Somehow that recovery seems way more insane than carrier landings.
@bryantbridgewaters3977 Жыл бұрын
Damn, I had no idea it was that dangerous to recover a Kingfisher. Thanks for posting this video.
@quelin1 Жыл бұрын
Watching it bounce in the waves adds another layer to the stories of the planes coming across several floating survivors, getting everyone up onto the wings, then 'boating' back to the fleet.
@fabiohaddad2531 Жыл бұрын
Another fantastic document, thank you! Landing in open sea and all recovery maneuvers are something to consider! Really brave men.
@N_Wheeler Жыл бұрын
You can see the float hook at 1:00 which grabbed the towed net at 1:40 to keep the plane parallel to the ship.
@bryantbridgewaters3977 Жыл бұрын
Awesome detail thanks for mentioning it.
@NV..V Жыл бұрын
Another video treasure - thank you!
@erickent3557 Жыл бұрын
Wow, what a dangerous procedure... and the waves slamming the airframe, like one landing becomes one hundred landings.
@Hoopaball Жыл бұрын
The Kingfisher is the most underrated airplane of WWII. There are recorded incidents of these planes even downing japanese zeros, air to air, dogfighting. PBY is still #1 in my book.
@JGCR59 Жыл бұрын
It's interesting that the Observer had to climb that far forward over the wing to attach the hoist. Not exactly convenient
@gocirf34339 ай бұрын
My grandfather went down in a kingfisher along with the pilot and rescued downed pilot , uss indiana BB 58 kingfisher # 5445
@fatcontrollerproductions99108 ай бұрын
Did he survive
@gocirf34338 ай бұрын
@@fatcontrollerproductions9910 no he Peter John Cirafice and the pilot frank m Hass and downed hellcat pilot were lost , although about 8 years later 1952 they recovered my grandfather’s remains on a ryuku island, supposedly he drifted at sea for about 10 days and died of hypothermia on the Japanese island
@dbaider9467 Жыл бұрын
Delightful. The towed landing mat/net I did not know about before. Brilliantly simple.
@jonathanj.73447 ай бұрын
When I was a kid in the 1960s, reading "Paddy Payne, Warrior Of The Skies" in the Lion comic, then buying the pocket money Airfix kits, introduced us to these planes. He flew the Kingfisher in one story, so is great seeing this archive footage of it for real. One of my favourite war birds along with the Bristol Beaufighter and the Avro Anson.
@mattrika4874 Жыл бұрын
Fascinating! Thanks👍
@Rhino1277HotRails Жыл бұрын
Great footage. Those guys had balls
@TumbleTrashOfficial Жыл бұрын
Never knew they did this while moving still, this is really cool! EDIT: I never knew they did recovery while moving.
@ckfacebook62 Жыл бұрын
Standing outside of the plane with the propeller still turning? Those guys had stones of steel!
@justasuggestion8216 Жыл бұрын
Can't believe the wing floats don't snap off.
@verysurvival Жыл бұрын
how did they fit their brass balls in that little cockpit?
@Rhino1277HotRails Жыл бұрын
Someone will probably beat me to it... Kingfisher recovered downed airmen too, great picture out there of multiple airmen aboard I think it was 19... PLUS the vital role it played putting naval rifle rounds on target....
@rickden8362 Жыл бұрын
What other duties did the pilot and observer have on board ship?
@antonrudenham3259 Жыл бұрын
Good question because as you already know everybody has multiple duties pending circumstance. I'd guess that they'd assist aircraft maintenance and when at action stations standby their aircraft and during damage control join an aircraft fire fighting team and be ready to jettison it if needed.
@raymondyee2008 Жыл бұрын
Ah yes this. Only got to use her in “Battlestations Pacific”.