The J2F Duck

[@battlejitney2197]

Murphy’s War is an under-appreciated classic.

[@orangelion03]

Saw it with my brother at the Fox Theater in Pomona when it came out. Still a favorite.

[@bigblue6917]

I just looked it up. 1971 when I saw it. Loved it.

[@johnfranborra]

I recall seeing this on TV back in the Seventies. I was impressed how awkward it looked with that appalling pontoon. And amazed that someone could managed to fly it without training. Somehow, as a kid, I just knew this wouldn't turn out well for O'Toole.

[@danielstickney2400]

Hollywood stunt pilot Frank Tallman owned & flew the Duck in Murphy's War. He included a chapter about the Duck in his book "Flying the Old Planes",

[@m1t2a1]

He flew the Duck in Baa Baa Black Sheep too.

[@TellySavalas-or5hf]

O'Toole played a nice role in "The night of the generals" in 1966. Chilling General tanz.

[@nursestoyland]

Finally, some more lesser known aircraft!

[@kellychuang8373]

Also can say good one here and who knows maybe on the next video could do ones on the MIG family of Jets like in Korea and Vietnam or the American Jet of the Korean war F-86 Sabre Jets is another suggestion among who knows what other topics even American Stinger Missiles are good candidates.

[@dynaflow666]

Had this fat bird as an odd 1/48 scale kit back in the day. Thanks for the stoy.

[@chheinrich8486]

Dom karnage: what a lousy place for a wall😂

[@bigblue6917]

I had a model of this aircraft when I was a kid. I'd built the usual standard aircraft, Spitfire, Hurricane et cetera and I was looking for something different when I came across the J2F Duck. It looked like someone had crossed a biplane with a clog but I fell in love with it.

[@mbryson2899]

Thanks for the carrier landing footage, I had no idea they had an arrestor hook. The DUKW I piloted for a short bit in my youth had six wheels. Hindsight being 20/20 I believe the winged Duck was likely safer.

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

ah the DUKW needs a video!

[@dongarnier5890]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq Don't forget the VW Schwimmwagen and later by Tripple, the loser of the WW2 amphibious contract the VW, the Amphicar.

[@eamonnclabby7067]

..maybe including footage of the one that sank in Royal Albert Dock in Liverpool...​@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Another excellent example of Johnny, s channel unearthing hidden gems...nice one,sir....E...

[@kellychuang8373]

Also can say thanks on this as well and who knows what other topics? though I can say I have many then again knowing these times there's a lot you can go for topics including ones of Soviet design like the MIG Jets and MI-24 Hind , RPG-7, or missiles like the SA-7 and who knows what other too many to count.

[@BrownFoxWarrior]

Always love seeing you cover aircraft. Those videos are an uplift.

[@husbandsonfollowerleader9133]

If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, well it's probably not a turkey. Awesome video Johnny. Keep up the good work brother.

[@fortis3686]

You should definitely do the Fairey Swordfish, another navy bi-plane that fought in ww2 in the Royal Navy. Most famously it scored a hit on the Battleship Bismarck, disabling its steering.

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Seconded....😊😊

[@dongarnier5890]

Good ol' Stringbag! Thirded👍

[@Saffi____]

A fun fact about that aircraft is that it wasn't that popular among its pilots and others in the Navy, but the reason they continued to use it was because the aircraft meant to replace it weren't that good.

[@loganwhite8094]

I have not done any research on this plane yet, but jeez it had room inside it, and I had no clue that it actually was fit with a machine gun sometimes. Now I think this plane is stupid awesome

[@ak9989]

I watched Baa baa Black sheep in the 70s and the plane made cameo appearances.

[@HollywoodMarine0351]

Yup! I remember seen it in several episodes of the 1970s TV series. 👍

[@paulwee1924dus]

Murphy's war ending was bleak! The knight cross in that movie was made from an tin off sausages. Nice video John.

[@callsigntonks4029]

Haha duck plane go swim

[@Jay22222]

Duck boat go fly!

[@RipandTear66]

It go flap

[@itsjohndell]

Always had a soft spot for Amphibs. Love the Duck!

