When a Ball Turret Gunner Fell Without a Parachute!

[@Yarnhub]

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[@Darth_edit.]

I own it it’s my favourite game ❤❤❤❤

[@johnstarline1436]

war thunder kinda pain tho sadly :(

[@why_dogs]

fr

[@Orangethemartian]

the grind is real🤑🤑

[@NotBedwarsDad]

Me grinding 5 yrs to get to jets

[@JOEEEEEIS]

Dude, this is better than 99% of all movie trailer

[@user-project-863]

On god bro

[@zacharydelrieu750]

Definitely the 1000 times better than the Minecraft trailer

[@Yourlocalscottishtherian]

WTH THIS VIDEO WAS MADE 25MINS AGO

[@Rmm1722]

Right 👍

[@CyborgDoge]

Better than the Minecraft movie trailer💀💀💀

[@AdrianMannino]

I’ve been with this channel a while, and let me tell you, David has gotten better, from 2d to things that look like real footage, and I cant not mention how he tells these tales.

[@Fazethegreat1]

@@AdrianMannino fr, went from "plastic" to "people thinking this was real footage"

[@CluelessSoldier-0669]

Man...I've been here since Yarnhub's 2D animations

[@AdrianMannino]

@@CluelessSoldier-0669 yeah my favorite 2d one is the ye olde pub video

[@CluelessSoldier-0669]

@@AdrianMannino same!

[@AdrianMannino]

@@CluelessSoldier-0669 nice

[@rhinobeast1446]

Yarnhub:200mm autocannons Also Yarnhub: 50mm caliber MGs

[@T2Kron]

It’s 50. Cal

[@jtl05]

@@T2Kron Thats what the commentor is saying genius the video messed up

[@T2Kron]

@@jtl05 oh sry I just started the video when I saw this

[@T2Kron]

@@rhinobeast1446 sry rhino beast didn’t arrive at that point yet in video

[@jjhh320]

It happens 🤷‍♂️ especially if you've got a monster script with a lot of details to put together and deliver. We aren't babies who blindly believe he meant 50mm when we already know what he's talking about.

[@kr0n0sthetitan23]

3:15 The allmighty 50mm MG strikes again :D

[@thunderjet644]

yep!

[@yallprettysus]

Imagine a dual 50mm machine gun on a plane hahaha. Twice half a tank round 😂

[@michaelfrench3396]

Well you beat me to it. This is a great video, but that hurt my ears. Hearing him say 50 mm caliber lol I guess nobody bats a thousand right

[@Canada-1378]

200mm autocannon moment?

[@kr0n0sthetitan23]

polish and american wonder weapons were really exceptional :D

[@Page-qg5vi]

Bro fell from 20k feet and somehow live by fair luck alone

[@pwkeely]

That's true if you ignore his conversation with God. I bet he doesn't though.

[@BHuang92]

He has MC plot armor!

[@charlesdudek7713]

Divine intervention.

[@MichaelShumate-d5m]

“This was a cannon event”

[@Dr_Larken]

There is a lady that fell out of a plane that exploded during the 70s, I think. I want to say 35,000 or 38,000 feet, she survived! Edit: I know it’s irrelevant, but given the context of the original comment! And, um, planes are still the safest way to travel and apparently you’re not totally screwed when plummeting to the ground! Never mind, you’re pretty much screwed lol

[@KibuFox]

One detail not mentioned here, is Magee became something of a celebrity among the German soldiers, and was regularly visited by German pilots. He also recounted how the German Military doctor told him directly, " 'we are enemies, but I am first a doctor and I will do my best to save your arm." At the time there was question of whether or not Magee would lose his arm due to injuries.

[@somealias-zs1bw]

Absolutely insane the man survived a fall from 20,000ft through a glass roof and straight onto steel structural beams. This wasn't waking up in a deep snowdrift like in the one or two other documented instances of survival without a parachute, which are in themselves extreme beyond belief. And homeboy wasn't even that damaged, walked out of the hospital like nothing happened. If ever there was somebody "built different" that's the guy.

