Stukas Over London - Secret Ju-87 Missions 1941

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It is not widely known that, in early 1941, a series of intruder missions were carried out against London using pairs of Junkers Ju87 Stuka dive bombers. Here is the full story...
Dr. Mark Felton FRHistS, FRSA is a well-known British historian, the author of 22 non-fiction books, including bestsellers 'Zero Night' and 'Castle of the Eagles', both currently being developed into movies in Hollywood. In addition to writing, Mark also appears regularly in television documentaries around the world, including on The History Channel, Netflix, National Geographic, Quest, American Heroes Channel and RMC Decouverte. His books have formed the background to several TV and radio documentaries. More information about Mark can be found at: en.wikipedia.o...
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Primary Source: ''The Blitz: Then & Now: Volume 2', Ed. Winston G. Ramsey, (After The Battle: 1990)
Credits: US National Archives; Library of Congress; Alan Wilson; Roland Turner

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@user-ty9nz4pr1m 6 месяцев назад

My father passed away yesterday mark your videos gave us both a bond. He was 2nd generation polish he knew everything about the war yet you always surprised him with your amazing stories. Ty

@archstanton6102 6 месяцев назад

Sorry for your loss.

@user-ty9nz4pr1m 6 месяцев назад

@archstanton6102 thank you pal.

@archstanton6102 6 месяцев назад

@user-ty9nz4pr1m My 85 year old father passed in Jan '23. So it gets harder before it gets better - but it does get better. I read the eulogy at his cremation. One of the hardest yet proudest moments of my life. I am sure you will honour his memory. Best wishes.

@coops1964 6 месяцев назад

Sorry for your loss my friend. The Poles will always have a home to come to in England for what your countrymen did during the war to help us.

@user-ty9nz4pr1m 6 месяцев назад

@archstanton6102 thank you mate. Yesterday was the worst. He was an avid collector he used to wear polish tankers uniform to 1940s events sadly the police confiscated alot of repo guns etc Yesterday due to a tellor mine and a panzerfaust replica in his collection I'm sure il get them back. I was going to take him to bovington with my son next year I might still go.

@dentonstales2778 6 месяцев назад

My mother told me of hearing Stukas during the Blitz, so it's nice to see official confirmation of that. She said the sound was incredible to hear 'live' rather than a recording.

@user-em2pe3rf4h 6 месяцев назад

No matter how many newsreels that I see, no matter how many books that I have read or will read and no matter how good my imagination may or may not be, I will never know what it was like for those poor people on every side when the bombs started falling... and for all that I am grateful. Thanks for another stellar edition Dr. Felton. Cheers from the States.

@george4997 6 месяцев назад

My grandma still struggles when the air raid sirens are tested

@user-em2pe3rf4h 6 месяцев назад

@@george4997 I am sorry that your grandma,or anyone for that matter, have those kinds of memories.

@tommiatkins3443 6 месяцев назад

I wouldn't say you'll never know it. There's a few million people who thought they never would and now it's their reality.

@ottonieoswald9184 6 месяцев назад

So very well said!!!

@piplee1439 6 месяцев назад

More Felton BS

@jasonmussett2129 6 месяцев назад

I had no idea Stukas were ever used at night over England. I always learn something new. Well done Dr Felton 👍

@SuperUAP 5 месяцев назад

I had no idea Stukas were so good at ✨ Pulling Out ✨ while so deep in England 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@duncanread4442 6 месяцев назад

I always had admiration for the tail gunner. Imagen going backwards in to a roll then a dive 😮

@jerryjeromehawkins1712 6 месяцев назад

I have always felt the same. So not only that... but being in the rear, facing the opposite direction, not being able to see what is happening and having no control over the plane whatsoever. Brave men... on all both of this conflict.

@GhanaianBliss 6 месяцев назад

This may be confirmation bias on my part but I predict that Dr. Felton will not fail to deliver the good stuff with this video.

@tonyschram1260 6 месяцев назад

He never disapoints👍

@raftonpounder6696 6 месяцев назад

@@tonyschram1260or disappoints either.

@lloydknighten5071 6 месяцев назад

He ALWAYS delivers great videos 👌

@jamesmacfarlane3196 6 месяцев назад

Out preform Dr. Felton on RU-vid with cool broad and niche history challenge (impossible)

@Valkanna.Nublet 6 месяцев назад

It might well be confirmation bias, but it's based on real experience of previous excellent videos :)

@capB1535 6 месяцев назад

My dad was a London Transport bus instructor during the 70s & 80s, one of his fellow instructors was an ex Stuka and HE111 pilot. He stayed here after the war as his wife was killed during the war. He showed my dad his wedding picture wearing his uniform.

