The Best German Nightfighter | Junkers Ju 88G

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Developed from converted fighter versions of the Ju 88A-4 medium bomber, the Ju 88G would take up a growing role in the German night fighter force, as it saw its greatest successes in the Spring of 1944, and its decline in the Autumn of that same year. While built mostly as a result of the German aviation industry’s failure to produce a new specialized night fighter design, the Ju 88G would nonetheless prove to be a valuable asset, one that far exceeded the capabilities of its predecessors and was well suited for mass production.
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@joevanseeters2873 Год назад

The Junkers JU-88 was one of the most innovative aircraft of that era and a very effective fighter/bomber/night fighter, and reconnaissance being one of the most versatile aircraft in the Luftwaffe due to its ability to serve in a multitude of ways including fighter, bomber, and reconnaissance. The JU-88 served through the duration of WWII. Some were taken back to both Britain and America and studied and test flown influencing how aircraft were designed after WWII. The allies were both stunned and impressed at how advanced the JU-88 and further variants were compared to what the Allies had in operation at that time. Both Heinkel and Dornier had similar designed aircraft in operation during WWII. All three companies probably designed their aircraft based on requirements from the Luftwaffe which resulted in very similarly designed aircraft. All of them were very effective and relied upon aircraft for the Luftwaffe. even with heavy losses. They're was no question at the beginning of the war that Germany had the best Air Force in the world at that time and the most aircraft of any Air Force in the world. All of their airplanes and even Gliders were highly advanced and had technology much more advanced than the Allies had. Much of their technology was reversed engineered by the Allies during and after the war from captured Aircraft which were heavily studied and test flown by Allied Test Pilots. Jet technology was also heavily influenced by the ME262 jet and other jet types captured by the allies and taken to America and the UK after the war. Russia also captured downed aircraft and reverse engineered much of the technology the Germans had developed.

@sugarnads Год назад

Yeah. Sure.

@erichartmann815 6 месяцев назад

Just envious because the "allies" didn't have a decent jet fighter. According to Eric Brown the Me 262 was a quantum leap forward. You punks had nothing comparable. Suck on it.

@johannesfeigl5309 6 месяцев назад

Go research theju388now that was an advanced aircraft.butnone of them could hold a light tothe me262 orthe ar224both of which were light yearsin advancedof anythinginthe a Alliedinventory.i should mentionthe horten ho229which was the fore runner of an aicraftmeant to be stealthy?😮😮

@Desertduleler_88 9 месяцев назад

Great review of the Ju88, my favourite German twin engined aircraft.

@robertmaybeth3434 Год назад

The Kammhuber line as conceived was an extremely formidable countermeasure to British night bombing. Many times the RAF endured unbearable losses and this plus the German tactic of scrambling heavy fighters at the British airfields when the bombers were leaving and returning, almost brought the British strategic bombing to a complete halt due to excessively heavy losses. Amazingly, Hitler sent this night fighter force to the Mediterranean, during the period when they were enjoying their greatest successes against the RAF...

@LeopardIL2 Год назад

The Saturation bombing rendered the line useless...the Flights over the English coastal I agree. Bombers were mincemeat there. Terrible mistake from Goering, but he'd had no options as Hitler rulled him.

@aqvamarek5316 Год назад

The problem, when you have to defend to much areas with not enough material.

@mikekrypel4771 Год назад

Adolf had a tendency to do that, the greatest military tactician lol … with the British campaign they had no idea how close they came, Goerings intel wasn’t that great

@davidelliott5843 11 месяцев назад

The German Moskito failed because the resin glue failed. They literally fell apart. To bd fair the British version struggled in warm humid climates but that was more about wood swell & shrink rupturing the glue.

@robertmaybeth3434 11 месяцев назад

@@davidelliott5843 I heard a completely different story! The TA-152 was about to enter production. The British found this out and bombed the factory making the glue. Apparently there were no substitutes.

@andrewhayes7055 Год назад

The Heinkel 219 Owl was the best German night fighter!

