Would YOU Survive A Dogfight Against the Legendary Me-262? Let's find out. 

When I tell you guys that I put SO much time into this video, I 1000% mean it. This video might very well be my favorite I have ever made, so I hope you guys love it! Also, in case anyone asks, the A-20 bombers are used in this video instead of B-17s because I don't have access to those planes in this simulator. So I did my best! Please comment how you did, and if you enjoy my content, please consider supporting me on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/TJ3History

One thing I find fascinating with the ME-262's is that when they were first spotted, they caused pilots to be mentally evaluated after seeing "a propeller-less plane that flew faster than any plane they'd ever seen." As the quote goes, any sufficiently advanced technology can be misconstrued as magic, or something along those lines.

In the last scenario option C would have counted as a mission kill. By damaging the enemy fighter you would have done you duty in protecting the bombers. Furthermore, without a section to cover your six you in turn would be open to a surprise attack by a hidden enemy. Lone wolfs seldom lasted long in combat. The secret of success was to operate as part of a cohesive unit. A well disciplined fighter squadron could meet out far more destruction than any individual fighting on his own no matter how skilled. in essence, in combat it is better to claim a damaged enemy aircraft that to be shot down with a confirmed kill.

Another sim pilot here. Dodging ME-262's is pretty easy if you see them coming. Keeping them away from bombers is harder. Having time to climb above the bombers is unlikely, you'd better be there from the beginning. Most of the actual shoot downs occurred when a Mustang driver choose to give chase when a jet was returning to base. That or the jet simply flew away and disappeared. Yeah, risky stuff.

Mindblowing Idea!!! I've survived but I have a fair experience from online sim battles so it wasn't particulary difficult to make the decisions. Please do more of these ! It's a great concept! You could also do it with bombers :) like the b17 or b24 ....etc Btw What sim did you use to film this? [EDIT] : 100 likes !! Thanks a lot guys!! :)

From a mental point of view, most pilots lack the killer attack drive their ancestors did, I know this old story, there was this one case of an air show in Brittain where this old retired in his 50 Luftwaffe pilot got in the cockpit of salvaged and restored Bf109, and used live rounds to shoot down some balloon over the ocean, he outperformed the RAF rookies who were using jets, to put on a show, there were also these other retired veterans from the Blue Angels, and they were laughing they're asses off at the rookies, after landing the plain he started asking them "Have none of you ever asked your fathers or grandfathers what to throttle felt like, the roar of the engines, the clenching of the teeth when the machine guns fires!?" "If not, then be thankful, for if we hand I would have to write to your mothers saying I'm sorry I had to shoot down your child", he chewed them out,

12/10.. best video on you tube.. me and my 5 year old son sat down and watched this on a Sunday morning and had a valuable teaching and critical thinking/ history lesson. Awesome job guys, consider making this a series.

I survived! All those hours in IL-2 BoX paid off lol But back on topic, these "Would you survive" videos are awesome. It really goes to show how these combat veterans had to have really good situational awareness and split second decision making to make it out alive. Would love to see more videos like this!

Congratulations on this new format, it was pretty fun! There was a show on the old History channel that did the same thing, but I can´t remember the name.

I ended up choosing in order: “C”, “B”, “A”, “C” & “Betty.” I chose “B” for the second option not to run from the fight, but to gain altitude and assess the situation.

Great video TJ3! I survived without an issue. I've been playing flight sims since the early days of PC gaming, and fighter tactics are fighter tactics, so maybe an unfair advantage. But, fair air to air combat is bad tactics, always look for the advantage! Thanks again for the great video! Oh, picked the brunette, but that was also because of experience ;)

Had the pleasure of meeting a P-51 Pilot who was in a dogfight with the legendary ME-262. The P-51 pilot name was Clayton Kelly Gross and the plane he was flying is the same name as his book, Live Bait. Heard from his stories including the one where he engaged with the Me262. He even one upped himself as a special thank you for taking the time to listen to an old war vet and his stories went to his room and came back with a copy of his book and autographed it.

I almost died the second round lol, pls make more of this!

I think sitting in front of a screen and making these decisions is really easy most of the answer are really easy to make and logic but that's because there is no pressure. I understand why pilots back then were shot down in these situations.

You should do more videos like this. Really enjoyed this one TJ3 History.

Great video! Would love to see more content like this, with different scenarios and planes. I see a lot of potential in a series like that, but I also understand it takes a LOT of time and effort to make this kind of video.

