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@alejovega8872

10 ай бұрын

SIYUBTUBESA.ESLA.SERIE.MUY.HERMOSA.X.CIERTO!!A.VEGA DE ARGENTINA 🇦🇷 GRACIAS KZread!!

I watched this video with my grandfather 40 years ago. He worked on these planes included the Memphis Belle. I never thought I would see it again. Fantastic. Thank you!

@Dronescapes

Жыл бұрын

Bless him!

Memphis Belle (1990)was one of my favorite movies as a kiddo. I got so enthusiastic about b-17 my grandparents bought me the model, revell kit if remember correctly, boy i was stoked

I saw the Belle while it was under restoration at The Air Force Museum in Dayton. The entire fuselage was covered in names that had been carved into the metal. Even then, people would show little concern for historical artifacts of such importance. Thankfully, when I visited her after the restoration was complete, none of the vandalism was visible. Many thanks to all of the workers at the Air Museum for saving her. ❤

Considering how hard they flew her around when she returned, and the conditions she was stored in for decades, the museum at Wright Pat had their work cut out for them. How does one restore such a massive piece of crucial WW2 history? Very, very slowly. And it was worth it, she’s immaculate, one of the most beautiful warbirds I’ve ever seen. She’s literally friggin’ perfect. If you get the chance, go say hi to her, I’m sure she’ll appreciate it.

@KorbinX

Жыл бұрын

I've been a few times to see her. Had to explain to my 9 year old son why I teared up when I saw it. I do wish she still flew, but I'll take a static display in a museum. Cheers

@theworldwariioldtimeradioc8676

Жыл бұрын

Saw her in 1997 when she resided in Memphis.

@beedalton9675

6 ай бұрын

Not only that the purring of her engines. I like when morgan pushes the throttles the sound picksup

@michael-4k4000

5 ай бұрын

My Uncle Ned flew on the Belle with that formidable crew in 1944. They flew together and would have died together. Uncle Ned was a real life hero, not like this super hero's films. This Christmas I got my Uncle Ned a DVD of the film, but he didnt want to watch it. He said, "Boy I lived it and never want to live it again" lets just leave it at that.......

Words fail utterly when attempting to describe the caliber of the men who had the courage to fly those missions. 👨‍✈️

Watching this while reading "Masters of the Air" by Donald L. Miller, about a week before the show based on the book comes out. Thank you for keeping this historical film available to view!

Absolutely love the vintage footage. Thanks for sharing. 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

Thank you SO MUCH for sharing this "Story Video". And here I thought that I knew everything published regarding the "Memphis Belle"...

Watching this in colour was eerie. What a tough job these men accomplished. ✌

What's interesting about this documentary is thanks to a German U-boat, Wyler's sound equipment went to the bottom of the Atlantic so when the crew was back in the US doing their war bond tour, he had them swing by hollywood so he could record their voices.

William Wyler, the great Hollywood director, made this film with a crew which flew many combat missions to do so. As a result, while he suffered severe loss of hearing in one of his ears which, I believe, did return eventually. Wyler's great film "The Best Years of Our Lives" was made after the war which had personal resonance for him due to his own experiences.

The Memphis Belle was NOT the first US bomber to complete 25 missions. That distinction goes to a B-24 nicknamed “Hot Stuff” a couple months earlier. The plane was on its way back to the United States when it crashed killing all but the tail gunner. On the aircraft at the time of the crash was General Mike Andrews. He was heading back to the US for a promotion when he was killed. He was to head the European Theater of Operations. After Andrews death General Dwight D. Eisenhower was given that position and the rest is history.

@silviaparra9902

Жыл бұрын

bomb = boy........bomb = woman

@lokiwiseyt8608

7 ай бұрын

She was the first US bomber to complete 25 missions with all of her crew members

@CrossOfBayonne

7 ай бұрын

Anyone hyped for Master Of The Air that centers on the 8th Air Force

Love when the crew is getting introduced. Makes me so proud of our boys!

Those American aircrews had nuts of steel. And what an aircraft that B17 was. Many young men died, but a great many owe their lives to that beautiful fortress, as she was capable of limping back home with her crew even after sustaining massive damage.

