The WW1 Super Bomber - Gotha G.V
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- Опубліковано 9 сер 2021
- Just as Londoners were able to sleep again after the German Zeppelin attacks had ceased during World War I, a new threat emerged: the Gotha.
The Gotha G.V was the world's first mass-produced bomber. The Germans initially used it to bomb the English capital during the day. But as the war progressed, their strategy changed to nighttime raids.
Thousands of citizens would take cover during the nights fearing surprise attacks, but the lack of English culture would ultimately be the Germans' stumbling block during one last massive raid.
Still, the Gothas had a significant impact on England's history, from hundreds of lives lost to the ignition of the legendary Royal Air Force and even the change of the Royal Family's name.
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I recall a military historian explaining flying in WW1. On a freezing cold morning drive your car down the freeway at 120 mph. Now roll down the window and stick your head outside. Thats what its like.
Or a motorbike
And keep it out there for several hours.
This is HIGHLY informative. I had no clue the royals changed their name because of this.
It wasn't the only reason but it was definitely one of them - probably the final straw! Basically the entire country developed very negative feelings towards the Germans. Obviously this was embarrassing for the Royal Family which was, essentially, German. But anyone who had Germanic connections tried to hush-it up. People who owned German Shepherd dogs started calling them Alsatians, house or business names which sounded Germanic were taken down and so on. Even in the early 1960s my mother would whisper to me that I had a German ancestor - like it was shameful or something!
It is fascinating how many tons of bombs the Gotha bombers could hold. For a WWI aircraft they were amazing.
They packed a lot of freedom but were slower than evolution.
Bearing in mind the Wright Bros. managed the first controlled, sustained, heavier-than-air flight in December 1903 it’s an awesome achievement. Of course jets by the 30’s is pretty incredible also. Truly, the 2 world wars did amazing things for flight technology.
They held half a ton of bombs each not tons. Which for a bomber that weighed the same as an early Spitfire wasn't bad.
Impressive maybe but fascinating?
@@justanotherfella4585 "War is the engine of technological innovation."
The Germans should've have played a game of one-upmanship and immediately changed the plane's name to the Windsor.
They could've trapped the UK Foreign Office in an infinite regression of propaganda.
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LMAO
My great-grandfather flew these in night raids during the spring offensive of 1918.
Britain after WW1 seemed dead set on re-fighting the last war. But it could be said the Gotha caused the British to develop their air defence systems. Maybe they needed that shock to invest in radar.
Very interesting! They were very modern for the period but perhaps the Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI was the most advanced of them all and was very large with a wingspan of 42.2 m (138 ft 5 in) with a service ceiling of 3,710 m (12,170 ft) powered by 4 engines with a range about 800 miles easily carrying a load of 1,000 kg, quite impressive figure but it was one of a series of large bombers called Reisenflugzeuge intended to bomb principally London. As usual you did a very good job with very interesting footages 👍👍👍
Great video. I look forward to y'all dark skies, seas and space videos every week. I would love to see a video on the Bell P-39 Airacobra or the Fairey Swordfish Torpedo Bomber.
You asked if I wanted to see a particular type plane, or I would imagine, "aircraft" (to be used loosely, of course.) and the VERY first aircraft that popped into my giant cranium was the short-lived flight of "Lawn chair Larry"...Although not really a military craft, it, perhaps "Larry" was indeed armed..with an air pistol to shoot the ballons to return safely to the Earth.
I want to see that.
Yes
@@ihateemael
No.
They were ballons,
according to the OP.
Fantastic how much old footage you have compiled. Incredible.
Indeed, very appreciated!
Exactly where I want to be NOT, up front in what looks like an Alum. 55 gal drum with the top off. @ least you had a machine gun to hang on to.
You've got to be another Aussie ! lol
They hadn't even been issued parachutes yet ! That didn't happen till after the war.
The crew would have been told parachutes are for wussies. Get on with it you’ll be back in time for tea & scones or stollen.
@@davidelliott5843 I don't think "tea & scones" is something a German crew would eat.
And remember, NO PARACHUTES!!!
@J D Ahh no, I'm an Aussie.
Its worth saying that the reason behind the biplane setup really have nothing to do with lift. Its about structural integrity. When they switch to aluminum spar this was no longer needed.
the experimental pre WWI bomber Sikorsky Ilya Muromets would be cool to see Dark Skies!
