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I love your posts, and learn from every one of them! But on the B-24 weakness in the wing because of the landing gear you showed us the wrong rl downing: That B24 was hit between the fuselage and nr 3 engine, so had nothing to do with weakness of the wheel-well...
The narrator of this says you can get an autograph from Pappy or others. I think if you did not get to meet any of these aces, just having a copy is not good enough. I want the autograph of my uncle Heinze Knoke, German Luftwaffe, do you have one? Just being sarcastic, excuse the comment.
He devised a way to bust up a luftberry circle that sounded insane bit his commander witnessed it first hand and afterwards said it was the most incredible display of flying he had ever seen. MARSAILLE was the greatest fighter pilot of WW2. No american, russian or british pilot could hold a candle to his flying prowess.
My father (Charles Hubenthal) and Mr. McPherson both flew in Squadron 83 off the Essex and were friends. My father passed away last year, just shy of 102. I hope Mr. McPherson is well.
One small part of Kenji Yanagiya's flight was left out. When he was bleeding and trying to get back to his base he flew over some Japanese navy ships and considered landing in the water in the hope they would pick him up. He decided not to because that would delay whatever mission they might be on.
They had no television in 1941 1942. One of the first television and brodcast station was in 1942 (?)- 1944 in Paris France in a hospital for german soldiers.
You placed much emphasis on the as you called it, “killer squadron” being just off the surface of the water “blazing across the Pacific”, when in fact, the entire squadron was at low level. Only just before approaching land did the two flights of P-38s separate for the attack, one for high cover, and one to shoot the bombers. You should have given more credit where it was due and that would have been to Maj. John Mitchell. He brilliantly planned and led(navigated) the entire low level mission. The “killer flight” just followed until their lead climbed to cover. Ref: Lightning Strike by Donald A. Davis
The TV show "Baa Baa Black Sheep" was active when I was in highschool, back in the 70s. One of the teachers there, Mr. Olsen, was an expert on WW2, and specifically, on the pilots and aces of the time. According to him, Boyington, while a legitimate Ace, was shot down fairly early in the war, and spent the rest of it in a Nipponese P.O.W. camp.
Oh how much better the 109F was and what a shock to Spit Pilots it was together with the Focke Wulf! For a year they raided the English Channel and the East of England. And only after a German landed a Focke Wulf accidentially on a English Airfield after he downed a Spitfire and lost orientation - The Mark 9 was made and at least against the 109F and the 190A3 they had a chance again... Let's keep the patriotic enthusiasm a bit dampened, shall we? And NO I am not German and my Grandfather fought against the NAZI's! Before you start to accuse me of being one, while your goverment supports Banderite NAZI's in Ukraine and Zionist Mass Murderers in Israel!
Stalin would never have done this. Wehrmacht and Polish dead (such as Katyn Forest) were buried in mass, unmarked graves with no identification or record.
Thank you, @TJ3 Learning, understanding and remembering these events is one way we honor all veterans after their nations called for warriors. Making sure our children know and honor the sacrifices made for their freedom is another. Taking care of veterans for as long as they live is another. The work put into this video and those like it honor our veterans. Teach children this history, no matter how attached to their cell phones they may be. Pry the phones from their naive, greedy little fingers, and show them the prices paid for their phones. Explain the direct line from the IRL warriors to their cell phones or ironically, to their shoot-em-up and other video games. Honoring veterans is more than showing up to a parade or barbecue, waving a little flag, and using the day as a play day or an excuse to get high or drunk.
I personally believe that even if the US got every Carrier and capital ship sunk at Midway, it wouldn't have changed the outcome of the war. They would have just gone on the defensive for 6 months while they new flattops were being built, I mean what did they have? Like 30+ Fleet Carriers at the end of the war?
In the first few seconds of this clip the narrator said something about p-38s - sounds like game over right there if they would ever get the drop on the Betty in any way shape or form which they did …just a guess.
