Why did Adolf Hitler Put a Bounty on this B-17 Gunner? 

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Really amazing vídeo!!! Thxx

You always find such curious stories.

cheers for that, allways like clark gable in the '70s when i was a child, never knew he flew sorties. thumbs up

The B17 strategy was flawed for one main reason- the MG 151 cannon that the German fighters used had about twice the range of the 50 cal machine gun defending the B17's.

I didn’t realize he was that old at the time, although I’d heard he was a member of a bomber crew before.

What most today do not have a clue as to who would serve, or not, let’s out of the bag, so to speak, are folks like JFK’s oldest brother, who disappeared while working upon a secret, experimental bomb that was nearing production, and that it required it to be tested, with a semi remote, operation where the pilot of the craft required the pilot to bail out, just moments before the detonation sequence began, … a very dangerous task, and one which claimed the life of the eldest brother of the potus, to his brother’s life, … these men, … were all very dedicated to the concept of ending the horrors of war, by knowing that the violence to stop the threats, … had to be, much greater than that poised at, & to their own lives, … and so they trained, and trained, and trained, until they became very good at the tasks which lay ahead in their lives, & careers, and there were very many of them, (too many, in fact), that even with all of the training, & equipment which they had, would not be coming back from the missions they were sent to complete, or not, the outcomes of those missions were dependent upon being able to succeed, in several compartments of interaction, the secrecy involved in said mission(s), the abilities of each person performing their training in the precise manners described, and the differing numbers of variables during the survivability of said missions, and the final factors of fate, luck, or whatever the enemy could, & would bring against you, … which had no real impact(s), until the missions were started, completed, or failed, … miserably, or not, … had no effects until proven by the success of each mission, … the factors of each mission, were solely dependent upon the facts that they be carried out in complete secrecy, until completed, … and that the dumb luck factor was in, & at the top of each participants mind😂, … one single misstep could be crucial in the make, or break, factor for each mission, … on both sides of the war, …

My how actors have changed, Gable deserves our admiration and respect.

Any able man between 21 to 45 years of age were required to register for the draft. Also many organizations usually of women would humiliate men in public especially during WW1 if they were not enlisted and fighting in the war. You can find real stories about some of these encounters. One of the worst which I read a while back was about a discharge soldier who had served already 3 tours and was severally injured being publicly shamed by a group of women. He "decided" to reenlist and died 1 month later. So the public pressures would have been on Clark to enlist. Filming and supporting the troups would have been the very least likely acceptable for most of the public. I do not wish to belittle this man's service. I would passionately and gratefully thank him if he were alive and I in his presence though your comment doesn't paint an accurate context of the social pressures at the time.

​@@flaviusfake271 very few in their 40s were put in combat roles, or even actually drafted.

That's cool! Didn't know that.

Wow I never knew that thanks 🇺🇸👍🏼🙂

I read about that on the imdb app while watching one of his movies a couple of years ago, fascinating info on him.

Wow, I never knew that either. Truly a badass on film AND in real life!

Mr Cattermole would have found it all a piece of cake.

They were a tough Generationen and l feel we are letting them down l know my mom is rolling in her grade since that numbskull became president

@@josephchase7967trump ? Yeah it’s insane how that dumbass turned us into a laughing stock We need Obama back 😩😩

​@@josephchase7967 Yeah, trump really fucked us up

@@powrich12 how many wars did he get us into?

@@DickDebonaire how many wars did Biden get us into? Edited to add: I don't like Biden either, but he's a better option than the human shit-stain known as Trump.

A true hero and great actor.

Plus Jimmy Stewart intentionally never made any movies about WW2 after serving in WW2. A son of his died in Vietnam (as I recall). Jimmy and Clark were both "heroes" along with all of their fellow veterans.

6 turning, 4 burning

OMG I would love to see a video about that guy. He did a wonderful movie back then called “Winning your Wings”.

He also had to wear a hair piece for that movie, because the stress of the war and the PTSD afterward caused his hairline to recede so much.

Yes

There's a bit at the end of the British war film 'The Dambusters' where the scientist who helps develop the bomb that 617 Squadron used in the dams raid asks the squadron's leader, Guy Gibson, if he's going to get some rest. Gibson stops and thinks, and says, 'No, I've got some letters to write'. Things like that, and Gable's kindness, make the cost of war really sink in.

@@Hartley_Hare that scientist didn't " help develop" the bomb, Barnes Wallace, had the idea, and invented the "Upkeep" bouncing bomb. All on top of his work as a senior aircraft designer at Vickers. He invented the geodetic system for airframes used in his design, the Vickers Wellington . Then he went on to develop the Tall Boy 5 ton bomb to be dropped from a Lancaster then the 22,000 pound (10 ton) Grand Slam streamlined bomb, the largest thing to be dropped during WW2 all these things fruits of his brilliant mind. Wonderful man!