[@elliottsaucedo442]

If I remember correctly, the duck is also sometimes used in Black Sheep Squadron tv series.

[@HootOwl513]

Charlie Lamphier was a Marine Corsair pilot with VMF-214. When his F4U went down on a small Solomon Island, his brother Army P-38 pilot Tom Lamphier, commandeered a J2F out of Cactus and went searching for him. Charlie was found on the beach waving. Tom occasionally partied with the Blacksheep, as their squadron camp was the hotspot on Guadalcanal. Tom and Rex Barber later went on a secret Lightening long range mission to intercept IJN ADM Isoroku Yamamoto near Rabaul. Although it's later been determined that Barber had the kill shot, Tom Lamphier initially assumed it was His Kill. One tropical night, under the influence of Jungle Juice [Torpedo alcohol and canned Dole pineapple juice] Tom let slip to the Marine pilots some bragging about ''his kill.'' Because of this security breach, VMF-214's pilots got in trouble with Island G2 . The mission details had to be kept secret so the Japanese wouldn't tumble to the fact their codes had been cracked by the MAJIC intercepts. Tragically, Charlie Lamphier would be shot down again, but this time captured by the IJN. While he was tortured and later murdered as a POW, he never spilled that his brother had shot down Yamamoto. [As was earlier assumed.]

[@jasonrusso9808]

I absolutely love floatplanes & flying boats.

[@Alex_Guy1011]

I was a little bewildered when i first saw this strange plane among the ones lost on board the USS Wasp when it sank in 1942. Very nice to finally hear some history about it. Originally thought and assumed it was some obsolete form of the OS2U Kingfisher anti-submarine reconnaissance floatplane. Seems like i wasn't too far off.

[@Marshal_Dunnik]

If it swims like a duck and flies like a duck, it's probably a JTF2 Duck

[@steveshoemaker6347]

Thanks Johnny...lt is always good to see one of your fine aircraft video's..... Old F-4 2 Shoe🇺🇸

[@spenceranderson1012]

Cover the seaplane from Indiana Jones

[@RayHardman7567]

Funny you say that, I'm watching it right now

[@Great_Sandwich]

Johnny's puns just roll off my back.

[@ThommyofThenn]

Love this Johnny!! Just last weekend I was watching tv show "Black Sheep Squadron" and the main plot revolved around getting a Duck to help rescue a pilot shot down over "no man's islands" in the Pacific. That episodes reminds me of another fascinating topic that you might be interested in covering. I refer to the Coastwatchers, brave people who engaged in covert surveillance to monitor enemy movements. Apparently Guadlcanal would have been much more damaging if not for coast guys giving them a bit of a heads up

[@AC4ace]

I was going to comment on my annoyance that he didn't mention that appearance, though I'd have forgiven the lack of clips. It's hard to find Black Sheep Squadron these days. Fun Facts about that episode: it was the series finale due to cancellation, and the Coastwatcher was played by Peter Frampton, while 'King George' was Ernie Hudson.

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

I was a little disappointed in myself. I knew it was featured and I have a couple seasons of the show but couldn't find the footage.

[@ThommyofThenn]

@@AC4ace Holy crap you're right. I thought that guy looked familiar but his flowing golden locks were so bright in the Pacific sun, I couldn't look without squinting!

[@ThommyofThenn]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq The only place I've seen it is on this oldies tv station I randomly get. And if you ever find it, you can splice it in for a re-up ;) Now I'm watching the surprisingly dark, heavily atmospheric "Combat!" And it's one of my very fav WW2 tv shows. There are ones like "Rat Patrol" which are basically "The A-Team"/live action cartoon but pretty dull and not as well written. "Combat!" on the other hand is like a noir film almost, the use of black and white is not wasted. The camera work and acting make for a moody show where the soldiers have mood congruence, which is also refreshing for the time period it came out. No lionising, no melodramatic speeches, but you can feel the sense of unity the guys share. Of course the excellent Vic Marrow is the standout actor with his weary, burned out Seargent who would still do anything for his guys. Also some fascinating episodes with (sometimes pre-fame stars!) guest actors playing a variety of characters in one-off type storylines

[@AC4ace]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq Final episode titled "A Little Bit of England" is what ThommyofThenn is referencing. I know it made other appearances on the show. Checking Wikipedia, I think it was in "The Cat's Whiskers", "Ten'll Get You Five", and maybe "Poor Little Lambs," but I'm not sure about that last one.

