Never even heard of this airman till now. Another good story, TJ! As for more Korean War stories, I think it would be a good idea to do one about: George Davis (Double-jet ace, MOH winner) and maybe the USAF’s Ace Race of 1953.
This was also new to me as some have stated. I figured prop driven aircraft were a thing of the past. What an honorable man Mr Sebille was. I assume his body was recovered, since he’s buried in Forest Park Chicago.
Gotta love TJ3 and how they tell random ass events I havent heard of half the time, its very fun to watch new videos and then research the topic further. Keep up the good work
Hell of a way to go, to know you’re going to die but attacked the enemy anyway. No doubt his actions saved our grounds troops countless lives. It’s hard to think of anyone doing any more for his troops than that!
Thanks TJ for another great video remembering a true hero. Hero’s like this need to be remembered and you are doing a great job telling their stories. Thanks again.
Amazing how the B-26, despite its flaws and roles, ended the war with the LEAST amount of destroyed aircraft out of any other bomber. May our heroes who have fallen in and out of those aircraft be at peace!
Would love to see TJ3 do some vids on Panther pilots. If you haven't seen The Bridges of Toko-Ri, check it out. It's outstanding. Lot of great Panther footage from the carriers.
It's also important to know that when the conflict first broke out the USAF was in transition and the Mustang was the only aircraft in sufficient numbers and even then they had to be taken out of mothballs.
Also for any newcomers; Shortly after becoming a separate arm in 1947, the US Air Force changed it's naming nomenclature. From then on Bombers would retain the B prefix, but the older P prefix for Pursuit was replaced with F for fighter planes, thus P-51/F-51 is just pre or post 1947 designation.
Thank you th for telling these Great War hero’s story’s keeping their legacy’s alive for many many more years to come if they ever had the chance to know you I know they would not only be thankful but proud of you sir keep up the good work 🥹❤️🙏🤘✌️
Chuck Yeager was shot down over France. With the help of the French Underground he and another airman got to the French Spanish border. The other man was badly injured and Yeager was working to get him to freedom. At one point on the Spanish side they came to a snow field. They were in a heavy fog and couldn't see anything. Yeager, tired of carrying the man, sat him down, Yeager got behind him, leg on each side and pushed off and slid down the glacier. But from there I have never heard the rest of the story as to what happened to him and the man other than they lived out the war. Could you cover the story?
I like this story, which reminded me of another P-51 Mustang Story. Can you tell the story of how the Tuskegee Airmen went on the longest bombing run and how they successfully stopped German jets.
A full accounting would see this as a case of American kamikaze-ish behavior. Plus, if he crashed into the village he likely killed or injured civilians (perhaps children) in his revenge strike. I can’t say it wasn’t heroic, but I wonder what he would have thought of an enemy pilot doing the exact same thing into an American small town.
He was probably wounded so badly that he wouldn't have been able to assure no innocent bystanders would get hurt if he passed out or died on his way back to a friendly airbase, or anywhere he could put it down. Likely would've ended up crashing into the side of a hill a few miles away, already dead. Instead, he chose to make his death worth something and assure he hurt the enemy and only the enemy, never giving up the fight. Being mortally wounded and knowing you're going to die one way or another makes the choice relatively easy, and isn't at all what the principle of kamikaze was about. This story has been repeated in countless ways, not just in the air but on the ground and the sea as well in probably every major conflict in history, on every side.
The P-51s use in Korea was a very poor choice being more vulnerable to damage from ground fire with the P-47 being far better suited to that role; however, the lack of available spare parts for the P-47 prevented practical use in this conflict.
Love you videos. Just want to point something out for future videos; one doesn’t “win” The Metal of Honor, or any metal for that matter. They are earned. Honest mistake that is made by many.
Plot twist, he was actually shooting at old women and children moving carts of their stuff to escape the americans who on numerous occasion would throw people under bridges and use their flamethrowers to make barbeque out of them.
I just realized that... If i need to submit an idea for the future video i can do that with the link you provide... And the link is in the description (never know until now) what a dumb
As he turned around to release, the second bomb (after he got hit), your depiction of that endeavor @5:32, doesn't show this. The bomb simply disappears, and nothing more said, about it🤔⁉️
If a U.S. pilot killed himself by diving onto the enemy : How honorable.. If a Japanese pilot killed himself by diving onto the enemy: what crucial warcrime tactics…
Buried in the United States ?! Not to be disrespectful, but there couldn't have been much left of him when he kamakazied that column of North Koreans !
The tragedy is that he made the ultimate sacrifice for his fellow warriors, and yet we came away from that conflict, a defeated combatant. And we are still paying the price for that defeat today. Ironically, at the end of WWII, Douglas McArther wanted to ensure that we wouldn't have to fight this war, by putting China in it's place and brunting the spread of Communism in Asia, but he was relieved of his command in the Pacific. A similar fate befell Patton in the European theater because he wanted to push through to Berlin to claim victory for the allies. But two things cost him, his dislike for and conflict with Montgomery and his disdain for the plan to let the Russians enter Berlin first. This man, obviously, and many more like him knew the importance of a decisive victory in war. And he gave the last measure for his fellow soldiers, and his country.
