Dog fights on the History channel

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I think he was Les. But the tail gunner in the B-24 survived, they said they all made it out.

I don't have cable (refuse to buy into a monopoly) so these are great when they're posted like this.
 
I'm hoping somebody on youtube will post Death of the Luftwaffe.

Anybody seen it?

I saw the nightfighters episode yesterday on youtube (finally) and it was pretty cool. P-61, that's a first for movies!

I'm hoping if they do a season three they could do one with Dick Bong and his P-38.
 
the rammkommando elbe is the wrong first part the name was zoderkommando elbe
 
the term is : Sonderkommando

and yes I know one of the members of that ill-fated unit who may be writing up a book on the mission but has been trying hard to figure how to get a web-site up in Germany for years
 
kool kitty89 said:
Its hard to tell if its been cancelled or if its due to the Writers' Strike...

Anyway here's the episode Erich was referring to:
http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/news/dog-fights-history-channel-8558.html[/url] ) there are interviews from German pilots on this episode:

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Hey that was on today! I have seen a couple of the episodes and I loved them. But ever since switching over to a new cable T.V plan I haven't been able to watch it anymore :(
 
anyone see the recent one with author/artists Jerry Crandall and his interviews of the Sturmgruppen ? I missed that one sadly

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yeah i did and it was very good , also the guys were very proud of what they did , say what you want about germans but there a proud lot!!!!!
 
Enjoyed the cg no idea how accurate they are other then the enemy seems to always be made to be less then there allied counterparts.

Perhaps some of you who have more experience will correct me but all in all I thought it better then the Simpson's, as an example.

And glad it went to a second season hope three will follow.
 
If History Channel know what's good for them, they will make more episodes, instead for that cr*pload of bullsh*t named ice road truckers and something about loggers.....what the f*ck does that have to do with history?
 
Heres a listing of Episodes....

Season TWO
Ep1 KAMIKAZE
Imperial Japan, desperate to prop up their rapidly collapsing empire, sent poorly trained volunteer pilots in suicide attacks against American naval targets. This wasn't the only time pilots used the plane itself as a weapon. German, Russian, and even US ramming tactics will be explored.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3ct3ITiiYk

Ep2 DEATH OF THE LUFTWAFFE
German ramming of American bombers by the Sonderkommando Elbe, on April 7, 1945. Note: This episode is sometimes combined with the previous one and shown as a single, two hour episode called "Kamikaze".

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QyELSlHVAA

Ep3 JET VS. JET
In the skies over North Korea F86s slug it out with communist MiG-15s. American pilots are in pursuit of a previously unknown glory...the title of jet ace.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCCLkX_I8rU

Ep4 THUNDERBOLT
The P-47 Thunderbolt, or Jug as it was known distinguished itself as one of the most lethal dogfighters of World War II- a classic warbird best remembered for its size, ruggedness, and reputation for protecting the pilot.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zitQJr36si0

Ep5 GUN KILLS OF VIETNAM
The era of missiles had arrived. Electronic warfare was coming of age. But when technology fails pilots are forced to do combat the old-fashioned way-maneuver in close and blow the enemy out of the sky with guns.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njwtQAonthg

Ep6 DESERT ACES
Pilots of the Israeli Air Force. The episode covers combat missions flown by Ran Ronen and by "ace of aces" Giora Epstein. Ronen used the French-built Mirage III to engage Hawker Hunters. Epstein flew a Mirage against Egyptian Sukhoi Su-7s in the Six-Day War, and piloted a Nesher against MiG-21s in the Yom Kippur War.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ2M7ceCD14

Ep7 THE FIRST DOGFIGHTERS
Some of the greatest fighter pilots of all time engaged in epic duels over the battered landscape of France and Belgium. Fokker triplanes, Spads, and SE5s go head to head in World War I's most famous dogfights.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TStRqIsIOh8

Ep8 NO ROOM FOR ERROR
It's where a pilot can ill afford to make a mistake...but where dogfights are inexorably drawn. Down on the deck-at treetop level-the margin for error is zero.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeFix_i03ZI

