The best day of my life was 12 years ago at an airshow in Michigan, Eight B-17s and a B-24 lined up with all engines running, waiting to take off and do a circle route around the airfield like at the begining of "12 O'Clock High". I will always treasure that day.
@TraitofSiNN727 Жыл бұрын
what got me when I was a kid and always saluted to him ever since was actor Jimmy Stewart. The man flew B-24 "Liberator" from the 703rd Bomb Squadron, 445th Bomb Group and a rank of colonel at the wars end and became a brigadier general. Awesome. Truely Awesome.
@PeriscopeFilm Жыл бұрын
Your hero appears in several films on our channel! He was the real f-ing deal!
@TraitofSiNN727 Жыл бұрын
@@PeriscopeFilm f-ing eh Periscope.😺
@peterparker9286 Жыл бұрын
@@TraitofSiNN727Jimmy Stewart in Its A Wonderful Life. New Bed Ford Shire.
@stargazer57843 ай бұрын
He also flew B-52s during the Vietnam war, as well as being active as a tactical officer in SAC. He also flew the B-58 Hustler, and numerous other aircraft.
@henryprice9493 Жыл бұрын
My great grandfather operated the ball turret in one of these, he did a lot from going to norway to flying over germany to drop bombs on factories.
@spartacus778 Жыл бұрын
your great grandpa walks alongside the heroes in Valhalla 🍻
@BELCAN57 Жыл бұрын
Your Great Grandfather had guts. Ball turret was a very difficult position.
@charletonzimmerman4205 Жыл бұрын
He did all 25? The average survival of "Bottom " Ball turret, was "four" missions, He is a "DOUBLE" HERO".
@cowboybob7093 Жыл бұрын
20:52 This is what makes America great - What my father fought for as a tail gunner in a B-17
@Jeff-qk1ku5 ай бұрын
My father was a tail gunner also. He was shot down on his 11th mission. I miss him
@flyingfortressrc1794 Жыл бұрын
I can't believe I've never seen this before. Thank you for posting this.
@philmoregain7 ай бұрын
All this made without a use of a Computer is insane 😮
@craxd1 Жыл бұрын
By 1934, the US Gov knew that war was coming, which is why a new bomber was called for. Germany was already building up a war machine, Italy was changing, and Japan had its eyes set upon China. In the book, Pearl Harbor: Warning and Decision, by R. Wohlstetter, the US knew that the nation would be attacked by Japan, but they didn't know the target. At the time, they thought the target would be the Philippines. The Ambassador to Japan, Joseph Grew, had forewarned Washington that an attack was imminent, but the target was not known. This attack was even kept secret from the Japanese Embassy in DC, so Japan's own ambassador didn't know when it would come. He was still trying to negotiate when the orders came to destroy their records.
@daveweiss5647 Жыл бұрын
I got to tour one of these with my dad, it was amazing. Boeing used to be the best by far. Shame what has happened to the company, hopefully they can return to their roots and turn it around.
@ghost307 Жыл бұрын
Yes, that was a midget at 21:00. They were employed to work inside the tiniest interiors of the wings and fuselage.
@TigerDominic-uh1dv28 күн бұрын
One Beautiful Plane 😍 ❤
@Goodiej17 Жыл бұрын
I have a distant cousin who was a pilot on a B-17. Not much is known about him other than, the bomber and crew never make it back.
@stargazer57843 ай бұрын
'And they bring them home too', says the lady at the bus stop. Thousands were lost by the end of the war. Still, it was a great war machine.
@accousticdecay Жыл бұрын
At 17:08 you can see the parts that (I think) FAA has issued an Airworthiness Directive, grounding B-17 planes.
@smokinhalf Жыл бұрын
pray for peace but be prepared for war. Good job boeing.
@novaseline4u Жыл бұрын
I noticed that there was absolutely no mention or visual evidence of the Norden bombsight here. That beastie was very highly classified during the war. I got to fly on B-17 Yankee Lady at an airshow in 2004. I met Memphis Belle pilot Bob Morgan on year at that show.
@peterswift9474 Жыл бұрын
Right! My dad was a navagator/bombaradier on a B-17. I still have his analog flight "computer". He won Air Medal with 3 oak leaf clusters, Distinguished Flying Cross with 1 oak leaf cluster, World War II Victory Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 2 bronze stars. I wound up in USMC aviation intel :)
@rayceeya8659 Жыл бұрын
Love that coffee scene. Definitely faked though. The coffee could have never turned to ice that fast. Still a cute gag none the less.
@manhoot Жыл бұрын
I'm not going unless it's Boeing
@mrs6968 Жыл бұрын
Video was amazing and had some great laughs like the coffee scene and these ladies use to drive the family car now they drive hitler......crazy
@robmclaughjr6 ай бұрын
Caught that mistake. They show a 1943+ B17 tail prewar. The original tail was a vulnerability
@dziban303 Жыл бұрын
Wow even a _woman_ can spot weld! Amazing modern times
@rayceeya8659 Жыл бұрын
"They develop an automatic spot welder that (even) a woman can run" LOL The casual sexism of our grandparents.
@tyvernoverlord5363 Жыл бұрын
HA! automotive wiring looms, first created at a time when man was at war; for a fortress in the sky.
@dantethedemon9277 Жыл бұрын
How about uploading the governments Hemp for Victory ww2 video about cannabis materials
@behrens97 Жыл бұрын
Sounds like Admiral Byrd narrating. And they developed an automatic spot welder that a woman can run lol. Times have changed
@BobSmith-gu3xx Жыл бұрын
My Grandfather said they had adapted the 10 little Indians, Most never came back an was pretty much a suicide mission for Little or no Damage. . Americans never did do any good Fighting, The Numbers don't lie..Just America. . Like we see today even, Sad to Use people over an over .. But make a movie your a hero lmao..
@edwardpate6128 Жыл бұрын
Wow are your facts out of order!
@BobSmith-gu3xx Жыл бұрын
@@edwardpate6128 The only person scared of America is 3rd world countries that have no defense. .. An you still lost, that's the sad part .. Americans killed more civilians than the pox.
@lzcontrol Жыл бұрын
Drugs are bad.
@Kneon_Knight Жыл бұрын
Do I smell Eurotrash in the comments? Or just a leftist oxygen thief? When you get right down to it, they're pretty much the same.
@BobSmith-gu3xx Жыл бұрын
@@lzcontrol Definitely, That's why The US legalized them ¥