This is so great. Plus, all the rack focus stuff is such nice icing on an already-incredibly-impressive cake. Really sells the drama & realism. Love it. And on a personal note, I’d never even thought about how pilots took these down. I feel like I have a far greater sense now of just how incredibly difficult, brave & terrifying this must have been. Really excellent use of Blender for educational purposes. Thank you for making it & sharing with the world. 👏👏👏
Thank you very much your comment pretty much summed up everything we wanted it achieve with this vid.Keep a look out for more of our ww2 aviation animations.
@@SpitfireCGI EXCELLENT VIDEO. Well done. One minor error - a Typhoon on anti-Diver patrol wouldn't have rocket projectiles under its wing. Please make more videos as good as this one.
@@FredScuttle456 Thank you very much ,you are right armed RP-3 rockets would slow down the Typhoon by about 45mph ,not a good idea for chasing a V1 .We live and learn at SpitfireCGI and thank you for liking our vid . I think we'll go in guns blazing in a Tempest Mk5 against the V1 for the next one.
Yes indeed, it never made it further than its Mk1b designation but what a fast low level heavy hitter fighter it was ! It could be considered the Tempest was in a way the Typhoon mk2 .The Tempest went on to be everything the Typhoon could and should of been.
That's not a Spitfire, is a Tempest, and the black & white stripes in the wings and fuselaje where put in place during the D-day and after. Greetings from Santa Rosa-La Pampa-Argentina.
My Mum can remember the V1's over London, as a little girl, before she was evacuated. That very distinctive exhaust, and the sudden silence is something she remembers so clearly.
Yeah, they found out pretty fast that shooting the doodlebugs was not a great idea. If you didn't eat shrapnel, the concusive blast was sure to do its own damage. I can't imagine the sound of being so close to one of these.
I remember seeing a documentary on the Hawker Tempest (I know this was a Typhoon) where they interviewed several Tempest (and former Typhoon) pilots. They were saying that the Germans actually countered the tipping over by wiring in to the warhead such that if it were tipped, it detonated, so that put paid to that idea. Flight Lieutenant Robert Barckley, I think was his name, and it reported he took down the first and last V1's of the war.. Another was Squadron Leader Bruce Lawless, a New Zealander, who described the Germans rigging the V1's to detonate if tipped and he told of a time he shot down a V1 and it damaged his Tempest and he had to crash land it. A pair of remarkable men. Tempest at War was the programme.
@davidh2608 Quite right,the Hawker Tempest was to have huge success and ideal for taking down the V1's.The Typhoons were to be used more as destroyers of actual v1 sites amongst other heavy firepower fighter duties and thank you for providing them facts about the pilots too..Great stuff !!
@@giovannimusacchi2949 Yes in 150 wing. There are some great technical accounts from him out hunting the V1 in his Tempest V from the book "Diver Diver Diver"
My Aunt was a nurse in London during WWII. She told me that these rockets would fly until they ran out of fuel, then glide in and explode on impact...so she said, as long as you heard the buzz, no problem, but if you heard the buzz stop, take cover.
@whiskeytango9769 So true that really was the frightening bit ,no sound ,where was it going to hit? The R.A.Fs aircraft were the first line of defense and did an incredible job totally committed to the task whatever it took ,then the armies aa gun battery shield on the ground would take over they did exceptionally well too but if the V1s got through all that lot ,then that would be the scary part for all of London.
It actually was mechanically pushed over into a dive. From the ground, the way sound and light travel, it certainly appeared the engine shut off first. Instead G-forces from the sudden dive cut off fuel to the motor. There are technical explanations on YT and elsewhere how the V1 actually functioned.
Cheers Steve and an account was found through research from a ww2 RAF pilot diving his Typhoon at the V1 in order to fly underneath it, then pull up so fast in front of it that the Typhoons prop-wash from its huge propeller knocked the V1's guidance gyro out and down it went .So it could be said these pilots got so skilled and familiar with attacking the V1 they were inventing various ways to take them down.Structurally to actually hit the wing had to be the very last resort alongside attacking it too close in range which were the riskiest ways of confronting them .Saying that ,it's all risky though as it was afterall a flying bomb !
The Typhoon has long been my favorite WW2 British single engine fighter it just looks dangerous sitting still and at low level it was more than a match for anything flying
The Typhoon is my favourite aircraft of all time... seconded by the Camel TF.... followed by the Skyraider. "Pilots accounts show when they tipped these flying bombs the idea was NOT to touch the V1 in any way but use the wing airflow and aerodynamic pressure to destroy it." I was always given to understand that the pilot would tip the V-1 with their wing tip from underneath, but your description of disrupting the air flow makes far more sense as the gyro of the Buzz Bombs was extremely delicate. Excellent vid!
The Typhoon was a very powerful low level fighter .It's fair to say it did have its problems but when it was working correctly it could cause massive devastation at ground level , it's one of our favourites too.
Heard a talk given by an RAF pilot at the 8th AAF historical society meeting yrs ago about doing this, don't recall his name now. He stated they found flying close enough to disrupt airflow was enough to send the buzzbomb outta control and that he'd personally never would attempt tipping it with his wing tip. Flying that close to one was scary enough for him. He did say a meteor pilot he knew did tip one damaging the wing tip.
Yes it seems the preferred way for the pilot to tackle these flying bombs was to force aerodynamic pressure on them.The wing tipping, actually structurally hitting the bomb ,was much more risky .A WW2 RAF Typhoon pilot said he got underneath one carrying more speed and pulled up in altitude sharply in front of it .I suppose doing that the massive backwash of the huge Typhoon propellor hitting the front of the V1 would caused it no end of problems .I don't think we can quite imagine just how skilled these ww2 pilots were ! The Pilot gives his account 18.23 ua-cam.com/video/pYQ-owqnCyw/v-deo.html
@@SpitfireCGI Could be I was reading about Eric Brown, and he mentioned Johnny Johnston as the one who perfected it. He also stated that the Tempests were later employed as it was the only allied aircraft that could catch the v1 in level flight.
@@SpitfireCGI I remember reading somewhere a while ago, that the V1 was faster than the spitfire so pilots would dive down from 5,000ft to get enough speed to catch them. Because they had some much explosive on them they preferred to tip the wing rather than shoot them down.
@@Builtbypete There is so much info in these comments left here under the vid to read through, its been great !.Our research showed the RAF's preferred method for tipping was to disturb the V1's airflow with their aircrafts wingtip rather then physically hit the V1 bomb with a wing .However the best and safest method was to intercept the V1 ,to attack it from the side (port or starboard) or even in a dive .That way you would avoid the shrapnel and debris from the explosion. Also the V1's speed was never a constant it could be anywhere from 200 - 400 mph and it was rapidly degrading just by the act of it being launched.
@rocistone6570 Absolutely hit it with the 303's or cannons . The favourited method was to attack at across the beam with a 90 degree horizontal angle deflection shot, so when you arrived the V1 had already blown up to the side of you and you'd be much less likely to fly into the explosion or debris but this was all about being at the right place and at the right time ,which so often wasn't the case.
Excellent work, Gaz. Love the way the score increases in intensity during the chase and culminates the final destruction of the V1. CGI much better than on some 'professional' productions.
