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@Dannyboy32145 7 күн бұрын
Had the joy as a 9 yr old boy to look inside her before she had the upper turret fitted.... that was 50 yrs ago....
@Thunder_6278 16 күн бұрын
This is what happens when you have kids doing the narration. Can't even pronounce the name of the plane. The echo makes sound weird.
@Thunder_6278 19 күн бұрын
All other purchasers had nowhere near the number of crashes that the Kraus had. If misused, any plane can be a 'widow maker'
@MADmosche 21 күн бұрын
Neat video, thanks
@jwrockets 22 күн бұрын
Thanks for mentioning the colors. You just can't tell in those black and whites.
@nomadpi1 22 күн бұрын
****'n Jerk! The idiot in flying helmet and oxygen mask needs to recognize this is a video about Zero A/C, not him.
@Anajlirv 24 күн бұрын
A chill ran down my back watching this. I see this account as a great example of why Americans at the time were so justifiably proud of the military in WW2. Sure, mistakes and eff-ups occurred, but still...
@NicholasBartel-rl8se Ай бұрын
Of Course the photo was really sexy approach!!
@DADS63BUG Ай бұрын
My Dad worked in the machine shop, department 30, at this Ft. Worth plant. He started in August of 1946 and retired in 1978. He was a supervisor in the machine shop for 25 of those years. He began on the B-36 and ended his career there on the F-16. Having a Dad that worked at Consolidated Vultee, then Convair, later General Dynamics, always made me proud as a kid to tell everyone that my Dad worked there and built planes for the government. Our family was able to live a very nice "moderate income" lifestyle and our family was always taken care of financially.
@georgesykes394 Ай бұрын
America's Best!!!!!!!!
@Ron-d2s Ай бұрын
My USAF dad was PISSED that FGP didn't properly activate the self destruct on the instrument package.... it gave the Russians a BIG boost in tech. The acid was old and had lost potency so it didn't work.
@aviationwings Ай бұрын
Interesting story
@Ron-d2s Ай бұрын
@@aviationwings When dad (USAF 1960-1967) saw Dr. Strange Love (mid 80s) he said "they MUST have had USAF help"......... let's just say he KNEW Mjr Kong....ummmmmmm...... .Polar flight crew mechanic.... etc.... say no more........ say no more.... wink wink........nudge nudge... BUT Kubrick's script was seen as laughable and making fun of the USAF so he was refused ANY help from the brass! Turns out that Stan found every article and every picture ever publically available of the 52 and made his OWN from OCD....... the FBI still had to ask him about how he found out about it...secret and all that..... he dumped dozens of boxes of magazines and news papers onto them, end of investigation!
@dungeonrat Ай бұрын
Francis Gary Powers wrote an autobiography, "Operation Overflight". I remember reading it when I was in High School back in the 70s. I'm sure that it's out of print by now.
@geemanbmw Ай бұрын
LEGEND
@raymondyee2008 Ай бұрын
I’m here because of one episode from the TV series “Call To Glory” only now I’ve learned that they based the X-15 crash on this.
@watson-j9c 2 ай бұрын
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@curtgomes 2 ай бұрын
So many great naval fliers in this engagement only six months after Pearl Harbor. I worked with a man who participated in this battle. He was a radio operator/machine gunner aboard a TBM torpedo plane. His description of his narrow escape and what he saw in this engagement was quite enlightening. Another name to remember is Lt Richard Best. His quick thinking resulted in the destruction of a Japanese carrier. I believe he also was instrumental in sinking the carrier Hiryu the next day. Many heroes and great fliers that day. I believe this was the turning point of the war in the Pacific.
@derekl6475 2 ай бұрын
It would be amazing to have a real person actually narrate these days...
@BP-1988 2 ай бұрын
Don't forget about John Waldron, commander of Torpedo 8 from the USS Hornet who took his torpedo squadron straight to the Japanese carriers. He also disobeyed orders and broke formation because he figured out where they would be before Hornet's planes had launched.
@JCT442 2 ай бұрын
All three Devastator squadron COs were killed that day... Lance Massey & Gene Lindsey along with Waldron.
@curtgomes 2 ай бұрын
@@JCT442 American heroes all...........
@redtomcat1725 2 ай бұрын
Mc Cluskey deserves the credit his knowledge provided not luck !