@QuantumPyrite_88.9 6 месяцев назад

Of all of the model airplanes hanging from the ceiling in my bedroom as a kid , the Stuka was the favorite.

@consul6262 6 месяцев назад

My very first Airfix kit when I was a nipper, must have been about 1960.

@QuantumPyrite_88.9 6 месяцев назад

Revel models in the 60s'. All the best. @@consul6262

@EllieMaes-Grandad 6 месяцев назад

Lots of us had them too . . .

@samzerafa3185 6 месяцев назад

I have the 1/24"Stuka Tropical

@robbinsteel 5 месяцев назад

My Mother hired a young woman refugee maid from Germany who exclaimed, “ Ah, the Stuka!”, upon seeing me assembling a model of one in 1961.

@heatherporterfield7343 6 месяцев назад

Dr. Felton has done it again. He had become what the History Channel should be; the presenter of the truth and facts of WW2. The greatest generation would be proud.😇

@kirktravis5780 6 месяцев назад

Yes he's almost god like.

@natewatl9423 6 месяцев назад

I would say that Dr Felton has done even better than the History Channel had in mind

@sullacicero2610 6 месяцев назад

No one has been watching the History Channel for years now. I must admit, I don’t mind Pawn Stars. Even that, I watch on RU-vid

@kirktravis5780 6 месяцев назад

I was being sarcastic.

@heatherporterfield7343 6 месяцев назад

@@kirktravis5780 I figured so.😁😀😛

@duellingscarguevara 6 месяцев назад

That mk1 spitfire is a stunner..

@budprepper3811 6 месяцев назад

My mother was in Thionville, France as a teenager from 1940 to then end of the war. She told me they were bombed quite frequently around there and Metz. She remembers the sirens from the German dive bombers. She said it scared the heck out of everyone. ☠️

@787maxwell 6 месяцев назад

Amazed at how these stories are found - love the detail

@WhyteRook2323 6 месяцев назад

I love watching Mark Felton’s educational videos on the Second World War but had no idea he also holds a Masters in Native American Studies. Truly exceptional Historian!

@dsmith2568 6 месяцев назад

Any else get that vibe that the doc is like that one cool friend that you don’t really know what they do but shows up randomly and makes your day better? Like a cool Kramer.

@buzbuz33-99 6 месяцев назад

Just to add a bit of "color" to your excellent description of a Stuka dive: An individual who claimed to have trained in Stukas told me that they were instructed to wear silk scarves around their necks (like WWI fighter pilots) and, just prior to initiating their dive, they were supposed to pull the scarves a bit tighter. They believed this would help prevent the blood from rushing from their heads during the pull-up and reduce the chance of a black out. I once experienced 5.5 g's at the bottom of a loop and that was enough to cause "tunnel vision" and gray out.

@buzbuz33-99 6 месяцев назад

@@WrekkinM Perhaps. But that statement was made during a presentation to a roomful of pilots that I attended (not in by some drunk in a bar). And while I took some of the other statements he made that night with a big grain of salt (e.g. I never fought on the Western front), that particular claim does make some sense and did not seem to be motivated by a desire for fame - just part of his description of the training process.

@johnhammond9962 6 месяцев назад

I love how the Stuka had that bomb cradle that swings down so the bomb would clear the prop.

@GazzaLDN 6 месяцев назад

Didn't all single engine dive bombers have this.

@rodneypayne4827 6 месяцев назад

@@GazzaLDNmost did, even the later Helldiver and Barracuda inside the bombay. Btw both of these are my favourite allied divers.

@sidefx996 6 месяцев назад

SBD had it too. I remember thinking how cool it was when I built a model of it when I was a kid.

@user-vj7el2wg9b 6 месяцев назад

@@GazzaLDN Most, certainly, but not the Fairey Skua or the Henschel He123.

@WALTERBROADDUS 6 месяцев назад

@@user-vj7el2wg9bI believe you mean, the Blackburn Skua?

@Syncop8rNZ 6 месяцев назад

I saw one at RAF Hendon I believe, surprising how big they are (and how small Bf109s are).

@wessexdruid7598 6 месяцев назад

The same one pictured above, at the end (edit - from 10:39).