No way that Typhoon would have been equipped with rockets if it had been assigned to V1 interception duty. These missles were difficult to catch, and under wing mounted rockets were highly drag inducing.
@@SpitfireCGI I just thought of something: if they had bolted down those RP-3s so that upon firing them, they did not actually launch but rather the rocket motors acted kind of like a speed assist--much like a JATO rocket. I mean, the performance boost would have been awesome! Like....dude! The Vne would probably have been exceeded, but what a ride, ya know? I'm just thinking out loud....or at least through my computer key pad. Anyway, full disclosure: I'm not an aeronautical engineer. I'm not an engineer of any kind, in fact. But, I am pretty darn good at making paper airplanes. Just saying.
@@lonzo61 Yes of course !! ,It would of gained some speed then ,i'm sure had things at that time gone on longer ,the Boffins (as they called them ) would of likely thought of it aswell for the RAF fleet ,it's a great idea !
Wow ,thank you for sharing that your father became a fighter pilot and chased down the V1's in his Typhoon whilst serving in the RAF with 175 Squadron !!! .We are pleased to have shown possibly of how they may have dealt with a V1,when all else failed . The good news is Westhampnet is still there but now known as Goodwood , you can still see ww2 aircraft flying out of there mainly Spitfires . No Typhoons yet but there is work being done on restoring one we think in Canada and possibly one here in the UK. We all thank your father for his service !
Yes…Give the wingtip a bump and the gyro on the V-1 could not compensate. That was a very dangerous and courageous act by the British pilots. Unfortunately, many V-1’s did make it through. Later, they were succeeded by the supersonic V-2’s. Thank you, Werner von Braun, et Al.
Yes the V2 had the potential to be massively more destructive than the V1 .Untouchable by any defensive measure, a ballistic weapon thankfully taken out at its launch and manufacturing facilities by the RAF and allied forces and Werner Von Braun went to work on the USA space Apollo program post ww2.
They actually didn't bump wing tip to wing tip, but instead the Typhoon pilot got his wing tip in front of the V-1's, disrupting the airflow and causing the V-1 to roll. The trick is that you didn't want to touch tips as that would cause damage to your plane too. But you had to get your wing tip just ahead of the other: too close and you may collide, too far ahead and your slipstream didn't upset the V-1's.
Yes, the Yanks certainly fawned over him and other Nazi rocketeers post WW2 gave him a fantastic life plus any number of decorations and awards......Might not have been so friendly if their country had been on the receiving end of Bombing, V1 and V2s....They all had blood on the hands....
@@brianperry "Thank you, Werner von Braun, et Al" "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind..." The ONLY moment in history when the entire WORLD held hands together like citizens of EARTH... HE made that possible... I despise Nazis like anyone who loves mankind, but demonizing Von Braun is like demonizing Oppenheimer... They were both scientists devoted to science above all else... Science and morality are rarely in synch; ask every Nobel Prize winners who their prize was named from...
It wasn't just British pilots. I am a Canadian, & met Tommy Hoare, DFC, a fellow Canadian who, towards the end of the war, flew missions exactly as depicted here. Tommy flew all 4 RAF/RCAF fighters (Hurricane, Spitfire, Tempest & Typhoon). For a time he was the chosen wingman of legendary RAF Squadron Leader (later Wing Commander) Johnnie Johnson.
There’s a ‘gun camera’ film of a ‘V-1’ being pursued from astern & shot down with the warhead exploding…. an awesome sight. At the speed the focused pilot was flying there’d be no time to avoid flying into that blast zone, & a ‘Free French’ pilot died in doing so.
@@SpitfireCGI I could not agree more I read about them in books and it was fascinating to watch it like this! Well done to you and how may hours did it take you to d, if you want to just saw the hours ok 🙂
@@zeus-mt7wx The fastest propeller plane of the war was the later mark of the spitfire, with the Griffin engine. I believe it tapped out at something like 480 mph
Please do put a vid or something on UA-cam and let us here in the comments know when it is finished. I do a bit of CGI modelling but I love the real world stuff as well. Wishing you all the best!
Yes indeed ,certain prop driven aircraft could catch the V1 .The RAF had great success with the Hawker Tempest amongst others as it was a very fast powerful aircraft. As for the V1 or "doodlebug "," diver ," flying bomb "being some of its nicknames ,its speed could range anywhere from 250mph to 400 mph .
RAF fighters were marginally faster than the V1, but catching them was difficult. It could take minutes between spotting a V1, pursuing it and getting close enough to blast or tip it. The V1s all followed nearly-identical routes. All of them flew in a straight line at a moderate altitude. The fighters flew in patrols above the expected flight path and route of the V1s. They'd dive to gain speed, pursue from behind and clobber them.
@@FredScuttle456 .It was very difficult highly risky ,also it is worth noting as an explosive armed delivery system ,once launched they were immediately degrading ,a constant reliable speed of 400mph for the V1 was not a given.- cite research the brilliant technical book "Diver Diver Diver " with 100's of pilots accounts.
@@SpitfireCGI The Germans started sending V1s at night, to confuse the interceptors. The interceptions continued. It was hard to miss the long glowing ball of fire at night.
Imagine if the UK MOD had decided to give Frank Whittle's jet engine a go before the Battle of Britain began. One squadron of jet fighters would've decimated the Luftwaffe enough to have kept it short. Still, what ifs, eh?... Great piece of work, nonetheless.
Thank you very much we are glad you enjoyed our video. Yes and very true about the great Frank Whittle earlier he suffered depressing responses such as " lucky inventor " a man so well ahead of his time .They got his ideas in the end but as you say the MOD could of had the jet engine so much earlier then the turn of events could of been so much different !
@@volkerkonig9376 My "mistake"? It was the War Department's (MoD) mistake and short-sightedness! It took the Nazis and Soviet Russia's use and enthusiasm, in that order, of Jets to wake the WD up post 1946. Your comment is nebulous, at best. Early use of Jets, even a couple of squadrons, by the RAF might've stymied the Luftwaffe in France even longer to get even more people out of France and halt the (sorry for mentioning the War) advance of the Wehrmacht even more than it did. In my opinion, of course. Still, it worked out but, as the Duke of Wellington observed about Waterloo, "...it was a damn close-run thing..."
British aircraft apparently didn’t touch the wing tips of the v 1s, but affected the airflow which then affected the gyroscopes of the V 1 and caused it to malfunction and therefore plummet to the Earth
Yes ,as our vid clearly demonstrates .To physically tip the v1 wing through contact was attempted but it was an extreme last resort .Using aerodynamic pressure instead was the cleanest method if all guns/cannons were exhausted or unavailable .
I don't know about tipping a V1 Flying Rocket/Bomb, But My Old Man's Brother (Obviously My Uncle ) was a RAF Officer During WW2 Who originally flew Fighter's before being sent to Bomber Command..... Actually Shot Down 2 of those V1 Flying Rocket's....l never did hear anything about Shooting Down any other Aircraft.....But do distinctively remember that my old man telling me that he Shot 2 of them down ! They really must of disliked my Uncle, especially being sent to Bomber Command to Fly the Avro Lancaster's. Especially when Your Chance's of Survival decreased when flying Bomber's !
