Mosquito Action! The Real 633 Squadron
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- Опубліковано 21 лип 2020
- Operation Oyster is the forgotten raid conducted by Mosquitos, Bostons and Venturas to knock out the huge Philips radio plants in Eindhoven in December 1942, a magnificent display of low-level hedge-hopping and bombing, but a costly operation as well.
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Yep
Pee pee poo poo. Your move.
Most of the time but there are one or two "melts" making really sill comments from a "peace time" perspective!
@@sirbader1 LOL Well played. Bonus for ninja move of using 'excrementitives' to take the piss out of the post.
It goes without saying but I'm glad you did, we have good taste my friend. I've never seen a playground argument once. Only over-agreements. Godspeed
At first I thought he was gonna say ‘this video is sponsored by PHILIPS’
"Philips supplied all of Nazi Germany's radios" isn't much of an endorsement lol
How bout Hugo Boss and Fanta
Siemens
@@Crosmando No they supplied them with Philips CDI consoles, that was how Germany lost the war.
funny I worked for 10 years at a depot that was an old Philips Factory in Hendon Adelaide
Last time I was this early the Luftwaffe still had air superiority.
And Goering could still fit into the cockpit of his Albatross D111.
And Richthofen was still a fighter ace, not a squadron.
They should make a German breakfast diner & call it 'Luftwaffle' or or, if that's too 1940's-Germany-controversial-referencey, slap on a drivethru & call it 'Kraut & Out'.
@@SirAntoniousBlock Albatross D V ?
OMG these "last time I was this early..." jokes are getting stale.
Brave brave men. I know I’d rather be flying a Mosquito than a Ventura on one of those raids. A twin engined bomber capable of outrunning an FW190. That’s pretty cool. The Mossie has always been my favourite aircraft of WW2.
The fighter-bomber Mozzie could not only outrun a Butcher Bird, but also outgun it.
@@Ulani101 Would not want to dog fight the Burcher Bird close in, though. Zoom and boom only I think.
Absolutely. The sound of twin Merlins.... formation...Too aawsuum !
That Ventura just looks like a fat sitting duck. Safer in a Mosquito if they cant catch you a wooden plane works fine.
@@Boric78 Some of the later raids had the fighter variant providing top cover for the bomber variant!
For a country of only 2.2 million people at the time of WWII New Zealand had its fingers in a lot of military operational pies. Always proud to hear we done our bit :D
New Zealand and Australia are two of the foremost military powers in the world, if you guys only had aircraft carriers though you'd be a primal force.
Not forgetting the Poles, for an instant.
Really key part of the British Pacific Fleet aircrew in 1945
NZ, australia and canada where more likely a distant provinces of UK. They had no chance or the free will to not enter the war
Which makes me realise -
can't help but note that NZ"s population has only doubled since then ( to 4.8 million ). Australia's and Canada's populations have both more than tripled . Guess it must be NZ policy . I read somewhere that NZ has a lot of emigrants as well as immigrants
In 1982 the Battle of Britain flight (Hurricane, Spit and Lancaster) went past my home. What was interesting was that I was in a 3rd floor flat, looking over a large park with football-pitches, lined by trees. The aircraft were hammering along at tree-top height; I was _looking down_ at them from my flat.
I remember my Grandfather taking me to see 633 Squadron at our local Odeon. He saw I loved it so much that we stayed for the next screening. Have the intro Music running in my head right now!
It made such an impression on my 8 year old mind that my friends and I played "663 Squadron!" on the swings at school. We'd kick off our shoes (bombs) and try to hit the girls. I accidentally nailed Mrs. Frisbey in the head. We didnt play that game much longer. lol
De Havilland Mosquito a beautiful aircraft, my favourite from WW2.
Those Dutch workers who went on strike also had courage, having to face up to the Nazis.
Absolutely - when you are faced with the consequences of anything you do 24hr 7days under the Nazi boot, it's not easy. The Dutch were not fools and realized that any damage to their own property, when controlled by Nazis, would eventually set them free.
Respect to the brave free orange Dutch people .
In fact, many Dutch people were executed by the Germans for going on strike.
We dutch don't need courage, we got our biceycle, what possibly can penetrate such armor?
@@elitepauper7400 tactical assault poffertjes.. 🤣
Always amazes one how many roles, and missions, the Mosquitoes made their own, and outrunning FW-190', no small thing... looking forward to more Mosquito lore !
