Memphis Belle (9/10) Movie CLIP - Dive (1990) HD

[@lsq7833]

>Plane has to dive >random stuka siren sound Everytime.

[@tjsogmc]

My grandfather fought in Ww2 and is recognized as having destroyed more German airplanes than any other soldier in the war. He was the worst mechanic the luftwaffe ever had.

[@WholesomeWatermelon]

lmao

[@gnza2012]

typical german ancestor haha

[@yeeeettttt3299]

God bless him

[@emansnas]

That was funny. Not true of course, but funny. (Everyone of course knows that the Germans have no bad mechanics.)

[@Shawa_Skibidi]

They had us in the first half not gona lie.

[@johnpublic478]

One of the best movies ever. I watched this in November 94 at an IMAX theater while in A.F. basic training. Great actors, truly great.

[@w41duvernay]

Hell, they had Billy Zane before he was known as the villian in Titanic.

[@lipshaha7411]

I watched this movie with my father 25 years ago and with my sons 1 year ago. A movie that shows what friendship and responsibility are.

[@nickglenister3832]

and mass murder.

[@stripanimation7056]

​@@nickglenister3832 lol😂

[@corporalsilver6981]

"You won't get out...not when it dives at 300 knots..."

[@iowaguy6590]

I'm surprised "The Memphis Belle" pulled out of it and landed. I would love to go to the museum and see the restored plane.

[@Rykeroli]

nice

[@ditto9300]

There is a beast deep inside you... it will not die! It will fight back!

[@TristanVash38]

@@ditto9300 /watch?v=2Wi1ajGlpls

[@Chicken_Wing91]

Sylvester Birchem yeah same here and they have this plane used in the movie it usually flies at airshows known as “the movie memphis belle”

[@aaronlewis1664]

This film has to be my all time favourite movie because every time I used to go round my Nan and grandads house I always used to watch it and not only that it’s just an amazing movie in general

[@shaunmitchell1225]

Litterally the exact same 👍

[@JoeInCT418]

My Dad said not many B-17s that tried that survived; I think he said the fire extinguishers were not very effective, and if an engine fire started, it was because the fuel line had been hit by an enemy bullet. He was a Combat Aviation Engineer; they built airfields as the ground war pushed toward Germany, very often using Marston Mats (rectangular metal plates with holes to make them lighter and to allow for water run off.) The Europeans liked to use grass runways, and it was also a matter of cost, so the Avn Egrs had to beef them up b/c the P-47 weight was about 8 tons at full load takeoff, and would sink into the dirt if it was at all wet (they had 8 .50 cal MGs, the most of any fighter, but ruinous when strafing, and 8 runs of ammo, often 2x500 lb bombs, and maybe a drop tank for a long flight. P-47 was a flying tank. Daddy of the A-10 in concept.

[@russellbrown7028]

Yeah; high risk maneuver and even if it did work, you would wind up as a sitting duck at low altitude, way out the formation and beyond the aid of the escorts.

[@JoeInCT418]

russell brown exactly. It was not cool to fly low and weave up and over trees and hills, like a more maneuverable fighter could do. That B-17 or 24 was not exactly built for pylon racing, and was awfully easy for an enemy fighter to hit with its mg's or cannon. The last resort, especially if they had a lot of badly wounded on board, was to decide to surrender, which they signified by dropping their landing gear over enemy territory; the Germans would then come up along side them, and escort them to the nearest airfield. Before they landed, the crew would have to destroy any classified material (e.g.,, the Norden bombsight (they were made in Norwalk, CT, just 20 miles or so south on I-95 from my hometown in CT); they had one spot in the case where the Bombardier could fire a shot with his .45 acp Colt M1911 pistol (the Bombardier was personally responsible for that sight; unless he was terribly wounded or dead, he had to wreck it to keep it out of enemy hands) and that would usually wreck the insides of the sight.). However, if you did that, and changed your mind and pulled your wheels back up, then the Germans would give no quarter to anyone else from your Wing who did that afterward. That happened, and it was not a pretty thing to let happen. If you surrendered, that was it. No games.

