When a Cessna Held Back the Vietcong
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- Captain Hilliard A. Wilbanks was piloting his Cessna Bird Dog as an FAC over the skies of Vietnam. When he saw American led Rangers walking into a trap set by the NVA and the Vietcong, he took it upon himself so hold back the onslaught. An incredibly brave act that resulted in a Medal of Honor.
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woods, you look like hammered shit!
When you start firing from the plane, from the fcking pilot seat... You know dont need more LSD today...
AC130 gunship: "who are you"
Cessna: "im you, but smaller"
in fact, the AC130 actually easier to take down than the Cessna.
You're an AC 130? Well I'm a C-150
Yo wtf you guys talkin bout?
Im a goddamn f22
@@potatoslayer69420 but does a F-22 have the capability to carry...
AC-130A Project Gunship II
4 × 7.62 mm GAU-2/A miniguns
4 × 20 mm (0.787 in) M61 Vulcan 6-barrel rotary cannon
AC-130A Surprise Package, Pave Pronto, AC-130E Pave Spectre
2× 7.62 mm GAU-2/A miniguns
2× 20 mm M61 Vulcan cannon
2× 40 mm (1.58 in) L/60 Bofors cannon
AC-130E Pave Aegis
2× 20 mm M61 Vulcan cannon
1× 40 mm (1.58 in) L/60 Bofors cannon
1× 105 mm (4.13 in) M102 howitzer
AC-130H Spectre
(Prior to c. 2000)
2× 20 mm M61 Vulcan cannon
1× 40 mm (1.58 in) L/60 Bofors cannon
1× 105 mm (4.13 in) M102 howitzer
(Latest armament)
1× General Dynamics 25 mm (0.984 in) GAU-12/U Equalizer 5-barreled rotary cannon
1× 40 mm (1.58 in) L/60 Bofors cannon
1× 105 mm (4.13 in) M102 howitzer
AC-130U Spooky II
1× General Dynamics 25 mm (0.984 in) GAU-12/U Equalizer 5-barreled rotary cannon
1× 40 mm (1.58 in) L/60 Bofors cannon
1× 105 mm (4.13 in) M102 howitzer
AC-130W Stinger II / AC-130J Ghostrider
1× 30 mm ATK GAU-23/A autocannon
1× 105 mm M102 howitzer (AC-130J Ghostrider only as of 2017)
'Gunslinger' weapons system with launch tube for AGM-176 Griffin missiles and/or GBU-44/B Viper Strike munitions (10 round magazines)
Wing mounted, AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs (SDBs) and/or GBU-53/B SDB IIs (4 per hardpoint on BRU-61/A rack)?... um... I don’t think so.
@@1LEgGOdt yo man i just like the f22
America, only country where Cessna pilots can be door gunners.
And have white phosphorus rockets to make sure whoever it is doesn’t make it back lol
Lmao
And the only country that all products require to have 99% sugar
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The perfect personification of the complete Madness that is the Americans
The only thing as crazy is this I can think of is when one of our British airmen climbs onto the wing of a Lancaster to put out an engine fire with a handheld extinguisher then was shot by an enemy fighter is friends at The Love Guru his parachute was on fire but somehow he managed to Land rather safely and survived
yes you heard that right a man literally hung to the wing of a plane got shot at probably got set on fire and yet still lives although he was captured by the Germans and his plane that he was in was eventually shot down when his follow crew with being escorted through a German hospital they found their friend miraculously alive
One hell of a reunion
What a fucking Chad. “My plane doesn’t have any guns......but I do!”
You need more likes
@@tejano434 Thank you :)
Yeah history channel says so boring but Yarnhub is the best
Same breed of bad ass as that US pilot in WW2 who shot a Japanese plane down with his 1911.
@@armchairgeneralissimo These men are built different I tell you what.
“But he had his M16, set it to full auto, and started to fire on the NVA”
Metal as fuck dude. Rest In Peace
I think this historical event might have been, at least in part, an inspiration to the Gene Hackman movie "BAT 21", where a pilot is shot down over Vietnam, and then gives coded radio messages involving golf course distances and layouts to Americans in an attempt to facilitate his own rescue.
The idea was that the Viet Cong would of course have no idea how American golf courses were laid out, so the messages were like "par 3, 8th hole" or the like, to indicate to American intelligence he was going 200 yards in one direction, followed by 100 yards in another, or whatever, once intelligence officers overlaid maps of the golf course with maps of the combat area, they were able to easily figure out his movements and where he wanted to be extracted.