I had this on VHS as a kid. Oh, my god...

Thank you for showing this

@Dronescapes

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching Peter

*Watched the Hollywood version , now the true story!* 👍

Glad she is restored and safe for all to see at the Air Force Museum in Dayton OH.

I learned to speak as a child repeating the narration of this video as a child in the 80s. I happened to stumble upon it today and found myself reciting it again after so many years. Great story brought from unfortunate times. So many more from that era go untold. Those airmen (both sides) deserve to be known.

Filmed at my local air-base RAF Alconbury Huntingdon England. Great to see.

@Dronescapes

Жыл бұрын

👍

@PotatoSalad614

Жыл бұрын

I thought the 91st were at RAF Bassingbourne. I must be mistaken then

@rapidman1376

Жыл бұрын

@@PotatoSalad614 The church in the background is Great Stukeley. I think they moved to Bourne or Bassingbourn.

@courtney1709

9 ай бұрын

Amazing to see the Memphis Belle in flight over your beautiful countryside. It rests near me now, at the Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. It and other famous war birds are on display there at the museum, a great place to visit.

Brilliant footage

I just wish I could thank those brave men.

my father received the signed book by the author who was a friend of his. my father also flew B17s during WW2.

@hellentatsios7888

9 ай бұрын

and gabreski flew the fighter plane protecting my fathers bomber plane. my father was in good company.

the Memphis Belle ? what a legend !

Now she proudly sits beautifully restored in the Wright Patterson Airforce Base Museum in Ohio. Got to see her in 2018. I got chills standing in the presence of a an actual combat aircraft. I've gotten to see both the Enola Gay and Bockscar. The atomic bombers didn't have the chill factor, but still amazing to see since they helped end the war.

British / American Bomber Boys , and German U - Boot Sailors , suffered the Worst Attrition of Any Services. My Biggest Respect for these young men.

@englishguy2010

6 ай бұрын

I don't know how those U-boat crews kept their sanity.

Gostei m legal muita aventura e adrenalina valeu!!!

Chilling combats😬

It's May 7 today. Tomorrow is the 78th anniversary of VE Day, lest we forget. I have a version of this on VHS and its a lot more grainy, they have done a magnificent job of restoration to a film the so rightly deserves it.

@Dronescapes

Жыл бұрын

👍🙏

The name "THE GREATEST GENERATION" has never been more deserving..they were so young and yet they fought like men ..the average life expectancy of a bomber crew was 5 weeks , the average for a fighter pilot was 5days.. and still they went up day after night till they ether died or went home..we are the home of the free because of the brave!!.♥️🇺🇸🇺🇦

31:26 someone commented on IMDB that his father was that B-17 pilot that made the emergency landing. Decades later he and his father saw the movie of the same name; understandably he was not amused with the way the movie depicted that final mission.

Good from a different perspective.

excellent

@Dronescapes

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Humbled to have been close family friends with a B-17 copilot and his wife growing up in the 90s. He was shot down over Holland in early 1944, suffered severe back injuries landing unfortunately in his parachute. Was a prisoner of war and was taken care of by other Allied airmen until American troops liberated the camp over a year later.

Deberían traducir las al español para entender su grandeza en combate aéreo.

Muy buena.

The Memphis bell was not the first to complete 25 missions. That honor goes to Teggi Ann then another B-24 made the 25 missions, Memphis Bell was the third bomber to do so. Sadly Teggi Ann Crashed on her way back to the US for the War bonds tour.

@Dronescapes

Жыл бұрын

You mean the Memphis BELLE?

@tellyonthewall8751

8 ай бұрын

agree on the b-24 .. one this .. one that. All PR lies like everything else

DroneScapes спасибо. Супер

@Dronescapes

Жыл бұрын

You are welcome

@yetizero5563

Жыл бұрын

@@Dronescapes yes. SR - 71 history 4K

Those guys had balls of steel.

