Units of History - B-17 Flying Fortress DOCUMENTARY

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Learn how a B-17 Flying Fortress works! Play Conflict of Nations for FREE on PC, iOS or Android: 💥con.onelink.me/kZW6/IVTA001 Receive a Unique Starter Pack, available only for the next 30 days!
In this history documentary we explore the B-17 Flying Fortress featured in HBOs Masters of the Air. The episode begins with a recap on the history of military aviation. We then provide a high level overview of the B-17 features and its flight crew. And finally we delve into its various operating systems such as the B-17 engines, turbo superchargers, oxygen, communications, and more.
00:00 Intro
02:36 Origins
06:11 Major Features
09:40 Flight Crew
11:36 Crew Positions
13:32 Armor
15:58 Propulsion System
17:39 Fuel System
18:37 Oil System
19:04 Control System
21:13 De-Icing System
21:47 Heating System
22:36 Oxygen System
22:33 Communication System
24:24 Outro
Credits:
Research = Andrew Wackerfuss
Script = Invicta
Narration = Guy Michaels
Art = Penta Limited
#history #documentary #explained

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7 июн 2024

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@InvictaHistory Месяц назад

Super excited to share one our most technically complex episodes yet! Huge props to the team for pulling it off! We've got a ton more exciting upgrades in store : ) Play Conflict of Nations for FREE on PC, iOS or Android: 💥con.onelink.me/kZW6/IVTA001 Receive a Unique Starter Pack, available only for the next 30 days!

@bluecup25 Месяц назад

Conflict of nations is super nice, I only wish they would find a better way to monetize it than gold.

@Tyssr Месяц назад

Hey, where's the part 2 for the tyranid invasion video?

@Axonteer 14 дней назад

More pls! Yt just didnt show this in my sub feed (you must have triggered a shadow ban) but this is really good. Yes sub feedbot home tab, i dont know either…

@Princitius Месяц назад

The B-17 was my high school mascot. Richland Bombers. We played football with mushroom cloud decals on our helmets. I used to live right off Bombing Range road. I never thought it was weird until I moved out of town! I guess the B-29 dropped the nukes, but the Hanford site-the reason for the town in the first place-was responsible for a good amount of the plutonium used in the Manhattan Project. The story is that at one point each of the workers dedicated a day’s pay to fund a B-17, and that bomber was consequently named “Day’s Pay” and later became our mascot.

@Wilhelmofdeseret Месяц назад

Us richlanders still around and growing! Just moved back home after several years

@Princitius Месяц назад

@@Wilhelmofdeseret that’s awesome! It’s a great place to call home

@ORiOh4582 Месяц назад

Fallout ahh backstory That's fun though

@genericuser984 19 дней назад

@@ORiOh4582 new vegas boomers moment

@gooser__43 12 дней назад

@@Princitius does your school have any b17 based traditions?

@BeardRubEnjoyer Месяц назад

The way history is rejected by RU-vids algorithm is depressing. War is humanities history. Forget that and repeat it.

@thewastedwanderer5787 Месяц назад

I love the statement and the partial quote at the end. I’ve been recently hearing more and more about how historians dislike the idea of using history to learn from the mistakes. It’s more of a tool to figure out how we got here. I’d argue that’s the same thing in a sense but I didn’t spend 10 years in college.

@mrfalloutlore5973 Месяц назад

@@thewastedwanderer5787well history itself is studied under the social, economic and geopolitical lenses. Essentially history is the final product after you use other tools like the ones mentioned above to come up with a reasoning on why certain events happened.

@flagtheoffense 27 дней назад

What do you mean by rejected?

@vincentlee7359 21 день назад

Is it? Or is it because people don't search it up or watch history videos?

@Axonteer 14 дней назад

@@flagtheoffense youtube did a stealth shadow ban on this video, it does not show up in sub feeds and most probably also in recommendations and the home tab (i exclusively watch trough my sub feed so i was very surprised!) You can only find this video via their channel.

@abesapien9930 Месяц назад

That first prototype crashing (with the pilots) was such a foreshadowing of things to come, it almost brought tears to my eyes.

@Rangera-ct1xu Месяц назад

B299 crashed because the elevator locks were not removed, this prevented the movement of the elevators.