"Aced" it! I'm not a pilot, but as a military aircraft junkie I've seen enough videos and documentaries to know this much about fighter tactics. Great content!

I survived almost entirely because I like the Me-262.

I did survive with my choices … however I picked “all of the above” on that last one, let’s see how that turns out hahaha. Great vid!

The video was incredibly well put together, the questions were smart and i the right places of the dogfight. I'm no a pilot but I play A LOT of DCS and the test was fairly easy, but still incredible job.

I'm so happy to say I survived; love the Mustang and makes me happy I know my dogfights in this aircraft well!

Good fun & very well done : )

In the initial bounce I think breaking right or left would have worked equally well. The roll rate on a 262 isn't anywhere near what it is on a 190 and breaking left would put you under his nose quickly,, while breaking right gets inside his arc. If the 262 has a wingman you could be turning into his fire whichever way you go. An aggressive (and risky) response might also have been to continue the roll and see if you could get some fire on them as they shoot past instead of pulling through a turn.

i survived and got greet by Susan , honestly it was so fun to participate in the video and the briefing determine aldready who while be shot down or Land later , Keep your mission in sight and protect other's at all cost

The correct answer for the last question wasn't listed. It's choice D: All of the above. Why go home with one when you could go home with all 3?

I'm kinda proud i followed all the correct options. I'm studying WWII military history, tactics, vehicles etc as a hobby the past three years and I've kinda learned how dogfights, tank battles or naval engagements worked back then... That was really entertaining. It only needed some clever thinking!

At age 20 I made a really good grade - according to the Navy officer procurement officer - on the AVROC test. I was on my way to the back seat of an F-4 as a RIO. But my 20/25, 20/40 vision had changed in the year since I lost my hard contact lenses and when I got to the sick bay for my physical I couldn’t read the biggest type. Now, though, at 74 my vision is better than it was when I passed the earlier ROC III test and joined the Navy. Not fair.

This is an amazing video can you do more of these please its already awesom i cant wait till i watched the end

this was an amazing experience great approach to a video I applaud you and anyone who put work into this

Great video! I survived. Know when to hold them, know when to fold them. Protecting the bombers is job 1. Everybody possible comes home, you get some great gun cam video of damaging a 262. Maybe a partial!

I got 3.5 out of 4, the .5 is because of my brain switching from think of the scenario as a real event to play a live match, so I choose b on the second scenario in terms of what I would have done in a online match compared to what I would have done in that real life situation

An Australian P51D pilot in Europe found out, he survived, the Me 262 didn’t, BUT his P51D was determined to be a write off, because his wings buckled and wrinkled from the G forces when he pulled out of the dive he put the aircraft through so he could blow the Me 262 out of the sky.

Wow! What a marvelous video. TJ3 is fantastic. Really fantastic.

another cool video keep it up! 👏

The Me 262 would often fly so fast that they couldn’t get a shot off before passing their targets. The other key issue was the relatively new jet engines which took about five minutes to reach full speed, allowing the jets to be vulnerable to Allied attacks. If the throttle were advanced too fast the engine would flame out. So the way to kill the plane was to follow it back to base and as it cut speed to land, kill it.

The issue would depend most often upon the 262's flight status - it was far more vulnerable on takeoff and landing than in flight. That was how *Chuck Yeager * downed a pair. The Germans tried protecting the fields with normal fighters and additional flak batteries (often manned by Hitler Jugend) but they were not generally a match for the later P-51s.

LIVED!!! I stuck to the mission the mission was not to target and Pursue fighters but it was to defend the bombers and your brothers inside them.Keep up the good work!!!

Good one, that is a good test although I'm sure fighter pilots faced multiple decisions like this every minute. I did manage to make four good decisions here though. I might survive my first mission.. Thanks!!

Got all the right answers I guess it helps studying the World Wars Era and Dogfighting during that time.

Towards the end of the war, it was the German pilots who had to worry about surviving. They were terribly out numbered and the newer pilots were under trained.

"That's the end of pretty boy"-lightning red tails

The 262 pilots generally avoided fighter combat as their mission was to shoot down bombers and their planes were rather brittle compared to the US fighters.

Not enough information for some choices. In the 4th question for instance, u imply that the jet had slowed down enough that only a few seconds would be required to get in range and finish him. Certainly following down for several minutes a la Richthofen would be a bad idea but letting potentially a Galland or Steinhoff get away when seconds from the kill? In the 2nd answer, a choice was to rejoin the bombers but it didn’t say CLiMB above and rejoin. BIG DIFFERENCE. Just rejoining at their altitude would be like Goering-dictated tactics in the Battle of Britain.

