P-51 Ace Shoots Down an ME-262, Becomes a POW, then Joins the Russians to Fight | Joseph Peterburs 

Thank you for this channel, I've watched countless interviews from you. Blessed to have these accounts from our greatest generation but sad to see how few of them are left.

"P-51 Ace Shoots Down an ME-262, Becomes a POW, then Joins the Russians to Fight the Nazi's [sic]" -- "Nazis"

He has an amazing life.

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Simply astounding! I'd definitely watch his story . Thanks for sharing.

This story needs it's own video.

That is absolutely amazing! Definitely worthy of a movie!

My favorite part was the shrug

I agree!

people wouldn't believe it.

Inevitably Academy Award material. And jus think . . . ya gotta believe, these pilots are passing away, in great numbers. Hollywood would capture this . . . This could hit the screens/cable, with heightened enthusiasm . . . in this pandemic quagmire we:re all consumed with ! 🤗🇺🇸

@@cocodog85 people believe everything they see on TV, I'm sure they'd believe a true hero's story.

This would be hands down an amazing film

Those stupid commercials!!

Yeah, what a c.v. Shot down ,escaped , fought with the Russians.

i know, i can't stand the time thing. there's another guy who interviews these WWII veterans and he'll ask a question, then when the guy starts telling the story, he cuts him off and quickly sums up what he's trying to say then asks another question and does the same thing, the whole way thru! it was infuriating to watch

was thinking the same thing

…”several hours of plexiglass being picked out of my face.” Interesting, we’re out of time ⌛️

He sure does. Doesn’t seem to have lost a bit of his impressive mind. What a fine man.

Well 84 anyway

What a legend

I came here to say exactly this

@@newdog1129 uiuiii

how old are you know if i may ask? and how old when you served?

Naw I don't.

@@johnbriggs5751 I was early 30s in Germany.

I was at Hq17th Air Force the same time you were in the 601st. He used to drop by the the office from time to time and and I remember hearing he had quite a World War 2 record. Unfortunately, unlike you, I never got to hear his stories.

HE made the "time" when it mattered most. What in the holy hell?

In his defense, maybe the fellow conducting the interview had others lined up, or maybe our sublect had time constraints, things to do with his family? But I'm with it, I could listen to this man if days.

I agree. I would have loved to hear about the Vietnam exploits.

I agree!

Some people and their method of thinking is awful, he made the time and so will I.

I agree! Even if there is a time limit why not just make it in several parts and let us hear the whole story

Said like a true Rhodesian, Rhodes !

Take the time to get the rest of the story. These guys aren’t going to live forever. Get it done now!

I’m sure the time limit was imposed due to either his family or technical issues. Otherwise many of these videos run well over 45 minutes.

Well, it is possible that at 95 years old he could have asked to keep it under 2 hours. Just a possibility.

Wow, the bomber loss rate was stunning, especially before the P-51 escorts were along for the length that they had fuel for. They climbed in and flew with tons of explosives, through the worst of anti aircraft flak, enemy fighters, and fear. Then they had to get back home, and safely land. Likely, the following day was a repeat of the same. Your dad, and the lads he flew with, are a big part of why that war was won. Yes, they are highly deserving of respect, and admiration. The Allied contribution was no small effort as well. Canadians with Lancasters were right in there, mainly at night, which the USA did plenty of as well

@@email4664 By the time the P51's came online P47'S were already starting to escort the bombers over Berlin. The P47D-15 with pressurized all metal external tanks had the range and were over Berlin before the P51's were. Another P51 myth is that they achieved air superiority over Europe, by the time they came along P47's and P38's had already cleared the skies over Europe of the Luftwaffe. The only real advantage to the P51 was that it was so much cheaper then planes like a P47, they could build 2.3 P51's for the same cost of a P47, in wartime money=man hours.

@@dukecraig2402 Not true, ~ Few Luftwaffe aircraft could match the P-51D -- by the end of the war, Mustangs had destroyed 4,950 enemy aircraft in the air, more than any other USAAF fighter in Europe. ~ The United States Air Force Museum website