You could say he's really "been through the wars" that is a fantastic achievment to get after and then catch up and then shoot down 2 x V1's no easy task at all and to survive Bomber Commands Lancaster ops where the odds were really stacked against the aircrew, as the pilot he must of got all his crew home time after time !
What an incredible and dangerous sight to see all at the same time ! Going by the overall fighter victories on the V1 out of these two aircraft it would likely be the Hawker Tempest that your father saw in pursuit .
Just a question here: how is it physically possible for a plane with a top speed of 430 mph to execute such a maneuver on a V1 missile that moves at about 580 mph? Anyone cares to elaborate?
Actually, no. The Americans developed a piston-engined drone in 1918. It was unsophisticated and never entered service. If we're talking "drones", the Royal Navy modified Tiger Moth biplanes as target drones in the 1930s. They were flown by radio remote control.
Indeed it was ,it had a bit more than a few teething problems but when the engineers fixed all its short falls and the RAF found what it could really excel at, then it became a fearsome low level interceptor ,the enemy hated it !
Bravo! But I think that a Typhoon would probably ditch it's rockets beforehand to increase it's speed through improved aerodynamics and weight. Don't you think?
That is right Australian Kenneth Roy Collier of RAF 91 Squadron based at Manston took down V1s and is recorded as the first pilot to catch the V1.He caught up with it in a Supermarine Spitfire Mk XIV
Germans got smart though with this to put contact sensors on the tip of the wings where the bomb would explode destroying both rocket and the airplane.
Excellent animation! I always wondered however, why they chose to do the wing tip spin on the V-1s instead of just pull up behind them and shoot them down.
They would explode when shot and could damage the plane doing the shooting. Also, the wing tipping wasn’t necessarily a physical touch. The wingtip of the allied plane, when brought close to the wingtip of the V1, would cause changes in pressure and airflow, changing the drag on the V1 wing and rendering it unstable - flipping it. Dangerous as hell to pursue and knock down a V1. Cool video. I love when people make things like this.
@@lukedelalio3155 and Glenn I'll add to that ,to fire astern (directly behind) was to risk your aircraft and life .I read records when the V1 was attacked this way the explosion would also cause the attacking aircraft to go inverted as it flew through such a huge change in air pressure the aircraft immediately lost lift and also one pilots notes said to turn his right cabin vent/heater off or the force of the flames could enter his cabin and burn his trousers ..amazing pilots !.The preferred attack method was a beam attack or side attack using deflection shots ( firing before but where your target is likely to be ) it was the best way to take the V1 down.The flipping of the V1 using airflow and pressure was attempted when all guns /cannons were depleted or jammed as a last brave resort ,they would then match its speed and tip it.
TBH tipping was also extremely dangerous at high speeds and low altitudes....never the less impressive, but not common. Pilot reports suggest they did physically hit the bombs as much as let aerodynamics do the work. Almost certainly the shed vortex from the aircraft wing and prop wash had the desired effect as large aircraft can tip over smaller planes in their wake with ease. You do have to take unverified pilot claims with a pinch of salt though.
@@lukedelalio3155 Yes, you are right, being behind the bomb at the moment of explosion extremely dangerous. Also, some think the attacking aircraft physical flipped the bomb, although this may have happened, disrupting the airflow over the bombs wing is what caused them to dive for the ground...Pretty damn clever really ... not to mention dangerous...But what the hell, flying a Typhoon was danger in itself
destroying the V1 bomb using the wing lifting method was performed only after the ammunition was fired, besides, you had to work hard because not every attempt to lift the wing unbalanced the bomb.
Yes and if you were chasing the V1 from the English Channel across our coastline over land , time was against you as you would run into the AA Bofors defensive flak battery and no RAF or allied pilot wanted that, they had to get the job done and fast !
Always wondered why the Germans didn’t just launch the V2’s at night or in bad weather…then they would be very difficult to intercept….the V2 at night would have the glow from the engine, but still harder to judge distance to intercept
V2 were the upward firing guided ballistic rockets, not many of them were ever launched but the ones that were did devastating damage, they were impossible to intercept ,speeds upwards of 3000mph. The V1's were the conventional flying pulse jet bombs, speed approx 300 to 400 mph .Yes some of the V1's were launched at night and were found by the persuing pilots and gunners to be easier to pick off as they lit up the sky and their position with the flames from its engine.
V1, not V2. V2s were ballistic missiles, practically impossible to counter as they flew on a suborbital trajectory; they are said to be the first manmade objects to reach the edge of space.
@@SpitfireCGI completely missed the fact he said V2. You'd certainly have difficulty getting a spitfire to intercept a v2. That is unless it's doctor who
@@nondescripthandle212 I'm not sure about the circumstances but one V-2 got shot up during launch. It didn't explode but having holes in the propellent tanks can't have helped.
Nice video, Only 1 fault V-1 interceptors are highly modified Tempest mkV's Spitfire mk9 and later variations, P-51D & H's. Typhoons could not keep up in flight with V1's
Yes ,agreed the Tempest mkV's, Spitfire mk9, Mustangs ,Mossies ,P38's, did much more damage to this menace and was best suited for the take down of the V1s but check out the exploits of 137 Typhoon Squadron out of R.A.F Manston tasked against the V1,they would catch them around 320/340 mph .137 Typhoon squadron helped cover the D-Day landings and was then withdrawn to operate against the V-1 .The vid is dedicated to them and all who went after these flying bombs.
@@michalsovicek7660 Perhaps we could say these could of been early proximity rockets and fire control in the Typhoon cockpit was not responding so the pilot went after the v1 in this most dangerous of ways .Saying that you are absolutely right the rockets would of added to the drag and aerodynamics taking away some of the top speed of the Typhoon in the pursuit of the flying bomb.
The flying bombs were actively stabilized by the autopilot reference to gyroscopes. The airframe design was not stable at all. The tipping procedure was based on getting the gyros to exceed their limits. Once they tumbled, stability was gone. Hmm. Rig the bomb to go off if stability is lost. But don't arm that function until a few minutes have passed since launch.
Very true a Canadian Spitfire pilot found he had to have his compass reset on landing and hit on the idea of disturbing the V1 's compass to knock it out. www.elinorflorence.com/blog/rcaf-spitfire/ .Also the V1 by its nature as a pulse jet engined flying bomb was effectively degrading as soon as it was launched ,so there would always be a randomness in its performance speed as a weapon.
Very true guns jamming did happen.Then the pilot takes the decision to get alongside the flying bomb if he's out to sea he doesn't have long to take the v1 down, as the British coastal anti aircraft battery will soon have him and the v1 in range . Unimaginable bravery
Unfortunately or fortunately no Hawkers where assign to hunt V1’s . Nor tipping was done. It was not a common practice and the order was given to restrain from that practice.
RAF 137 Squadron , out of Manston Kent - Hawker Typhoon 1b .Tipping was a last resort. Using aerodynamic pressure/disturbance was preferred to banging wings .The Tempest had the most success from the Hawker Aircraft company but the Typhoon did take down V1's ,though not many , it still did fight the v1, so for this reason this story should be told.
