FYI: ~Tragically, after having emerged victorious over the Germans, usGen.Geo.Patton lamented, --saying he to late discovered USA had been fighting the wrong foe, --that he found the Jews were the criminal scum of the earth, and that St.Hitler was valiant in his struggle to defeat jew-Communism and the warmongering Rothschild Bank'ster-mafia that is today ruthlessly casting millions of out of work American families into the street by means of their greed driven insatiable usury.!!!
Brakes... set, they were set before, and their still set (look of shock and awe on his face" by the way, if you guys wanna read a real good book about bombers, you should read "A thousand will fall" by murray peden. it is a story about when he enlisten with the RCAF, and flew bombers in europe. It tells his story all the way from when he enlisted to flying sterlings and fortresses with the RAF and everything.
@ mrinfantrymen its a cross wind correction. Also know as "crabbing" into the wind. After the planes wheels leave the tarmac, it has to yaw into the wind to keep from being blow off its forward course. All planes need such corrections during take off, depending on wing direction of course.
@SamJ1986 Crabbing that pronounced though would mean there had to have been a pretty nasty crosswind though. You could see how fast the wind picked up that B-17 and how quickly the pilot had to adjust. Hehe good thing he wasn't flying a B-26 Marauder. 'One a day at Tampa Bay' and all that.
Completely agree!!! There is something so beautiful about those old war birds. About 15 years ago when i was resting in my back garden near the DeHavilland Museum near London, i heard a faint droning overhead then over the top of my house a Mosquito with those two Merlin engines shot by. I'll tell ya, i'll never feel such a shiver go down my spine again!
@wellardme The wonderful thing about this movie though is that they use the actual B-17 engine sounds. Stand at the end of a runway when a B-17 is talking off or landing and you will hear the EXACT sound that you do in this movie. I used to live at the end of a runway and a B-17 and B-24 came in for an airshow. When they flew over the first thing that hit my mind was "WOW! That sounded exactly like the Memphis Belle!"
I made my father, a WWII bombadier, sit down and watch this me. He said it was very realistic, only they did not show nearly enough anti-aircraft fire. He said it would be so thick, it looked like you could walk on it... He flew in a B29, but had experience in the B17... It is based on fact...
@soldiersmom1000 That is interesting considering that the Japanese apparently didn't have as organized an anti-aircraft system as the Germans did (nor the best guns except for the large destroyer guns converted to land AAA batteries). Nevertheless, Flak must have been the scariest thing for any bomber crewmember to experience.
ball turrent! snap fu situation normal all fucked up! lol! my favorite line! and my favorite turrent. i also loved the take off of memphis belle and other b17s. i also loved the engins of memphis belle and other b17s.
@soeffingwhat I was watching a show called "Suicide Missions: Ball Turret Gunner" one night. A surviving ball turret gunner told a story of how he met an army GI in a bar. They discussed switching jobs with each other until the GI asked "wait a minute, what position do you man?" The guy replied "I am a ball turret gunner" to which the GI responded "Then you can go to hell!"
@SpenzOT I think I understand that. Truth is I guess there was no real safe place in a Plane during WW2 or any War, but I always thought the Tailgunner would have a better chance if anything happened, like when the Mother and Country is cut in half, I'd guess one of the 2 Chutes seen would have been the Tailgunner after he fell or bailed out. The 2 Waist Gunners would have been History, and maybe the Ball Turret too.
The B17 is such a beautiful plane! They don't make em like this anymore!
TaZ101SAGA 2 days ago
Back in the day, when they used to used real freaking airplanes in and legit effects instead of this CGI crap like you see in Red Tails.
SamJ1986 2 days ago
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FYI: ~Tragically, after having emerged victorious over the Germans, usGen.Geo.Patton lamented, --saying he to late discovered USA had been fighting the wrong foe, --that he found the Jews were the criminal scum of the earth, and that St.Hitler was valiant in his struggle to defeat jew-Communism and the warmongering Rothschild Bank'ster-mafia that is today ruthlessly casting millions of out of work American families into the street by means of their greed driven insatiable usury.!!!
AryanKnight 1 month ago
Brakes... set, they were set before, and their still set (look of shock and awe on his face" by the way, if you guys wanna read a real good book about bombers, you should read "A thousand will fall" by murray peden. it is a story about when he enlisten with the RCAF, and flew bombers in europe. It tells his story all the way from when he enlisted to flying sterlings and fortresses with the RAF and everything.
speed150mph 5 months ago
@speed150mph
Thanks for the suggestion about the book. I'm going to check it out an Amazon now!
