U.S. B-17 Bomber Crewman (World War II)

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Airforce Unit: US B-17 Bomber Crewman World War Two
The United States Army Air force was made up of volunteers mostly in their late teens to early twenties from every part of the US. Bomber crews would receive extensive training at American air bases before being sent overseas for combat duty.
A B-17 would typically have a crew of 10 including: a pilot who was the flight commander, a co-pilot, a bombardier and a navigator, a radio operator, a flight engineer, two waist gunners, a tail gunner and a ball- turret gunner.
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@dwrussell96 7 лет назад

My great grandfather was part of a B-17 crew. He destroyed his hearing in the process and had to have a hearing aid for the rest of his life. Glad you made a video about this :)

@gabrieloppenheimer260 6 лет назад

Ragnar Lodbrok glad he make It through

@paoloportillo7700 6 лет назад

I knew time travel was possible... Vikings during WW2! :)

@tasukuokada6688 6 лет назад

That’s cool

@baileygrant5232 6 лет назад

My great grandfather was a Dakota codetalker.

@baileygrant5232 6 лет назад

ayden bruntmyer whut?

@connorwalters3240 6 лет назад

My grandfather was the left waist gunner on a B-17 during WW2. According to family stories, his plane was shot down during a daylight raid over Germany, and he parachuted to the ground... as the sole remaining member of the crew. Everyone else was either MIA or KIA. He then proceeded to walk his way back to the allied line, living out a normal life after the war, before sadly dying of a heart attack.

@randomguy3690 4 года назад

Uhh I wanna say...what’s MIA and KIA?

@connorwalters3240 4 года назад

@@randomguy3690 Missing in Action and Killed in Action

@randomguy3690 4 года назад

Connor Walters sup Im back

@tizanikandothers 2 года назад

Am so sorry for your grandfather

@Gameprojordan Год назад

@@randomguy3690 MIA = missing in action. They're lost and haven't returned to be accounted for, doesn't necessarily mean they're dead but it could be the case and they just haven't located the body to confirm yet KIA = killed in action: They are comfirmed to have died in the middle of a battle while in combat

@pux0rb 7 лет назад

My grandfather was the bombardier on one of these. He said when they got their plane, they stripped out everything they didn't need. That was to make the plane lighter/faster to improve chances of survival. They were also given the choice between a very heavy warm suit or the smaller electric heated suit. Sometimes the electric suits would fail and people would get frostbite on missions. His plane was shot down over Germany, and he was captured. He lied about being a ball turret gunner instead since he was afraid that they might kill him on site for bombing their cities. His camp was liberated by the Russians towards the end of the war. Wish he was still alive because I have so many more questions.

@Simplehistory 7 лет назад

+puxorb does taking the paint off and leaving it silver help that

@Ermy1996 6 лет назад

Simple History it does. The paint for a whole b17 was very heavy. Cant remember the numbers, but was surprising

@awwk8452 4 года назад

My grandad was lucky he was assigned to a B-29 super fortress, witch was surprising to die in, and he was earlier a T-29 tank commander. He was shot, but it was in the arm and when it healed it just left a scar

@optimus84primus35 3 года назад

@@awwk8452 To that B29s are more prone to be shot down due to the outside layer of it was magnesium which is flammable.

@erictaylor5462 6 лет назад

My dad's uncle was a B-17 pilot. My dad remembers him as a major alcoholic who never talked about his experence in the war. He survived the war, but it was apparently very brutal for him.

@demonicpestcontrolgaming3462 6 лет назад

Eric Taylor one of the many unfortunate things for the crewman of the b-17 is that if the electronics were shot or the turrent mechanism was stuck or locked..... For the ball turrent it was a nightmare because if they had to crashland there was nothing they could do ..... Which caused the ball gunner to be crushed on impact ......

@erictaylor5462 6 лет назад

The turret could get stuck, but this didn't happen very often. When it did they could get a parachute to the gunner and he could escape vie the bail out hatch. They could turn the turret manually if they had to.