@Dronescapes

Жыл бұрын

Yes they did

@c1ph3rpunk

Жыл бұрын

The first time I flew in a 17, Aluminum Overcast, and it dawned on me there’s a mere 1/8” of sheet metal between me and a 20mm round, my stomach dropped. Suddenly, all at once, it hit me just how large those steel balls were. I’m honestly shocked those 4 large radials could lift that many massive balls off the ground, WITH a bomb load. Hell, I’d bet you could just drop their balls on an enemy city and come damn close to crushing it.

@JohnnyRocker2162

Жыл бұрын

They were ordinary men doing an extraordinary job, with quite courage, in spite of the fear they may of felt. Every WW2 veteran i met had a dignity about them.

@JamesLee-lk4kx

Жыл бұрын

@@c1ph3rpunk great comment,and thanks for the laugh brother😄

@JamesLee-lk4kx

Жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyRocker2162 very true

La historia de este avión y su tripulación de Memphis Belle B17 es como muchos jóvenes tripulantes dejaron su vida en esas incursiones aéreas para bombardear objetivos alemanes también decir de los pilotos germanos que también cayeron en esas batallas del aire . Ricardo Alegria Zambrano Popayan cauca Colombia

@heinxi4

8 ай бұрын

That was war. Better this, than a world under dictatorship.

fernando fernandez siempre me gusto la Historia de Memphis Belle en español seria mejor para escuchar lo que habla la tripulacion es una gran pelicula

thank you Memphies Bells

Just 0.025 gauge aluminium sheet fuselage, between the aircrews and enemy cannon shells/flak steel splinters.

@c1ph3rpunk

Жыл бұрын

And it’s cold too, touch it at even 7000’ and it’s cold. I can’t even imagine it at 30,000’.

@Jones607

Жыл бұрын

@@c1ph3rpunk A bit like being stuck on the summit of Mt. Everest for 8hrs.🥶

Jose Ferrer just has a cool voice.

All American bomber crews were death-defying heros !!! 👍👍👍

@i_9_power_allah321

11 ай бұрын

And those Asiatic black pilots who saved there asses.

Pin points on a map that mean Rubber, Guns, Ball Bearings, Shells, Engines, Planes, Tanks.....T A R G E T S!

Was at bassingbourn once upon a time they had the propeller as Gate guard I think

Wow I can see it a lot clearer now. Can you do The fight for the sky next?

A perfect example of good over evil. Makes me proud of Americans and that generation.

@Malama_Ki

5 ай бұрын

And sad at many youth today would be ok with socialism and be wards of the state and take your property and fruits of your labor as long as they had internet, all in the name of ‘equality’….

@bnt719

4 ай бұрын

Here! here!

@chucknorris6640

3 ай бұрын

When I was a kid Al my friend grew up watching cartoons and admiring superhero, celebrities and sport start, meanwhile I grew up watching WW2 movies and documentaries and admiring WW2 heroes. Currently I am half way through college and if it’s in god’s plan after finishing collage I will apply to the Air Force or the Navy as an officer

@jean-lucpicard5510

Ай бұрын

So all the other nations that fought Nazi Germany did f all did they? Typical blinkered yank view point. Treating history like it's a Saturday morning cartoon. Do you think Venom was the German chancellor?

この映画は最高の爆撃機マニュアルである。

And boy was it cold up there . Aircrew got severe frost bite . Some aircrew would take blood pressure pills just to be able to complete their tours . So many stories from those guys .

Compare and contrast this superb documentary with the trash Hollywood movie of a few years ago -it was pathetic. Here you can cut the tension on the crews faces with a knife, its a superb piece of work !

@beedalton9675

6 ай бұрын

Actually the actual pilots had to go to Hollywood to redo their actual voices and soundeffects were added this a a non audio motion camara camara

Old Bill was a helluva resilient plane. Chills watching this documentary. Bless those brave souls.

The pilot came back to USA and then join the wing flying B29 to bomb Japan. A brave man indeed.

Anyone know how to download a copy of this without a premium subscription?

Respects to the crews Owned the Lithographic Print，signed by the Pilot “Homeward Bound” once before fungus got it

7:50 Royal Flush ... is that the same plane that survived the Munster raid?

Cuando veremos la serie MASTER OF THE AIR en nuestras pantallas...vamos TOM HANK ..

