@Joe bloggs yes but it was composed to be played when the luftwaffe were on screen so it's not nothing to do with them, they still play it for them now
@Joe bloggs dude, chill out, and go rewatch the film. I know it's called aces high, but even in the freaking commentary is referred to as the Luftwaffe march or theme. It's rather explicitly their leitmotif.
WW2 ended in 1945 so it's been over 75 years of German people or any people in fact NOT looking up at Spitfires. Great majority of people who actually seen Spitfires doing their things are dead and young people look down to their phones. Even as a joke it doesn't work. Merlin engine is a legend today but back then it was just a tool to kill poeple. And not the only one. Quit being one of those people who say "we won the war", you didn't even exist at that time.
It wouldn't be surprising James was excited about this because he has engaged the Germans many times especially as Squad Leader of No. 55 Squadron RAF or the Hammersmith Cockerspaniels Squadron during World War II and yes, he did defeat the legendary but mostly idiotic commander of the Luftwaffe's Gorilla Regiment Generalfeldmarschall Jeremy von Clarkson in the North Africa campaign. And he won the Victoria Cross after the war.
@Helen McDermid i always thought German would be easy to learn as its gutteral like ours and quite a few similar sounding words? Wasser-Water, Danke-Thanks, Ja-Yes, nicht gut-not good, achtung-attention, freund-friend....see, easy peasy! 😂👍🏻
This is beautifully produced and with great style and humour as well. The cues and analogies drawn are absolutely fantastic. Well done old TopGear....but the show is OWNED by Clarkson, May and Hammond. No one comes close to these three rascally, irreverent yet extremely likeable fellows.
Come on Biggles Come on Algy ....absolutely just phenomenal references to Capt W E Johns and that lovely inspiring music from The Battle of Britain. This just has to be the best grand entrance ever.
Flying a spitfire with the Battle of Britain theme playing is one of the few ways of meeting a German Other options include "flying a Lancaster with a strange barrel attatched while playing the dambusters theme" or "flying a mosquito while playing the 633 squadron theme"
Someone at some uncertain time in some uncertain BBC planning department office looked at their colleagues and said: "why don't we have them arrive in spitfires?" And I hope that person got a raise.
J M ngl that’s a lot of cringe you’ve gone with there. If half of all your whining about the “Marxist” (lol) BBC was true they’d never have green lit this. You do realise they actually produced this right?
Two people in this video that are dead now Sabine Schmitz the racing driver and also the spitfire pilot with the letters OUV on the middle spitfire pilot is Carolyn Grace who was killed on 2nd December in car crash. R.I.P to them both
I don't know how much money or unnecessary red tape it cost the BBC to put that together. It was worth it. The Ron Goodwin piece playing couldn't have been more perfect. Tally-Ho Gents!
It makes me feel embarrassed to be British. We’re obsessed with a war that ended 75 years ago where we played second fiddle to the Russians and Americans
@@James-jl4jt : Well , Clarkson wanted to settle it in the skies over southern England , so I believe they are aiming at the battle of Britain , even though the Spitfires have D-day markings. THAT was one of Britains finest hours.
@@jones6613 yes on the one hand it’s definitely something to be proud of. But on the other hand it’s time we stopped dwelling on it so much and moved on given how long ago it was, especially when you look at how both the german and japanese economies have eclipsed that of britain since total ruin in 1945.
@@musicbruv rolls royce cars are owned and manufactured by bmw and assembled in the UK, though with brexit I imagine not for long whereas rolls royce engines split years ago and became government subsidized towards the end of the cold war and they share nothing in common apart from the name with each other
You should see Jeremy's Jaguar tribute, And Their tribute to British made vehicles. (Not disagreeing with with you, just saying they have a long line of British tributes in their show.) ua-cam.com/video/66owXqZaexs/v-deo.html and ua-cam.com/video/vmcmqTAu6b8/v-deo.html
Why what the leaf? Because Canada flew spitfires We also built the Lancaster and Mosquito fighter / bomber and sent them and Food First aid Ammo Rubber Metal and Troops and other resoruces over sea with are own ships and men of the Navy while under fire from German U-boats both ways while bring back Old, Sick, Wounded POWs Young, Women from England. We were the first to clear are missions In Normandy at a high price facing the best of the enemy mixed in with German tanks We were the first to have Native Code Talkers As my grandfather spoke Cree French and English and was apart of the D-day landings As his great great great great great grandfather done with King william and the Normans in 1066 or His great grandfather done with the Vikings and the attack on france......Or in short to Honor the past
And nobody noticed, Britain lost the war, too, even though they made it look like a victory. And there was operation paperclip, where they transfered all Nazis into USA. So who lost what?
