Makes you almost tear up seeing a B-17 spin like that. Centrifugal force will pin you to the plane only allowing slow movement. Anyone not near a hatch was in a bad way. "And even when on fire or rolling over into a dive they do so gracefully, like a Queen. And Queens die proudly." - B-17 Cpt. Frank Kurtz

Horrific to think what these guys went through. That B 17 going down must have been simply terrifying to be in, whilst it's plummeting out of the sky.

I met a B-24 pilot and he told me the crew talked way too much in this film.

@dougcurtis9633

3 ай бұрын

All narrated after the mission.

@Wailwulf

3 ай бұрын

@@dougcurtis9633 well yes, that is how they make movies. Almost everything you hear it's not being said by the actor is put in afterwards.

I've seen these videos before. As a teen, I read every WW2 book I could get my hands on. This was early 70s, so Black Thursday, etc. Martin Caiden was my favorite author, but even he did not do justice to the colossal fluster cluck the 8th air force commanders were pulling in 1943. If you read Masters of the Air by Miller, he gets into the theory and debate of high altitude bombing. One group of officers were convinced the bombers would be okay - that was their pet theory. The fact that they never re-thought their position I believe should have been a court martial offense. Consider what would happen to an infantry officer if he allowed 90% casualties to his unit? When I started reading about the politics, I just about lost it. It's a tribute to the crews that they kept going back. In an infantry unit, someone would have fragged the office responsible.

@user-fm4pb3yy6t

Ай бұрын

Возможно, вы знаете, что потери убитыми среди летчиков в авиации немцев (57 000), американцев (40 000, из них 8 армия 24 000) и англичан (56 000) были значительно больше чем у СССР (34 500)? Если учесть, что японцы были не очень эффективны, то вряд ли они больше 10 000 убили американских и английских, значит в Европе западные союзники потеряли 56+30=86 000 в воздухе.

they gave their lives so we can live on we will remember them god bless them all young brave men who never came home to their loved ones. Their bodies could be still in Germany never found. R.I.P to them all

It still wrecks my heart to think what those gentlemen went through. Salute to The Greatest Generation. o7

Amazing

The B-17 looks rather intact, so any idea why it fell out of the sky? Pilots were killed by a fighter? Something else?

To any who are watching this and served, Thank you for your sacrifices , you will never be forgotten .....

Cheesy overlaid unconvincing audio, and they never used "ten-thirty", it was always 8 o'clock, 9 o'clock, 10 o'clock, etc

Fascinating. wonderful airplane 💖

Bombers don't do dogfights. Dogfights are only fighters vs fighters. Because there's violent maneuvering on BOTH sides.

Because they gave both life and limb… we 🇺🇸 remain free. 🫡🙏🏻