Top 5 Secret German WW2 Planes

Welcome back to another top five video today. We are going to discuss five

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German

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from World War II, two AKs that she flew. The key factor for an aircraft to have made it to this list is that it has to have flown in real life under its own power, this also means that prototypes and wooden models are excluded from the list. aircraft such as the EF one two six a A prototype jet-powered fighter aircraft was completed, but it never flew under its own power. The same goes for the mu2 63 for 260 it was built but only flew and the tests were well towed by another aircraft for the me2 63 was intended to be an evolution of the rocket fighter for the Me-163, it never flew under its own power, for which can't be on this list anyway.

Let's get to your number five for Blohm & Voss BV - 3 8 4 bv - 3 8 was the largest flying boat in history Well, until shortly after World War II, when it was dethroned by the Spruce Goose, this six-engine giant It weighed about 60 tons. Only one 248 was fully completed and two more were in production. But those two were not completed due to the end of the war, so two free eight were being considered role free It could be a heavy transport aircraft or a heavy bomber Being a seaplane means it doesn't need a large paved landing strip to taking off and landing on any body of water is good enough.

Its high lifting capacity could allow it to carry a very large bomb load. The wings were so large they could have had internal ones. The bomb bay is inside them. It could also have been used as a maritime patrol aircraft for maritime patrol. It would work in the Atlantic Ocean supporting juba operations, either for reconnaissance or with anti-shipping weapons. The cargo could carry up to a maximum of 95 tonnes including its own weight and fuel its large internal area allowed easy transport of large quantities of supplies Loading was quite easy with the forward facing clamshell doors unfortunately no photos of the doors Fronts open, you can see the door seams in this photo if necessary, but up to 3/8 could carry up to 300 soldiers.

That's significantly more impressive than the ME free - Germany's largest transport aircraft. Even that could only carry up to one hundred and thirty soldiers with its range of 7,000 kilometers. It will be ideal for reinforcement and resupply for the German campaign in Africa. Allied anti-shipping efforts were wreaking havoc on Italian shipping convoys to North Africa. The Free Eight would have been useful in this theater if it had been ready on time originally. But the Free Eight was designed to be a civilian aircraft, but that changed after the German Air Ministry requested that the aircraft be used for military applications for its role in the Air Force so two free eight would need offensive decorations for the trim on this plane can make the armored cousin b-17 Flying Fortresses the YB forty blush for BV Two three eight was bristling with weapons there were four quadruple large caliber machine gun turrets One in the nose facing forward and one in the tail facing rearwards, the other two turrets were mounted in the rear midsection of each direction facing rearwards.

The heavy machine guns would be placed along the fuselage of the plane outwards and on each side towards the front and another outwards. At the rear of the Lee were two twin 2-centimeter cannons in a rotating turret mounted on the top of the fuselage. Even with all these weapons, the 4bv 248 had a boring end. He was strafed by allied fighter

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. That they were on the dock. The last of its fuel for more important aviation projects had been taken away. That is why its test flights were suspended. Different sources discuss how two free eights were actually destroyed. some sources say that British and other fighter jets were destroyed by American fighter jets.

All I really know is that the plane was destroyed and the wreckage removed after the war. It is quite sad that everything was destroyed because the end of the war was just a few days away. Admittedly, the Allies were unaware that there was a general idea that German long-range aircraft could be used to fly high-ranking party officials out of the country and to South America. Therefore, it is key to try to destroy these long-range aircraft before they could escape. One very nice thing is that there is a 1/4 scale model of the aircraft commissioned for testing. They are FGM P227.

It is a fully functioning scale model of the bv2 v8. Testing of the scale model stopped once the BV was forgotten. destroyed 4 2 3 8 was impressive for its time, but within a few years it was surpassed by the American h4 Spruce Goose. It was another seaplane that was being designed during the Second World War as a way to safely transport supplies to the United Kingdom without risk of being intercepted by the bow. Its carrying capacity was enormous. It could even carry 2 Sherman tanks. I should add that the Spruce Goose did not participate in many flight tests, so the flight characteristics are questionable.

It's amazing that the air has been preserved and is on display in the everlasting Aviation and Space Museum, I hope. one day I will have the opportunity to visit that museum because it will be incredible to see the h4 in real life the number four for yonkers ju 390 Bianca's ju 390 was born from the American bomber project The idea was to design and build a bomber capable of reaching New York and returning to Europe to load a payload would be large enough to be able to transport an atomic weapon. Because the plane did not need to be able to make the trip from Germany, occupied France, to the United States.