@@imperialinquisition6006 I did say from the Hawker Aircraft Ltd company . De Havilland,Supermarine ,North American Aviation all had many successes too
Авторам ролика было бы полезно знать, что на перехват V-1, самолёту совсем не нужно подвешивать под крыло ракеты для штурмовки...они снижают и скорость и маневренность!!!
Совершенно верно, но, возможно, в этом случае мы могли бы предположить, что управление огнем ракеты не работает. Так что у пилота не было другого выбора. Hope that all translates alright,i am British so i did my best.:)
Так что это правда, что для авиасимулятора очень сложно подражать, не говоря уже о том, чтобы попробовать и поиграть. Это просто показывает нам, насколько хороши были все пилоты во Второй мировой войне.I hope the translation works, as i'm British
Indeed it was, so many brave takedowns of these V1's, it seems like just a day at the office for these pilots but we bet for some of these pilots nerves must of been getting shredded , you are after all firing at or flying wing to wing with a flying bomb !
It was only recorded a very few times that fighter pilots used their wings to down V1 missiles. It’s mostly hype made-up by perhaps a lazy historian, who liked to sensationalise things (there are many of those guys), and the story was repeated over and over again, by even more lazy historians. The RAF doctrine was to shoot these things down, and not to get close to them at all. Almost all ex-RAF pilots had never even heard of disturbing the airflow technique, till it started appearing in books many years later. Some in actual documentaries were asked about it and they said flat-out “I’d never heard of such a thing…that’s very dangerous you know. The ship could explode at any moment!”
The best preferred method was to intercept from the side or chase behind at a distance with a good angle of attack with all guns blazing in short bursts ,as for the deployment of wing aerodynamics, we heard very different to your account, referencing the book "Diver Diver Diver by Brian Cull " a definitive account of pilots attacks on V1s you have to dig deep ..but the pilots accounts are there ,one Typhoon pilot even actually flew up at great speed from under a v1 and his own prop wash knocked the V1's gyro out .In rarer accounts within the book you have the Meteors P47 's Tempests Mustangs Spitfires etc with aero or physically tipping accounts. Either way what is provable sadly gets more difficult everyday.. but the book is a good solid factual reference. We will aim to show the Tempest bringing them down as you explain with full guns in a future vid .
And now Ukraine needs aircraft to shoot down the latest terror weapons from Russia. Which is dangerous. The V-1 carried a 1,000 pound bomb; imagine flying through that explosion. Planes were lost doing that.
This is so great. Plus, all the rack focus stuff is such nice icing on an already-incredibly-impressive cake. Really sells the drama & realism. Love it. And on a personal note, I’d never even thought about how pilots took these down. I feel like I have a far greater sense now of just how incredibly difficult, brave & terrifying this must have been. Really excellent use of Blender for educational purposes. Thank you for making it & sharing with the world. 👏👏👏
Thank you very much your comment pretty much summed up everything we wanted it achieve with this vid.Keep a look out for more of our ww2 aviation animations.
@@SpitfireCGI EXCELLENT VIDEO. Well done.
One minor error - a Typhoon on anti-Diver patrol wouldn't have rocket projectiles under its wing.
Please make more videos as good as this one.
Shooting them down caused explosions that could damage to the attacker 😊
@@yvetteevil Yes very true ,the explosion could completely take out your own aircraft.
@@FredScuttle456 Thank you very much ,you are right armed RP-3 rockets would slow down the Typhoon by about 45mph ,not a good idea for chasing a V1 .We live and learn at SpitfireCGI and thank you for liking our vid . I think we'll go in guns blazing in a Tempest Mk5 against the V1 for the next one.
The Typhoon... one of my favourite aircraft.
Yes indeed, it never made it further than its Mk1b designation but what a fast low level heavy hitter fighter it was ! It could be considered the Tempest was in a way the Typhoon mk2 .The Tempest went on to be everything the Typhoon could and should of been.
F-22 Pilot: "Our first shootdown was a balloon!"
Spitfire Pilot: "Hold my ale for a minute..."
Brilliant :)
Australian pilot.
@@bluemarshall6180 Hold my tinnies
That's not a Spitfire, is a Tempest, and the black & white stripes in the wings and fuselaje where put in place during the D-day and after. Greetings from Santa Rosa-La Pampa-Argentina.
Or Typhoon, sorry i'm confused with the type similar.
My Mum can remember the V1's over London, as a little girl, before she was evacuated. That very distinctive exhaust, and the sudden silence is something she remembers so clearly.
Yes, the sudden silence part must of been terrifying and not something easily forgotten. London was frequently hit.
The advantage of the tipping method being that they didn't have to fly through a cloud of hot shrapnel, the usual result of a successful gun attack.
But they didn’t do that . Your assumption is totally wrong
But I think not was easy to shot down or needed to go back to refill the magazine,cheers,salute
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@@MonkPetite fact check your fact checking!
Yeah, they found out pretty fast that shooting the doodlebugs was not a great idea. If you didn't eat shrapnel, the concusive blast was sure to do its own damage. I can't imagine the sound of being so close to one of these.
I remember seeing a documentary on the Hawker Tempest (I know this was a Typhoon) where they interviewed several Tempest (and former Typhoon) pilots. They were saying that the Germans actually countered the tipping over by wiring in to the warhead such that if it were tipped, it detonated, so that put paid to that idea. Flight Lieutenant Robert Barckley, I think was his name, and it reported he took down the first and last V1's of the war.. Another was Squadron Leader Bruce Lawless, a New Zealander, who described the Germans rigging the V1's to detonate if tipped and he told of a time he shot down a V1 and it damaged his Tempest and he had to crash land it. A pair of remarkable men. Tempest at War was the programme.
@davidh2608 Quite right,the Hawker Tempest was to have huge success and ideal for taking down the V1's.The Typhoons were to be used more as destroyers of actual v1 sites amongst other heavy firepower fighter duties and thank you for providing them facts about the pilots too..Great stuff !!
I remember as well the pilot Roland Prosper Beamont flying the Hawker Tempest V.
@@giovannimusacchi2949 Yes in 150 wing. There are some great technical accounts from him out hunting the V1 in his Tempest V from the book "Diver Diver Diver"
Great channel! 👍
Thank you very much JohnnyJohnsonEsq ..You have a great channel too ! check it out www.youtube.com/@JohnnyJohnsonEsq
My Aunt was a nurse in London during WWII. She told me that these rockets would fly until they ran out of fuel, then glide in and explode on impact...so she said, as long as you heard the buzz, no problem, but if you heard the buzz stop, take cover.
@whiskeytango9769 So true that really was the frightening bit ,no sound ,where was it going to hit? The R.A.Fs aircraft were the first line of defense and did an incredible job totally committed to the task whatever it took ,then the armies aa gun battery shield on the ground would take over they did exceptionally well too but if the V1s got through all that lot ,then that would be the scary part for all of London.
It actually was mechanically pushed over into a dive. From the ground, the way sound and light travel, it certainly appeared the engine shut off first. Instead G-forces from the sudden dive cut off fuel to the motor. There are technical explanations on YT and elsewhere how the V1 actually functioned.
