This man was my father's cousin. I had the privilege of meeting him when I was 16 years old at my grandmother's house.

"At twenty-two we were becoming people that were destroying cities." What a line.

@delvictor7570

3 ай бұрын

In reality they were ushering in peace for billions of people for at least the next 80 years.

@piranhaattack4836

3 ай бұрын

Damn that’s how old I am rn

Before Miller’s “Masters of the Air,” there was Col. Crosby’s “Wing and a Prayer.” ALL of the 100th stories in Masters came originally from Harry’s book, which is simply not getting the recognition it deserved. This was the OG humanized history and story of the 100th.

Thank you Hennepin County Library for preserving this. "Lest we forget..." the heroes now gone.

@LudiCrust.

3 ай бұрын

Yessir! Lest we forget that highfalutin Vladimir Putin & his dastardly band of chaos creating bots recking havoc 😤

' Wing and a Prayer ' One of the best books ever written about serving in 'The Mighty Eighth ' flying from England in WW 2.

@PL-rf4hy

2 ай бұрын

Um, it's about the Bloody 100th, not the Mighty Eighth. Crosby wasn't in the Mighty Eighth.

Absolutely wild story at the end making the other navigator jump out just to get rid of him.

@Ulyssestnt

3 ай бұрын

Haha,I loved that story..the air force version of fragging the fresh LT who cant read a map right there:p

@princehector2266

3 ай бұрын

I love how Harry says, "the guy was fine, he became a POW". LOL! I am not sure "the guy" was fine with that.

@zefallafez

2 ай бұрын

26:00

Absolute Legend..

It would have been great IMO for Hanks and Spielberg to get the rights to some of these interviews and put them in the “Masters of The Air” series. The whole production lacked the historical tie to the real-life characters that made BOB so enthralling.

@Shadowdoc26

2 ай бұрын

Because unfortunately by the time masters of the air was finally developed, most of these guys were dead. Damn shame the millions of heroes of that generation are now down to a few thousand.

holy heck he's just like I expected him to be from watching Masters of the Air. Anthony Boyle is so similar in his mannerisms, the way he talks an' all.

When they were talking about the Memphis belle movie it made me think what Harry would of thought of masters of the air.

Great interview of one of the living heroes of WWII.

@gh87716

4 ай бұрын

Not a hero. Murderer.

This video is an amazing artifact. Thank y’all so much for preserving it.

Great interview. It felt like Harry wanted to keep talking (and I wanted to keep listening)

@curlywurly1797ify

2 ай бұрын

Ohh me too! I didn't want the interview to end and could listen to him talk about his service for days. Such an accomplished and articulate man.

Fabulous interview. Thanks so much for posting it.

Harry Crosby from masters of the air??????!?!?

@user-wk9wq8yq5u

3 ай бұрын

Yes

Harry Crosby a true american hero a salute you for your service in wwtwo

This is a very important interview that is now becoming more relevant than ever. Thank you for posting this.

great stuff

Thankyou for posting this...

Man, I miss this generation. They put Humpty together again, for us, and I’m not sure we’re doing right by them.

Great discussion. Thank you. RS. Canada

What a cool dude!

An accomplished and articulate man, thank God he was on our side. An absolute legend. Keep sleeping peacefully Mr Crosby and thank you to you and your colleagues for your outstanding military service. UBIQUE from the granddaughter and great granddaughter of passed WWl & WWll British Army and Navy veterans 🥀🥀

I recently finished this book and highly recommend. There a few men today that could do what these men did? If we had a world war today, we would be in deep shit.

It would have also been great if Hanks and Spielberg would have at least mentioned the B-24 at some point in the series, like Mr. Crosby did in this interview. Admittedly I'm biased as my uncle was a radio operator on libs with the 404th Bomb Squadron in the Aleutians.

What a guy what a book!

What year was this filmed?

@spennykcn

3 ай бұрын

1993 according to the info posted along with the video.

@fredkruse9444

3 ай бұрын

@@spennykcn Thanks.

@princehector2266

3 ай бұрын

This must have been after his memoirs were just published. Part of his book is quite an eye opener especially since what he did during WWII which is brought up surprisingly in Masters of the Air.

Yeah. I read _On a Wing and a Prayer_ 30 or 40 years ago. So - I was aware of Harry and the Bucky's. One thing he mentioned was that when the Bucky's got shot down the nature of the group changed and it became more by the book and less wild. (IIRC). .

General LeMay was an Aaaaa-hole to send the 100th ouut alone!

@mercuryredstone2235

4 ай бұрын

He said if America lost the war he said he'd of been tried for war crimes.

@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe

3 ай бұрын

What was the alternative? Leadership still had to prove the viability of Daylight Precision Bombing.

@princehector2266

3 ай бұрын

The problem is even the Brits said that if you have to bomb during the daytime, you needed fighter escorts all the way to the target and back. Even the Germans learned that the hard way during the Battle of Britain. What made it worse in 1943 was the lack of strong protection on the front of the B-17s where the German fighters would attack which wasn't remedied till they added twin chin guns for the B-17G.@@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe

@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe

3 ай бұрын

@@princehector2266 This was determined without brits advice.

@RedStarRogue

3 ай бұрын

I like how he says "It's not right to blow cities off the map" and then "I was surprised he said I was an outstanding officer because on three occasions I said some things that displeased him..." which makes sense considering the kind of general LeMay was lol.

The word “Bloody” in England had a major connotation similar to the F word in the US.

@tinastagg6258

3 ай бұрын

The English invented the F word and bloody was never seen as equivalent, it’s always been a much milder swear word that even old ladies would use. “You bloody kids!” would be like saying “you damn kids” or even “darn” depending on how relaxed your parents were about such things. “Fred, the bloody cow got out again!” And it still always also referred to being bloody, as in covered in blood or a “bloody battle”. In fact, you could use it both ways in one sentence straight after each other. “That battle was bloody bloody!”

@norlockv

3 ай бұрын

It was a bigger profanity back when the term “Christ’s blood” carried a worry of damnation.