@boomer7485 2 ай бұрын
Yet Wade missed his target.
@maxpayne2574 2 ай бұрын
The course of the Pacific war was decided the day Japan bombed Peral Harbor. Given the U.S. capability to produce ships of every type they had indeed "woken a sleeping giant".
@edl617 2 ай бұрын
It was a team effort.
@anselmdanker9519 2 ай бұрын
I read that it was Dick Best who did the damage 😊
@Mustapha1963 2 ай бұрын
I would go one step further and state that McClusky not only changed the course of the Battle of Midway but that of the entire Pacific War.
@unknownrider3071 2 ай бұрын
The submarine USS Nautilus attempted to attack the Japanese fleet, but was chased off by a Japanese destroyer. That destroyer started back to the fleet, and was the one McClusky followed. Very few sources credit the sub's captain, Lt. Cmdr Brockman, as the real reason we found the fleet.
@brett3730 2 ай бұрын
Also the 3 Torpedo Squadrons From the aircraft carriers that had got all most all the zeros down to sea level that gave the dive bombers a all most fighter free sky.
@briankorbelik2873 2 ай бұрын
Don't forget Max Leslie, the Commander of Yorktown's SBD dive bombers. And he never became lost. Led Yorktown's dive bombers straight to the Kido Butai.
@gaetanovindigni8824 2 ай бұрын
Thx
@danieldravot341 2 ай бұрын
Midway was Japan’s Gettysburg. The war may have gone on for a longer time, but the Japanese had lost the ability to fight on the offensive after losing the four carriers.
@jebbohanan2626 2 ай бұрын
I understand what you’re implying. But, Japan was not being fought to end slavery. It was being fought to keep freedom…preventing slavery.
@danieldravot341 2 ай бұрын
@@jebbohanan2626, your comment is a non sequitur. It has nothing to do with what I posted. I was talking about the ability to wage war, by the Confederate States and the Empire of Japan, not about the whys, wherefores and causes of the respective wars. After Gettysburg the Confederacy no longer had any chance for a military victory. After Midway the Japanese no longer had any chance for a military victory. Try addressing what’s there on the page without going off on an unrelated tangent.
@jebbohanan2626 2 ай бұрын
@@danieldravot341 There are many battles, throughout history, from many different wars, which would have represented the exact outcome of which you were wanting to provide. Deliberately choosing a battle from a War that is portrayed as being fought to end Slavery, and comparing a battle fought in a War to prevent Fascism…is in poor taste. You may as well have used “Sherman’s March to the Sea” as the best example. My post stands.
@danieldravot341 2 ай бұрын
@@jebbohanan2626, you don’t have the faintest foggy clue what I’m talking about. The point you’ve failed to grasp is that I was talking about the strategic damage done to the losers of those pivotal battles. After Gettysburg the Confederacy could no longer hope to capture Washington or win the war. After Midway the Japanese could no longer hope to defeat the US in the Pacific. It’s not about slavery or fascism or any of the nonsense you’ve mentioned, it’s about the fates of the losers of those pivotal battles being sealed. The loss by Lee at Gettysburg ended the South’s chances of victory. The loss of the four carriers ended Japan’s chances of victory in the Pacific, and the even idea of a negotiated peace. Try working on your reading comprehension.
@jebbohanan2626 2 ай бұрын
@@danieldravot341 Whatever…
@georgefranklin2738 2 ай бұрын
"McClusky's decision to continue the search and his judgment, in the opinion of Admiral Chester Nimitz, "decided the fate of our carrier task force and our forces at Midway". However Richard Best's decision to break off from the attack on the Kaga which was doomed by McClusky's attack and attack the Akagi was no less momentous. Best's attack with 2 wingmen landed only 1 500# bomb on the deck and another bomb disabled Akagi's rudder. Which ultimately destroyed Akagi and prevented the Japanese best pilot, Mitsuo Fuchida, from making an attack on the Americans. Richard Best also put one of the 4 or 5 bombs on Soryu later in the day completing the destruction of the 4 Japanese fleet carriers.
@gaetanovindigni8824 2 ай бұрын
Thx for rounding out that day of history with the inclusion of other airmen who made equally important contributions.
@kevinmoore7975 2 ай бұрын
And yet, were it not for the initiative of his subordinate Dick Best, he would have blown a nearly impossible-to-lose tactical advantage.
