Unauthorized Revenge Attack on the Gestapo - The True Story of Baron Jean de Selys Longchamps
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- Опубліковано 28 тра 2024
- An angry Belgian pilot of the Royal Air Force by the name of Baron Jean de Selys Longchamps takes matters into his own hands as he attacks the Gestapo headquarters in Brussels on an unauthorized mission. This historic recreation was made using the World War II flight simulator IL-2 Sturmovik Great Battles series. Hope you enjoy! Please like, comment, and subscribe. This is episode 3 of my new series, Heroes of the Skies.
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I am a Belgian man of 78 years old. My whole family was killed by the Nazis. My grandmother, the only survivor, told me this heroic story several times when I was a child. I was already passionate about aviation. Now, I'm still flying on a simulator.
Get your Private Pilot License good sir, it's never too late!
😥☹️🥺
With a heavy heart, please accept my condolences.
So sorry for your loss. Can’t imagine losing almost everyone like that. Horrible war fighting against utter monsters. What those bastards were doing to people was inhuman.
@@kricklin Thank you
'Revenge, a dish best served cold' . . . especially a sudden, precise, & deadly 'hot lunch' . . . Well done Sir, well done.
Oh Yeh!!! Clean 'em Cook 'em and dump 'em. I love when I watch and read how the SS were taken to task. A bunch of well dressed barbarians who's future was short. And whose demise however terrible, was warranted.
Are you talking about the personal revenge of the pilot killing 2 nobody's , a sturmbannfuhrer (major) and obersturmfuhrer (lt colonel) or the revenge of the gestapo killing100 innocent civilians in retalliation of that attack ?
@@leemnav - 'Shout at the Devil' or live on hindsight & be a victim forever?
@@loddude5706 He was VERY well aware that his action would cost dearly to the local population but he obviously didn't care enough , revenge for his father was more important to him , no hindsight involved cause he KNEW that retalliation against the citizens was a certainty.
This action was stupid , selfish and even endangered his wingman and did nothing to end the war sooner or saved lives.
"One aristocrat is worth a hundred lives" seems to have a different meaning to you than to me.
@@leemnav - If what you say is true & not just gainsay supposition to enhance your point, it could indeed paint a somewhat different picture. However, I still don't understand why any occupying force would start shooting the locals because a random enemy aircraft conducted a sudden 'act of war' in full uniform . . . or did they only shoot the ones that stood & cheered him on?
fueled NOT by his "hatred of the Germans", but for his justifiable and correct hatred of the Gestap and desire to avenge his Dad....Hero...Legend.
Yes he thought only of his seething anger and never once stopped to consider innocent civilians that were his own countrymen? The RAF had anybody in those days Poles, Czechs Belgian mavericks, all of them thought "Yeah let's joyride this powerful British plane and throw Belgian pokeymen cards to let the German's know "Belgian lads no longer fly double winged cropdusters but instead the super advanced state of the art Hawker Typhoon with a merlin engine in" of course they never told the Germans it wasn't their plane but instead a rental?
@@andrewisotope8146 there was no such thing as "Hawker Typhoon with Merlin engine in". Typhoons were using much more powerful Napier Sabre engines.
@@covoxer yeah that's the engine used by serial killer Robert Napier, he too would attack on the ground John, Wimbledon Common was his hunting ground.
A previous commenter noted that he also had the aim of providing a morale boost to the Belgians and its opposite to the Gestapo.
What good is a moral booster to the Belgians? Their army is very frail infact the last war they had was against Liverpool supporters at the Heysel Stadium in 1985
I live in the vicinity of that building. It still shows some of the damage, which on purpose has never been repaired. Du bon boulot, mon excellence. EDIT: you can find accurate information with regard to the flight path on the Wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_Selys_Longchamps
On sous estime beaucoup trop les Belges. Mais demandez donc aux Légionnaires ce qu'ils en pensent, vous verrez que les paras Belges sont classés dans les meilleurs.
@@gillesguillaumin6603 Thanks. The Belgian para regiment is actually a direct descendant of the SAS. The first Belgian paras had during WWII all been members of the SAS.
How cool is that!
