Kane Pyrovifo Ha ha. The Germans killed far more millions of Soviets and millions of civilians. The Soviets killed a fraction but your sympathy lies with the Germans. You're a pervert.
Bryce Walker Blah blah. This upload is about the fucking Nazis. If you want to talk about the Soviets or skateboarding or cute kittens go find uploads on them.
Yep. Can’t let skilled pilots go unused, eh? Of course, many background checks were needed to make sure that they would not sabotage or murder anyone within their ranks. At the time, flying was still sort of brand new. So there were not many skilled or trained pilots. This is why America/NATO has an amazing air force.
@James Passmore I'm not sure if they got to work on jet fighters there, as Franz Stigler, one of the Me262 pilots from Jv 44, was turned down due to his past in the German Luftwaffe. However, he did find other employment in Canada.
Years ago I heard a story from a very old man about such a thing that he seen. A German pilot landed at an air field he was stationed at. When they got to the plane the pilot was throwing out stuff onto the ground. He throw out a couple of knives, two pistols and a short barreled rifle and some other stuff as well. When he climbed out he said in English "I quit!". The old man said this was near the end of the war an over the course of a week a total of 3 German pilots landed at his air field.
Just now I noticed that the German Stuka dive-bomber has gull type wings. The Americans must have copied them for their Vought F4U Corsair. The Corsair was said to need gull wings because the propeller was huge. Is that the reason the Germans used them on the Stuka or something else?
They all look extremely young - very early 20s. Looks like a fresh batch of cadets after all experienced pilots have been shut down by superior Allied airpower.
Amazing. The JU-87 Stuka was in action on the first day of the war, September 1, 1939, and still in use on the last day of the world. In between, the Germans produced and deployed the finest fighter plane of WW2, the ME-262.
Yes, it had something to do with German industry not having the right alloy for the turbine blades. I read somewhere the engines had to be re-built after about 20 hours of service.
@@peterlustig6888 Not really, most of the 262s were destroyed in bombing raids before they could even get off the ground. Those that did see service shot down very few enemy planes.
I've seen photos of these scenes. The film was made after April 19, 1945 and shows the Fürth-Atzenhof airfield. The aircraft are two Fw 190 D-9 from II.JG6 and a Ju87 D-5N of 1./NSGr. 10. The technical officer's D-9 had the factory number 211934. The "blue 12" had the Factory number 500570. The II.JG 6 was locked in the Görlitz area at that time. Görlitz was not taken by the Soviet Army until the end of the war as they headed towards Thorgau to welcome the American Army there.
My Uncle a POW of the Germans . Young,he was put behind barbed wire with only a foxhole to sleep in [: no barracks ] in winter . He was "fed " only potato peel soup and " bread " made from sawdust . If a German guard was caught doing a kindness for an American POW , they both would be punished ! Some prisoners went mad, others betrayed their own comrades, fortunately the traitors were few and far between. I remember him as always joking and laughing ,happy ! God bless him and all the veterans. And remember as you look out the window of your home how it would be to be in a foxhole this time of year , without proper clothing , slowly starving , not even able to build a fire and give thanks to God my friends for how much we take for granted !
a boyhood friend (Roger) in Idaho the 60's - his mother was a young woman in Germany near Hanover during the war and had it really rough. they were forced to go to fields in the surrounding country and plant very minimal potato pieces as seed, and at night they'd sneak back into the same fields to nick some out to have anything to eat. She married a US guy post war - McMasters was the name. She and my (canadian) mother became good friends there in Idaho... she was such a nice lady and thankful to have made it to the US...
Question. Were those U.S. Army Air Corps uniforms or U.S. Army Air Forces Uniforms. I only ask because they both existed simultaneously from 20 June 1941 to 18 September 1947 when the U.S. Army Air Corps & U.S. Army Air Forces became the U.S.Air Force? Thanks for the video. Best Wishes & Blessings. Keith Noneya
For some reason this popped up after watching a GTOger video. Especially that first German pilot. Looks like he picked a really bad spot to park his plane, which is why he was handed over to the two giant armed MPs.
my german grandfather always said, he was never treated better than in the POW-camps in the US. he claimed to have gained around 20 Kilos while being in these camps...