[@KibuFox]

@@somealias-zs1bw Yeah. Everything I've read about it suggests that the German soldiers who visited him, did so out of pure respect and amazement at what he'd survived. I've also read that one of the local Luftwaffe commanders seriously tried to get him awarded the Iron Cross for surviving the fall. Though that attempt never went anywhere. It's not known just how far up the chain that request got.

[@meowiguess903]

Couldn't miss the chance to see the guy who survived free falling

[@emmettjones5165]

I was told this story long before the internet. According to my grandfather, who was a USAAF surgeon in the ETO, the German medical staff gave him a small party before Magee was sent to the Luftwaffe camp. Such was the influence of Goring that Allied captured aircrew were handled separately by the Luftwaffe, as the captured men were considered an intelligence resource. The German doctors did consider him a miracle, and the staff did develop a rapport with him. I am really pleased to see this story told anew to today's audiences. 🏆

[@punbug4721]

Given what the Japanese thought about surrender, I wonder how this story would have played out in the Pacific Theater against Japan. Let's put the scenario early in the war, before the US had the solid upper hand. But then again, they may have had a deep reverence for him, perhaps even attributing his survival to a higher power. Part of me thinks they'd just say "Wow! He survived the fall! ... Shame." and then kill him right there. Maybe he'd be nursed back to health and offered a chance at seppaku. Maybe his story would be kept top secret out of fear that other Japanese soldiers would attribute his survival to some superstitious force aiding the Americans.

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

Reminds me of reading a story about an Aussie or Kiwi gunner who bailed out at night whose parachute didn't open. He landed on the side of a snowy hill, the slope, trees and snow broke his fall. He broke a few ribs but his captors refused to believe his story until the next morning when they saw the broken branches and the marks he left in the snow. They apparently gave him cigarettes, booze and a few pats on the back before handing him over to a POW camp!

[@astonedwalrus4183]

As we would have too. If a bloke falls out of the sky, bounces of trees, slides down a fuckin hill and gets up with just a few broken ribs. Mate, you can have the whole packet of smokes, you’d need it after that. Fuckin hell, I gotta look that up now Reminds me of the legless RAF pilot, bailed out over Germany but one of his prosthetics was stuck so he landed with only the one fake leg, the Germans so impressed contacted the British to have a replacement sent, they did. After a few escape attempts and being caught AFTER actually getting out (because….well fake legs do tend to slow you down) So the Germans threatened to take his legs away! Hahahahahahahaha, I just find it so funny, they had so much respect for this particular enemy that even after directly defying them they didn’t punish him but just threatened to make him crawl around instead of hobbling, because he was too cagey, smart and sly to be left alone with his own fake legs, or he’d just try to escape again.

[@patrickjohnson5245]

​@@astonedwalrus4183Douglas Bader! A man who refused to quit!

[@teddythewonderlizard1448]

May have been Nicholas Alkemade. I believe he was British.

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

@@teddythewonderlizard1448 Yep I think you might be right, knew he was RAF but thought for some reason he was Aussie or Kiwi. Very lucky man!

[@grisueitorf]

@@goodshipkaraboudjan Just relooked in a book I have. He was the tailgunner of a Lancaster (enlisting or badge number 1431537). His parachute was burned before he could reach it.

[@jokodihaynes419]

"We may be enemies but I'm a doctor first"

[@noob.168]

dr strange quote?

[@punbug4721]

To help, or at least to do no harm

[@jdolson2]

As a Navy fighter pilot I had over three hundred combat missions in the VN War and had some very close calls but none of them were as horrendous and incredible as this. It’s a miracle that this heroic airman survived. ‘Outlaw’ out…

[@mienluuhien9563]

Thank you for your service, sir.