@@johns9652 dude that’s so long
@@41.huynhucthanh89 I've seen comments longer than 1000
@@johns9652 no no, I also remember this golf course direction incident. It's not associated with it. I saw that in CZcams, I'll try to find the video and will send the link
@@johns9652 here it it.... czcams.com/video/sbH93xtVw3E/video.html
I'm starting to see a pattern with Americans piloting Cessnas.
When you see an Aircraft incoming:
*PANIK*
It's just a Cessna:
Kalm
It's an American flying it:
*PANIK*
Anything is a weapon if you try hard enough
It’s worse if you see Japanese pilots flying it.
TENNŌ HEIKA BANZAI!!!!
Well bazooka Charlie piloted a Piper
This is why Cessnas were everywhere
The cessna "is a dog without teeth"
Willbanks: are you sure about that
Just strap a pair of bazookas
He was the teeth.
*cessna grows teeth out of nowhere*
If only carpenter was there to put some tank destroying bazookas
@@papajonng9657 ROSY THE ROCKETEER IS THE VIETCONGS BIGGEST FEAR
Lmao
“The Cessna is a dog without teeth”
Willbanks: *“Well who needs teeth when you got an M-16 fully automatic rifle?”*
Lol
GUN IS GUN!
That is the hidden teeth.
That's why you should mount 2 M16's to your dog with a remote trigger.
The M16 is it’s claws
"SARGENT!! I SEE A PLANE! ITS AMERICAN!"
"so, weve taken out many american planes"
"ITS A CESSNA"
*"damn, were screwed"*
@Weiss Kartoffel man, really got to kill the mood like that?
@Weiss Kartoffel shut up mr smith
@@yeemcgee7402 like he ever gets invited
@@2FAST_4U ohhhhhhhh
@@2FAST_4U yeah, just like you have never been funny.
Holds M16 while flying and staifing the enemy on the ground
Warthunder: *WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN*
Edit: THX FOR THIS MUCH LIKES NEVER HAD THIS MUCH BEFORE
imagine they actually added that to the game. That would be hilarious
I remember, when war Thunder was in ww2. Now, supersonic jets, tanks. Idk what is next...
UFO???????
They only going add fuel to the fire
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@@fisa1149 Too late. Already did do them for an event
"If you are brave enough, anything can be a dil- ahem- weapon to stop an enemy ambush"
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its even more impressive when you realize those m16s only held 20 rounds.
Many used only 18 bullets
They can't put 20 in fear of the gun being jammed
its actually 19 rounds
@@guts-141
ah thats a low ammount of bullets, you would need to reload a ton
@@jyjmboree6162 Passing at 110 mph at low attitude he would have have had a brief moment to fire before needing to pitch up
@@jyjmboree6162 it was pretty rare to fire on full auto, unless it’s close range and all that of course, but in a squad there’s a machine gunner probably a m14 or two depending on the years, but I’m sure the ergonomics of the 20 rounder helped in those horrible terrain situations
Damn, this one actually pulled a tear from me. As a soldier, nothing makes me prouder than knowing someone who was so hopelessly outgunned and under-armed with such a feeble aircraft could perform such actions. The warrior's ethos is easily surmised in this video and the heroic efforts of these few men.
I will always place the mission first.
I will never accept defeat.
I will never quit.
I will never leave a fallen Comrade.
Can I just ask why you became a soldier? Why choose to invade countries and kill people for a leader or a parlement you most likely have never met and will never meet?
@@mycklaflonscamping1398
I’ll bet those Rangers never participated much in any ribbing or ridicule sessions regarding “Air Force Pukes” after going through that and witnessing it first hand.
@@thatfeeble-mindedboy true, but the USA commited outright genocide during the vietnam, and enacted disgusting war casualties, obviously the vietcong werent a bastion of morality, but the USA was unjust , and despite their intentions, those soldiers were fighting on the side of evil
@@mycklaflonscamping1398 Go hug a tree and peace off.
Bazooka Charlie 2: Electric boogaloo
The barely metal flyer
You watch Grian in Hermitcraft, dont you
Legendary hero
@@gokulkrishna7174 why?