@henryh8357 Год назад

The He 219 was far more difficult to build and carried few advantages over the Ju 88G. Had it been able to effectively intercept Mosquitos it might have had a better claim, but in the end it didn't really offer anything that the Ju 88G couldn't, and it also couldn't be built at anywhere near the same scale. You'd have a better argument with the Me 262B, which could chase down mosquitos, but had trouble with much slower heavy bombers. Rapid closure rates with low velocity rounds, at night, are a dangerous combination. At the end of the day, the Ju 88G was the only realistic option for phasing out the venerable, but very dated Bf 110G-4, and it did so very effectively, both in terms of performance and production.

@davidrees1279 Год назад

@@henryh8357 My congratulations for such a superb comment! It seems the myth of the HE-219 "UHU" will never die. I fully agree that the JU 88 G-6 was the Luftwaffe' definitive Nightfighter.

@muhammadfarhun1197 Год назад

He 219 was a good nighter but to small in numbers and the better models were hampered by unavailable engines. In the the backbones of Germany night fighter were Me110 and ju88

@theblytonian3906 Год назад

Nope. It may have been the technically most advanced, but was never produced in the numbers required to be the "best". Less than 300 of all variants built to 1945. The best night fighters as in most prodigious and successful were the Bf 110 of which 3268 were built of the G variants alone excluding C, E, F, models pressed into ersatz NJ service. The Ju 88G & C were also great, but again the numbers. 1000 of all C variants, and unknown of the G series.

@andrewgraziani4331 Год назад

JU 88 was the best German plane of the war! Okay, yes an exaggeration but considering the JU 88 production and versatility not an extreme exaggeration.

@andrewbranch4075 9 месяцев назад

Excellent video. All the technical aspects and service history is really interesting. Thanks for that 👍

@realsimpilot8221 Год назад

The Ju 88 was by far the most versatile german aircraft with its 60+ variants. And the night fighter role was one of her strong suits. Apart from that, the best german night fighter was - without any doubt - the He 219. So Your video description is unfortunately proven to be wrong. And there is no way to sugarcode this right... ;)

@Rayrard Год назад

I think they use "best" to mean several criteria including service life, success in combat, versatility, and numbers produced. I think a one plane fly-off between a Ju-88G and a He-219, assuming both were in perfect mechanical condition, could surely favor the He-219, but that isn't what the video is focusing on. Crazy thing is the 219 was underpowered and imagine it's capability if it was given a better engine.

@michaelpielorz9283 Год назад

my father flew the JU88 night fighter version and was credited with shooting down 17 Lancasters,3 Halifaxes and 2 Wellingtons

@henryh8357 11 месяцев назад

There wasn't anything the He 219 excelled at that the Ju 88R and G nightfighters didn't. Sure, it had better visibility and handled better on one engine, but that didn't justify trying to convert already existing, massive production lines to build a more complicated plane that didn't any serious advantages. Even the He 219 A-7's weren't much faster than the last Ju 88G's with Jumo 213E engines at altitude, a moot point though, considering how few of either were built. The reputation of the He 219 as an unbeatable nightfighter is a post war narrative, many Luftwaffe pilots had mixed opinions on it, as did test pilot Capt. Erich Brown, who had nothing but praise for the Ju 88.

@jimsaintamour2 Год назад

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@theromanorder Год назад

Can u make a smaller video as to how they were able to fight at night

@garyhooper1820 Год назад

Great video , thanks

@martinbrode7131 Год назад

He 219. The Owl (Uhu). Another famous flying nightmare.