[@jeremymackevincaylor5041]

If you're telling the truth then thank you. Good to have you home.

[@BalkanDamjan]

@@mienluuhien9563 Killing civilians and colonizing is not a "service"

[@ComdrStew]

Which plane were you in? My dad was on the DD Floyd B Parks in his first deployment and the DE Doris Miller on his second. Both in carrier groups in the Gulf of Tonkin. He said he used to watch you guys take off from the carrier. He said he even saw a F4 after launch go straight into the ocean in front of the carrier and the carrier ran over them killing both pilots.

[@jdolson2]

To answer ComdrStew, I flew the F-4B Phantom II off the USS CONSTELLATION (CV-64) in ‘68-69 as a fighter pilot assigned to the VF-142 Ghostriders and again in ‘69 flying the F-4J. After an instructor tour with the VF-121 Pacemakers, I returned to combat assigned to the VF-161 Chargers aboard the USS MIDWAY (CV-41) flying the F-4B. This was the longest deployment of any aircraft carrier with a total of 9 (vs the normal 6) combat periods on Yankee Station during the both VN War. The grand total was 302 combat missions in my flight log books during that war. I hope this also answers the question from Jeremy as to whether I’m telling the truth and I appreciate the thanks and welcome home from both him and from Mienluuhien. Outlaw out.

[@blueSky1322]

4:42.... Ah, the call of the snail

[@dfnxINC]

Won't leave me alone

[@S071-bread]

The snail always knows where you are

[@user-dw7rq6vo5w]

I’m playing war thunder while listening to this lol

[@andipraseptiyotiyo1418]

Gaijin

[@albertabirdman]

Another great piece. A small correction though... in January 1943 the escort would not have been P51 Mustangs as mentioned in the narration. It would have likely been British Spitfires, hence the inability to make it to the target along with the B17s. P38s were on the way, but not in time for the January 3, 1943 mission. P51B and P51C equipped with Merlin engines began long range escorts in December 1943, almost a year after this mission. P51D came into force in 1944.

[@AOP1967]

👍

[@sleepingrabbit4011]

Most likely the P47 Thunderbolts would have been the escorts at the time.

[@arnoldbraunschweiger4828]

Yip P 51s would of been able to escort all the way ......

[@Creamypie626]

hearing bomber stories never fail to make chill run down my spine. You're essentially in an alluminum tube playing Russian roulette.

[@Jayjay-qe6um]

He was featured in the 1981 Smithsonian Magazine as one of the 10 most amazing survival stories of World War II.

[@CaneFu]

WOW, what an incredible story; this should be made into a feature movie.

[@jgstargazer]

Yes, we need these kinds of movies to inspire today's youth.

[@pontiacfan76]

Hollywood would ruin his story.

[@kdbanks01]

This animation and story was so cool to watch! I’m always fascinated by how much effort you guys put into these videos, keep up the good work!

[@obiwanfisher537]

I mean, they make like 75k a month with youtube, so of course they can hire really good animators

[@elennapointer701]

Have you covered the story of Nicholas Alkemade? He was an RAF Lancaster tail gunner who went through the same experience, falling without a parachute at nighttime in the winter and surviving because he landed on springy pine trees followed by deep snow. As I recall, the only injury he suffered was a sprained knee.

[@JosiahGingerich]

yes it was a short though

[@LancelotChan]

Thank you for such a miraculous story!!!

[@Thetrumpetkid-e5k]

The graphics keep getting better and better

[@EoThorne]

Hopefully the parachute wasn’t replaced with an Acme anvil.

[@JosiahGingerich]

?????????????????????????

[@EoThorne]

@@JosiahGingerich it’s a cartoon trope.

[@WichayaMalayaporn]

0:29 This are look like real people

[@JETT...134]

Fr

[@obiwanfisher537]

Yeah most features are covered up though ,so that probably helped.