@johnosborne1873 Месяц назад

This BLEW my mind. I’m a major B-17 kid and never knew half of this!

@mitwhitgaming7722 Месяц назад

One of my favorite planes in history! ...only beat out by the Catalina, an amphibious plane used as a scout in WWII and makes for an equally great recreation vehicle.

@TweeterAndTheMunkyMan Месяц назад

Yeah it's up there for me too but my favourite still has to be the Mosquito. So versatile in the roles it could play

@jonny-b4954 Месяц назад

Yeah, in War in the Pacific: Admirals Edition, the Catalinas are basically how you spot the Japanese Navy primarily. Such a deep spreadsheet "game." Check it out. You'd might like it if you like Hearts of Iron.

@dritzzdarkwood4727 Месяц назад

@@TweeterAndTheMunkyMan Ahh, the Mosquito. An aeroplane from a more civilized age!

@larryzigler6812 Месяц назад

@@dritzzdarkwood4727 I guess the holocaust was civilized to you

@larryzigler6812 Месяц назад

My favorite is the Spruce Goose

Месяц назад

I didn't see it when it came out due to lack of time; However, it has been one of Invicta's best videos to date. I hope they give it the necessary amount of likes and views so that it reaches a larger audience.

@badzilla1173 Месяц назад

One still flys right down the road at falcon field here in AZ. All chromed out with a nice blue tail.

@Viracocha785 Месяц назад

I have flown in that plane and was lucky enough to be in the nose as we landed. Best $1100 ever spent. Will never forget it.

@NobleKorhedron Месяц назад

Commenting to say "SCREW YOU, ALGORITHM!" Keep up the good work, @Invicta!

@rudolphguarnacci197 Месяц назад

I'll second that.

@PlvsVltra-ji3rs Месяц назад

I absolutely adore this episode and hope the series takes off. I cannot wait to see future covers, especially the German planes.

@blockmasterscott Месяц назад

Wow, I really enjoyed this, well done!

@keeeeeeeeg Месяц назад

Excellent job Invicta! I appreciate the amount of work you and your team put into your videos.

@midnightrider4218 Месяц назад

Did not get notified about this wonderful video until your post, 10/10 as always

@-RONNIE Месяц назад

Thanks for the video

@Axonteer Месяц назад

Yt didnt show this vid in my subfeed while they should kniw i love aviation very much!!!

@johndoe-kq1ct Месяц назад

I’ve always thought of this channel as more of a ancient/medieval channel. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the video, and no worries, you guys will continue to get my support as long as you continue to make quality content.

@Floody77 Месяц назад

Awesome video !!!

@Assassinus2 Месяц назад

I was tickled to see a photo of the YB-40 when discussing the B-17’s generous complement of MGs.

@InvictaHistory Месяц назад

Dang, grabbed the wrong photo. I was actually having a hard time of getting a good shot of the MGs from the xB-17

@Assassinus2 Месяц назад

@@InvictaHistory I think the YB-40 and YB-41 are excellent (and amusingly absurd) examples of the term “brimming with guns.”

@Tekisasubakani Месяц назад

Yeah, two dorsal turrets is def not spec for production B-17's. Also, the "gunship" B-17's were rad as hell, when in doubt, more dakka!

@tyr8338 Месяц назад

amazing aircraft and great video.

@54032Zepol Месяц назад

Yeah I watched it for sure bro! Keep up the great content!

@ronfitzhenry3726 Месяц назад

Very informative, great video. Thanks

@kasparvanleeuwen7421 Месяц назад

Interesting video! I got here because of the community post. Hope this video reaches its audience!!

@johnosborne1873 25 дней назад

Came back to watch again! Way too cool.

@johnosborne1873 Месяц назад

Too cool!! Let’s get this one more traction!

@Giagrus Месяц назад

Great vid. Love the units of history vids.

@robbabcock_ Месяц назад

Fascinating video!

@frost2621 Месяц назад

Great video, and great graphics!

@tomjordan7606 Месяц назад

This is the 3rd time I have had to resub to your channels, this and the fantasy one.

@chiefenwolf6073 Месяц назад

Commenting for the algorithm. Love the content!