Courtmarshalled for cowardice

The best video ever of TJ3 History by my opinion ♥️♥️💪👍👍👍

Flawless lol There were times where I hesitated a bit but in the end I did managed to take the right course each time, you gotta know when to be aggressive and when to let a mark go, don't get greedy

I have been interested in WW2 history since I was 5. I have watched many if the history Channel's Dogfights. This was a fun video to test my knowledge.

As a huge aviation enthusiast, who knows tatics and plane capabilities, I of course survived

I think there would have been enough time at full throttle on a banking dive with all six .50 cal.`s firing away at a wounded 262 making a landing approach would have been the best time to take a chance at actually killing the pilot who is harder to replace at this stage.Planes just fly,but humans make the decisions that make it or break it.It also would have other factors needed before I conclude.Is this enroute or escorting them home,how much ammo have I got ,am I in command and if so do I have wingmen who can stick with the bombers while I do a quick shoot and scoot...these are all important details.I think a Mustang could handle it on a short leash if the gap could be closed within 45 seconds,which is actually under the minutes that were mentioned until AAA range.If there was still a lot of mission to go,I might let it go,since there will be more 262`s and maybe some FW`s inbound now that the enemy knows where the bombers were last engaged.I would think a 262 kill would be a fairly big deal worth risking one`s life for,especially if it was the first one shot down in air combat,even if it was n`t a dog fight,per se.

I am impressed that I got everything correct. I guess all those hours on Aces of the Pacific, and Aces over Europe were not totally wasted. 🙂

Watching History videos and dogfights from ww2 really paid off

I survived. But I've been studying fighter tactics for many, many years. And I've flown lots of PC fighter games over the years as well. Turn into your enemy. Complete your mission (bomber escort here). Don't get suckered into trying to chase down an enemy only to be shot down yourself. Stay smart, stay alive, and pick that redhead!

The videos are truly amazing, well done on all of them,this video had me in the cockpit, enjoyed every minute, I chose all the right answers ,looks like I live to fight another day,thanks again for the amazing job you create in making these videos,I'm a major fan

In all the games I've played the 262 dosnt like inverted manuvers. The p51 can beat it in a vertical in my experience as well. That's normally how I deal with them bait them into a vertical they burn the majority of there energy then if they try to extend away you put the 50s on em

I liked the format of this video. The multiple-choice questions make the viewer think and interact.

I suprised myself, got them all correct, wow! I have to credit my decisions in part to watching your videos, they are interesting and informative.

Survived that combat without seeing the Options. Had the right descision in mind directly

I'm a war thunder air realistic and sim player myself. I made only a single bad decision here which is wait and see what the ME262 will do, Because most of the time if i dive down right away. If he have a wingman behind him i would been dead, But I see why option A is a better option. Although in the later stages of the war. Mustangs pilot's order have changed from bringing the bomber back alive to destroying the ME262. So I would consider being passive and patient to be the better option, Wait and see if they got something left for me, And when the moment is right. Dive on 'em. Although, Main reasons I have made this decision is because of insufficient amount of infomation. I did not know if he had a wingman or not. I recommend you add visual clues and make it clear from the beginning that there will be visual clues. Other than that, Fantastic works. I love video like this. Please keep up the great work!

Finally those years of watching Dogfights have paid off!

Awesome video! Reminds me of the "choose your own adventure" books when I was in grade school.

Actually, the Me262 was about 100mph faster than the P51D. Besides it was more heavily armed. So it would need a very good pilot, with a break of luck to come out winning this sort of fight.

The last choice was not my best but in that choice, I would have kept my altitude and followed him till an opportunity, go into a steep dive, gaining speed. matching his and open up on him then move off over and away. But maybe I would not have made it? You are right, my ultimate duty is to, "Run away to fight another day!" My uncle served in WW II as ground crew for the A-20 in the Pacific. He promised my Grandmother, he would not be a pilot but take a safe job to come back to her and he did. Problem was, he married a girl from Tulsa, OK, we were in Oregon, and lived there flying model aircraft. I have one of them. His name was Benjamin Reames, a nice guy. He told me about some of his experiences, they were unbelievable.