@drstrangelove4998 5 месяцев назад

Uhu = Eagle Owl

@kakitakenzo5013 Год назад

The Heinkel 219 Uhu was the best Luftwaffe Nachtjäger plane - but it was expensive to produce, complex and made in v. small quantities to the Nachtjagdgeschwader units. This is one of the unusual examples when Germany instead introducing another complex type or another subvariants to existing machines, which complicated the already overloaded industry unable to keep up with the current orders, complicated deliveries to the front and the availability of spare parts, and thus the number of available machines in a combat readiness status in the front units... - and for a change they decided more on the "Anglo-Saxon or Soviet pragmatic approach" - that is, the production of a combat-proven type in huge numbers, such as the: M4 Sherman, T-34, Spitfire, IL-2 Sturmovik, etc. And the Ju 88G was that type of machine: durable, well-proven, already available in production lines, familiar to both flying and ground personnel. The He 219 was a better plane in terms of performance, and in some concepts ahead of its time (USAAF technical intelligence used some solutions, e.g. an ejection seat, a layout of the cabin extended beyond the aircraft's engines with good visibility for the pilot and a retractable ladder copied and used in the Fairchild A-10 Warthog), but the cost of its production and complexity in relation to its advantages over the Ju 88G spoke in favor of the production of a proven aircraft. Germans in this period (1943) were starting to lose the war and the introduction of another new type which the costs in relation to the benefits were not to much significant, was not a very good idea. If they took the same approach to other types of armament, instead of multiplying further sub-variants and introducing new types, e.g. continue production of proven good Pazer IV and V Panther, StuG III- IV in large numbers, instead of useless very unreliable Tiger II, Jagdtiger, etc. - then German soldiers would have had more good and working(!) equipment at the front, and the war could have lasted longer. Also the decisions of the units had an impact on the failure to use the advantage of some great machines, such as Adolf's obsession to make the Me-262 Schwalbe his desired "Schnellbomber" (fast bomber) instead of producing it in large numbers as a fighter to fight the Allied bomber formations which in the meantime turn Germany into rubble...

@williamzk9083 Год назад

The He 219 was a little faster than the Ju 88 with the same class of engine, probably about 32kmh faster and could be directly upgraded with the Jumo 222 engine to provide a 444-460mphmph fighter. It likely would have been cheaper to produce than the Ju 88 had it been produced in larger numbers. The lower grade of electronics supplied (no tail warning radar) is not the fault of the air-frame. It wasn't really fast enough to catch the mosquito, perhaps when the Jumo 213E, DB603L became available in late 1944 or early 1945.

@thethirdman225 Год назад

This claim has been debunked a dozen times. The 219 offered few practical advantages over the Ju-88 and compounded with one or two disadvantages.

@thethirdman225 Год назад

@@williamzk9083 Forget the Jumo 222. It was never more that a prototype.

@williamzk9083 Год назад

@@thethirdman225 You know little on the topic but feel compelled to blab out your ignorance. Over 220 were produced and aircraft flew with it. The Jumo 222 was put back on the production list in 1944.

@thethirdman225 Год назад

@@williamzk9083 This is personal for you, isn't it?

@MGB-learning 6 месяцев назад

Great video

@Durahan82 Год назад

The ME Bf110 was still an excellent night fighter.

@theblytonian3906 Год назад

Arguably the best. A lot like the Hurricane in the BoB vs the Spitfire. One was the more numerous and workhorse shooting down the bombers, the other the press glamour queen. The problem for the Luftwaffe's NJG dealing with the bomber streams was the RAF's tactic of maximum effort sheer numbers in order to overwhelm the defences. The Bf 110's performance vs the RAF heavies and mediums was more than sufficient for their NJG role in terms of firepower, endurance, climb rate, twin engine redundancy, and crew space. The more of them that could be put into the air plus pilots who didn't require conversion other than NJ specialisation the better. It was also cheaper, used less materials and was faster to produce, and the extant factory Bf 110 and Ju 88 production lines could continue uninterrupted in parallel with one another. Not being dismissive of the 88, but the venerable 110 like the 109, amazingly, continued to be viable in the NJG role until the very end, the sheer numbers of allied fighters and bombers the actual Achilles Heel overwhelming der Reichsverteidigung.

@fritzlehner9060 8 месяцев назад

Fine video !

@stephengardiner9867 Год назад

It was the German counterpart of the Mosquito (in a way), although the genesis of both were as different as "chalk and cheese"! . Designed as a bomber but modified again as a night fighter... the Mosquito became the fighter-bomber that the Ju 88 never actually was but both were flown with oversized armament (but for different purposes). Completely different in construction but both were high performance airframes and VERY adaptable to new purposes. It was one of Germany's truly modern, multipurpose designs.

