Last Luftwaffe Dogfights 8 May 1945 

Imagine not having seen a German plane since 1943 and then only moments before the war ending seeing a fricking me-262 land at your airfield.

Ok, one correction. Hartman was not only Germany’s top ace, but the top ace in aviation history.

if Germany is the fatherland and Russia is the motherland does that make ww2 domestic violence

Who in their right mind Scraps that ME-262?? How cool would it be to see the ME-262 that got the last German kill of the war.

The Germans really didn't like the Soviets apparently.

Germany should've won

Back in the 1960s I knew a german nazi soldier named Herman. I asked him how it was to lose the war, and he said "what can you do when the whole world is against you"

I find it interesting how most German aces flew their last combat missions against the Soviets to get their final kills then promptly flew to Western allies to surrender. Seems like they wanted to stick it to the Russians one last time before surrendering. I'd imagine capture by the US/UK would be more preferable than the Soviets. Makes me wonder though, did any attack the Western allies then surrender to the Soviets?

The squadron of Me262s had a "top cover" squadron to protect them in their painfully long take-offs and landings. Consisting of FW190 Dora fighters with their undersides painted barber pole red and white stripes so that airfield AA gunners could easily recognize them. All pilots in this unit had over 100 kills in earlier models of the FW190.

How many of us wish that so many of these planes hadn't been scrapped?!

When the war ends at 2pm but its only 1:30pm

My wife's late Uncle was a navigator on an RCAF bomber that was shot down by an Me-262. His crew was lucky to bail out safely. They actually were saved by German Army troops who picked them up before some of the local farmers who were going to kill them. He survived the POW camp and lived to age 97 in Canada.

Gulag officer: How many soviet aircrafts did you shot down?

Mark , Germany's top ace Erich { " Bubi " } Hartmann 's last mission over Vienna where he sighted a formation of Soviet planes at one altitude + an American one at a higher altitude. Seizing the opportunity, Hartmann fired on the soviet formation ,then quickly disappeared into the smoke pall rising from the city. The soviets assumed the Americans had attacked them . A wild dogfight ensued , while Hartmann slipped away chuckling. He finished up as a General in the West German air force . Thanks as always for your most interesting quality videos.

Fitting that Hartman should have a kill on the last day of the war

A German soldier or sailor definitely didn't want to get captured by the Soviets. Living out your days in a Soviet gulag in the far north of Siberia was a fate worse than death.

Interesting. Faßberg - the airfield where the last victorious Me-262 landed - was the location where I did my military service in the Bundeswehr from 1985-86.

Western Allies: ok Germany, party’s over. Time to bring your toys in

First ever jet fighters, absolutely cool. Also the Me 262 was a very beautiful and fast aircraft.

The last air kill of WWII by the most advanced plane of the era, what we should don whit this unique piece of history sr ?