Whenever I hear that intro, I know I am about to learn something fascinating.
Its a standard tune in apple software, right?
@@tiberiusbrain no, its the mark felton productions intro now
@@N3therWolf ok, i concede. Fine in my book!
Mark has never yet let me down. Amazing consistency and output for a sole operator.
For me it signals a bih 💩 leaving.
This channel never seems to amaze me with the plethora of WW2 information. Keep it up Mark.
As a Pakistani myself, I would really like to hear more about the past British Indian Army and its role in both World wars and the heroics of the brave men who served heroically from India and Pakistan. Thanks
German flakcrew: "we are too late to use the flaks commander!"
Commander: *smug smile "release the seabirds!"
Those bloody SEAGULLS
Fliegerabwehr (insert seagull in German)?
*German weapons developers*
"Write that down!"
Read the comment and this scene from Indiana Jones 3 came to mind lol ua-cam.com/video/PzE6-WZtOi4/v-deo.html
Release the
selbstmörderische Möwen (suicidal seagulls)!
Yeah, damned seadicks!
These young men and women of the time were a different breed to many of their age today. My grandfather served in the Czech RAF, hunting U-boats in the Atlantic in Short Stirlings. I found him an incredible source of knowledge and advice. I just wish for the twenty years I knew him, that I'd asked and learned more.
Don't kid yourself about todays men and women,people have away of rising to the occaision,and do remarkable things.I got to Viet Nam at 19yrs old l was an M.P. Became adoor gunner at 20,one morn a new pilot showed up,I asked him how old he was,he said that he was almost 19.Our C.O. was 25,so there was abunch of young people who always step up.
My father in law during his time from D+1 in Normandy to April 1945 liberated Mr Philips in the Netherlands by knocking on the cellar door of his home. Thank you Dr Felton for this excellent story.
How brave these men were and their heroism should be remembered. Thank you Mark.
My father Flt Lt Allan Smith Jr was one of those Mosquito pilots !!!! Am I proud .
Blessed are those who served. Never another generation like them.
Every generation is like them. You don't read enough military history if you think that WWII combatants were the best ever and will be the best ever trained. There are so many tales of bravery from every war that one should cry in horror at the loss of the finest of every generation. God bless them all. I wish we didn't need them.
Just going down low through numerous flak is something that I can't even imagine doing... Mad props to these brave pilots!
Haha props
@@duncanmcgee13 that was unintentional, I didn't see it until you commented 🤣
Translate "props " : to give due proper respect . First used by Sacha Baron Cohen Ali G character
@Common_faults yup that one as well... You wreck your engines with those feathery shells and you will need to bail out on the place you have just bombed...
@@Rusty_Gold85 Since we're all into history here, I felt it important to point out that the term "props" has been in popular usage since the 1980s, and in its longer form "propers" since the 1960s.
I feel like 99% of my time spent on UA-cam is just randomly looking for Dr. Feltons videos from both his channels in the abyss of UA-cam recommendations
Well, yt promised to boost "authoritative sources" (read: some oligarch's outlets) at expense of high quality content.
TIK? Military History Visualised? Drachinifel? I could also point to some already advertisers unsuitable stuff concerning politics or evolutionary biology.
My grandfather worked at Philips after the war. As a result, he was the first in the neighbourhood to have a television so naturally every kid in the neighbourhood gathered at his house to watch the television. Good times.
I spent hours talking to an RCAF WWII veteran pilot about his experiences at a Christmas Boxing Day party. He eventually pulled out his log book which he shared with me. Notable mission events were shown. Fascinating remembrances. His eyes lit up as the memories flowed out of him. These vets are all but gone now . . . RIP "Pops"
My father was navigator on a Halifax. He is gone now but I still have his flight diary. Just full of pithy comments. Best one is " D day, enough said"
@@davidwordsworth5584 10 thousand Canadians died flying in the bombing raids. Enough said.
I live just north of The Bomber Command Museum in Nanton Alberta. They have a memorial wall with the names of all crew members killed in action. I think it just over three thousand. Another comment in my father's journal is, " Al May got it, sad after 30 trips" . I touch his name and remember him every time I go.
@@davidwordsworth5584 30 missions! So much death just by chance! 🇨🇦
What type of experiences did he have at that Christmas Day Boxing party that required him to keep a log book? Must’ve been one heck of a party. 😂
Interesting to hear about how many of the big companies have history going back WW2 like Philips, BMW, Volkswagen, Mitsubishi, Nestle, etc.