@@0nem1leh1gh Germany won in the end because the allies won. It drastically changed the landscape of the world, and kicked the Germans back into gear to be the best without trying to destroy everything. Had Nazi Germany won, the world would not have been a better place for it, and for all we know, Germany itself could be a shadow of what it is now.
What a way to arrive. And yes it was staged , they landed at Duxford (notice the hangars in the back and also note the difference in weather between landing and arriving at the circuit) but who cares.
Except they probably didn’t even fly over. Notice how there is never a direct shot with the Germans and planes together you never see both at the same time. Those spitfires are based in the uk and are 70 years old. I doubt they flew those planes to Belgium. I suspect the plane bit was shot in the uk and then they asked the Germans to pretend the planes were there and edit it together.
A 262 is NOT the ideal plane for downing a Spitfire. Sure, you got the speed, and the firepower but you've got to hit it first time. Rather have a 190 D9 or a Gustav than a 262.
George W. Bush Brits don t have to worry, it's German WW2 engineering so it would probably break down before it even got there and be abandoned for lack of spare parts.
Fun fact, the 88mm was originally a Flak cannon and was only discovered to be an effective anti-tank cannon when one of the flak emplacements fired at an advancing Sherman and completely annihilated it.
1:06 Sabine (god rest her soul, what a sport she was) I could shut my eyes listen to her words and see her as the elegant blond haired senior German pilot in the Battle of Britain where they sit down for a grand meal and toast their skills and fallen colleagues.
The best part is the Luftwaffe March plays when the germans arrived
Yep, if you know the film then this whole bit is just perfect
@Joe bloggs yes but it was composed to be played when the luftwaffe were on screen so it's not nothing to do with them, they still play it for them now
@Joe bloggs it's rather explicitly the Luftwaffe theme in the movie.
@Joe bloggs dude, chill out, and go rewatch the film. I know it's called aces high, but even in the freaking commentary is referred to as the Luftwaffe march or theme. It's rather explicitly their leitmotif.
I believe they used the German national anthem in the actual episode
This is almost as good as sending a Police truck to pick up the Aussie Top Gear guys from the air port.
*better, for struthid sake it has a spitfire!
It's better spitfires and a db5
@@joshuadebole6114 it’s a db6
I honestly think this one is better but their both amazing
I couldn't stop laughing when they picked them up in a prison van i almost pissed myself i was laughing so hard
Producer: "You're representing the BBC. You can't just turn up and go on about the war."
*Arriving in Spitfires with Battle of Britain tune*
"don't mention the war"
James May: :D
#faultytowers
I mentioned it once but I think I got away with it alright.
Proceeds to mention the war non-stop
The only acceptable way to meet anybody German.
What about in a T-34 tank with Katyusha blasting?
@@raptorjesus3894 even better. A BT-2 . Just jump in and drift a little.
How about a lancaster?
What about with the entire 1966 England National Football Team?
What about a horde of B17’s, b24’s and P51’s?
If your opponent arrives in a Spitfire,
you have lost.
It’s either loose the race or get stir at from the skies
As a half-German, this is awesome. The Spitfire is one of the prettiest airplanes ever made.
I may be a bit biased but I also think the Spitfire is a beautiful aircraft. it does not look like a killing machine.
You know the Spitfire was developed by the Royal Air Force right?
@@BirkinIdk It was developed by Supermarine.
'You can't just turn up and go on about the war' *James May smiling maliciously*
Me: 'Holy shit, this is going to be good.'
Germans when they hear a Merlin engine flying over their heads:
*Ah shit, here we go again*
Brits when they hear a HE-111 over their skies: *ah shit, here we go again*
@@MausOfTheHouse when you say us Brits are like "here we go again". Do you mean winning? Hahaha
@@OrionsWarriorUK yes I do.