"I hope that I could at least one day claim to be a 1/10 of a man he was." I will wager you have already met that goal. Keep-a-goin.

I just had an idea.. what if, instead of "going to war", let's try to promote mutual understanding and respect, and leave the "war option" as a last ditch defensive option.. obviously, if One wants Peace, One must prepare for War :)

@@frankfkling3041. Don't compare any allied service member to those nazi scumbags 2. If you go from being an extremely famous actor to being an underpaid private in the military WILLINGLY to serve your country, you deserve respect

Unlike John Wayne who never served except in the movies!

@Frank F Kling Pleased to be corrected Frank, I was only aware that he did not serve in the forces per se

@Frank F Kling yeah, methamphetamine gives you all sorts of sociopathic "talents".

@@richardsymonds5159, Wayne tried multiple times to Join the Military; He was turned down due to an injury he suffered playing College Football. It was this same injury ( along with four children) that prevented him from being able to join the Military. But, with the backing of the Armed Forces he did everything he could to Support the Military both during the War and Afterwards!

Jimmy Stewart volunteered to fight in Europe as well. He flew a B - 24. Probably for the 9th Air Force. Also known as the "Travelling Circus." And, "The Liberandos." And the British Actor, the late (sid) David Niven also served in the Second World War. The exception was Errol Flynn. Who did not want to serve. As well, by 1941, his pathologically self - destructive "lifestyle" of booze, drugs, and cigarettes, had impaired his health to such an degree that he was considered "unfit to serve." And he died in 1959.

Haha…brilliant sir!

GOD .............and when in flight he was ,Gone with the Wind !!!!!

And he flew with the wind!!!

Good one sir! I frowned at this at first, thinking it disrespectful. Then it dawned on me the famous Rhet Butler line in "Gone with the Wind" lol

I see what you did there...

Tillman was an NFL star but the point still remains that he left a life of fame & wealth to serve.

Today's 'stars' are way too soft to fight. Most of these 'famous' people of today are more interested in destroying our country than fighting to defend their freedom.

Another “celebrity” to serve is Jason Everman, the guitarist for Nitvana and Soundgarden. He did tours in Afghanistan, and I think Iraq, as an Army Ranger, and eventually in the special forces as a Green Beret. Total bad ass.

​@@OMG_No_Way That,s right, he did too. Is he still serving?

Maurice ‘Footsie’ Britt was my late Mother’s Second Cousin. Britt played in the NFL w/Detroit for one year (1941). Later in the war, he earned the Congressional Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, Bronze Star w/‘V’ Device, four Purple Hearts, English & Italian awards.

Cant compare ww2 with Korea, Nam or the Middle East. The stakes were much greater.

Robert Mitchum was in the Marines in WW2

And there was Eddie Albert. (Battle of Tarawa)

@@johncmitchell4941 Eddie Albert's actions at the battle of Tarawa where he single handedly saved over 40 Marines from the water that were pinned down by machine gun fire. Had to be the most courageous action by an movie star in that war or any other war.

Also Tyrone Power, my Dad met him in the Pacific when he gave my Dad and several other Marines a lift on the plane he was flying.

add Donald Plesence too.

So do I, as a veteran I heard of the many actors who served in action, but his story should be a movie!!

@@jimfridas3170 Clark Gable was a brave and proud American along with James Stewart , Lee Marvin and others who fought for their county! On the other hand, John Wayne , when drafted, refused to fight for his country. He said he would lose popularity and advancement of his acting carreer! He was a selfish coward ! Shame on him

Donald Pleasance also served in RAF, flew almost 60 raids(!) until in 1944 was shot down and imprisoned in Stalag Luft 1.

​@@augustlandmesser1520 There are interviews online of Donald Pleasance describing his difficult times working on the set of 'The Great Escape' because it brought back so many bad memories for him.

Ted Williams also volunteered at the height of his baseball career.