@roberthudson1959 2 ай бұрын
McClusky spent most of his career as a fighter pilot, and had only been CAG of the Enterprise for a couple of months. He probably should have turned over command of the attack to a more experienced subordinate, as Fletcher did with the overall battle.
@Oldguy-k3t Ай бұрын
Plain dumb luck.
@Philobiblion 2 ай бұрын
Very substantive and historically accurate. Good production values. I like it (subscribed). Do yet more.
@zd1322 3 ай бұрын
My Dad's best Air Force friend was a Major (I think) when this raid occurred. I believe he was in charge of all maintenance and flight testing at Lakenheath to get the F-111s back into service, and assisted in the planning of this raid. He said the commanding officer of the aircraft which was shot down declined to mount the suggested jammer pod, and was shot down as a result. He was apparently quite sternly warned against refusing the pod. Just dumb.
@zd1322 3 ай бұрын
Search Don Loucks. He was in that TFW.
@aviationwings 2 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing this. If you have more details about this story, it would be an interesting article.
@zd1322 2 ай бұрын
@@aviationwings I can probably call up Don and get lots more detail.
@larrywest8046 3 ай бұрын
These used to break the sound barrier near our house when I was a kid in the sixties or early seventies, Ohio National Guard I believe.
@maximilliancunningham6091 3 ай бұрын
No narration ?
@misterskippy2u 3 ай бұрын
The B-58 may not be the most important or successful bomber, but it sure is a fine looking aircraft. I used to work in the building shown at 2:00, most of it has been torn down, but a portion of it remains and houses another business.
@Thunder_6278 3 ай бұрын
Don't like computer narration. Sounds so fake.
@neilelsewhere9473 3 ай бұрын
Isn't that title card picture of a trials Tornado being tested deliberately without the canopy?
@neilelsewhere9473 3 ай бұрын
I seem to recall the accident report for this incident. It ended with: Neither crew-member was injured on ejection but on landing, the pilot struck the navigator.
@mike9347 3 ай бұрын
😆🤣
@ThePsiclone 3 ай бұрын
Might I suggest you remove the red line from your thumbnails? When viewed in the main suggestions page, it makes it look like we've already watched the video, as watched videos have the red progress bar showing in their thumbnail too. up to you, might improve your viewer numbers.
@aviationwings 3 ай бұрын
Thanx for the suggestion!
@iowav5723 3 ай бұрын
fascinating stuff! God bless you!
@darrellmoorefield6778 3 ай бұрын
I am sad the hear of Brian’ s passing. I have Brian’s book with his autograph, Centennial of Flight Limited Edition , what a thrill it must have been. RIP , when I ordered the book , I spoke to him
@glenmiller7294 4 ай бұрын
hum drum dry...
@cccco9095 4 ай бұрын
5.25mins of quality viewing and storytelling, bravo!
@stevenrader6763 5 ай бұрын
😊
@HamishBanish 6 ай бұрын
"Lancaster operations over Germany" is correct ("Germany's Lancaster Operations" sounds like the Luftwaffe captured some Lancasters and put them in the Luftwaffe)
@Jin-Ro 6 ай бұрын
Aye, that's what I thought too.
@stephenmeier4658 6 ай бұрын
Entirely created by AI. No human input
@Jin-Ro 6 ай бұрын
@@stephenmeier4658 how can you tell?
@cavemanbum 6 ай бұрын
Wetterhahn's love for the A-7E's gun probably stemmed from the fact that the USAF F-4C he piloted for years did not have a gun. 😆
@Dave5843-d9m 7 ай бұрын
Maybe. But at 200,000 feet you can’t see the ground and you have little source of reference. I’d be seriously scared of not finding the landing site.
@flashgordon3715 7 ай бұрын
I was riding my motorcycle through the desert and came across a memorial at the crash site. I was just riding, and there it was.
@VinceBearinger 7 ай бұрын
What a thrill flying a plane at forty five hundred miles an hour
@rossbabcock3790 7 ай бұрын
Good video of a unsung airframe! I was with VMA-AW-533, the 'Hawks' in Cherry Point from 77-80. The 'drumstick' was really ahead of it's time. Semper Fi!
@neiljohnson9686 8 ай бұрын
2:57 ummm what collision?!