@@MausOfTheHouse off to the Bomb shelter we go!
WW2 ended in 1945 so it's been over 75 years of German people or any people in fact NOT looking up at Spitfires. Great majority of people who actually seen Spitfires doing their things are dead and young people look down to their phones. Even as a joke it doesn't work. Merlin engine is a legend today but back then it was just a tool to kill poeple. And not the only one. Quit being one of those people who say "we won the war", you didn't even exist at that time.
0:23 I love how casual Jeremy is.
"Obviously we needed somewhere to stage this."
"Ah, yes, and I suggested in the skies above southern England."
And also May, "Belgium, which is country invented so that Britain and Germany would have somewhere to sort out their differences".
Pandu Widagdo lol you right. Also the smile James gives after Richard says "about the war."
Cameron Schmid m
Sabine: so sad to hear of her passing. Still remember her driving a van around the Nürburgring.
Oh no. What happened to her?
@@generichuman2044 she past away due to sickness. There are Too Gear tribute about her,looks on YT
@@kuzman36 "Too Gear" 💀
As a German i have to say this point goes to Britain.
I mean, it could have been meaner, they could have arrived in a Lancaster.
Imagine Clarkson at the guns XD
It would have been better, still
The Germans could have arrived in a Tiger tank...and squashed TGs cars...
@@charlesharper2357 Nope, as the only Tiger 1 that can still run is at The Tank Museum, Bovington UK. The others are static displays.
@@haraldlorentzen40
Stop being a jerk...
It wouldn't be surprising James was excited about this because he has engaged the Germans many times especially as Squad Leader of No. 55 Squadron RAF or the Hammersmith Cockerspaniels Squadron during World War II and yes, he did defeat the legendary but mostly idiotic commander of the Luftwaffe's Gorilla Regiment Generalfeldmarschall Jeremy von Clarkson in the North Africa campaign.
And he won the Victoria Cross after the war.
then he introduced Princess Anne to a Reliant Scimitar
RIP Sabine Schmitz
May she rest in peace 😣
Such a loss...
The German language sounds like it takes a lot of effort per word.
Takes a lot more effort to speak englisch, Id say
*Laughs in Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän*
@Helen McDermid i always thought German would be easy to learn as its gutteral like ours and quite a few similar sounding words? Wasser-Water, Danke-Thanks, Ja-Yes, nicht gut-not good, achtung-attention, freund-friend....see, easy peasy! 😂👍🏻
Upstaging the Germans will never grow old!
Pray to the channel !!!
Rip Sabine
I love the German presenters for playing along with this. Good sports!
It's honestly amazing they weren't "oFfEndEd" 😆 really good show from them, big respect 👍
Lol. They literally knew this would happen. Sabine knows jeremy.
i mean, the uk is a 3rd tier country these days. let them have their jollies.
@@aredub1847 why are you a dickhead?
This is beautifully produced and with great style and humour as well. The cues and analogies drawn are absolutely fantastic. Well done old TopGear....but the show is OWNED by Clarkson, May and Hammond. No one comes close to these three rascally, irreverent yet extremely likeable fellows.
Like how Jeremy went in for the greeting kisses with the Nuburgring woman, then May went in to do the same, but she rejected it and saluted xD
Come on Biggles Come on Algy ....absolutely just phenomenal references to Capt W E Johns and that lovely inspiring music from The Battle of Britain. This just has to be the best grand entrance ever.
Tune in next week for our grand arrival in Nagasaki on B-29 bombers
I don't think that would end well.
Could be worse. Showing up in Honolulu in an A6M Zero.
@@ph89787 arriving in London in a 109
@@banditmc12 it would be a 111 109 never hurt London
@@dontcare3049 why not a dornier as well if we are being pedantic
This the most British thing ever
Yup
Yep. And we're proud of it. Have a problem? Sure you have independence and burgers. But we have spitfires!
Brae Jordan G-CDJK
It wasn’t meant to be an insult..
Brae Jordan G-CDJK Tad too patriotic to take that as an insult aren’t you?
@@antonyd6649 or maybe you shouldve considered I was joking?
Meanwhile on the ground, "Ach Scheiße, Jetzt geht es wieder los"
I remember watching this when it first came out. When they cut to the spitfires, I Jumped out of my chair and burst into a laughing cheer.