Wow what a amazing man so brave ! A true Belgium 🇧🇪 hero 👏
Thank you, for sharing that info. Sir. ("Sgt. J.") Her hubby.
He was only given the title of "Baron" posthumously after the war by the king, his whole action was insprired by wanting to act to improve morale in occupied belgium at the time.
In most reports it was stated that he made a pass of the building first, turned around and then carried out his attack, this had the effect of all the personnel present moving to the windows to see what was going on, because of this most of the senior officers present were killed.
What was not mentioned in the video was that the archive of the Gestapo in belgium was also held on the upper floors of the building following the attack this was all burned to a crisp, including the ongoing investigations concerning the resistance in Belgium as well as a lot of names of suspected resistance fighters etc... it is widely believed that this saved a lot of lives in the long run.
Most people earned their title on the battlefield. I believe he more than earned his. God bless men like him.
He is also mentioned in this video.
Very good points to add. What a good brave man he was, and details such as those you mentioned deserve to be known.
@@SpidaMez Manfred von Richthofen died April 21 1918. The 'National Socialist German Workers' Party' was start in 1920. If you could show any evidence that Richthofen had an association with the organizers of the German Workers' Party (precursor to the NSDAP) January 5 1919 to 1920, please enlighten us?
@@SpidaMez NO! Nazi did not exist in WWI! You know nothing of history, kid.
I was born in Bruxxels, I know the bust of Longchamps.
never thought to see this recreation. merci.
RAF Polish pilots did this every day for over a year. Many had already lost their wives and children to the Germans, often tortured. They flew without fear, or rather, did not care in some cases whether they lived or died, as long as they could kill Germans. The Polish pilots were amongst the most successful in terms of kills of any RAF group in WW2.
Dziękuję Ci.
Respect.
Yes that is true, brave men, as were the soldiers charging tanks on horseback
Very true. They said they weren’t there to shoot down planes, they were there to kill Germans. Both my parents are Polish and my father came to the U.K. and joined a Polish Lancaster bomber squadron whilst being 17 years old.
They gave up their tomorrow’s so we could enjoy our today.
They were an absolute terror to the Germans. The 302 and the more famous 303 squadrons wreaked havoc.
Did a quick lookup to refresh my memory:
FO Witold Urbanowicz, 303 Dywizjon Myśliwski squadron commander, scored an incredible 15 kills during the Battle of Britain.
The 303 "Kościuszko" counted the greatest number enemy planes shot down of any of the 60 plus squadrons engaged in that battle.
Uncommon Valor, to say the least.
@@davidoldboy5425 well, that’s actually not true. That never happened. It was a stupid movie and a polish one, to be honest which cemented the stereotype. Kind of a romantic yet harmful symbol.
Excellent Work, by the Baron - may he never cease to be, remembered! A true HERO !! ❤ Roland Singh, Canada 🇨🇦
He got a couple thousand civilians killed and didn't advance the war effort whatsoever. The dead as officers were replaced within a week. He suffered from bloodlust and that's just bullshit.
@@joshschneider9766 I agree with you and the history books are full of lies. The real reason for the war was the Rothschild central bank was kicked out of Germany and the economy thrived.
@@ericbitzer5247 please elaborate.
@@Anglo_Saxon1 I would love to, however every time I do, my comments disappear. I might try it below.
@@ericbitzer5247 please do.
Truly a hero, his father would have been so proud. Respect to this brave man.
What a beautiful story! I never heard even a hint of this Barron's valor prior in my life, and I am 55 years old.
It seems a tragedy that such a story has been effectively kept secret!
You told it well. I especially loved the low-volume, background theme music.
The barron was brave, highly intelligent, and too noble to bring even a hint of shame onto his wingman.
He wasn't British, who we all know won WWII all by themselves. Just watch many of the postings by Brits and you'll understand my sarcasm towards them.
@@richardcline1337 Ha ha!
Really? Very interesting... I had no idea about the Brit's hubris toward WW-2. But I don't doubt it, based on British takes on other great conflicts in history.
@@richardcline1337 Well we had to wait 2 years for the Yanks to arrive!😂😅
@@sprinter1832 At least the U S. provided much needed equipment.
@@mortalclown3812 We've only just finished paying for it!