I'm glad to see you didn't do it with a wing tip touching, as many people thought it was done that way. Impressive video Gaz, as usual 2 thumbs up
Cheers Steve and an account was found through research from a ww2 RAF pilot diving his Typhoon at the V1 in order to fly underneath it, then pull up so fast in front of it that the Typhoons prop-wash from its huge propeller knocked the V1's guidance gyro out and down it went .So it could be said these pilots got so skilled and familiar with attacking the V1 they were inventing various ways to take them down.Structurally to actually hit the wing had to be the very last resort alongside attacking it too close in range which were the riskiest ways of confronting them .Saying that ,it's all risky though as it was afterall a flying bomb !
The Typhoon has long been my favorite WW2 British single engine fighter it just looks dangerous sitting still and at low level it was more than a match for anything flying
Agreed ,a definite bruiser of an aircraft with immense firepower at ground targets.
With an engine with not one but 2 crankshafts....
@@douglasgreen437 The Napier Sabre 24 cylinder
The Tempest was an improvement.
The Typhoon is my favourite aircraft of all time... seconded by the Camel TF.... followed by the Skyraider.
"Pilots accounts show when they tipped these flying bombs the idea was NOT to touch the V1 in any way but use the wing airflow and aerodynamic pressure to destroy it."
I was always given to understand that the pilot would tip the V-1 with their wing tip from underneath, but your description of disrupting the air flow makes far more sense as the gyro of the Buzz Bombs was extremely delicate.
Excellent vid!
The Typhoon was a very powerful low level fighter .It's fair to say it did have its problems but when it was working correctly it could cause massive devastation at ground level , it's one of our favourites too.
@@SpitfireCGI Nothing beat that H-block Sabre!
Heard a talk given by an RAF pilot at the 8th AAF historical society meeting yrs ago about doing this, don't recall his name now. He stated they found flying close enough to disrupt airflow was enough to send the buzzbomb outta control and that he'd personally never would attempt tipping it with his wing tip. Flying that close to one was scary enough for him. He did say a meteor pilot he knew did tip one damaging the wing tip.
Yes it seems the preferred way for the pilot to tackle these flying bombs was to force aerodynamic pressure on them.The wing tipping, actually structurally hitting the bomb ,was much more risky .A WW2 RAF Typhoon pilot said he got underneath one carrying more speed and pulled up in altitude sharply in front of it .I suppose doing that the massive backwash of the huge Typhoon propellor hitting the front of the V1 would caused it no end of problems .I don't think we can quite imagine just how skilled these ww2 pilots were ! The Pilot gives his account 18.23 ua-cam.com/video/pYQ-owqnCyw/v-deo.html
I would be interesting to know a little story about the pilot who figured this out
What a beast the typhoon was
A good book for research is Diver Diver Diver a complete catalogue of the V1 and the aircraft that took them down
I believe Wing Commander Johnny Johnson was the one who pioneered the technique.
@@arniewilliamson1767 It could also be this chap ..www.elinorflorence.com/blog/rcaf-spitfire/
@@SpitfireCGI Could be I was reading about Eric Brown, and he mentioned Johnny Johnston as the one who perfected it. He also stated that the Tempests were later employed as it was the only allied aircraft that could catch the v1 in level flight.
The Jack Dempsey of WW2 aircraft. 😁
Excellent liked the dial shots, adds a bit more tension, demonstrates the technique beautifully
Cheers Mark, it worked out well in the end !
@@SpitfireCGI It's real ,cruize missile flying straigth and leveled on the sea, flat earth proof.
Thats brilliant. Great video.
Cheers Pete ,thank you !
@@SpitfireCGI I remember reading somewhere a while ago, that the V1 was faster than the spitfire so pilots would dive down from 5,000ft to get enough speed to catch them. Because they had some much explosive on them they preferred to tip the wing rather than shoot them down.
@@Builtbypete There is so much info in these comments left here under the vid to read through, its been great !.Our research showed the RAF's preferred method for tipping was to disturb the V1's airflow with their aircrafts wingtip rather then physically hit the V1 bomb with a wing .However the best and safest method was to intercept the V1 ,to attack it from the side (port or starboard) or even in a dive .That way you would avoid the shrapnel and debris from the explosion. Also the V1's speed was never a constant it could be anywhere from 200 - 400 mph and it was rapidly degrading just by the act of it being launched.
There was another way, too .303, but at close range, one worries about blast radius. Nice job!
@rocistone6570 Absolutely hit it with the 303's or cannons . The favourited method was to attack at across the beam with a 90 degree horizontal angle deflection shot, so when you arrived the V1 had already blown up to the side of you and you'd be much less likely to fly into the explosion or debris but this was all about being at the right place and at the right time ,which so often wasn't the case.
Excellent work, Gaz. Love the way the score increases in intensity during the chase and culminates the final destruction of the V1. CGI much better than on some 'professional' productions.
Thanks P R V That's a great comment ,that's where we hope to be heading ,to get to that Pro level !
No way that Typhoon would have been equipped with rockets if it had been assigned to V1 interception duty. These missles were difficult to catch, and under wing mounted rockets were highly drag inducing.
@lonzo61 Yes the RP-3s slowed the Typhoon down by around 40 to 50mph.
@@SpitfireCGI I just thought of something: if they had bolted down those RP-3s so that upon firing them, they did not actually launch but rather the rocket motors acted kind of like a speed assist--much like a JATO rocket. I mean, the performance boost would have been awesome! Like....dude! The Vne would probably have been exceeded, but what a ride, ya know? I'm just thinking out loud....or at least through my computer key pad.
Anyway, full disclosure: I'm not an aeronautical engineer. I'm not an engineer of any kind, in fact. But, I am pretty darn good at making paper airplanes. Just saying.
@@lonzo61 Yes of course !! ,It would of gained some speed then ,i'm sure had things at that time gone on longer ,the Boffins (as they called them ) would of likely thought of it aswell for the RAF fleet ,it's a great idea !
My father,Flt. O R Kelsick 175 Sqdr Typhoons operating from Westhampnet was assigned to V1 interdicting, very tricky business!
Wow ,thank you for sharing that your father became a fighter pilot and chased down the V1's in his Typhoon whilst serving in the RAF with 175 Squadron !!! .We are pleased to have shown possibly of how they may have dealt with a V1,when all else failed . The good news is Westhampnet is still there but now known as Goodwood , you can still see ww2 aircraft flying out of there mainly Spitfires . No Typhoons yet but there is work being done on restoring one we think in Canada and possibly one here in the UK. We all thank your father for his service !
A Typhoon fitted with rockets and racks able to even catch up with a V1? I don't think so.
Fantastic CGI - you deserve more recognition. 👌
Very kind of you to say that ,that drives us on!
There was this old church volunteer who was around 6 remembered the " putt putt putt" of the v1's engine over the skies.
That would be the pulse jet engine on the V1,a unmistakable sound perhaps remembered for a long time after,no doubt
What a fantastic piece of work. THANKS for this... love it !
Thank you , that's very much appreciated !
Wonderful work once again
Cheers AFL Thank you !!