[@russellbrown7028]

The Germans ended up flying a number of captured American bombers, mainly to develop fighter tactics and other ways of shooting them down.

[@razorrazorian1053]

daddy of the a 10 was the german ju 87g stuka kanonenvogel pal ,, the ride of rudel he killed more than 500 tanks with the g and its 37 mm guns so check your data

[@clydesuckfinger7097]

Your dad was propably right about the diving manoeuvre. More than likely it would not have worked. My dad flew 35 combat missions in a B-24 and had to bail out twice. I did my time and survived an ambush. Good luck must be in the genes

[@redsballer1904]

Recently went up in a b17 for a tour flight, probably the coolest thing I’ve ever done

[@AirCargoHeavy]

I and two other friends flew on a B17. Before we boarded, the crew chief said "put these (hearing protection) on or you'll be hearing these engines tonight when you go to bed". Us: "there's a problem with that?" Crew chief just smiled, knowingly...

[@ericgallot930]

Francais

[@davidchandler9812]

The old days. When men wore nice hats in combat and Billy Zane had hair.

[@logger22]

Bomber Pilots, Naval Officers, and NCO's were the only servicemen in the American military who were likely to wear hats in battle

[@Borkendeneshk]

The old days, where everything was just better in general!

[@belgianfried]

Bold of you to assume men don't want to wear these on a daily basis

[@jarod3931]

Lol when Billy Zane was still acting. After Titanic, I don't know what happened to him

[@jamesricker3997]

Bomber crews had about a 3% chance of surviving their tour of duty early in the war If you're going to die you might as well look good when you walk into heaven

[@calvinnickel9995]

Fun fact. An airspeed indicator takes the combination of pitot (ram) and static air pressures to give a reading. Since the glass is broken on the airspeed indicator… the static air pressure is replaced by ambient air pressure in the cockpit (a common way that is taught to counter a blocked static port is to break the glass of the vertical speed indicator.. as it’s not an essential instrument). Many planes have an alternate static port that is inside the cockpit. There is also a chart of alternate airspeeds which are usually lower. Also.. even though the B-17 is unpressurized (especially this B-17) there will be a lag in the pressure inside vs outside as you dive. Meaning that this plane was not only exceeding maximum speed… but _greatly_ exceeding maximum speed.

[@CromoPaleoShow]

Turns out every plane in Hollywood becomes a Ju 87 when it dives

[@IqbalRailFans]

true

[@BD-xn2dp]

Ha! For real!

[@Dejaelvicio507]

it is only to give emotion

[@blueblox_yt1536]

But the gear is up

[@tkthegk_1394]

@@blueblox_yt1536 no no he has a point

[@timmayer8723]

Imagine guys in your high school graduating class flying one of these bombers. Ten kids with just enough time in the air to find their way to the target. ME 109s being flown by seasoned fighter pilots coming in from every direction pumping 20 MM cannon fire into your 17 from nose to tail. Flak bursts black and deadly scattering white hot shrapnel in one side of your plane and out the other. Gunners ripped to shreds, your co-pilot taking a direct blast of flak through his side of the windshield slumping over dead against the controls. Two engines bursting into flames, a third blown away from the aircraft, spiraling down through the clouds. Your aircraft slowly rolling over and entering a nose dive from 25 thousand feet which you cannot escape.

[@Oh_Hale_Nah]

This is a small thing, but my 1944 most of the German Pilots were far from seasoned, as the vetren pilots were either dead or spread all over the Eastern and western front

[@timmayer8723]

Braedon Hale I suppose you're right. Seasoned fighter pilots are a rare breed in any Air Force And heavy bombers are relatively easy targets given the weight they carried and the very young and green crews that flew them. 19 year old command pilots were common and non commissioned crew members as young as 18 made up the bulk of the crew count. Ten kids went to,war in each bomber. A flight of one hundred B-17s would commonly suffer 50%' losses which adds up to 500 crew men killed. These were unacceptable losses for daytime squadrons.