I have a gray Bundesluftwaffe leather jacket that I painted with a scene showing Hartmann's Bf-109K just after shooting down the Russian plane. I have another that I painted with Hans Dortenmann's Fw-190D-9.
Cool to see late model Stuka unbelievable any were still flying ....this model still has the 75mm canon block mounts . Risky flying that slow bastard late in the war it was a sitting duck
It's astonishing how quickly & miraculously Germany recovered after being devastated in ww2.They truly are a resilient & remarkable people. (Until Merkel came along)
To survive the war while being a Stuka crew member was no small achievement considering how vastly obsolete and therefore vulnerable these planes were in the end. Also the guy surrendering with his Dora Neun in the beginning of the clip was Gruppen technical officer according to marking on his plane.
Love the Americans in this. They looked just a bit pissed off. A quick pat down and off you go pal. Us British never forget how much you gave. Again Thank you.
It's kinda awkward surrendering yourself with a smile towards the enemy when your country is responsible for the death of more than 2 million people. But either way I would have done that as well
That's the first thing I thought of when I viewed this film. I'm sure he is a real German pilot but you can tell it is being restaged for the news reel cameras.
The airplanes in flight, landing and taxi might not be staged. The surrendering pilot appears to be staged, as he is seated in the cockpit, but no longer wearing flight gear. They probably had him get back into the plane to fake a "surrender".
James Passmore awww James. Someone doesn’t know the business. Every Army Media Group, is a propaganda Group as well. No exception, even today. Everything is scripted or staged.
their is one story of a POW camp where they were told to shoot all the prisoners. The officers took off and the ranking Sargent told his men to lay their weapons and leave or stay to surrender to the US forces. He stayed and helped with the prisoners. Many of which said the Sarge treated them well and vouched for him. He was released after the war and sent home with his honor intact. Sadly this was a rare event as most solders did in fact carry out the "kill the prisoners" orders.
Their Night Attack squadrons still used the ones that remained. Stukas were being reconditioned and maintained at Berlin Templehof Airport right to the end of the war.
I like how he sees the camera and smiles. Probably out of relief since they weren’t Soviets lol. I’ve seen a few videos of Germans smiling when they see the camera.
Rules of war in Islam by the last Prophet Muhammed saww..."Neither kill a child, nor a woman, nor an aged man. Bring no harm to the trees, nor burn them with fire, especially those which are fruitful."
@@rogerout7498 Well... yeah! I have eyes, I can see. That is what it looked like to me. In fact, as I said, it seems obvious ("you sure can tell"). So you need sources to tell you what you can see with your own eyes? You can't make up your own mind all by yourself? Now, don't you even dare to disagree with my observation without links to sources. lol
@@rogerout7498 Feel? Oh god no! That is what I THINK! That is something normal human beings do. We look at things and make decisions about what we see. I guess I could go through the roughly 12 points that to me make it glaringly obvious that the first surrender was "recreated". Somehow though I think that would be a wasted conversation with you. {shrug} Otherwise you would have asked why I THINK that instead of the ludicrous "sources" comment.
If they surrendered today, these pilots would probably each get 3-6 guns pointed at their heads, then tackled to the ground and their hands forcefully tied or cuffed.
Lol he was like hell yeah like nothing happened while they were at war,he was on the enemy base, smiling with a full confident, "hell yeah what a wonderful day".
Pretty rough treatment considering they just surrendered. I attribute it to rear area types who are faced with the enemy for the first time and also performing for the camera. "Look ma! I was a war hero! I captured Hitler!"
+ Michael Bollow Since the cameras just happen to be there I'm pretty sure that it's a staged surrender for some film to send home. But this film was taken on 8-May-1945 when Luftwaffe crews flew and surrendered at Allied controlled areas.
+ Fury M4 sherman The Stuka in Chicago was originally captured (damaged) in Libya by British forces in 1941. It is unique because it still has the original WW2 paint.