I love how the description says this game is war thunder even though this is clearly IL-2 battle of Stalingrad gameplay or mabey dcs but I doubt it

All of my years of sim time paid off! On the last choice however, I should have gone with option C. B gave me crabs.

wow this video was fun it was interactive what a great idea… Oh I survived. The graphics were fantastic and you did such a wonderful job. Yes I would also like to do another one

I found myself overthinking much of these. Following the immediate instinct helped to answer all the problems, from war tinder experience.

That was fun! Great idea...I got all of em correct.

As a War Thunder expert I knew all the possibilities and all the Expectations so i knew i had to choose the correct options when it came to those parts

Got one wrong, but lived! Great video, would love to see more!

Very good , Great concept. Well done!

P-51s shot down several Me 262s and an Arado 234. It mainly involved the P-51 pilot spotting the jet first and setting up the shot without the jet pilot knowing he was there.

4/5 It's honestly amazing how much you can actually learn from video games. The question all seem kinda obvious to Brick, except for the first one, Brick didn't know about the reason of turning into the fire instead of away from it. Good to know.

I answered all correctly, but the third decision, to turn away from the descending 262 and go back to the bombers was not because I feared the AA waiting below...but because my primary mission is bomber escort, and with that 262 out of the fight, my priority is to once again get back to that mission.

Yay I survived! And had a lovely evening with Susan, listening to Glenn Miller’s Moonlight serenade

Yippee kiya! Ace in the making, Although I died later jumping from my b29. Great fun keep them coming.

I was confused with the second question because he mentioned flying next to the bomber instead of climbing over them which was the crucial bit of info I needed.

Top notch content, the last seconds the best.

AMAZING VIDEO, I WAS LIKE A KID THINKING ABOUT EVERY OPTION!! SO FUN!!

Yeah, got it right for many of the reasons already stated, plus former Navy pilot who made the right decision with less than 3 seconds to spare twice that allowed me to be here 50 years later.

Also, the admonition to "stay with the bombers" from the movie, "Red Tails" helped too. Can't be a glory seeker.

No idea why I'm watching this vid when I have the game and all the DLC to simulate this myself... but great video!

Minor comment: Jet Engine hit, white smoke, Cooling system hit? Jet engines don't have coolings systems.

Absolutely awesome work TJ, really enjoyed it and learned a few things too!

Survived. Unbelievable video. Very well done!!!!

I like the evolution of this channel this brings me back to the good days of the history channel "dog fights"episode

All the battles in sim battled payed off. One of the main reasons I'd also grouped with the bombers is they have firepower as well to help take them out

I went with the right decision because I read "A Higher Call" by Adam Mankos and remembered how Charles Brown flew "Ye Olde Pub" aggressively when he came under the first FW 190 attack.

Wow, great video! I SURVIVED! Thank you! GREAT VIDEO!

I lived to fight another day ! I'm a huge wwl-wwll buff and have watched everything on flight I've been able. The Dicta Bolka is still the Bible when it comes to dog fighting !

As soon as I saw the airfield I knew going lower was a death sentence.

I was waiting for more after that choosing your girl end, realized that was already it and i will say, i did surprisingly well xD tho usually me262's don't go alone but in either small squadrons of 2 or 3, they'd usually lure enemy fighters away and when they succeed, there would be me262's waiting up above for the lured fighters and then strike. Though you probably know that already but idk

One of the best fighter escort groups of the War was the Tuskegee Airmen and their P51D's known as Redtails. Some of those exceptional pilots have confirmed kills of the ME-262's.

Yes, really good content. Loved it. Got them all right too. I just kept telling myself Mission=Protect Bombers.

I know it's a bit old but there's one more thing about following a 262 down to the deck that makes it dangerous. In addition to the AA guns around the airfield, they also tended to staff 'Wurger Staffel', squadrons of FW 190D's, who's sole purpose was to protect the jets on takeoff and landing approaches.

True ending: me 262 flys past you and takes out two of the b-29s you were escorting before returning to its airfield to refuel

ay.. ay i got all of them correct. Man ive flown the dusting plane, i do play warthunder but i never tought i was that good at this. A cool little test you made here. Love it :D

Loved the video, and the b29 one which I was killed in right away! Please make more like this soon

Btw question 5? Definitely B for Blonde Betty! Overall this was very good!

This was great. I survived thanks to the many books I read on WW2 aerial combat. Hats off the men who did this in real life. Real heroes.

The production model Me-262 had no speed brakes. The engines didn't like throttle changes at all. Thus the long slow run back to base was outside flak airbase cover. The luftwaffe mostly had prop planes giving the incoming jets cover. A prop plane is going to get you rather than flak. Watch your 6.