Yeah, I remember reading about it somewhere. If one of the Captains knew a gunner on his crew had had some bad news from home, or was close to cracking up with combat fatigue and really needed some rest, he would quietly ask if Gable wanted his position for that mission. Gable got his trigger time and the crewman got his rest. I wouldn't have wanted to be the Captain that had to fly back with a dead Clark Gable on board though! Different generation, wasn't it? Never mind the rules, do what's _right._

They drop bombs on civilians.

and the Germans killed millions more civilians, America and Brittan only did it to end the war. Germany did it to Start the war.@@redwater4778

that's neat thanks for sharing .. it's sad there are millions of stories like this human intrest and history of men and the times they were in .. that are gone unrecorded - like this on if not for you putting it up .. gone with the sands of time ......

alot is not a word

@@lost70s Thank you for the reply..I tottaly agree, so much is lost now..and for my dad for whatever reason, in his mind,he didnt talk about the war and what he had seen, until late in life, maybe because I didnt ask,or maybe because not was all good, but he had some good ones along the way and I only learned about them not long before he passed..im sure many many others had stories to tell, many great, many sad, but needed to be told..

@@daveballin ..corrected to the best i could..😉

That's a great story Brian, thank you for sharing!

Big dove hunter here in Yuma Az. He used to stay at the San Carlos hotel downtown, which still stands. He was one hell of a shot with a shotgun.

@@budkingston3347 Just my opinion, but I don't like hunters. My dad gave me a .22-caliber rifle (with a scope) when I was a kid. For a few months, I shot squirrels and birds. But then I started feeling guilty. Killing innocent animals made me feel bad, so I stopped. Maybe I'm soft-hearted, but I think it's better to be soft-hearted than to be a cold-hearted killer.

@@jonstone9741 If you we’re killing critters to kill critters, there is a reason you felt guilty. The majority of hunters are ethical and eat the meat. In modern times, it is easy to think ill of hunters as most meat is cultivated out of sight, in less ethical processes and the killing is performed vicariously by others. In a nation of obesity because of 24/7 unlimited food supply, it’s best not to forget that our food supply is unnatural

@Jon Stone most hunters don't kill just to kill You hunt for meat, to clear pests/invasive species, or (if you're a farmer) to protect your livestock from predators

@@budkingston3347 I eat meat that has been humanely euthanised in an abattoir , hunters shoot animals and they die in agony so Hunting is an abomination . Yanks just live to kill .......

...and is a dead ringer for Oskar Dirlewanger - one of the most awful war criminals who ever lived.

Niven was already a graduate of Sandhurst, their "West Point", before the war!

​@@patrickmurphy3048 No, Dirlewanger is an ugly S.O.B and would never have been a leading man.

@@rongendron8705 His book, 'The Moon's A Balloon' is very, very entertaining and well worth a read. I think he talks, very self-deprecatingly about his early military service.

When challenged by Americans in the Battle of Bulge, he was unable to answer their question about the World Series, but pointed out he'd been in a movie with Ginger Rogers and was recognised

That's pure class. What a man.

It’s a scam. The pretty ones can’t stand that someone they view as inferior are asked over themselves. In the most gratuitous manner, they will go to great depths to secure attention. He no doubt knew this, that’s why he’s considered a ladies man.

@@budkingston3347 I think it was just kindness.

Hé could probably get almost any woman he wanted without too much trouble. So it was him just being a nice guy asking the ‘plain’ girls to dance. And why not? Seems consistent with his character.

@@budkingston3347 scam? What does that mean?

If you look closely James Doohan had only 9 fingers. One was shot off by a German machine gun during the D-Day landings. He was also badly hit in the leg and a bullet was stopped by a cigarette case in his breast pocket.

"brave" and "courageous" "kanadian" "soldiers" looted, pillaged and sacked their way thru Normandy and Northern France in the days, weeks and months after D - Day. Catholic hating Masonic gunners of the Hastings - Prince Edward Regiment deliberately targeted and destroyed Catholic Churches, Abbies, Priories and Convents. Including the Carmelite Convent to which St. Claire de Lisieux had been admitted as an postulant. At the age of only 15. The nuns had to take refuge in the crypt beneath the church as the Masonic Catholic Haters bombed and shelled their convent. Real "heroes." We must also recall that, by 1944, many of the Catholic Churches, wantonly destroyed by the Catholic Hating sub - human Masonic garbage, whom you, apparently hold in such high regard (probably because you are also an member of "the Craft"), were nearly 1,000 years old. Having been built by the Normans between circa 960 and 1087. And some of these churches had been built by the Gallo - Roman population of Normandy. In the 5th and 6th centuries. And were rebuilt and enlarged by the Normans.Their destruction was an war crime. And an act of bestial anti - Catholic bigotry. And, finally, we must remember the 150,00 French Catholic woman and girls who were kidnapped, beaten, raped and then shot. By "brave" and "courageous" "kanadian" soldiers. In the days, weeks and months after D - Day. As well. About 5,000 of these women remain missing and unaccounted for to this day. And farmers in Northern France still find bones in their fields. Every spring. Forensic and DNA Analysis invariably indicates that the remains are "an young female person, between the ages of 14 and 30." The remains also indicate severe physical trauma as well. Broken bones, fractured skulls, and, bullet holes in the skull. "For reasons of public security," (sic), the rounds recovered are almost never identified or attributed to the "victorious allies." You're a goofball. And an moron.

