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WWII P-51 Mustang Combat Ace on Dogfighting Germans | Joe Peterburs
Joseph Peterburs had plans to become a Catholic Priest, but with the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the outbreak of World War II he instead joined the US Army Air Corps and began an aviation career that would span three wars and make him an 'ace' pilot.
During WWII Joe would join the 20th Fighter Group, 55th Fighter Squadron, flying P-51s, escorting B-17 bombers on their missions and defending against German fighter attacks. He flew 49 missions and logged 269 combat hours.
On his 49th mission, 10 April 1945 the Group was escorting 450+ B-17s to targets near Berlin. Just as the bombers were unloading, a swarm of Me 262 turbojets hit the formation. Lt. Peterburs was flying high cover and saw a 262 slicing through the B-17s. Peterburs had considerable altitude advantage and pulled into the 262s 6 0’clock with his six .50 calibers blazing. Sixty years later he learned the damage he inflicted on the Me 262 resulted in the engine disintegrating and the pilot bailing out; the pilot was Walter Schuck, a top German Ace with 206 victories. Shortly after Peterburs started strafing an airfield before being hit by ground fire. Unfortunately he was unable to make it back to friendly lines and had to bail out over Germany, was captured and became a POW. He escaped, linked up with the advancing Russians, and fought with them to the battle of Wittenberg on the Elbe.
In December 1951 he was assigned to the 12th Fighter Bomber Squadron of the 18th Fighter Bomber Group flying the P-51D in Korea. He flew 76 missions over North Korea sustaining battle damage on several of those missions including a .50 caliber round through the prop of his P-51.
In the fall of 1967, Lt. Colonel Peterburs was assigned to Vietnam as Staff Operations Officer responsible for Command and Control in the war zone.
Interview recorded on November 2, 2023
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Video Credits:
Interviewer - Greg Corombos
Director of Photography - Jon Hambacker
Editor - Megan Maggi
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Komentáře

  • @EthanKandler-ti8px
    @EthanKandler-ti8px Před 54 vteřinami

    🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸Thank you for service.

  • @sty-pancake-_-yt5996
    @sty-pancake-_-yt5996 Před 54 vteřinami

    And look now they out here starting wars would you look at that 😂😂😂😂😂😂 ...... this is all a joke dont come at me

  • @thomascasalenuovo918
    @thomascasalenuovo918 Před 2 minutami

    Tell them nothing, but name, rank and serial number! Hooah.

  • @nrssweet4860
    @nrssweet4860 Před 6 minutami

    Yay for invading poor countries

  • @Thatthird_nipple
    @Thatthird_nipple Před 7 minutami

    Listening to this makes me happy the 2nd amendment is a thing still

  • @Confettifun
    @Confettifun Před 7 minutami

    Must be trippy to see Israel become the very nazi state that they claimed they would never allow to occur again.

  • @nobodyisbest
    @nobodyisbest Před 9 minutami

    The Jap sniper probably had a very similar photograph inside of his helmet.

  • @HappyHot-AirBalloons-rd5yb
    @HappyHot-AirBalloons-rd5yb Před 9 minutami

    God Bless u All🙏

  • @raymondjhaugenjr2165
    @raymondjhaugenjr2165 Před 9 minutami

    Thank you for your service and sacrifice, may God bless your soul

  • @michaelgallagher3640
    @michaelgallagher3640 Před 11 minutami

    Nowadays your English teacher will spend the day talking about their/ they/ thems sexuality. We never knew our teachers first names.

