Historical notes - So first off, I have no access to a desert map in the simulator I use to make these. I used the closest map I could, and the kills actually took place very close to Cairo, which likely did have areas that did have some trees, fields, etc. Also, I definitely slightly mispronounced his name a couple times towards the end. Sorry, I did my best. Obviously, some of the plane models may not be exactly accurate, but I have tried to make it as close as possible to what the records show. Hope you guys enjoy! Please consider supporting me on Patreon - Patreon.com/TJ3Gaming

Rainer Pöttgen, Marseille’s wingman, was called oft the “flying number machine” the idea being that all he did was count Marseilles kills.

Hans Jochen Marseille is one of the Luftwaffe aces featured in the book "Horrido!" He had 158 victories to his name when he was killed in that 30Sep1942 tragic accident. And he was also one of the recipients of the "Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds," of which only 27 were awarded in the entire Wehrmacht during all of World War 2. Even the highest scoring fighter ace in history, Erich Hartmann (352 kills), paid tribute to Marseille when he told his soviet captors that "Marseille was seen as the better fighter pilot than himself (Hartmann)" since the Germans considers "1 Western pilot equivalent to 3 soviet pilots." That statement earned Hartmann more beatings & a longer time in solitary confinement. Hartmann was released by the soviets in 1955, ten years after he surrendered with JG-52.

Read the book by Colin Heaton, the amazing part is that every kill was carefully recorded. The only discrepancy found was that a few planes he logged as shot down crash landed instead. His shooting skill were so phenomenal that he would at times switch targets before all his rounds had hit the other plane. He managed deflection shots in all attitudes

In the book "Horrido!" his shooting accuracy is described best by his armorers reports. On average he fired 3 cannon shells and 15 machinegun bullets per kill. Phenomenal accuracy by any standard.

Great historical recreation! One of Marseille's tricks to shoot a plane out of a defensive "Lufbury" circle was to dive directly below it, pull up abruptly and pass between two planes in the circle but he flashed by so fast, coming up from a blind spot that he was gone before the plane behind him got a chance to shoot, and as he flashed through the Lufbury he gave one well-timed squirt and the plane ahead went down!

What made Marseille amazing was the way he devised to demolish British circling defensive formations. He was witnessed diving in and out of those large formations at high speed like a Barracuda in the middle of drove a sardine shooting down enemy planes with accuracy each time he either plunged from above or recalled the plane upward from below at full deflection making for pilots that should have covered their squadron mate impossible to follow. Marseille must have been a wonderous shooter as deflection shooting was actively discouraged during training of pilots as being too difficult for such high speed planes, and he was also often found to have shot just a handful of rounds while coming back with multiple victories in the same sortie.

Marseille was the most gifted pilot of the world . His aiming was the best by far from any side of the conflict . He could beat the score from Hartmann but his destiny was not to be . RIP

A true Officer and a Gentleman. An outstanding fighter pilot the likes of which will never again be seen. A hero worth remembering.

So, the ladies were such a distraction that the Luftwaffe sent him to North Africa? Ironically enough, one of my crew members when I was an armorer at a USAF fighter base in Germany in the early 1960s had the same problem. We were regularly sent to Wheelus AFB in Libya for a month at a time in support of the fighter gunnery and bombing training operations there. On one trip, this guy got to missing female companionship so much that he determined to go into Tripoli one night and find some action. I tried to discourage him, as I knew of no safe way he could accomplish his task in a city so lacking in opportunity. He went anyway, and came back the next morning claiming mission accomplished. Turns out that the presence of the former Italian occupiers of Libya had not disappeared completely--he had found an Italian-run cat house equipped with at least one willing Italian girl. The boy had determination, I tell you.

As an amateur historian who loves aviation stories I am shocked this is the first time I' heard about this phenominal pilot. Thanks for the video.