[@gaming_gamer483]

these are very much look real people

[@Thatoneguy0007]

Oh my god. I just cannot believe how good the animation in this is. Some of those faces look legitimately real. Great work!

[@Pandacorps]

Can we just appreciate how this channel went from great 2d animations to Hollywood blockbuster level stuff. Absolutely mindblowing

[@potrzebieneuman4702]

This also happened to a British Lancaster tail gunner, he fell 18000 ft and from memory landed in amongst pine trees and snow drifts. His name was Nickolas Alkemade I think.

[@JosiahGingerich]

bro yarnhub has a short about that

[@Spitfiresammons]

I can’t believe St Nazaire railway station saved his life after falling without his parachute great video. Please do the story of the men who Saved USS Franklin.

[@JosiahGingerich]

God does crazy things sometimes.

[@Daddoplaygames]

after the 200mm autocannon, now we have twin 50mm machine guns

[@Swiftzerman]

My great grandfather manned a flak on Frankfurt.Your videos gave me an insight on how those men inside those planes felt when my great grandfather took down one.Falling without a parachute according to my grandfather as told by his father is a death sentence.This man's survival is a real miracle.

[@Goc4ever]

My most sincere congratulations Yarnhub, once again you really outdid yourself. I really loved this video about Alan Magee, the B-17 gunner who miracolously survived a fall from 20.000 ft. You never cease to amaze me with your stellar content and this video is one of the many examples especially with how your animation has improved spectacularly. As a history buff you have my utmost admiration and gratitude for providing me with this invaluable insight about warfare of the 20th century.

[@clusterstorm9522]

What a miracle that he survived that fall...😲😲😲

[@Meh100k]

THE ANIMATION AND STORY TELLING IN THIS ONE IS GONNA BE SO SIGMA LIKE ALWAYS

[@toasterhavingabath6980]

Good. So good. Great, even.

[@thecellafella]

I'm getting so tired of raving about the animation quality week in and week out. But here I am again, raving about the animation. Right on schedule.

[@ankits_world]

The best animation i have ever seen

[@monkeybob151]

5:13 50mm Caliber machine guns???

[@lordwintertown8284]

Welp, you know what that means. Yarnhub has to make a parody short stating you heard correctly as they model a B-17 with 50 mm HMG's, just like that Polish TKS-1 tankette with a 2000 mm AT gun.

[@T95man]

Ya I was gunna say lol

[@monkeybob151]

Also why did the ground change from Forrest to coast line at 10:15

[@Canada-1378]

3:15 Ah yes, a 50mm machine gun.

[@SombreMicrobe35]

You guys should just make a whole ww2 documentation movie at this point. The quality of these videos is just so good! Respect to your team!

[@pontiacfan76]

Think they released a "movie " with Sabaton that was and certain museums not long ago.

[@SombreMicrobe35]

@@pontiacfan76 the Sabaton one i know i think

[@TerronBlack-hu5xi]

Yarnhub's animation has gotten so good over the past 2 or 3 years

[@user-jyanome-daisuki]

有名なB-17本「空の女王」でも紹介されてなかった奇跡的話を伺いました。有難うございます。

[@pradesianmc]

I love the shot at 6:15 of the 88 firing into the sky. Very similar shot to that one seen in Masters of the Air. Amazing animation as always!

[@steiner4864]

You have a long time to think about your life when you fall that high. He really had a guardian Angel to survive this. Lovely animation as always!

[@JosiahGingerich]

"He really had a guardian Angel to survive this." or just GOD.

[@Jakub1989YTb]

1:40 .. the cross hand mg charging! Great atention to detail. Nice work.

[@alexanderleach3365]

What an incredible story! Who would have thought he would survive a fall from 20,00 ft.

[@JosiahGingerich]

this probably won't be the last time I reply to a comment with this. But sometimes GOD does crazy miracles.

[@marcosantonioreyesmedina2364]

The first time I read the story was in a small magazine "Reader's Digest Selections", it was incredible how excited I was to find out about it, I even went to the library to look for more information.

