Inside The Cockpit - Heinkel He-111 H-16 (CASA 2.111)

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Big thank you to the Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleissheim and the helpful staff
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The Heinkel He 111 is one of the most famous aircraft to come out of WW2. As a Luftwaffe bomber, the Heinkel was the mainstay of the German Air Force for a long time. After the war, it saw continued service in Span as the CASA 2.111.
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- Acknowledgements
Thank you to Joe Kudrna (Priceless History) for providing some pictures of an early He-111
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- Sources
D.(Luft) T.2111 H-16 Teil 9A, He 111 H-16 Flugzeug-Handbuch, Juni 1943
D.(luft) T.2220/1, He 111 H und He 111 P u. D. Kurzbetriebsanleitung, Juni 1940
Heinkel, Vorläufige Montage- und Betriebsanleitung He 111- H
K.H. Regnat, Vom Original zum Modell, Heinkel He 111, Bernard & Graefe Verlag
Heinkel, Kurzbetriebsanleitung He 111 H mit Motoren Jumo 211, Sept.1938
L.Dv.T. 583/3, He 111 H,P und D, Bedienungsvorschrift Schußwaffe, Dec 1940
L.Dv.T.2111 H-11,H-14 und H-16/Wa, Schußwaffenanlage, Jan 1943
Robert Forsyth et al, Heinkel He 111, Crecy Publishing, 2014
Manfred Griehl, Heinkel He 111, WW2 Combar Aircraft Photo Archive
Siemens Luftfahrt, Kurskreisel-Navigationsanlage LNK 4, Bedienungsvorschricht He 111
Werkschrift 2111 H-11 Teil 12B, He 111 H-11 Flugzeug-Handbuch
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00:00 - Intro
01:28 - He 111 H-16 & CASA 2.111 Facts
03:14 - Walkaround
08:38 - Inside
11:15 - Cockpit area
21:41 - Turret position A
22:54 - Turret Position B
25:15 - Turret Position C
28:58 - Outro
-Audio
Music and Sfx from Epidemic Sound
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@MilitaryAviationHistory 3 года назад

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@armoredspain7053 3 года назад

botellas termas mean thermal bottles, its pronounces boteYas*

@julianshepherd2038 3 года назад

Can you do a review of the film "The Battle of Britain" ? It's full of original planes and other kit but I'm not well informed enough to know when they cheat/fail.

@dredlord47 3 года назад

Could you please do a video on how the remote controlled wing turrets of the Paiggio P.108 work?

@bodieofci5418 3 года назад

'Help yourself everyone. There's no fighter escort.'

@hazed1009 3 года назад

Bismark could I humbly make a request for you to make a video on your favourite and more importantly your most enjoyable military aviation books you own. I too have a large collection of books, mainly on my favourite era ww2 but also several on aircraft combat tactics written much later. Mostly my interest was fueled by these books ability to inform my tactics and behaviour whilst playing PC flught sims like iL2 or for many years Aces high or more recently warthunder. I think many of your subscribers will be similar to me and always buying books and I think you would be a great source of recommendation to us all. I love your channel, I honestly think you should be making documentaries on the discovery TV channel they're so good. I can't understand why some TV producer hasn't thought to contact you. Anyway I hope you will consider my request and tell us of the books you love the most and have enjoyed reading or returning to again and again. I would also ask if you could start with the WW2 era books, perhaps even doing several videos covering the different eras ? but of course I leave the decision to you! Thanks again Hazed100

@harrybergeest6790 3 года назад

Hi, my dad flew in the Heinkle111 during the war as a flight mechanic (flight engineer). He sat just behind the pilot and was in charge of the instraments for the engines as well as manning two side guns in combat. He flew over eastern Europe. One of the missions was dropping mines in the Danube but the main missions were usual to set the target lights for the main bombers. He flew from the beginning of the war right to the end when the crew surrendered to the British at a German airfield. He was with the same air crew throughout the war and they were shot down twice but survived. My dad is now 99 and still alive in Vancouver Canada.

@fatbudgiekillen8997 3 года назад

Imagine how few of the Luftwaffe crews made it through the war, what a fortunate crew, and to survive two downings! Best wishes for Dads 100th.

@bryangeake5826 3 года назад

How did he survive those terrible Russian winters? And were the defensive guns really all that effective, I remember that the dorsal 7.92mm MG17 was changed to a 13.2mm MG 131, I expect that help[ed!!?

@ron9320 3 года назад

Harry Bergeest ::Good that he made it to Vancouver after that. What a lucky man at a wonderful place to live. If been there several times sailing the Strait of Georgia etc. I wish to be there. Regards from Germany!

@davidvanniekerk3813 3 года назад

Thanx Harry Bergeest. My Dad (1931-1984) was not in the war. My Granddad (1896-1990) was, but only in South Africa and in WO1. In 1989 I use a tape recorder and let him speak of Colonial South Africa and the South Africa he know. South Africa have change 180*. As a child I lost that tape.. America is very different from Africa. It is great thing to have the fist witness of History on a recording.