@jamesdellaneve9005 6 месяцев назад

Yes. The 109s were tiny. One of my favorite planes from WWII. I liked the spitfires more. And they kept getting better.

@hilanddoug 6 месяцев назад

Mark- I hope you'll get a kick out of this story that happened this evening. I've been a long time watcher and recently subscribed. Being mostly retired at age 61, I still teach two fencing classes and a club at the local community college every Friday evening. Many of my fencers are history buffs like myself and we've also painted our WW2 gaming pieces and have gamed together. Tonight I approached one of my long time students & club members and asked if he'd watched "Stukas Over London" yet on your channel. Three other club fencers overheard me and one of them said from a few feet away, "We LOVE Mark Felton!" and broke into a vocal rendition of your 8 bar theme song. Whereupon the four others of us immediately joined in, "Bum-bumpa-bumpa-bum" for all 8 bars, and when we finished we broke into hysterical laughter because we all knew the theme so well and sounded so rehearsed. Of course the rest of the club and class had no idea what we were about so we had to share it with them. Hopefully you got a few more subscribers out of it!

@user-fv5ms4sz8e 6 месяцев назад

The death toll of aircrews during WWII is quite shocking. No matter what side you served on, those airmen were of the highest bravery and loyalty to be found. It is a shame that after the war, there was no foresight of preserving these weapons as important historical artifacts. Remarkably, it was Hermann Goring who lead the collection of early aircraft and a trainload of these earliest planes were found and are now protected in a museum.

@lablackzed 6 месяцев назад

Yep in Poland of all places .😳

@chaptermasterpedrokantor1623 6 месяцев назад

The general mood after the war was one of 'Right, lets rebuild and forget it ever happened. People were fed up war, bombs, rationing, they wanted the good life again. Preserving things that reminded them of those awful years was the last thing on their minds. Also preserving things costs money, and that was in short supply. And also also, there was WW2 gear lying everywhere. Why preserve what seemed abundant? I think a genuine effort to preserve these tanks and aircraft only came in the 60's onward when life was good again and people started to notice that 'hey, these things are starting to become rare.'

@stuartdilts2729 6 месяцев назад

There is a Stuka near Seattle at the Flying Heritage Museum, and they are aiming to get it flying.

@joseywales3789 6 месяцев назад

I dunno but....... WWII Submariners on the Axis and Allies side had a very high Death toll but I suppose that they were entombed in their own coffin ⚰️... 68.5% or 28,000 German Submariners never came back! Whereas 51% or 80,000 Luftwaffe pilots and aircrews died! "I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity!" Dwight D. Eisenhower.

@allangibson8494 6 месяцев назад

@@joseywales3789There are however several preserved WW1 U-Boats… (four I am aware of).

@hankwest5662 6 месяцев назад

Baaaabe, Mark Felton just dropped another banger. Get the brew on

@rogerkay8603 6 месяцев назад

quality lol

@7Starslayer7 6 месяцев назад

03:18 suddenly Mark Felton screamed at me and i spilled my drink.

@sidefx996 6 месяцев назад

🤣🤣🤣

@recceeboy1237 6 месяцев назад

I had headphones on it cleared my sinuses.

@stvjjgcj 6 месяцев назад

Please Stop shouting at me Dr Felton

@maxasaurus3008 6 месяцев назад

I just watched Dr. Felton’s video on the Hermann thousand pounder that was blown in situ in an English town. Riveting stuff! Thanks Doc!

@zippy5131 6 месяцев назад

My mother lived in Epsom, Ewell to be exact and in 1940 she was seven. She told me about standing on the coal bunker roof and watching the bombers coming up the Thames and shouting 'There Coming!' even before the sirens went off. Now at some point she was cycling home with chicken feed in the basket when a stream of bullets went along side her. Next thing she was in the ditch with a copper shouting 'Didn't you bloody here it?' She believes she heard the noise of a stuka just before. I'll show her this vid and wait for the story again. Yes she's still here nearly 90 and still full of fight, bless her.

@jamesdoyle5405 6 месяцев назад

With the Jehrico trumpets the JU87 was a terror weapon. Thankfully Stukas were no match for Spitfires and Hurricanes. Great full for this video.

@susime1239 6 месяцев назад

Didn't know they were actually used over London until now, fascinating stuff! In Helmet Malke's "Memoirs Of A Stuka Pilot" he was asked to plan a Stuka raid on Battersea Power Station and to see if it would be feasible or not. If I remember he stated it could have been done but the Stukas would be at the limit of their range. That's as far as it went.