@demonicpestcontrolgaming3462 6 лет назад

Eric Taylor i say this because i heard of some awful stories and it makes me think about this kinda stuff its ruff when you think about it

@erictaylor5462 6 лет назад

Sure, it could have happened, but I'm not sure it ever did. There was an anthology show back in the 80's called "Amazing Stories" sort of like Twilight Zone but with lighter stories. One of the episodes, this happened. The ball turret got stuck AND the landing gear was damaged. The gunner was a cartoonist so he drew cartoon tires on the plane. The plane landed safely but the pulled the gunner out and he was catatonic. The snapped him out of it and the cartoon tires disappeared dropping the plane to the ground and smashing the ball turret. It was better than it sounds.

@gentlebabarian 6 лет назад

He killed alot of children and innocent women thats why. His guilt got to him.

@dispickle5971 7 лет назад

my dad's uncle died in ww2, he was a b-17 pilot, i was named after him

@richardb7315 7 лет назад

pickle thank him for his service

@Ok-se2xw 7 лет назад

pickle good

@casualgamer9728 7 лет назад

Atleast he died for his country

@eddyg9096 7 лет назад

pickle Your dad's uncle has my respect

@white4356 7 лет назад

Cool uncle and sad

@midget_spinner8449 4 года назад

Everyone’s grandfather was a b-17 crewman

@awwk8452 4 года назад

They’re using you _ ikr my grandfather was also in the war but he was a T-29 gunner and got shot in the arm he was fine tho

@privyetcomrade4841 4 года назад

I know my Great-Grandfather was a pilot, idk what plane, sadly One of my Great Grand-Uncles was a navigator and recalled looking away from the map for a second, and in that second a piece of shrapnel went right through the map where his head was.

@user-tg1tm9xg3l 4 года назад

Well my grandpa is not a pilot

@eggboi6760 4 года назад

Mine flew b24 liberators

@CKlasseDTM 3 года назад

Not mine, he was THE B-17

@Simplehistory 7 лет назад

What unit do you want to see next?

@christianguevara706 7 лет назад

Simple History I'd like to see a vide on the US Airborne Divisions please :)

@landino6891 7 лет назад

us marines

@Simplehistory 7 лет назад

Good suggestions so far, keep them coming.

@kokeeposadas3824 7 лет назад

Simple History mexican Eagles air squadron during world War 2

@angelmendez1035 7 лет назад

French Foreign Legion

@rotorheadv8 5 лет назад

Bomber crew casualties exceeded those of the Marines in the Pacific. That being said, a German fighter pilot described attacking bomber formations as the most dangerous mission they had.

@michaelhowze8198 3 года назад

So it was the most dangerous position on both sides that's interesting

@robstaaass 2 года назад

Cuz them mustangs didn't play

@robstaaass 2 года назад

And the young gunnas on the ball turret, waist gunners, tail gunners, top

@Simplehistory 7 лет назад

The Eighth Air Force would lose more than 600 airmen with 77 B-17's out of 291 lost, on October 14, 1943 during the Second Raid on Schweinfurt which would be known as ‘Black Thursday’ putting grave doubts on the future of daylight bombing raids.

@agamingyeti5010 7 лет назад

Simple History could you do kamikaze pailots ww2 pls man btw love ypur visd keep up the good work

@gamesnstuff3160 7 лет назад

Simple History shoup

@devlinlovshin9481 7 лет назад

Simple History Two of my Great Uncles died during that raid

@cadianveterankramerica6552 7 лет назад

Simple History yo simple history, what's up. I just want to know will u do a video on the battle of castle itter? Thx

@shelliehayes3436 7 лет назад

Simple History do a video on The Imperial Japanese Army or the Red Army

@TrueElButaneroo 7 лет назад

wow. that was brutal

@friggoff6997 7 лет назад

yes

@Simplehistory 7 лет назад

Yes extremely dangerous

@Simplehistory 7 лет назад

Yep. Have you seen the German Army WW2 one?