Marseille was known for 2 skills. Incredible pilot skills, he could do "impossible" stuff with the 109. He was a master of deflection shooting. He would slow down his plane, aim carefully and shoot like a sniper. This was described by other pilot as "impossible shots". Very long distance, the enemy pilot not even knowing he was in danger. The hits always making the same pattern, first hits in the engine, backwards, ending in the cockpit. The master, Erich Hartmann, described this skills as incredible, he had nothing like it himself. He had to fly very close and shoot at point blank, if he wanted to hit anything. Thus often taking debris damage from the defeated enemy plane.

my suggestion to all pick up the book German Fighter Ace Hans‑Joachim Marseille: The Life Story of the Star Of Africa, so much was missed here and it does a injustice to the Man and his Memory he was a legend who strapped on a plane and became a master of the Air. IMO he was the best fighter pilot in any Air Force.

These stories make me so sad. It does not matter what side they fought on. The tragedy of this waste of life is deeply moving. Humanity learns nothing & will follow the directives of the selfish and powerful to perpetuate any degree of evil. We are very close to doing it all over again with even more horror.

For anyone who finds this pilot and the European air war of WW2 interesting, I cannot recommend enough the book 'A Higher Call', which goes over the experiences of Franz Stigler and Charlie Brown in detail, and a number of other notable figures they cross paths with. Stigler's memories of Marseille are fascinating and offer some insight into his state of mind and the absurdity of war. Stigler survived the war, and the descriptions of flying the 262 in unbelievably appalling conditions (of course well after any sane nation should have surrendered) are spellbinding. There are interviews with both Stigler and Brown (and other surviving airmen from Ye Olde Pub) available on KZfaq for viewing. Thank you :)

Dude even scored a kill while gliding with a dead engine, marvelous pilot...

Definitely the most interesting and fun way to learn about history.

The last fight short before his death against a british pilot - whom he highly respected as an ‚ace’ after his victory - in a Spitfire ( sth different from P 40s and Hurricanes, sorry) showed (him) how exhausted he was. Tragically, he then died in an accident. The very early versions of Bf 109 G 2 had this terrible problems with the engine. Marseille represented the best traditions of German military in WWII. A knight of the sky, no fanaticism, no brutality, no racism. A fascinating personality.

My grandfather was enlisted out of Shilo Manitoba and was sent over to Africa with British forces in Tunisia. There he was a Sgt and in command of triple A air defense time, protecting a British Air base. He has a photo of him standing beside Marseille's downed airplane, as it had the golden 100th victory logo on the tail of the plane. They were all away of the Star of Africa! So it's pretty cool to actually learn of this pilot in this video, having heard about him long ago when I was just a kid.

What to think about this Luftwaffe Ace...died as a consequence of engine failure?...too bad and sad, for an exceptional pilot and soldier...The Africa Star...Hans Joachim Marseille...unique pilot...

OMG I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!!! THANK YOU!!!

Awesome. Thanks man. I would also love to see some documentaries on, maybe, Warthog Pilots, why not? Thanks again & please keep these little documentaries coming, they're really great.

Great, fantastic and immortal Hans-Joachim Marseille!!! Respect forever!!! 👍👍👍

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Thank-you for telling the story of this great Luftwafe warrior.

a really good video and packed with Info.

Once again TJ, Spinal vid!! Keep it up!!

" Mar-Say " 😁 Great video none the less. Thanks buddy.😉

Thank you for doing this

What an amazing Ace. May his blessed Soul RIP. So young. Salute and Respect

Excellent video.!! I am well versed in Marseille's exploits and this video does His memory credit!.

Awesome vídeo 👍🏻👍🏻

Great content again!!