@highpath4776 6 месяцев назад

Battersea would have had twin turbines - two towers - during WW11 (not sure if Fulham was in full flow then) but also had the gas works next door, so just as well not got to. The other london dropped bombs might have ended up in the Thames or Docks missing anything ?

@michaelmitchell6476 6 месяцев назад

You always know it’s gonna be a good day when Dr. Felton uploads another of his fantastic videos

@northernskys 6 месяцев назад

The Stuka crews hated the siren. There was no way to turn it off, so once the aircraft was flying, the siren started, and grew louder the faster the Stuka flew. So the crews would endure hours of screaming siren to and from their target. Not only that, the siren sound would alert anti-aircraft crews to their approach, and give them a very good idea of where to aim. Interestingly, Hollywood loves this "Stuka Sound". Seems any time they need a plane diving, crashing, sound, this is what they use....

@marshalleubanks2454 6 месяцев назад

I've read that, I've also read that they had a clutch connected to the dive brakes so that the Jericho Trumpet only sounded when the dive brakes were engaged.

@sidefx996 6 месяцев назад

James Bond loved it lol

@MrReymoclif714 6 месяцев назад

Jesus Christ!!! I never thought about that continuous stream of noise factor?

@trauko1388 6 месяцев назад

@@marshalleubanks2454 Eventually, yes, but not at first

@francisjohnification 6 месяцев назад

@@sidefx996 As did Pink Floyd, utilising the distinctive sound to good effect.

@AdMan-The-LabRat 6 месяцев назад

2:17 SUPER-STUKA' DIVE-BOMBING DESCRIPTION DR. FELTON, I FELT AS IF I WAS THERE, Thank you!

@franktaeterUSA 6 месяцев назад

Y'all need to read Stuka Pilot by HU Rudel.. terminal velocity was 390 mph...

@ramoneortiz 6 месяцев назад

Loved it. Keep bringing great WWII content. Greetings from the son of a US Army WWII and Vietnam veteran.

@davidallen8611 6 месяцев назад

How does Dr. Felton do it??? He is the greatest historian!

@chrisblay 6 месяцев назад

Hearing that ear piercing howle from the night sky must have been very ominous for Londoners. I remember my parents telling me about their childhoods in London during the blitz. The sound of a doodlebug engine suddenly cut out and waiting for the explosion when it landed. Must have been a horrendous experience.

@victorbeauvois 6 месяцев назад

Dr Felton always comes up with new facts always

@paulpowell4871 6 месяцев назад

So glad to hear you giving both Miles and Kilometers. Although I am quite versed in both as an American I have to do mental math and this is much easier as I relax.

@mooslionheart 6 месяцев назад

Your mission Dr Felton, should you choose to accept it - is to deliver the best in premier historical videos - exceptional and unequalled - an impossible mission!

@KeithPrince-cp3me 6 месяцев назад

My mother told me that my grandmother had been shot at by a diving Stuka in East London during the Blitz. Now I very much doubted that a Stuka pilot would have been able to see my grandmother from even the plane's lowest altitude let alone take deliberate aim at her and assumed it was just the impression she had, under such circumstances people often think a bomb or shot is aimed directly at them when in fact they can impact some distance away, but in later life I doubted whether Stukas had even operated over London at all and questioned whether in fact my grandmother had indeed seen one over London at all. After watching this there's a possibility that maybe she had.

@TheMaxKids 6 месяцев назад

Maybe your gran happened to be amongst the bullets the Stuka fired.

@nicolad8822 6 месяцев назад

An Uncle’s 17 year old sister was strafed and killed in Hayes, West London, by a low flying plane in Oct 1940. Not sure what type.

@KeithPrince-cp3me 6 месяцев назад

@@TheMaxKids it's possible. Perspective is an odd thing however, I recall my father telling me he was on parade on the parade ground of Chatham naval barracks when a German bomber flew overhead dropping a string of bombs. Everyone thought they were heading down right on the parade ground and so much for military discipline everyone just broke ranks and ran for the nearest cover. In fact the bombs landed in a dockyard next to the barracks.

@LesleyBerry-em3yv 6 месяцев назад

In another reply I said that my dad escaping from Dunkirk had been waved to by a German pilot so your grandma could have been right!

@sturmgewehr70 6 месяцев назад

Another great episode! I’d never heard of these Stuka raids before.