I have to watch this whole video over again, and again. This is what 'hero' means!
I don't care what anyone else says...there is nothing sweeter than well deserved revenge.
Your god dammed right!
Unfortunately they show a tempest not a typhoon. Most people don’t know the difference but they are very different the tempest being the better aircraft.
Sometimes you have to handle justice yourself. Good for him.
Please l
You got that right brother
Pretty sure the families of the couple thousand reprisal victims who lost their loved ones would have appreciated some patience. A notable portion of Brussels population were put against a wall and shot in reaction to his raids.
@@joshschneider9766 that’s the difference between the greatest generation and those alive today those people knew there would be reprisals and you know what? they faced them bravely and willingly and proudly, instead of sniveling and looking for someone to sue. Belgium🇧🇪 had an underground as active as that in France. just like in France they knew any acts against the Germans would be dealt with brutally but they persevered gladly helping when and where they could. because they knew little by little, bit by bit, they would chop the Germans down, until they were gone.
@@kenwaid8239 - the difference is that the French actually allied itself with Nazi Germany after surrendering.
Its leaders even considered providing troops and other support to Germany.
The Royal Navy was even forced to sink several French Navy Battleships to ensure that they would not be used by the Nazis.
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vichy_France
Really good video about a great man. I wish men like this would live forever....rest in peace Baron.
He took the war to Heart! BLESS Him for His Services
Had never heard of him and his exploit. Thanks for presenting his story. His war experiences would make a good movie.
Watch Mark Felton vids , he did one on this guy !
@Paul Whitcomb It said he grew up there.
They killed his old man, they had it coming.
" He punched in a course..." A bit too soon for that, methinks.
@@tonysadler5290 00s
@@glenncharest5183 Pun was intended...
@@tonysadler5290 No they didnt, he probably set a rough magnetic course for Brussels.
You beat me to it, nice one!
Punched in coordinates, set phasers to kill.
There was no "punching in a course" in WWII aircraft. You had to just fly in the right direction and be able to navigate.
Next you'll be telling us he didn't select Warp Factor 10 . . .
@@jguenther3049 hahaha
I spotted that too
heard that also.. hmmm... makes me question the rest of the story...words do have meaning and have significance. Hard to follow along when you notice the person telling the story doesnt know anything about WWII navigation. etc
Figure of speech...
You're doin' a great job teaching historical WWII missions. Great work!
Here's your Medal, there's your Demotion, can't have breaks in Discipline, Jolly Good Show Old Boy!!!!
Great to see and hear of this great story of a very brave man who never faltered from his mission,, great to hear he gets a medal for it as well,,, from Northern Ireland greatly appreciated thank you for the video
the Belgium pilot demonstrated his ability to be "at the cause of things". Capable men get sh!t done, despite setbacks and interference. Game, old boy!
The things that people do that get them awards and praises are frequently the same things that get them punished. Sometimes going outside the rules is the only way to do what needs to be done.
Very meaningful in today’s world hey?
Maybe if you completely ignore the context and reasons 🤔
You sound like a Trumper... misunderstanding the entire point but using it anyway.
WOW, what a guy, and what a pitty he died like that....
But at least he died doing what he loved and knowing he got his revenge. I bet he died a happy man.
That is such an AWESOME STORY. It's crazy I've never heard of this. My Great Grandma(Mama Spann was what I knew her by) had 2 brothers die in WW2. They were both Pilots. One died in the European Theatre the other in the Pacific. The one in the Pacific was buried at sea. The other, his body was never recovered.
Wow, this is the most epic case of revenge I've heard since Olga of Kiev burned down a whole town and even before that, killed 5,000 (yes five thousand) of her late husband's enemies when they tried to pressure her into stepping down. They heard about his death and didn't like the fact that a woman had inherited his place at the throne.
Actually they the one that kills her husbands, then didn’t like that she become ruler instead. So they want her to marry one of their noble and result goes as expected
Historical notes - First I may have slightly mispronounced his name. I actually practiced and still didn't get it perfect lol. Second, I just realized this is the Tempest in the video. Totally my mistake, they look so similar. Lastly, obviously I had to use a lot of images here because there is not a lot of footage available of things like the Belgian army, etc. Also, the Royal Palace may be a different looking building than pictured here, not entirely sure. Did my best. Hope you guys enjoy! Make sure to comment and subscribe!