Ep9 NIGHT FIGHTERS
From Radar equipped Hellcats in the Pacific to modern stealth technology.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDH_qFOZHE8

Ep10 THE BLOODIEST DAY
May 10, 1972. The bloodiest day of air combat during the Vietnam war featured numerous twisting and turning dogfigts. Bob Lodge and Roger Locher pioneer electronic warfare and engage in one of the most exciting air battles of the war.
NO YOU TUBE FOUND

Ep11 P-51 MUSTANG
In the European theater of world war II the P-51 Mustang proved itself to be the quintessential dogfighter and went on to become the most famous warbird in history.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlfOWZHEGNk

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jopyzbsaMf0

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdCm5z2RpI8

Ep12 DOGFIGHTS OF DESERT STORM
The planes have changed but the jeopardy remains the same. American fighter pilots pit F-15s against Iraqi MiG-25s and advanced MiG-29s as part of Operation Desert Storm.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZmnVqkKapI

Ep13 TUSKEGEE AIRMEN
African-American pilots of the 332nd distinguished themselves as one of the most successful fighter groups of the war, despite the bigotry and prejudice they faced from their own countrymen.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O9uJjibBKo

Ep14 MiG Killers of the Midway
Recalling Vietnam War battles involving F-4 Phantoms from the USS Midway. This episode portrays dogfights fought by J.C. Smith, Henry "Bart" Bartholomay, Pat Arwood, Mike "Taco" Bell, Ronald "Mugs" McKeown, and John C. "Jack" Ensch.
NO YOU TUBE FOUND

Ep15 SUPERSONIC
Stories of the development of jet aircraft and their subsequent introduction into combat. Includes stories of test pilots who were the first Germans and Americans to fly these aircraft and the great air battles that were fought through the years at Supersonic speed.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bxjCI5PKMg

Ep16 DEATH OF THE LUFTWAFFE
The Luftwaffe's last great offensive was launched on January 1, 1945...called Operation Bodenplatte. Oscar Boesch was a German pilot who took part. Sandy Moats and Alden Rigby were American pilots whose airbase was swarmed by fighters. After this day, the Luftwaffe was shattered as an effective fighting force.
NO YOU TUBE FOUND

Ep17 Secret Weapons
Secret weapons of World War II, including Japanese kaiten suicide submarines, German Me 163 Komet rocket powered fighter planes, and the American remote controlled airplanes of Operation Aphrodite.
NO YOU TUBE FOUND

Season ONE
Ep1 MIG ALLEY
Air Force fighter pilots risk their lives flying sleek F-86 Sabres above "Mig Alley" - the most dangerous piece of sky in the Korean War. The high-speed twists and turns of history's first jet dogfights pit American aces Robbie Risner and Ralph Parr in the battles of their lives against nimble Russian-built MIG-15 fighters.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBBz4Eo4Gak

Ep2 AIR AMBUSH
Legendary fighter pilot, Colonel Robin Olds, sets an intricate trap for the North Vietnamese MiG-21's. His squadron, the Wolfpack, disguises its lethal F-4 Phantoms as vulnerable bombers. The MIGs scream in to challenge the Americans. The result is the most elaborate air sting of the war...CODE NAME...Operation Bolo.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9i9F8jmyrc

Ep3 FLYING TIGERS
Two weeks after Pearl Harbor, a courageous, rag-tag band of American mercenaries dare to challenge the overwhelming might of the Japanese Air Force. The legendary "Flying Tigers" slash through the skies of China, and help vanquish the unstoppable Japanese. Follow leading Tiger aces Tex Hill and John Alison as their P-40 Tomahawks fight to the death against the agile Japanese I-97 Nate.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzuIn9UTGaU

Ep4 GUADALCANAL
August 1942...the Solomon Islands. Heroic, die-hard American pilots of the tiny Cactus Air Force match skills and instincts against top Japanese aces as they battle in the skies above Guadalcanal. Legendary Marine Capt John Smith and Medal of Honor recipients Jeff De Blanc and Jim Swett pit their tough F-4F Wildcats against the relentless Japanese Zeros. At stake - the fate of the Pacific War.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNn0FxV3qVQ

