Who ACTUALLY Destroyed The First Luftwaffe Aircraft On D-Day?

For some D-Day began when the first allied boots hit the invasion beaches at 06:30 hours. For others, it began with the first shots being fired over Normandy just after 01:30 hours. This is the story of the first aerial combat during Operation Overlord, and it begins with a Kiwi pilot from No. 605 Squadron.
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[@CalibanRising]

As ever I've made some pronunciation errors in this video, the joy of late night recording, see if you can spot them! 😀

[@loodwich]

After 80 years I still learning details of the operation overlord…

[@honahwikeepa2115]

Proud Kiwi. My father was 28th Maori Battalion Crete North Africa and Italy.

[@thepolishnz]

New Zealand ww2 contribution mentioned!

[@davidelliott5843]

V1 flying bombs (doodlebugs) flew at about 400 mph. Mosquito had a top speed barely any faster so they had to thrash the engines to reach a V1. Then risk damage when the 800kg warhead exploded. That really doesn’t sound like tedious work.

[@LukeBunyip]

Kiwi tradies... Enough said

[@user-xh3lz9xt4l]

Reading the log it took 29min to get to France which seems reasonable for a 23 mile journey from Manston to the Pas de Calais

[@neiloflongbeck5705]

These sorties were successful even if they saw no combat. They kept almost all of the Luftwaffe in France away from the beaches.

[@johnstirling6597]

There is another claim for the first enemy aircraft shot down on D Day, coincidentally also by a Kiwi pilot, John Houlton who was flying ML-407 (now known as the Grace Spitfire) also claiming a JU-88. In the Houlton page it does mention the Mosquito claim as "likely" the first claim on D-Day. Whichever is the premier claim it was a Kiwi. 😁

[@britishamerican4321]

Monstrous armament on the Mosquito. 4 20mm cannon, 4 .303 machine guns. I think they would've been better off though with 2 .50 cals swapped in for the 4 .303s. After about 1941 or 1942, .303s were not of any use except maybe anti-personnel work on the ground.

[@martinblunden4689]

Fascinating,these small pieces of history ,lost in the bigger picture thanks so much for posting this😊

[@mbryson2899]

Great account! BTW, I'm happy to have your superlative graphics, day or night. 👍

[@Vaushgg]

Excellent Documentary. Well done!!

[@julianmhall]

Hi Phil.. Two points,one an oopsie.

[@hansgruber3064]

Lelong definitely had a interesting career

[@wmdayman]

Excellent

[@domgould5113]

I enjoyed that.Cheers!

[@jsipple31]

great video!

[@davidhoward4715]

4:06

[@raymondyee2008]

Omg how was this not covered anywhere? I don’t recall countless pc games mentioning this.