Yes…Give the wingtip a bump and the gyro on the V-1 could not compensate. That was a very dangerous and courageous act by the British pilots. Unfortunately, many V-1’s did make it through. Later, they were succeeded by the supersonic V-2’s. Thank you, Werner von Braun, et Al.
Yes the V2 had the potential to be massively more destructive than the V1 .Untouchable by any defensive measure, a ballistic weapon thankfully taken out at its launch and manufacturing facilities by the RAF and allied forces and Werner Von Braun went to work on the USA space Apollo program post ww2.
They actually didn't bump wing tip to wing tip, but instead the Typhoon pilot got his wing tip in front of the V-1's, disrupting the airflow and causing the V-1 to roll. The trick is that you didn't want to touch tips as that would cause damage to your plane too. But you had to get your wing tip just ahead of the other: too close and you may collide, too far ahead and your slipstream didn't upset the V-1's.
Yes, the Yanks certainly fawned over him and other Nazi rocketeers post WW2 gave him a fantastic life plus any number of decorations and awards......Might not have been so friendly if their country had been on the receiving end of Bombing, V1 and V2s....They all had blood on the hands....
@@brianperry "Thank you, Werner von Braun, et Al"
"That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind..." The ONLY moment in history when the entire WORLD held hands together like citizens of EARTH... HE made that possible...
I despise Nazis like anyone who loves mankind, but demonizing Von Braun is like demonizing Oppenheimer... They were both scientists devoted to science above all else...
Science and morality are rarely in synch; ask every Nobel Prize winners who their prize was named from...
It wasn't just British pilots. I am a Canadian, & met Tommy Hoare, DFC, a fellow Canadian who, towards the end of the war, flew missions exactly as depicted here. Tommy flew all 4 RAF/RCAF fighters (Hurricane, Spitfire, Tempest & Typhoon). For a time he was the chosen wingman of legendary RAF Squadron Leader (later Wing Commander) Johnnie Johnson.
There’s a ‘gun camera’ film of a ‘V-1’ being pursued from astern & shot down with the warhead exploding…. an awesome sight.
At the speed the focused pilot was flying there’d be no time to avoid flying into that blast zone, & a ‘Free French’ pilot died in doing so.
Will check that gun camera footage out, thanks for the heads up!
Great work Captain
Thank you very much !!
That was great to see the skill, they had to do that this way, well done!
Thank you very much Nigel - yes it was a great skill ,it is important through research to document this event.
@@SpitfireCGI I could not agree more I read about them in books and it was fascinating to watch it like this! Well done to you and how may hours did it take you to d, if you want to just saw the hours ok 🙂
It took about 3 weeks , in hours I would say from concept modelling storyboard animation sound design original music score about 60 hours.
@@SpitfireCGI Wow! Well done 8 have never been involved in that sort of thing but I can well imagine how complex it might have been! again well done 👍
Awesome!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed our vid !
The typhoon was one of the few aircraft that could catch a V1 in level flight. The Spit Mossie and 51 had to dive onto it
Typhoon just over 400 mph top speed
@@SpitfireCGI The Mark I version, later mods got it to over 450
The Tempest and Meteor were others.
Over 400 mph that’s amazing for 1940’s propeller aircraft.
@@zeus-mt7wx The fastest propeller plane of the war was the later mark of the spitfire, with the Griffin engine. I believe it tapped out at something like 480 mph
My dad who was in WW2 actually used to see this happen
From the ground we assume , must of been quite a sight to see for him.
So did my dad.
That was awesome..doing a scratch build of a Typhoon now..wingspan..8 foot 2 inches!
Thank you and good luck with your epic Typhoon scratch build!
@@SpitfireCGI thanks..she's a biggy!..wing done..now for the fuselage..lol
Please do put a vid or something on UA-cam and let us here in the comments know when it is finished. I do a bit of CGI modelling but I love the real world stuff as well. Wishing you all the best!
@@SmallerLives ok..i'll see what i can do..for you
That's crazy. 😂🤣
Nice work.
Thank you
A propeller-driven fighter could actually fly at the same speed as these rocket-propelled flying bombs ?
Holy collossus ! Unbelievable!
Yes indeed ,certain prop driven aircraft could catch the V1 .The RAF had great success with the Hawker Tempest amongst others as it was a very fast powerful aircraft. As for the V1 or "doodlebug "," diver ," flying bomb "being some of its nicknames ,its speed could range anywhere from 250mph to 400 mph .
RAF fighters were marginally faster than the V1, but catching them was difficult. It could take minutes between spotting a V1, pursuing it and getting close enough to blast or tip it. The V1s all followed nearly-identical routes. All of them flew in a straight line at a moderate altitude. The fighters flew in patrols above the expected flight path and route of the V1s. They'd dive to gain speed, pursue from behind and clobber them.
@@FredScuttle456 .It was very difficult highly risky ,also it is worth noting as an explosive armed delivery system ,once launched they were immediately degrading ,a constant reliable speed of 400mph for the V1 was not a given.- cite research the brilliant technical book "Diver Diver Diver " with 100's of pilots accounts.
Not a rocket engine. Pulse jet
@@SpitfireCGI The Germans started sending V1s at night, to confuse the interceptors.
The interceptions continued. It was hard to miss the long glowing ball of fire at night.
Imagine if the UK MOD had decided to give Frank Whittle's jet engine a go before the Battle of Britain began. One squadron of jet fighters would've decimated the Luftwaffe enough to have kept it short. Still, what ifs, eh?...
Great piece of work, nonetheless.
Thank you very much we are glad you enjoyed our video. Yes and very true about the great Frank Whittle earlier he suffered depressing responses such as " lucky inventor " a man so well ahead of his time .They got his ideas in the end but as you say the MOD could of had the jet engine so much earlier then the turn of events could of been so much different !
Imagine, if the british had F35 against the Luftwaffe. I hope you see your mistake.
@@volkerkonig9376 My "mistake"? It was the War Department's (MoD) mistake and short-sightedness! It took the Nazis and Soviet Russia's use and enthusiasm, in that order, of Jets to wake the WD up post 1946. Your comment is nebulous, at best.
Early use of Jets, even a couple of squadrons, by the RAF might've stymied the Luftwaffe in France even longer to get even more people out of France and halt the (sorry for mentioning the War) advance of the Wehrmacht even more than it did.
In my opinion, of course.
Still, it worked out but, as the Duke of Wellington observed about Waterloo, "...it was a damn close-run thing..."
@@chrismaguire3667 In Germany we say" Hätte, hätte, Fahrradkette" ( sorry, cannot translate the limerick)
Nice work 👍
Thank you! Cheers!
British aircraft apparently didn’t touch the wing tips of the v 1s, but affected the airflow which then affected the gyroscopes of the V 1 and caused it to malfunction and therefore plummet to the Earth
Yes ,as our vid clearly demonstrates .To physically tip the v1 wing through contact was attempted but it was an extreme last resort .Using aerodynamic pressure instead was the cleanest method if all guns/cannons were exhausted or unavailable .