Nice video nonetheless. Watching it as we speak 💪🏾
A great story that needed be told.
Excellent work! Well done
Thanks for the correction regarding the aircraft. The Tempest has the dubious honour of being the best British fighter of WW2 and also the least remembered British fighter of the war.
Your idea for this project of yours can be appreciated but at least make the effort to mod the skins of the aircraft to one more consistent with the time of the subject: in this case the livery of the unmistakeable Tempest V is from 1945... Your other videos show the same approximation. Anyway thumb up¡
I was laughing my ass off at the thought of the gestapo guys crapping their pants.
Makes you wonder why the brits didn't send ten planes to level that damned building.
Guy says "Hawker Typhoon",but the plane in the video is Hawker Tempest. Yes,those two are alike,but it is not hard to tell them apart once you see the two planes side by side.
The Tempest resembles Lois Griffin.
The Typhoon resembles Meg.
Good luck seeing them side by side...
The Tempest has been practically forgotten by History, there are very few surviving examples in museums. Not what the best British fighter of the war deserves.
You should read the stories of the Polish Pilots. Those guys had balls of titanium!
And rich imaginations too .303 Polish Squadron flying Hurricanes claimed 126 victories in 42 days . 5th September they claimed 5 Bf 109's , 3 Ju 88's for the loss of one Hurricane which the pilot successfully bailed out. If that had been a regular RAF squadron questions and eyebrows would be raised regarding there authenticity. In 1942 Anglo Irish ace Paddy Finucane's 602 squadron were being regarded as the RAF's most successful in kill ratios. ACM Charles Portal was dubious about the numbers and demanded Sholto Douglas for clarification. Later 602 were issued with gun cameras , and Finucane claimed two FW190's but with camera evidence was award one damaged. Don't believe everything that you read.
Great channel, especially the story of the Typhoon pilot tearing apart a gestapo building in Belgium. Would love to watch an animation about a Hellcat pilot who attacked Tirpitz in Northern Norway. A bit of a daredevil from New Zealand. I have the details on the pilot and his missions. If interested, let me know and I will email more.
Sure, may or may not use it but send the details if you like! Tj3business@gmail.com
I can't understand why this wonderful piece of WW2 history was never made into a film.
Can't have people thinking individual acts of heroic bravery will be celebrated now can we. . . ?
Because it caused thousands of reprisal murders that were completely unneeded and didn't contribute to winning the war whatsoever. Which the raf bosses knew, and is why they didn't authorize him to do it.
@@joshschneider9766 so I guess now they should tear the statue of himdown and rewrite history to say “this arrogant man, caused the deaths of thousands needlessly” because of course the population were happy being just a bunch of sheep. no, no they weren’t. that crap might fly in the United States - rewriting history. but the people in Belgium we’re proud. proud of what he did, and willing to face the consequences. England and France weren’t the only countries whose people stiffened, their back bones, stuck out their chests, lifted their chins, and gave the middle finger to the Germans. All the while knowing what the consequences would be. gladly accepting them. that’s Why they are the greatest generation.
I’ve been to Brussels a couple of times they did a pretty decent re-creation of the building and the first time I saw the statue I was at a little café asking about it. The owner told me the story which pretty much lines up with what was presented here and then he told me to hold on and he went into the back he came out with a small Belgian flag. it was one of the ones that he dropped over the city. people scooped them up, and hid them in places that were special to them, but where the Germans couldn’t find them. if you were caught in possession of one you were immediately shot right then and there. in your house, in the street, it didn’t matter. this was the Gestapo and SS at work. the flag he showed me belonged to his grandfather, he said on the day Germany pulled out of the city,these flags could be seen everywhere proudly being held up by the people who had them. so no, he is not condemned for what he did in Belgium. at least there are some countries in the world left, that don’t feel the need to tear down their heroes.
@@kenwaid8239 All well and good if you or someone YOU LOVE wasn't tortured then murdered of course. I wonder if you speak for those families too !!
Because he wasn’t american.