@inngvrr2619 7 лет назад

Neptune P

@TheLastArbiter 7 лет назад

My grandfather flew 17s out of Foggia, Italy. Co-pilot. He said the temperatures were so cold that if you were to touch the metal with bare hand, it would stick, similar to if you attempted to lick a frozen pole. I recently got the amazing opportunity to fly in the Aluminum Overcast thanks to the EAA.

@Simplehistory 7 лет назад

Interesting insight! So he was an officer?

@TheLastArbiter 7 лет назад

Yes he was. He was a Lieutenant (not sure which grade) at that time in the Army Air Corps. He survived WWII, also flew cargo planes in Vietnam. For a time he was a Missile Combat Crew Commander as well. He transferred to the Air Force when it was established and was a Captain at retirement. They promoted him to Lieutenant Colonel for retirement. A lot of history with him. Thanks for asking!

@TheLastArbiter 7 лет назад

Thank you for making this. It is an excellent video. I will share it with him (even though I'm sure he knows it all to heart haha).

@ChrisToTheSkies 7 лет назад

Covert K9 Your grandfathers experience is interesting. I thank him for serving.

@karlkepper7945 11 месяцев назад

My father flew 35 missions as a B-17 Flying Fortress tail gunner out of Foggia, Italy with the 15th Air Force, 2nd Bomb Group, 96th Squadron.

@jonahb3520 7 лет назад

My grandfather was a co-pilot on a b-17 during WW2. I've researched his plane. He was shot down on a mission and my dad would always hear stories of how he became a POW. This is the research I've uncovered from my grandfathers time: B-17 Flying Fortress "What's Cookin' Doc?" -547th bomb squadron 384th Bomb group These are the official records of the planes final mission copied word for word: TARGET: POWERHOUSE TARGET TYPE: INDUSTRY LUDWIGSHAFEN, GERMANY LEFT FORMATION AFTER BOMBING TARGET. MOST OF CREW BAILED OUT NEAR ABBEVILLE, FRANCE; AIRCRAFT CRASHED NEAR SAINT-VALERY-SUR-SOMME CO-Pilot Philip Bern 7 JANUARY 1944 REPORTED MISSING RESULTS: PRISONER OF WAR POW CAMP: STALAG LUFT 1 BARTH-VOGELSANG PRUSSIA (2 members of crew KIA)

@ascendedfashy9632 7 лет назад

Jonah Bern my grandfather died in auschwitz he fell out of the guard tower

@JusTCheap15 7 лет назад

Stealthinator139 hahahah

@caseybaker6663 7 лет назад

Hello J. My grandfather was also a B-17 pilot with the 384th Bomber Group out of Grafton-Underwood, England. He was with the 544th squadron. He was shot down on May 13, 1944, survived, POW until 32nd of war. 2nd Lt. Charles W. Baker

@vito7428 7 лет назад

Jonah Bern Did he made it out alive?

@jonahb3520 4 года назад

Vito the Russians liberated his camp and he was freed

@cryhavoc9748 5 лет назад

My departed dad fought in WW2. He told me, sometimes those bombers would land with so many holes in them, that you could see daylight in the other side. He said that was one of the times the was thankful for being a "ground pounder."

@hockeymichael0912 5 лет назад

I’m gonna fly in a B-17 in September with my uncle. It is from WWII and it got restored

@johnwalters800 5 лет назад

My Father Sgt first Class Robert Walters(ended his army career in 1966 as a one star General)was a toggle switch Bombardier. That ment he was not an officer. Due to lack of Officers to be Bombardiers the Army Air Corps trained enlisted men to drop bombs. The name Toggle Switch was a name given to these men to make sure everyone knew they were not Officers. But my Dad dropped bombs over most of Europe and North Africa. He did 52 missions on two B-17s. Sadly Heart disease took his life age the age of 58. That makes my 60th birthday weird but I do not smoke like he did. I did smoke from age 14 to 18. I quit after the price went to 50 cents a pack in the machines! I can't believe what people will pay today to kill themselves early. I pray I will see my 75 birthday. A little more than 15 years to go!