Don't blame those young German pilots for escaping in their airplanes to get away from Russia and Hitler. Were I in their position, I'd much rather be in a pw camp run by the allies. Only thing is they had to leave their families behind. The whole thing was so very sad. So many millions killed in WWII.
Lesson. Good people are sometimes accountable to their actions and we get to see it. Some see cowards that saves their own lives. Most of us are just thankful Gods word surrounds us and keeps us from having to make those choices.
Does the US guy frisking the German guy at 1:39 have a set of knuckle dusters (or a knuckle-duster knife) at his belt - in case the Luftwaffe chaps cut up rough, perhaps?
+ llewev It appears to be a standard 1918 style trench knife with brass knuckles. I think German pilots were more nervous surrendering to civilians than to soldiers. education.mnhs.org/sites/default/files/us-army-model-1918-trench-knife.jpeg
Throughout WW2, about 400,000 German POWs like these pilots were brought to the US. They were kept in camps scattered across the country doing light manual labor and fed 3 meals a day. After the war, many stayed in the country, started families, and became US citizens.
+ Old Age Teddyboy Having the camera set up just right looks to me like it was a staged surrender with a cooperating POW. This was VE Day so most likely they wanted some news reels to send home. You can almost see they are all having a good laugh with it.
+ Lutz Meyer No, that aircraft is Fw-190D-9 Wk.Nr. 211934 from II/JG 6. Later in the video you also see Fw-190D-9 Wk.Nr 500570 also from II/JG 6 being towed away. Both aircraft were eventually scrapped.
Wifes uncle was captured by the Russians and was released 5 years after the war......they came and took a truckload of prisoners in a covered truck, drove to an undisclosed location told em to get out and drive away.....he thought they were going to be shot.....but they all walked home
Fredrick Holman not very I bet a good number of germans that had to surrender to the Russians either fought to the death or shot themselves in the head before the Russians could take them prisoner. The US had actually stopped fighting the Germans once we were outside of Berlin so that they could surrender to us instead of the Russians
@@mrloominati3097 I dont think so , this aircraft arrived very late in the war , even at the end of the war , i dont think they produced that many of it ( will check on google).the bulk of it was the A/F with radial engine .
@@lebaillidessavoies3889 yes, exactly and if any of you had been paying attention to the video, which stated '1945' which newsflash was the last year of WW2. Now, the D9 became the primary and most common high altitude interceptor, of course the plane itself is rare in contrast to the bulk 109's and Anton 190's, but this plane in 1945 was almost always used as a bomber interceptor. As the video states, this is American occupied territory. thus all D series 190's being based in Germany, not so far away form where this guy was probably captured, would be always in close proximity and relentlessly hunting the swarms of bombers carpet bombing Germany. The 190 D was not so uncommon toward the end of the war, so it doesn't really surprise me that this craft showed up on an American airfield presumably to surrender or become the pilots aircraft had sustained damage. For example, Britain used the Mk-1 spitfire for the battle of Britain. Throughout the 5 years various renditions of the spitfire became really available and toward the end of the war seeing a mk 1 spitfire would have been the rarest sight ever. Akin to this example, the Anton 190's were rolled out in early 41' and also went to various renditions, i.e. the A4, the A5, A5 U2, A8, A7/3, and the list goes on. Eventually we get to the Dora's. So much like in Britain, the Mk-9 and 16 spitfires were among the most common, while all the earlier models were all but obsolete, the Dora was also not an uncommon bomber interceptor toward the end of the war as the Anton's had become far more dated and obviously the D9 was the focus model of aircraft for the Luftwaffe. D9's were rolled out late 43' / early 44 and saw service quite consistently. So to answer your question, no this aircraft wasn't really that uncommon. Yes, in comparison to the humongous number of 109's built, maybe, but this was a dedicated bomber interceptor / fighter and considering that the primary objective of the US forces was to bomb all supply and demand in Germany, bomber interceptors would be very common in this area. Sure you'd not only have this plane intercepting, but it's not anywhere as near as rare as you make it out to be. If you want rare, go look up the Ta-154 or the Ta-152 C, or perhaps even the Me-163.