It was also an option to use Portuguese islands in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean as launching points for the operation which was until the Portuguese were not so friendly in 1943. Still, there were two airfields in France that were suitable because they were long enough and could close enough to America. It was hoped that bombing targets along the east coast of the United States would accomplish two things. One was to reduce the willingness of the American people to intervene in a European war; the second, stretch the forces of the United States. The United States would have to commit large amounts of resources to provide protection to the East.

On the coast, a large number of anti-aircraft defenses would have to be built throughout eastern America, many aircraft would also have to be used to intercept German bombers. Possibly even fighters would have to be withdrawn from Europe to provide cover for the US. More realistically, the Ju 390 would have made a good maritime patrol aircraft working with Quigs' navy in the Atlantic submarine war. Because the Gu 390 is not a completely new aircraft design. It is based on the Ju 294 aircraft and has essentially been stretched and widened Although the Ju 390 was a strategic bomber which is a larger class of bomber with aerial weapons It is actually just a medium bomber with some improvements The doctrine of the German aviation was never really in favor of heavy bombing as a strategy, the Luftwaffe was designed to support infantry in air superiority and close attack aircraft.

Even medium bombers were expected to support the infantry if necessary. A chi 177 is a medium bomber, but it was equipped with a dive brake circuit. attack ground targets as this German industry was never created for the production of heavy bombers. It also doesn't help that heavy bombers are expensive to manufacture and maintain if Germany wanted to shift war production from light aircraft to heavy aircraft. They would have to give up the benefit or have several light aircraft in exchange for one heavy one. You can see how Russia deals with the problem, even with the end of the war evident from early 1944.

Russian aviation manufacturing focused on light and medium bombers rather than heavy ones. Only after the war did the focus come back to long-range strategic aircraft because the United Kingdom and the United States had different ways of approaching the war. They wanted to attack the enemy with as little loss of life as possible to their own people. For the United Kingdom and the United States they had the benefit of not having to actively defend a land border, this helped them gain a foothold in heavy bombing. This led to the British design of heavy bombers such as the Robado and Halifax.

It led to the development of the iconic Lancaster. The same for the United States. They developed the b-17 Flying Fortress and the b-24 Liberator. You could operate from a safe location and still fight a war effectively. This has been my long-winded way of saying that heavy bomber production requires resources and time to prepare. Germany did not have both in 1943, so an improved Ju 290 was the way. Originally, the 390 was to have four engines, but during the design phase they couldn't get powerful enough engines, so they had to compromise on six weaker engines. Its maximum range was nine thousand seven hundred kilometers.

So I was able to do it. a trip to America and back with 6.5 tons of bombs Although it would take a while about 46 hours round trip It was reported today that 390 flew within 20 kilometers inside the coast of America It was on a flight to test feasibility crossing the Atlantic It is disputed whether the bombing of that flight occurred or not. Different sources argue about the feasibility of that flight and whatever could not have happened when it was fully loaded, but the plane would weigh 55 tons not including the bombs. But the 10-man crew had a range of decorations between To defend the plane against interception there were two turrets on the roof, each with 2-centimetre cannons.

There were two quadruple heavy machine gun turrets, one in the front and one in the rear. There was also another tower under the fuselage. Lost Li two positions in the waist of the plane on each side four machine guns Only two ju 390s were built before the end of the war there was a total order for twenty-six ju three 90s and the order was canceled later in the year 1944, since It was decided to give it the resource programs 2.0 instead of strategic bombers. There are only rumors and speculations about the service that the ju 390 saw. The only concrete evidence is that they never dropped bombs on enemy soil, most of their flights carried out were only flights of proof.

Number three for your neighborhood oh, they're too free to be Arado AR too free to not look like a very exciting plane and that's because it's not, it's a transport plane for logistics. What makes it interesting is how it attempted to modernize air travel. Germany's main transport aircraft was the 4 ju 52. It was originally a passenger airliner from the 1930s with its low lift capacity and low speeds. It was quite dated compared to others. A large transport aircraft at that time for another important German air transport aircraft was the 4 M efreeti. A glider. and its powered variant for me3 2 3 4 huge cargo glider and plane It required large runways to take off and land for one or two free to close the gap as a medium cargo transport plane, but the foodtube was designed with a landing in short It matters that it could even land on unprepared fields if necessary, that is the reason behind the strange landing year.

But we'll get to that in a moment because they're too loose to have some pretty cool features for a cargo plane over time, the tail. The aircraft was designed with a twin tailboom in mind to provide easy access to the rear loading ramp. The rear loading ramp allowed small vehicles to be driven inside or transport towed artillery pieces and other heavy weapons. Something that is a little more complicated to do with the typical side cargo hatches inside the cargo compartment, up to six tons of supplies or 24 armed men can be carried for additional wheels, the overall weight on the main landing gear is reduced during the filming.