@mythiclords3175 Месяц назад

❤ Thank you so much for all the hard work on this video. It truly warms my heart to learn about the plane both my grandfathers flew in WW2. I would love to see more videos like this!

@Clsick19 Месяц назад

Love the content!

@Andrew-mp9hu Месяц назад

Makes me think of the show: ‘Into The Cold Blue.’ The harrowing missions these guys in the Mighty Eighth, took over Europe. I believe the average age of these specialists and their pilots being younger than 25, flying at least 25 missions with a 25% chance of surviving through it all. Something inherently different about people back then. Great video and I love the effort put into this, gents.

@abstractbio Месяц назад

Loved it. Thank you

@skypausebgp2615 Месяц назад

I am so here for this!!! ✈️

@alexhydell3608 Месяц назад

Great video guys. I thought I knew plenty about these planes, but the way you portray it gives me a much better grasp of what it could really do

@robertciarrocchi8226 Месяц назад

Liked this very much. Keep it up.

@siu245 Месяц назад

Such a good video!!!

@joshseveck5040 Месяц назад

Thanks for this amazing video! I just finished Masters of the Air and I have been wanting to know more about the different bombers used in WW2. Perfect timing!

@cr0sad3r70 Месяц назад

Ey I'll love this as a series

@Cass-lv1on 12 дней назад

Excellent...well done

@drandy.youtubechannel1436 Месяц назад

Really amazing

@subsidingjoshua9354 Месяц назад

Great Video!

@Supermunch2000 Месяц назад

Awesome!

@dansmith4077 Месяц назад

Excellent video

@AJOrpheo Месяц назад

Just popping down to say, literally a moment into the video im blown away by the incredibly mic quality and tone. Does anyone know what their sound set up is? and I'll be very happy if its just an sm58 into a focusrite cause it always goes to show what good stuff you can do on a budget!

@alexgedrose Месяц назад

Awesome vid!

@ivareskesner2019 Месяц назад

Good stuff, mate. Good stuff. You should do one on pirate ships.

@tibayeitamoses3211 Месяц назад

100%%%%

@rudolphguarnacci197 Месяц назад

Yarrrrr

@zen1647 Месяц назад

Awesome! Hope to hear real world detailed stories of how all these systems fared .

@bobdole8830 Месяц назад

There's quite a few interviews of former Luftwaffe pilots ;)

@kevinhekers2380 Месяц назад

Great video 👍

@mattpiekarski9189 Месяц назад

animation is off the hook, great job!

@simunpusec1078 Месяц назад

This chanels talks both about catafracts and bombers, thats coll

@DropkickJames Месяц назад

Great video!

@matthewbmiller77 Месяц назад

Commenting for the algorithm. Best history videos ever!

@steveclark5357 Месяц назад

@ 5:46 the propeller rotation would have made the plane go backwards

@MayaMediated Месяц назад

Yup.

@InvictaHistory Месяц назад

Good call, I'll have to do a better job policing the animators work

@christ4032 Месяц назад

Propellers can spin in either direction and generate forward thrust?

@steveclark5357 Месяц назад

@@christ4032 no

@christ4032 Месяц назад

@@steveclark5357 pretty sure they can homie, thats why twin engined fighters have one side rotating clockwise and the other couter-clockwise to cancel out the gyroscopic effect.

@EazZiB Месяц назад

Great video

@Mohenjo_Daro_ Месяц назад

I've gotten to see the B-17 at Wright Patterson Airforce Museum in OH a few time, and it's awesome. Definitely smaller than I thought it would be, but still impressive

@patrickcurrie7440 Месяц назад

Absolute brilliant work!

@ryu6698 Месяц назад

This Video (along with the two on Marine raiders and US Rifle company) really stand out to me! I hope they get the attention they deserve

@sonnyjim5268 Месяц назад

I'd be interested to know how often there was friendly fire between the planes when in tight formation with all those MGs firing.

@warallied Месяц назад

Found you guys by your poll about this video. Dont forget that algorithm matters, timing and sub notification enabled or disabled change the videos priority.

@MisterRorschach90 Месяц назад

There is a b17 in a hanger at my city airport. It’s in flying condition and everything. Though they don’t fly it very often. I hope I can fly in it one day before it’s permanently retired.

@davideli1999 Месяц назад

Great!