@Vickzq Год назад

Well... the Ta152 was the real german mosquito. But it sense of deployment, yes... let's say it was something like a german mosquito.

@HaVoC117X Год назад

The German counterpart was the Me 410. Similar in size and performance to the Mosquito. The speed differences between them were dependent on the supercharger setups. The ju 88 is a much larger plane.

@williamzk9083 Год назад

@@HaVoC117X The Ju 88 indeed was a much larger plane but could also take larger engines than the Mosquito. The mosquito was considered too small to handle the Grifon but the Ju 88 could be adapted to the Jumo 213 which was the same size as the Griffon The G series heavy fighters were generally adapted with night fighting equipment. The Ju 88 G1 used the BMW 801, the Ju 88 G6 the Junkers Jumo 213A and the Ju 88 G7 used the Jumo 213E which had a two stage three speed supercharger and a clean speed of about 404 mph and about 386mph with radar and flame dampers. The FuG 240 N1A Berlin microwave radar likely would have raised this quite significantly. -The Ju 388 was a development of the Ju 88G sharing wings and tail etc and was planed with the Jumo 222E/F engines (Jumo 222 E/F had two stage super chargers, the Jumo 222 A3/Br3only two)with which a speed of about 444mph was expected. This engine was back on the production lists at the end of the war and was bench testing and passing endurance tests at 2800hp.

@HaVoC117X Год назад

@@williamzk9083 do you have got a source for jumo 222 being back on the list. All I know is that it was canceled late 1943. The jumo 213 had lots of unused potential, with higher grade fuels and 4 valves per cylinder and better superchargers it was expected to crank out almost 3000 hp. Being much smaller than the complicated 222 I don't see a reason to put it back in production. Furthermore I think the BMW 802 was much more promising as a bomber engine. The jumo 222 and the DB 610 were dead ends as far as I know.

@thethirdman225 Год назад

@@HaVoC117X The Me-210 and 410 were never very good.

@neogeo4839 Год назад

In short: German night fighter crews disliked and avoided the Ju 88s whenever possible because they were heavy, had poor climb, and were a big target. Their positive side was a large amount of fuel, which ensured an all-night flight. The He 219 owl had the same problems. The workhorse remained the Me 110, which failed as a destroyer only as a night fighter. many times more victories. The Me 262 made its debut as a night fighter in 1945, and with a few copies, the future would belong to it.

@danx4880 Год назад

Not true at all indeed, what you mentioned applies to Do 217 nachtjäger variants, Ju 88 had supreme flight characteristics and was loved by pilots both in C and G variants. Ju 88G6 and Uhu were the best Luftwaffe night fighters in WW2, period. Bf 110 was a good aircraft, especially in NF service as u mentioned, but simply those two were better.

@thethirdman225 Год назад

@@danx4880 The He-219 was not nearly as successful as has been made out. To begin with, there were never that many of them and secondly, they offered few, if any, advantages over the Ju-88. When I got my hands on a copy of Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown’s book _’Wings of the Luftwaffe’,_ the first aircraft I looked up was the He-219, believing to have been something extraordinary. It wasn’t. Brown’s description is not flattering. On the other hand, he loved the Ju-88 and actually flew the one in British markings in this video. He was almost equally complimentary about the Bf-110.

@LeopardIL2 Год назад

True. Me 410s production was cancelled by the end of 44, but the 110 was kept in production in large numbers till the end. Together with the He 111 both started the war and remained till the very end.

@tresco303lithgow4 Год назад

I agree. The 110s were the best German night fighters.

@michaelpielorz9283 Год назад

German crews did not know they disliked the JU 88. my father was credited with 13 victories flying the JU:

@Calatriste54 3 месяца назад

Very good commentary on a fairly obscure airplane, un Luftwaffe service..

@LeopardIL2 Год назад

Subbed.

@uberkloden Год назад

What a fun aircraft to fly!

@michaelpielorz9283 Год назад

oh , when did you fly the 88? PLEASE do not reply computer game!