Something from world war two I found mind blowing. Was when I understood how my veteran father and his seven infantry man crew worked with one tank through a city. "It started in the cities of Italy," he said. The tank would park and he and six others. His sergeant who carrier a Sten gun, two explosives engineers, four riflemen, one Bren gunner would approach the row of buildings. They would never go up the street or outside the buildings at all when they could help it. Instead they would blow their way through the walls all the way to the far end of the block. They called it mouse holing, one of the explosive engineers had a doctors stethoscope and would listen to make sure the room they were about to enter was empty. Then they would blow a small hole and pass through. Sometimes on the first floor, sometimes on another floor. It just depended on the block of buildings. They would do this all the way to the far end of the block. Where they would then pause to spot for the enemy. Once the sergeant spotted a 88 howitzer, being pulled by horses and setting up to hit their tank posted at the far end of the block. He instructed my daddy to run back to the tank and tell it where to shoot the howitzer. My dad was the smallest man on the crew but the fastest runner and he never forgot where the mouse holes all were. He ran all the way back to the tank. Through all of the mouse holed buildings and by the time he pointed out the howitzer's position, that big 88 howitzer gun had taken two shots that missed their tank both times, hitting a railroad track immediately behind them. He pointed at the 88's position, the tank fired and nailed it. Everything went flying, he said. The men, the horses and the gun all vanished in smoke. I asked him what kind of a tank was it that he followed. I don't know, he said. But it had a twenty one painted on a box that was mounted to the back of the turret and a little white Canada on the rear corner. The other guys carried their web gear and all their stuff with them but I never did. Everything I had was in that box, all I carried was my rifle, ammo and two grenades' he said. I enjoyed your video of the fighter pilots and thought you might want to check something like this infantry and tank working together story.

Hans-Joachim Marseille was definately in the top ten of the greatest fighter pilots ever ( 157 aerial victories ) imho

loved it brotha

Excellent video

He was also known for his chivalry and honor, even helping direct Allied rescuers to pilots he had downed. Very sad to die the way he did.

Mega thanks that was hugely interesting 🤔👍

Thanks again.

There was a Fifties German movie about Marseille "The Star of Africa" about his rocky start and eventual success as a fighter pilot.

You forgot his main achievement, the break of the Lufbery Circle: he dived at high speed into the middle of these defensive formations from either above or below, executing a tight turn and firing a two-second deflection shot to destroy an enemy aircraft.

Brilliant! Il-2? Nicely done.

Hans was a real gentleman as well, proving not all Germans were Nazi's. He was known for flying to british/allied bases and dropping notes apologizing for dishonorable conduct during engagements and contact between german and allied pilots. A true "Ace", its incredibly unfair the way he died.

17 victories in a day wowww almost as good as Emil Langs record of 18 in a day.

He's among the best Luftwaffe pilot with Werner Mölders, Heinz Bär, Günther Rall, Adolph Galland, Erich Hartmann, Hans-Ulrich Rudel, Gerhard Barkhorn, Otto Kittel, Erich Rudorffer, Hermann Graf, Theodor Weissenberger, Wilhelm Batz, Walter Nowotny, Walter Krupinski, Hans Hahn, Dietrich Hrabak...etc.

Nice film dude.

Nice Video! What tracks are you playing in the background? Got it, magnificent march.

Great presentation. Well done. With all his crashes, he was very lucky to still be alive but his luck finally ran out. I believe he was the master of "deflection" firing. The Allied Airforce would have their revenge on the Luftwaffe in North Africa during the Tunisian campaign.

Would love to see a video about Erich hartmanns first and last kill of WW2

When Marseille reported his victories to his headquarters, a general happened to be present (I think it may have been Kesselring, but perhaps someone can confirm). At any rate, he reported that his squadron achieved 17 victories that day and the general then asked how many of those 17 he had shot down? 17, he replied, to which the general simply shook his hand without saying another word.

I have read quite a bit about this gentleman, I think you did his story superbly well. You have produced a truly enjoyable piece of history. Cheers and thank you.

Triple Ace in a day. Whoa!

Well done and historically as tight as any others. You have a new subscriber!

Super!!

Brilliant 👏

Great Video Sir. Love the Story of Jochen. RIP

Very well-done video! 👏🏼😎

Yayyyyy another video from the Gaming Mark Felton of YT =) I love this =)

So essentially after shooting down all those enemy fighters and living to fight on....he was killed by his CO forcing his best pilot to fly an unreliable piece of crap plane known to have a serious mechanical problem.

Jochen Marseille was arguably the best fighter pilot in history. While several Luftwaffe pilots on the eastern front shot down more enemy aircraft than Marseille, all but one of his 158 victories were against British/ Commonwealth fighters, not against poorly flown Soviet aircraft of all types.

8 or 9 and 3 or 4 badly damaged planes? Are you kidding me!! That alone is a feat of great dog fight skill.