@SovietUnion100 3 года назад

Sounds like a total scumbag probably dropping bombs on Soviet civilians. Its a shame he escaped real justice, Soviet justice. Canada is a nazi hideout.

@wilsonj4705 3 года назад

After watching you squeeze into the cockpit area it's probably safe to say Goering didn't ever fly one of these

@MarvinT0606 3 года назад

They'd need two 111's to fly his fat ass anywhere

@bensmith7536 3 года назад

bismark is about 190cm or something crazy like that.... he's very talll.

@Ronnie-kun 3 года назад

Thats what ETCs are for

@wwvvvvvww 3 года назад

@@MarvinT0606 which means a He-111Z I guess.

@dotdashdotdash 3 года назад

Ben SMITH that’s not that tall

@MarvinT0606 3 года назад

"This is the bomb bay. It's empty *at the moment* " Wait

@MirceaD28 3 года назад

The same reaction here....

@jetaddicted 3 года назад

« Alaaaaaarm!! »

@jwhoward182 3 года назад

How can it be a bomber if there are NO bombs in the bomb bay????

@tombstonesoda9122 3 года назад

Set a course for London

@Keithbarber 3 года назад

@@jwhoward182 they would be loaded as needed- Idiot

@darkredvan 3 года назад

I sat in this one in the pilot’s seat when she sat at Siegerland airport in the early - mid 1970‘s. Sadly some a$$holes stole instruments and other items, even damaged the airframe. Good the airframe was rescued and finally ended up at Deutsches Museum, Flugwerft Schleissheim. Great restoration for sure.

@caydens.1250 3 года назад

A long shot from flying HE 111's in IL-2 with BohicaIce... These are quite excellent videos, thank you sincerely.

@kimbonzky 3 года назад

Hey Ho Luftwaffepirates

@penguasakucing8136 3 года назад

0822 SECTOR 5 NEED SOVIETS TO SHOOT ME DOWN URGENTLY

@edwardscott3262 3 года назад

More videos

@BenitoakaDuce 3 года назад

I waa in that museum its very cool

@fenny1578 3 года назад

Many, many years ago in the mid 90s I visited a Confederate Air Force airshow in Arkansas and they had one of these CASAs dressed up like an He-111. I was very young, probably about 7 or so, and I was got to run around inside it. I was absolutely besotted with the aircraft. So much so that my father bought me a shirt to help support it and keep it flying. I got to talk to the guy who flew it for a little bit, and I have a very fond memory of wiggling a fake machine gun around and making pew pew noises towards a B-17 that was parked nearby. I found out a few years ago that the aircraft crashed and the pilot was killed in the accident in the early 2000s. RIP He-111, and RIP the two men who went down in her.

@danielr.l.mccullough600 3 года назад

I do believe that that aircraft was General Franco's private aircraft, if memory serves me she was wrecked in 2006. Lucky you, not so lucky crew, bless them

@beverlychmelik5504 3 года назад

I went through the same airplane in 1976 at the main airshow when they were at Harlingen, TX. I thought the compass on the floor was a great idea, makes it easy to fly by pilotage.

@paulluce2557 3 года назад

That aircraft was the last remaining flying CASA 2 111 used to represent the He 111 in the 'Battle Of Britain' film 1968.

@Roger-mz4lx 3 года назад

I went through her as well in Lancaster, Ohio late 90's. It was very moving for me as from an early age I've always had and felt strong ties to the Luftwaffe. Yes I heard she went down with loss of life, deeply saddened upon hearing that.

@armoredspain7053 2 года назад

Hey! That's our aircraft, don't break it

@StonyRC 3 года назад

FANTASTIC video - I've never seen inside the iconic He-111 before. Bloody hell, the Luftwaffe pilots were clearly tough, flexible and resourceful men to be able to cope with the ridiculously small confines of the aircraft. Best wishes from the UK.

@notmenotme614 3 года назад

“A wing is a wing, you know what it looks like 🤷‍♂️“ Cries in Northrop B-2 Spirit

@amerigo88 3 года назад

The long, narrow "Davis wing" was a distinctive characteristic of the B-24 Liberator. It provided much of the higher speed and longer range of the B-24 versus the B-17. However, it also meant the B-24 had a higher landing speed and was less stable at lower speeds as compared to the wide wings of the B-17. Generals loved the B-24, pilots loved the B-17. Also, the uniquely shaped wings of the He-111 earned it the nickname, Die Spaten, "The Spade." Note that the early Spanish Civil War models had a traditional stepped cockpit, rather than the "Millennium Falcon/B-29" cigar cockpit. The bombs falling out tail first were a known accuracy problem for The Spade.