[@daltonsteedgaming2872]

This movie made my grandfather not-so-happy. My great grandfather was a B-17 pilot in the 8th AF, he actually served with these guys. Until they got the missions. In 1943, the 8th AF needed to boost moral. So they chose quite a few B-17's, gave them around five escort squadrons, and sent them on 3 hour missions with little if not no fighter at all. This made my great grandfather angry, he was going on eight hour missions with up to 100 Luftwaffe fighters and only one squadron for escort. He watched his men die, unlike the belle and their milk runs. Then this movie came out years later. He watched it, and he was MAD. first of all, they where hardly allowed to talk, and in this they are having full conversations. Second they even got what they had to WEAR wrong. They would dress way warmer than this, not to mention that they had to wear their helmets the entire time! They also continuously in the movie would take their oxygen masks off. IRL they would have them on from the moment they took off, to the moment they landed. Plus just everything in the movie was very unrealistic. He was mad that they became the hero's when he and his squadron (he was a squadron leader) where doing the real work. And after hearing his account I agree. I think they need to stop putting so much Hollywood into WW2 movies. And I agree that that wasn't fair to him and the rest of the 8th AF that had to go on the hard missions.

[@aeoe665]

R/overdramatic

[@tas22222]

hmmm well I learned alot from this movie !!! And of course actors cant wear the masks thru the whole movie its just not possible and it is done is SO many movies , because we cannot see the actors or their facial expression DOESNT Make the movie bad. Also if there was no talking well then there is no movie. To tell the story of this amazing accomplishment there has to be talking. I love this movie since the day it came out and will watch it again very shortly AND as I said I had no idea about this mission or missions or anything to do with the bombers etc so for me this movie was VERY WELL DONE ! The cast was top notch too!

[@kadensullivan5994]

The nation needed every psychological victory we could get at the time. The 8th had 82% losses at the time when the crew made it over in 1942, daylight bombing was bleak and many wondered if it could actually work and were considering transitioning to low-precision night bombing. The Belle did not do milk runs for her entire 25 missions, she had a few milk runs but every squadron and group did. If you actually go and look at her mission list, you can see that those were not by any means milk runs. Her final mission was on the sub pins in Lorient, a heavily guarded base surrounded by flak and fighter bases. Her 24th mission was on Williamshaven, a heavily defended area due to its necessity to the Kriegsmarine. If you think these boys got out of something, they didn't, they got lucky, and they were an anomaly. Many also volunteered to go back to Europe or the Pacific and Morgan flew the first mission on Tokyo since the Doolittle raid.

[@mehmeh533]

It's a movie, not a documentary or instructional video.

[@SpadezMedia]

Aw boohoo. Complaining about a movie made for your entertainment. I bet you complain that video games aren't realistic

[@milkybar06]

No power steering on this baby.

[@douglaslorin739]

Ain't that the truth. Just cables and pure muscle.

[@jamesricker3997]

Power steering was about 7 years away

[@sadetta9312]

two more long stages, im fed up with this car

[@karenhenningsen4671]

My Dad had to makes this maneuver. Lost 3 engines and ditched in the North Sea. All survived and rescued by British Royal Patrol.

[@NickyNustar]

Glad to see this scene is as amazing as it was the first time round.

[@thedutchfisherman7078]

Those bomber crewmembers where ABSOLUTE heroes!!! All of them.

[@boiledegg6788]

I'm sure Billy Zane will be glad to hear it.

[@stevanmedojevic5055]

B17 sound like Stuka

[@paulmauer9405]

😂😂😂😂

[@Lucifer-we5mc]

Not really

[@markoszoannou7442]

LMAO!!! Stevan that was a good one.