IBM. And lets not forgot the stylish Hugo Boss.
Do you drink Fanta? Check its history.
Nestlé is a Swiss company, and Switzerland was neutral in both World Wars...
Bayer and BASF, a couple of companies still around today who were formerly part of IG Farben, makers of 'Zyklon B' cyanide gas for the concentration camps.
dont forget porsche and bosch
The pilot visits the Phillips factory long after the war is over and apolologizes.....
Oh, those old school Brits and their gentlemen manners, something that is lacking today!
Always proper to the end.
Some of that still evident after the Falklands raid.
The are stll some 'old school Brits'
Unfortunately, 'old' Britain has been somewhat eroded recently by well-meaning - but completely deluded - socialists and war-criminal politicians, there are few I could mention, but the day Tony Blair, and his acolytes, get strung-up on a gibbet on Westminster Green , for complicity, simply cannot come quick enough. Brexit is a start though! (BTW, Britain voted Brexit because it rejects the idea of a federal 'Europe' ...... that has nothing to do with our continuing love and respect for our European Brothers and Sisters.)
@M Bacon - Deluded socialists are the single root cause of the WORLD'S problems right now (not just the UK's,) quit whining.
@@gregtaylor6146 I'll go with that!
@@gregtaylor6146 How quickly you go from the values of "old school Brits" to the comment "strung up on a gibbet"! You win top marks for irony in the UA-cam Idiot Awards.
Ah this is awesome, I get giddy when I see a Mark Felton video up that's only an hour old. It's funny you should mention bird strikes. As a pilot myself I've done a lot of bush flying here in Australia and PNG, always worried about bird strikes more than anything else. Out of all these stories of low level raids I never had the realisation that it was a hazard to these young blokes because I was focused on the sheer amount of flak, machine gun and likely rifle fire they had to contend with - let alone the fighter threat! Simple fact is yes a bird can down a low flying plane just as easily as 20mm in the right circumstances. Brave, brave men.
Yeah,certainly brave to kill all those kids.What did they call it ? ; collateral damage!
djangorheinhardt n
Respect... The airman returned after the war and apologized for bombing the factory.
How very British...😏
@@kimvibk9242 Sounds more Canadian, or would they have written "sorry" to bomb?
@@Taistelukalkkuna Something like that but very british indeed
@@kimvibk9242 Better than nothing. It was a legitimate target at the time, nothing wrong with expressing regret for having to do it.
JonMacFhearghuis I hear you, mate
It’s simply unreal: I’m currently looking at one of the buildings that was a target in that raid. Unfortunately not all bombs hit their mark.. there’s a nice monument nearby.
Great to see your countrymen took it so well. Can't imagine the reaction if a Luftwaffe pilot came to London after the war to apologise.
@@jbuckley2546 Not really the same. As awful as it was the RAF's mission was contributing to the eventual liberation of the Netherlands. The Luftwaffe were fighting to conquer and subjugate Britain.
@@Wanderer628 depends really, Hitler had no interest in conquering Britain, "only" the east.
@@bezahltersystemtroll5055 yeah, right
@@bezahltersystemtroll5055 So Operation Sea Lion was an imaginary plan eh?
Great story I never knew, even living so close to Eindhoven. Some of the buildings of Philips on the photo of the factory still stands until today. They contain a lot of new startups and it is a very fancy part of town.
Some incredible bravery expertly recounted. You always do full justice to the people involved. Thanks Mark.
Another great video, thank you sir.
I know that the Spitfire is always the much lauded darling of most folk, but for me the Mosquito was my arial hero. closely followed by the Beaufighter. Both looked very elegant yet purposeful and the Mosquito must've been the most versatile plane of WWII.
The wooden wonder was one of the finest aircraft ever made they talk about multi role combat aircraft now but the mossie could do it all excellent post doctor mark
Here's another one. The dutch Fokker G.I.
ua-cam.com/video/pr5DW2ZTKR4/v-deo.html
@Lightning Strike I second that Fantastic choice I would add the su 27
My dads old factory was a motor coach builders pre war and during the war they used to make wooden wing sections for mozzy's. When i was around 6 years old (1970) I remember seeing some of the "patterns" hung up on nails in one of the shops gathering dust. Alas these treasures are long gone now which is a real shame and the factory is now a carpark for a large supermarket!