@armoredspain7053 2 года назад

Not understanding in F-104

@MrAli171 3 года назад

So many good and decent men died in the air battle we should never forget them

@Ashfielder 3 года назад

Merlins on German airframes always seems wrong… but they do sound good.

@bigblue6917 3 года назад

And in the Spanish Me-109.

@StuSaville 3 года назад

Personally I think the shape of the Merlin's cowlings match perfectly with the He 111's elliptical wings and fuselage curves. I agree though that they look ugly and unnatural when combined with the boxy design of the Spanish 109 (Buchón)

@Leon_der_Luftige 3 года назад

I dont think merlins sound that good compared to a Boomerang or 109 flying by.

@bigblue6917 3 года назад

@mark bushnell Israel did have some Spitfires so they could have reenacted the Battle of Britain

@bigblue6917 3 года назад

@@Leon_der_Luftige Really. One of the things most noted about the Merlin is the sound. Stil. Each to their own

@dickiedollop 3 года назад

The pilots seat was the inspiration for modern day economy class jet airlines by the look of things !

@wwvvvvvww 3 года назад

So I've always learnt the alphabets wrong. It should have been: "A, B, C, Rumpf-Seiten, E, F, G..."

@Furri1bia 3 года назад

The cockpit, from the inside, reminds me of the Millenium Falcon.

@theauralucario60 3 года назад

Stannan B-29 Cockpit is what inspired the millennium falcon. If you see an internal picture it looks almost the same

@slowerthinker 3 года назад

B-29 looks more like a TIE fighter. From the thumbnail I did initially think for a moment that Chris was doing the millennium falcon.

@FeedMeMister 3 года назад

Good catch.

@StuSaville 3 года назад

Good luck squeezing a Wookie into that cockpit 😁

@jasonharry645 3 года назад

I agree, I think Stalingrad inspired the snow scenes , the first film where Vader walks in at the beginning to the captured ship is so much like from I think when Russia fights back, or named something similar , the scene was as the Russians open the doors to one of either Paulus bunker or the hospital , when seeing it I was like that what inspired the Star Wars scene , many thanks for this video again

@joaquinandreu8530 3 года назад

The CASA 2.111A & C did had Jumo 211F-2 engines . The versions F, B, D & E had Rolls-Royce Merlin 500 engines. The bomber versions were retired in the 60's. The transport versions were used up until the 70's.

@pricelesshistory 3 года назад

Is there a book on the history of the CASA 2.111?

@antdte.5523 Месяц назад

@@pricelesshistory Yes, this, Los C-2.111 "Pedro" De CASA

@Testacabeza 3 года назад

"That's great, kid. Don't get cocky."

@thamirivonjaahri6378 3 года назад

Say all ye want...this is the MOST beautiful bomber ever made and sooo much underrated

@themapmaker5374 3 года назад

B-25 most beautiful looking bomber of WWII

@rogernicholls2079 3 года назад

Mosquito

@davidmarsden9800 3 года назад

The Spanish were still using them in 1968 as they appeared in the film " The Battle of Britain".

@trig 3 года назад

Please! Please! Take a lead from The Chieftain and start doing a plane version of "Oh Damn! the tanks on fire!" Seriously though how the hell was anyone in that plane getting out in a hurry.

@bigblue6917 3 года назад

You thought the Chieftain trying to climb out of a tank was exciting. I think we now know why they invented the ejector seat.

@tlw4237 3 года назад

Not too bad for the guy in C position, just open the door and drop out. Assuming he was actually wearing his parachute and didn’t have to get up and retrieve it from somewhere else before jumping, that is. One of the few aircraft where the rearmost gun position offered the easiest and most accessible emergency exit. As for the rest of the crew, good luck, you’ll need it. Though I suppose if the pilot still has enough control he could invert the plane then release the cockpit roof then he and the bomb aimer could just fall out, doing what little they could to avoid being hit by the tail and in the process making it much harder for the other crew to escape thanks to the aircraft being the wrong way up, a hurricane blowing in the fuselage and the plane doing whatever happens when its streamlining is negated and a big air brake opened in what is now the underside. And if the plane is spinning, all bets are off. Before ejector seats became standard the chances of a bomber pilot successfully bailing out if the autopilot was inoperative were not very high. While in later aircraft like the V-bombers the ejector seats meant the cockpit crew could get out quickly the crew members who didn’t have bang seats had to do their best to get out through the doors and hatches the old fashioned way, quite possibly in the dark if the internal lighting failed.

@FeedMeMister 3 года назад

@@bigblue6917 Oh bugger, the bird's on fire!... Well, shite. Now my back's buggered.

@Leon_der_Luftige 3 года назад

You are quite motivated to get out in those situations so you won't mind banging your head/shoulder/little toe too much if it means you make it out.

@TheLastOldOne 3 года назад

@@Leon_der_Luftige quite right, I mean it's not quite the same but one time I got distracted and my pizza was burning so I dashed to the kitchen and hit my elbow on the door frame on the way through. Didn't even feel the pain til after I rescued my pizza.