저들의 용기와 헌신이 있었기에 오늘의 우리가 있다...

ironic this has shown up on my feed , i am uploading a vlog tomorrow as i found a story and possibly the legend who inspired the making of the movie , i found my self in some woods just off an old RAF site in Wing about 4miles from my home in Bletchley ( yes of bletchley park fame ) anyhow , this is the spot where Manny Klette deliberately crashed his B17 Flying Fortress into the woods to save the lives of himself and his crew , out of fuel and all engines out , smashing that 20tonne aircraft into the trees ay 130mph .

Una historia que hay que tener muy presente

This True WW2 Famous Legendary USAAF Surviving B17G Flying Fortress Heavy Bomber Memphis Belle as the Most Successful in completing All 29 missions

@Grossman2868

Жыл бұрын

Actually , the Memphis Belle is a B17F, the G model had the chin turret, but your sentiment is smack on.

This is a brilliant documentary and all shot in colour- fascinating insight into the mighty 8th... BUT ABSOLUTELY SPOILT AND SATURATED WITH ADVERTS EVERY 2MINS.. find this else where or give it a miss...

@Dronescapes

5 ай бұрын

Perhaps you are not aware that you have options…If you have KZread Premium, for example, you will never see an ad ever again.

Dope ass video fr fr

Poderia dublar para o portugues.

Burt Lancaster is a great narrator.

cool

❤

The real story behind the movie of the same name. While the movie was entertaining it didn’t need embellishment.

Não imaginava que enviavam bombardeiros sem bombas apenas como isca. Para mim se atacavam alvos simultâneos.

Keren❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😮😮😮😮😮

日本語訳がかなり変

Special delivery to the Third Reich. Well done allied powers!

@Dronescapes

Жыл бұрын

Forever gratuful!

Im not gonna lie, "the royal flush" sounds like my kind of bomber crew. I want to find out what happened to it now.

7:47 hehe that was pretty scandalous to public audiences in 1944

Too bad it was semi abandoned for many years outside in the memphis area,,vandalized etc,,

Looking at B-17 stories an British mosquitoes, wondering if B-17 was a mistake? Mosquitoes had 2 engines instead of 4 so twice as many mosquitoes could be made. Mosquitoes only required crew of 2 vs B-17 crew of 10, making 5 time kill rate if downed. Mosquitoes were really fast an made of wood making them hard to spot with radar. Mosquitoes were way smaller making them easier an cheaper, lower production time to build but smaller target than B-17. Should allies have had huge fleets of mosquitos, an dumped slow B-17 targets?

@DarrellThompson47

Жыл бұрын

There's always an argument over heavy bombers versus medium and light bombers. But while the Mosquito was fast that obvious burned a lot of fuel and to get the maximum range out of one the cruising speed was 190 mph. Also with no defensive armament ( okay you could use fighter-bomber versions but the bomb load was obviously a lot smaller and of course they only had fixed forward firing guns ) they would rely more heavily on fighter cover and would be sitting ducks if overwhelmed by enemy fighters.

@timbarnett3898

Жыл бұрын

10 men vs 2 in mosquito, 2 engines use half as much fuel as 4 engines. Less time making with less materials in mosquito. I see all kinds of advantages an mosquitos were not arms in beginning but armed in later models! More I think about comparisons, B-17 was big mistake!?

Ist one very good bomber aircraft

❤❤❤❤❤❤ 😊

So many precious lives lost because of one diabolical COWARD-

Que distintos esos jóvenes a los jóvenes actuales , generación de cristal o copito de nieve

I don't want to watch to the end. Pity the pilots.

Sadly none of the other crews in the 91st Bomb Group that flew with Memphis Belle on her final mission would survive their tours.

@Dronescapes

5 ай бұрын

Bless them

@eddisonfoncette9103

5 ай бұрын

@@Dronescapes Yes it really puts into perspective just how the odds of surviving were heavily against both the 8th AF and our own RAF bomber crews. In addition to enemy action bad weather, mechanical failure, human error and faulty ordnance could spell doom for a bomber crew. The amazing thing is that anyone could survive the nightmare they endured.

