from making "head on" attacks, as it was deemed too reckless at the time. Chennault realized that our firepower was greater than the Japanese and for the most part left it up to the AVG pilot's judgement.
Chennault briefed the brass in Washington, including AAF Chief Henry "Hap" Arnold of the characteristics of the Mitsubishi A6M2 "Zero" months before the attacks of Pearl Harbor. However, not a single "Zero" was engaged by the AVG Flying Tigers. The A6M2 was an Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft and in the Burma/China area of operations, the AVG fought against the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force, which consisted mostly of Ki-27 and Ki-43 fighters.
@CheeZbred Ya think?
You do a marvelous job with the graphics, and showing all the angles. Love it
Thx for the video. The P-40 is my favorite aircraft of WWII, and I enjoy seeing it fly.
Really nicely made!! Thank you!!
Cool video! Some Glenn Miller music while the FlyingTiger Pilot was on his way home would have been awesome.
The Americans did a great job for the Chinese Nationalists. I am very grateful.
I love these concepts pls do more ! And btw continue the nice work
Damn! Bro makes a sick combat flight sim vid and the peanut gallery all become history PhD's...sheesh...This vid kicked ass man!!
This is absolutely amazing!!!!!
Btw I love these kinds of videos. Really makes Il2 shine
Great video, lots of action!
"These are German planes painted in japanese livery"
*See's Russian LA-5*
and German JU 88.
This vid was awesome seeing the flying tigers in action. 👍🏾
Loved it. Thanks
Great video! Pilot is injured, but continues to fight somehow!
I m your fan you're my Idol..even fixing the plane with the stuff ya got
TJ3!! I love your videos man keep up the great work. Sorry I’ve missed a lot. But I’ll be more frequent now.
Thanks man!
"Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?" Bluto Blutarsky
John Howerton good one I remember that can’t stop him now he’s on a roll
@@darrylsaunders8251 huh?
"When the going gets tough, . . ." (4-second pause)
It wasn't Germany who bombed pearl harbor it was japan
@@cherylm3445 It was actually airplanes that bombed Pearl Harbor. Countries can't fly.
9:02 BUTTER🥶❤️
Thank you for this vid ! The AVG is one of my very favorite stories form the WWII era - one reason for that is I think the P-40 is one of the coolest looking aircraft of that time - especially with the shark mouth painted on the cowling.
According to History Channel's "Dogfights" series it was Australians that first used the shark mouth - stands to reason - Aussies know a thing or two about big sharks.
By the time U.S. pilots first tangled with the Japanese the P-40 was obsolete and at a terrible disadvantage with Zeros.
AVG's commander Claire Chenault told his outfit it was suicide to try and dogfight a Zero.
In light of that seeing a P-40 catch and kill a climbing Zero in a steep bank - that's game play and I'm cool with it - but in real life 80 some years ago - not a chance in hell.
Still a great looking fighter and an excellent video - thank you !
The shark-mouth motif actually goes back to WWI and in the spring of 1941 a squadron of German Bf-110s used a similar design.
But it never looked better than on a P-40! One AVG Flying Tiger pilots saw a photo in a newspaper with the motif on a commonwealth P-40 in North Africa. Chennault wanted all three AVG squadrons painted with the shark's mouth. "Looks mean as hell" ....and it did!
As for the "Zero"....the Mitsubishi A6M2 was a Japanese Navy plane. During the Burma/China field of operations, the AVG never encountered a single Zero, at least never recorded. The AVG fought against Imperial Japanese Army aircraft, such as the Ki-27(Nate) and Ki-43(Oscar) fighters, as well as the usual bombers...the Ann and Sally.
@@tempestfury8324
You are correct about the Zeros being a no-show in CBI theater. But the Ki-43 (Oscar) bore a very close resemblance to the more famous Zero, and was often called the "army zero." The two planes had very similar handling characteristics, and had the same engine, and for all intents and purposes, were so similar as to be interchangeable.
@@xenaguy01 : Correct but only to a point; although the Ki-43 "Oscar" and the A6M "Zero" shared the same powerplant and they looked similar, they were actually different planes. The canopy, wings, fuselage, tail section, and armament differed between the two. It's contestable that the Hayabusa (falcon) was actually a better plane than the Zero. It had a better turn radius and roll rate than the A6M. They were not as "interchangeable" as you suggested.
For obvious reasons, one was a Japanese Navy craft, the other Army Air Force. That is only the tip of the iceberg why Japan failed....a failure of cohesion. Can you imagine the debacle the United States would have faced without a coherent force of the Navy, Marines, and Army Air Force?
Thanks for the reply. If you're interested, I strongly suggest reading Flying Tigers by Daniel Ford.
Excellent
Well done !
Nice video I enjoyed seeing it. Regards.
Awesome!!!
Aussies loved the p40 and tomahawk
God, I love the P40
Well done on the P-40,and the film is excellent quality,but if I am not mistaken that were flying Mitsu Hamakis.
I can be wrong also.
You must have unlimited ammo selected! lot's of fun!
Old man worked on Guam b29s. He would have loved this....p40. Was vastly underpowered but a war hawk for sure
It is easy to out turn that kind of zero ;) Nicely done.