My late father-in-law was a Stuka squadron leader on the Eastern Front. When Hitler commanded all pilots and crews "to die by their airplanes," he told me he thought that was a really bad idea. So he loaded up gunners and mechanics in their Stukas and headed for the American/English lines. He lived until his late eighties, but told me that it was not easy to surrender when flying a dive bomber.
My father-in-law, who had manned an anti-aircraft gun in East Prussia the previous year, tried to surrender to the Americans but was ignored. Only when they had time on their hands did they consider taking him into custody. He then starved because he was considered less worthy of receiving food than the allied troops in-theatre. They then sent him to Belgium where his health declined even further. An officer was also amongst his group and he taught him how to survive the incarceration before he himself was separated from the group. Because he was born in what is now Poland, the Americans tried to give him to the Russians. They declined as they had an enormous refugee problem of their own at that time. Eventually he was released back to Germany to look for his father who went missing on the Russian front and his mother and aunt who were transported to Siberia. In May 1945 he was sixteen. Somehow he made it to Bavaria and met my mother-in-law. He then started work at a quarry loading trucks by hand, driving to the Customer and unloading by hand, this with literally the shirt on his back as his only asset. To this day he regards anything that has packaging as extravagance and is a nightmare to buy a present for. He's 90 and only now does he tell us these things from his past. Different times.
orders of surrender told them where safe landing was set up so they didn't get mistaken and blown from the sky... told to me by a ground control guy in the 1970's...
I wonder how that felt, the last time you'll ever fly your aircraft. Outside everything else I'd imagine these pilots had a strong connection to their airframe and to land it for the last time must have been bittersweet
Given the way the Nazis burned through their pilots without a proper replacement program, there's a decent chance the pilots had comparatively little flight time with his aircraft. German pilots racked up 'impressive' kill numbers because they flew until they were killed, whereas other air forces rotated experienced back to training squadrons to help improve the skills of student pilots.
My dad's uncle was a B-26 bomber pilot with the 320th bomb group. He told me a story exactly like that. As the war ended, a German major flying his Fw-190 flew in from the eastern front, landed ans surrendered. He said, afterwards all the pilots from his squadron, took turns flying the FW-190 around.
Craig Albrechtson I totally believe the first part and it’s awesome! But I highly doubt the next part since 1. Bomber pilots probably could merely fly in a one engine fighter and 2. They would get shot down for flying in a fw190
Pilots where trained on single engine aircraft then given an advanced class for multi engine aircraft, simply flying the 190 wouldn't be a problem for them
Flemming what do you think the first airplanes pilots used in training were, they sure as hell wasn't multi engine aircraft. Flying a single engine tail dragger was what all aviation trainees flew back then, it was like riding a bike, once you learn you never forget.
mjoelnir58 ever heard of the “spoils of war”? Get over mate. You don’t think the Germans did the exact same thing when they conquered France, Poland, part of Russia, Greece, Denmark, Norway, Yugoslavia, etc?
Wow ....that's the FW190D, it was called the Dora long nose . It was an incredible fighter, nicknamed the "Downstairs maid", because it could sweep the skies clean at low level.
Funnily enough the D9 and any D series 190 were the answer to high altitude fighter role / bomber interceptors. The Anton's were the low altitude short nose radials and the Dora's were the higher altitude performing long nose beasts. After that they refined the D series to the Ta 152 series for even better high altitude performance. However, the war ended before they could enter mass production
My Grandfather was a Sgt in the US Army in WW2 but also spoke fluent German. He said as they(US) were talking to the Luftwaffe crews they were so happy to be surrendering to the US and we’re extremely proud of all their aircraft and technology. They were proud and happy to show the Americans how everything worked.
@@ethanhall7314 German POWs had a good working relationship with their Allied captors, identifying and sorting equipment and weapons. A few POW pilots flew mock combat exercises in captured aircraft, and I know that Luftwaffe pilots were asked to ferry the captured prototype helicopters because they knew how to operate them. Luftwaffe Me-262 instructor pilots helped to train Allied pilots to fly it. And POW Luftwaffe mechanics helped to service the captured aircraft.