NEAT thanks for posting .. I did a quick google search for the men that were on ship with Gable ...wanted to see if they had been interviewed or made comments or wrote a book or paper on serving with him ... found nothing .. glad you posted this ....

What about Christopher Lee? He was a MF BADASS in WWII, MATE!

Going to the Canadian side, James Doohan hit Sword Beach. Got hit six times, one of which blew off a finger.

Thanks for the pointer to Rathbone's service. I did not know that.

@@Xariama Thanks for the pointer to Doohan's service. I did not know that. If you google it you can see images from Star Trek where his finger is obviously missing.

And he passes by his younger self in one scene

Strictly, he was part of the relief force, the actual attack being by gliders. But he was there

Unfortunately there’s not many maps in War Thunder with decent cliffs on them, so that was close to the best he would have been able to get for the video

The plane crashed into a mountain side, not a cliff!

@@txcgladiator4030 that was il2 great battles game

Are talking about Gene Autry?

@@sking3492 Yes. Sorry, I didn't see the typo. And of course Gen looks like the abreviation for general, Thanks. It's been edited now.

Sterling Hayden’s service is referenced in Robert Redford’s “Three Days Of The Condor” when his CIA boss mentions his own wartime service saying, “I sailed the Adriatic with a movie star at the helm”.

May your dad rest in peace. Great job sir.

@@backagain5216 Tragedy again struck the Gable family when Clark’s grandson, Clark Gable Jr., passed away. He was a young man who was the host of Cheaters. When the series was on hiatus, he died suddenly from drug overdose. I don’t know particulars, whether accidental or intentional, but either way it is a tragedy.

Thank you and your father for your service.

Yeah, that was my Dad. belly gunner 8th AF. 50 missions. That bullshit of 25 and out didn`t last long.

@TimRHillard There’s a guy in the Native American tribe I have heritage from who was a tail gunner on a B-17 and flew some 54 missions over Europe including Germany. His brother, Bill, was in 2nd Platoon, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 116th Regiment, 29th Division. He is know as the first man on Omaha Beach. You can look him up; his name is William “Bill/Cowboy” Parker.

I thank them for their service. What a time, what a group of people. We stand on the foundations they made.@@cameronkedas3375

Thanks for your research Janice, appreciated.

@@johnmeneses7039 😊

You lifted this word for word of Wikipedia What a clown 🤡

At least he died on a carrier, where he felt at home. Truly amazing men and their flying machines.

Baseball hall of Famer Ted Williams the only player to hit for over a 400 batting average in a season was a fighter pilot in WW2

James Doohan also flew a plane to serve as a spotter for artillery so they'd know where to fire to hit enemy positions. He was apparently a very skilled flyer before becoming a "ground pounder".

His enlistment papers said he was 4 but we all know he lied. He was really 3.

😂

Ernest Borgnine had just gotten out of the Navy in 1941. He re-enlisted and was Chief of the Boat on a minesweeper, I think. My internet is down right now. Eddie Albert was in the Coast Guard, conning a landing craft at Tarawa. He made several runs back inshore under Enemy fire to rescue wounded Marines. He was an actor before the War.

James Arness participated in the invasion of Anzio. As the tallest man on his landing craft he was first off to test the depth of the water. It only came up to his waist so the rest of the unit followed him.

@@bwtv147 Love me some Matt Dillon! Never knew this!

Glenn Ford was on ships not flying them (during WW2). Ed McMahon was a fighter pilot and a Marine during the WW2 (per IMDB).

I believe Lee Marvin was in the USMC in the Pacific during WW2 as well.

@James Mcbeth Yes. Marvin was wounded on Saipan. He was a scout/swimmer. Lee got into acting Postwar. He was a plumber at a theater and a player didn't show up for rehearsal. They gave him a script and the rest is history.

I have read the story of Keeshan seeing combat is untrue and was debunked long ago. The truth according to what I read is that he served but his unit never left stateside because the war ended just before they were slated to ship out. This is not to diminish Keeshan's wartime service, just the facts.

@@onemoremisfit Capt Kangaroo's sidekick, Mr Green Jeans, Hugh Brannum, was also a Marine. He toured with a Marine service band [not THE Marine Band] with Bob Crosby, Bing's brother.

AAAND She was super HOT.

Mr. Gable enlisted as a private.

@@kmoecub That might be but by the time he arrived in England he was a commissioned officer.