13th June 1917. See 3:20.
On that day my grandfather was in his top floor office in Fenchurch Street, along with 20 or more young female typists. when a bomb from a Gotha bomber, fell through the roof and exploded in the office.
My father (then six years old) was standing across the road with his mother and sister, on their way to visit the office and their father.
The explosion blew out the office, and occupants and the street below was showered with bricks, and furniture, and body parts of the many young girls, and the dismembered head of my grandfather. The lives of my father, his mother and his sisters changed for the worse on that day.
Not once in 75 years did he mention it, but he spent his life jealously guarding his wife and children convinced that those you love will be taken from you.
This atrocity was less publicised than the effects of another bomb which landed on a junior school in Poplar killing young children.
Love the WW1 vids. Keep them commin!
Another fascinating video thanks for sharing
Another excellent episode. Thank you. I was wondering if you guys could do a video on the Consolidated B-24.
Yet another video well enjoyed as I didn't know the history of the Gotha aircraft. Keep up the interesting good work enjoy the videos
Me too' I had imaged that they were a joke. I enjoy Dark Skies brimmed full of information in a relatively short time span. Thank you.
Interesting to see and hear more about the WWI planes, both the fighters and the bombers. I for once am very interested in WWI planes, and WWI bombers are also interesting to read about. Like the Zeppelin STaaken and the British Handley Page 0/400 bomber. They are the pioneers and predecessors of the WWII bombers.
Love your channels sir, bravo.
How about a Gunther Prien Scapa Flow film? True derring-do!
PS HG Wells saw the ‘War in the Air’ coming :P
This was such a highly interesting video and topic thank you very much for covering it
> "By 1917 no bomber could house more than two 112 pound bombs"
> Russian "Ilya Muromets", built by Sikorsky. First flight - 1914. Payload - up to 500kg (about 1100 lb). About eighty units were built during the entire war, which, of course, is not very much, but it is still mass production.
Was that usable bomb load or just it can take-off with this much then has to land again bomb load?
@@Ushio01 Yes, it was. On early models it was max payload, so yeah, in 1914 with full armament it would be rather short range bomber, and usually it carried around 300 kg (661 lb) of bombs. But in 1916 when it got Renault engines, its max payload increased to 1000 kg, so with 500 kg payload it operated perfectly fine. Keep in mind that it also had machine guns on board, and bombs wasn't stored only underneath the wings, it had primitive internal bomb bay.
Enjoyed!😊
I believe you meant incendiary bullets, not explosive.
Or he ment explosive anti-aircraft shells?
@@Railriderchris perhaps
We need more WW1 content. The Sikorsky Ilya Morumets would be a great one.
I was going to mention that one as well. Then I saw your comment 👍
Slow down narration speed to 0.9. Then overlay it over video for an excellent result
I believe it is pronounced "Go-ta".
Yes, it is the name of a german city and pronounced with a "t", not "th".
Great video :) I’d suggest the disasters that were the ww2 German projects to develop the Messerschmitt Me-210 & Junkers Ju-288
I would love to see the F-16XL covered
Thank you for reporting .
I was a bit disappointed that you did not mention the "Gotha Tunnel". A weak spot among bombers was the attack that came from underneath. The Gotha's had a raised rear portion of the fuselage, allowing a gun to be placed near the tail that could shoot down and protect the normal weak spot. Gotha gunners could move through the fuselage, via a tunnel, to man other gun positions on the aircraft.
I’ve always had a sneaking admiration for whichever English Officer or Politician who determined that the 1st April would be the day the RAF was created.
21,300' service ceiling. That would be cold AF
Some Gotha had a hidden secret gun in the underbelly firing to the rear for extra defence
I have a scrap of a Gotha's wing fabric dated to the January 18 raid. Happy to know more about it, thank you
Drops Bombs on London, King George V a Prince of Saxe-Coburg and *Gotha* "You may call us Windsors now and henceforth."
Thank you👍🇳🇿
Goat-a, not Goth-a.
This shows the inherent strength of the British. They have been through it twice and there is no reason to believe they couldn't do it again if they had to.
I remember seeing this plane along with many others in the movie Flyboys, always has a love for WW1 birds.