Another great video.

awesome tk u

You are an artist ,and make enjoyable videos.

love your use of warthunder

He was supposedly the best deflection shooter in the Luftwaffe, and he didn't waste his ammo.

The irony of the recreation is that all shown kills are more or less from behind. Marseilles did not bother with this; he was able to engage from all angles with deadly accuracy.

I recomend you guys read book about him, very great to know more about Marseille

Brilliant

As a WW2 aviation buff and also being born in Germany I am very aware of this Expertan’s accomplishments..thanks for the video…..

There is a written account signed by his ground crew, that during one sortie during which he destroyed three Hurricanes, his aircraft had only expended eleven 20mm cannon rounds and less than thirty machine gun. The man was absolutely a sniper. Best aerial shooter of the war. He would constantly snap shot a few rounds directly into his opponents engine, scoring kills from angles and distances thought impossible.

Deflection shooting perfection!!!

The original Maverick and a Mad Mad indeed!

Reminds me of our George Beurling, a troublesome solo Spit pilot who p/o'd his commanders so often for repeatedly stunting at zero feet in trainers that he was also sent to North Africa where he became known as the "The Falcon of Malta" and the "Knight of Malta", having been credited with shooting down 27 Axis aircraft in just 14 days. R.C.A.F. and RAF

I'd like someone to recreate the actual tactics Marseille used. There are some descriptions out there, but I haven't seen it done

Amazing. What animation software was used here?

Another great vid TJ3, enjoyed it. Don´t let the comments on your pronounciations bother you as German and French are hard for English speaking people in general. From what I know of Marseille you told his story quite accurately. Of course his claims are disputed as it is the case with all cocky young pilots. Never mind....on you tube there is a lot of material about Marseille...even a complete movie: der Stern von Afrika ( the star of Africa).

Respect

Maybe you could do a video about Robert S Johnson and the way he got shot up in his P-47C by two Fw-190‘s and still made it home

A Luftwaffe pilot who didn't cut his teeth in Spain , yet none the less became a legend , by virtue of the number of kills he racked up mainly in Africa

When you start discribing Marseille's cockpit drama in such intricate and vivid detail, my eyebrows raise and think, wtf. While it may make for entertaining story telling, it leaves the listener in doubt as to what else is fabricated in the events. Now I need to consult another source.

Best fighter pilots of ww2, same as Red Baron was ww1

All Aces and Victor's own their cred to the dirty ass Mechanic that kept these A/C flying at peek Military performance. No digital pubs, no 'phoning' a friend on Facebook. Just hands, knowledge, and reliability of one's skills. These are the unsung heroes of any engagement, The Mechanic!!!

Bless him

The War Thunder graphics are great, making these stories highly addictive.

A dashing, handsome young man who liked his drink & women, but not nazis. Not only a great ace ("Star Over Africa,") he was also one of the most wrote up by superiors (lol).

You should do one on the Finnish ace Ilmari Juutilainen - for my money the greatest fighter pilot ever. 94+ kills (highest scoring non-German - many in Brewster Buffalos), never took a bullet from an enemy plane and never lost a wingman.

He was an expert deflect-marksman just like 'Screwball' Beurling.

There's a museum called the fagen fighters museum that has a bf 109 with the number 14 and a sign with information about hans Joachim Marseille

At first, I thought this was a video about Oddbaws!

Incorrect that the Group I/JG27 was named after Marseille, the third staffel of the first Gruppe(Group) was renamed ‘Marseille’ staffel and later on in post war Western Germany a whole barracks was named ‘Marseille Kasserne’

De no haber sido por su accidente al saltar de su paracaídas por averías en su BF 109 su número de victorias hubiera sido enormes,ha sido uno de los grandes ases de la segunda guerra mundial apodado Estrella de África

Shark of the Air!

3:55 xD so intense

R.I.P.

Imagine him in a 262!

This is actually a true and genuine story.....

JG27 had a lot of great pilots Franz Stigler Johan stienhoft . Might be spelled incorrect but you get the picture. And of course Hans . What a shame he was only 22.