B-24 Liberators 8th USAAF

[rukidngmi]

Thanks for sharing this video. My Dad was in the 448th/713th (Seething) '44-'45. Miss him but this brings back good memories.

[Unguidedone]

i got chunks of a b-17's engine in my barn

[kksax]

Many of the shots are of bombers with markings from the 448th BG out of Seething England

[SSGDragonSoldier]

Excellent.. Finally, after years and years, some combat footage I haven't seen a thousand times, and it's Libs to boot!!

[jakespop67]

Met a man today have been neighbors with him for 5 yrs ! Never seen him outside to talk to him ! He was in a b24 called the sweating duck ! We talked for a long time glad we did !!

[b24bestweb]

@jakespop67 For PICs of SWEAT N: DUCK... Go to B-24 Best Web and so a search.

[yungprince870]

its about time we see videos on the b-24s all i been seeing is b-17s these b-24 crewmen dont get enough credit for what they did i love the b-24 i thought it was a pretty damn good aircraft we need more videos on it

[yelnocs]

Thanks for the video. My Dad was a B24 mechanic in Wendling England 1943 - 1945. USAAF 8th, 392nd BG, 578th. I have lots of nose art photos, but great seeing them in action.

[xxchinookxx]

In 1979 I joined the U.S.Army.In 1984 at age 27 , I became a CH-47 Flight Engineer....Could it mean that if I would of been alive in 1944, I may have been a Flight Engineer on B-24s or B-17s?....

[kenshoemaker]

Thanks for posting the video. My only wish is that my father was still alive to see his beloved Liberator again. He was a prop mechanic instructor at Chanute and then went on the chase the Japs across the Pacific. While he was at Saipan, he volunteered as a rt waist gunner, was shot down, spent 7-days in the water and was rescued by a submarine. Until the day he died, he carried shrapnel in his wrist and could put a magnet on his skin to get free beers. LOL. RIP dad.

[kingfisher76971]

My great-uncle John Nance flew one of these for the 15th USAAF out of Italy in WW2. What a beautiful bird.

[mrstarwars15]

good vid

[StalinsOrgan]

Great movie - thanks!

Oh oh...persistent contrails at about 1.30 - that'll have the chemtrail hoax nuts screaming at you for being a government disinformation expert when they find this and asking you how you doctored the video!! :)

[marinemom57078]

My Dad was in the 448th 713th Sqdn crew #10

[cptcosmo]

My grandfather as a B-24 belly turret gunner - served his full rotation and survived 31 missions. I have his air medal ribbon with a silver oak leak cluster. Amazing stories he told me, though he always claimed he was living on borrowed time to have survived when so many died...

[jjtopp99]

My father was a bombadier in a B-17G. He told he used to really feel bad for the flyers in the B-24's (that usually flew at much lower altitudes than the B-17's) when they flew missions accompanied by B- 24's. The German fighters, if low on fuel, would badly maul the lower flying B-24 formations, sometimes leaving the higher flying B-17 formations unscathed.

[nickmitsialis]

@jjtopp99 I think the joke went: The best escort that B17s ever had was a squadron of B24s

[B24zootsnoot]

@jjtopp99 Lost alot of B-24s because they had to slow down so the B-17s could keep up. That's why they stopped doing joint raids together. The B-24 was faster, carried a larger bomb load, and had a greater range than the B-17. The B-17 was more "surviveable" beacause it was a 4 engine glider. Due to the B-24s high lift wing, the B-24 could ill afford to lose an engine. Both aircraft and crews were exceptional, but the B-24 was a better bomber than the B-17, the 17 was just prettier.

[freakgeeky]

Great music!

[mrstarwars15]

@freakgeeky i know right

[Icarusdecending82]

Hey if anyone is interested in a good read about B24s and the men that flew them pick up Stephen Ambrose's "The Wild Blue". Im almost done with it and its pretty damn good. Was pretty terrible what these guys went through. Infantry men had a better chance of survival than these bomber guys did.

[dahsuerk]

My father was stationed in Rackheath, England during WWII. Repaired radio on B-24s.