[@crypto217]

Ah yes, Time To Watch Another Cinema Masterpiece 👍

[@UnDeaDCyBorg]

Wonderful story. Liked that line at the end "You only felt it up close". :D

[@matthewcuratolo3719]

Great film, but the .50 cal was and is 12.7 mm. My dad trained in the ball turret, but eventually served as a right blister gunner on a B-29 based out of Titian. He too, passed away in 2003.

[@waryth4475]

0.62 mile was and is 1 kilometre.

[@obiwanfisher537]

Imagine you fall out of a plane onto a steelbeam and you're not ripped in two.

[@chrisblore6385]

Thanks to all who made this. I was just looking yesterday to see if I missed a new episode. Great great job. I so enjoy your stories.

[@Yarnhub]

Took us another day (and night)

[@Dr_Larken]

0:11 11 seconds in with Ride of z Valkyries playing in the background, you know this is going to be a good episode!

[@Generlc_Human]

His survival truly was a miracle.

[@Page-qg5vi]

Casually waiting until bro falls off

[@LucasBautista-w3m]

Nobody: Literally nobody: Plot armor:

[@birbfromnotcanada]

50mm caliber machine gun? Other than that, great video!

[@carycoller3140]

That fall is from a nightmare we have all had.

[@jacquelineletang5963]

This is so good

[@dqdhanya103]

these are the best visuals ive seen on KZbin

[@ChocoLater1]

Another person related to a similar event is called Vesna Vulović who is a survivor of the highest fall without a parachute in 1972.

[@strizhi6717]

You just made my day!!! Ya'll need to be hired and handed a blank check to make a movie!!! WW2 vets would shake y'all's hands for your incredible efforts in keeping their sacrifices shared for generations to come!!

[@theonegopnikwhoprogramsthings]

wasn't there a Mythbusters episode about this?

[@Ferrarifanloser]

the animation is better than Disney Live Actions.

[@display1718]

The animation is bumpt to 120% soo good. And the luck he has.

[@JosiahGingerich]

"And the luck he has." or ya know, GOD.

[@display1718]

@@JosiahGingerich jou made me laugh thanks

[@corysanderson6177]

@@JosiahGingerich im sure the pows disagree

[@samfranklin659]

Man! This was the most well-made episode yet! Amazing work gents! Animation better than Red Tails.

[@Stoneyfonik]

3:14 I think there was a mistake, the ball turret did not have 50mm guns, so I assume the narrator meant ".50 caliber" and not "50mm caliber". I just wanted to point that out so people didnt get confused. Great video!

[@Amcool1918]

This is amazing the graphics are unreal this is probably the best short film I’ve seen in a while

[@why_dogs]

The only reason i love history class

[@GKX11YT]

This is hollywood worthy, if not certianly worthy to become movie worthy. Most incredible story telling I've ever heard.

[@redhawk8476]

The CGI gets better every video.

[@defaultwhiteguy1049]

The animations were already amazing, this one you somehow raised that bar. Insanely well done.

[@Orangethemartian]

Yarnhub movie when?

[@KrishGhosh-gr2vf]

I almost thought the animation was real life. It was so realistic.

[@Gerard-om1di]

LETS GOO ANOTHER B-17 VID

[@alexcovey1200]

This needs to be a movie.

[@theinfamousduo]

the best animation yet keep up the good work

[@ferklino6838]

That animation is fire

[@boredman123]

I know you meant "from his 2 .50 cal machine guns" But now i just want to see a short where the ball turret has rapidly firing 2x50mm

[@Yarnhub]

It will come.

[@JosiahGingerich]

@@Yarnhub yayayayayyayayya

[@prartmusic]

I have been watching this channel for over a year already and I cannot stop watching it's just the animations that just keeps me hooked, I don't know why you don't work for any company

[@jenniferbrown7462]

Yarnhub should do battle of the Alamo

[@morganharlock3381]

The concept of German chivalry during WW2 was a quiet legend among Allied soldiers, contrary to the portrayal in some movies, and holds many lessons.