@frankandrewartha5037 2 года назад

Great work. Imagine trying to bail out of the HE111 if you are in the cockpit. I had a friend who flew as a gunner (17 years old) in a JU-88 in an observation squadron during the battle of Britten. He had plenty of stories. He loved his 88 and didn't want to fly in the 111. Late in the war they stopped flying because no fuel.

@visionist7 3 года назад

Clicked instantly! My favourite Luftwaffe aircraft. Edit: I've read that the control column could be swung over to allow the bomb aimer/forward gunner to fly the plane if the pilot was incapacitated or killed. I'm not sure how he would have used the rudder in that case. The column itself had a big, segmented circular blind behind the horizontal portion that would encircle the yoke when deployed; this was to prevent the pilot being blinded by searchlights and was probably only fitted for night missions over Britain. I saw a face metal elements of one of these blinds for sale on eBay a few years back, the fabric having long since deteriorated. Probably taken from a crashed plane. The pilot also had a "drift sight" which helped with bombing. It's visible in British illustrated materials of the time. Maybe this sight replaced the four strings visible in the video. None survive as far as I know.

@galier2 3 года назад

The control column that could be swung from one side to the other was a thing in the Me264 Amerika Bomber, to have alternating pilots for the long mission. Afaict it was not the case in the He111

@pricelesshistory 3 года назад

Then you have to see my videos! Link is in under "Show More"

@jona.scholt4362 3 года назад

My mother's BF (strange saying that) who moved from Germany to the US as a 5 year old in the late 50s had an uncle who was KIA as a crewman on an HE-111 over Russia. He also had an uncle who amazingly survived the war as a sailor on an U Boat. His father was conscripted as a 14 or 15 year old to help man an AA battery, somewhere in Wurttemberg that I cannot recall. Very very different times back then.

@TheSound0fLegends 3 года назад

I wish the one at Duxford in storage would be restored to flying condition. Also just imagine if a stuka was restored to flying condition, they could dive it at airshows 😍

@Captain-Nostromo 3 года назад

There is a desert stuka in America that will be restored to flying condition, there are videos here on RU-vid where you can follow the progress. I don't remember the name of the channel, but if you do a search You will find it.

@turkishbigdaddy3334 3 года назад

@@Captain-Nostromo Goddamn, hopefully it's not the R version.

@d17a2dude 3 года назад

Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum is restoring an R-4 taking parts from multiple original air frames and rebuilding sections they can't source.

@d17a2dude 3 года назад

@mark bushnell FHCAM hasn't announced whether they have a siren or jericho or not. We will see! Fyi they also have an original me-262 being restored with reingineered Jumo engines!

@martijn9568 3 года назад

I doubt that they will ever dive it at airshows as if it was dive bombing. After all these years the wings spars aren't what they used to be. A shallow dive is more likely, just to get the trumpets whining.

@sirendor202 3 года назад

9:10 how nice of Heinkel to provide some Henkels

@klausdiefenbach8329 3 года назад

As a Retired pilot I really enjoy these episodes where I can see how aviators flew in the past. Needless to say it is so much easier today and safer as well.

@magomo5635 3 года назад

32 years ago in Cuatro Vientos (Madrid) museum I enjoy the same experience in one of CASA 2111 but in worst conditions. So thanks to the German museum to bring it to shape.

@T3STAM3NT11 3 года назад

23:53 This is where my great-grandfather (probably) died. Sadly I don’t know a lot about him or his fate. All I know is that he was a rear gunner on an HE111 and that he was posted MIA in the mediterranean theatre. RIP.

@gjaltvanderhem838 3 года назад

@Josiah Arceneaux Actually, the Hurricane was the bomber killer.

@ChrisSJROBINS 3 месяца назад

🇬🇧🛫☄️🧨🔫🤣

@alstokesveteranfilmmaker913 3 года назад

Just a quick note on the lack of available space to move around in bombers, my father was in the RAF (1942-1945) down 'The Hole' at RAF Uxbridge and from what I remember of him long ago he was incredibly thin. In my long ago youth I was incredibly skinny too. The only reason I bring this up at all is because we both worked in the British Film Industry and it paid to be skinny in tight corners - him in a (Spanish) Heinkel 111 on the 1968 film 'Battle of Britain' and me inside a French owned B-17. No sudden moves. My father worked on a Chapman Crane during BoB and took his Super-8mm camera with him. And one day I'll get round to posting it on my You Tube. The mystery of skinny Brits - the diet wasn't so good back in the 1940s. Keep up the good work.

@malcolmcarter1726 2 года назад

Pure excellence. Surprised he didn't mention the elevating pilots seat function ,which raised the seat and controls so that the pilots head was out of the glazing above ,which slid backwards and at the same time raised a small windshield. This was for use in bad visibility for taxiing and take off. Great show. I really enjoyed this.