There are a total of 22 of the affectionately called millipedes. The four main wheels of the tricycle's landing gear could be retracted in flight, but the wheels of the millipede could not. A special hydraulic system was repaired that allowed the rear axle legs to lower closer to the ground. The nose gear legs could then be retracted into the aircraft, but the aircraft could then rest on the smallest of the millipede wheels. By lowering the plane closer to the ground, the angle of the loading ramp is reduced. Surprisingly for a transport aircraft, the decorative fence was intended so that during the design phase there would be free defensive positions, a heavy machine gun in the nose and just above the railway loading gate and finally a two-centimeter cannon In a tower on the roof the four crew members would not be stationed next to the guns eventually only if they were flying through contested skies, and of course if an enemy fighter was detected.Supposedly eight light machine guns could be mounted in the side windows of the cargo area.

This would be for flights to contested skies when transporting troops. The men could use their light machine guns to assist in the defense of the plane. I have not been able to find an explanation that this setting was actually used, although this setting may just be an illusion. Originally, but (free) was designed to have two engines, but had to resort to a redesign based on the shape demanded by combat programs that understandably had more priority at the time for the best and most powerful engines. Some of the mbutu ar2 were built with two angels. But most will fall before the one-motor variant also had a higher lifting capacity than the two-motor variant.

But it was at the cost of its maximum range But it seemed that Free to would replace the Ju 52 But with its late introduction in 1943 the war was turning against Germany little attention was paid to air transport programs There were also many other transport aircraft that Germany had available. Even avoid a plane that looks similar to the AR two three or four G? Oh, two four four four two four four was originally a glider that was refitted with engines that could carry up to twenty-four men and even had a rear cargo door, its overall lifting capacity was less than that of the AR two three.

Still, they made one hundred and three. seventy-four of them, a total of 22. There are two of them, three of two were built, this includes the two-engine and four-engine variants, number two for Heinkel, the 111 H8 or, really, any plane with balloon cars . This list item is more than a drag. During the bombing of London, Moscow and other Allied cities countermeasures were used to reduce the effectiveness of the aircraft, rather than a new aircraft.German strategic bombing the most effective way to reduce the German bombing is simple by simply shooting down all of their bombers it is not so easy to do the next best option is to reduce the effectiveness of German air attacks This is done with a combination of interceptors and ground Defenses Networks of ground anti-aircraft batteries would fill the skies with steel as they fired.

Show the projectile to the foreign invaders. The firing of these batteries will be coordinated by radar and anti-aircraft control stations that will feed the radar and observation data, such as speed. altitude and direction to improve the accuracy of the gunners, men with searchlights will try to target enemy planes with their beams with a bright light that reflects off the bombers. There will be easy targets for interceptors. Ideally, fighter jets would already be in the air ready to intercept vulnerable bombers. Another type of defense that wasn't as elegant, but got the job done, were bombardment balloons. Bombing balloons will be tethered to the ground. using a cable, this cable would cut the body or wing of any aircraft.

Those who are unlucky enough to come into contact with it consider it an aerial mine. But with the mine going up to 4,000 years, that's equivalent to about 10,000 feet if two balloons were tethered. Together, four cables could reach a height of up to 4,500 meters or about 15,000 feet. German planes could not risk flying into these aerial minefields. Therefore, they had to fly higher to avoid the risk of collision with the balloon's cables. Forcing bombers to fly higher than their accuracy decreases. It would also make bombers easier targets for anti-aircraft guns because the guns don't have to traverse and change elevation as quickly.

This is especially important for large-caliber guns for Londoners. Here's a quick detour. You know, Primrose Hill, this photo is of two twin 145 millimeter or 1/4 inch anti-aircraft guns firing, they were part of London's air defense and advancing during the day. Flying below the height of the balloon, it will be very difficult to see the cables that were connected to it. At night the cables can also be invisible with over 2,000 barrier balloons flying over England. This was a problem that needed to be solved. An experimental idea was tested on German medium bombers. This idea was a balloon. cutter The big, old lumps are metal stuck in front of the plane's wing and nose engine.

This idea was tested on the Heinkel 111 and the ju 88. The general result was that it was not very effective for the additional weight to affect the center of gravity. of the plane Because it did not have such pleasant flight characteristics, the pilots who flew the planes were very concerned with the performance of the plane. It didn't help that the British were experimenting with explosive cables to connect to bombardment balloons. Projects soon emerged. To its credit, only a few airplanes were converted into balloon cars. It was considered more dangerous for the plane crews, so it was worth trying to remove four balloons.