Where were most of the B17 based in the UK.

สงครามในยุกไหนคราฟค์ คงไม้ใช้ชีนุกที่ถามญี่ปุ่น

А Наши деды прадеды воевали от начала и до конца войны. А тут 25 и домой.Умора.

@Amoore-vv9wx

6 ай бұрын

In the first two years of the war, losses were hellish and almost nobody managed to complete 25 missions. The average life expectancy was 13 missions.

Yet the youth of today are fighting among themselves with their own sexual identities 🙈🙈🙈 these brave men and women gave the tomorrows for our todays 😢

@beedalton9675

6 ай бұрын

Ummm that goes back long befor ww2 the great Alexander had homo relationships , and julisus ceaser had relationships with men.... sometimes to do research befor you leave gender identity comments,,,,some of the high up nazis was homo.s.

The memphis belle was shot down by ground fire from the german youth group who chopped up the airplane and sent the pieces to German aircraft companies making the fighters for Hitler.

Un claro homenaje a la infamia. A aquellos que bombardeaban a fábricas y también a civiles. No nos olvidemos de lo que hacían los ingleses por la noche. 😡

This seems more like an old Disney show🤔

Here after watch Masters of Air series(2024)

@Dronescapes

4 ай бұрын

And this is the real deal

🇺🇸😁😍

Que feo eso

アメリカにそんな偉そうな事を言えわれる筋合い無し

Did the Germans have funny cartoonish art on their planes or is this lack of humor banned in autocratic empires?

@Dronescapes

Жыл бұрын

Probably simple lack to humor. Watch this if you have time: kzread.info7OqK_kVIcJY?feature=share

@christopherwelch136

Жыл бұрын

Vat is dis humour you speak about? 😀

@Dronescapes

Жыл бұрын

@@christopherwelch136 If you have time, watch this interview about "Nose art". Owen Hughes' laugh is contagious, and his stories of WWII are very interesting: kzread.info7OqK_kVIcJY?feature=share

@giancarlogarlaschi4388

Жыл бұрын

Most Probably Centuries of Strict Military Traditions behind them ...

@c1ph3rpunk

Жыл бұрын

Germans? Humor? Now that’s funny.

The movie does not show the role of the British Lancaster bombers, which is unfair.

@englishguy2010

6 ай бұрын

Well, it IS an American made documentary about a specific B17 Flying Fortress. Why would it mention the Avro Lancaster?

@stargazer5784

5 ай бұрын

The British, who did fight bravely, didn't suffer near the aerial losses that the USAAF did. And like the man said, this movie is about the Memphis Belle. As a Matter of fact, if it hadn't been for the USAAF, you would likely be a German subject now.

@PotatoSalad614

5 ай бұрын

@@stargazer5784 "The British, who did fight bravely, didn't suffer near the aerial losses that the USAAF did" RAF Bomber Command losses: 55,000 KIA USAAF 8th Air Force: 26,000 KIA RAF Bomber Command fatality rate: 44.4% USAAF 8th Air Force fatality rate: 7.42% Also how would Britain be German when they won the Battle of Britain and had a overwhelming naval advantage?

Ya fine rotated out after 25 missions while our dad's did over 50 interesting

@stargazer5784

5 ай бұрын

Your dad flew over 50 where? Vietnam? As bad as Vietnam was, it was a cakewalk compared to WW2.

@SamMineo-yp8in

5 ай бұрын

This was out of foggia Italy b24 according to his flight diary three were overpolesti

LEAVE IT TO THE AMERICANS TO COME UP WITH THE CONCEPT OF A "DOUBLE ACE".

i wonder how many german children and women this marvelous machine fryed back in the day, a few thousands for sure.

@gustavonmesquita70

Жыл бұрын

Far less than the number of jews they fried on their disgusting camps. They had it coming. War is hell.

@PotatoSalad614

Жыл бұрын

Dear Nazi Germany: Play stupid games, win stupid prizes

@GeeBee909

Жыл бұрын

You might ask the same of the SS and the luftwaffe. Also let's not forget the evil use of the V-1 rocket over England designed to strike terror in the cities citizens. There IS enough blame to go around