It’s quite bizarre that you have around a hundred twenty videos of honorable tales of world war 2 aviators and arial combat events, yet you’ve zero videos on perhaps the most astounding legacy of aviator heroism that was earned through the groundbreaking feats of the Tuskegee Airmen. Here’s a detail about their story which may give you a glimpse into the kind of hostility they faced, not from the enemy but from the very nation they were fighting and dying for: when training on base, the laundry service refused to wash the Tuskegee Airmen’s clothes, but willingly washed the clothes of captured German soldiers. Captured Germans also enjoyed access to all community facilities offered in the US while the Tuskegee combat veterans were refused entry or service. They served their country, giving everything they had to give, but their country refused to serve them even the most minimal courtesy. The greatest currency fought over in war isn’t money or property. It’s glory. No glory was conceded to the Tuskegee. If their combat performance didn’t excel so far above and beyond that of the Airforce average, if they had not so swiftly blew all expectations of them out of the water, if they didn’t prove to be so necessesary for victory as they did, many American generals would much rather not have allowed Black boys to get credit for Nazi kills at all. The Red-tails just proves themselves to be so damn good at it, that high brass would have been foolish to deploy other divisions for certain missions. Red-tails often proved the difference between victory and defeat, yet such combat record will not be set in stone. To admit that Black men served the nation with exceptional valor and skill would be to admit that Black men are beyond competent in what they set their mind to. This was something that many of not most Americans at the time could not afford to reconcile. Just as the heroism of the Red-Tails was written off, scratched out, and maligned, so too will their legacy of channels like yours continue at this pace, exercising suspicious “selectivity” in what stories you choose to be worthy of reverence. If the halls which pay honor to those heroes of our nation that risked their lives in our names are lined only with white faces, our children will one day wake up in a world where Black men only served their country in world war 2 as cooks and janitors.
A true warriors spirit. He knew he was done, but his last message made it clear. He was going to ride the lightening and take as many of those bastards with him on that final ride. The sacrifice of these men allow us to have a beautiful South Korea in modern times.
Men like Major Sebille are a rare breed. They are from a generation that knew true harship and adversity. Thank you TJ3 for remembering such heros and for ensuring their acts of Valor are never forgotten.
The P-51 has a water cooled engine and as a result, can be shot down by even rifle fire from infantry. As such, the P-51 is not a good ground attack plane. I am surprised it was pushed into this role. The P-47 has an air cooled engine and as a result is much better suited for the ground attack role.
That is true. The USMC employed the F4U Corsair in the fighter bomber role in Korea,, it being equipped with the air-cooled 2,300 HP Pratt & Whitney R-2800-83 Double Wasp radial engine.
Great video. Just a nit to pick with the written description. As you mentioned in your narration, he was awarded the MOH. Please correct the description to reflect that phrasing instead of 'won the Medal of Honor. Thank you.
no they could have both in this case he said bombs but was fuel tanks that was more then likely Napalm US Air Force had cemented the practice of filling drop tanks with napalm and using them as makeshift bombs for low-level close air support missions.
The animations are funny because I imagine that no computer animation programs have the Korean conflict skins for the P51, so it still said "U.S. Army Air Forces" etc. in the closeup. Also, I'm reasonably sure those "500 lb bombs" were shaped like the drop tanks that were commonly fitted to the Mustang. Just funny little things that you notice when you're listening and watching the story unfold.
Great story as ever, certainly wouldn't expect any less! 🤷❤️ As a kid living on Bruggen, an RAF camp in West Germany I used to buy monthly recreation WWII newspapers in the early eighties. Your content so reminds me of the original war stories that I read as a kid, very nostalgic! Thanks for the great content fella! 😁👌
I wonder why the air force used F51s instead of P47s? They were a much better ground attack plane, and could take much more damage and still back to base. Maybe the P47s were scrapped after the war because the F51s were so sexy looking.
The USMC employed the F4U Corsair in the fighter bomber role in Korea,, it being equipped with the air-cooled 2,300 HP Pratt & Whitney R-2800-83 Double Wasp radial engine.
@@PSGE7 The Corsair was a much better ground attack support than the F51. I don't know how the Corsair stacks up against The Jug. They were both good in the role of ground attack.
The B-26 Martin Marauder had powerful engines was a hot rod of a bomber, and could easily be unruly and dangerous to fly in the hands of an inexperienced bomber pilot.
...Imagine if you were the enemy and you heard those words in the clear ... 'I'm going back for the ...ards...' ... one likely would feel a shiver on their neck hearing that...
There is a famous b26 in world war 2 a complete squadron that secret mission one b- 26 Mitchell with a bunch of green Horn men more famous than the Memphis Belle can't think of the plane nickname but it was lot of bad luck with the plane but somehow managed to outlast worse attack on the plane