  • @karenplater8491
    @karenplater8491 Před 12 minutami

    Bless his heart don't no how he kept going let us not forget the evil that men do 😢

  • @marionmarcetic7287
    @marionmarcetic7287 Před 17 minutami

    Blessings On You Cpl Eddie Nagel USMC! OORAH As Well BIG-TIME!!! Shalom And Amen!✝️✝️🛐🛐😇🌟🤗🙏🙏🙏🇨🇦🇮🇱♾️🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🗽🦅❤❤❤‼️

  • @ALAXUKNUTRITIOUS
    @ALAXUKNUTRITIOUS Před 18 minutami

    Japanese crime in ww2. To American was most burtal in term suffering

  • @Zaxby722
    @Zaxby722 Před 21 minutou

    If you never watched "Only The Dead See The End of War" I highly recommend it, it is incredible footage from both sides. Also SSGT. Bellavia's book is fantastic as well. He also didn't just walk out lol, he is sugar coating over so much of what he really did that night, he describes it in his book and I've been through 2 deployments myself and it's wild what happened it blew my mind.

  • @raymondjhaugenjr2165
    @raymondjhaugenjr2165 Před 22 minutami

    A true hero, thank you sir for your service and sacrifice, may God bless your soul

  • @charlesfinnigan3904
    @charlesfinnigan3904 Před 25 minutami

    I remember the first time a read about Chosin Reservoir over 30 years ago. As I read I kept thinking how is it that I have never heard about this battle??? It was 50 million times worse than anything I have read about the Battle of Bulge, but yet it still goes under the radar. You know its bad when the wounded have been loaded on trucks and the doctors are handed rifles and told, your a rifleman now.

  • @iamAwesomo1994
    @iamAwesomo1994 Před 26 minutami

    "I said drop em" -true badass

  • @1WFran
    @1WFran Před 26 minutami

    What year did this happen please ?

  • @Big_C_4205
    @Big_C_4205 Před 26 minutami

    I’m glad he can use his mouth still, he’s lucky to have that

  • @swallowmikeuhm6744
    @swallowmikeuhm6744 Před 26 minutami

    Blud somewhat sounds like Fiddlesticks from League of Legends

  • @phillsteam7690
    @phillsteam7690 Před 32 minutami

    Thanks for communism. Love from Eastern Europe.

  • @madzygal
    @madzygal Před 34 minutami

    its funny to me all someone has to say is "german soldier" and straight away everyoine thinks and equates to "nazi" bahahaha idits

  • @stroy7761
    @stroy7761 Před 38 minutami

    Bullshit, marines are not as good as the. Gurkhas in comparison to infantry soldiers skillsets. They have the money and thats it.

  • @TheMrInfantaria
    @TheMrInfantaria Před 38 minutami

    There is no god

  • @cjwild1
    @cjwild1 Před 43 minutami

    For reference a lot of what he talks about is very related to ptsd. These intense sensory responses are your brain attempting to rewire itself to keep you alive better in response to extreme stress

  • @Dailyfunctionalprogramming
    @Dailyfunctionalprogramming Před 49 minutami

    That’s just war. I imagine it was way worse being a civilian and getting napalm fired at you or even worse a nuke.

  • @karenfields-sb4cq
    @karenfields-sb4cq Před 49 minutami

    Two of my uncles were in WW2. They would not talk to anyone about what happened😢

  • @raymondjhaugenjr2165
    @raymondjhaugenjr2165 Před 49 minutami

    A true hero, thank you sir for your service and sacrifice. May God bless your soul

  • @richardmorgan6105
    @richardmorgan6105 Před 50 minutami

    My goodness...believe in prayer!!!

  • @user-jo8bb9lo7o
    @user-jo8bb9lo7o Před 51 minutou

    New subscriber great work guys keep it up. These people need to tell their stories and we need to hear them. Thank you sir for your service 🫡

  • @karenfields-sb4cq
    @karenfields-sb4cq Před 52 minutami

    Thank you sir for your service ❤

  • @mikefriend1514
    @mikefriend1514 Před 56 minutami

    Don’t feel bad about cursing God. If God made the Universe and he made the earth, then he is responsible for all its sin too. He made man to be a killer. He made Cain. He also put that kid there on Iwo Jima. The good people in this world are those who work hard to be decent and who teach kindness, who recognise evil and stand up to it.

