Pat Pattle - Top African Ace and his African Kills
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2023
- South African pilot Marmaduke Thomas 'Pat' Pattle was one of the leading Allied WWII fighter aces. He joined the RAF in 1936 and was soon deployed to Egypt with No 80 Squadron equipped with Gloster Gladiator biplanes. He fought against Italians in North Africa and Greece and finally, against Germans. He was killed in a dogfight over Piraeus harbor in Greece and the subsequent withdrawal of British forces from the country led to loss of official records for his final deployment. Some of his victories are not officially documented but he is believed to have achieved about fifty kills. Initially forgotten, he is now often recognized as the leading Western Allied ace pilot of WWII.
In this video, you will be able to see how he scored his initial kills in North Africa (and how he got shot down).
Main sources:
- E.C.R. Baker - Ace of Aces: The Incredible Story of Pat Pattle - the Greatest Fighter Pilot of WWII
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- Andrew Thomas - Gloster Gladiator Aces
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- Håkans aviation page
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I know Pat Pattle from Roald Dahl’s book. He spoke very highly of his commander. Describing Pat as ace of Aces.
These actions are aerial combat gold, when one considers these were some of the last occasions, if not the last, when biplane fighters fought it out against other biplanes. Excellent narrative!
My grandfather was a pilot on CR-42 in Libya more or less in the same period and later in Crete and Rhodes, maybe they crossed paths
The story of an African Ace fits the discretion of one my ex-boss of some 40 years back told me.
I've shared the daylights out of this in some SA Aviation forums. Thanks for creating this on behalf of all SA Aviators.
Superb presentation as usual. Thank you for all the effort to bring these forgotten heroes into the limelight once again.
Thanks once again for covering obscure corners of aviation history.
Early WWII bi-plane vids are by far my favorite. The music is perfect too thanks so much!
A great contribution again! Thanks for making this.
I was hopping you'd do the Pattle video sometime and thank you for that.
A great man. Regarded by his contemporaries as the very greatest.
Keep up the great work, man. The hard work you put into these videos, shows.
Finally, the few times i can be proud of my country and once able air force😂😅
Another great piece of World War II history. Thanks for your lessons
Honorable Pat Pattle came to my attention back in 2019 when randomly researching South African WWII involvement: his story disturbed me that he wasn't properly recognized or mentioned anywhere. Really glad to see more content online about this and really enjoyed the narrative on these war journals!
Well done again! And your pronunciation is steller! Great channel. I always look forward to Saturday.
Showtime your presentations are second to none!
Obraticu ti se na "nasem" jeziku. Pratim tvoje priloge i migu reci da su odlicni! Bravo,
Pat Pattle! And biplane furballs over the desert! You are the best 🙂