[hybridtechowns]

one of the most beautiful sights ive ever seen, a squadron of 24s leaving contrails in the atmosphere. beautiful

[vinatchou83]

J'ai vu en mai 1944 le B24 Libérator Lucky Lady en perdition au-dessus de chez moi , il s'écrasera quelques secondes plus tard au col de Belle Barbe au nord d'Agay , petit village au bord de la méditerrannée !

Les aviateurs au moment où j'ai vu passer l'avion , étaient toujours à bord et vivants !

J'ai récupéré sur le lieu du crash un morceau de cette carlingue qui brillait intensément ce 25 mai 1944 ! avant de s'enflammer et voir mourir ces dix occupants

[Dionysos37]

Fine video all the way---liked the rare view looking out forward into both formation and flak, taken from the glass dome behind the nose turret; where my late Dad flew 52 missions with 15th AF in Italy (Pantanella) 1944-45, on "Pistol Packin' Mama" and "Stenovic." When I flew the Collings B-24 myself I understood afresh his hair-raising stories. We can't honor these people enough!

[dickjpaige]

This plane is so underrated.

[sdkaufman]

I think I "may" have seen some of the 492nd out of North Pickingham. Tail fins were black and white. If I saw correctly would you let me know. My grandfather Richard C. Kaufman was in the 492nd/856th KIA 6-20-44 in a J model named - Troublehunter

[tomfeise]

good video, sadly, none of the pilots have gained recompensation for the damage to their ears due to the proximity of the engines to the cockpit, which made it a noisy hell

[Icarusdecending82]

Yeah but neither did the infantry boys firing machine guns and rifles without hearing protection. .50 cal will make you deaf real fast.

[billmkyzl]

Those are not rockets at 2:20. They are smoke markers from lead planes to start the bomb run. Usually high explosives were dropped first to break things up for the incendiaries which followed. Easier to burn small pieces. They also dropped bombs with delayed aciton fuses so the area couldnt be approached for 24 hours. No rockets.

[usselliot76]

Excelent vid I live about 30 miles from the Ford liberator plant in MI

[killabb24]

Wish we could still use those B24 for combat. B24 rock

[ml191172]

Then I wish that some one also could reuse the fw 190, the me 262, and me 109, and hack it to pieces...

[killabb24]

We can use The ME-262 stills and Why would you wanna hack them to pieces

[ZEBRA2828]

Great Video thanks for posting. My dad flew a Liberator ( Obituary Mary ) 8th Army AirForce, England 1944-45. Thirty five missions. He passed away 2005.

[franky1833]

My grandfather was shot down in a B-24, but survived. He died when I was young so I have no idea who he was attached to? His son (my father) joined the Marine Corps along with my uncle, my brother, and myself. Wish I knew more of his story. R.I.P. Bud

[roaklin]

I always loved the B-24, just a very impressive looking plane.

[TomfromExeter]

Agree with you there - the high aspect wing is amazing. Thanks for the answer below

[TomfromExeter]

Are those wing-launched rockets being fired at 2:20? If so what were they for? They seem to be at too high an altitude to be attacking a ground target.

[roaklin]

They arent inteneded to destroy a target they where used to signal stand by to bomb. Notice how much they smoke, this was to let the planes further back and through out the formation, espeically in these consitions where clouds obsucired the target as usually only a few planes had radar to bomb with.

[billmkyzl]

My dad was a gunner in the 448th 713sqdn

[webbcityglassman]

my grandfather flew with the 445 in the 703rd great video

[rtrjmk5]

Thanks for posting. My dad flew a B-24 in the 8th AAF from Hethel with 389th. Ron

[100thbombgroup]

Your videos keep making my day,very good.

Thanks for posting.

Keep posting.

I think its high time I should try and make a video.

Thanks for the Inspiration.

[Hanglands]

I should have waited before I commented. Mostly 492nd, but some 453rd and 448th also.

[Hanglands]

Another great vid mate. 492nd BG(H)?

North Pickenham and Harrington ?

5/5.