Flying a spitfire with the Battle of Britain theme playing is one of the few ways of meeting a German
Other options include "flying a Lancaster with a strange barrel attatched while playing the dambusters theme" or "flying a mosquito while playing the 633 squadron theme"
DriftFC3S lmao
How about riding in on the cupola of a Sherman?
unclejoeoakland or a churchill
Someone at some uncertain time in some uncertain BBC planning department office looked at their colleagues and said: "why don't we have them arrive in spitfires?" And I hope that person got a raise.
Same
J M ngl that’s a lot of cringe you’ve gone with there. If half of all your whining about the “Marxist” (lol) BBC was true they’d never have green lit this. You do realise they actually produced this right?
"Don't mention the war"
-Basil Fawlty
“I mentioned it once but I THINK I got away with it…”
"You started it!"
@@scsutton1 "No we didn't!" "Yes you did..you invaded Poland!" Classic stuff.
The beautiful Sabine, very sadly missed RIP
Spitfires to the theme from Battle of Britain, epic, but yeah, the forever Queen of the Nürburgring is what really made my eyes get a little misty.
They should put a statue of her in the Nurburgring
@@ZACKMAN2007 you are not wrong, she was amazing, so much fun and always smiling and cheerful. I miss her
I can imagine the Germans thinking when they saw the Spits coming in was "Oh no, not again..."
The Germans spotting the invasion markings: "Ah scheiße!!"
They were probably rather sad they didn't bring their 88's 😅
If we had known we would have brought our ME262, just for the sake of having fun.
I miss Sabine. I liked her when she was on Top Gear. She was so much nicer than I was expecting her to be.
She was an extraordinary person. She will be missed and remembered forever
RIP Sabine Schmitz....
F
rip sabine schmitz
Two people in this video that are dead now Sabine Schmitz the racing driver and also the spitfire pilot with the letters OUV on the middle spitfire pilot is Carolyn Grace who was killed on 2nd December in car crash. R.I.P to them both
Man… I know it was a big joke, but to see those three Spitfires in formation just gives you goosebumps… and that’s from a Yank.
Understandable considering the Spitfire and Mustang were essentially blood brothers by war's end.
No, no, no, Jeremy... I’m afraid we really cannot fit the guns back in and fire some blanks at them, just for a good laugh. 🤪
Who said they were blanks ?
DONT MENTION THE WAR
Too late
0:21
What is that woman’s in the bacground reaction? 😂
She might be a german! lol ;)
she forgot if she took out the meatloaf earlier
She tried to fart silently but failed
I don't know how much money or unnecessary red tape it cost the BBC to put that together. It was worth it. The Ron Goodwin piece playing couldn't have been more perfect. Tally-Ho Gents!
"we're on our own, we're playing for time, and it's running out!"
This made me feel patriotic and I’m not even British
are you apart of the commonwealth
It makes me feel embarrassed to be British. We’re obsessed with a war that ended 75 years ago where we played second fiddle to the Russians and Americans
@@James-jl4jt : Well , Clarkson wanted to settle it in the skies over southern England , so I believe they are aiming at the battle of Britain , even though the Spitfires have D-day markings. THAT was one of Britains finest hours.
@@James-jl4jt be proud... it’s a good thing Britain won the war
@@jones6613 yes on the one hand it’s definitely something to be proud of. But on the other hand it’s time we stopped dwelling on it so much and moved on given how long ago it was, especially when you look at how both the german and japanese economies have eclipsed that of britain since total ruin in 1945.
Good old British humour; self-deprecating, but classy
The sound of those Merlins send shivers up my spine!!!!
Perhaps second only to the Rolls Royce Olympus engines of the Vulcan
The 'Invasion Stripes' on the wings are the icing on the cake :-D
Top 10 hardest flexes in world history
thank you stig
rolls royce merlin should be on spotify
Aye! I'l drink t' that!
Luiz Almeida it prectically is. But at the beginning of 'Spitfire' by Public Service Broadcasting
Daniel Dyson my favourite band. Seen them live twice. They always play spitfire at every show
It's even better when you know that the song at 1:24 is the battle of britain theme
Also the 0:56 german theme
@@aimnotjouk734 ah yes the Luftwaffe March
@Ian Turner yep
The Germans were probably saying: "Achtung Spitfire!"