The Flying Tigers never fought the Mitsubishi A6M2 "Zero"
That huge radiator cowling lend itself well to paint a shark mouth over it. 👍
Raf pilots who flew the P-40 liked it better than they did the Hawker Hurricane and the Germans were more afraid if it. A diving Warhawk with six 50's blazing must have been very effective!
P 40 warhawk its so cool
Kent Williams
"The Japanese fighters are, in fact, a Russian LA7!"
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This is not an LA-7. This is the LA-5, the first model of the LA series. In fact, the LA-5 is an LAGG-3 glider with a new more powerful air-cooled engine. LA-5, then LA-5 FN, then LA-7. LA-7 was almost completely metal (aluminum). But even an LA-5, with a more or less experienced pilot, would not give the P-40 a single chance. Bombers, these are German Ju-88s. There are no Japanese planes in the video.
You looked it up. lol
He did apologize for that and that´s ok. It was a good fight.
The Japanese fighters are, in fact, a Russian LA7!
They stole it cause they stole a hurri mk2
And me 262
La5 look at the nose of the plane
ur vidios r great.
If the battle of Burma ever gets covered, let’s pray it’s done by Team Fusion and not 1C.
What? Russian fighters and JU-88's with meatballs?? Look, here's the thing, the Japanese bombers were more fragile than the JU-88's, but the Japanese fighters, either the zero's or the older lighter ones with the open cockpit and the fixed landing gear were considerably more nimble than those Russian fighters. And the Japanese pilots in those aircraft, at this point in time were some of the most practiced and skillful pilots in any airforce. The whole character of the fight changes. it's a good part of the reason why the
AVG pilots in their P-40's are fighting in the vertical. Smash and grab raids on the bomber formations, boom and zoom just as much as possible.
Right a plane that doesn't run out of bullets
Good video, the Japanese Zero fighter was more agile and had a faster climb than the P-40 but the p-40 was tougher,, and could outdive the Zero. Using apropriate tactics the warhawk could beat the Zero.
A... He see's a Zero... Wouldn't it be an Oscar?
Boy, those Jap planes were tough. Must be a mith they light up after couple of bursts. Yes, i read it , chill & start Flying your P40 more. lol
Thanks for the video. I think that the Japanese pilot was flying either a LA-5 or a LA-7. :)
Il2 doesnt have any Japanese planes yet. The bombers were JU 88 A4's and the planes were La5's or La5FN's
Air gunners as laser accurate as I remember from the original IL2. No need for fighter escorts in this game series. Looks great though.
pilot: *gets hurt*
pilot: oh no...anyway
Tj3 i love your vids but i have a sugestion try to bomb trains with a 500 kg bomb with the stuka dive bomber please do
The Ju88 does look like the Lorna Bomber.
I have been flying the P-40 for a while now and it's a good plane 6×50. Cals and can hold 2×100 kg and 1×500 kg bombs is just godly one notable disadvantage of the P-40 is it cant turn it turns like a bus so Japanese maneuverable fighters like the Zero and the Oscar can out turn you one thing that I always do is that the stall rate of the P-40 is very low it's around 50 mph for me that its starts to stall so besting that you will do is get as much altitude if a Fighter is climbing up to you then you climb up as well since the P-40 can get to 400 mph pretty fast if that said enemy fighter stall the go and attack the enemy basically boom and zoom tactics
"It turns like a bus" What? It's literally the most maneuverable American plane of ww2..... What are you expecting when carrying a 500 kg bomb??? Jettison it lmao.
@@bobuboi4643 Thanks for the correction, I usually have bombs on it lol.
I guess it's the limits of the software, but planes can't slow down, hover, and then make a turn, as they are portrayed doing here. But great attention to detail on both the planes and the scenery.
FYI, Japanese pilots did not use parachutes. In fact, they were not allowed to have them as their superiors believed that if they were that bad a pilot, then they would go down with the plane.
Give me some sources of that. Baloney!
I've heard this crap before. Give me some proof.
Their you go a P 40 Warhawk Pacific theatre dude
To the best of my knowledge the VFG never actually fought any zeros, not saw any. They did get intelligence on them from the Chinese.
those planes looked like german ju-88 bombers and russian la-7 fighters with japanese markings on them.
From what I have read in China I believe the Japanese flew a lot of Oscars. The precursor to the Zero.
Not so. Oscar was the land base army operated contemporary of the IJN's Zero. The late war version was a beast. (all 13 of them)
好看👀
If this was a game I would like to play this
Hard to believe.....no, it wasn't a video game.
Super video, will start patreon in Dec.
Thanks man!
Very Good 👍 video, however I thought that the P- 40 had damage and a wounded pilot? Just a question, video was great, what type rig are you using, do you mind sharing the specs? Thanks
Sure, I have a Dell Inspiron 5675 AMD Ryzen 7 3000 mhz processor with and Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB video card
@@TJ3 How much does all of it cost?
@@avidaviation67 A lot lol. I didn't get it all at once, but have slowly built it all up over time. Computer probably 1200, graphics card, 500, monitor, 200, plus a lot of other small things too.
