When Spitfires Wing Tipped Cruise Missiles
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Published 2023-02-10
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The notorious German Operation Eisbär is underway. Many dozens of V-1 cruise missiles fall
on the civilian infrastructure of British cities everyday. Just one missile is enough to destroy a
massive building completely.
The Germans call this fearsome weapon Vergeltungswaffe — The Vengeance Weapon. The
Allied pilots call it the diver, doodle-bug or flying Bomb. Several times a day special patrols
scramble to intercept a new pack of flying bombs.
Spitfires could barely match the speed requiring pilots to dive from high altitudes in order to
close in on their targets at distances as short as several hundred yards. This sometimes
resulted in debris from the exploding V1 flying into the Spitfire’s fuselage. To avoid the blast risk,
some pilots figured out that you could override the gyroscopes of the V1s through “wing tipping” technique. This involved flying alongside the V1 and using exceptional flying skills to flick the v1
over. Many have questioned whether this really happened but we used the memoirs of
Australian, Ken Roy Collier who served in 91 squadron RAF in the making of this film.
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All Comments (21)
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I remember my grandparents telling me stories about these. They said when you heard the engine everyone acted like normal but when the engine cut out EVERYONE hit the floor with their hands on top of their heads and prayed it wouldn't land in their area, and then the relief when they heard the explosion somewhere else.
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He got a melee kill, in the air. Impressive.
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I read the wartime accounts of a Swordfish navigator once, and he wrote about visiting home during the V bombings. Apparently, while the much larger V2s got the press, the V1s were more terrifying. The V2s were so heavy they’d bury themselves, minimizing the damage from the explosion. The V1s would explode on impact, causing far more death and destruction
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That last part where the v2 is ominously revealed is just perfect like a teaser to a sequel for a movie
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It’s mind boggling just how brilliant the animation quality is, absolutely superb as always!
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That ending is like the intro to a video game mission.
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Love the amount of details in the animation. At 1:25 you can actually see the recoil feather on the machine cannon moving.
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12:01 "While V1 strikes waned, a new, more sinister weapon lay in store" And once the image came into scene, i immediately said, in a menacing and cinematic way: "The V2 Rocket"
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You can really see and feel how much emotion was put in the animation. It really transcends to the viewers. 😻
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The animation quality has increased so much, people looking like actual humans, the evolution of animation on this channel is INSANE! Amazing job Yarnhub!
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Loved the cliffhanger, and loved seeing the animation improve. Definitely 100/10
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Honestly what a very creative way to take out a V1 rocket, but also a very goofy one. The animation is superb as always! And love to see the improvement on the faces and movement of the characters!
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Sometimes I forget how unbelievably gorgeous those spitfires were
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I’m just blown away by the attention to detail, they even animated the pulse jet on the missile
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THE QUALITY JUST GETS BETTER AND BETTER EVERY VIDEO Keep experimenting new ways man, this level of quality is second to none
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I love that this channel keeps improving its graphical representation of each ww2 ww2 and cold war. It's honestly amazing that a channel that started a few years ago can be this amazing. I hope this channel grows even more than today.
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I always wondered if this story was true but I was unable to find enough good sources so thanks for making this incredibly well animated and written story
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At the end when the captured German smiles and then shows the V-2, chills ran all over me.
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I thought watching Yarnhub with resolution 360p was good, but, man, 480p is immersive! No no no, wait... This is 1080p. Holy shizer, Yarnhub your graphics team needs a raise this is bloody great stuff!