Flyboys is supposedly WW2....bit of a difference
@@micksedunary7304 No it's not... OL J R :)
Thanks
If you have access to more info - one of the seldom told stories for American air power is Boeing's Y1B9 "Death Angel" ... I mean the name alone was a first. First all metal monoplane heavy bomber, and almost no real stories about it or any other inter-war heavy like the Martin B-10. I used to love flying both of them in Flight Simulator X.
Seriously not meant as nitpicking, just in case you might be interested, a german would pronounce this name more like 'Go-TA', with an elongated 'O'.
Gotha is the german city that was home of the 'Gothaer Waggonfabrik', which initially build carousels, then switched to trams, rail cars etc and then to Zeppelins and soon, planes and the Gotha heavy bomber.
I did not know that about J.C. Smuts.
You ever heard of the Heinkel he219 Uhu night fighter.. this was the best night fighter Germany had in the second ww.. I love this channel
I like to see more of World War 1.
I know the British had these huge man-made Rock formations that were used to listen for German aircraft they were a precursor to radar
Acoustic ears were post wwI but pre ww2 as I recall
You should make a video about Douglas Bader, the ace with no leg!
Can you do one abut The swedish Saab b17?
Thats such an amazingplane for that time
I would like the music that is used in this segment. Thanks.
I'd like to see the Atlas Cheetah covered
It wasn't explosive bullets was it? I thought it was incendiary/tracer rounds that would set blimps on fire that stopped the zeppelins?
I think it was a combination load of all 3 bullet types, plus the tactic and mechanicals to fly under the zeppelin/ blimp and fire machine guns straight up with with the combo series rounds. That would punch & explode & burn wide enough holes in the Zep's underside that oxygen could get in well enough to enable the Zeppelin to explode in fire. Before then: despite being filled with hydrogen, bullets would zing right through them, not much damage. =Not enough oxygen could get inside to set off the Zep.
nice
Interesting
"English Government"? That's like calling the US Government the "Texan Government" or the "Californian Government". England is just one constituent country of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly referred to as just 'Britain' or the 'UK'. It's the "British Government" you mean.
The only thing "British" about the UK is Wales. Naming your country after a people against whom you unsuccessfully tried to commit genocide is the very height of bad taste.
@@archenema6792 I'm a first language Welsh speaker, living in Carmarthenshire and a card carrying member of Plaid Cymru which is exactly why I posted the comment . Making assumptions is often a bad idea when on the internet.
@@Simonsvids Then you are a traitor to your people. You probably celebrate the anniversary of Aberfan every year.
@@archenema6792 If I agree that the national parliament of my island should be called English, it would be to deny the existence of Wales and Scotland, who also elect members of parliament to the parliament of this island! You are just as bad as the English why tried to stamp out our very existence. You obviously have no idea of what you are talking about and have no idea of the politics involved. No doubt you are of English or partial English descent who want us Celts written out of the history books. Now I agree an alternative name could be the Wales Scotland and English Government (as those are the territories it covers) but that would be a bit of a mouthful. Therefore British Government will do for now until we in Wales and Scotland get our independence. Scotland will probably get it first as the SNP already hold a majority in their regional parliament. You also have no idea about what Plaid Cymru is so if I were you I would stick to commenting on politics your side of the pond.
@@Simonsvids I am an American. I'm half Ulster Scots and half Black Irish Protestant, and I don't have a drop of Sassanach blood. None of my ancestors would have polluted themselves that way. I'm not a Pan-Celtic flake or a Unionist, I'm an Ulster Nationalist. I couldn't care less about the SNP, because less than 10% of the population of Scotland is Scots, and everyone there is a communist, anyway.
The enemies of my people have a slogan that they use in Eire and in America, 26+6=1. My math works out to 2-3=5. You will never be free until you have a free country, and you will never have a free country as long as you continue to feel any affinity for those who committed horrific crimes against your people for over a thousand years.
I want to see the Zeppelin Bomb raids of WWI.
Can you do an episode on the first stealth bomber of the Great War? The Linke-Hofmann R1
Is it is just me or did anything else think that the video title was short for,”Germany got the heavy bombers”
An amazing bomber at the time. WOW
Sikorsky's Ilya Muromets were the first series produced large bombers predating the Gothas.
I wish you could still fly those
Love your subject manner, keep up the great topics
Did the bombers just keep hitting the same buildings over and over again? Like could the bombers try to hit another target?
(Just being a smart @ss, DS!)