@stebo-pv2hq 6 месяцев назад

Thank you for another great video.Stuka's were not bad aircraft,but very slow by 1940,and underarmed.They did,hoowever,become very effective tank busters,often fitted with semi automatic 3.7mm cannon,serving in this capacity until the end of the war.Regarding these attacks,one of my British uncles,a child at the time,was relocated to Scotland when the blitz began

@Polygor2 6 месяцев назад

37mm, not 3.7mm

@rickblackwell6435 6 месяцев назад

Mark, you never fail to educate me on new to me WWII history in the most interesting way. Thank-you.

@shawngilliland243 6 месяцев назад

The noise of a diving Stuka is truly unnerving - thank you for bringing it as close as might be to those fortunate enough to view your great historical videos (and to have missed being dive bombed by them!), Dr. Felton!

@neilfoster814 6 месяцев назад

Having had an interest in WW2 since my early teenage years, I thought I was pretty clued up on the subject. Dr Felton never fails to teach me something new in his videos. I never got my head round why the Luftwaffe didn't use a 4 engined bomber like the Me 264 'Amerika Bomber' for hitting London. I'm sure there are many reasons, but they didn't even try it. A squadron of Me 264s could have made quite an impact.

@MrReymoclif714 6 месяцев назад

Lack of long range bombers(Ural mountains)doomed Germany when moscow moved the factories out of range of the medium range bombers! Again? No thinking clearly about the future by the meth heads in charge?

@WhyteRook2323 6 месяцев назад

The Stuka is such a beautiful aircraft!

@jedgarren2901 6 месяцев назад

I never knew about the Ju-87 Blackout recovery system, thanks for teaching me about it

@tonnywildweasel8138 6 месяцев назад

Excellent work. Again 👍 Thank you !

@marc1829 6 месяцев назад

Loved the pic of you in the MK 1 Spitfire, Doc! Also the backstory on that aircraft; can't believe they got it flying again after burial in the beach!

@e-curb 6 месяцев назад

Most of the plane is new metal.

@davidvaughn7752 6 месяцев назад

@@e-curb... And? Many World War II warbirds are lovingly restored with the original parts used only as templates for remanufactured ones.

@e-curb 6 месяцев назад

@@davidvaughn7752 All you need is the ID tag. The rest can be all new parts, but with the original ID tag, it is called an original WWII airplane.

@davidvaughn7752 6 месяцев назад

@@e-curb _What_ are you talking about? Of course each piece of military equipment has a government-issued ID. In the case of an aircraft it is stenciled on the tail section, or some part of the empennage. During its active service life they have log books and squawk books that also record flight to maintenance records. There are also serial numbers and part numbers for different parts of the aircraft and is how many relics found in the field are identified in-situ since all rolling stock is recorded in manifests at some point of their career. It's no secret that many restored aircraft have very few of the original parts, especially those recovered where they were left after the war or shot down and recover decades later. As well, some specimens are pristine like some the ones you see at the Smithsonian or other Aviation museums You add nothing to this.

@e-curb 6 месяцев назад

@@davidvaughn7752 I don't know why you're babbling about log books and maintenance records. They have nothing to do with it. The airplane that was buried in the sand on the French beach was dug up and "restored". The only original parts they used were the main stick and the ID tag. Otherwise, it's a whole new reproduction airplane with a questionable relationship to the one that was shot down during the war.

@PunkRockWarlord 6 месяцев назад

If Dr. Felton was my history professor at Uni, I would have definitely changed my major from Psychology to History! I've learned so much from his channels, I'm so grateful! Cheers!🎉

@Blastsbeatstilldeath 2 месяца назад

This is seriously my favorite channel on RU-vid. I hum the opening song every time.

@DavidPeach-x1g 6 месяцев назад

Another top video from Dr Felton, great stuff

@motorTranz 6 месяцев назад

This was one of your most interesting and fascinating stories featured on this channel! Thank you Dr. Felton!

@barrysnelson4404 6 месяцев назад

I like the way the Stukas had a device outside the cockpit which made a loud screaming noise to terrify Belgian women and children but when an RAF Spitfire got behind them even louder screams came from INSIDE the cockpit.

@ericjos4490 6 месяцев назад

Merci pour cette vidéo ! J'ignorais que les 'stukas' avaient attaqués Londres ! Pour moi, ils avaient un rayon d'action incompatible avec ce genre d'opération ! C'est un appareil des années 30,certe très efficace pour la guerre d'Espagne et le début de la deuxième guerre mondiale, mais de la à avoir participé à la bataille d'Angleterre... j' ai découvert quelques choses !!😮😮 en tout cas, face aux 'huricane' et aux 'spitfire' , le combat était perdu d'avance !