Lmao 😂😂
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I think it's starter equipment.... anyway noice meme
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My Grandfather flew these and has some wild stories of his own, it's quite interesting how much combat even these guys got.
huh
I’m hitting a mad man level that shouldn’t be possible.
What are you talking about HES THE MAD MAN WITH BALLS OF STEEL
@@anakinskywalkercrappyprodu2205 More like wings of steel :)
A lot of lads in ww2 we're madlads
imagine holding a M 16 and shooting from a plane.
Like a boss
lol
Imagine if M16 were M60
not to mention it was a cessna
An *
Did they also have a McDonalds burger in there as well, memer?
Everybody’s gangsta ‘till the reconnaissance plane shouts, *“Bird Dog, Thunder!”*
Now this is a man of focus, commitment, and sheer fucking will
Him: General can we have a gunship?
General: No we already have one at base
Gunship at base:
Man if I was those rangers I'd be damn happy to have this gunship at home.
lol
Him: "F***ING PERFECT"
thats an even better gunship in my opinion
Nva: it's an unarmored Cessna. It's an easy target.
Wilbanks: *you talkin smack from someone within m16 firing range distance at full auto*
don't roast us like that, *eats a channel*
Vietcong: *Speaks the trees in the hillside*
Cessna: I'm about to pull off what's called a pro gamer move
Another interesting Bird dog story from Vietnam was the RVN Air Force pilot who landed one on an American aircraft carrier during the fall of Saigon. Had his wife and kids aboard! The plane is in the Pensacola museum.
I heard about that to.
Bazooka Charlie: Paint it Black DLC
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Video title sounds like a Florida man news paper cover
“Florida man holds back the Vietcong in a Cessna”
He may have been born in Georgia, but as far as I'm concerned, he is an honorary Florida Man.
My question is why the hell are the Vietcong in Florida?????
@@silascooper6827 it’s Florida !!
@@silascooper6827 its florida anything can happen
@@big_meaty_thighs2519 fair, fair
I bet Bazooka Charlie's happy to have him as a drinking buddy right now in the afterlife.
This man deserves the title 'Balls of Titanium."
What a Legend!!!!!!!! Hollywood needs to make a movie dedicated to his story
some people: BaZooKa ChArlIe wAnNaBEe
Me: The grandfather of AC-130 spooky gunship.
LMFAO
Actually, the factor of the AC-130 was a DC-10 or something that had some rifles mounted to the windows.
@@ClingyCrab everyone knows that it's the Douglas AC-47 Skytrain. it has three or two Vulcans attach to the right side.
AC 47 support inbound, take cover!
What the other guys say, and later AC-130 also got roasted by MANPADS by the VPA.
Dude our history teacher shows us these animations whenever they come out because he says “there interesting”
@B H Cool
The cessna "is a dog without teeth"
Willbanks: Hold my beer.
How brave must this man have been to fight back in such a slow, poorly armored plane, RIP, reminds me of the movie and book BAT 21 and of your prior video on Rosie the Rocketer
That's what the Night Witches did as well.
The best part is it has 0 armor
@@TraustiGeir Except the Night Witches were a bomber unit and he was only an observer, but Fl. Lt. Dwayne Frances and his spotter William Martin over the Ardennes shot down a German Storch, a much better armored plane with only their pistols!
@@ABC21129 Too true
Imagine if he survived and flew back
Ground crew: Hey why's your Cessna have a lot of holes, are not you suppose to do recon?
Wilbanks: The hill is full of Charlies
Ground crew: What?
Wilbanks: *Strapping 2 M2 browning and bolting LAU-3/A under the wings*
The hill is full of Charlies.
chaRlies*
@@andym.s.5231 What does Charlie's mean?
@@lamowkachow4597 Charlie is/was the nickname used by US armed forces in Vietnam to refer to the Vietcong or North Vietnamese army personnel, or just the enemy in general.
@@andym.s.5231 Thanks for the info👍
@@lamowkachow4597 It's from the Phonetic Alphabet for radio. Viet Cong becomes VC which becomes Victor Charlie.
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I really like 3D recreation since they make story telling more convincing rather than 2D
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They literally out-animate themselves with every upload, I swear, the animation in this video is better, if even just a teeny tiny bit than the Tank Alley video, which was the previous one
Soon enough there will be short film and i hope they will think of doing it
It starts to look more cinematic rather than informational video. And I love it
When I hear they sucome to their wounds im like
Why man, that would have been a great story to tell to your grandchildren
unfortunately, wilbanks died. he had no children but he had a wif
Dude same
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God bless the USA...they saved our butts down under in Oz and NZ during WW2.