[@lukesaircraftreviews7963]

Ashton Oropeza yes really, this is not correct in the movie the plane would not make that noise stukas make that noise with a small prop on the landing gear to intimidate ground troops

[@bryxsoldevilla3724]

Yeah but they made it slower

[@Project_Prescott]

I call this movie “Sounds of Stuka”

[@PointReflex]

Almost every single film that had a plane coming down used the Stuka Siren sound for dramatic effect, so this film is just one of 100+

[@jacobtvobrien9546]

actually its the closest sound they have to the "death scream" when planes such as b-17s where shot down and where nose diving the plane would create a sound like the stuka as it either got ripped apart or crashed

[@Dobermann89-dr2rc]

Oh bite me project it’s Hollywood omg they missed this one detail stfu

[@Project_Prescott]

@@Dobermann89-dr2rc no, I don’t think I will

[@Dobermann89-dr2rc]

Okay cupcake

[@seancunn4089]

My uncle got killed in a similar situation. One of gunners on board was able to bail out to live and tell the story. RIP

[@ridhorfn6190]

@@wherebanana8585 yo, show some R E S P E C T

[@geoffreyashcroft3774]

This is one of my favourite movies growing up! Might watch it again when Remembrance Day is around the corner

[@averagejoe8358]

Same! Are you in the Armed Forces by any chance? Couldn't help but notice your profile picture haha

[@shanefrance5071]

Is that bomber actually moving

[@brucesharpe1079]

It's amazing how some came home with the damage they received

[@Optimusprime240]

There is a very good reason the B-17 was called the "Flying Fortress"

[@brucesharpe1079]

I suppose it so well built and a good design and four good engines apart from being so well armed ( you may know other wise)

[@Optimusprime240]

Exactly that. It was a flying tank with a very sturdy airframe.

[@seriousgameing]

it was actually called a flying fortress because of the amount of guns that it had

[@brucesharpe1079]

CalmDwelling it could take a lot of punishment and still fly home even if damaged it's amazing the photos I have seen with the amount of damage they've received the engines shot up holes in the fuselage the wings burnt through the nose cone gone it's amazing how they got back home to base

[@Geometrydasher67]

Stuka dive. Bombing

[@markusgreenidge8330]

I don't know about you all, but I am eagerly awaiting Steven Spielberg's, "Masters of the Air" based on the book about the 8th Air Force B-17 bomber squadrons over Europe. After watching Band of Brothers and the Pacific, this next project has me just as excited as when Memphis Belle initially came out on HBO!

[@Ben-zj6nm]

100%. Will be a great trilogy

[@danaolsongaming]

I hope they dispel this idea that fighters were meant to protect the bombers. They were there to destroy the Luftwaffe, and the bombers were bait.

[@shindogoo1899]

I’m glad I Stuka round for this video

[@anakin50137]

I cant tell you how many times I referenced this movie when I would plan a B-17 in war thunder, wish it was still a fun game

[@justmyopinion7201]

Jesus Christ, the effects in this movie are actually amazing.

[@jesusmendez2584]

Out of nowhere in the calls you hear in a loud voice "THEIR A HOLE IN YOUR RIGHT WING'

[@sdwilliams63]

Love this movie!!!!!!!!!!!! It was so cool to learn that the Redtails escorted them on the bomb runs

[@bad74maverick1]

In real life they didn't. They were nowhere near the 324th Bomb Squadron, and it was coincidence that the movie was shot this way. Her (the Belle) last mission was May 1943, and the 99th fighter squadron was activated in and saw its first combat in June of 43' in Italy. It wouldn't be a notable air to air fighter attack squadron until late 44 and then again in March of 45'.

[@MilProductions]

I love how they used Stuka sounds

[@pointer1829]

Yes the famous stuka siren on every diving warplane in existance

"There's a fire in number four!"

[@Frankie-O]

Engine 1 went out, don't tell me that was deleted.

[@thelegoguy9490]

Actually in aviation that was engine 3 that went out

[@thelegoguy9490]

Yea

Memphis Belle to group! We're gonna have to dive to put out this fire! Wingsman, you lead plane now! Everybody, hang on!

[@KieranFitzs]

Lucas Martínez Parra how could the pilot speak to the rest of the bombers?

@@KieranFitzs It was before the Memphis Belle goes to dive to put out the fire.

