"The Attu Story" P-38 Pilot crash landed and lived!

Here is a special story on a P-38 Pilot who was daring and a hot dog. He was doing some risky high-speed flying in the Aleutian Islands and accidentally crashed his plane as a result of it. He was fortunate enough to live to tell the tale, and his plane wreckage was left in that very spot for another 40+ years. Enjoy!

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Autos & Vehicles

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• P-38 Lightning
• Plane Crash
• Pilots
• Special
• Campbell Films
• Aleutian Islands
• Alaska

[balongaboy]

Ive seen a ton of photos of that p-38. never knew the story behind it. This is a fantastic video.

[LunarDSO]

The only P-38 unit in Alaska during WWII was the 54th Fighter Squadron. It was the first unit flying P-38's to shoot down an enemy plane -- in fact the first two planes -- the long-range Japanese four engine flying boat. Lt. Stanley Long is the first pilot to make a "kill" in a P-38 Lightning. It was one of the few air-victories in the Aleutian Theater of War. Unfortunately, the victory -to-loss ratio was not good. More pilots and planes were lost to weather and accidents than to combat.

[innit27]

Good little story, and one of the few positives to come out of the Aleutians campaign during WW2.

[bladensburg1814]

5 stars excellent!...i always study the alaskan front in ww-2..../@ milwaukee