@animalanimal7939 4 года назад

John Walters don’t care

@julianhernandez9646 4 года назад

@@animalanimal7939 I care, dickweed

@dylanletford4881 4 года назад

A bomber going from sgt to general seems far stretched

@kirayoshikage8579 4 года назад

well he did stay in the air force until 1966

@johnwalters800 4 года назад

@@kirayoshikage8579 actually he stayed in the Army. Not every Army Air Corps personal chose to go to the Air Force.

@huskyairsoft7433 7 лет назад

My grandfather was a Bombardier in the United States 8th Air Force. He took part in several bombing runs over Berlin in 1944. My hero unfortunately passed away in 2009 but my god I respect my grand-dad and all of our troops who fought. Those men are true heroes.

@sethadkins546 5 лет назад

Husky Airsoft I respect him too.

@landonfonke6082 4 года назад

What bomb group was he in? 91st?

@dylinandrews0453 7 лет назад

can you do ww1 bomber crews?

@prezandrei5370 7 лет назад

Dylin Andrews045 Yes!

@Darkshadow3775 7 лет назад

Dylin Andrews045 they did not really have one they just drop bombs in fighters, more as a scare tactic

@TheSleepyGoblin 7 лет назад

That would be cool

@Simplehistory 7 лет назад

German?

@TheSleepyGoblin 7 лет назад

no American pleas

@Simplehistory 7 лет назад

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@BListHistory 7 лет назад

Love the effort you put in! Keep doing what you do!

@TheKiller7276 6 лет назад

BEEEEEE SEVENTEEN BAAWWHHMMERR

@PrekiFromPoland 5 лет назад

I knew I would stumble upon such a comment here :D

@potatoboyhats905 5 лет назад

Surprised I found this so quickly

@blakeb106 5 лет назад

Mattel electronics presents

@yada4444 5 лет назад

TheKiller7276 yeeeee haw

@mrbetabombs2017 5 лет назад

Lmao i was thiking the same thing when i read the tittle of the video.

@BrandablezYT 6 лет назад

1 out of 4 survival rate... Balls Of Steel.

@MinerDude369 3 года назад

For many bomber crewmen, literally.

@jorgedel-rio1023 7 лет назад

This was true brotherhood here when they had to fight in a chunk of metal to a death sentence

@sunflowerroark5170 5 лет назад

Juell McDaniel Lt. Capt.. (I believe) flew 50 missions as a navigator on a B-15. He died in May of 2018 at the age of 95 in Wascom, Texas. He wanted to get to Viet- Nam, but he was too old they said. He was also at D day. It is nothing short of a miracle that he survived. They called them Lucky. . . Prayers is more like it. He didn't miss Sunday school for 60 years. A real hero. Thanks for the video!!

@Ded-Nside3825 6 лет назад

My grandfather manned a ball turret on a B-17. Awesome video :)

@gagemullis8134 7 лет назад

could you make a video about the P-51 Mustang?

@jonathananaya5258 7 лет назад

Well that was interesting I learned this mostly in my Aviation class in school this year and our teacher said that 10% to 25% ( the average is usually 25 percent) of the bombers every mission were expected to either be down or be destroyed . Then you needed 25 missions to complete your tour, crazy . The example he gave us was by the time you're in your 4th mission if you had a hundred planes in every mission you would have lost a total of hundred planes by the end of the 4th mission. Man ,those guys were crazy that they were real men that dominated the sky.(I have great respect for them) I hope they lived a peaceful life after the war and to those who didn't make it I hope they went to a better place.

@spartancam-rs5ru 7 лет назад

OMG favourite bomber in ww2

@girf4233 7 лет назад

Cameron Wilson mine is B-25 mitchell

@rays5073 7 лет назад

Cameron Wilson Arado Ar 234 Blitz purely because it's jet powered

@shannonwilliams1481 7 лет назад

b29

@a.morphous66 7 лет назад

I have to say the Avro Lancaster, partially because RULE BRITANNIA and partially because of Squadron 611, the "Dam-Busters".