@@TJ3 Ok thanks I'm trying to get a a starting PC for affordable price
You should use the P=51 Mustang next
I take it that the wounded pilot survived his wounds, and was able to return to action once his wounds had healed?
Ok, I like the history. But what the heck are the two white blips in the lower right corner at 3:11 in the video? Gaming UFO's LOL?
My father work on P-40s, B-24's ad P-51's. He said the P-40's came back but shouldn't have. They were all shot to shit.
Ah, so! The Japanese flew Ju-88s.
Good thing you got the P40s right - it could very well have been Hawker Typhoons...
I am a big fan of Pacific Fighters, also from IL-2. The only simulator and /or game I liked to play. What are they waiting for? I guess I'll have to install an emulator and use the old PF on my Mac (the old gem ran on Windows XP, it should work), but a new edition is very much needed!
Stop playing games and actually read some history.....better yet get it from the horse's mouth.
Comparing this work and that of “Dogfights”.:
The image quality is much better, here. The clarity is better, there.
It may be the use of tracer bullets that make it clear, how the aiming of the shots is done.... that is, the leading of shots.
This is much harder to see, here.
what is the name of the game?
I have to ask what game is this you use?? I want to play it.TY
I use both IL-2 Sturmovik and War Thunder. The one used in this video is IL-2 Sturmovik Great Battles, which is a little higher end and requires a joystick to play.
What's the point if you can't get the planes right !! ?
AVG vs Ju-88 & Lagg's--really??!
It is rather fun to watch a Soviet Fighter get nailed by a P40.
Never saw a P-40 that could out turn a Zeros....
Turning radius and roll rate are different. It depends mostly on speed.
That's exactly why Chennault developed the tactics to beat the Japanese.
japonese Ju-88 bombers?
I recommend the Nobel Peace Prize for the Japanese Pilots not firing a single shot.
Not sure what you mean but you do know who Alfred Nobel was?
can you put the skinpack in the description?
Hey! I am not sure exactly where I got it. I know it is posted somewhere in the IL2 Great Battles Skins Forums. If you can't find it lemme know and I'll try to help.
@@TJ3 yeah I knew it was in the forum somewhere, i had it on my old computer. Was just hoping you'd have a convenient link ready to save me from looking xD
What happened to the bailed out crewmembers? We're they captured by the Chinese?
Das die Japaner 88ziger flogen ist neu in der Geschichte der Luftfahrt.
Flying Tigers 飛虎隊
Did the japanese really fly Ju88s? 🤔
日本の一式陸攻とゼロ戦が、、、、、P-40の化け物め！
Pretty Good Video About Everyone's Favorite AVG & Those That Followed. If You Can, Give 'Into The Teeth Of The Tiger' A Read, You Won't Be Sorry.
Pretty good videos. But you really have to work on your depiction of Japanese fighters. Also the P40 would never get into a turning fight with a Zero. That was a battle the Warhawk simply couldn't win. The AVG always used hit and run tactics to take advantage of the P40s superior diving ability and greater firepower.
_"you really have to work on your depiction of Japanese fighters."_
Read the description. He says there are no Japanese aircraft in the game, so he had to put Japanese skins on Russian and German planes.
Is this a mod or something?
Japanese skins on russian and Italian planes
Those are JU88's.
Japanese bomber Ju-88??
Favor de agregar subtitulos en español gracias
Japanese LA 5 ????!!!!
Schlimme Kampfhandlungen. Die armen Menschen, die dort dabei sterben mussten.
warum schießen die japaner nicht zurück ?
Japonské Ju 88 a La 5 ... :)
Japanese Ju 88's.
That's a j2m Raiden the useless enemy fighter not the a6m zero
nice art but there was no way in this universe a P-49 would turn inside a Zero;
the P-40 was such a terrible dogfighter that pilots were instructed to dive out of the sun and the the positive energy to climb back up over the enemy;
NO ONE flew in a straight line that long and lived in ANY air war;
Fun fact. Japanese pilots usually flew without parachutes because they felt that the added weight would interfere with maneuverability. It would be almost unheard of to see a Japanese pilot or aircrew member bail out.
I would love to hear the sources of your "fun fact".
Japanese pilots usually flew without parachutes because it interfered with maneuverability???? What nonsense is this? I've heard other crap like this that it interfered with the pilot's ability to scan the skies and check six. Baloney!
Use some reason and logic here. A Ki-43 Oscar had a gross weight of 5,700+ lbs....an A6M Zero about 6,100 lbs. Do you honestly believe that a 20+ pound parachute would have any influence with center of gravity or maneuverability?
What if the pilot was just a bit chunky?
This is the stupidest post I've read in years. Now...maybe...there were Japanese pilots that simply didn't want a parachute or that they refused to bail out, due to honor. That's an acceptable claim.
Go back to school. I highly recommend the book (yes, a book) "Flying Tigers" by Daniel Ford. You might actually learn something.
@@tempestfury8324 Saburo Sakai, in the book Samurai, which is co-authored by Martin Caidin states this. I will not lower my self to your level and call your post stupid. I'm just providing my source. You might learn something.