WWII pilot reunited with P-51 Mustang he flew in combat 

Damn.... I teared up a bit.... Not gonna lie

@@OriginalGansta88 Me too. But then again, I tear up at a lot of things.

When you get an enemy plane at your 6 engaging and realize the only way out is from shaking them off... You feel every emotion we have as humans at the same TIME !!! EFFEN hardcore 💪😎🚬

@@rustleweighed-thrasher I totally agree!

@@wolfbassgames1244 Bury stick....with rudder flaps Down throwing stick foward while almost stalled out 💪😎🤘get rolled over from the force of motor and propeller going against each other. Into a 2,000 ft. Drop before it's motor gets caught up to just level out 😬 YIKES that's 100 times worse than what the baddest fair ride can do to you. And not just hanging on to something but having to control what your hanging on to in that sumbich 😎🚬. That's like hitting a tree head on in a vehicle at 80mph but no tree stopping you, but no damage in a plane . Lol That's hardcore shit 🙃 right there. 98% of people would be instantly sick from their guts and blood being mushed against the inside feeling that losing your stomach sensation. And knowing you could have big caliber lead ripping through your plane at any moment cause you just did that to another plane watching it explode catching fire and burning straight to the ground. Kinda like coming up on a bad accident on the highway and seeing some vehicle mangled to hell. You usually don't start speeding immediately over the limit when you get past it for a while.

Not all of them. You don't see the unlucky ones. They're hidden away in nursing homes, suffering endlessly with dementia, Alzheimer's, and other degenerative diseases. And as for the WWII guys, as well as more and more of the Korean War fellas, many of them are already gone. John F. Porterfield MD, HM (medical corpsman), USS Massachusetts (WWII), BB-59, then HM (medical corpsman), USS McGinty DE-365 (Korea) My love also to John Rechs, and to all the other men of the McGinty. I love you all! Though it may sound trite and overused, Thank you so very much for your service to this land I love so dearly. Also of my Uncle Ben Petrie, who few a Wildcat fighter off of aircraft carriers during WWII You guys really were the greatest generation. Rest in peace Uncle Ben.

Got that right. 💯

You can't help but have the utmost respect for these national treasures. It's an honor to just be in the presence of these old folk.

Absolutely.... God help our country and the direction it's taking with the people in charge, and the weak people we are creating because of those people in charge....

@@traecummings9853 They were! My old farming community had many Navy (Pacific) and European Army vets. They got it done!

Something Joe Biden will never understand

Thank you, Sir, thank you for your service!!

Thank you for your service, your service is just as Appreciated as anyone who fought in any other Conflict

Something Joe Biden will never understand

Something Joe Biden will never understand

Airplanes have there own personality; everything on my DHC 4 worked (C 7)....I worked on it everyday; it knew it...

@@mikearakelian6368 I have to agree with you on that, if you fly a certain aircraft long enough, it becomes very personal to you and, maybe, vice versa! And especially in war-time, the bird becomes your safety-net, will fight for you even wounded and get you back home alive! I was impressed with several pilots who stated that about the "Hawg" -- (warthog A-10)! It could be all shot up and still bring them safely back to base. Superb aircraft and with that 50 mm Gattling gun, they could protect ground troops close quarter and take a lot of ground-fire and still get them back safely -- the pilots loved them! Our heart goes out to ALL our military who fight like hell to keep our Country safe and we are in their debt, especially those who didn't make it back but paid the ultimate price -- they will NEVER be forgotten, no matter which war they were in and still are! A skirmish may not be a "World War" but the loss of any of our warriors is never taken lightly and we thank them all!

plus that you can't stop running

daniel moran and you don't know the neighbourhood. Allies always flew missions in the other guy's neighbourhood and did ok because of superior training.

​@@justavideo6324 why would you even want to stop running if a guy is chasing you with a 38 in his hand?

Good story, thank you.

My college aeronautics professor was a retired air force Colonel, one time we went on a field trip to the Pima museum in Tucson and walking around we came to the C-124 on display. He stood back and looked at it and said I bet I've flown this one, When we got back home he brought his logs into class and sure enough he had made several trips from California to Vietnam in that airplane. Another friend had a Ryan PT-22 that we took to a fly-in, an older man walked up with his family and was looking the plane over, his log book that he had with him showed that he had flown over 100 hours as an instructor in that plane. there is a good reason to restore and fly these old planes.

@@5695q Too many people are quick to dismiss the "meaningless ramblings" of their elders. They're missing a lot of wisdom that was learned the hard way. "Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it." There was a file cabinet bolted down in the back of that EC-121 which had only a few properly sanitized manuals in it. Lots of blank paper. When I pulled out the drawers, though, I found an original 3-page Project Blue Book reporting form. I wonder how many of those the crew went through.

