The Airplane Ripped to Shreds By the Luftwaffe



The British Bristol Blenheim medium bomber emerged from the world’s fastest commercial airliner of the 1930s: the Bristol Type 142. Configured for use by the Royal Air Force, the Blenheim spammed several variants, one of which was a night fighter bomber.

Armed with either three Vickers or three Browning machine guns and a bombload of over 1,000 pounds, the Blenheim proved especially reliable during the first years of World War 2 thanks to its incredible speed of over 2,867 miles per hour.

From the Battle of France to the heroic defense of Britain, the Blenheim was always ready to serve the king and the country until the Third Reich was eradicated…

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48 thoughts on “The Airplane Ripped to Shreds By the Luftwaffe”

  1. Missing historical content…this aircraft was also built in Australia and was re-engineered to use P&W twin wasps, then being built under license in Australia. Also evolved into the beaufighter….you missed that historical content. Also pronounced ‘Blenem’, silent H. Piss poor effort.

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  2. I see a lot of comments about the incorrect speed. Which I think is more likely to be the range distance. But I see none about the multiple miss pronunciations of the word Blenheim ( Which is actually pronounced Bleh·nuhm )

    So Double Whammy.. Great Vid.. Just needs more research.. 😁

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  3. I can see why these configurations were thought to be competitive, same with the Defiant, as fighters and fighter-bombers with rear gunners with scarf-rings had been effective in multiple types during WW1. It was a reasonable expectation they would also be in WW2. What changed of course, was the speed differential and sheer hitting power of single seat fighters in WW2. In WW1 most fighters had 1 or two machine guns, v a similar amount in the rear gunner's position. By 1939, a single seat fighter had around 4 times the firepower, and more if it also had 20mm cannons.

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  4. The Blenheim was not great in a medium bomber role over France but earned its stripes flying from Malta to terrorise Axis shipping where it was modified as a torpedo bomber. Also birthed the Beaufighter so that was pretty good.

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  5. The clips of frame pieces being moved by 2 men, those are parts of a Vickers Wellington. The clips of a partially finished fuselage being moved around, also Vickers Wellington. I'm ignoring the super bozo speed mentioned in the beginning. Enough hilarity on that Already.

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