I hate to say it as a car guy, but damn the merlin's sound bloody amazing
They say that "there is only one other thing in the world that sounds like a Merlin, and that's another Merlin"!
It's still a rolls royce.
@@MunkEMann rolls royce cars and rolls royce engines have absolutely nothing to do with each other
@@saabaton169 Rolls Royce cars use Rolls Royce engines.
@@musicbruv rolls royce cars are owned and manufactured by bmw and assembled in the UK, though with brexit I imagine not for long whereas rolls royce engines split years ago and became government subsidized towards the end of the cold war and they share nothing in common apart from the name with each other
uploaded from 2010 yet people are still watching this and commenting on it. everyone sure does miss old top gear
"We're on our own. We've been playing for time. And it's running out!"
Sabine RIP ❤
I love how they went straight up showing off. Australians? Prison van. Germans? Spitfires. Duh!
Sabine RIP
1:40
*Hammond:* "Niemczy, Niemczy! Na dole."
*May:* "Nie widzę ich. Gdzie?"
*Hammond:* "Na dole, na prawo."
*May:* "Idźcie na nich! Bijcie ich!"
Clarkson: *"Stop that Polish chatter!"*
"And steer two, three, zero!"
"Repeat please!"
"I say again, two, three, zero!"
@@richardphilpott1013 Repeat please!
@@jannespor8178 For crying out loud - two, three, zero!
@@richardphilpott1013 Repeat please!
@@yveaux500 Now just shut up the lot of you, and follow me. Unless you’re blind as well as……Oh God strewth!
R.I.P Sabine . . .
This one never gets old.
probably the most British thing I have seen, ever
You should see Jeremy's Jaguar tribute, And Their tribute to British made vehicles.
(Not disagreeing with with you, just saying they have a long line of British tributes in their show.)
ua-cam.com/video/66owXqZaexs/v-deo.html
and
ua-cam.com/video/vmcmqTAu6b8/v-deo.html
oeh, sounds fun. I will check it out, thnx!
you are right, that Jaguar tribute is truly the most British thing I have ever seen.
I love how Clarkson's Spit has a larger canopy. To better fit his brilliance, of course.
😂🤣
To fit him, because he's fat, not tall.
Rip Sabine
....and not a single mention of that one particular war!
I see someone watches Squire and his carrier pigeons
Which war? 😋
Rolls Royce Merlin the original sound of freedom.
I don't care what anybody says, that's one of the greatest entrances of all time.
I never get tired of watching this clip. The music and the planes!
Achtung Spitfire!....Bloody Marvellous!
Yes sir
@@grasshopper2468 Always! 👌
RIP Sabine
What??
@@BorisLvovsky-s1t she died of cancer back in march 2021 may she rest in peace
Those Merlins...
27 litres of pure Britishness.
Followed by 1 x 4 litre, 2 x 4.7 litre Astons
I'll have a cup of Tea and Croissant, ta.
Ok chaps when you arrive don't mention the war.
You watch this and have to wonder why everyone made such a fuss about a number plate in argentina
Good to see at least one of those Spitfires had invasion stripes.
Happy to see a Canadian maple leaf on it too
why?
Why what the leaf? Because Canada flew spitfires We also built the Lancaster and Mosquito fighter / bomber and sent them and Food First aid Ammo Rubber Metal and Troops and other resoruces over sea with are own ships and men of the Navy while under fire from German U-boats both ways while bring back Old, Sick, Wounded POWs Young, Women from England. We were the first to clear are missions In Normandy at a high price facing the best of the enemy mixed in with German tanks
We were the first to have Native Code Talkers As my grandfather spoke Cree French and English and was apart of the D-day landings As his great great great great great grandfather done with King william and the Normans in 1066 or His great grandfather done with the Vikings and the attack on france......Or in short to Honor the past
Because the Canadians in WWII were damn good pilots, that's why.
Top Gun Maverick, UK Release (circa 2008)
me, a belgian: FINALLY I KNOW THE REASON OF MY EXISTENCE
May 7th 2023
@@captainzoom854 our day of reckoning is nigh
This is the class this show had. To turn up anywhere in three spits is just pure class. Awesome entrance.