You''ll need that same fighting spirit to endure and overcome what George Washington was shown in a Vision re the war that's coming on America soon. The USA will survive but it will be 'hard going' for a while.
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I always feel so much pride and patriotism for my country and the human race in general when I hear these story’s.
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At this point, I think I can say this without finishing the video:
HOW ARE YOU CONSISTENTLY GETTING BETTER AT ANIMATION AND FX!!!????
I mean, OMG, you have boots kicking up dirt, mist in the meadows, fluid eye movement, transparent reflections, SFX. How do you make these!!??
Seriously, I think we would all love to see at least one video breakdown of how you people make these so quickly and who you are.
Vietcong soldiers: "ah he ran out of missiles he can't hurt us"
Captain Hilliard: "by the power of the U.S of A" *starts loading m16*
If he floury back and survived : jumps into another bird dog
Ground crew:what do you need
Hillard: 2 m60s 2 m2 browning 4 30cals new thing of rockets
Ground crew:and
Hillard:and 8 m16’s above my wing
Ground crew:ok well get the arsenal
You need more likes dood
The most Murican thing I've read today, and I'm here for it! What an absolute legend this guy is. Shooting out of a moving truck is hard enough when you're not the one driving. This guy is on another level.
Viet Cong laughed at the Cessna until it started strafing them.
I cannot even imagine the roller coaster of emotions everyone watching this guy must've felt.
This isn't just a man. this is a badass of the highest order.
My dad was a FAC in the Viet Nam War. There were times when he flew in a Bird Dog. He told me about a time where he and his co-pilot spotted an ammo dump and all they had was smoke grenades which they dropped during several passes, trying to set the dump on fire.
God bless your dad. I have much respect for those like your dad. I got to fly a Bird Dog once that I helped restore. It remains one of my most favorite aircraft that I have flown.
Smoke grenades?
@@tejano434 There is a danger of starting a fire with the M18 smoke gernades when used in a dry area. Expended canisters remain hot for some time after burning out and could have caused a chain reaction.
A truly amazing man who's story will reach thousands. Thank you.
This channel is going blow up in popularity soon with this quality of animation
God I love this content
Most under-rated history channel
Change my mind
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NO I DON'T THINK I WILL
@@Charliee_Woofy_Pz wat?
@@britishneko3906 the original comment
Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends.
John 15: 13
Facts.
I'm guessing Captain Wilbanks probably never even met those Rangers, so that makes this even more impressively sacrificial.
Amen .
History will remember you, Bird Dog
Amen
This is right up there with the best animated documentaries. The only documentaries that I think are better than these are from the early to mid 2000s, Greatest Tank battles, and Dogfights (both by the history channel). I remember watching them as a kid back then. I am 19 now and am glad to see a return to this style of documentary!
This is the most American thing I have heard all day, some dude just hung his M16 out of a trainer aircraft with one hand and suppressed an entire Vietcong division
Yarnhub can tell stories better than the history channel
vietcong: it's a Cessna its an easy target.
Wilbanks: you talkin smack from someone within m16 range boi
Was incredibly sad to hear he passed to his injuries would’ve been awesome for him to still be alive
I'd like to see you do ancient military stories. Mongols, Greeks, Romans, Celts, ancient China and all their great generals.
They should've armed it like an early WW1 bomber.
What? Tossing grenades or the window? That would be hilarious
@@andrewmorris483 Effective too.
@@TraustiGeir *hilariously effective
When youre on low budget but still have to fight
You don't need jets, will is enough
You don't need jets, will is enough
Once again I’m infuriated I didn’t know this tale sooner. Thanks (sarcasm)History Channel. But sincerely thanks to Yarnhub.
Many thanks once again for a brilliant animation, the lump in my throat at the end says it all. A fitting tribute to a very brave man. Thank you.
This man had balls of steel, I'm surprised his Cessna managed to hold it together for that long
The plane was reinforced with his balls of steel!
I honestly can't believe this channel is still under a million subs, it deserves more.
Hello
yes it does need more subs
Thanks to this video his sacrifice will never be forgotten. Fly high pilot, we salute you.
