Joseph Priller's strafing attack on Sword Beach D-Day (completed)

[AWC]

Hello all

 

Finished video here!: 

 

 

 

Original post

I'm sure most people have heard of the most famous Luftwaffe sortie on D-Day by Joseph Priller and his wingman as seen below. Can anyone confirm which direction the strafing run took place? Don Caldwell doesn't explicitly state it in his account http://don-caldwell.we.bs/jg26/6june44.htm, but I assume they flew East to West as they approached from Le Havre. I'm currently making a video about this so thanks for the help.

 

Soto

 

Edited September 18, 2022 by Lemsip

[parkerc341]

sorry, this isnt help with your question, but i love your cinematics. hopefully someone here knows your answer

[LukeFF]

Yes, East to West, as recorded in Vol. 2 of Caldwell's book on JG 26. ?

[MAJ_stug41]

This historical documentation clearly shows it was in bf108s going west to east!

https://youtu.be/zF67YdzowO4?t=70

 

[AWC]

4 hours ago, stug41 said:

This historical documentation clearly shows it was in bf108s going west to east!

https://youtu.be/zF67YdzowO4?t=70

 

 

Yes that didn't help my confusion!

5 hours ago, LukeFF said:

Yes, East to West, as recorded in Vol. 2 of Caldwell's book on JG 26. ?

 

Thanks Luke

[Avimimus]

I remembered that scene as Fw-190s flying east to west... how odd.. shows how memory is unreliable...

So when are we getting the Bf-108s?

[sevenless]

Donald Caldwell on D-Day here:

 

 

don-caldwell.we.bs/jg26/6june44.htm

[AWC]

Added link to video on OP

[[CPT]Crunch]

Back in the 80's had a semi-disabled civilian contract hire in our shop who was landing on the beach in a Sherman and permanently put out of action by a .50 cal thrown out by a Mustang.  According to him Priller and company weren't the only ones strafing the beaches that day.?

[Rjel]

Well done.

[Youtch]

Did you create a mission to produce this systematic? There is a big volume of ships and units. I am curious to know how it impacted fps.

[AWC]

1 hour ago, Youtch said:

Did you create a mission to produce this systematic? There is a big volume of ships and units. I am curious to know how it impacted fps.

 

I did yes. The ships on their own weren't too bad but with the smoke effects, infantry and tanks the fps dropped to 30 if I looked at certain scenes. I tried my best to do less resource intense shots.

[PhilthySpud]

Impressive! Great job.

[Avimimus]

I'm a bit disappointed you didn't use the Bf-108s from Desert Wings

 

Seriously though - that is a nice looking invasion fleet!

[Bonnot]

The best part is the ground level straffing with smokes, fires and speed ....with the FW shooting at the spectator !

Otherwise there is always the problem of sparse flak effects and empty battleground ...but Lucas Studios are way too far