Some of you may wonder why not just shoot down the balloons, it would be necessary. Time to Shoot Down the Balloons Even with machine guns punching hundreds of holes in a balloon, it would still take a long time for the balloon to deflate and be dragged down by the weight of the cables. While you spend time attacking the balloon, the fighter or bomber is the target. Enemy interceptors or anti-aircraft fire? To spend more time in hostile territory to have a better chance of not returning to base There was a case in August 1940 when four Germans carried out a specific raid against barrage balloons over England.

The result was that 40 balloons were shot down at the cost of six German planes. Four very next day more balloons were recovered the cost of destroying the balloons was not worth the loss of aircraft in number one supplied by Heinkel 80 to 80 in July 1944 a British Mosquito was shot down by an Me-262 it was the first recorded victory in a fighter plane of all time But for me the 262 was not the first fighter plane there was another plane for 8284 the first jet plane that flew was the Heinkel 81 7 8 it was little more than a test bed for a new Jet engine design was the first to fly in 1939.

Its development and construction was kept

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from the German Air Ministry, as a 7-8 was revealed to the German Air Ministry only after its completion and it had been made. Its flight tests for a 7:8 showed its flight characteristics in In a demonstration, the aircraft aroused little interest, as the single-engine aircraft reached a maximum speed of 600 km/h, a speed with which aircraft can now easily compete. propeller-driven aircraft. Its flight endurance was also unimpressive with a flight time of around 10 minutes. This aircraft was the first step in the evolution of jet aircraft. It is also important to remember that the war in Europe was fought would take less than a few years.

It will be absorbing our countries and the successful invasion of Poland and France, which took less than two months. You can see how the war priorities were short term rather than long term on the part of private investors. There was also little interest in the project, so the development of one seven eight was slow taking what they had learned from the failures. of 8178 Heinkel refocused its efforts on improving its next jet aircraft. Unlike his last plane, this plane was built to be a fighter plane. Its decoration would be 20 millimeter cannons free in the nose, the main problem was the power output.

This was solved without only using more powerful engines. But it also used two engines instead of one, but 280 first flew in 1941. It was possibly one of the most advanced aircraft in the world at the time. It had a maximum speed of 820 km/h. Improved engine. The power and better fuel economy gave the 280 almost twice the range of the 178. A total of nine prototypes were produced over four years with upgrades and agent improvements between models. The slow development of the engine was the death of this project for the Me-262 angels. to produce more frost than the hg 280 angels It is important to note that the me-262 was being produced by both B&W and Yonkers, both funded by the Air Ministry to produce a fighter aircraft.

Heinkel was using its own funds. for its aircraft project Still, Heinkel was the first organization capable of putting a fighter aircraft into operation. Remember earlier when I said it was the most advanced aircraft for its time, although that could be true. It was certainly not for its speed that the 4hu 280 was for. first aircraft to be equipped with an ejector seat system. In addition, it was the first aircraft to use its ejector seat. The ejector seat was used for the first time when a test flight with a new posture engine failed because the pilot lost control of the plane due to heavy ice and had to be ejected as a side note because the prototype being tested was the fourth HG 280 produced, it had been configured with a new power plant, but two jet engines had been replaced by up to six pulse jet engines, no source agrees on whether the 280 HP had been refitted with 2, 4 or even 6 pulsejets of the same type of engine used in v1.

I really wish I could see a picture of this monstrosity. I have seen a plane with two thrusters. But not six. It must have been a rather unpleasant aircraft to fly, as the thrusters are not known for their smooth flight. There was a demonstration of the hg 280. to the German Air Ministry This work to improve the agents and the airframe bore fruit, as a ministry requested a production of 300 HP 280 s Problems with the first agents - 80 s received by the Air Ministry Reason for delivery of more aircraft to was delayed while Heinkel attempted to fix the problems, but after the long delay, Honker was ordered to cease all work on the jet aircraft and that they should focus their efforts on two others.

Projects. Before finishing this video. I just want to show you an early prototype of the Me-262. It was the first Me-262 to fly. It had a traditional propeller and four new B&W jet engines. It is a very interesting hybrid. This configuration was used on the first Me-262. variant when the weather was still unreliable, it's probably a joke I can make about the reliability of late war German jet engines, but I'll save that for another video. Well, there you have it. Those are my five secret German planes from World War II that we actually flew we saw the largest seaplane in the world during World War II a plane that could travel from Europe to America and back to launch a nuclear weapon without fuel a plane stops medium-sized cargo capable of landing on Rothfeld scooters interesting plans for modified landing gear configuration to cut cables from bombing balloons and finally the world's first operational fighter aircraft.

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