@VodkaRob 6 месяцев назад

I had an Airfix model of the Stuka when I was a kid and I always remember my grandad saying about how fast the soldiers could bury themselves in the sand when they heard them coming, I believe that was in north Africa but I could be wrong. It must have been terrifying to hear a load of them diving, one sounds scary enough let alone a whole fleet. Along with the Russian Katyusha rocket launcher the Stuka sound is one of the most distinctive of WW2.

@archstanton6102 6 месяцев назад

Just looked at the Airfix model, is £17.99. So a purchase on payday

@TheWilferch 6 месяцев назад

Agree....and add the distinctive sound of the MG42 machine gun with its high-rate of fire...as a third item.

@timjones6255 6 месяцев назад

The most attractive ugly aircraft in the Luftwaffe. I still have a 1/24 scale Airfix kit to build and paint having made several 1/72 scale as a boy, sellotaped to the ceiling with cotton wool smoke billowing from the engine and a Spitfire or Hurricane nearby.

@johnnytungsong8719 6 месяцев назад

Those were the days…Airfix models! From about the age of eleven I had a newspaper delivery round, from which I received 50p per week. On the Saturday night, after delivering, I’d go back to the shop and Fred would pay me. I’d give it straight back to him and pick out my next Airfix model!

@predragdjuric-tt9uc 6 месяцев назад

a great very interesting video as always Mr Felton.have a good one.

@ivoryjohnson4662 6 месяцев назад

Thank you Dr. Felton

@matthewmelton7831 6 месяцев назад

Dr. Felton , just reMARKable content sir on this very anniversary of a horrible time for Britain.Thank You and You alone Sir are, A National Treasure. My Regards and Best to you..... M. Melton.. TN ,US

@tng2057 6 месяцев назад

Interesting nearly all the WW2 dive bombers active in the early stages of the war were still active towards the end of the war: Stuka, Dauntless, Aichi Type 99 etc, and not that many surviving working samples are still around.

@joanofarc1338 6 месяцев назад

Great stuff Dr Felton‼️

@idanceforpennies281 6 месяцев назад

In the Crete campaign, my Grandfather saw a Stuka JU-87 in a battle with an RN Destroyer. The Destroyer was moving fast and jinking all over the place, and obviously firing at it. The JU-87 planted a bomb right into the middle of it killing nearly everyone on board when it quickly sank.

@hawnyfox3411 6 месяцев назад

Sad story - Did you ever find out or research as to 'which' Royal Navy destroyer it was ???? By sheer co-incidence my Dad's Dad's (Grandad's) next youngest brother fought in Greece & Crete Both times he was evacuated by "HMS Hotspur" from Greece to Crete & later, Crete to Alexandria (Egypt) He ended up in the 8th Army & his truck was once of the very first into Tunis - Bizarrely when home on leave, he went with his mates to a local cinema in Romford - They showed a film-footage clip of both him and his squad & truck with everyone laughing about it - Word got back to the cinema manager & he invited ALL those soldiers back the following morning (out of hours) for another private screening, plus free beer & sandwiches** "On the House" as it were - The manager said "It's the least we can do for our boys" I was told it was on Pathe News but as yet, I've not been able to find it.... BTW : He died in 1987 but not before he'd bought me a few beers in person His evacuation tale from Crete alone is quite amazing & involved a Royal Navy launch nowhere near Sphakia ( from where both he & his squad WERE supposed to go from... )

@idanceforpennies281 6 месяцев назад

HMS Greyhound. My grandfather was on a large Landing Craft that put men ashore, and evacuated them later. Your Grandfather could have been on my Grandfather's ship. @@hawnyfox3411

@geoffreylee5199 6 месяцев назад

Once the sirens were turned, they stayed on. Pilots said the noise was annoying.

@consul6262 6 месяцев назад

I read somewhere that they were removed later in the war, because the noise was so annoying to the Stuka crews.

@eggcellent6981 6 месяцев назад

@@consul6262I believe it had something to do with drag, restricting speed 👍

@gugulethundlovu7767 6 месяцев назад

Dive bombing us with good content each week this Dr Felton fellow 🙏

@HonestJohnstories-lv7sb 6 месяцев назад

Interestingly enough, one of West Germany's most celebrated artists volunteered to join the Ludtwaffe. Joseph Beuys was a rear gunner on a Junkers 87.