@nightrider3587 Год назад

I believe Milch had the appropriate manufacturing stratagy for the circumstances.

@ridegriff50 9 месяцев назад

It was called the “Schnell (fast) Bomber”

@martynmcnulty782 Год назад

the Germans had some really sophisticated weaponry in WW2 !

@thethirdman225 Год назад

Allied weaponry was just as good. Each side had its own advantages.

@dave_sic1365 Год назад

We were only ahead in rocket technology. Every other nation had similar ideas or concepts but we were always the first to built/try out new stuff to fight allied production capacity with better quality. It didn't pay off in ww2 because of germanys inability to produce anything of that advanced tech in significant numbers.

@LeopardIL2 Год назад

@@dave_sic1365 The night fighters were very advanced for the time. But quantity bypasses quality as you said

@Rom3_29 Год назад

I wonder if some German pilots got “lost” on purpose. Making sure they didn’t land Switzerland. One crew did and got shot when they returned home.

@ivan5595 6 месяцев назад

Painter loves the plane's name

@Lost_Legacy1980 5 месяцев назад

Schnaufer flews the BF110.

@michaelegan6092 Год назад

Good video, if anyone out there wants to know more about the night conflict, they should get hold of a wonderful book by Alfred Price called "Instruments of darkness".

@ottovonbismarck2443 Год назад

Coincidentally, I've just re-re-read Mr Price's "Luftschlacht über Deutschland" (Battle over the Reich).

@MrK1kk3r Год назад

Thank you my good sir. :)

@thethirdman225 Год назад

Thanks for the tip. For another really good read, I highly recommend Peter Hinchliffe’s book, _’The Other Battle’,_ which describes the night war. Peter Hinchliffe was a Bomber Command navigator and explains the progressions and technological leapfrogs throughout the war.

@nigelsmith7366 Год назад

Also try Night fighter by CF Rawnsley and Robert Wright

@faeembrugh Год назад

I would also recommend 'History of the German Night Fighter Force, 1917-45'.

@mikekrypel4771 Год назад

The Bf110G was a effective night fighter, does anybody have actual stats to see which was the best night fighter?

@jimmytgoose476 Год назад

The simplest stat says the Bf110 is the greatest of all time if it's just taken as number of kills .

@madzen112 10 месяцев назад

Really wonder how those early radars worked and how their crews used them

@robertmaybeth3434 10 месяцев назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xicA03-_SXM.html&ab_channel=MilitaryHistoryinaMinute

@davidrees1279 Год назад

How to build a dedicated Nightfighter from scratch!? The HE-219 and P-61 offered no clear advantages over their JU 88 and Mosquito Nightfighter contemporaries (which were converted from Medium Bombers).

@jimmytgoose476 Год назад

The P61's chief advantage was that it was American , a big factor to the USAAF .

@robinsonsstudios Год назад

they did, he 219s armament position for example

@jimmytgoose476 Год назад

.....which was in the same position as the Mossie , the 88, the P61, the Beaufighter , the 110, the Ta154....

@Ima184mm Год назад

True

@westphalianstallion4293 Год назад

Westphallian Stallion aproves Teutonic Night ^^

@EpicThe112 Год назад

Does anyone know where does the plane carry four SC-250 to SC-1000 Hermann bombs? On the bomber version it's actually carried on the wings between the engine and the main fuselage itself. However it would be risky for the crew of This Plane fighting against a British Sunderland seaplane because of its formidable armament

@williamzk9083 Год назад

The Ju 88 had two bomb bays in the fuselage. These could not carry more than 50kg/110lb bombs (there was apparently a 70kg bomb as well). These internal bomb bays were generally blocked off and used for fuel. There were two bomb shackles under the inner wing. One of these under each wing could be used to carry a 1000kg bomb (or a 900 liter fuel tank). The Ju 88A4 carrying internal bombs only and with diver brakes removed was quite fast. The Ju 88 night fighters had the forward bomb bay blocked of by the gun pack and the rear usually filled with fuel. Only once shackle was provided under each wing. There was a shackle that could be fitted to the outer wing but it was seldom used.