@kebabkabab3173 7 лет назад

B25 Mitchell and B24 Liberator are my favorites after Horten Ho 223

@adrianrafaelmagana804 6 лет назад

My grandfather flew these for the RAF, won the Cross of Victoria for making it back from missions that were so risky they only took volunteers. I wish he was still around to talk with me about this video. Good work Simple History

@aurageneral4053 7 лет назад

Do the WW2 Mexican Aztecs Eagles next

@migue2540 7 лет назад

Lucio Gonzalez Yeah

@julianalbarran3492 6 лет назад

LucarioAura Kitty yeah

@spreadeagled5654 5 лет назад

LucarioAura Kitty , yes! They flew P-47s in the Pacific Theatre. 🇲🇽

@Ryan-nq6ck 7 лет назад

This was great nice job

@slyshadow205 7 лет назад

Although early in the war fighter escorts were forced to turn back and leave the bombers exposed due to range limitations, planes like the P-51 Mustang, with its extended fuel tanks, were later able to protect the bombers all the way.

@Simplehistory 7 лет назад

+SlyShadow yes correct before it was the P-47 and the P-38

@erich.2550 4 года назад

Didn't Curtis Lemay implement that ?

@darylhawkins9272 5 лет назад

My father was a Link Trainer instructor at Lacklin Army Air Corps base from 1943 thru 1945. He applied to go to Europe as a Navigator on B-24's but was too old(38). Good thing---I was born in 1954.

@Revy_1995 5 лет назад

The name "flying fortress" was actually coined when the bomber was revieled to the public and a reporter remarked:"my God, it looked like a flying fortess"

@ponycentaur1456 7 лет назад

2:00 WHEN The plane starts to fall at over 200km/h , and it starts to roll.... you are NOT gonna get out of it, and unlikely to survive. Not at those speeds with a roll. It only made fighting of both sides more fierce. "if I am gonna die, i might as well keep fighting. " from bombers falling with guns still firing, to enemy fighters losing a wing, and purposely smashing thier planes into American bombers.

@JOJO-fs8wi 7 лет назад

Damm thats deep

@lucusm895 7 лет назад

Someone watched the trailer. (You know exactly which one im talking about)

@W3NNIS 7 лет назад

Warthunder xd?

@Meirstein 7 лет назад

You won't get out, not when it dives at 300 knots.

@ponycentaur1456 7 лет назад

*bumps a tree* Crew knocked out!

@chriso8593 5 лет назад

My Dad was a tail gunner on a B-17, 303 BG. They had to fly 35 missions before they could rotate home

@kamonic6571 4 года назад

My great grandfather was the tail Gunner on a B17. He passed away a few years ago now. 93 years old. I'm glad I got to hear his stories before he passed

@Snavels 7 лет назад

My great uncle fought in World war II as a tail Gunner for a B-17 flying fortress and he's had 1 confirmed kill of a German fighter, one story he can recall is when he was being shot at and the Germans badly damaged their B-17 tail and killed their radio man. he was part of D-Day where they bombed bridges to stop troops. Just a little side note: he was also part of the 100th bomb group and he's still alive.

@SPEEDYNOOB 5 лет назад

Snavels what an absolute unit.

@Simplehistory 7 лет назад

Please submit your language captions

@herbertthepervert3549 7 лет назад

Simple History You should do more WW2 videos man,I'm massive fan of your channel and I'm going to support you on patreon .(also it's a good time to make WW2 vids because the hype of Cod WW2,Try to get them views you know.... cough,do "the bloody first" infantry unit from the U.S...... trust me man you'll get at least 1 mil of views.)

@Simplehistory 7 лет назад

+HAL 9000 From 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY yes expect a lot of WW2 stuff :)

@captainfamp5299 6 лет назад

Greek

@danoicemaen2371 6 лет назад

Добрый

@danoicemaen2371 6 лет назад

Just kiddin'

@DreDay1993 7 лет назад

Amazing video. after watching "WW2 in HD: The air war" a few years ago i became fascinated by these guys struggles. Glad i stumbled upon your video. Good job. Guys watch the Fury airfight scene, it's chilling.

@Simplehistory 7 лет назад

Thanks!