Check out the Hornet. It came late but it was a long-range carrier-based fighter.
@Dennis Moore and stealthy too!
I saw one of the last mosquitoes Fly out from New Zealand it was beautiful and the noise of those Merlin engines !
"What is better than a RR Merlin?"
"Two RR Merlins"!
Me: *scrolls aimlessly for 2 hours on social media* ok time for bed
Also me: *sees Mark uploaded* one more video won’t hurt😏
Im in Florida too in the same situation
Oo
Ok
Just Doin Florida just think about what dreams come from watching this beautiful video perhaps you could even fly your own airplane but what side would you choose!?The Allied side that wins or controversial side the Germans but get to wear a Nazi uniform!?
Makes one wonder why mosquito production wasn’t an immediate priority as both fighter and bomber. They were just brilliant.
One factor, apparently, was cost. A good friend of my father’s, a Canadian, was a Mosquito pilot and took part in this raid, and once told me me this. He absolutely loved that airplane. He was later shot down and was about to drop down into the tunnel immortalized in ‘The Great Escape’ when the alarm went off. Saved his life.
My father worked at the Eindhoven factory after the war and often brought senior employees back to the house. The bombing was talked about as a necessary evil despite the loss of life.
I’m a simple man, I see Mark uploads a new video and I drop everything to watch it immediately. How my passengers on my bus feel about it is another matter.
They can’t feel any worse than my flying trapeze partner feels.
Beautiful footage of the low flight.
It took the lives of 62 young men to stop production of just one factory for a few months. War is hell.
I daresay a lot of Dutch workers lives too.
Pelly-Fry. The house from which I'm watching this video from we bought from a Pelly-Fry. The moment that I saw this name I checked with the previous owner and he was indeed their Grandfather. What a coincidence! If anyone is interested, Wing Commander Pelly-Fry wrote an autobiography; "Heavenly Days". He was appointed as an aide to King George VI (living in the palace, as Mark mentiones), yet he also became Station Commander at a base in New South Wales Aus, worked as a commercial pilot in Kenya, ran a delicatessen in Sussex and built model areoplanes.
i can just imagine Father Jack piloting one of those Mosquitos hit by the gulls
"feckin' bords again!"
My Great Uncle flew a Dehavilland Mosquito during ww2, but sadly didn't make it home after a training mission over the Atlantic in stormy weather.
Great video as always.
It was incredibly brave of the Dutch to go on strike. Jerry must have hated the Merlin engine. M.
My dad was involved in that strike
It only lasted 2 days a lot of civilians were shot at the gate and workers were told if they continued more
People would be shot
They went back to work but actively sabotaged production alot of useless products got shipped to Germany
The Germans have had to live with the lies of the victors. When I moved to France I met a man who had been a German "slave". I was appalled and asked him how it was and he replied that "it wouldn't have been different from working on a French farm". If you look at certain videos of the liberation of these camps, you will see happy ,fit, smiling people. I'll leave it to you to discover what happened next.
@@michaelegan6092 You're a lying tool, but not a good one. Perhaps if you click your heels together three times you'll disappear.
Stories like that make me appreciate the Mosquito even more. Can’t wait to have one back in the local air museum.
I can personally vouch for the mosquitoes being hard to hit - especially when the lights in the bedroom are off.
Most audacious, coherent and appropiate comment of today.
You, take the internet cake and a participation award! Thank you for playing!
*cock shotgun* Come into my house will you, ya bastard
This is correct.
😂🤣
Don't you keep a flock of sea birds in your bedroom?
James Pelly-Fry. A very interesting character.His biography,Heavenly Days, is a fascinating read.
Another outstanding story behind the main ww2 common knowledge. I love the mark felton storys, never herad anithing before about the Phillips raid! Rene
Another little known operation detailed perfectly by Mark. Especially enjoyed the original footage!
Their courage is truly inspirational.
@Das Reich 2nd SS Panzer Division : The moral being, don't start something you can't finish.
Awesome video...The wood skin and structure of the Mossie gave it a lower radar signature, and made it one of the first stealth aircraft.
I met James Pelly Fry as a young child. If you ever are lucky enough to read his book, do so it is incredible. The man was an absolute English Gentleman.
LONG shot question: Is there a Roald Dahl connection here?
@@redwingrob1036 Not that I know of mate.
WOW. The Boston, Ventura, Mitchell and the Mosquito are some on my absolute favorite planes
My favourites are the Bf-109 and the Fw-190 (especially the high-altitude variants).