[@codenamehalo9847]

Kfitzs Radio

[@FroggyFrog9000]

Very influential movie on my younger self :)

[@wreccen]

Same here

[@GabrielJeacocks]

ah yes the classic stuka b 17

[@ryans413]

The cockpit got shot and somehow those pilots were perfectly fine.

[@turiipipip1920]

Me in war thunder when my engines catches on fire lmao

[@przemysaww226]

Germans was probably think that this B-17 falling to ground 😁

[@ariochiv]

Hmmm.... so B-17's were fitted with Stuka dive sirens? Interesting. Yeah, I know... it's the same sound they always use for diving planes. And yeah, I get it... this was 30 years ago.

[@bettybetty2013]

Este foi o melhor filme de guerra q eu assisti. Foram cinco vezes... inesquecível.

[@vaidebikeecia.6743]

Nome amigo

[@1942Dreamer]

It's amazing all that damage done to the movie Memphis Belle, but never happened to the real one. I got to touch it a couple years ago in the Air Force museum in Dayton.

[@strikerdelta]

But what they portrayed happened to it actually happened to many other bombers.

[@NYRM1974]

B-17 Takes a licking and still gets our boys home....... Memphis Belle. American Strong..... Bless them for their gallant service in the face of danger. We thank the crew for their service.

[@Wolfways]

I bet in the US the Belle is the most famous WWII bomber because of this movie...and for many people probably the only bomber name they know.

[@garyowen9044]

Growing up up in the 1960s, I met all of my Dad’s law partners, and friends. Towson Maryland, so many of them were WWII pilots I had no idea as a child… they just did the “Show me your quick draw…” They show’d me about antique coins, how to behave. We need more of that these days. Funny thing, turns out, they were all WWII pilots.

[@illinidave]

the pilot is Joker from Full Metal Jacket

[@redbird1824]

My father and the brave crew of "kids"crash landed a B-17 on fire in a wheat field in Italy.They tried diving to put out the fire out but it wouldn't go out.They were able to get out of Germany where they had been shot up pretty good.They all walked away.Thank God!!Heck they were all just Kids My father was born March of 1922.He died at 86 in 2008 with a picture of a B-17 on the wall nearby.Sure do miss him!.

[@greightaa8791]

The 109's look like those spanish built jobs

[@nadohawk]

That's because they are

[@u.h.forum.]

They probably are

[@Mostrichkugel]

They are what they had then.

[@sparrowlt]

They were indeed the Hispano HA-1112 Buchons (most of them are a Merlin powered 109 variant built in spain, earlier ones had other engines).. they are actually quite famouse becuase they have portrayed 109s in a lot of aerial WW2 related movies (Battle of Britain, Tuskeege airmen, here, Dunkirk)

[@14-K]

1:33 Trust me, i'm an engineer!

[@carolstarnes5048]

My dad's cousin was also air force shot down over Germany he was never recovered

[@jamesmasztalerz5930]

"We got to do something quick or we're going to lose that wing, we gotta dive, alright but I'm going to need your help to pull out of it, I'm not going anywhere, Memphis Belle to group, we're going to have to dive to put out this fire, wingman, your lead plane now, everybody, hold on"

[@damonyucky]

About 85% of the comment section is about people ranting about a B-17 with a Stuka siren

[@coolbreeze2.0-mortemadfasc13]

I loved this movie back in the 90s.

[@bandog3214]

Ngl, this old films are beautiful

[@benquinneyiii7941]

The precise definition of emulate

[@dans.5745]

This clip starts with a Me-109 (or Bf-109 if you prefer) firing at the Memphis Belle. In the clip you see guns firing from INSIDE the wings of the German fighter. This is unfortunately a mistake, not caught by the historical editors. The Me-109 in the scene is supposed to represent a 'G' variant. The last Me-109 to carry guns or cannons inside the wings was the 'E' variant used in 1939-1940, and sometimes as late as mid-1941. Starting in 1941 the F, G & K variants were armed as follows: Guns only on cowling top, in prop spinner & in under-wing gondolas; No guns inside wings. This is a common error of many movies & clips of WW2 .