@metro3041 6 лет назад

I got to fly inside a B -17 last year; One of the best experiences I've ever had,

@ChattingwithMarkStise 7 лет назад

This was awesome!!

@gandhikalbuadi3532 7 лет назад

pickel,My uncle died,But not died in the WW2.But it dies on 1999.My uncle was known as a great Hero.

@ItsJustRJ 6 лет назад

My teachers dad fought in ww2 and he was the one of 10 people on the plane he was riding that made it our alive. he made his way back by boat. (I live in NY USA)

@gentlebabarian 6 лет назад

RJTheDirtRacer 352 do you realise he was a mass murder that slaughtered hundreds of women and children?

@TrulyIker 7 лет назад

I get happy when you guys upload because I learn a lot of new stuff from your videos :D

@mysteryman2219 3 года назад

My grandfather fixed radios during ww2...in California...He was still a hero to me.

@AmericanFreedomEnjoyer 7 лет назад

1 out of 4 chance of completing your mandatory 25 mission quota!?!?! Those are shit odds mate!

@anthonyvigil7567 6 лет назад

Episode 21, season 6 of unsolved mysteries was about a man who was a bomber in ww2 who was super fun loving and kind, after the war he became an aggressive gambler who destroyed his marriage and went awol when he re-enlisted abandoning his family..... war might never change but it forever changes people

@popzom4440 5 лет назад

The b17 may not of been comfortable but it’s an amazing piece of engineering

@oliversherman2414 4 месяца назад

It's amazing to see how much this channel has grown since videos like these came out

@jakestrains2646 7 лет назад

Yesssssss I love these vids

@homelandpoultry6974 7 лет назад

I love this channel I wish it was more popular

@Simplehistory 7 лет назад

+Homeland Poultry same!

@laa-laadadankteletubby1835 7 лет назад

Great job! Huge fan of WWII aviation, especially the B-17!

@alissafisher7153 6 лет назад

Thank you for video

@fort7044 7 лет назад

humph. i learned more about ww2 from this channel more than my history teacher. teacher, you need to step up ur game.

@Simplehistory 7 лет назад

+I'm Mentol get your teacher to show the video in class :)

@jesselopez9127 7 лет назад

Could you do a video about the Belgian army in ww1? Just a suggestion though.

@barneystinson8489 7 лет назад

Tyler Hendrix no, they didn't

@jameshoward2059 7 лет назад

But not all of belgium

@DrPepe-ph8vf 6 лет назад

they had cool uniforms though

@bandit5747 6 лет назад

Dr. Pepe it kinda just looked like British sliders.

@DrPepe-ph8vf 6 лет назад

I was referring to the ones they had before getting British aid. Their uniforms were black and had top hats.

@vaultboy1086 7 лет назад

Wow, those missions must have been brutal!

@boonis5298 6 лет назад

BEST CHANNEL EVER keep up the good d work

@emmanestor8663 7 лет назад

my great grandad died in ww2 and he didn't get to see me and my family.

@jogo6699 7 лет назад

Do the WWII Tuskegee airmen

@horizon3572 7 лет назад

Nice work on the history and animation keep it going please thank you

@robertjohnson8938 5 лет назад

You do a good job with these

@whifu3219 7 лет назад

Can you do the Nationale Volksarmee (East German Army) in the future?

@P4Tri0t420 7 лет назад

The True 'Murican Stfu

@ArtjomKoslow 7 лет назад

Would be cool if the Muricans would see how much effective and disciplined an army can be. The NVA was the last good Army Germany had left. The Bundeswehr is to weak.

@l.o4456 7 лет назад

Artjom Koslow That's not true !

@ArtjomKoslow 7 лет назад

C´mon Dude. I don´t feed the Troll.

@franciscopizarro8642 5 лет назад

@@ArtjomKoslow The Bundeswehr is weak for good reason.

@danieljohnson692 6 месяцев назад

Who else has just watched episode one Masters of the Air?

@petercrosby3977 5 лет назад

Best group of videos ever

@sethking1573 5 лет назад

My great grandpa was a tail gunner on the plane named "Utah Man". Great video guys.