  • @hoodluism_6486
    @hoodluism_6486 Před hodinou

    Lmfao gramps ain't snitchin at all gramps standing on business 😭😭😭🙌🙌

  • @SarahClancy8
    @SarahClancy8 Před hodinou

    This guy is absolutely absolutely amazing!!!! I watched him on the Sean Ryan show. I think it came out over last summer…. this man by the way that he carries himself in the way that he spoke and had so much pride for America it’s just I feel bad for people when they get older that are like him because they must not understand the younger generations it’s so sad to know that they laid down their life like that and it and then you have people that don’t even respect the country or the flag…. a flamethrower which I didn’t even know existed until I watch that episode. He’s an amazing guy.

  • @kennethsmith6653
    @kennethsmith6653 Před hodinou

  • @AbarajameLabanyera
    @AbarajameLabanyera Před hodinou

    And he did all that so we could do what we’ve done with the country?😢😢😢😢😢

  • @JennyBrie2006
    @JennyBrie2006 Před hodinou

    How much can we really trust history as the victors write it and often exaggerate and blow it up or spin r tales and propaganda sticks! How many idiots still believe they made soap from fat of jews bs propaganda? How many American atrocities went unnoticed? Reminder ALL OF HISTORY! DON'T GLORIFY THE VICTOR!

    • @patrickschulz2193
      @patrickschulz2193 Před hodinou

      Sure, it shouldn't be underestimated how there were terrible things done on the "good guys'" side, see as two examples coming to mind the Dresden bombings or the many incidents of rape against German women and girls. But at the same time, we should not downplay the actual inhumane atrocities that were committed against human beings under the so-called national-socialist regime. They might not have been turned to soap, but what HAS been done is its own kind of terrible and historically verified and should not be repeated against any population for any reason.

  • @ristube3319
    @ristube3319 Před hodinou

    Jesus, what was he 3 years old in WWII?!?

  • @jefferymeier4676
    @jefferymeier4676 Před hodinou

    A true AMERICAN HERO ! Fearless and brave , a true inspiration for generations to come . Thank you good sir .

  • @franchescagiroir3549
    @franchescagiroir3549 Před hodinou

    One of these men carried my injured dad back to the states during vietnam and saved his life.. so thank you from the bottom of my heart! I owe you my life as I would never have been born had he not returned home.

  • @angelamary9493
    @angelamary9493 Před hodinou

    The Horrirs Of War 😥

  • @nodensbertilak6855
    @nodensbertilak6855 Před hodinou

    Guy think hes wolverine 😂

  • @zed4225
    @zed4225 Před hodinou

    Thanks to all you wonderful Veterans worldwide for your service to your respective countries, regardless of the country. It's all relative in that we are all one species, one race, we are one. To those who didn't come home RIP. You have more than earnt it. To all those wounded, you are an inspiration. Govs should always support their Veterans, with mental health, physical health and financial help. Should never, ever be a homeless Veteran. Not when witnessing open borders worldwide and illegal immigrants given everything.

  • @OrenLikes
    @OrenLikes Před hodinou

    *SO* "secret" that it wasn't revealed in this video = title is misleading / click-bait. Thumb-down until you fix that.

  • @wire54321
    @wire54321 Před hodinou

    Thank You for your Service!

  • @Zaxby722
    @Zaxby722 Před hodinou

    As a veteran I'll to you this, if that veteran wants to tell you their story they will, if they don't they most likely will later, or they will go to the grave with it. So with that said, don't probe them for the stories cause that only frustrates a majority of us. 90% of my coworkers have no idea I dropped warheads on foreheads and I prefer it that way they only know I served not any of my experiences CONUS or OCONUS My close friends and family thats different very few of them have heard my stories only a small select few, my wife, my brother, my father, and my best friend and thats really about it. It's not that we don't want to share it, it's just some people you can tell just won't like what they hear and it's best they don't. So you tend to only tell those you feel will truly understand you and be able to handle the story when it gets dark cause most of them always do, it's war after all and it's the real deal not the typical civilian romanticized war story or movie.