@raypurchase801 6 месяцев назад

Wax and cloth.

@ray7419 6 месяцев назад

Awesome video. Thank you Dr Felton. 👍

@warriorforyah777 6 месяцев назад

Superb stuff!

@tomdugasmedia 6 месяцев назад

German flight instructor: "Once you have dropped your load on the target, the aircraft will utilize the automatic pull-out mechanism." Young German pilots: *snicker snicker snicker* Pilot 1: "Drop your load." Pilot 2: "Automatic 'pull-out' mechanism." Pilot 3: "That's what she said." 😆😆😆 Instructor: "ACHTUNG!" Pilots: *come to attention*😳😳😳 Instructor: 🤨 *proceeds with class*

@susiemcdonald1112 6 месяцев назад

Cheers, to my favorite history teacher!!

@MiKeMiDNiTe-77 3 месяца назад

Wow Night Stukas 🌙 over London, never heard of this before thanks for another informative episode Mark

@robertferris9489 3 месяца назад

Mark, my father was in London during Blitz and attacked by a diving Stuka bomber. He was in a brick toilet block, reliving himself during air raid, just left toilet and the force of the bomb knock him from his bike and demolished toilet block. I was awaiting your report of this incident. It was pleasing to hear there were so few attacks of the type. He was 21 at the time. Maybe the Jerrys thought the toilet important?

@premierhoner614 6 месяцев назад

WOW mannn. What a awesome channel. I just love the intro music. Not to mention the very interesting content. Thank you very much for your posting of this videos.. God bless. From Capetown South Africa...

@zacharyfisher8152 6 месяцев назад

I’m just curious on how many videos Mark has in the pipeline, so many new content pieces it’s insanely awesome.

@Steve-GM0HUU 6 месяцев назад

👍Thanks for posting. Although I was aware that the Luftwaffe fairly quickly withdrew Ju 87's from operations against Britain due to high loss rate, I did not know about these night attacks.

@paulmurphy42 6 месяцев назад

Keep 'em coming Mark - we didn't know any of that!

@PaulBriden 6 месяцев назад

We always watch what you put out all the way through. What amazes us is how you manage to dig up interesting obscure facts that always interesting. Great stuff, many thanks.

@1973Washu 6 месяцев назад

Royal Navy Drifters? That sounds interesting, I have not heard much about them aside from a few mentions and one Scottish Naval officer who got a VC while he was the skipper of one.

@EpikBerm 6 месяцев назад

I dunno how or why, but Mark's presentation of the Jukkers dive literally gave me goosebumps. Literally can't fathom how terrifying that had to initially be.

@LesleyBerry-em3yv 6 месяцев назад

My Dad was evacuated from Dunkirk . Remember him saying about dive bombers and having to dive into ditches. A German pilot even waved to him. And the roads were full of refugees fleeing the German advance. Wish I'd asked more questions.

@EpikBerm 6 месяцев назад

@LesleyBerry-em3yv That's still a hell of a chunk of story, friend! Be thankful for what you got, too. Thank you for passing that on. 😄

@jodypitt3629 6 месяцев назад

Hi Mark, the screaming banshee siren was as irritating to Ju.87 crews as it terrifying to those on the receiving end.

@lukefriesenhahn8186 6 месяцев назад

The Ju-87 (Stuka) howling sound always sends chills down my spine. Idk why. Btw great video. 😊👍

@caloricphlogistonandthelum4008 6 месяцев назад

Oh; the Ju87 almost changing the direction of the war... or not. anyway, I thought they removed the Jericho Trumpets in the summer of 1949, not only because it slowed down the 87, but, because they couldn't turn them off, it also deafened the pilot.

@graemer3657 6 месяцев назад

There is a Stuka pilot quoted as confirming this in his memoirs on a different site. The noise was the air brakes after summer 1940 - no point warning the enemy you are approaching until you are close.

@caloricphlogistonandthelum4008 6 месяцев назад

@@graemer3657 I heard it slowed the 87 down but you might be right - either way, they're over rated.

@waltie1able 6 месяцев назад

Again, fascinating. The Stukas were all moved to the new Eastern front where they did very well through 1943.

@kippamip 6 месяцев назад

The stuka took out my granddad's ship in Portland HMS Foylebank. My grandad somehow managed to survive the attack. I believe the first VC of the war was given during that attack to Jack Mantle.

