Just casually watching a raw footage of a fighter plane from a world war 76 years ago on first person perspective in youtube felt so surreal.
@chrisgriffin73573 жыл бұрын
Lighthouse operator "What the fuck, dudes!?"
@jhorn643 жыл бұрын
light houses play an important role for ships close to shore which makes knocking them out a viable strategy.
@roytyndall64463 жыл бұрын
These guys think they can sink us!
@Cheddar_cheese_republic Жыл бұрын
Many times there would be a medium caliber anti aircraft gun on light houses.
@llamallama15093 жыл бұрын
It's very noticeable how much less flammable late war Japanese aircraft were once they realised armour and self-sealing fuel tanks were worth a bit of extra weight on the airframe. Not a single Japanese plane in this video caught fire even though some of them had huge chunks blown off them.
@chuckstewart73313 жыл бұрын
We had cut off Japans oil supply’s by mid 1944 . They didn’t catch fire because they had almost no fuel on board …. They were fueled with enough fuel for only 45 minutes of flight time .
@brianfoley43282 жыл бұрын
I was wondering the same thing, not knowing a lot about late war Japanese aircraft, but the ones in this film seem to take multiple hits without "flaming".
@Cheddar_cheese_republic Жыл бұрын
The ki44 ki84 and ki100 had armor and self sealing fuel tanks, but it was a case of too little too late.
@thatzwhat Жыл бұрын
Not many clips of air-to-air combat in this video, so hard to draw a firm conclusion about how much "less flammable" Japanese aircraft had become in July 1945. That said, plane shown at 2:06 has flames in the cockpit area.
@JanNiemeyer-x8f9 ай бұрын
@@chuckstewart7331my guess is: no matter how much gas is in the tank... when there is vapour in a tsnk, even 1/5 full... it will ignite like new years fireworks
@billbrockman7793 жыл бұрын
This makes you realize that you could be quite a distance from something getting strafed and be in danger.
@92GreyBlue3 жыл бұрын
Of all the days to go on a fishing trip...
@Chiller013 жыл бұрын
Thank god we didn’t have to invade that place, for both sides.
@brushwolf3 жыл бұрын
What an understatement. Operation Downfall would have made Okinawa look like a girlscout encampment.
@chrislane51452 жыл бұрын
Amen. I see a lot of historian talk about how many lies were taken when the 2 A-bombs that were dropped. I wonder how many lives were save by the A-bombs because they ended the war before an invasion was needed..
@andrewpestotnik5495 Жыл бұрын
@@brushwolfRussia would have invaded the northern islands on October 1st 1945. It would have been very bloody but would have been over by January at the latest.
@brushwolf Жыл бұрын
@@andrewpestotnik5495 That's been the prediction of every war in the last 160 years. Sadly it rarely has been true. As the most fanatical belligerents, as a population, of WW2 I really doubt there would have been a quick end to hostilities on their homeland.
@andrewpestotnik5495 Жыл бұрын
@@brushwolf Its a pretty hard fact actually, Japan would have 0 chance of fighting off 500k Russians and 1 million US and British troops
@allgood67603 жыл бұрын
Glad these old bids exist gives you an idea of things we're like.. thanks. 👍
@Uuuu-y8s3 жыл бұрын
Seems like they were just scouting for military targets and once they went bingo they just dropped the bullets on anything before coming back to base lol
@rockbottom49092 жыл бұрын
The ocean really takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'. Can't believe it's still here.
@alex20776a3 жыл бұрын
They really went Cawabunga against that lighthouse
@cronicmocker Жыл бұрын
It literally is the first gopro.... I could not listen to these videos for hours! Loved them.
@kolbpilot3 жыл бұрын
I always look for somebody on the ground, anybody, running to get away. But, the streets & fields are always empty on these air to ground runs.
@redtobertshateshandles3 жыл бұрын
Slowing the playback helps.