I always love how they tell the stories and then tell if they got any medals for it because it makes me glad to know that hero’s are rewarded
Try to imagine if he had grenades on his plane XD
But seriously he s a madman
Replacements to bombs, I see, but he must be really low, or else the grenade timer will run out and it'll explode
Him plus the tennis french politician from the castle
Then it is a mini-bomber XD
@@carryner777 I know maybe contact grenade like the antitank grenades
They did that in ww1 lol
History is great, but the sometimes, the history itself is dark
If you think this is dark, around 70 to 80% of my country's national heroes are dead fighting colonialists
@@kos2919 what country are you from?
@@kanna5116 in reality could be any country as at some point in history every country has been colonised/conquered by an outside force
@@Gdsryrox But I was just asking on where he was from?
@@kanna5116 I know I’m just being an idiot
Man, Every video you get better and better. Keep on truckin!
These animations are getting better and the stories seem to never run out. Great work. Keep it up!
Vietnamese on the hills: It's over Americans! We have the high ground!
Americans: You underestimate our Cessna's power!
Americans: *I AM THE HIGH GROUND!*
Vietnam: *You sure about that?* **Loads 1,000,000,000,000 RPG-7**
@@ongdat92 switch the RPG 7 for a SA 2 and then we talk
Vietnam: Don't try it!
It's over american , we have millions of US civilian's support
It kinda make me think there might be more lesser stories like these but got killed with nobody around them to tell the stories
Two years since this video was posted and I just now realized that this could be the Vietnam reboot of bazooka Charlie
I'm over here seriously tearing up. What an amazing amazing thing he did. Totally unselfish.
I really like these stories about unknown heroes and damn these characters look amazing.
The usa has some brave and strong men the bravery of willbanks saving his comrades in trouble just hmm makes me want to salute him
Wonderful how you tell these so they are not forgotten sacrifices of our men. My Father was in WWII on b17s and 24s dropping ordinance over the English channel, and Grandfather was a WWI cavalry survivor, still have his sword in the family. Miss those guys, awesome men in that generation
The last poster of Wilbank's Medal Of Honor was perfect. Absolutely Incredible Guys. Keep it up!!!!!!!!
You see I’m always on time-oooo this is a good one grab the popcorn!
The detail gets better and better, it's gonna look better than TV soon lol
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Today one of the three middle schools in Habersham County, Georgia is named after Wilbanks. Habersham is where Wilbanks was from, and many of his family still live here. He is just one of many war heroes from the Vietnam War that deserve to be remembered, but so many are not remembered. It is nice to see some of their stories here.
I can't fathom how great the animation Yarnhub gives in just a short amount of time between each video, it's such a top-tier level of animation.
that moment when you realize you got killed by a cessna
the moment when you knew **you are vietnamese**
Cessna: "A dog without teeth"
Wilbanks: Who needs teeth when you have an M16 in full auto?
This guy has history in his hands
Now this is just fantastic
This guy can talk about anything and make it interesting
I can’t seem to figure out how YarnHub consistently gets better at animation every video.
Medal of honor indeed!! That is courage ..bravery..Love of brothers in arms personified..Da%n an!
What a hero! Great story 👍🏻
Damn, the animations are improving rapidly
I swear these Yarn Hub Animations keep getting more realistic video by video
Woohoo my comment got hearted :0
If I ever become a History teacher I'll make sure to show my students these amazing animations
The uniform details are amazing
Geat story telling as always for Yarnhub! 👏
Another amazing tale from this amazing channel. Thank you for showing us these heroic stories. 👏💚☺️
As a proud U.S. NAVY veteran I salute Captain Willbanks and the other men who in the finest traditions of the U.S. Air Force, bravely performed their duties under fire. U.S. NAVY '73 >'77🇺🇸
Damn. This actually man me tear up and salute this man while watching the video. What a hero. Rest easy Captain Hilliard A. Wilbanks. And many thanks to Yarnhub for making sure legends like this never die in our memories. o7
I really like those videos and even more the fact that every single one of them has subtitles (I have hearing issues) so thank you very much yarnhub
Dad was a FAC (20th TASS), call sign Covey 50. He flew out of Khe Sanh 1966-1967. To say he came home with "issues" would be a radical understatement. Yet he never complained. Just came home, did his remaining 3 years, then retired. About 10 years before he passed, he told me how his "tour" of the DMZ & the Ho Chi Minh trail still followed him 45 years later. He passed New Year's day, 2021. I pray he's flying in clear skies now.