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Offline cpxxx

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WW2 Spitfire brings down Bf109, you'll never spot the twist at the end.
« on: December 04, 2011, 05:58:49 PM »


Great video, this one took me by surprise and I ought to know better.
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Offline MachFly

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Re: WW2 Spitfire brings down Bf109, you'll never spot the twist at the end.
« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2011, 06:14:08 PM »
That's not the ending I expected.

Thanks for posting.
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Re: WW2 Spitfire brings down Bf109, you'll never spot the twist at the end.
« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2011, 06:26:39 PM »
Uhm.. check me if I'm wrong, I'm by no means a person who is good at identifying spitfires... but shouldn't those Spitfires be armed with .303's and not hispanos?
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Re: WW2 Spitfire brings down Bf109, you'll never spot the twist at the end.
« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2011, 06:27:17 PM »
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Re: WW2 Spitfire brings down Bf109, you'll never spot the twist at the end.
« Reply #4 on: December 04, 2011, 06:39:28 PM »
Just watched all the videos on that channel, The German was good, but I like A Lonely Sky much more.
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Re: WW2 Spitfire brings down Bf109, you'll never spot the twist at the end.
« Reply #5 on: December 04, 2011, 06:44:16 PM »
Quote from: Hoffman on December 04, 2011, 06:26:39 PM
Uhm.. check me if I'm wrong, I'm by no means a person who is good at identifying spitfires... but shouldn't those Spitfires be armed with .303's and not hispanos?

I don't know when that battle takes place so time wise it might be wrong, but the Spitfire itself looks like a mk V.
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Offline StokesAk

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Re: WW2 Spitfire brings down Bf109, you'll never spot the twist at the end.
« Reply #6 on: December 04, 2011, 07:02:00 PM »
Excellent find, thanks for sharing!
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Re: WW2 Spitfire brings down Bf109, you'll never spot the twist at the end.
« Reply #7 on: December 04, 2011, 07:03:08 PM »
Quote from: GNucks on December 04, 2011, 06:39:28 PM
Just watched all the videos on that channel, The German was good, but I like A Lonely Sky much more.
Both were very good. The CGI in Lonely Sky could have been better, but it didn't ruin the film.
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Offline Hoffman

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Re: WW2 Spitfire brings down Bf109, you'll never spot the twist at the end.
« Reply #8 on: December 04, 2011, 07:37:36 PM »
Quote from: MachFly on December 04, 2011, 06:44:16 PM
I don't know when that battle takes place so time wise it might be wrong, but the Spitfire itself looks like a mk V.

Well he's fighting a 109E in a daylight fight over Britain, which puts it during the BoB.  And I'm pretty sure that means only Mk 1 spits were involved...  just seems odd to me.

Very nice video all around, however.
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Offline Skyguns MKII

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Re: WW2 Spitfire brings down Bf109, you'll never spot the twist at the end.
« Reply #9 on: December 04, 2011, 09:36:31 PM »
Why would the Irish ask the British pilot to put down the weapon? Is there something in history i am missing?
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Re: WW2 Spitfire brings down Bf109, you'll never spot the twist at the end.
« Reply #10 on: December 04, 2011, 09:38:49 PM »
Quote from: Skyguns MKII on December 04, 2011, 09:36:31 PM
Why would the Irish ask the British pilot to put down the weapon? Is there something in history i am missing?


If you watch the end of the video you'll know.
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Re: WW2 Spitfire brings down Bf109, you'll never spot the twist at the end.
« Reply #11 on: December 04, 2011, 10:19:23 PM »
Quote from: Hoffman on December 04, 2011, 07:37:36 PM
Well he's fighting a 109E in a daylight fight over Britain, which puts it during the BoB.  And I'm pretty sure that means only Mk 1 spits were involved...  just seems odd to me.

Very nice video all around, however.

There is a possibility that it was a minor engagement after the BoB. Plus most battles during BoB were over the south-east part of Britain, this was over Ireland.
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Re: WW2 Spitfire brings down Bf109, you'll never spot the twist at the end.
« Reply #12 on: December 04, 2011, 10:39:15 PM »
I liked it
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Re: WW2 Spitfire brings down Bf109, you'll never spot the twist at the end.
« Reply #13 on: December 04, 2011, 11:00:39 PM »
One factor overlooked was the Bf 109E had barely enough range to spend 10 minutes over London... dogfighting over Ireland... Not possible.
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Re: WW2 Spitfire brings down Bf109, you'll never spot the twist at the end.
« Reply #14 on: December 04, 2011, 11:13:03 PM »
Quote from: Widewing on December 04, 2011, 11:00:39 PM
One factor overlooked was the Bf 109E had barely enough range to spend 10 minutes over London... dogfighting over Ireland... Not possible.

That's the biggest 'oops' I've seen folks comment on.  Not much chance of a 109E fighting a Spit V over Ireland.  I did the 'suspend my disbelief' bit as it initially reminded me of an old Roald Dahl story about an RAF and LW pilot who get locked into that kind of fight to the death even after they are on the ground.  Had it been a Ju-88 or He-111, it would not have really allowed that 1 v 1.  And that I think was the key to keeping the focus off the 'surprise' at the end.

Interesting that this showed up not too long after that Spitfire excavation in Ireland of a bird flown by an American in the RAF, who was briefly interned there.
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