[@ladygrey7425]

They were chivalrous to Westerners because they felt a certain "Germanic kinship" between them. When it came to Slavs, Roma, and Jews, however....

[@morganharlock3381]

@@ladygrey7425 Interesting... Thank You. : )

[@tabithamolinski2668]

Epic trailer can’t wait to see more. Also, can you please do a video on the battle of the bulge keep up the good work every single video you may just get better and better.❤

[@jerlewis4291]

My uncle flew B-17s, he said the reason they attacked from the front was twofold, it was the least amount of guns faced and they could shoot at the engines one hit from that 20mm canon and the engine was done. Also they could shoot at the cockpit and kill the pilots. He said that sometimes when the flak stopped the fighters would be on them in `15 seconds they were just waiting to pounce. Then they would break off the attack, land and refuel and re-arm and go up again to attack the formation as they were heading home.

[@theinfamousduo]

yo i cant wait

[@white6death792]

They dont tell us those story at school, I live in Saint-Nazaire and they don't tell us much about all the stories that happen in the city during the war.

[@Fazethegreat1]

Amazing videos man! Love it ❤

[@felexl32]

100 times better than the minecraft move 🗣🗣🔥🔥

[@biohazard1471]

Why is yarbhub always so gooood keep it up yarnhub

[@DaSaintDemon]

I always yearn to see your "Coment, Like and Subscribe" moment in the video

[@拓ベイ]

こんな奇跡があるんだな？生還おめでとうございます。遠い日本からメールします。

[@brandonguerrero115]

Bout tired of this guy not making a fulll length movie he’s god tier on this animation. As a long time sub I’ve seen the animations for from rudimentary to superb and I honestly think he’s ready. He’s probably already working on something given how many people comment something similar to what I said. Godspeed Yarnhub

[@user-bj1pc5db2f]

3:10 I think u meant 50 cal not mm

[@Tsarbloonba]

Yea lol like 50mm caliber is antitank calibers

[@DeadBaron]

I know we say this every video, but it's mind boggling how good your animations have become

[@biaksang1239]

Will this be uploaded

[@Yarnhub]

Yep should be there now

[@mateuszkubas4433]

This reminds me the story of a B-17 Tail Gunner Eugene Paul Moran, who managed to survive a 20,000 ft fall in the tail of the aircraft that was cut off from the airframe by AA Fire. Despite numerous injuries and many months spent in a POW camp he survived the war. That's just the short version, as I don't remember the details, but it gets way more interesting than this and I would love to see this story covered one day on this channel!

[@nuclear920]

poor guy

[@I-am899]

This guy should make Netflix documentaries

[@PCrailfan3790]

The fact we can watch this for free never gets old.

[@MrAlwaysBlue]

There is much hope for humanity in that many prisoners received good medical care on both sides.

[@jasperleenbunday1552]

DAMN WHO HURT YOU BRO!? THIS ANIMATION IS CLOSE TO REALITY 🫶🤌

[@DVNKB1b]

Ah yes, we have 200mm Autocannon and now 50mm Machine Gun

[@mystlcgreatness]

Man it’s been a while since I’ve seen yarnhub back and it’s such a surreal experience being back

[@kurtb8474]

Years ago, I read a story in Reader's Digest that was very much like this one. It was a B-17 tailgunner. His plane was hit an on fire. He couldn't get out the usual way. So, rather than burning to death, he opted to egress the plane from where he was. He also had no chute. But he preferred being killed from a fall rather than fire. He ended up landing in a forest of trees which broke his fall enough to spare his life. He was captured with a couple of broken bones.

[@juanluisroselloromero2417]

this dude is the iconic phrase: "everything that goes down must go up"