@@5695q that’s absolutely incredible!

I was stationed at Pt. Mugu from '91-'95 and remember the EC-121 plus the blue and white one that now fly's with Breitling in Europe, I sat in the right seat while a pilot went through drills in preparation to fly it although we didn't start it up.

Sameee

You mean the weapons officer's seat? That's a fine aircraft too, and there is nothing like it, but he's right. There's also nothing like flying in a single seat piston banger fighter or racer. All aircraft have their own personalities. The sad part is there is not time in one lifetime to fly them all.

He would probably die.

My Father was a WWII Veteran. Battle of the Bulge and all that. Was originally reported MIA but had actually been captured by the Germans. 97 days in a POW camp. Made it home after being liberated and lived to be 93. Passed in August 2015 one week after his Birthday.

@@PhilG999 I installed carpet for a man that was a Battle Of the Bulge survivor. Jess N. Parmer was his name out of Athens, Ohio. Most humbling job and experience I have ever had. Not very often you get to hear about how a man faught frost bite and killed a German while fighting for his life.

@@PhilG999 Your father is a hero. I thank them every day for their ultimate sacrifices.

I work at a small county airport. We had a B-25 coming in to sell rides. I spoke with a lady there, that said her dad flew B-25's. He lived in the area, so I asked her to go get him. I was able to speak with him as well. Long story, short...87 missions in the South Pacific and he lost a lot of friends. I talked the crew into getting this guy in the plane and taking a flight. There happened to be a seat for me too! At the end of the flight, we had to physically remove him from the aircraft. He was so overcome and overwhelmed with emotion, he could barely move. I still get chills, thinking about it. I can't even imagine.

I took my dad to a airshow back in 2003 where a F6F Hellcat was! He was in his 80's and could no longer walk without help. But he almost ran to that plane. He had flown one from 1943 to 1945 . They got him a chair and he sat and talked about his time in the service for over an hour! I learn more about him in that hour than in my life!

@@fermiticus4034 you clearly woke some preivous trauma lol

getting weaker and weaker.

@@teller121 did I ask

@@capitaljushman5756 Haha... I'll get permission next time I want to comment.

@@teller121 please do before you make yourself look like an asshat

@@capitaljushman5756 stupidest, rudest, most provocative fools I've ever met in 59 years ...on RU-vid. And you're one of them.

ya right idiot , greed is always around

@@onlythewise1 Who hurt you?

They need to fill in a couple minutes after weather if there was no sports that day.

If he had only truly flown that plane, the story title could be true, but I doubt he flew a two seat P-51 trainer in combat.

My Grandfather From Galveston, Texas was a topped out Navy plane mechanic in the Pacific theater. He seen these planes make it back to him with wings half gone, tail sections shot to pieces, oil leaking from motors with smoke rolling out of them like a dragster doing a burnout, and my Grandpa cleaned up canopies, cockpits, guages and controls covered in Blood...⚠️

Yeah, except it's not the plane he flew. It's another P-51.

He can fly though

Echoed my exact same sentiments and thoughts... Scrolled down and saw your remarks. Glad I'm not the only one recognizing the sad state of journalism these days...

Somehow it reminds me of journalism trying to make something that it isn't. Sounds better to tell it's the plane he flew when it's not, just a catchy phrase that attracts 1 or 2 extra viewers.

Today, it's all about clicks, watch-time and advertisements. Truth in journalism is a thing of the past.

There is nothing wrong here. This si not a documentary about the guy flying this specific airplane. I doubt if he would have had any different reaction to the exact plane. It may have been shot out from under him.

@@mikebornholdt3900 Yeah... Guess so

Warner Robins AFB

What impresses me is that they were all designed with pencil, paper, and slide rules, no computers or calculators. Back when people knew how to think.

And they would gladly wear a mask if it would help their country and fellow citizens stay safe. It's too bad so many americans don't know what the real meaning of being a patriot is and are unwilling to sacrifice even a small amount for the good of their country. How did we become such a selfish society?

I had to watch Jerry's reaction several times. It made my evening. That very P-51, Toulouse Nuts, flew up my canyon in June of 2017. It passed about 400 feet from me maybe 150 feet above the trees on the ridge. The Collings Foundation also had their B-17, B-24, and B-25 at Buchanan Field in the San Francisco East Bay. A year later, I tried to get my son a ride in the P-51 but it was booked. Instead, I sent him and his wife on the A-1 Skyraider flight. They still talk about it today as the pilot did a ''strafing run'' on a small airfield in the Delta. I was lucky enough to ride in Bob Love's P51-D twice in one day in November of 1982. He was both a P-51 Ace and a Korean War F-86 jet Ace. It was an honor to be in his hangar and listen to airplane stories. I started building P-51 models as a kid in the 1950's.