I don't know about tipping a V1 Flying Rocket/Bomb, But My Old Man's Brother (Obviously My Uncle ) was a RAF Officer During WW2 Who originally flew Fighter's before being sent to Bomber Command..... Actually Shot Down 2 of those V1 Flying Rocket's....l never did hear anything about Shooting Down any other Aircraft.....But do distinctively remember that my old man telling me that he Shot 2 of them down !
They really must of disliked my Uncle, especially being sent to Bomber Command to Fly the Avro Lancaster's.
Especially when Your Chance's of Survival decreased when flying Bomber's !
You could say he's really "been through the wars" that is a fantastic achievment to get after and then catch up and then shoot down 2 x V1's no easy task at all and to survive Bomber Commands Lancaster ops where the odds were really stacked against the aircrew, as the pilot he must of got all his crew home time after time !
U r soooo good at this cgi and editing stuff, 👌
Kind words ,thank you !
Awesome video. It was real. GJ
@@Laptinogie_Zaporebrikom Thank you very much !
Dad actually saw this over England in WW2. Either Hawker Tempest or Typhoon in pusuit.
What an incredible and dangerous sight to see all at the same time ! Going by the overall fighter victories on the V1 out of these two aircraft it would likely be the Hawker Tempest that your father saw in pursuit .
Cool video!
Thank you very much.
Just a question here: how is it physically possible for a plane with a top speed of 430 mph to execute such a maneuver on a V1 missile that moves at about 580 mph? Anyone cares to elaborate?
You may have your 580 mph mixed up with kmh..They could not do 580mph
1st known drones to take flight
They were, deadly and designed for vengeance .
The grandfather of the modern cruise missile.
Actually, no. The Americans developed a piston-engined drone in 1918. It was unsophisticated and never entered service.
If we're talking "drones", the Royal Navy modified Tiger Moth biplanes as target drones in the 1930s. They were flown by radio remote control.
What an airplane the typhoon was
Indeed it was ,it had a bit more than a few teething problems but when the engineers fixed all its short falls and the RAF found what it could really excel at, then it became a fearsome low level interceptor ,the enemy hated it !
Bravo! But I think that a Typhoon would probably ditch it's rockets beforehand to increase it's speed through improved aerodynamics and weight. Don't you think?
Agreed ,yes in hindsight for our animation ,that would definitely give the Typhoon the best fighting chance !
Wasn’t there a Australian spitfire pilot do something similar?
That is right Australian Kenneth Roy Collier of RAF 91 Squadron based at Manston took down V1s and is recorded as the first pilot to catch the V1.He caught up with it in a Supermarine Spitfire Mk XIV
Germans got smart though with this to put contact sensors on the tip of the wings where the bomb would explode destroying both rocket and the airplane.
This didn’t happen - the wing tips never touched each other.
Good job 👽
Thank you
My father worked on typhoons along with spits hurricane and mossies
We thank him for his service.
Excellent animation! I always wondered however, why they chose to do the wing tip spin on the V-1s instead of just pull up behind them and shoot them down.
They would explode when shot and could damage the plane doing the shooting. Also, the wing tipping wasn’t necessarily a physical touch. The wingtip of the allied plane, when brought close to the wingtip of the V1, would cause changes in pressure and airflow, changing the drag on the V1 wing and rendering it unstable - flipping it. Dangerous as hell to pursue and knock down a V1. Cool video. I love when people make things like this.
@@lukedelalio3155 and Glenn I'll add to that ,to fire astern (directly behind) was to risk your aircraft and life .I read records when the V1 was attacked this way the explosion would also cause the attacking aircraft to go inverted as it flew through such a huge change in air pressure the aircraft immediately lost lift and also one pilots notes said to turn his right cabin vent/heater off or the force of the flames could enter his cabin and burn his trousers ..amazing pilots !.The preferred attack method was a beam attack or side attack using deflection shots ( firing before but where your target is likely to be ) it was the best way to take the V1 down.The flipping of the V1 using airflow and pressure was attempted when all guns /cannons were depleted or jammed as a last brave resort ,they would then match its speed and tip it.
TBH tipping was also extremely dangerous at high speeds and low altitudes....never the less impressive, but not common. Pilot reports suggest they did physically hit the bombs as much as let aerodynamics do the work. Almost certainly the shed vortex from the aircraft wing and prop wash had the desired effect as large aircraft can tip over smaller planes in their wake with ease. You do have to take unverified pilot claims with a pinch of salt though.
@@lukedelalio3155 Yes, you are right, being behind the bomb at the moment of explosion extremely dangerous. Also, some think the attacking aircraft physical flipped the bomb, although this may have happened, disrupting the airflow over the bombs wing is what caused them to dive for the ground...Pretty damn clever really ... not to mention dangerous...But what the hell, flying a Typhoon was danger in itself
The wings didn’t touch. It was enough to get the fighter’s wingtip close underneath the V-1 wingtip to interrupt the airflow which tipped it over.
destroying the V1 bomb using the wing lifting method was performed only after the ammunition was fired, besides, you had to work hard because not every attempt to lift the wing unbalanced the bomb.
Yes and if you were chasing the V1 from the English Channel across our coastline over land , time was against you as you would run into the AA Bofors defensive flak battery and no RAF or allied pilot wanted that, they had to get the job done and fast !
Yes. these were the so-called defense belts. before London itself, the balloon barrage was the last line of defense
and still caused 40 thousand causalties
Nice animation. Lots of twitching and buffeting.
So which aircraft can claim wing tipping the V1? Spit, Tempest, Typhoon, Meteor…How many others?
very few....... a number of aliied planes crashed trying to tip a v-1 at 400 miles an hour also destroyed the plane!
They say there's a bomb with your name on it. I felt sorry for Mr and Mrs Doodlebug next door...
The Tempest Mk5 was the best V1 killer
Yes , it had a very impressive score against the V1
Always wondered why the Germans didn’t just launch the V2’s at night or in bad weather…then they would be very difficult to intercept….the V2 at night would have the glow from the engine, but still harder to judge distance to intercept
Because they're unguided. Night wouldn't be a problem, but bad weather could throw it off course
V2 were the upward firing guided ballistic rockets, not many of them were ever launched but the ones that were did devastating damage, they were impossible to intercept ,speeds upwards of 3000mph. The V1's were the conventional flying pulse jet bombs, speed approx 300 to 400 mph .Yes some of the V1's were launched at night and were found by the persuing pilots and gunners to be easier to pick off as they lit up the sky and their position with the flames from its engine.
V1, not V2. V2s were ballistic missiles, practically impossible to counter as they flew on a suborbital trajectory; they are said to be the first manmade objects to reach the edge of space.
@@SpitfireCGI completely missed the fact he said V2. You'd certainly have difficulty getting a spitfire to intercept a v2. That is unless it's doctor who
@@nondescripthandle212 I'm not sure about the circumstances but one V-2 got shot up during launch.
It didn't explode but having holes in the propellent tanks can't have helped.
Nice video,
Only 1 fault V-1 interceptors are highly modified Tempest mkV's Spitfire mk9 and later variations, P-51D & H's.