@Always-Decent 7 лет назад

can you do a video about old western mines about the vertical horizontal slanted shoots n what not? kinda explain how the system worked in a way?

@chrisb3583 6 лет назад

Phase 1: Turn big rocks into little rocks. Phase 2: Phase 3: Profit

@ashielowfer9417 7 лет назад

B-17 on War Thunder is op😍

@forrestgumball 7 лет назад

SYNDICATE ...and here comes a yak 9...and there goes your wing.

@itsjustanapple5452 7 лет назад

forrestgumball YOU GOT HOLE IN YOUR RIGHT WING SIR!

@LowFlyer 7 лет назад

SYNDICATE and here comes a yak9 and a tu4, And there goes your wing and all your crew

@danny2327 7 лет назад

SYNDICATE not against those damn fw190s that always rip my tail off!

@leegordongibaen501 5 лет назад

think that again after cannon buff

@ogoscc580 6 лет назад

I love this channel!

@vipergtsmre 6 месяцев назад

Great simplified vid, for those looking for some quick research! Gramps was B17 Engineer 8/12/15AAF 301st BG 419thSQ, 1942-45

@ibrahimahmad346 6 лет назад

Can you do the B-29 and B-24.

@ellonico 7 лет назад

It honestly scares me. The odds were against my Great Grandpa surviving, and if he didn't survive.. I wouldn't be here..

@Simplehistory 7 лет назад

+Blasty BBS what role did he have on the bomber?

@JusTCheap15 7 лет назад

Simple History cleaning lady

@GeneralissimoJiang 7 лет назад

Tony Montana LMAO

@ellonico 6 лет назад

Simple History he was a bottom turret, I believe.

@jamesmiller-qo1et 6 лет назад

Really enjoy the effort put into make these videos I dig it keep it up!

@Simplehistory 6 лет назад

+james miller thank you

@pcgamerdude5625 7 лет назад

I thought this was such a great video! When I was I little kid my great grandfather would tell me story's of WWII,he was the tail gunner to a B17 bomber.

@deathwatch_7960 7 лет назад

Can you do one about the philippines it would be amazing since its hard to find info about them

@Feast_965 6 лет назад

I can't take that falling bomb sound seriously. Childhood cartoons made it so funny

@fazefurby3015 7 лет назад

Thanks for making these videos, They help me learn more about the history of war.

@Simplehistory 7 лет назад

+Faze Furby you're welcome:)

@beaumiguez1321 4 года назад

My grand father Warren was a waist gunner on a B 17 they flew 55 bombing missions in a plane called my baby. Thanks for these videos

@barqrootbeerfan2689 5 лет назад

Any Sabaton fans in here ? No bullets fly song A higher call book

@thundergoose9824 7 лет назад

Can you do WW2 American or German tank crews?

@jmac3228 7 лет назад

Thanks this helped me understand a bit more about Catch 22

@davekehoe5986 7 лет назад

Well done.

@godnon_5487 6 лет назад

WAIT WHAT, AIRPLANES HAVE BALLS?!?!

@WaryJT-Studios 7 лет назад

Oh man, the B-17 sounds horrible! those things were just fat targets.

@lil_vault_boy 7 лет назад

WaryJT Learn more about the ball turret.Worst position.

@Simplehistory 7 лет назад

One story goes that a B-17 crewman was trapped in the ball turret and was crushed to death when the pilot had to force a landing.

@WaryJT-Studios 7 лет назад

Simple History my God!

@richardb7315 7 лет назад

Simple History Rest In Peace ball turret guy

@lil_vault_boy 7 лет назад

Simple History Yeah that's what first came to my mind.

@michelangelo5903 7 лет назад

I really enjoy your videos I love history especially from WWI, WW2, and Vietnam era

@elijahk5773 3 года назад

I owe this man who taught me all I know about war and planes

@Gray-Wolf 6 лет назад

What about the B-24 liberator

@pilifhunter4864 7 лет назад

Can you do video about Polish 303 Squadron?

