RAF Training Films

WW II Soviet Training Film on the strengths and weakness points of the FW 189 A-2 "Owl/Rama".

Thanks for this and the English Subtitles to: http://www.youtube.com/user/BitnikGr?feature=watch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hprnWnIUpxE

 

WW II Soviet Training Film on the strengths and weakness points of the Heinkel He-111 Medium Bomber. (14 Minutes.)

Thanks for this and the English Subtitles to: http://www.youtube.com/user/BitnikGr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnIHEhj8T5A

 

WWII Aircraft Identification Film Heinkel 177 (1943). (7 Minutes.)

Thanks to: http://www.youtube.com/user/QuarX

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gf5kZC0qyU

 

Chance Vought F4U Corsair

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vought_F4U_Corsair

Thanks for this to http://www.youtube.com/user/russr

Sound is broken for the first few seconds only.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpxyyLQ7u7g

 

WW2 Red Army Training Film on the strengths and weakness points of the Heinkel 162 Jet Fighter / Bomber. (11 Minutes.)

Vastly superior to its Allied counterpart. One really has to wonder if the Allies had tactically superior training films like these, if Allied kill ratios might have been higher.


Thanks for this and the English Subtitles to: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQVF0AbProgBjom8kYdIvgg

Sound starts at the one minute mark.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMpnSXLkpIQ

 

WW2 Red Army Training Film on the strengths and weakness points of the Messerschmitt 262 Jet Fighter / Bomber. (11 Minutes.)

Vastly superior to its Allied counterpart.

Thanks for this and the English Subtitles to: http://www.youtube.com/user/BitnikGr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awvik_p9uqg

 

Messerschmitt Me 262 - The RAF / USAAF perspective of this fighter. Includes modern commentary from Veterans.

Thanks to: http://www.youtube.com/user/spottydog4477

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxRR2KgY5mo

 

Excellent quality film stock of the interior and exterior of the Messerschmitt Me 262.

- Second half of the film records a Soviet flight test with the aircraft.

Thanks to: http://www.youtube.com/user/QuarX

Trying to find the link with commentary.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io-EWZ0EN-g

 

Bell P-39 Airacobra. (37 Minutes.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_P-39_Airacobra

The P-39 was used with great success by the Soviet Air Force, which scored the highest number of individual kills attributed to any U.S. fighter type.
50% of all US Airacobra production aircraft went to the Soviet Air Army.

I am hoping to find the Red Army Training Film for this aircraft.

Thanks to: http://www.youtube.com/user/webdev17
cc at: http://www.youtube.com/user/webdev17

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLeYWkx2Jlg

 

Northrop "Black Widow" Night Fighter Training Film. 1944. (28 Minutes.)

See a good thread on this aircraft here at: http://www.ww2f.com/topic/34436-northop-p61-b-black-widow/

Thanks to: http://www.youtube.com/user/airboyd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo-f2x8T7d8

 

The Douglas A-20/DB-7 Havoc light bomber and night fighter aircraft Quizcraft Aircraft Recognition Film. Disney Production. (Minutes.)

"The bomber aircraft was known as Boston among British and Commonwealth air forces, while the Royal Air Force night fighter variants were given the service name Havoc.

The United States Army Air Forces assigned the DB-7 the designation "A-20" and gave it the popular name "Havoc"."

Thanks to: http://www.youtube.com/user/PeriscopeFilm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4Q66PHeDwM

 

This was one of my Dad's fav's. He never explained why. Must have had at least one ride in it though. He had quite a collection of books on it.

Douglas A-26 Invader Training Film.

Thanks to: http://www.youtube.com/user/ZenosWarbirds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxj2Ugfm7Vs

 

Disney Studio's "Quizcraft" Aircraft Recognition Series, volume 4,
featuring the Martin Maryland, Messerschmitt ME109E, Short Sunderland flying boat, Armstrong-Whitworth Whitley and Douglas Boston MK III.

Thanks to: http://www.youtube.com/user/Bomberguy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXMRTYNzmKk

 

USAAF Training Film for the B-29 Flight Procedure And Combat Crew Functioning (1944) (36 Minutes.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsvLi8QyVwU

 

Many of these have been posted before, but it's nice having them all in one place.

 

For lack of a better place to put this... All in all quite the period piece.

Pre - 1940 RAF Recruitment ? Film. (41 Minutes.)

Take a gander at the rear gunner clip starting near the 10 minute mark. Gak!!!!

"Every pilot is taught to drop bombs, though use of them has become negligible." (25 minutes in...)

The Aerobatics clip at the 38 minute mark was the hook that got many a pilot into the RAF.
- my memory banks are full of stories about first impressions of these.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etv0h22lCXI

 

What a truly amazing wealth of information here!

Does anyone know of any WW2 RAF films on the instruction of taking-off & flying a Spitfire? Or discussing fighter tactics?

The only ones I can find are the Guncam practice film posted above, and this newsreel which describes an ideal attack run on a German bomber:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0-fVLCnsBs

 

There are several fighter tactics videos - earlier in this thread.
None that I know of for Spits. I think you were ± just shown the controls before being told "Off you go!"
If you find more, be sure to post it here! Tnx!

Here is one:

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

 

Rare colour film & For lack of a better place to put it.. (hard to think of one.) Fabulous bit of film.

Czech pilots in RAF service - part I

Movie from 310(cz). squadron, 312(cz). squadron and 313(cz). sq. In cz. squadrons (1940/45)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFUt5GB1Jrc&noredirect=1

 

Czech pilots in RAF service - part II

Movie from 310(cz). squadron, 312(cz). squadron and 313(cz). sq. In cz. squadrons (1940/45)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwCrK1p4P48