@LeopardIL2 Год назад

@@williamzk9083 A sttafel of eight 88s failed in their attempts to shoot down a Sunderland, the Flying Porcupine!

@williamzk9083 Год назад

@@LeopardIL2 This event never happened. It’s a complete myth. No evidence of it in British or German records. It wouldn’t be entirely surprising as most Ju 88 were the A4 or A5 and lacked the armament.

@jimmytgoose476 Год назад

@Williamzk myth ? Proof, please . The crew of the Sunderland were decorated for their efforts . Their opponents were Ju88C-6's , heavily armed and armoured planes used over the Bay of Biscay /Atlantic to intercept allied aircraft .

@EpicThe112 Год назад

@williamzk9083 Spot on and for John Weal's Ju-88 Western Front book, he said that a Ju-88A-1 or Ju-88A4 tried to attack a convoy but got shot down by a Sunderland escorting a convoy

@ianburrow4442 Год назад

What about the He 219? Surely the best German nightfighter, even though produced in limited numbers.

@LeopardIL2 Год назад

Forbidden by Milch.

@jimmytgoose476 Год назад

What about it ? Best by what measure (apart from looks...) ?

@johannesfeigl5309 28 дней назад

The owl had many design faultsinc.the use ofpoorglue used on tswooden components

@johnmacculloch451 Год назад

Hienz Schnaffer. 120 plus victories in a bf 110

@thethirdman225 Год назад

Shot down the young man who previously lived in the house I grew up in.😕

@jkilla9934 Год назад

HEINZ SCHNAUFER ...

@thethirdman225 Год назад

@@jkilla9934 Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer.

@raoulheinrichvonmerten4851 Год назад

219 got the ejection seat ! Yes.

@jimmytgoose476 Год назад

The cockpit was in front of two big propellers ; getting out without an ejection seat would have been a bit of a challenge ....😳

@minnesotan_F16C 4 месяца назад

@@jimmytgoose476it was the first operational one,so ofc it would've been somewhat hard

@thanakonpraepanich4284 Год назад

Japan took notes from this night fighter program and tried to convert their own twin engine bombers lines for the same task, but neither converted Frances bomber P1Y2-S Aurora nor converted Peggy bomber called Pi-109 were successful. Was it because Japanese Home Islands had no early warning system to speak of when the Allied bombing campaign began?

@SuperTrumpMAGA Год назад

???...

@thanakonpraepanich4284 Год назад

@@SuperTrumpMAGA The Bombing of Japan campaign started in 1944 forced IJN and IJAAF to scramble for sloutions since none of their single engine aircraft could climb to the altitude B-29s were flying in time before they drop the payloads. Before Raiden interceptor was deployed, they made do with bolting extra guns on their twin engine bombers and used them as ghettoed high altitude interceptors. Didn't work very well.

@WilliamJohnwon1522 Год назад

Probably the plane that shot down my dads Lancaster over Normandy.

@thethirdman225 Год назад

That’s sad.

@richardstuart325 Год назад

If it's any consolation, my uncle's Lancaster crew was credited with the "probable" shooting down of a JU88 on a raid to Stuttgart in September 1943. Sadly, they were shot down by flak in late December.

@WilliamJohnwon1522 Год назад

@@richardstuart325 Two other Lancs had been shot down, before my dads, losing all crew. My dad and the other gunner apparently shot down the Ju888, and no others got shot down afterwards, so I have read.

@richardstuart325 Год назад

@@WilliamJohnwon1522 Many thanks for sharing. Nearly 80 years on and these men are not forgotten.

@timandersen8916 8 месяцев назад

SAU is not a male pig , a male pig is called Eber So "wilde Sau" is wild pig in english wild boar would be "Wilde Eber" thanks for uploading 🙂

@michaelgautreaux3168 Год назад

Funny, during their debut, Canadians flying w/ the RAF, were in Mustang MK1/1As on intruder missions w/ no radar ripping them out of the sky!