@ВячеславКишиченко3 жыл бұрын
я воевал в инфантерии-при внезапном обстреле надо быстро залечь в углубление, но не бежать
@mikek46103 жыл бұрын
They dropped their bombs….got full ammo…shock n awe
@michaelmartin90226 ай бұрын
In the Osaka Peace Museum there's tales of crowds outside factories, or even sheltering under bridges, being strafed. I imagine footage like that is kept under lock and key, or has been "lost", though. At Tamatsukuri station there's still some visible holes in the metalwork from shrapnel or bullets.
@kolbpilot6 ай бұрын
@@michaelmartin9022 : I hear ya. Some amazing footage has appeared on youtube. But nothing like that. P-47 pilots shot up livestock left & right but no footage exists. Censorship.
I didnt realize they used strafing fire so much as opposed to bombs. These types of raids puts those pilots at a terrible risk.
@sochinese3 жыл бұрын
when Us reached the main island most imperial air defenses were gone. it was pretty much safe
@Chironex_Fleckeri3 жыл бұрын
No AA. Rookie Japanese pilots, by that point it was almost always a rookie, facing hardened veterans . Not nearly as dangerous as German AA, which was altogether much better from AAA crew effectiveness, AAA doctrine effectiveness, to early-warning radar, better late-war aircraft. This comment is a major overgeneralization, but this footage is from about a month from the end of the war .
@Warmaker012 жыл бұрын
@@sochinese Also, Japanese AA defenses were nowhere near "the works" that Germany had late in the war. Tons of AA guns, radar. Things that Japan didn't have much of. Even then you can still see a bunch of late war gun camera footage of Allied fighters strafing anything that moved on the ground in Germany. By the time Allied fighters were freely flying over Germany shooting anything up that moved on the ground, the Luftwaffe was a ghost of itself. Fighters were few and what pilots that made up their fighter forces were mostly poorly trained, woefully inexperienced men flying against enemies with full training and combat experience.
@oriontaylor Жыл бұрын
While a considerable amount of strafing was done, it's worth remembering that the sample size is biased. There were not 'bomb cameras' recording all the work of Helldivers, Avengers, and the like.
@michaelmartin90226 ай бұрын
They were strafing the cities by the end, there was almost no fighters or AA left, the fighters escorting the bombers had nothing else to do but hit more "precise" targets (small boats, trains etc)
@scottparis63553 жыл бұрын
Interesting how many of the targeted aircraft don't seem to change course at all, even after a few rounds have hit them. That would seem to me to be the signal to jam all the controls into a corner and be going some other direction.
@The_OneManCrowd3 жыл бұрын
Teenage pilots by that point.
@AmishHitman73.Archive3 жыл бұрын
@@The_OneManCrowd funny part is these teen pilots are remembered not for this but through their relatives on what studs they were when the truth is more like what we see. people are blow hards
@ranggasaktibudiputra15473 жыл бұрын
I don't know about that but I think sudden spike of G force would knock them. But you're right it makes me wonder why they didnt manage to evade after being shot multiple times
@The_OneManCrowd3 жыл бұрын
@@ranggasaktibudiputra1547 They didn't have the skill or training. By this point all of Japan's best, 2nd best, and 3rd best pilots were long dead, gone years earlier in the war.
@The_OneManCrowd3 жыл бұрын
@@AmishHitman73.Archive I know. Millions of teenage warriors lost their lives in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East during the last century of world warfare. Such a shame all of the lost knowledge and inventions that went with them to an early grave 😕 😪 🤬
@FOEHMR00243 жыл бұрын
I’m so thankful for our Heavenly Father and His choice to allow this great generation to be in this era. Just imagine if this generation was born back then? We all would be speaking Japanese and German.
@Mercmad3 жыл бұрын
but by 2025 we will all be speaking Fauci...
@1baby12bear3 жыл бұрын
Holy crap! Some of this footage could have been from my uncle's plane. He was one of the first Americans on the ground after the surrender. When the emperor told the Japanese to stand down, they did. No animosity after he landed. I married a Japanese woman and lived there for two years. I got the perspective from both sides.
@mcpanda63823 жыл бұрын
Ого!!! как круто! На землю он там спустился после Хиросимы, Нагасаки? Жену где искал, в центрах пострадавших от ядерной атаки? Так и вижу как он шагает с флагом звездно поласатым, а подыхающие рядом на койках от ожогов, радиации и т.д японцы благодарят его за принесенную демократию. Сила в единстве, никакой неприязни.