@PABeaulieu 3 года назад

I don't know much about airplanes, but as far as I remember, I was still a Grade School and I already liked the Heinkel He-111 look.

@ramjb 3 года назад

I'm still having nightmares trying to decypher that stupid instrument panel xDDDDDDDDD

@MilitaryAviationHistory 3 года назад

Thanks for the help with translations ;)

@wafikiri_ 2 года назад

When I was less than 8 years old, I flew a lot in the Junkers Ju-52 and in the Heinkel He-111. I loved the Heinkel, for its glass cockpit dome: I sat on the gunner's knees, and could never catch the moment of actual take off: the runway ahead was suddenly gone and fields and houses appeared instead, apparently little enough that I knew I had once more missed that moment.

@roguerepublic1746 3 года назад

I’m glad the pilot Hans were comfortable

@niume7468 3 года назад

What about fritz?

@flyus747 3 года назад

finally!! thank you very much! Been wondering what the 111 interior actually looked like every since I watched Battle of Britain, especially the Cargo Bay since in IL2, that compartment is completely covered off.

@pricelesshistory 3 года назад

Check Links under "Show More"

@flyus747 3 года назад

@@pricelesshistory bro ive seen your A B C stand videos 10x over. It's an incredible insight into the 111. Had virtually no idea the A stand could rotate and that the B stand could even shoot forward. Until this video, yours was the most in depth I could find on the 111 since virtually no media wants to cover it.

@thomasvernon2531 3 года назад

Rather fitting upload considering tomorrow marks 80 years since the start of the Battle of Britain. Great informative content as always!

@PhilbyFavourites 3 года назад

My Dad was “bombed out” in Portsmouth 23rd December 1940. He and his twin brother went from “the snug” to “the cellar” of my grandparents pub in a few scant seconds. The family survived, the pub became just a memory - “The Gosport Ale House”. I’m pretty sure the Heinkel 111 was to blame! Dad bore no grudge and that museum is in my sights... for a visit next year in my German car or German motorbike. Tell me who won again???

@peterstickney7608 3 года назад

Excellent as always! A couple of points - the bombs in the 2 bays were suspended vertically, nose up. This had 2 implications - Dropping the bombs out tail-first meant that they'd wobble around before they stabilized, which had a serious effect on accuracy. (Remember, they're not just falling, but also flying, to an extent If they aren't streamlined, then they're going to head off in their own directions.). Because the nose suspension lug meant there could be no nose fuze, bomb effectiveness would be reduced on some targets. The 111 also gets to go down in history as the first Air-Launched Cruise Missile carrier - when the V-1 sites in France were no longer usable, 111s were rigged to carry and launch V-1s. Given the state of Navigation systems available to the Germans at the time, and the primitive guidance of the V-1, they weren't militarily effective, but first is first.

@cwallace1951 3 года назад

This is such a beautiful aircraft

@michaelmorgan9824 3 года назад

Yeah Stephan! Thanks for helping sponsoring this video. The Heinkel He 111 is my favorite all versions! No He 111 H-22 is the Zenith I interject!

@AsbestosMuffins 3 года назад

such a nice looking cockpit with the glass, if only slightly vulnerable and cramped. I can't imagine what it felt like to be flying in that as you're practically floating in air

@bonzomcdrumcat4989 2 года назад

Nice to know that these exact heinkels were used in the film "Battle of Britain"

@FrankC321 3 года назад

Chris is awesome. When he reads off metric units, for speed and weight (kilometers, kilograms) it sounds like the Klingon gunner preparing the Bird of Prey warship main weapon that will destroy Voyager II. Seriously, greatly appreciate the inside tour. Agree with everyone's comments below. Just one pilot, basically, every combat sortie was almost a death sentence. No crew armor, so much glass, nowhere to hide.

@crazybrit-nasafan 3 года назад

Great walk round. Useful too as two of my model PROJECTS I am starting soon are a HE111 and a CASA 2-111. Many thanks.

@neilwilson5785 3 года назад

I have to say, this is such an elegant and informative video. REALLY well put together. The use of simulated footage and diagrams to make this clearer is great.

@vivekshivdasani9521 2 года назад

Imagine during a dogfight the entire canopy filling up with smoke from the gunpowder and the din of the battle along with the sound of the aircraft engines. Those who have left behind written accounts of those moments confess that fear was their constant companion.

@PrinceLlamanade 3 года назад

Damn i never thought that the Heinkel would be this small lol I guess you learn something everyday.

@varovaro1967 3 года назад

Great! Great! Thank you. My admiration for those crews in those glass planes.

@philiphied 3 года назад

This may be my favorite plane of all time. I always loved how the pilot sits out over the clouds. On a sort of captains chair.

@armoredspain7053 2 года назад

Glad to know your fav aircraft is a Spanish one

@okkami676 3 года назад

That was awesome! You really gave us a good tour of what it must have been like inside this aircraft. Thank you!