@neddyladdy Год назад

Night? Was it a black knight

@albertLAPOINTE Год назад

& Heinkel 219

@johannesfeigl5309 2 месяца назад

The uhu suffered fromfaultygluethat wasusedonthe woodencomponents of theaircraft😮

@13stalag13 25 дней назад

Best German Night fighter was the He-219

@floycewhite6991 10 месяцев назад

Do yourself a favor and read David Irving's biography of Milch, Rise and Fall of the Luftwaffe

@johannesfeigl5309 28 дней назад

The night fighter versionof the me 262 was the nemisis of any and all mossiepathfinders.kurt welter msde his namein becoming the one german pilot in specialising in thedowninmany ofmosquitosand otherallied intruder aircraftinc.p61 black widows!

@karlhubben8009 Год назад

The He 219 Uhu was the most advandced and specialised night fighter concept. For me it's the best nightfigter od WWIi, but at least,....it's the indian, not the arrow!

@js14a Год назад

Lacked some of the equipment of other German types, and wasnt as fast as the Mosquito NF30 or P61 (and didn't have comparable radar). While fast and heavily armed, it wasn't even the best German nightfighter.

@thethirdman225 Год назад

Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown did not like it. However, he loved the Ju-88 and Bf-110.

@karlhubben8009 Год назад

@@thethirdman225 Eric Brown was not forced to flew it in combat! The, sadly only few, nightfighter pilots who used it were committed of the combat efficinecy! F.E. the relativly high mounted Cockpit with superior visibility conditions was a new concept we could find later in modern fighters (F16....)

@thethirdman225 Год назад

@@karlhubben8009 The 219 was underpowered. If you're a pilot of a twin you don't want an underpowered one. The 219 was overrated. It's got a huge following of fanbois but that doesn't change history.

@thethirdman225 Год назад

@@karlhubben8009 Brown had been a combat pilot so he understood the perspective of having to fly it in battle. I don’t see it makes any difference.

@metalmadsen 7 месяцев назад

The UHU was the best on my opinion.

@hoodoo2001 9 месяцев назад

Good video except for the silly hyperbole that seems to be the stuff of RU-vid.

@o80y1 4 месяца назад

Imagine having a surname that means ‘milk’ in German lmao

@o80y1 4 месяца назад

He must’ve been bullied alot as a kid lol

@robinsonsstudios Год назад

yeah sorry but the bf 110 was the most successful nightfighter of WWII , and the He219 was the best or the Me 262 B1/U1 just by how advanced they were

@thethirdman225 Год назад

Being advanced offered no advantage. The 262 night fighter was never used in anger, as far as I know. The He-219 had little to offer over the Ju-88 or Bf-110.

@robinsonsstudios Год назад

@thethirdman225 I need to check on the 262 because I'm pretty sure they flew some sorties. And the he 219 offered A LOT over the other types, ejection seats,better speed and climb performance and most crucial of all, armament was positioned in a way that it couldn't blind the pilot.

@jimmytgoose476 Год назад

@Robinson K sure about all of that ? Ejection seats were no real advantage in aircraft of that era ; the 219 had to have them because the cockpit was ahead of those big propellers.... Better speed ? Hmmm. Better climb ? I definitely doubt that one - an underpowered, heavy aircraft with high wing loading won't ascend like an angel .

@jimmytgoose476 Год назад

And the armament was (mostly) in a pod under the belly - just like the 88G and 110G .

@robinsonsstudios Год назад

@@jimmytgoose476 big ooof The he 219s and Mossies top speed areindeed comparable both are in the 670 kph range depending on the source (some claim 650 for the 219, others 670, probably depends on the variant used) The Mosquito climbs somewhat better indeed but not really by much,both arent really rockets when it comes to ascending. The heinkel has the advantage of having its weaponry based BEHIND and below the cockpit therefore not blinding the pilot when firing. Also wing loading isnt everything, the fw190 and the p47 have high wing loading and both were very maneuverable, sure the mossie can turn tighter but then again the 219 is far better armed and better in a dive. The 219 is the more sophisticated aircraft for nightfighting ,period.