Sillygoose210 _ Mine too! The only Plane I would add is the Junkers Ju 52 :D
For the smaller two engine types like this, I like the look of the Douglas A26 Invader. I saw one of those flying where the Canadian "Mynarski" Lancaster is kept.
My fave of this lot is the B-25. Any idea at all why it wasnt used in this raid?
@@billd.iniowa2263 It was slower than the A-20 or Ventura. B -25 = 272 MPH, 3000 # bombs. A-20 = 317, 4000#, B-34/PV-1 = 322, 3000 #, DH98 = 415, 4000#.
Always love learning more about the war in the air. It’s a subject I have definitely neglected.
During this bombardment of December 6th 1942, 140 Dutch civilians and 7 German soldiers died. In Eindhoven it's called the Sinterklaas bombardment because the Dutch celebrate the birthday of Sinterklaas on the 6th of December.
As stated in this clip, Eindhoven would be bombarded again on March 1943 and again, the day after the liberation of Eindhoven, on the 18th of September as part of Market Garden, on the 19th of September 1944 by the Germans. The first German attack wave was directed at the Philips factories, the second wave hit the city center of Eindhoven. There were 227 deaths and 800 people wounded.
Superb after a long day there is nothing better then this. The mosquito really was the wooden wonder!
One day Matt Damon and Steven Spielberg will visit Mark Felton and go..." Hey Mark, whats a good story for me to make a movie"?
And then probably completely ruin it by changing the nationality of the protagonists...
And then replace the English and other nations with Americans
@@mattwarner8273 great minds...
I once dated a girl from Eindhoven when I was a teen, she was the most beautiful girl I had ever set eyes upon, but I was still young and dumb so it didn't last. That's got nothing to do with this great tale, but it's one hell of a good memory.
Knight Owl: I like the Dutch too, my favourite Europeans. Very nice, pleasant people.
@@StevenKeery I like the Dutch also. They seem to be the only Europeans who understand Americans. They understand what it is like to rebel against a great empire over stupid tax laws and win independence.
@@leonardkrol4481 : That was a sly little dig. Do you feel better for it?
@@StevenKeery I think the Hapsburgs have gotten over it. Then again those big chin guys may have long memories. I better hide.
@@leonardkrol4481 It seems a bit sad to turn a compliment into an argument. The Dutch were themselves great empire builders as were most successful European nations, although, at least they are safe in the knowledge that they didn't build their own nation on the back of slavery and genocide as a rather large country on the other side of the Atlantic did!
It's amazing how many stories come from a tumultuous time. All the filmstrip still available. We should never forget, lest we forget those who gave their all.
The movie "633 Squadron" (1964) tells a different tale, a fictitious one, but it gives a sense of the speed and agility of the Mosquito, the Wooden Wonder, the most versatile airplane in the war.
Me: Everything about history is basically well known.
Dr. Felton: Hold my pint.
Yeah, he consistently puts content out in these stories that I have never heard a peep about!
Hold my Nazi gold
Seabirds eh?
Looks like professor Jones had the right idea when he took out that 109.
frank ryan I suspect that he had some intelligence from a MI6 agent!
Let my armiesh be the rocksh and the shea and the birdsh in the shky.
I thought about the same thing too. Sean Connery was perfect for that role.
frank ryan, it was his dad, and he is called Doctor Jones.
It was a 108 not 109
The Mosquito really was a war-winner. Thanks Mark, wish I'd watched this before I bought a Philips TV!
Good show. It is a relief to see at least some effort being made to avoid civilian casualties.
Chocs away its Mark Felton time again!
Go on The Lads! 👍🇬🇧🇦🇺🇳🇿🇨🇦✌
You forgot 🇮🇳
You forgot 🇮🇳
Great video thanks. The raw bravery of these men never ceases to amaze me.
An older man who I worked with years ago was in the a Royal Navy. He told me he was on deck one day and a Mosquito flew past at sea level, his exact words were it looked 'murderous!'
You know your flying low when power lines, treetops and factory chimneys are a huge threat
My uncle was a test pilot for de Havilland and flew the Mosquito.
Today is a great day. Thanks Dr. Felton!
Just finished “Operation Swallow”. One of Dr. Felton’s best books yet. I whole heartedly recommend it. If you like Mark’s work on UA-cam, you’ll love his books. He’s an incredible storyteller and his fact checking is second to none. There’s no bad place to start with his work either, as any book is a great first read. Thanks for the videos Mark and keep up the great work.