@ennep1718 3 года назад

IVE BEEN THERE :O it’s really epic I got to talk about Erich Hartman and other aces with one of the staff members!

@adorimable9690 3 года назад

YES! My favorite bomber, I've been eyeing it in the background of several of your videos, just waiting for you to do it.

@cyclingnerddelux698 3 года назад

Again, well done! Thanks for giving us access to this iconic aircraft!

@powerjets3512 3 года назад

Thanks for the treat and the great work by the museum staff in restoring it. I love going to the Flugaustellung Hermeskeil, which has also has a He-111 (it needs a shelter :( ). Lots of other aircraft well worth seeing if you are nearby.

@DJSbros 3 года назад

I cant imagine trying to bail out of this damn thing.

@Saskas-qy3qq 3 года назад

Imagine going down and the cockpit hits the ground first, million of broken glass pieces going towards you

@arneldobumatay3702 3 года назад

I was thinking the same thing. I'm guessing crews with seriously damaged planes went down with their plane.

@stormthetemplar2893 3 года назад

I mean, for the pilot and bomber, it seems it was easier So that's that

@taco44051 2 года назад

try it minus a leg below the knee...or right arm gone...or blinded...

@larsschroder212 3 года назад

A Video-series about the Autopilot systems of that time from Siemens, Askania, Patin and the American Sperry would be interesting. I really like the content on your channel. Great Job, weiter machen👍😁

@lesgreu 2 года назад

Very interesting! My grandfather was a radio operator on the HE-111 in WW2. We actually visited the one on display in the Flugwerft Unterschleißheim quite a few times and he kept telling me stories from back in the day when he would be sitting there for hours in the very confined space of the fuselage. Having only been able to see the plane from the outside, I could never fully imagine what that must have felt like. Thanks to the video, I now have a better impression of the plane's interior, even if the plane shown in the video is a different variant from the one my grandfather was flying in. Thanks for that!

@brutusmuerto 3 года назад

I have waited for HE-111 video like this for years. Thank You!

@jasonharding96 3 года назад

MAH *enters* HE-111 *Gets LUFTWAFFLE pirates flashbacks*

@stejer211 3 года назад

13:55 'Once inside it really feels comfortable.' I got that experience as well, one time in Germany.

@AlexDahlseid2002 Год назад

He 111 as well as the B-29 were both the inspiration behind the Starcruiser cockpit 2004-2008 Canadian-French sci-fi series Atomic Betty and they did swapped some positions the front gunner/bombardier was removed and was replaced as the flight deck for both Sparky and X-5 and pilot/co pilot, flight engineer position was accompanied by the supporting structure for Betty’s seat.

@Fran_SG 2 года назад

A very nice plane with a lot of history.

@davidewing9088 3 года назад

exquisite aircraft, ; extraordinary presentation and history - very impressive.

@tonyminehan2323 3 года назад

Another excellent video thank you, if memory serves me, there was a German HE 111 at RAF St Athan in South Wales. I know it had been restored to a degree, but whether it was a flying example I'm not sure, probably not as it was being statically displayed but that may have been due to the fact it was too precious to fly, got to think of hours on the airframe and engines etc......

@numbersletters3886 2 года назад

The 111s are absolutely beautiful birds. And most likely the best pilot cockpit for visibility. Thank you.

@deltavee2 3 года назад

Hi Chris. If memory serves one of the strings in front of the pilot was to show him the longitudinal axis of the airplane because from the pilot's seat there isn't a straight line anywhere in the cockpit! I always enjoy your vids and they are getting better and better. Thanks for the tour from Canada.

@RileyFM 3 года назад

Very well done! I loved seeing the instruments and gauges. Very different from the C172s I fly XD

@shooter2055 3 года назад

As an aircraft mechanic, I'm in love with the totally naked instrument panel for the pilot!

@grantv2313 3 года назад

Lol

@dr.wilfriedhitzler1885 3 года назад

Because it is naked.._

@davidh2608 3 месяца назад

This popped up randomly and I am glad that it did! Very fascinating video and it was great to be given a tour inside the aircraft. I think that like the Spitfire and maybe the mosquito, the He111 is a thing of beauty with looks that defy it's actual purpose of being a fighting and killing machine. I would love to see one of these and a Stuka back in flying condition. Great video I will now go and watch the rest of them!

@lwallace79 3 года назад

I really enjoy your videos and how you are so comprehensive in your descriptions. Keep up the great work!

@johnaitken7430 3 года назад

Have joined and no regrets need step it up to higher level. You are entertaining and very very informative. Respect for the fliers

@cannonfodder4376 3 года назад

Bismarck the pilot and Bo the bombardier. And Sturmling, Bear and Loli the gunners. The TBLF bomber crew. Why are you licking you gun!! - Bismarck 😂😂 Yet another good and informative video Bismarck. Although I do say a history session on it would have been good to have. Considering it's own storied history and changes as time went on.