[@christophersnyder1532]

Duck, and cover. Take care, and all the best.

[@Se7enBeatleofDoom]

Is JF1 the Canadian Goose fighter?

[@CalicoJack1803]

Nice video. Thanks for sharing.

[@airmackeeee6792]

Johnny, maaaaate that outro "If it looks like a duck ..." was hilarious! 😂😂😂

[@bh0wdy]

The museum in Dayton is sick af. Highly recommend it and really takes a couple of days to see it all.

[@georgeburns7251]

Donald Trump flew a Duck in Viet Nam war. They called him Donald Duck. True story. Oh wait, his father paid a doctor to claim he was 4F and couldn’t be drafted. But he awarded him self a Purple Heart for shin splints.

[@nowayitsjj1592]

Correct me if I'm wrong, I believe one of the Ducks that was used in Murphy's War is currently at the EAA in Oshkosh, WI.

[@jerryjeromehawkins1712]

Not the prettiest bird... but looks to be an absolute blast to fly! Brilliant craft. 👌🏽

[@warpartyattheoutpost4987]

Thanks for another TaleSpin!

[@Leadlobotamist]

Cool, I was just over at Fantasy of Flight today. Kermit has the only airworthy Duck left flying. It's a J2F-6 dressed up as the Candy Clipper. My favorite aircraft he owns followed by his Mk16e Spitfire.

[@thesquirrel914]

Honey wake up! Johnny uploaded!

[@BHuang92]

One of the few biplanes during WW2 that lasted more than it should!

[@yoshilovesyoshi]

Damn, even in 1942, these guys understood meme humor. That's gotta be the greatest meme ever sent en masse.

[@Daniel4646]

If you want to see an armed duck, look up the UK commercial "Woodpecker Cider: Ducks".

[@thomasbeach905]

I remember seeing a Duck at the Oshkosh EAA fly-in in the ‘70’s. Wonder what happened to it.

[@Legitpenguins99]

1:12 HELL NO! Thats terrifying just to look at!

[@Nobody.exe50]

You Know the adventure movie is good when it has a plane like this

[@richardsawyer5428]

The American equivalent of a Walrus. Made by a company famous for it's fighters, not fast, not sleek, not glamorous. It just pottered around saving lives and being utterly useful.

[@masterman1001]

Say, Johnny. Is your channel named after the Spitfire Mk.IX MK 392 flown by James Edgar "Johnnie" Johnson back when he held command at No. 144 wing? (I didn't know any of this, I came across it when looking for new models from the Forces of Valor series of die cast models. I need a P-40 Warhawk but they only sell P-40 Bs. Not a bad model by any stretch of the imagination, and I must say, having seen mostly the B variant, it's slowly growing on me. But in all the games I play, I usually get the Kittyhawk I, so I'm very fond of it, as you can tell by my profile pic of a P-40 D from No. 112 squadron)

[@ak9989]

Kingfisher next😊

[@HandyMan657]

It might be armed, good one. Good one. Take care Johnny. Catch ya on the next one.

[@LancasterResponding]

5:04 I implore everyone to read his book “I Saw The Fall Of The Philippines” if you can find a copy.

[@janblake9468]

My favorite amphibian.

