Sneakpeak: What made the Zero so deadly?
Added 2018-04-28 21:24:17 +0000 UTCHey all,
Here is a sneakpeak for what was supposed to be next weeks video. Sadly, After reaching about 90% completion, I need to shelf production until 7 days time. I am heading back home for family reasons and sadly could not finish it today (still being 'slow' with Premiere, After Effects and Illustrator - Software that I am still learning - didn't help).
However, it should at least give all of you an idea where I want to take the channel visually and seperate it from others. On the one hand, we will retain the 'academic' consistency with quotations and clear references, while we brush up on the presentation and create a personal style. This can't be created in a fortnight but we are getting there. Naturally, flight sim footage will remain a staple (here I am experimenting with quicker cuts/ filmgrains etc).
Any comments, feedback or concerns? Put them down below!
Bis
Comments
The Japanese had a severe pilot shortage due to their selective criterias and training regimes. This left them with few new pilots at the end of each cycle. IIRC in 1937 about 50 graduated from a class of 1000 (need to check this again). Pre-Pearl Harbour this was 'fine' since their losses in China were minimal and they didn't produce too many planes in any case. For those purposes a small well trained force was enough and new pilots were given additional training within their assigned squadrons. But once war commenced with America, they needed a steady supply of men and material - but with ongoing offensives etc, their veterans remained at the front to support operations since otherwise, in the Japanese minds, they had too few (experienced) pilots on the frontline. It took them until 1943 to completely overhaul their system and then it was too late - veterans were nearly never rotated back.
Military Aviation History
2018-05-06 08:36:08 +0000 UTCI wonder why the Japanese didn't pull some pilots back, to form a training structure, at least early in the war, when they had an advantage that could last for at least one training cycle. Have any Japanese authors Researched this, of whose work you know?
Bill Lemmond
2018-05-05 16:07:37 +0000 UTC