@mpk6664 3 года назад

Bismarck wouldn't last long enough to get footage. as Bo never learned how to fire the guns.

@dse763 3 года назад

That was in a Ju 88. A perfect place for that kind of thing.

@grantv2313 3 года назад

Fairly unique content indeed! I’m in the US and have always been fascinated by the He-111s for some odd reason. Built a very nice model of one 20 years ago and thinking about doing another one. This presentation was incredible. How in the hell do you know all of these details!? Thank you very much for going through all this. I never would’ve known this much about the plane without watching your video. It had to have taken a lot of guts to cram into that and head out. Can you imagine riding in that thing next to fuel and bombs, cramped space, freezing cold at 10k ft or more trying to shoot at enemy planes while unseen ones are shooting at you and bullets are ripping through it turning it into Swiss cheese all around you? Good God. Much respect for all the men who endured the air war in these planes on all sides. Anybody that got through it must’ve had some stories to tell.

@specforged5651 3 года назад

You act like getting in and out of this thing was like climbing Mount Everest lol. Very cool, thank you for sharing.

@johniksushibar165 3 года назад

a bit like a reverse tardis , big on the outside but small on the inside, i got into a Lancaster cockpit once...more room in my car , dont fancy the chances of getting out if it goes down.

@bigblue6917 3 года назад

The Heinkel He-111 was obsolescent at the time of the Battle of Britain yet they were never full replaced by the end of the war, five years later. This means that by the time the Spanish finally retired them it was more then 30 years after the Battle of Britain. Imagine being a Spanish bomber crew in the 60's. While people were flying the likes of the Canberra and the Hustler they are flying around in the Heinkel He-111. Must have been embarrassing.

@tlw4237 3 года назад

There’s maybe a reason they were converted to transports... Franco managed to stretch his increasingly bankrupt country’s limited budget enough to get his hands on some F-86s and later on F-104s but it’s hard to imagine why he might have needed bombers. Unless to use against e.g. a Basque or other internal uprising or in colonial “policing” in North Africa. No-one was interested in invading or attacking Spain and Franco was never in a position to threaten his neighbours. He was kept plenty busy tracking down and locking up his internal political opponents and fending off his most ambitious junior colleagues.

@kittyhawk9707 3 года назад

Big Blue Idiot .. they were used as transport aircraft.. did you not pay attention / or are you to thick to understand the video .. the US still used Invaders and Dakota's fitted with machine guns in Korea and Vietnam.. "Must have been embarrassing"

@bigblue6917 3 года назад

@@kittyhawk9707 well I did pay attention. They were used as bombers as well as transports. In fact Spain used them as bombers in Africa. If you wasn't trying to be such a smart arse you would have heard him say they used them as bombers as well as transports. There were still in service as bombers until the late 60s. So if you want to see an idiot find a mirror

@bigblue6917 3 года назад

@@tlw4237 Spain did use them in Africa. Don't think even Franco would have gotten awa6with bombing the Basques. Remember he was trying to encourage tourism in the 60s because he was broke

@pricelesshistory 3 года назад

@@kittyhawk9707 Big Blue is correct, they were exclusively used as bombers; becoming transports was simply re-purposing an old air frame. Considering when first designed the He 111 was also meant to be a credible transport aircraft to avoid Versailles Treaty restrictions, and the He 111C was a fully realized luxurious transport version. Toward end of war it was also used as a 16 troop para drop plane, if not dropping bombs. No stretch of imagination to convert the bomber as transport.

@esmenhamaire6398 Год назад

I'm VERY pleased to learn that there are still a few examples of this plane surviving in museums. I had thought that they had all been scrapped. Many thanks for your great videos!

@Irish_For_Life1842 7 месяцев назад

There are only 5 original He-111s. The rest are Spanish model. The Spanish versions are sometimes painted as original He-111s. The was one Spanish version that was the only He-111 or Spanish version able to fly. While landing it suddenly loss power in one of the Rolls Royce engines and crashed - a total loss.

@lynnfuentas9236 2 года назад

Thanks for the view, I visited this museum back in 1993 and don't recall if they had a heinkle then. I recognize the me 109 and 262. Will have to look back at old photos.

@waynester71 3 года назад

Boy 1: “einkel” Boy 2: “Messerschmitt” Boy 1: “No they’re not they’re einkels”

@EpicTalfo 3 года назад

@fus149 Hammer taktaktaktaktaktak :)

@Patchman123 3 года назад

Ah! That Cockney accent! So many memories of that classic.

@rb1179 3 года назад

Pretty sure Boy 2 actually said: "Dornier", not Messerschmitt. But I'm old and my memory might be fading.