[@TallDude73]

Oh, who gives a duck?!? 🙂

[@johnsmith-jq1uc]

cover Bo hiya japanese arrow thing please

[@lateboi4950]

Could you do a video about suomi konepistooli

[@thomasmoore4723]

Used one in a episode of Black Sheep Squadron

[@Gunbudder]

you should look at the McDonnell Goblin. it was the first parasitic fighter that was launched and recovered by bomber planes mid flight. it was a proposed solution to bombers getting pasted before they just started running fighters along with bombers lol

[@monostripeexplosiveexplora2374]

The Duck is just cool.. it wasn´t a completly "new" design though, as it was an evolution of the Loening OLs

[@worldbiggestfan1]

one of the thing that j2f duck is that it needs a back gun if you have an enemy behind but they refuse to do that so instead in the pacific they use a plane that has gunners and can go on water is the pby catalina

[@MayumiC-chan9377]

saw one in Hawaii at an airshow at Hickam afb

[@ericchoisnet8859]

I like noise engine 9 cilynders

[@843SouthernPride]

Next up is the AT-802U Skywarden. For when cropdusters dust the enemies.

[@bruno640]

OK, as ashamed to admit it, I needed 3-reruns of the postcard-matter, until it finally-hit me, and I could then STOP-wondering how in the hell did that "spotter" tie himself onto that float, and stay-out of the prop??? 🤔 Not to mention the wing-spotter, and/or the "belly-dragger" which...nah, but still...?🤨

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Some time consuming 1940s style photo editing

[@bruno640]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq The "birth" of photoshop, eh? And good, too!

[@iowa_lot_to_travel9471]

4 guys walk into a bar The 5th one ducked. 😅

[@user-lk2000]

well done

[@michaelandreipalon359]

If only the plane was legitimately also seen in those animated cartoons. Did not expect a mention on Carlos Remullo. However, Bataan is pronounced like "Bah-tah-ann".

[@chuckgriffith4539]

Ahhh way better than Disco Duck...or Howard the Duck! Lol

[@MOE.LESTER42]

Was that picture of the men on the plane taking pictures real?

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

No, but it was doctored to look like it was during the war. Just as a fun gag for a Christmas card.

[@MOE.LESTER42]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq oh makes sense thank you for explaining love the channel bro 🫡🇬🇧

[@michaelb6729]

What's that sea plane Indiana Jones ran to and sat on a snake in Raiders ?? How about a video on the planes in the Indiana Jones series. A good selection there from Lao Che' s Trimotor to the Pan Am Clipper.

[@chardtomp]

That was a Waco UBF-2 equipped as a float plane. It was a popular plane in its day and came in several different variants including wheeled, float and ski versions.

[@dallesamllhals9161]

Kermit Weeks! If folks wanna see one flying.

[@markmiller9838]

The Mount Kyle was not a merchant ship. I'm sure it was a cruiser which is why is was carrying the J2F.

[@chinabluewho]

Biplanes were of great importance during WW2 and the Antonov An-2 is still made to this day in China.

[@alfrancisbuada2591]

The Seaplane

[@rolfagten857]

3 Ducks in WW2: Duck W / J2F Duck and Donald Duck.

[@allanalopez1756]

That is one game of duck duck goose I would not play that isn't duck duck goose that's isn't duck duck bang quack bang out 😂😂😅😅😊❤❤❤❤

[@wrayjohnson1905]

Not a sexy airplane, but it did it's job well.

[@danzmitrovich6250]

The us navy have them in the us naval academy for the aviation unit they used to have float planes where they have the yp boats yard patrol boats

[@hanha1559]

Plane go burrrr

[@wiktorberski9272]

In some aspects, it is rather an ugly aircraft, but also still interesting

[@SilverOilman]

At about 4:36 you say what sounds like “Battle of Baton” but Bataan has three syllables. Bah Tah Ahn. Thanks!

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

Sorry you are right sometimes I do get lazy and use the common anglicization.

[@SilverOilman]

@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq It’s quite understandable! We’re all human.

[@mortallious1234]

My wife loves your voice. She doesn't listen to mine.

[@szary-ml]

👍

[@juanmanuelpenaloza9264]

Hehe... duck🦆

[@BrettLloyd-z5x]

I like ww2 planes

[@Chiller11]

Can’t think of any witty comments so I’ll just do one for the algorithm.

[@JohnnyJohnsonEsq]

I'll take it!

[@gottalovethephilippines5417]

Bataan pronounced but-ah-an

[@ericchoisnet8859]

Flying duck😂

[@tedmichas7709]

Ba ba black sheep