Cheers
wellardme 5 months ago
@wellardme it is a great book. im sure youll love it.
speed150mph 5 months ago
Situation normal: all fucked up. LOL
TheChave17 5 months ago
@ mrinfantrymen its a cross wind correction. Also know as "crabbing" into the wind. After the planes wheels leave the tarmac, it has to yaw into the wind to keep from being blow off its forward course. All planes need such corrections during take off, depending on wing direction of course.
SamJ1986 6 months ago
@SamJ1986 Crabbing that pronounced though would mean there had to have been a pretty nasty crosswind though. You could see how fast the wind picked up that B-17 and how quickly the pilot had to adjust. Hehe good thing he wasn't flying a B-26 Marauder. 'One a day at Tampa Bay' and all that.
SpenzOT 3 days ago
why does windy city curves as she's taking off?
MrInfantrymen 6 months ago
the dogs name was Stuka
555paint 6 months ago
@SPB282008
Completely agree!!! There is something so beautiful about those old war birds. About 15 years ago when i was resting in my back garden near the DeHavilland Museum near London, i heard a faint droning overhead then over the top of my house a Mosquito with those two Merlin engines shot by. I'll tell ya, i'll never feel such a shiver go down my spine again!
wellardme 7 months ago
@wellardme The wonderful thing about this movie though is that they use the actual B-17 engine sounds. Stand at the end of a runway when a B-17 is talking off or landing and you will hear the EXACT sound that you do in this movie. I used to live at the end of a runway and a B-17 and B-24 came in for an airshow. When they flew over the first thing that hit my mind was "WOW! That sounded exactly like the Memphis Belle!"
Eh I was 14 years old.
SpenzOT 3 days ago
@simonxu1121
Because it was filmed from other planes, they only used effects for the plane explosions. they got a bunch of B-17s for this movie.
Jayui22 8 months ago
I made my father, a WWII bombadier, sit down and watch this me. He said it was very realistic, only they did not show nearly enough anti-aircraft fire. He said it would be so thick, it looked like you could walk on it... He flew in a B29, but had experience in the B17... It is based on fact...
soldiersmom1000 8 months ago
@soldiersmom1000 That is interesting considering that the Japanese apparently didn't have as organized an anti-aircraft system as the Germans did (nor the best guns except for the large destroyer guns converted to land AAA batteries). Nevertheless, Flak must have been the scariest thing for any bomber crewmember to experience.
SpenzOT 23 hours ago
"Ahhhhh, son of a BITCH!". Awesome delivery.
Thagros 9 months ago
@Thagros I was just about to say the same thing. lol. Jack's hilarious.
tlv156 9 months ago
@tlv156 Haha! You knows it, man.
Thagros 9 months ago
SNAFU stands for -'Situation Normal' "All fuck up"
tigermanguy5 10 months ago
thanks for the vid
jalen77232 10 months ago
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The Awesome moments of this film!!!
SoulSurferGS8 10 months ago
The version of the movie I have ends with SNAFU - Situation normal
TopGunSGA 11 months ago
The acronym is 'SNAFU'
afretired04 11 months ago
ball turrent! snap fu situation normal all fucked up! lol! my favorite line! and my favorite turrent. i also loved the take off of memphis belle and other b17s. i also loved the engins of memphis belle and other b17s.
TheSupercaitlin1 11 months ago
ball turrent! snap fu situation normal all fucked up! lol! my favorite line! and my favorite turrent.
TheSupercaitlin1 11 months ago
@TheSupercaitlin1 I'd never want to be in a War like WW2 or any other, but I given the choice I would NOT be in the Ball Turrent.
soeffingwhat 6 days ago
@soeffingwhat I was watching a show called "Suicide Missions: Ball Turret Gunner" one night. A surviving ball turret gunner told a story of how he met an army GI in a bar. They discussed switching jobs with each other until the GI asked "wait a minute, what position do you man?" The guy replied "I am a ball turret gunner" to which the GI responded "Then you can go to hell!"
SpenzOT 3 days ago
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@SpenzOT I think I understand that. Truth is I guess there was no real safe place in a Plane during WW2 or any War, but I always thought the Tailgunner would have a better chance if anything happened, like when the Mother and Country is cut in half, I'd guess one of the 2 Chutes seen would have been the Tailgunner after he fell or bailed out. The 2 Waist Gunners would have been History, and maybe the Ball Turret too.
soeffingwhat 2 days ago