@mrsmith2876 6 лет назад

My next door neighbor growing up was a flight engineer on a b17 in the war. He never talked about so non of us nieghborhood kids knew. One day we were going to an airshow and they were going to have a b17 there. He called all of us kids aside and showed us a picture of his flight crew with his bomber as a tear rolled from his eye. I'll never forget that day

@Fenrick 7 лет назад

Good video. My grandfather enlisted at about the latest the US actually took enlistees instead of conscripting everyone and became a B-17 gunner. He was shot down by flak during his second mission. All crew survived but the copilot, who was hit directly. The pilot was also injured but survived the war. He evaded search teams for a few hours but ultimately he and his surviving crew were caught by German teams with dogs. He spent most of the war in several German prisons. He was moved a lot due to the Russians and US/British closing in and was ultimately liberated by the British, who gave him a British military outfit that we still have today. Gotta say I'm glad he was shot down over Germany as opposed to Japan. German prisons were no paradise but they didn't put non-Russian PoWs in death camps.

@Tom-eq5bz 7 лет назад

No that is not correct,they also did target large German cities like:Hamburg,Dresden and Berlin. Killing thousands of civilians in their raids,the brits even dropping fire bombs burning down huge sections of whole citties. I am not saying the axis didn't do the same thing e.g London. History isn't just black and white or good or evil. Have a nice day :)

@JusTCheap15 7 лет назад

Mouz[]Tabasco then why are you mention it?

@Tom-eq5bz 7 лет назад

Tony Montana Correcting the video

@LowFlyer 7 лет назад

Mouz[]Tabasco half of yugoslavia was leveled to the ground by the us and britain in early 1945, by when almost all germans were out of the cities they bombed

@USSChicago-pl2fq 7 лет назад

Mouz[]Tabasco the firebombing campaign was done by Bomber Command RAF just correcting a comment

@USSChicago-pl2fq 7 лет назад

Low Flyer I read it was 44 not 45

@tristan_the_cyborg_wolf695 6 лет назад

AVGN!!!

@antwan1357 4 года назад

The B-17 somehow catches my imagination like no other . So much so that i wish that i could find a sci fi video game with a similar build.

@eddyg9096 7 лет назад

Great video!

@Simplehistory 7 лет назад

Thanks

@inngvrr2619 7 лет назад

My dads grandpa was in a B-17 and blew up a german battleship

@migue2540 7 лет назад

Inn Gvrr wow

@Galland_ 7 лет назад

Hate to break it to ya, but no major german warship in ww2 got sunk by a B-17..

@The-mw3hc 7 лет назад

"major"

@Galland_ 7 лет назад

No warship heavier than a destroyer. Its not hard to keep track, there weren't a whole lot of them..

@raulperez9146 6 лет назад

possible if it was a skip bombing

@richardb7315 7 лет назад

Who else is hyped for COD WW2 Edit: Simple History changed his profile to a WW2 Soldier maybe he's hyped for it too

@carmenthong5180 7 лет назад

Richard Baal lol

@issober0110 7 лет назад

Richard Baal i am

@macped6751 7 лет назад

No I'm not it's d day and Normandy two battle that have been overused

@richardb7315 7 лет назад

Yellowpanzer but we've never seen them in the amazing graphics we're capable of producing today

@nguyenbinhphuong1491 7 лет назад

Richard Baal me, somehow this video remind me of the plane mission in COD 5, it's a different plane in different war but stil get goosebump when thinking of it

@maxsfax9707 7 лет назад

Thank you for doing my suggestion

@white4356 7 лет назад

Love the video

@Super-Shafs 5 лет назад

This reminds me! You should make a video about the B-17 that went down west of Canton Island in the Pacific on October 1942 and had Eddie Rickenbacker, a famous WW1 pilot in it There's a book about it as well by Tod Olson This is the crew of castaways: Eddie Rickenbacker - the VIP Hans Adamson - the VIP's escort John DeAngelis - the navigator James Reynolds - the radioman Bill Cherry - the pilot Jim Whittaker - the copilot Alex Kaczmarczyk - the engineer Johnny Bartek - the other engineer