@TomoyoTatar3 жыл бұрын
This whole string of comments is cringe. War is cringe.
@AmishHitman73.Archive3 жыл бұрын
"one of the first" lol likely 1 of 10,000 so yeah some of the first. always allllways relatives over blow their relatives involvement in the war lol smh rme i have often found people that focus on their relatives past is looking for attention or trying to cover up their own inadequacies
@nommadd5758 Жыл бұрын
@@AmishHitman73.Archive : "farmertroll75"!! 🤣
@AmishHitman73.Archive Жыл бұрын
@@nommadd5758 thanks for watching!
@johnveglio44332 жыл бұрын
I have noticed something, when you see fighters strafing in Europe, every once in a while something just blows up. Trains, trucks, buildings just explode !! But you never see anything blow up like that when our fighters straf in Japan ??? We're they THAT low on ammo and bombs ???
@villagerscout10232 жыл бұрын
I could be wrong but from my guess I would assume that due to how crippled Japan was in late 1945 they’ve pretty much used most of their weapons and resources to defend their country also some of it could of been already destroyed by the bomb raids they’ve had almost often by that time so, it might make sense to why there’s barely any explosives in the film
@MashBro Жыл бұрын
Not as many bombing runs were done over Japan because of the surrounding population. In Europe there was a more urgent takeover happening, therefore The Blitz bombing of Britain and the rest of Europe was used to put pressure on the Axis forces and drive them out of fortifications
@stumpusMaximus9 ай бұрын
Imagine going from gun camera from actual pilot, to drone operator working from ‘home’ in modern wars 😅
@markpaul-ym5wg Жыл бұрын
A lot of these pilots seem very in experenced.But that is understanble this late in the war.
I'm puzzled as to why the pilots seem to always strafe the broadside of a ship instead of strafing the ship along its long axis. I'd think it'd be more effective from one end to the other instead of broadside.
@peatmoss44156 ай бұрын
Broadside allows the bullets to possible make holes below the water line and maybe sink the ship. The bullets along the top long axis of the ship is not going to sink it.
@craigdashjian27716 ай бұрын
@@peatmoss4415 Unless the boat is really small, even alot of .50 cal bullet holes along the waterline are unlikely to sink the boat. If the boat is small enough, the .50 cal bullet would punch through the boat holing the bottom of the boat having the same effect as hitting the waterline. I assume though that the pilots were taught to follow your logic since firing at the broadside seems to be the norm.
@christopherconard28316 ай бұрын
Going across increased the chance of a hit. Going along the length of it would increase potential damage, but also meant risking a complete miss. Running vertical to a moving target, like a ship, gives it greater potential to maneuver. Horizontal allows only changes in speed. The doctrine of going across or straight changed during the war as targeting improved. In a lot of movies they'll show strafing attacks running up the length of a column of road vehicles. While very cinematic, it was rare early on.
@mitchelnorton269210 ай бұрын
When you're a hammer and everything looks like a nail.
@baybarshan25003 жыл бұрын
I think shooting at the lighthouse served as shooting practise but not sure what purpose it serves to shoot at fisher boats.
@bradleyhoskins10233 жыл бұрын
It denies the Japanese food supply so that they would starve slowly and not be able to fight or manufacture, and so that they would be more liable to surrender.
@baybarshan25003 жыл бұрын
@@bradleyhoskins1023 Makes sense but fishing boats can be repared very easily and it doesnt make sense unless they are sunk. Then the question remains does it makes sense to waste so much ammo on these boats ?
@davebeningfield3 жыл бұрын
There's a line in Kurt Vonnegut 'Slaughterhouse 5.' A group of American pows are cleaning up debris after the bombing of Dresden. A fighter plane swoops down and strafes them, then flies away. Vonnegut's sardonic line: "The idea was to hasten the end of the war."