@p1ural391 Месяц назад

This video finally showed up on my recommendations after 7 days.

@TheDataman2 Месяц назад

You should make a vid on the LRDG (Long Range Desert Group)! SAS rogue heroes was so popular last year and the second series is out this year. Amazing unit of the british army and always overshadowed by its noisier sibling unit despite serving longer and being of greater strategic value! The LRDG was a precursor to modern special forces and was instrumental in winning the north african campaign!

@silverknight1089 Месяц назад

What’s the music playing in the intro? I swear I’ve heard it before. But yeah awesome video. Very different from the usual stuff, but not in a bad way.

@johngodfrey2963 19 дней назад

The B-17 is my high school’s mascot. The Fort Edward Flying Forts! Cool to see a video on it

@isaacgriffin5690 Месяц назад

Great video! One of my favorite movies is Memphis Belle. I didn't know they had produced so many different B-17's. I also didn't know it was made by Boeing.

@Eriodas Месяц назад

There is a movie about a crew of one B-17 in their last voyage: "Memphis Belle" wich was also the name of the plane. Pretty good movie as far as i remember (it's quite old).

@oOxMichellexOo Месяц назад

I love this RU-vid channel. Can you do a video about what life in sicily was like during the height of Roman power? The daily life of a Sicilian, what daily life was like and whether it was similar to that of Rome or not (given that it had been repeatedly conquered), etc. I've read some about this but I can't find a video about it on RU-vid and figured I'd request it. Thank you 😊

@TheCosmicGuy0111 Месяц назад

Nice

@nurfuis Месяц назад

I saw your poll and mossied on over to check it out. I answered that I'm interested but also realize it could be a snooze fest(read overly technical, I'm not familiar with the channel, recently joined). But in the first minute I'm already like "whaaaaat, tell me more."

@howiematey8784 Месяц назад

Some metric measurements would be great

@Lassisvulgaris Месяц назад

I guess it's because that's the original specifications. Still, only three countries now are non matric; Myanmar, Liberia and USA......

@CoreyIsTheName Месяц назад

I have a 5 foot x 3 foot schematic of a b17 on the wall right behind me. Awesome plane.

@AlonePopTart Месяц назад

Please do one for the b-29 too

@jdalbion 28 дней назад

Great video, can you just put also metric units in future videos?

@manny2ndamendment246 Месяц назад

B-17. Nice video. Make more like these.

@MegaTang1234 Месяц назад

Cool

@SirGruff Месяц назад

Came from the poll. Such a shame this excellent video hasn’t been pushed out as it deserves to be.

@Argacyan Месяц назад

The B-17 is both a plane super common in games and also good-looking

@trains3377 Месяц назад

Love Longer Videos Like This Especially To Watch With My Roomates. She Loves Planes Especially Jet Engines And Its Awesome To Enjoy Your Videos With Her Since She Does Not Enjoy Classical History Quite As Much As I Do 😁😁😁

@robertciarrocchi8226 Месяц назад

I came to watch it after I saw the poll. Had no idea you did it.

@db123OG Месяц назад

Interesting

@chadocracy Месяц назад

Forts! Imagine flying with such a machine

@Tekisasubakani Месяц назад

I, too, enjoyed Masters of the Air.

@AlanRob666 Месяц назад

Ok. So when's the Norden Bomb Sight video coming? Lol That price tag made that quite the little aside. I need more info!

@T7_H3rbz Месяц назад

I'd enjoy that, there are a few decent videos but getting into the myths, deception, and ugly reality of the sights actually comparison versus less expensive but equally as effective bomb sights, along with the bomb sights that out performed it yet were left by the way side due to corporate power that the Nordon company flexed to squash the competitions

@raaaaaaaaaam496 Месяц назад

Why did this video get so few views??? It’s great

@MrSinclairn Месяц назад

Really good vid : can you do a vid for their British equivalent the (just as iconic) Avro Lancaster👌👍

@DeaconBlu Месяц назад

Although rather simplistic…this is a great vid on the -17. Nicely done! 😎👍❤

@bullpupgaming708 Месяц назад

Can you guys make this a Playlist series where you guys go over other iconic aircraft of the Second World War? I would love to see a video on the B-24, B-29, PBY Catalina, Short Sunderland, He 111, erc