The Spitfire - RAF's Top 10 Warplanes | Forces TV

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Becoming the sister aircraft to the Hawker Hurricane, the Spitfire complemented the Hurricane’s mechanical simplicity by being a higher-maintenance but better-performing aircraft with superior specs. It is probably the most iconic British aircraft of all time.
In memory of Wing Commander Tom Neil, 1920 - 2018.
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@matjov 6 лет назад

RIP Tom Neil, hero, pride of Britain.

@Jon.A.Scholt 3 года назад

Certainly up there with the archers at Agincourt as he says....

@matjov 3 года назад

@@Jon.A.Scholt and HMS Warspite

@rockleskeogh8443 6 лет назад

Amazing how we designed such incredible vehicles

@InterviewInsights24 6 лет назад

When Britian actually was Britian. Not like we are now.

@chirinjoro2069 6 лет назад

Very beautiful aircraft. A magnificent work of art

@clayp.e30_v86 6 лет назад

Magnificent aircraft so beautiful. I do feel that you need to do one for the unsung hero though, the hurricane. Without it we would have lost the battle of Britain. It took more kills than the spitfire against bombers and held it's own against the me109's too... Don't get me wrong I bloody love the spitfire (who couldn't) but the hurricane proved a very valuable asset to us

@forces_news 6 лет назад

Check back our channel every Tuesday, Clayp.E30_V8! There's still three aircraft left... Will the Hurricane be one of them?

@clayp.e30_v86 6 лет назад

@@forces_news ahhh you got me there lol. It wasn't a harsh criticism I absolutely love the spitfire but for its own reasons I also love the hurricane too. Thanks great channel 👍😎😎

@matjov 6 лет назад

All 10 are listed on the website mentioned in the description....

@clayp.e30_v86 6 лет назад

@@matjova great read thanks for pointing me in that direction cheers

@christinewatts2 4 года назад

That is interesting I did not know that

@harrysmith4538 3 года назад

It was the hurricane that won the Battle of Britain though but still one of the best planes ever

@edmmaster8054 4 года назад

Really proud to be from Birmingham were these were made

@Chris-fx8wi 6 лет назад

I just finished this and a spitfire flew over my house

@ivanstrydom8417 4 года назад

My favorite aircraft in the world. The best models were the MK V and MK IX . With powerful 20mm cannon alongside the .303s, and even more powerful versions of the Merlin ,it's the most beautiful machine ever created. I pray that I will one day have the honor to pilot a Spitfire.

@GroovesNZ 6 лет назад

Could you please do the Hurricane. I feel as though they aren’t given the praise they deserve

@anselmdanker9519 4 года назад

God bless all of the few.

@richardgoode5314 5 лет назад

Great aircraft.

@splodge561 3 года назад

Poor old hurricanes always gets the smelly end of the stick.

@deanrowley8531 6 лет назад

I think we should mate a modern version of the spit fire

@mannythelimodriver6003 4 года назад

I think we do. It’s called the Typhoon!

@elizabetharmada5335 4 года назад

Nakalimutan ko ang mga matatapang na mandirigma ng himpapawid,,,kasama sila sa mga magigiting na mandirigma

@dambuster6387 6 лет назад

If Mitchell had lived through the war and saw the development of the Spitfire rather than Joe Smith would he have made improvements differently to Joe Smith ? .

@mrrolandlawrence 5 лет назад

interesting proposition. maybe he would have chosen a wide track under carriage? put the radiator in the prop wash so as to not overheat the engine while taxing and taking off? or simplified the barmy internal wing structures that look like someone had a fight with a notching machine? maybe the spitfire could have been ready earlier and more numerous raf service date? one could speculate....

@dambuster6387 3 года назад

@@mrrolandlawrence its over a year ago and just found your reply I was just thinking with the invention of the jet engine by Frank Whittle and wonder if R.J.Mitchel would have taken up the idea of building a Spitfire around Frank Whittle,s engine interesting idea may be fitted in side the fusalarge ?

@bradh3486 6 лет назад

First comment actually, not lying.

@para7843 4 года назад

The spitfire what a beautiful plane and the hurricane. The hurricane shot down more enemy aircraft then the spit. Every single man who thought in the battle of Britain should of been given after the war a free house and set up for life as a big thanks for great Britain. Brave men

@barrierodliffe4155 3 года назад

Only more in the Battle of Britain and while it was about 15 % more there were about twice as many Hurricanes

@Keyswiz71 6 лет назад

Tom Neil flew Hurricanes with 249 Sqn during the Battle of Britain, not Spitfires.

@rodgeranderson4922 4 года назад

Myth - the Spitfire won the Battle of Britton. Fact - the Hurricane aided by the Spitfire won the Battle of Britton. The Spitfire is a remarkable aircraft, the Hurricane in comparison is a basic work horse that got the job done but got none of the credit.

@barrierodliffe4155 3 года назад

If there were no Hurricanes but more Spitfires the Battle of Britain would still have been won, If there were no Spitfires but more Hurricanes that may not have been the case.

@rodgeranderson4922 3 года назад

@@barrierodliffe4155 "IF"

@barrierodliffe4155 3 года назад

@@rodgeranderson4922 Just like your claim that the Hurricane won the Battle of Britain aided by the Spitfire, there are many if's. the fact is that the Spitfire had a higher kill ratio and lower loss ratio and more often took on the fighters which was the more dangerous job.

@piwo_3142 6 лет назад

303?

@fossy4321 6 лет назад

Originally 8 * .303 machine guns, later various configurations of .303 machine guns and 20mm cannons were used.

@piwo_3142 6 лет назад

@@fossy4321 XD my guy, I'm sorry if I bamboozled you but I'm on about squadron 303.

@fossy4321 6 лет назад

A heroic Polish Squadron with many battle honours!

@piwo_3142 6 лет назад

@@fossy4321 its a shame that the British and the Yankees have sold Poland to Stalin to please him.

@olisko3484 6 лет назад

Конец _ it was either that or world war and Polands sacrifice saved to world and that will never be forgotten

@johnsweda2999 5 лет назад

We have to think the Polish Air Force if it wasn't for them battle bitten would have been lost, they had more takedowns than any British squadrons. And their tactics of fighting was adopted by the rest of the Air Force.

@mrrolandlawrence 5 лет назад

alas during the BoB the 303 squadron were flying exclusively hurricanes. only later in the war did they convert to spitfires when the hurricane was being removed from front line service.

@barrierodliffe4155 3 года назад

We have to thank all 2,900 pilots, if it wasn't for all of them the Battle of Britain would have been lost. It is the height of ignorance to claim that one nation did more than any other, in fact very insulting to all the other pilots.

@johnsweda2999 3 года назад

@@barrierodliffe4155 of course all pilots did their part but I'm talking as a collective squadrons a lot of British pilots lost their lives before they changed their tactics and adopted the aggressive nature as the Polish Squadron to get up close and personal the facts speak for themselves, Americans were guilty of this as well lots of friendly fire lives lost because of high flying bombing scared of flack can't blame them tho that was the training they had at the time.

@barrierodliffe4155 3 года назад

@@johnsweda2999 I wonder if so many British pilots lost their lives and changed to Polish tactics. From all I have seen the Polish tended to be rather aggressive but not as disciplined as British pilots. If the RAF losses were worse and suddenly got less you might be right but that is not how it happened.