@LoseManIKI13 жыл бұрын
a little for information... The Battle of Okinawa, also known as Operation Iceberg, is an operation to capture the Japanese island of Okinawa by US troops with the support of the American and British fleets. Date April 1 - June 23, 1945. American military losses in the battle amounted to 48,025 people killed, wounded and missing, of which about 12 thousand died or missing - about twice as many as the number of losses in the battles on Iwojima and Guadalcanal combined. This makes the battle in Okinawa the bloodiest battle for the Americans in the entire Pacific theater of operations and the second largest number of casualties in the entire war, second only to the Ardennes operation. During many battles on the Pacific front (such as, for example, the battle for Iwojima), the local population was not involved in hostilities, but there were a large number of local residents in Okinawa, and the Japanese decided to involve them in the defense of the island. As a result, according to various estimates, from 1/10 to 1/3 of all the inhabitants of the island died in the battle. The number of deaths by various specialists is estimated from 42 to 150 thousand people (according to data from Okinawa prefecture - more than 100 thousand people). Representatives of the US Army spoke of the final figure of 142,058 civilians, including those who were forcibly called up for service by the Japanese army. According to the Okinawa Prefecture Peace Museum, the inhabitants of the island were sandwiched between two warring parties - the United States and Japan. In 1945, the Japanese army showed complete indifference to the fate and security of the island and its inhabitants, and Japanese soldiers used the local population as a "human shield" against American attacks. Soldiers of the imperial army took food from the inhabitants of the island, thereby causing famine among the population and forcing people to leave the shelters. About 1 thousand people were killed by Japanese soldiers for speaking the local dialect - in this way the authorities fought against espionage. Operation Downfall is a plan for the Allied invasion (mainly US troops) of Japan at the end of World War II. The operation was to consist of two parts: operations "Olympic" (Olympic) and "Coronet" (Coronet). During Operation Olympic, which was scheduled to begin in October 1945, using recently occupied Okinawa as a bridgehead, the southern third of one of the main Japanese islands, *Kyushu*, was to be captured. Later, in the spring of 1946, a landing force supported by Kyushu aircraft was to land on the Kantō Plain, Honshu Island, surrounding Tokyo during Operation Coronet. A lighthouse is a means of navigation equipment of the coast of large reservoirs in the form of a capital structure, often a tower type, designed to compare the picture observed by the boatmaster with a certain place on a geographical map, having precisely established coordinates, which helps to clarify the position of the ship on the water surface. welcome to Wikipedia I did not find reliable sources, perhaps because I did not dig into this much, but I saw a lot where during the war at the end, when there were no specific goals and tasks, the fighter unit went on free hunting at will to certain permitted places. Match 2 operations - this is the Battle of Okinawa and Operation "Downfall," the date and place. Obviously, these shootings do not cause significant harm and do not have a specific goal. The priority of the purposes was banal is simple - transport hubs, factories, the plants and other. It was the main goal to make the Japanese have nothing to fight - to make them the least dangerous. And when in the hands of an old rifle and a bayonet-knife with a shovel - it is much easier to win, and the losses of soldiers are much less. But here there is a second moment, which is much deeper and more important. Periodic such shootings force civilians to leave their homes and push mentally to stop it faster and to give up. Here are the bombing of certain cities and points - there the effect was completely different and it was exactly the task.
@baybarshan25003 жыл бұрын
@@LoseManIKI1 Thanks Alexander this was really enlightening !
@erickoehler95957 ай бұрын
Why do so many of these gun camera films have a little pointer off to one side in the frame? What is that?
@hw97karbine7 ай бұрын
It's a mechanical visual indicator that the trigger is being pulled, during the intervals it disappears it means the guns are firing.
@fatdad64able3 жыл бұрын
Wingmounted guns must be annoying at times.
@Chiller013 жыл бұрын
I’m amazed at how accurate the gunnery was in WW2.
@AmishHitman73.Archive3 жыл бұрын
these clips must have come individually in a pot luck bucket as there is no order to these but clearly through my first viewing i can see this was not organized whatsoever. the lighthouse is but one example
@michaelhansum95473 жыл бұрын
Yes that lighthouse looks dangerous better get it again
@johnp94023 жыл бұрын
Lol. I woulda shot it up too
@chucknoris76483 жыл бұрын
In reality if it helps shipping convoys navigate it’s a valuable target. Plus it probably had AA gun emplacements as a spotting tower. Just my guess for what it’s worth
@gogrape97163 жыл бұрын
A very legitimate target.