[@tboman4128]

It's just a movie not a documentary.

[@UnknownPersononGoogle]

The aircraft isn’t even a 109 it’s a buchon.

[@nicomeier8098]

Thanks for the warning!

[@extramild1]

Yeah - I would still prefer to fly on the Memphis Belle then Ryanair.

[@twentyrothmans7308]

At least you get free tomato soup.

[@extramild1]

@@twentyrothmans7308 Yeah - And when the USAF say they are going to Berlin - they go to Berlin not 20 miles and a 1 hour bus ride away :-)

[@三浦祐太郎-t3p]

Memphis Belle (9/10) Movie CLIP - Dive (1990) HD

[@juliananamations8795]

The guys on the other plane: NOOOOOO WE LOST ANOTHER PLANE

[@juliananamations8795]

@Kreigh Lucas ik but still.

[@ryukinsworld7946]

I never seen a video this good👍

[@myndeluera9549]

Balls of steel no wonder there was a population boom following the war

[@cheeseandonions9558]

it seems kind of crazy that a dive would extinguish engine fire! Who invented this maneuver???

[@nicholasdiehl7368]

I love to see this movie

[@therealaim-9xmissile]

In reality the plane would probably disintegrate lol

[@gailraby1722]

in reality it never happened to the Belle, she returned without a scratch.. all engines running strong. this film is complete shite and in my option disrespectful.

[@kidblank8442]

it's a real story lol

[@mikeytrains1]

Confidencial The basis of the plane is real, the way it got shot to hell and the crew names are absolutely ficticious.

[@Daylon91]

@@mikeytrains1 it's about the crew that made it to 24 missions. Maybe they didn't want their names mentioned idk

[@Daylon91]

@@gailraby1722 the part I enjoyed was letter from home where you get to see actual ww2 footage.

[@dreamingfoxtrot]

And that is how the original manoeuvre “Emergency Dive” was made.

[@cgrscott]

Better than board room drama. Great scene.

[@jmw9904]

If you want better, might I suggest the actual documentary of the real Memphis Belle and not Sally B. The real Belle has been restored and is on display at the museum in Dayton, Ohio. I know this is Hollywood, but none of that stuff happened to the Memphis Belle on its 25th mission.

[@cgrscott]

@@jmw9904 I totally forgot that I posted this comment five years ago. Everyone who knows about the Memphis Bell's final flight says what you said. I have have seen the Memphis Bell at Musium of the USAF in Dayton, OH.

[@starpawsy]

Why didnt he cut the throttle before diving? I only fly Flight Sim and I know to do that.

[@bryanfryejr2999]

He did cut the throttle and also feathered before the dive

[@Blue-Blazes]

In reality the Memphis bell was not touched and there was no loss of life no injuries. Also the entire crew would be wearing metal helmets when they entered enemy territory. Yelling on the radio was an absolute no all of them were incredibly professional and kept their calm Is during the mission.

[@efone3553]

It is shocking to me that this movie did not win a single academy award or any other major award for that matter. Not surprising I guess, those movie insiders are all critics.

[@paulfri1569]

Should've won best picture 🖼️

[@lokiwiseyt8608]

Imagine being in the tail gunners position

[@brustar5152]

Father in law flew 67 missions altogether over Europe and far east as a tailgunner on Lancasters and Liberators as an RCAF ceded to the RAF. survived two crash landings and one landing on an abandoned enemy airbase in the jungle behind enemy lines after running out of fuel. They were able to contact another aircraft who relayed their position and a ferry flight brought drums of fuel to them. All one night and during refueling they stood watch on mid upper and tail guns to make sure nothing could come out of the jungle without getting shot for their trouble. His log book is a veritable wonder to read for it's describing sustained actions with brevity.

[@PNolandS]

When I finished watching this for the first time I forgot this actually happened...

[@stickman3214]

Do you mean the fact the Memphis Belle was an actual aircraft? It was, but her final mission was heavily embellished for the movie. In real life she encountered no enemy fighters on her final mission.

[@bad74maverick1]

This movie is about a real plane, this account is a work of fiction.