He was not killed in an accident. The Typhoon of that time had a serious design flaw. Not enough ribs in the tail section meant that the whole tail could break off due to metal fatigue. That's what killed him. Not bad flying. Later models had a long re-enforcing fin added to the tail.
So an accident.
@@annoyingbstard9407
An accident that was not due to pilot error. Often flying accidents are due to pilot error. It would have been good to mention that the plane had a flaw that caused the death of the brave pilot. The question of the accident cause immeadiately arises while watching the video.
Thank you.
@@paulpaul9914 So an accident
Others sources say his plane was hit and damaged by flak over Ostend and crashed on landing.
Great story, great video. Great man!!!!! Loved it, thank you so much.
Wow, amazing guy. I feel for him, the pain he must have had to live with was very great.
Our military command hasn’t changed. You still get into trouble for blasting the hell out of the enemy.
Yea when you do it against orders. It’s called structure that’s what makes our well don’t know we’re your from so America’s the best military in the world. Yea I know our so called president doesn’t have long.
@Alfred Wedmore why is every mosquito pilot an absolute mad man
@@juliusdream2683 Well, he could argue that he'd already completed his mission and chose to interpret the HQ as a 'target of opportunity'. I mean, it disrupted SS and Gestapo operations, and killed a bunch of sadistic psychopaths so I'd say well done. Seems that's pretty much what happened though: officers were obligated to reprimand him but on the quiet thought he'd done a decent thing and put him forward for the DFC.
I wouldn't take the admonishment as truth. British fighters would often fly "rhubarb missions" during this period of the war (they began in 1940). These were small groups (four or so) fighters sweeping across France and the low countries looking for targets of opportunity. They also flew "circus missions" about 20 bombers with 100 fighters around them to try to bring the German fighters up to attack.
rotorheadv8
You get in trouble for lack of discipline. You can’t have order and cohesiveness if everyone does their own thing.
it was men like him that won victory. thank you Sir fo what you did.
Very very good story! Spectacular video, well done!
Thank you very much, TJ3-History, for your extensive research and this nice video ! As a Belgian, a veteran and a pilot, I do share some corrective remarks (Typhoon vs. Tempest and others), which other viewers made, but those are not really relevant. Important and valuable is that you brought this incredible piece of belgian history back into attention. Thank you !
I would like to add some additional information which, I believe, has not been added by other viewers (I did not read all comments).
His name Sélys is pronounced "selly". He was a member of a centuries old nobility family, so the king didn't need to make him a baron after the war, he had been one since birth.
His attack run on this building number 453, Avenue Louise, was executed by flying in low over the Avenue Émile de Mot (a side street) , which happens to point almost directly upon the building. So, he was able to deliver a long and steady cannon strafing, starting from the ground floor all the way up to the 11th floor, as he was pulling up his aircraft, so as not to collide with the building. Since the Typhoon was equipped with 20mm cannon (exploding grenades instead of bullets), he not only managed to kill several german intelligence officers (Sicherheitspolizei/Gestapo), but also destroyed important SIPO archives on belgian (civilian) Resistance fighters, which presumably saved many lives. As far as all historical reports go, there was no single civilian victim of his attack to be deplored, he even did not damage the neighbouring buildings, while his flight path over Avenue Émile de Mot was so straight head-on. Contrary to the your animation in the video, these lanes (above all the Avenue Louise) were, even in those days, not empty field roads with grassy trails. Instead, the Avenue Louise was (and still is) comparable to the Champs Élysées in Paris or Times Square in New York ! He deserves highest respect to have achieved this attack without civilian casualties.
However, the Nazi Germans managed to restore the building within six weeks and resumed their infame police actions. They also launched the "fake news" (as we would call this today) that a British spy had been killed in this action, so as to diminish the victory of Jean de Sélys Longchamps. The (restored) building still stands on the Avenue Louise.
One more detail, rather an sidestep anecdote : about twenty years after WWII, his niece, Baroness Sybille de Sélys Longchamps, was having an eighteen-year-long affair with the married (future) king Albert II, which resulted 1968 in a daughter, named Delphine Boel (= the family name of Sybille's husband in those days). As an adult, Delphine went through heroic legal action, including DNA-tests of king Albert II, finally to become recognized nowadays as the official half-sister of the present King of the Belgians, Philippe, son of Albert II. Her present name is Princess Delphine de Saxe-Cobourg.
