When 3 Aces Fought Germany's Super Pilot

It's the 3rd of June, 1942, and nine P40B Tomahawk fighters of the South African Air Force 5th Squadron are rushing to the aid of French defenders that are being attacked in a fort by German Stuka’s. It’s a star-studded flight with 3 flying aces in its midst; Distinguished Flying Cross recipient Robin Pare, Cecil Golding, and Louis Botha.

A few kilometers away famed ace Hans-Joachim Marseille and his wingman are on a patrol aboard their Bf 109s when they receive the desperate plea from the Stukas. They don’t need to be told twice, they slam the throttle to full and race to the rescue.

They arrive at a chaotic scene, with allied fighters all over the Stukas, but Marseille is undeterred.
What happens next is an incredible battle of 3 aces versus a German Uber Ace. An incredible feat of skill that cemented Marseilles reputation as the Star of Africa.

00:00 9 P-40B rush to help the Allies
01:58 Hans Marseille races to the rescue
03:12 Hans-Joachim Marseille vs Cecil Golding
05:12 Robin Pare vs Marseille
06:08 RAF pilots find a Stuka in flames
06:58 Louis Botha vs Marseille
08:37 Marseille turns for home

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[Spitfiresammons]

Hans Joachim Marseille aka the star of Africa has to be the most unstoppable Luftwaffe ace in the air war over Africa Libya and Egypt. Great story Yarnhub.

[Viridance]

I'm still amazed how Yarnhub continues to handle something as tragic as someone being killed so respectfully. They don't glorify it, they don't simply gloss over it, it's not action packed.

[Historical-mihd]

It's so cool how they have the pilots looking at each other. The animations are just so awesome

[roughrider]

Respect and humanity even after a fearsome battle, saving that Stuka pilot from the wreakage is something else.

[GoofySillyGuy]

The people look so realistic compared to maybe just like 15 videos ago, great quality as always and keep it up!

[sr]

Marseille was absolutely insane. In addition to you know, NOT being a hardline Nazi, (in fact when asked if he would join the party he quipped that he’d be in a party if it had plenty of women in it… mind you this was in a function full of extremely high ranking party members), he’s probably the greatest fighter pilot to ever live. At the height of his success, it took him only around 20 rounds to bring down an enemy plane, and he was such a good shot it usually hit the engine so the pilot would survive because he didn’t like killing them. Then, being the gentleman he was, he would usually make an effort to rescue said downed pilot in the desert.

[josuealexisramirezmares]

I like how the pilots respect each other enough to sit together under the battle above them, like the "spectator camera"

[zerohero]

Finally. A video dedicated to German Aces. Most videos are about allied fighters and their victories but never about the Axis. It almost seems as if the allies won every battle but we all know thats not true.

[KameradVonTurnip]

Marseille is an absolute legend. He may of not had the highest score of the war. But he is still often dubbed the Ace of Aces by many.

[BlackWater_]

5:50 Tragic but my God it's beautifully animated.

You've absolutely outdone yourselves, guys!

This is incredibly gorgeous...

[datankz]

Thank you for taking my suggestion on doing a story on Der Stern von Afrika, Hans-Joachim Marseille. This feat, 6 kills, actually remained as only ONE of his absolutely insane achievements! The part about the pilots surviving is absolutely true too! And it wasn't stupid luck. During the battle of Britain, when he shot down his first target, he was bothered that the pilot didn't bail out. Thus, prompted him to exclusively aim for non pilot killing shots, aiming for engines and wings specifically. Keep up the great work, cheers, and looking forward to your further uploads! <3

[aiosquadron]

Bro fought actual ace combat protagonists.

[e_da_g]

I always found Marseille interesting. Allegedly, often bothered him when he killed his opponents, so he would instead aim for engines or other critical parts of the plane, and he was a skilled enough pilot to pull this off.

[MoltenUprisingMK]

This is a guy who regards being outnumbered as a fair fight.

[Patchworkfarms]

Dude what are these animations? THESE ARE BETTER THAN MOST MOVIES!?

[siler]

Marksmanship always helps, but note the placement of the weapons. On the Bf-109, the 20mm cannon and the two 7.62mm machine guns are mounted in the nose, which means they basically fly straight. On the P-40, the .50 cal M2s are mounted in the wings, which means you have to fire at the correct range in order for them to converge on the target. The P-40 has to land a haymaker, while the Bf-109 just has to land a headbutt.

[BMM]

I’ve been here since the first Charlie Brown bomber incident. I am incredibly proud of how your animations have improved

[mikulas_zach]

I love how the flying animations have improved so much. Not to mention the quality of the men's faces. Also the directing is amazing, keep it up, guys!!!


Also, the animation at Pare's death is something I certainly didn't expect, but looks so magnificent.

[goldosprey]

Truely Ace Combat in real life. 152 kills in just over a year

[ROmEoThEcAT.]

9:37 bro woke up and decided to be a menace to everyone including his friends