@@jerrybrady9103 You can't use that number as a barometer for comparing the different planes, first off the Mustang came along just as 8th AF command cut the escort fighter's lose on the Luftwaffe fighters, previous to that the escort fighter's weren't allowed to break away from the bombers to go after the Luftwaffe, they were ordered to stay with them. And, by the time the Mustang entered service the Luftwaffe had lost all of it's experienced pilots, the Mustang was flying against poorly trained Luftwaffe pilots who had as little as 10 hours flight time in the fighters they were flying. So you just can't compare the numbers of planes shot down by P47's against the number shot down by P51's because they weren't flying under the same circumstances. The fact is by the time the P51 came on line the skies had already been cleared of the Luftwaffe over mainland Europe by all the other Allied fighters, they were only taking to the air to meet bombers. And by the time P51's came along P47's were already escorting bombers over Berlin, as a matter of fact P47's had the range to escort bombers to Schweinfert but the "Bomber Mafia" wanted to prove their concept of the bombers being able to fight their way to the targets and back so they sent them alone and then after those raids were a disaster the high command (the Bomber Mafia) skewed all the official reports on fighter ranges to make it look like the bombers had to go on those early missions by themselves to cover their asses over the losses. Years of people writing aviation books based on the official reports have just continued to reinforce all the BS about fighter ranges and effectiveness, the fact is all the late and post war reports are wrong about fighter ranges, they were rigged up in the interest of people covering their asses and none of the aviation writers have bothered to do the math on the ranges of the planes that were in the theater at the time, if any of them had they'd have seen the official reports were BS.

@@dukecraig2402 well said. Nailed it.

Don't worry, we have the next generation, which doesn't know which genitals go where

Yes, me too. My Dad and my uncles would sit around the mens' table at weekend dinners and I would sit as close as possible to hear their stories about family, The Depression, The War and women. Sat at the feet of giants!

I agree. I also remember the vets. They raised us and I feel their absence as they leave us and I dedicated a novel to the legacy that they left in us. I remember playing war in bring-backs as a kid. My neighbor had a German helmet, another one his dad's flight helmet and it went on. We were lucky to have been raised by them. There is a growing void now.

I had a mixed flight out of Buffalo n.y. and im feeling bad for all these people getting called off the plane we were all sitting in so i got called last .and im like great now what ..so i had to pick a random motel and took a taxi there ..not a soul in the lounge but tv on so i sat out there and in rolls all these guys in there 70s with there flight coveralls decorated with medals and they hooked there movie recorder to the big screen tv ..and man what a treat they all had fixed up bomber planes from ww2 and were filmong each other as they flew over niagara falls . My night went from boring to amazing i became there film mascott and they were more than happy to answer questions and tell stories ..i was around 33than but felt like a lil kid in amazement a night ill never forget!

Part of The Greatest generation

Not bad lol

Huh? In the Seminary at 17 but rushing to get.. married.. at 20? What gives? Typical..😒

@@AaronRMG Yeah all old testament.

​@@christopherfritz3840Hormones.

They did not make themselves "enemies," politicians made them so. In any case, I have always agreed that it is better to have a good enemy than a bad friend.

@@viktoriaironpride4977 wise. thank you

Amazing, how he reconnected with the German pilots and they became friends. War is so wicked, crazy mad Dictator and Rulers sending young men and women to their cause of world domination.

Completely true

And, at 76, I do watch a large portion of my day. I am very bitter because no service would accept me as a medic/ corpsman, though in 1967, married and both of us in college, I was not deferred---#62. Everything blew up at my pre-induction physical to be immediately followed by the oath/swearing in. I offered to enlist in the Navy as a corpsman but was rejected. Odd, because I had a documented history as a CO, but also a deadly marksman, and college courses in human physiology. The "shrink" captain must have decided I was more trouble than I was worth. I had tried to explain that if a wounded combatant was under my care, I would consider "him" as my country, my home and my family and would then have killed the enemy to protect my patient. If I had to do so, I could do it well and ferociously.

Thank God we had the technology before he died. It could have been done of film, but would have been much more cumbersome. Easy this way.

Join in anyway you can...Most ways might be tangential but if they can save 1 person..

Probably was a German Ace too!

@@badcornflakes6374 that's an interesting idea, somewhere I do have some unit history that shows what day they shot it down. I should look to see if there's records on who was flying it! Thank you for the idea!

I just talked and laughed with him for 2 hours

@@NikosAnimals is he still in good health? Anyway I might be able to talk to him, would be a big honour.

@@kelvinsurname7051 yes check my interview

That's a lot of steak and eggs

Nescon, I met Walter Schuck at Virginia Bader's aviation art gallery back in the 1990s. I could understand his broken English, and WS asked me what part of Germany I was from! I was floored! I used my not-so-good German, but I think he thought I was from the eastern part of Germany because some of my German speech was kind of out-of-date. I assume that because the two halves of Germany were separate for so long, the older idioms were preserved in the East but the language went forward in the West In any case, I was pleased he thought that and was so honored to meet him. They were their "greatest generation," also.

all those are in the net, just a google search away

no, he's not an ace, the title is incorrect, its a very illustrious career anyway

WOW

I think the Army Air Force purposely went with young fighter pilots precisely because of their recklessness. If you fully understood what they were getting into, you wouldn't.

He flew P-51 up to Korea and IIRC during, or maybe after the Korean war, at the rank of Colonel he got a desk job.

Ugh ... years young ....

Can you not record your uncle Wayne? Have a listen to Raymond McFalone's interviews on RU-vid. Copy down the questions and then record your uncle. His memories are priceless.