[@-raist]

Her final mission was nothing like this.

[@EstonianShark]

The director of the movie wanted that message across all the time. It never actually happened, the Belle's last mission was a bit of a milk run from what I've heard and this is just a work of fiction with the Belle as it's hero.

[@daltonsteedgaming2872]

@@stickman3214 Yeah, as a matter of fact, on the last five missions they sent the belle and another squadron on short range, easy, missions.

[@jessecarson4402]

Pilot: *dives* B-17: *stuka noises*

[@tomevans4402]

Good movie

[@ordovicianinnova]

Commercial airliners when someone touches them: Half of my respiratory organs were destroyed Ww2 bombers after getting a large chunk of airframe shot off: This but a scratch

[@unknowntoxiczone6526]

1:03 that’s a weird looking Stuka

[@danielread4490]

A remake of this with good acting and effects as seen in Greyhound would be wonderful.

[@Ben-zj6nm]

Doesn’t need a remake

[@chucknorris6640]

No thanks Greyhound was more Star Wars than a WW2 movie

[@gnza2012]

@@Ben-zj6nm "Masters of the Air (2021)", sounds like the remake

[@Ben-zj6nm]

@@gnza2012 uh oh

[@petrberanek4230]

Please, no. In remake, Memphis Belle gunners will shoot down entire Luftwaffe. Greyhound and Fury were movies, where we were laughing in cinema. Its pity that Fury producers have real Tiger tank for filming - with most stupid crew of WW2, closing distance when have advantage of superior firepower.

[@ahmadsantoso9712]

It's so funny to see them being shaken 🤣

[@CorekBleedingHollow]

So suspenseful

[@Николай-т7ю3щ]

Крутым пикированием сбил пламя мотора,молодец командир.Спасибо,автор,за отрывок из хорошего,классного фильма.Я давно подписан,но лайки всегда ставлю с благодарностью и восхищением от Вашего канала. УДАЧИ

[@mariacornwallis1602]

A quote from Sir Max Hastings in his book "Chastise"....... "By September 1944 RAF Bomber Command was able to rain down on German cities more bombs in a 24 hour period then the Luftwaffe dropped on Great Britain during the whole of the Blitz of 1940 - 41" ............. I think what the Americans dropped was the icing on the cake.

[@RUGER5264]

Dive!

[@mrtwixplays2299]

Hahahahahahaha the Stuka Sound

[@cameronkedas3334]

Didn't know the B-17 was a "Dive Bomber''!!

[@sillyone52062]

Pure fiction...Memphis Belle was never seriously damaged, and only wounded crewman was the tail gunner with a "scratch."

[@gokarting1018]

sillyone52062 how they got menphes belle home was a tail pach and a wing

[@KyuuAA]

Dramatic effect

[@naomia58]

sillyone52062 I Am 99

[@fernandofausto7626]

sillyone52062 I l

[@LightMindedJedi]

Correction: This is Historical Fiction based on a real bombing raid (The fiction part is that the airplane known as the Memphis Belle never actually flew in real combat).

[@plesmem]

In war thunder the fire would destroy the wing

[@-Invero-]

You have a chance(?) of extinguishing it before it tears off the wing

[@silverbucket9846]

I didn’t know that B17’s had Stuka sirens💀

[@MollyiXXX]

I thought this was a terrific movie - deserves to have a higher reputation than it does.

[@jackstecker5796]

I remember reading somewhere, the average pilot had about 200 total hours. And that's counting both basic flight instruction, and transition to either fighters or bombers. So your average B-17 pilot probably had about 50 hours in type. If that.

[@hartwigknoche7617]

My Grandpa fly a FW190 and fight 1944 over Germany . He tell to me, B17 was the hell for German fighters.

[@jonasdeejee890]

Hartwig Knoche did he also fight P51?