Thanks for your review and a great plug. Much appreciated!
Being born (and still living) in Eindhoven I did know about the allied bombing of the city centre, but never knew all these details. Good stuff.
Being dutch, I didn't know about this raid at all. Thank you!
Really interesting video; thanks for posting. I’m starting to think that I probably learn more about history from Mark Felton’s videos these days than I did from all my history classes at school.
I have to say this Mark Felton has one of those channels so interesting you watch the videos right to the very end. Wonderful presentations.
Thanks....very interesting. Had the privilege of serving in the RAF when Mosquitoes were still operational, as were Spitfires and Lancasters.
Thank you Mark, I always thought that for the Philips raid the Mosquito was the only aircraft type involved on a one plant raid rather than it being a two plant raid, at Strijp and Emmasingel both in Eindhoven. Not surprisingly out of all of the aircraft types the Mossie had the best crew survival rate. You wonder with the bird strike casualty rate whether radial air-cooled engines are more prone to damage with their larger front surface area rather than the inline water-cooled engines such as the Merlin!
Indeed precision bombing wasn’t like now, my mother told me about it when the Brits bombed her home with Hawker Typhoons while the V2 storage was about 1km further down the road. I’m referring to the December 11, 1944.
no worries... it was for the good cause! more information to be found here: www.leiden4045.nl/bombardementen-en-beschietingen/
@De Profundis haha, ah well
The English didn't normally do precision bombing, partly because their technology was backward, and partly because Churchill and his cronies didn't care. He thought the way to win the War was to kill, maim, and burn as many civilians as possible, and to do that it doesn't much matter where in a big city you drop bombs, so long as you include incendaries mixed with high explosive, which is what the Brits did. Fortunately the Americans did do precision bombing and ruined German war production, as otherwise Hitler would have won. Brits were into punishment. Americans were into strategy. My family and lots of others used to hide in the Opel car factory during American air raids. It ended up every building around it was wrecked, but the Opel plant remained intact - it had been owned by GM since 1929.
@@markholroyde9412 I may or may not be a nut, but you sure are an ignorant twit. The decision of the British to target civilians willy-nilly is well documented in many books - and also documented in many books that it was ineffective at reducing the German will and ability to fight. The navigation tools and training available to British aircrews meant they were often doing well to merely hit the right city. The American bombers all had the Norden bombsight, developed before the War, which had a demonstrated accuracy in typical weather conditions of 75 feet (~22 metres). The Norden used a mechanical analogue computer to integrate true ground speed, bomber air speed, and wind speed and direction and automatically control the aircraft and drop at the right time. They spent a lot of time using aerial photography, info from spies, and looking up phone books, trade journals etc to select targets. If the Americans wanted to hit a certain factory in Europe, they hit it. If they didn't, they didn't. They weren't so precise in Japan because the weather was a lot rougher, trade upwind monitoring not as good, and less target information was available.
The Norden accuracy was so good the USAF could and did attack ships from fairly high altitude. The Brits could only attack ships by diving down to low altitude, with considerable risk of being shot down.
@@keithammleter3824 Wow very interesting, protecting their assetts
That footage of the mosquito's flying behind the trees takes my breath away regardless that I have seen it many times. This is a well known op, but as always learnt something from MF, that there were other aircraft types involved too and had the hardest time of it, qualifying how much the Mosie was superior. Thanks Mark as always copied but still the ACE .
I appreciated the personal touches of this program.
Great video as always! Keep up the great work!
I concur!
Hi mark! Today I just got a book named China Station By Mark Felton. The book was so full of detail and good illustrations ( never knew you wrote books )
You’ll be at 1 million subscribers before the year is over!!! Bravo Mark 👏🏻 keep keeping it real and remember... you are just a man Marcus, you are just a man
I worked with a gentleman who flew Mosquitos during the war. He had some fascinating stories.
I just came for the intro music.
Tommy give yourself a treat
Elijah Robert, "Redemption's Last Chance "
It's on UA-cam
"Sorry for smashing your factory up!"
" 'It's alright! As you can see we have a new one as well.' " Hahaha, I've always loved Air Force/Pilot etiquette!
Yes please, more on Mosquitos ...
The young, brave smiling pilot from yesteryear giving a wink to the action camera was priceless. Thank you Dr. Mark Felton.