Typhoons could not keep up in flight with V1's
Yes ,agreed the Tempest mkV's, Spitfire mk9, Mustangs ,Mossies ,P38's, did much more damage to this menace and was best suited for the take down of the V1s but check out the exploits of 137 Typhoon Squadron out of R.A.F Manston tasked against the V1,they would catch them around 320/340 mph .137 Typhoon squadron helped cover the D-Day landings and was then withdrawn to operate against the V-1 .The vid is dedicated to them and all who went after these flying bombs.
the fault is only mounted rockets which you don´t need for pursuing V1 and also lowering your airspeed :)
@@michalsovicek7660 Perhaps we could say these could of been early proximity rockets and fire control in the Typhoon cockpit was not responding so the pilot went after the v1 in this most dangerous of ways .Saying that you are absolutely right the rockets would of added to the drag and aerodynamics taking away some of the top speed of the Typhoon in the pursuit of the flying bomb.
The flying bombs were actively stabilized by the autopilot reference to gyroscopes. The airframe design was not stable at all.
The tipping procedure was based on getting the gyros to exceed their limits. Once they tumbled, stability was gone.
Hmm. Rig the bomb to go off if stability is lost. But don't arm that function until a few minutes have passed since launch.
Very true a Canadian Spitfire pilot found he had to have his compass reset on landing and hit on the idea of disturbing the V1 's compass to knock it out. www.elinorflorence.com/blog/rcaf-spitfire/ .Also the V1 by its nature as a pulse jet engined flying bomb was effectively degrading as soon as it was launched ,so there would always be a randomness in its performance speed as a weapon.
The wings of the V1 had no ailerons.The gyros acted only in two dimensions,pitch and yaw.
I read a story about this actually happening because the pilots guns jammed.
Very true guns jamming did happen.Then the pilot takes the decision to get alongside the flying bomb if he's out to sea he doesn't have long to take the v1 down, as the British coastal anti aircraft battery will soon have him and the v1 in range . Unimaginable bravery
@SpitfireCGI Today, ya can't get a 19 year old to get a job, let alone do that. Sad, sad world we live in.
I doubt the typhoon involved was carrying rockets
Just give a taparoo.
Unfortunately or fortunately no Hawkers where assign to hunt V1’s .
Nor tipping was done. It was not a common practice and the order was given to restrain from that practice.
RAF 137 Squadron , out of Manston Kent - Hawker Typhoon 1b .Tipping was a last resort. Using aerodynamic pressure/disturbance was preferred to banging wings .The Tempest had the most success from the Hawker Aircraft company but the Typhoon did take down V1's ,though not many , it still did fight the v1, so for this reason this story should be told.
Hawker Tempest? By far the most successful V1 hunter aircraft.
@@imperialinquisition6006 I did say from the Hawker Aircraft Ltd company . De Havilland,Supermarine ,North American Aviation all had many successes too
Lancaster gunners shot down a V1 and a ME163 too.
On one OP they also optimistically fired at a V2.
@@larry4789 So true the Lancaster tail gunner got one ..confirmed!
epic!!!!
Cheers, thank you !
@@SpitfireCGI keep up this amazing videos!!! very useful in classrooms too !!!!!!!!!!!!! thank you 😀
@@unspacy2099ad We will do our best ,thank you for the encouraging words .If they can be useful in classrooms all the better!
Your most welcome
Those Typhoons weighed 8 tons
They did indeed .A heavyweight fighter!
Maximum all up weight was about 6 tons with 1000lb bombs under each wing, so the typhoons tasked with catching V1s would be a fair bit lighter.
Авторам ролика было бы полезно знать, что на перехват V-1, самолёту совсем не нужно подвешивать под крыло ракеты для штурмовки...они снижают и скорость и маневренность!!!
Совершенно верно, но, возможно, в этом случае мы могли бы предположить, что управление огнем ракеты не работает. Так что у пилота не было другого выбора. Hope that all translates alright,i am British so i did my best.:)
très fort
Cheers , merci beaucoup
And London was saved....
Grampa sitting in the outhouse, not so much...
They did get through and then could take any one out at anytime .
The V1 was slow and easy to destroy. The V2 was supersonic and undectable making it a terrifying weapon.
RAF fighter planes could also shoot them down.
Сколько ни пытался, сделать это в "ил-2 штурмовик" - не получалось. Поэтому я и диванный пилот, а не настоящий.
Так что это правда, что для авиасимулятора очень сложно подражать, не говоря уже о том, чтобы попробовать и поиграть. Это просто показывает нам, насколько хороши были все пилоты во Второй мировой войне.I hope the translation works, as i'm British
O my gosh they are checking ID's....... just stop it.
V1 the farding bomb
Who was there to video the event because it is a video, not a film. Remember there was no video in the forties. This video is a CGI
Wow!
Ballsy move but it worked.
Indeed it was, so many brave takedowns of these V1's, it seems like just a day at the office for these pilots but we bet for some of these pilots nerves must of been getting shredded , you are after all firing at or flying wing to wing with a flying bomb !
Great job. Would make an excellent movie. This pilot saved a lot of misery and destruction. The third reich was unleashing on the world.
Thank you and yes it absolutely would ,there's enough thrills ,adrenaline, skill, determination to make into any film.
RAF did that? I doubt it.
Well perhaps doubt no more because in ww2 they exactly did !
Dywizion 303💪💓
It was only recorded a very few times that fighter pilots used their wings to down V1 missiles.
It’s mostly hype made-up by perhaps a lazy historian, who liked to sensationalise things (there are many of those guys), and the story was repeated over and over again, by even more lazy historians.
The RAF doctrine was to shoot these things down, and not to get close to them at all.
Almost all ex-RAF pilots had never even heard of disturbing the airflow technique, till it started appearing in books many years later. Some in actual documentaries were asked about it and they said flat-out “I’d never heard of such a thing…that’s very dangerous you know. The ship could explode at any moment!”
The best preferred method was to intercept from the side or chase behind at a distance with a good angle of attack with all guns blazing in short bursts ,as for the deployment of wing aerodynamics, we heard very different to your account, referencing the book "Diver Diver Diver by Brian Cull " a definitive account of pilots attacks on V1s you have to dig deep ..but the pilots accounts are there ,one Typhoon pilot even actually flew up at great speed from under a v1 and his own prop wash knocked the V1's gyro out .In rarer accounts within the book you have the Meteors P47 's Tempests Mustangs Spitfires etc with aero or physically tipping accounts. Either way what is provable sadly gets more difficult everyday.. but the book is a good solid factual reference. We will aim to show the Tempest bringing them down as you explain with full guns in a future vid .
British is Best . And isn't that all the time ?
And now Ukraine needs aircraft to shoot down the latest terror weapons from Russia. Which is dangerous. The V-1 carried a 1,000 pound bomb; imagine flying through that explosion. Planes were lost doing that.
Yes so true ,it was always going to be risky for them brave pilots shooting at a flying bomb.
I salute those heroes from the bottom of my heart
Пингвиньи сказки ))) 😁😂... и затем полетел высаживаться на Луну ))) 🤣
Perhaps read a book
Ein Witz, die Typhoon kann keine V1 einholen.
You are thinking of a V2 nothing could catch them.The V1 we could catch with Typhoons Tempests Spitfires Mustangs Mosquitos and more ,take your pick
Nice work
Thank you! Cheers!