The production of this video is great. Animation is an expensive form of media. Kudos!
NO, its usually false and boring, Mark Feltons vids have real footage, not this fkn snowflake crap done with CGI...boring as fk.
This is a game / simulator called IL2 sturmovik
nicely done! a great tribute! Thank you!
Never forgotten!
My bucket list to visit this building in Brussels
I never heard about that a true legend who got revenge for his father 👍 but a very sad ending rest in peace
People: “That’s not a Typhoon, it’s a Tempest!”
Me: “ Shit, I can’t even draw a stick plane!”
True story well told with awesome graphics.
it might be as well to note that only the earliest versions of the Typhoon carried machine guns
my first reaction and it's so obvious when you notice the thin wing
@@MartinHarvey And the tail. But it was worth watching the video just to see one of my favourite aircraft even if it wasn't the right one.
@@lookupthereupinthetrees9860 Yes, of course the tail - plus the flush cannons. I have to watch the complete video. Ever read Clostermann?
@@MartinHarvey It's one of my favorite books. Can't stop raving about it. I love the bit where he's got all the Focke Wulfs on his tail at the end and he merely rams the throttle through the gates and leaves them all for dead.
Well plan and executed attack with his wingman,one never gets much information about the gallent Belgians after the their surrender in1940.
Another excellent episode. Your graphics are great. Thankyou.
VERY well done! Thank you for your work!
Hey, I’ve been watching your videos for sometime now. I just want to say this was very well done. Thanks so much for posting it.👍🏻🇺🇸
Thanks for watching!
@@TJ3
You are welcome! 🇺🇸
Tempest V Dude! Great History thank you!
I had heard about this brave attack on the Gestapo some years ago, but never knew the details. Thank you so much for presenting the whole story here!
Beautiful annimation.Thank you!!
Great graphics and great recreation! Many thanks.
Absolutely brilliant.
This was awesome! I'd never heard of this hero. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the video.A hero to be remembered.May he rest in peace.
Your videos are absolutely fantastic and inspiring. Please keep them coming!
brilliant story, makes you proud of the men who gave everything. .
Of all your video's this may be my favorite. How where and why he did what he did and your depiction of it makes for a great 10 minutes. Moral of the story: you only live once, go for it. Good show of yourself Jean from Belgium and right on TJ!!
Awesome 👍 thanks for sharing this
Much... MUCH better than I expected! Hat's off to your great story-telling!
Thank you for this. I was not aware of this incident.
I would rather learn of this incident and read your corrections than never learn of it. Again, thank you.
Excellent. Glad I found this.
Thanks for sharing. The graphics were much better than any video games I've managed to play. Well done. LIKED, SUBSCRIBED, & DING!!!
Thank you!
No mention of the tragic outcome.
One of the civilians who died was a resistance worker, with secret information in his pocket.
The Gestapo obtained the papers and arrested a large number of resistance workers.
I'm sure after the attack many civilians were rounded up, as to be expected.
The Baron wasn't to know that though was he? In any case, 'secret information' should never be carried in your pocket.
@@golden.lights.twinkle2329 Correct and tragic.
Colpa dei belgi? Sei per caso amico dei nazisti?
The four people who disliked this video are the ghosts of the Gestapo killed in the raid! Spooky SS men!
Reincarnations most likely. Don't think ghosts have UA-cam -- they live out the horror over and over again on their plane of existence.
What a great story, which I never heard of before... thank you, sir!
Enjoyed this video very much
Astounding.
Great story! Do more!
great video nice, informative and short and sweet, thanks for hard work, i have like and subscribed
Awesome video! Just found you! Keep it up that was great! :)
This pilot is awesome can you imagine if he was on charge of ops !
This is some of the coolest shit i've ever seen. 2 of my loves, history, and gaming.
Man had some killing on his mind!.
Nice video about revenge mission it was enjoyable video thanks for sharing
Great Job. Very informative of an event I knew nothing about! I would give it more than one thumbs up, if I could.