Thank you for another interesting article, and keeping the memory of these brave men alive.
Clearly, they should've left the Bostons and Venturas at home and carried out the raid with Mosquitos alone. The slower bombers were little more than live bait.
Volume. Not enough planes or capacity. The American planes were good planes really.
Doesn't really matter what plane you take if you're flying 100ft above ground level it's Jesus stoping the flak at that point.
@@sillygoose210_6 No, in such circumstances low altitude would limit your exposure to both flak and fighters, but airspeed is the real life saver. The use of Bostons and Venturas on the raid demonstrates a callous disregard for the lives of the air crews; but so what. That's just the way Bomber Command operated. Low casualties and a commander might be suspected of lacking the required degree of offensive spirit.
WALTERBROADDUS Venturas were obsolete.
@@haroldgodwinson832 It was wartime and they threw up what they could. We were fighting for our lives man on your premise the D day landings would have never been allowed as a callous disregard of human life. Think before you post there's a good chap!
Props to those in the Bostons and Venturas, that is absolutely not what they were designed to do but they did it anyways.
Cheers from Boston-ish Massachusetts.
++ !ndigo Whisker++ Greetings from the Original Boston, in Lincolnshire, England UK...
Mosquitos! A crazy, radical design that spawned a beautiful and much beloved bomber. And very deadly against foes.
I’ve always thought the Mosquito was one of the coolest and most useful planes of the war.
You are not alone
Most versatile aircraft of WW2 only Ju 88 comes close for number of roles it filled
M Bacon would be even more interesting to compare with B17 and B24 when Beech for possible licence production were asked to look at they said it was operationally unsound I think it shows what they knew
Too bad the Dutch civilian losses aren't mentioned here. Around 140 people dead.... Because the raid took place on December 6th the Dutch called it the ''Sinterklaas bombardement''. Although the attack was meant to be a surgical strike a lot of civilians died. There's a monument 'Operation Oyster' situated at the site of the buildings. As Mark mentioned there was a follow up raid in 1943, I don't know much about that one. On September 19th of 1944, the day after its liberation, the German Luftwaffe paid Eindhoven a visit, resulting in over 200 cilivilian casualties.
It's always a tough situation when a legitimate military target is inside a city. The British and allies did their best to minimize civilian casualties, that's all that can be asked.
Er, I would disagree with that statement about the British 'doing their best to minimize civilian casualties'.
That may have been somewhat true in air attacks in occupied countries, but RAF Bomber Command deliberately performed area bombings of German cities to kill and de-house as many civilians as possible (ostensibly to hurt German morale and hasten their surrender-- it didn't work).
Gritty stuff, well done Mark!
Respect to all the people that were involved. Thank you for posting.
The 6th December is a very auspicious date in my book, for several wartime anniversaries, and Ooh! My Birthday 😀
Mine too! Happy birthday in December 😃
There has been an 'argument ' over the years that the Mosquito should have been used on The Dams Raid instead of the Lancs.
Perhaps bringing even greater success to the mission and a greater survival rate amongst the aircrews.
Another very interesting video Mark. 👍🏻
Were the Mosquitos capable of carrying the bouncing bomb?
@@RedXlV I think the Dams bomb would have been too big for the Mossie however there was a later smaller version of the bouncing bomb that could be carried by it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouncing_bomb#Highball
@@RedXlV yes, the Mosquitoes did have their own smaller version of the bouncing bomb called "Highball", but it was never used operationally.
Highball was an anti-ship weapon anyway. It's possible a Mosquito could have been rigged to carry a bomb such as was used on the dams, but the aircraft would have lost its speed advantage.
@@Moggster23 Not sure that the Highball would have packed enough explosive to damage the dam walls
Thank you for producing such amazing videos! This is my favourite channel on UA-cam!
My favorite plane of the WW2 era, the Mosquito was one of the most underrated planes of it's time.
When it was first introduced, a lot of people laughed at it because it was made of wood, but the first pilots that flew them were said to have had a quet snigger at such people, as they then knew what this superb aircraft was capable of doing.
The Mosquito is such an amazing aircraft!
My son is based at RAF Wyton at the mo ..Pathfinder county 👍🇬🇧
Outstanding mark, the wooden wonder was the best of the best, thanks for uploading the video mark. Kind regards Mike. Norfolk. 📹
Outstanding report! Many thanks to the Author!