Ep5 HELL OVER HANOI
The skies over Vietnam. They fight in a supersonic world, where split second decisions determine if they live - or die. American F4 Phantom pilots Fred Olmsted and Dan Cherry take on the famed MiG-21 - the most feared threat in the sky. And one American, Steve Ritchie, becomes a dog fighting legend as an Air Force Ace. You're in the cockpit with some of the fiercest dogfighting ever seen in Vietnam!

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwz5Qdg-aak

Ep6 THE ZERO KILLERS
1943...the skies over the Pacific. The infamous Japanese Zero is decimating American aircraft. No allied plane can match Japan's deadliest fighter plane manned by killed Imperial Navy veterans. The American Navy rushes to deploy a new fighter to take on the unstoppable Zero...the F6F Hellcat. The Zero has met its match. Now, you're in the cockpit with legendary dogfighters Robert Duncan, Hamilton McWhorter and Alex Vraciu...their epic dogfights blazing a new chapter in the annals of aerial warfare.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ob3lvqowHo

Ep7 DEATH OF THE JAPANESE NAVY
1944...the Pacific. It is one of the most amazing, lopsided naval battles in history: A mighty Japanese fleet let by the Yamato, the biggest battleship in the world - versus Taffy 3, a small U.S. task unit of tin can destroyers and baby flat-tops...ships too weak to fight and too slow to run. David battles Goliath in a fight for survival - with the lives of thousands of American soldiers in the balance.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRzOiQH1p8c

Ep8 THE LAST GUNFIGHTER
The U.S. Navy's top fighter, the F8 Crusader flown by skilled fighter jocks Paul Speer and Phil Wood, tackles the fierce North Vietnamese MiG over the killing skies of Vietnam. Re-live one of the longest, gut-wrenching dogfights on record as Lt. Commander Richard Schaffert - out of missles and with his guns jammed - takes on a lethal MiG-17 and the best enemy pilot he's ever faced. He's got one chance - the amazing capabilities of the F8 Crusader, "the last gunfighter".

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tFX78bLM-Y

Ep9 Long Odds - Swede Vejtasa
Showcases survival stories of bomber pilots battling fighter aircraft. US Army Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress vs. Mitsubishi Zeroes Ki-46 Dinah; US Air Force F-105 Thunderchief vs. North Vietnamese Air Force MiG-17; US Navy SBD Dauntless vs. Mitsubishi Zero.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEnDjwXnj3Y

Ep10 Dogfights of the Middle East
Israeli Air Force Mirage III vs. Egyptian Air Force MiG-17 MiG-19; defection of an Iraqi Air Force MiG-21; Israeli Air Force F-15 Eagle vs. Syrian Air Force MiG-21.
NO YOU TUBE FOUND

Ep11 Hunt for the Bismarck
The HMS Hood is sunk, then British Royal Navy Swordfish planes attack the German battleship Bismarck.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4Xn6Oy52hY
 
PILOT EPISODE
US Air Service SPAD S.XIII piloted by Eddie Rickenbacker vs. German Fokker D.VII and LVG C.VI; US Army Air Force P-51 Mustang piloted by Bud Anderson vs. Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Me-109; US Air Force F-86 Sabre piloted by Frederick "Boots" Blesse vs. North Korean MiG-15; US Navy F-4 Phantom piloted by Duke Cunningham and Willy "Irish" Driscoll vs. North Vietnamese MiG-17.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGiDu8BMEww
 
In the March issue of Aviation History, James Jabara gets a black mark for shooting down a fellow pilot's F-86...a case of 'MIG Madness'.
This kind of thing happened often enough for it to be hushed up.:shock:
 
i saw desert aces episode !
giora epstein what a pilot outnumbered 11-1 but stayed and fought cos he still had ammo and fuel never thought of going home till he was short of both:salute:
 
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