@stephenhosking7384 3 года назад

@@rb1179 Jogging my audio of a scene I've only seen a couple of times in fifty years, but I'm hearing a cockney "Messerschmitt". I'm also picturing a ME-110 as what he was talking about. I could be wrong.

@rb1179 3 года назад

@@stephenhosking7384 I regret to say you are correct, the kid did say Messerschmitt. I just finished watching the movie and that line happens at the 1:28 mark.

@LegionOfEclaires 3 года назад

Certainly one of the finest looking aircraft of the war. Didn't realize how cramped it was inside though...

@stephenhosking7384 3 года назад

Agree on both counts!

@brianhumphries2700 2 года назад

You are so lucky too be able to be inside the old war birds. Wish I could crawl around inside them as well. Keep the awesome videos coming !!!

@agn855 2 года назад

Immer wieder geil das die Aussicht aus einem HE111 Cockpit in jedem StarWars Film mit der Aussicht aus der 'Millenium Falcon'-Kanzel Wiederauferstehung hält (so wie die JU 87 Stuka-Sounds bei den "Luft"-Kämpfen in Outer Space).

@BobbyMulqueen 3 года назад

I don't know what it is about German WW2 era technology but it's so appealing even to a Brit. 🤣

@ewancampbellcampbell1550 3 года назад

Indeed! I love the Spitfires and the Hurricanes, but I must admire the Bf 109.

@TheRealDill93 2 года назад

I agree. But I find that I can certainly appreciate all the different nations approaches to the war. Extremely interesting to see the designs, the what other nations would do to counter them. And so forth. I must admit that the German stuff just looked appealing. Even their guns. The mg34 is just a beautiful weapon. The panther and tiger 2 have beautiful lines. Etc

@pheonixlerleader9460 3 года назад

Am I the only person who thinks it would be nice to live in this plane

@Splattle101 3 года назад

Your tour of the interior made me feel positively claustrophobic!

@davidvanniekerk3813 3 года назад

Sehr Danke/ Baie dankie Military Aviation History for this video. It must have been difficult for the flyboys in that Heinkel.

@KitKabinet 3 года назад

"Because you can't really stand on the guy, can you". Would that otherwise be the 'Schützenrückenstand'?

@gordonclark7632 3 года назад

I remember reading many years ago that when the B29 was introduced, pilots had trouble getting used to the glasshouse because of the different view through the glasshouse. Does your research show any such condition with the glasshouse on the Heinkel that you are reviewing here?

@michaelbevan3285 3 года назад

German pilots hated this type of glasshouse because it was too hot in summer and rain streaked it in winter or blind flying and the glare in strong light was such that they had to jack up their seat and use a sliding panel over their heads to see forward. Old sweats preferred the Pedro nose of the early version.

@BobSmith-dk8nw 3 года назад

Thanks. That was an excellent presentation of the interior of an aircraft that is somewhat familiar from movies and computer games. Getting to see what it looked like on the inside and how the crew were stationed in it was very interesting. There's a scene in The Battle of Britain where an He-111 has crash landed and they are trying to pry the bent fuselage away from one of the crew members to get them out. That problem is much easier to understand now seeing how cramped that area was. I'm not familiar enough with British Bombers in general to know how common it was - but the Mosquito had the same arrangement for one pilot and other crew (though, of course, no one farther back in that plane). For American Bombers they usually had a pilot and a co-pilot, though such as the A-20 only had one. .

@probusthrax 2 года назад

Very nice job! I really feel like I have a basic understanding of the entire HE-111. Thanks a bunch for doing this video!

@davidmarsden9800 3 года назад

Looks like the pilot's seat would have given a good view of the oncoming Spitfire or Hurricane.

@davidmarsden9800 3 года назад

@flip inheck lucky for future British freedom.

@umaisusmani2788 3 года назад

"Cockpit Placeholder"

@danielmarso7242 3 года назад

My first assignment with the Marines in 1963 Was BLT 3/2 , with Fleet Marine Force we deployed to the Mediterranean and we trained with Italian and Spanish Marines. the Spanish Marines wore German helmets, and their Air Force flew the HE-111 's , we felt like we were back in time , The Spanish Air Force would drop us supplies in the Field with the German Trimotor transport Aircraft , it was like going back in time ,but 1963 was less than 20 years after WWII , so the Spanish AF and Marines still had all that stuff they got from Germany.

@dinsdalemontypiranha4349 3 года назад

This is the first of your videos that I have seen. It was great! Thank you so much.

@armyman-ig7qs 3 года назад

“Here is the fun part” early blitz flashback

@loudelk99 3 года назад

Must have been hell trying to bail out of a crippled plane.

@MikoyanGurevich-xc7ft 3 года назад

The he111 scene from 1969 Battle of Britain illustrates this perfectly

@julioperezs 3 года назад

I thank you very much for this video, for being able to see a device like this that was airplane here in Spain. In addition to the historical importance it has for us, it is vital for you because of how incredible this machine was and is. Thank you again