@salvagedb2470 6 месяцев назад

The Stuka ruled in Poland and Spain where it thrived unmolested due to Superior fighter cover up against Aging bipplanes , but using them at night does seem a bit Thick ..How happy would you feel turning One over into a screaming dive in total Darkness ?..still another Winner from Dr Felton.

@coops1964 6 месяцев назад

Those pilots must have been incredibly brave.

@defenestrationfan 6 месяцев назад

Still one of the coolest sounds ever along with Harley Davidsons and Chevy V8s.

@tillman1697 6 месяцев назад

He does it again!

@user-ql1vw8wo2l 6 месяцев назад

My father rarely spoke of his experiences in WW2 and combat during the Anzio Campaign but the most one thing he did tell me was the day they were attacked but Stuka’s on the beaches. They all ducked for cover but is one friend just stood there and watched them dive down. My father grabbed him and pulled into a trench

@Del_S 6 месяцев назад

Rather ironic the Stuka hadn't been heard before over London before this, and yet it seems like every post-war movie and plenty of contemporary films use the Stuka's sound for any plane diving....

@darrenwalsh354 6 месяцев назад

Learn something new with every video thankyou Dr Felton

@projektkobra2247 6 месяцев назад

You can never learn all there is to know about WW2.

@fabianwylie8707 6 месяцев назад

Thank teacher Dr Felton , another enjoyable instrumental history lesson ❤

@rsacchi100 6 месяцев назад

Another interesting video about an obscure episode in military history. Thank you for posting.

@martinhogg5337 6 месяцев назад

Very interesting story as always!

@MrTuftynut 3 месяца назад

Very interesting Mark - I was aware of the Stuka attacks and many such losses along the South Coast during the Battle of Britain, notably in Arundel, Dover and at Ham Manor Golf Course (you show the damaged plane on the tee). But I did not know about further Stuka attacks in 1941. A wonderful looking plane and so iconic, but slow and easy prey for the Spitfire and Hurricane fighters.

@lesames3743 6 месяцев назад

Another great and really interesting from Mark. Never fails to engage Thanks Mark.

@user-fv5ms4sz8e 6 месяцев назад

Mark, as the completion of the repairs, repainting, and refitting of the USS Texas, Battleship Texas, BB-35 draws closer, is there anything your channel can do to spotlight this excellent legendary warship?

@ZephodBeeblebrox 6 месяцев назад

The entertaining thing is that whenever a plane is shown diving in the cinema there's always a Jericho trumpet involved - even on planes that never had them.

@templarroystonofvasey 6 месяцев назад

The best world war history channel online.

@stevenhershman2660 6 месяцев назад

Great Video. I never knew this !

@bigblue6917 6 месяцев назад

The famous 'Stuka Party.' where each Stuka was followed down by a Spitfire with only the Spitfire coming back up.

@rolandgeorgschramm1839 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for a fairy tale. Very hilarious 😂

@paulmolen4259 6 месяцев назад

The Ju 87 was certainly very vulnerable after the dive. Their formation, wich gave mutual protection, broke up and they struggled to reform and spread out lost their escorts. Losses however, although heavy, must be put in perspective. According to Peter C.Smith, author of the Crowood Aviation Series book "Junkers Ju 87 Stuka", the strength of the Stukas during August 1940 was 332 planes. Losses in that same month where put at 48, worst day on the 18th with 14 planes lost. This amounts to 14,5%. Allied airforces suffered far worse in subsequent campaigns, for lesser results. For those interested, the author of the aforementioned book states the results on pages 94 and 95. Many thanks for your video and I always look out for the next one.

@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 6 месяцев назад

"For lesser results"? Are you SURE about that?

@paulmolen4259 6 месяцев назад

@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 During the battle of Britain, the Stukas sank 1 destroyer, damaged 5, and the Dover destroyers had to be withdrawn. They sank 4 patrol boats. Sunk 14 merchant ships and damaged 29. This halted the Channel convoys for a time. Damaged 7 airfields. Destroyed 49 aircraft on the ground. Damaged 3 radar stations and put them out of operation for a time. On 14 may 1940 46 Battles and Blenheims attacked the Meuse bridges at Sedan and didn't return. No results where obtained. And need I recall what the Schweinfurt raids did to the Amairican bomber force? Also the conclusions of the Butt report of August 1941 are clear that for all the losses noet much was achieved by Bomber Command up until that time.