Mark Felton Productions posted a video about it over 2 years ago
Would be interested to know what affect the attack had on civilian morale.
Initially probably boosted it quite a bit...until the SS reprisals came down upon the civilian population, as always.
The reprisals were brutal which is why the raf didn't authorize his strike. They only tolerated heavy civilian casualties when the strategic aims were worth the loss.
@@qball1of1 Which further cemented people's hatred for the SS
Oooooo, but how ...
Thanks for the great story!
Now that was a really great story of bravery, determination .....and JUSTICE.
When your enemy has a typhoon and a personal reason to get revenge its a bad day to be the gesopo. Lol fr
a lot of foreign pilots were ultra aggressive, the uk was fighting a battle, the poles, czechs, belgians and so on were fighting to address the atrocities carried out by the nazi occupiers in their countries..
that's why despite coming late into the battle the top scoring squadrons of the battle of britain were poles and czechs.
fewer than the FEW.
This is such a great story...this should be made into a full length movie!
Very interesting n awesome story. Kudos for upload.. Graphics were fantastic with much details. New subscriber because of this vid. Anticipating ur next vid.
Great story, and I look forward to visiting Brussels again to pay hommage. One detail sticks out, however: according to Wikipedia, and some other rapidly-Googled source, his father
Raymond de Selys Longchamps died in 1966. Iff that's right, then perhaps he was avenging his father's torture (even if he didn't actually "[die] from violent and extreme methods of torture"), or perhaps he was avenging someone else? Or simply avenging his country, or other innocent but unknown victims of the Gestapo. It would be interesting to know what Jean de Sells himself said.
That's Karma for the evil gestapo! 🕯🌷🌿🌍💖🇧🇪
Unfortunately, they made lots of reprisal killings shortly afterwards.
This is awesome! Thank you.
What an incredible morale booster that story is!!! 👍
May he RIP. He brought justice to monsters, and in so doing, he gave hope to his beleaguered occupied city. The Gestapo used terror to control the population. He brought terror to THEM!
This will make a awesome movie 👍
Great video. 👍🏻👍🏻
Great story, great history. Thanks.
Shame he didn't wait until they were armed with rockets. That would have been a spectacular.
Tempests weren't equipped with rockets. Typhoons were of course. No credibility.
@@BrianWMay Wrong - there are load of old pictures on the internet showing Mk V Tempests with rockets fitted.
@@BrianWMay Brian, the rockets were on most ww2 aircraft towards the latter part of WW2. American and Brits......Just to be sure.
Rockets would've killed civilians as well. Besides, he blasted the building with 20 mm cannon and machine gun fire and managed to kill 30 or so people. Who knows how fate would have it, maybe he killed the same ones who tortured his father.
@@GymChess Probably just cannon fire I think. Typhoons had one or the other (usually the long-barrelled 20mms), not both as in many of the later Spits.
"Hello, my name is Jean de Selys Longchamps. You killed my Father. Prepare to die!"
Repeat three times.
Awesome story. I haven’t heard about this one. Great video.
Now this was one great story to tell.
Later Typhoons were armed with rocket pods. The equivalent of a 6" naval gun. One pass would have flattened the entire block. Good he used the cannon and MGs.
Also ouch. Those planes were notorious that if you flipped it, you were dead.
Yeah not long after they started welding rollbars into the cockpit a simple solution that saved a lot of lives because in the air the typhoon was as quick and nimble as a Spitfire, but takeoff and landing she was a bit of a pig.
That huge intake under the prop acted like an anchor the second it touched the (by then, often made of soil) runway.
Hawker typhoon 1b only had cannons. And there was 4x20mm.
Hawker typhoon 1a only had 12x7.7 (.303)
They were modified and updated regularly to combat new problems on the front.
And so Hawker typhoon 1a were turned into the 1b version because of lack of firepower against Fw-190's.
I am not sure if "enjoyed" is the correct word for your video Sir, given the tragic outcome of the baron's life but I am sure you will understand how much I appreciated learning of this event and watching the animation.
As for the comments about the wrong sort of aeroplane being depicted, in my case ignorance is bliss!
Blessings and peace
outstanding. deep respect
Great story! Great video!