@machstem63903 жыл бұрын
Super legit target. Shipping. Observation. Ect.
@LoftusRoadLad2 жыл бұрын
Besides its utility as an observation/early warning post, the Japanese and Germans often used any robust, elevated structures like those as flak towers.
@rogerloess23793 жыл бұрын
Fantastic footage
@redtobertshateshandles3 жыл бұрын
If it was edited it would be better. Lots of the same targets but scattered all thru the video. Just saying. One plane spots a target then the other planes all follow.
@jochenheiden2 жыл бұрын
What did that poor lighthouse do to anyone?
@MottyGlix Жыл бұрын
Lighthouses could be used as flak towers, and thus were deemed targets.
@chuckm45403 жыл бұрын
Fortunately, no birds or fish were killed in the making of these films.
@tamaustralia49492 жыл бұрын
Waw what did the lighthouse keeper do,,,?
@peatmoss44156 ай бұрын
He transmitted war plans via radio.
@stupitdog96862 жыл бұрын
They should use British Navy Practicies where these gun camera films are used to calculate bullets on target v bullets wasted & charge the pilot the cost of every bullet off target. That would improve accuracy!!
@andrewpestotnik5495 Жыл бұрын
Accuracy beyond about 300 yards in WW2 from a fighter is legendary accuracy my guy
@michaelmartin90226 ай бұрын
These are Americans, they're never going to run out of ammo!
@mxd5003 жыл бұрын
Almost all of the pilots missed the targets. 🙁👌
@vladimir__________26763 жыл бұрын
Сколько засняли военных преступлений. Тут и обстрел домов, гражданских судов. Сразу видно американцы демократию несут.
@firemustang66783 жыл бұрын
1945 At the end of war in Pacific... July next month was august...
@timothyhouse16223 жыл бұрын
Oh thank goodness, none of that annoying stock gun noises.
@fordprefect803 жыл бұрын
Or with a heavy metal sound track.
@willarddevoe58933 жыл бұрын
Kodak Aerocolor... the best
@radwindstalker3 жыл бұрын
missing everything!!!
@LoftusRoadLad2 жыл бұрын
It couldn't have been easy.
@stonethrower606511 ай бұрын
The making of a vassal state.
@dukenukem83813 жыл бұрын
Servers were down so he went to test flight
@bone32933 жыл бұрын
2:34 .... schön drumherum getroffen
@alangood81903 жыл бұрын
Let's be polite to the brave pilot flying the plane and say his guns needed to be zeroed in because he nearly missed the whole of Japan most of the time.
@jhorn643 жыл бұрын
It"s really difficult to aim from a firing platform traveling at 300 mph or more while getting dangerously close to the ground, planes don't change directions instantly so they have to constantly keep their bearing while simultaneously trying to get rounds on targets they can only guess at the range of with guns set to converge at a set distance. And it get even more difficult when firing at a moving target.
@alangood81903 жыл бұрын
@@jhorn64 Add to that the guns might have been set for air to air combat rather than ground strafing which would further compromise the accuracy.
@andrewpestotnik5495 Жыл бұрын
Hitting any further than about 300 yards with a WW2 era plane is sniper like accuracy
@Binbear9 ай бұрын
lighthouses, fischerboats, se great amerikan feiters....all coverd under geneva convention i guess
@peatmoss44156 ай бұрын
Lighthouse = radio tower, fischer boats whatever those are carry arms. Binbear coward.
@viktorivanov17813 жыл бұрын
просто стреляют ради развлечения((((никаких наземных или морских целей нет,просто бесцельная стрельба по всему что движется(кроме самолётов)
@fridayray88913 жыл бұрын
Nice film...Never forget Bataan!!!
@tim70523 жыл бұрын
Bit annoying when the same bit of footage is repeated 3 or 4 times!