@minnesotan_F16C 4 месяца назад

He219:am i a joke to you?

@jpmtlhead39 11 месяцев назад

The Best always means the most Successfull on in is role. No matter how much technical details that could be "Throw" against that certain model. Like ,what was the Best Fighter of WW2... ??!! The BF109 of course. It was designed to shot down other/Enemy airplanes,and did that job better than any other plane produced during WW2. Oh,but it was slower than the...,the landing gear was crap,the canopy was shit..etc,etc but in the end it was the most Successfull Fighter plane in history. So,it was/is the Best,do you like it or not

@torsten811 Год назад

my grandfather locked attacking English still over England. Greetings from Germany Torsten

@edwardquin4464 4 месяца назад

"frudition"?

@user-wl8pq4cm3f 3 месяца назад

Стирали города с лица земли эти ,, красавцы ".уничтожали все живое и на земле и на море...

@JamesLaserpimpWalsh Год назад

Mosquito was better. lol. I would say that being English. hah Thanks for the vid.

@wolfsoldner9029 Год назад

Cope harder britboo tankie.

@johnholt890 Год назад

That’s because you are right NF 30 was the best Nighfighter of WW2

@zillsburyy1 Год назад

it certainly was junk. it was slow and outgunned

@jimmytgoose476 Год назад

Sure about that ?

@rafaelsiviero2036 Год назад

Sorry, the best was the He 219

@jimmytgoose476 Год назад

Why ? No received/repeated wisdom or "facts", please ...

@jkilla9934 Год назад

clickbait title - he-219 was best nightfighter

@Tiberiotertio Год назад

Immer wieder klasse wie deutsche Namen verbalhornt werden..............naja ist was nicht von den Tommies oder Amis ist es laut diesen Nasen eh immer zweitrangig

@wilfriedhaas4127 Год назад

Sie meinen: verballhornt..?! harhar, Mr. Deutschlehrer...Die restlichen Groß-/Kleinschreib- und Interpunktionsfehler: geschenkt.

@raypurchase801 Год назад

Mosquitos were better.

@jimmytgoose476 Год назад

.....and English .

@minnesotan_F16C 4 месяца назад

He219:hallo

@mathewkelly9968 Год назад

The best German aircraft of ww2 end of story

@patmckeane6588 Год назад

No, agreed

@WarblesOnALot Год назад

G'day, Define "Best"... Specify, "best"...; for which purpose ? Is it possible for ANY Design to be actually "Good", when it is that of a Fossil-Burning Flying Machine intended to convey Firearms and Explosives to be employed in the wanton killing and wounding of Strangers, and destroying built-up Infrastructure and manufactured goods belonging to the aforementioned Strangers...; all in the service of an irrational megalomaniacal Dictator who is bent upon World Domination - to be achieved by his followers' resorting to wholescale murder, rape, dispossession, theft, arson and "induced famine" as well as Industrial-Scale Death-Camps....., and all because, "the End Justifies The Means...!" ???? Technically, theoretically, EVERY Death Machine which was ever designed and built to levitate within Herman Goring's Luftwaffe..., because they were always intended to be employed attempting to conquer the Planet called "Earth" so that Hitler could then proclaim himself to be " The King Of The World"...; (edit, posted early due to Finger Trouble..., Concluding now.) ...; tecnnically ALL those Flying Machines were by definition BAD things indeed - because they ONLY existed to facilitate the carriage and use of Guns and Bombs, the better to ensure that Warfare ocurrs upon the Earth ; and thus EVERYBODY who had ANYTHING to do with any of them is an integral part of The Problem, and thus fully deserved EVERYTHING which subsequently went wrong with their lives. Just(ifiably ?) sayin', Have a good one... Stay safe. ;-p Ciao !

@johnholt890 Год назад

Only one close FW 190. Bf 109 very good till end of 1942 and Me 262 had outstanding potential.

@dirkusmaximus9268 Год назад

Well, I agree. Although the FW-190 comes close. The versatile butcher bird, easy to maintain workhorse. And there were these top high altitude fighters, possibly best of the war of all sides.