[@greenfingernaildirt356]

Hartwig Knoche lol b17s were roadkill

[@Dogmeat1950]

Actually the B-17 and B-24's were not easy to bring down. German Ace Adolf Galland and a few other point out that. Galland witnessed a lone B-17 shoot down 3 BF-109's on it's own. They did shoot the B-17 down but it just takes a lot of ammo unless you place hits in the right areas. which is easily said then done. German Ace Mayer was damaged a few times by B-17's and noted that only half of the German Fighter pilots in 1943 were actually very well trained. the other half was making stupid mistakes or getting killed. one mistake being they would hang on the tail of a B-17 for to long. Which made a great target for the Ball Turret Gunner and the Tail Gunner to shoot the enemy plane to pieces. A lot of B-17 and 24's do have their fair share of Air Kills.

[@Daylon91]

@Carlton Evans aces? I doubt that. The 100th air force used B-17 and only 30% of the crew made it to 24 missions.

[@Daylon91]

@CaptHawkeye the germans were able to stay out of their 50 cal range and use their 20mm cannons and rockets against formations. They were called "flying fortress" before the war and when they got into bombing they realized they needed more guns on it. The B17 is a compromise. The Lancaster could carry twice the amount of bombs but has less armaments. The B-17 suffered heavy losses the 100th bomber group was called the bloody 100th. 30% of the crew made it to 24 missions

[@wolfraider577]

1:45 TANKS SEALING

[@gerardovelazquez724]

those bombers were that big, so they could acommodate the crew's massive balls of steel

[@midnyte6195]

And it catches fire again 😁

[@hugobugo8585]

2 pilots save the million kg beast....

[@dave434]

I would of so crapped in my flight suit!

[@derekwall200]

1:16 if the plane is shaking that bad you're going way too fast

[@krasnoarmeetc]

Ух, фильмище! В докомпьютерное время сняли такой масштабный фильм! А взлетали и садились настоящие "суперфортрессы" или масштабные модели?

[@Carolinacaveman]

The Memphis Belle sits at a field in Florida now. The owners had to give her up. Shes a victim of buearocrats. The insurance on them now is ungodly high since the crash of 9-0-9. The only way she may fly again is local government buys her to foot the bill and let the volunteers operate it. Thats hte only way these warbirds will continue to fly. Once the 100th year anniversary of the end of ww2 passes should they perhaps be grounded for good.

[@krisgreenwood5173]

My fathers first cousin flew with the 100th Bomb Group in WWII. His first mission was the 29th January 1945. He flew 27 missions before the war ended. On March 23rd 1945 he had a midair collision with another B17. The other crew did not survive. He stayed in the Air Force for 32 years. His last combat assignment was as a wing commander in Viet Nam.

[@hennagaijin100]

My father too......flew B17 missions with the 8th AF and later B52s with the 100th BW at Pease AFB N.H........1938 - 1973

[@krisgreenwood5173]

@@hennagaijin100 Gene stayed for 32 years in the Air Force and retired in 1975. He flew the Berlin Air Lift and Korea as well. His last combat assignment was in Vietnam as the Wing commander of cargo air planes. The C-17 Caribou. Unfortunately Gene passed in 2017.

[@Zagonov500]

Подлец был двоюродный брат твоего отца - на его совести смерть детей Вьетнама.

[@percyprune7548]

The people behind the film originally wanted to do "Lancaster Target" based on the book by Jack Currie but the backers wanted an American film instead, hence this.

[@johngregory4801]

Fun fact - they showed the Bf-109 shooting with machine guns in it's wings, when they were in her cowl over the engine, with a cannon straight out of the propeller spinner... Oops.

[@tboman4128]

In place of internal wing armament, additional firepower was provided through a pair of 20 mm MG 151/20 cannons installed in conformal gun pods under the wings

[@dans.5745]

Yes, you are correct. The E Variant was the last version to carry weapons inside the wing itself. Underwing gondolas for guns were sometimes used in the Me-109 (Bf-109) G variants.

[@hellspiderman1544]

It is not a bf-109 but a ha-1112

[@johngregory4801]

@@hellspiderman1544 so they're showing the Luftwaffe using a Spanish copy of a Messerschmitt. Hollywood... Where "close enough is good enough".