I agree that there was a lot of indiscriminate shooting of civilian areas..... But it's all balanced by the way the Japanese army treated the people in the areas they invaded
Даа растрелять рыбацкие и грузовые лоханки очень круто воевать с теми кто не может ответить.
@vidright3 жыл бұрын
Strafing a lighthouse? WTF!
@scottlarson15483 жыл бұрын
Anything to make naval navigation more difficult.
@thomgallagher10613 жыл бұрын
Mizunokojima Lighthouse
@Chiller013 жыл бұрын
I could see knocking out the light to disrupt navigation at night or in foul weather. Shooting up random rice patties, however, mystifies me.
@scottlarson15483 жыл бұрын
@@Chiller01 Unless they had some intelligence or suspicion that troops or materials were hid in them.
@FairladyS1303 жыл бұрын
@@Chiller01 Murrica!
@saubermaxe3673 жыл бұрын
American Heros...
@silgen2 жыл бұрын
You sure? They could be British planes.
@peesukeats72523 жыл бұрын
漁村 漁船 農村 列車 客車 学校 パイロットはキチガイですね
@peatmoss44156 ай бұрын
すべては軍需物資の製造と移動のため。
@tinkertailor73853 жыл бұрын
That's one thing you never saw from British and Commonwealth pilots.The straffing of civilian homes and areas by individual pilots. Higher standards I suppose.
@jefferyspangler39203 жыл бұрын
dresden
@adamjbaker55823 жыл бұрын
Yea they just bomed them at night
@rastarn3 жыл бұрын
With all due respect, that's a crock. Implying that it didn't happen is complete rubbish. Rarely? Sure! Never? Bollocks!
@prayformojo11173 жыл бұрын
Once the Germans started bombing cities in the Blitz we targeted civilians as well. We probably didn't strafe civilians in occupied Europe, but I imagine we did in Germany itself. Firebombing Hamburg and Dresden killed 10s of thousands.
@lancejensen93283 жыл бұрын
The Continental Army attacked the Hessians on Christmas day...pretty smart, but below your standards I guess. We won that battle and the war.
@redtobertshateshandles3 жыл бұрын
I don't think shooting up a gaily painted lighthouse is legit. It's a bit like targeting Thomas the tank engine. Lol
@KevinBreak3 жыл бұрын
It's a legit target and a smart move. If the ships can't find their channels and avoid the minefields, well that would just be awful, huh?
@yarpos3 жыл бұрын
@@KevinBreak and you will be in exactly the same situation when you arrive. Why shoot at a lighthouse at a time when you have total air and sea superiority? ah well, all history now
@aerisarmis96663 жыл бұрын
@@yarpos Who says they had total air and sea superiority... you at Pearl Harbor. It's called "War".
@michaelmartin90226 ай бұрын
@@aerisarmis9666 In July 1945 America pretty much did. Of course, if Japan didn't surrender I doubt they'd have obligingly activated the lighthouse to guide an invasiom fleet in safely!
@fernandoherbertscoimbra614 Жыл бұрын
Bem ruim de mira
@Man332583 жыл бұрын
Wir alle kümmern uns um americana unsere gus dur, unsere otto atahi und unser lebene!!!Grüße aus toi!!! Danke für die Hilfe an die örtliche Polizei nach dem Unfall, da wieder raus zufahren. Und ja ich bin der Fahrer Richtig klasse! Top Aktion von der Polizei Работа полиции хороша )) перекрыли дорогу и вышел с машины главный и не показал машине спереди жест "объезд".
@fefffffffffefe3 жыл бұрын
Civilian massacre footage・・・
@LoftusRoadLad2 жыл бұрын
Assertions made without proof can be dismissed without proof.
@dougtaylor77243 жыл бұрын
So many targets. So little time.
@ranggasaktibudiputra15473 жыл бұрын
And so little ammo.
@Rhino1277HotRails3 жыл бұрын
That would be fun
@LoftusRoadLad2 жыл бұрын
Hardly
@jeffestrada68573 жыл бұрын
Bad shots. I think they all need some shooting training. 95% are not even hitting the target Video repetitive 👎
@drott1503 жыл бұрын
You do know this wasn't a video game and didn't have a reset button....right?