R.I.P Sabine
Poor Germans they will be reminded that they lost the war for the next 10 centuries.
2 world wars so they don't start shit again
@@essexginge9167 Nah the next idiot to start the next World War is Russian.
And nobody noticed, Britain lost the war, too, even though they made it look like a victory. And there was operation paperclip, where they transfered all Nazis into USA. So who lost what?
@@0nem1leh1gh Germany won in the end because the allies won. It drastically changed the landscape of the world, and kicked the Germans back into gear to be the best without trying to destroy everything. Had Nazi Germany won, the world would not have been a better place for it, and for all we know, Germany itself could be a shadow of what it is now.
The skies over southern England.... That is good quality
I maintain its how our British EU parliament members should turn up for work
You dont watch news....do you?
but theyre pussies and anti-british :p
Rolls Royce Merlin Engine! Pure British Sound lol
A close-relative of the V12 in the Aston DB9
Never fails to bring a smile to my face
Timeless classic 👍
There is no sound on this world that can beat the " symphony " of that V12 Rolls-Royce Merlin.
TheAquarius1978 damn right
What a way to arrive. And yes it was staged , they landed at Duxford (notice the hangars in the back and also note the difference in weather between landing and arriving at the circuit) but who cares.
Hahahaha the looks on the Germans faces when they flew over 😂😂😂 "not again"
Except they probably didn’t even fly over. Notice how there is never a direct shot with the Germans and planes together you never see both at the same time. Those spitfires are based in the uk and are 70 years old. I doubt they flew those planes to Belgium. I suspect the plane bit was shot in the uk and then they asked the Germans to pretend the planes were there and edit it together.
@@alanb9443 there is no place here for some reality.. its just emotions. ;)
Adding the music from the movie The Battle of Britain, was a great touch to this.
But what an entrance...........
This is the most British thing ever! And I am so proud!
Harry Howard Pride comes before....
"Come on, Biggles! Come on, Algy!"
'Never in the field of human conflict was so much been owed by so many to so few'
"Take off or she'll blow up"
Clarkson knows how to act British
It’s a line from the movie delivered by Michael Caine.
Me 262 wants to know your location
Gloucester meteor wants to know me262 location
@@rayhan_2k841 Horten 229 wants to known Gloster Meteor location.
Shit plane
A 262 is NOT the ideal plane for downing a Spitfire. Sure, you got the speed, and the firepower but you've got to hit it first time. Rather have a 190 D9 or a Gustav than a 262.
They're lucky the germans didn't bring the 88mm flugzeugabwehrkanone.
George W. Bush Brits don t have to worry, it's German WW2 engineering so it would probably break down before it even got there and be abandoned for lack of spare parts.
Perhaps a *Schwerer Panzerspähwagen 75mm Sonderkraftfahrzeug Zweihundertvierunddreissig*
Why would they bring a self propelled anti tank artillery vehicle against planes?
Have you not heard of German efficiency?
Fun fact, the 88mm was originally a Flak cannon and was only discovered to be an effective anti-tank cannon when one of the flak emplacements fired at an advancing Sherman and completely annihilated it.
Didn't they use air burst rounds for the 88 Flak? Would that be effective against a tank?
1:06 Sabine (god rest her soul, what a sport she was) I could shut my eyes listen to her words and see her as the elegant blond haired senior German pilot in the Battle of Britain where they sit down for a grand meal and toast their skills and fallen colleagues.
These 3 forget they had a secret weapon James "THE STIG" May in the final race.
1:57.....Canadian Spit - notice the Maple Leaf badge up front below the cockpit! :)
Well one of the main characters (collin) is a Canadian RAF pilot
nice spot. do you know anything about these, like if they were modified for canadian service? cheers! :)
To bad they never got Sabine to do a hot lap when they had her over at the studio.
This is the most British thing I’ve ever seen
@@SadamYT "Bouquet, if you please!"
We're on our own, playing for time. And it's running out 😂🇬🇧
HiiighAsAKite Battle of Britain is the best British movie about the War. period
Rip sabine💔💔💔
BBC: don't keep going on about the war
Top Gear:
Back when we all could joke about things in good sport
Thank you for the fun and happy memories you gave us all with your sunny personality Sabine. R.I.P.