Can you do an article of the WWII Fisher P-75, one of the first US fighter plane intended for the long range fighter escort role, and its production fiasco with a factory that was built for a fighter that never entered production...
Not why they changed their name! Maybe a 10% reason; but even that is questionable! You need to update!
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Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI entered the chat.
There is a USA PBS documentary on how the British/UK defeated the bombers using Sopwith 1 1/2 strutter but some special models they had the USA make for them since they feared the Germans Bombing the factories they had temporarily stopped production at and what they had to do to modify the planes further in the field and all, that documentary was something.
On this channel is the Zeppelin Stakken R-series the biggest plane that dropped bombs in WWI/Great War and one of the models was one of the biggest to ever drop bombs in wartime, some Russian propaganda plane would have been biggest plane to drop bombs in wartime in WW2 had it not crashed in the 1930's
Hans was proud
Who is Hans ?
let us know which pilot called Hans had flown that plane !
I guess close to no Hans had ever flown such plane as pilot.
But was he the badie?
"GOH-tah"...
Anything relating to zeppelins please.
You also missed the new incendiary bombs made specially for these bombers - 10's of thousands were made and then dumped in the Rhine when the ground offensive failed. Basically the same bomb was made by the British in WW2 (even the same weight) and dropped by the millions on Germany.
There is technically no such thing as an 'English Government' although practically that is exactly what it is considering how it treats the other three constituent parts of the UK
There is! It governs one third of the British Isles. Just like the SNP over Scotland.
Ha! It’s like level 22-23(?) of Atari’s Combat, where P1 is white with 3 little biplanes and P2 is black with 1 huge biplane!
after they lost the war you took the gotha and said gotcha
Best bomber of world war one
The movie "FlyBoys" has a scene where a couple French Biplanes engage a Gotha bomber
We going back to WW1 BOIS!!
roots are roots and you can not change your roots and blood , the have german roots
and Gotha was part of that, I mean the city. The plane got his name from the factory.
It is pronounced GOTA not gotha with a th ... which is important cause no german would know about a GOTHA pronounced the british way..
Wipers
Ahhhhh
his voice is so intense
The mention of British development of radar being a result of the Gotha raids causes me to comment: that was a long time coming! Radar was hardly even a concept at the end of WWI. It was almost 20 years before the Chain Home radar system was developed. But then again, the British, like the Americans, seriously downsized their militaries after the bloodbath of WWI.
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In Battle Field 1 habe ich alle Bomber ab geschossen.
To listen at 0.75
Another irony, the Gotha were instrumental in forming the English doctrine on Bombing and Bombers, that culminated in the so-called “Strategic Bombing Campaign” against Nazi Germany, which caused German civilians to suffer more casualties than German armed forces in WW2 AND the RAF to suffer more casualties than the British Army in the invasion of Europe!
Did he just say 'the lack of English culture'?
WW1 started in August 1914 not July.
Another great video but please don't use "England" as an alternative to "Britain", its like using the word "Holland" for "The Netherlands".
@Brian Roome Sir, you are without doubt an utter end of a bell. You're comments are laughable. Such a "handbags at 10 paces" comment makes me wonder if you're secretly jealous of us Brits?🤣If you hate Britain that much how about you stop using the English language or indeed the world wide web?
How did they fly at 20k feet? Did they have supplemental oxygen masks back then? What misery that must have been with the temperatures at any altitude.
No you just frozen
@@treerat7631 frozen or not, still need oxygen. Over 10k feet .. 14k etc.. sketchy flying and all.
@@peter-radiantpipes2800 ture so I think that they kept too 10,000 max
It's pronounced Go-Ta
How about something people never talk about, like Caproni's aircraft.
It is nice to see someone talk about the Gotha, but it seems to be about the only WW1 era bomber that anyone ever talks about. There are far more interesting heavy (for the time) aircraft out there. Including ones that make this one look like a fighter in comparison.
edit: I cannot verify it, but I have been told that the name "Gotha" is pronounced more like goat-ah instead of goth-ah.
Gotha is pronounced Go - tuh
England Lol
Ennathu Gotha va en gommala nu vekkirathu
Talks way to quickly.... Slow down!
The bombing carried out by the Gothas was the reason our royal family changed their name to Windsor.
Bull faeces
If Germany and England joined forces we all would speak biden
This looks like old War
Ww1 1914-1918