*@**3:12** Routine at Pearl was easy to take. At the Navy BOQ, I was up at 0700 and, at 0715, drove with Maj. Bob Beche to the officers' club. Sitting around the outdoor pool for juice, sweet rolls, and coffee, we often settled a couple of matters before going to the office...Major Beche took a combat camera crew by air to Japan. I was stuck in Pearl, in command of the company and in charge of the staff job. Now I had two jeeps, one for each job. I released one to Sgt. Bob Nye for use by staff NCOs of the company, but I kept the other for myself. It had come late, but I would make the most of it while it lasted...On 3 November, Major Beche and I got orders for transportation home on PYC 765. It must have been the smallest ship in the fleeA t boat is what it was, with a crew of only six. Two bunks were free, and we got them. We went down to see the boat, had our picture taken with leis around our necks, and were all set. Bob had misgivings: "Can you see going to San Diego on this thing? It's too small even to go out of the harbor. I felt the same way. I doubted I could survive ten days on board, especially in rough seas. "OK," I said, "I'm sure I can work out something."*
Thank you for the additional information on the aircraft, and i'm very glad you like the video, i will upload more color film footage about post war year japan.
It is sad that so many of these aircraft were destroyed after the war. A lot more of them should have been snatched up for museums. Many of these do not exist in our generation.
@@blakecampbell-taylor2865 No those are long gone. The ones in Lake Michigan got all their magnesium castings eaten away by worms over 2o years ago. The ones in the oceans are mostly too far gone now. But there will be finds here and there, we got the last P38 out of the airfield dump find. Its been restored now by Tom Reilly.
Fascinating! I've seen lots of footage of Luftwaffe airfields captured by US forces that are similar to this but have never viewed such movie footage of captured Japanese airbases. Thanks for posting!
What happened to the wind tunnel after the war? It looks like it is still intact and complete in the video. The end of the video shows the huge electric motors and controls that powered it, and they look like they are in good condition.
I was stationed at Yokosuka Naval Base '94-96, some 40 years after these films were shot. I never realized there had been an airfield, never saw any trace of it - and there isn't too much land that's flat. I can see from the movies that some hills were carved out to make room, so I'm trying to imagine if that was on the US naval base. If it was, it would have to be the eastern half where the ballfields and family housing are now, but that's a SWAG. -- The wind tunnel looks like it would dim the lights all around town when it started up - those were some massive power feeds! I wonder what all those Marines were going to do there? -- I never saw any pictures of the damage around Yokohama. When I walked around near the Landmark Tower, it certainly looked like none of that destruction ever happened. Thanks for posting these films!
Pulled into Yokosuka, fall of '71. Our tin can needed some serious boiler piping repairs after doing fire support missions in Vietnam. Those yard workers were unbelievable; they had us fixed up in just 48 hours what would've taken an American shipyard 2 weeks- I know that as fact- we had just completed a yard overhaul in Boston before we sailed, those yardbirds did everything with a beer- thirty o'clock mentality, and quality- we had to fix much of their screw-ups underway. Very favorable impression of those Japanese people.
@@mk-qt2ofI was wondering too as I was in Yokosuka last year and spent time there 50 years ago. A lot of Yokohama hasn't changed too much, except Minato Mirai.
I too was unaware of an airfield in Yokosuka. But looking at this footage and trying to place the airfield. I am thinking this is in Nagai or Kita-Kurihama. Regardless, what a sight this would have been to see in real life.
Thats amazing footage, thanks for posting! I'm having flashbacks to my younger days in Yokuska, a winter night and the woman that kept me warm in the rice wall hotel.
@@carloko08 降伏の意思を表すため、政府指示で日本軍用機を飛行禁止とすることになり、これの徹底のため、おそらく基地の日本軍人たちによって多くの機体のプロペラが外されようです。中には機体自体を破壊して飛行不能にしたものもあったようです。Broken Wings of The Samurai by Robert C. Mikesh という本で知りました。
@@carloko08Due to show the intention to surrender, the Japanese government decided to prevent Japanese military aircrafts from flying. To ensure this, propellers of many Japanese military aircrafts were removed by Japanese soldiers at the base to prevent them from flying. In addition, some Japanese military aircrafts were destroyed to prevent them from flying. I learned about this from the book "Broken Wings of The Samurai by Robert C. Mikesh." Thanks.
A few things are a little fishy here: First of all, the entire internet has NO other images of this wind tunnel, except for this exact same clip on a reddit post by an r/navalaviation. For such an amazing, huge structure, that is virtually IMPOSSIBLE. It would have been filmed or at least photographed for years after the War, and pictures would exist of it. Secondly, there is no source cited: No Navy Archives, no Library of Congress, it is like it appeared out of nowhere. Third, what color film is this? Kodachrome? That was not used like this, to my knowledge... for either press or official use. AND it does not look like this, fade like this. The colors are off, too, in a weird way old film does not exibit. This looks like an artificially produced color, to give the appearance of a faded photograph. I almost feel like someone took a "colorizing" feature and turned down the saturation... or just turned down the saturation on a regular film. Fourth: I think this may be A.I. generated, or partially A.I.. I don't think this is real. Maybe parts of it are real and manipulated... like the cue card.... which happens to flash by really fast. They only took a few frames of THAT? And that "Hellcat takes off" was crossed off, and the wind tunnel writing put on it... that it was reused. And the guy climbing the ladder, and so on... real, but manipulated. If anyone thinks this is impossible, look around at what A.I. video can do today. I think the the reddit post was someone dropping the film to see if it passes muster, and this channel was fooled... or, they are in on it.
I visited the Mikasa Memorial Park many times when I was stationed at Sub Group Seven in Yokosuka, Japan during the 1980s. Glad the ship survived until the present. The naval base and surroundings are very different. USN still uses the caves for several commands. Some of the shipyard cranes shown in the background look familiar.
Wow the tri engined medium bomber is something that I have not seen before only ford's and junkers 52 s great video I was always fascinated with Japanese aircraft when I built models thanks for the post !👍👍🙂
Battleship "Mikasa" is well worth a visit. Our guide at the time mentioned that the Soviets tried to get the ship scrapped, and demanded the removal of some of its (non-functioning) armament. They did NOT like being reminded of the humiliation of Russia by Japan in 1905/ 06
These are fabulous images of some of the most intact Japanese airplanes, especially C6N and J1N1. Although I have seen (pieces of) Myrt, and actually sat in the cockpit of Gekko, it is better to see them “in the wild.”
About twenty years ago the Japanese Jet engine that was taken back to the U.S. was found in a contractor warehouse . The engine never ran more than 45 minutes before failing . The Germans sent prints of their good jet engines by u boat but it was sunk enroute . They were so short on fuel they ran the engine on Pine needle juice , turpentine !
He said That video is precious because of we can see the latest planes in the under development. There is a possibility we can see A7M that was tested in Yokosuka base .
The Americans should admit that they prepared from the beginning, gathered troops in the Pacific, and invaded Japan as planned. As Russian troops massed near the Ukrainian border, the United States was able to predict Russia's next move. When America gathered troops in the Pacific, Japan was able to predict America's next move. Americans should recognize their country's true bad history.
Slightly interesting, but not eve slightly informative. I'll have to read the (translated) comments by your Japanese audience to get an idea of what you're offering.
