Inside the B-17 Flying Fortress
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The Flying Fortress. A name that conjures up images of brave young men conducting daylight raids deep in enemy territory, far from home. The B-17 was bristling with defensive weapons and could also carry a heavy bomb load to distant locations. It rapidly became the symbol of US air power of early 1940s. We take you inside the B-17F to expose how it worked, how it was operated and the tactics that made it a formidable offensive and defensive weapon. It's reputation and achievements have made the B-17 one of the most iconic and recognizable aircraft in the history of aviation.
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00:00 Intro
00:29 Airframe
04:41 The Crew
06:36 Armor
07:49 Armament
08:39 Targeting equipment
09:32 Defensive Armament. Part 1
10:42 War Thunder
11:42 Defensive Armament. Part 2
13:46 Engines
15:33 Fuel System
18:20 Hydraulic and Electrical Systems
19:00 Navigation
19:48 Starting the Engines
22:49 Conclusion
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M1 Abrams videos please.
i know u get this all the time, and u planned all the videos already, but please can u make a video about the king tiger or the panther
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Can you do one for the Wizard War of WW2? Or Allied Bombing tactics such as bomber stream, sky marking and use of radio in night bombing?
God no
I'm 77 years old now. My dad was a B-17 pilot in WW II and was shot down over Holtland, Germany on July 26, 1943. Five of the crew were killed and five survived. My dad spent the rest of the war in Stalag Luft III (the site of the Great Escape) and Stalag VII A where he was liberated in April 1945 by the advanced units of Patton's 3rd Army. He was wounded by shrapnel from a 20mm explosive shell from a German FW-190.
He very rarely said anything about his experiences in WW II. Total time was perhaps a minute or two until he died. Everything I learned about him in WW II was by my own research of US and German documents in my later life, and it took many years to piece everything together. For example it tool a long time going through the German records to learn that it was Senior Lieutenant Karl Decker piloting an FW-190 who shot my dad down after my dad's B-17 had been hit by flak and fell behind the formation on the way back from a successful bombing run on the Hanover Rubber Works, Hanover, Germany.
Oddly, one of the very few things my dad mentioned about his time in WW II was that a German patrol that was sent to take him prisoner saved him from angry farmers that wanted to kill him.
It was hard as a kid and a young adult to imagine what war was really like. My dad said that the movie "Twelve O'Clock High" came close to what it was like and the novel "Maybe I'm Dead" was a realistic depiction of what POW life was like.
Well, I got my chance to imagine what war was like. In 1967 I joined the Marine Corps to avoid being drafted into the Army. I graduated from OCS an was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant. Then after 6 months of officer training, I arrived in Vietnam on December 15, 1968 and took command of an infantry platoon. I came home in December 1969 and I can definitely say I know for a fact what war is like. It's extreme physical and mental stress, death, horrible wounds, chaos, destruction, and survival when it didn't seem possible. A special thanks to all of the Marines who served in my platoon including the magnificent Navy Corpsmen and all the Marines, Navy, and Air Force supporting operations that saved our butts more than a few times.
There is so much I can say about combat. First, if you are in the wrong place at the wrong time, you are dead or wounded. Second, there were unimaginable tragedies and there were miracles on the battlefield. One day I had 34 Marines in my platoon (very much under strength) and when the sun set that day, only 4 of us were still alive and unwounded. That was the worst day of my life. On another day, we were in an intense firefight when were caught in the open by North Vietnamese soldiers. They had us dead to rights. I had to make a decision to try to fall back or to conduct an aggressive frontal attack. I only had a few seconds and I decided on an aggressive frontal attack. But I had no radio contact with my squad leaders and so I had to run up and down the line of assault shouting commands to coordinate the assault.
If you've never been in a firefight, bullets travel faster than the speed of sound and so when they pass close by, you can hear a loud "snap" which is a small sonic boom. It's not an exaggeration that during that assault it soundly like a string of firecrackers going off around me. When my platoon reached the tree line, it was hand to hand for a very brief time with some of my Marines. It didn't last more than 30-60 seconds before the enemy quickly withdrew.
After the battle, I asked my platoon sergeant to get a count of our dead and wounded. A few minutes later he returned and said, "Sir, you ain't gonna believe this, but we only have one Marine with minor wound to his hand from an enemy bayonet and he doesn't want to be evacuated." That was a miracle.
And here is the really odd thing. I really can't describe this in a way you might understand, but I had this feeling while I was in Vietnam that there was something watching over me. I never had any fear in Vietnam except for two situations. It would take too long to describe them, but one was during a night ambush we established when I thought the enemy would discover us and they had way more soldiers than I did Marines. The other was when we were in a company defensive position in a valley at night and we were hit with our own 155 mm artillery after a Recon unit in the mountains above us mistook us for the enemy. If you have never been caught in barrage of artillery, it is the most terrifying experience you can comprehend. The shrapnel is mowing down saplings and small trees. There is the screams of the wounded but no one can get to them. Those were two moments where I didn't have the feeling anyone was watching over me.
So what's my point? Well when I in my 60's I had a chance to pay for a ride on a B-17. I wanted to know kind of what my dad may have felt and saw. Obviously, there was no flak or German fighters, but I did have my experience of three years in combat.
My first impression was just how small or really tiny the B-17 was and just how difficult it was to try to get from the rear to the front of it. And how hard it was to actually try to bail out when you may have only a few seconds or minutes while the plane began to spiral out of control causing centrifugal spin trapping the crew inside. Perhaps the worst position was the ball turret gunner who could not have a parachute. In order to exit the ball turret position, the turret had to be repositioned in order for the gunner to get out, and then he had to find a parachute to attach and then find a way to bail out. If the electrical systems were shot up, there was no way he could get out of the turret and bail out.
I took two flights in the B-17 called the 909 in different years.
Tragically, a year or two ago the 909 crashed during an emergency landing and was destroyed killing passengers and crew but with a couple of survivors. I'm glad I had the two experiences before maintenance problems caused a crash and deaths. RIP for the souls who perished.
This video brought back so many memories of my dad and B-17's.
I served 21 yeas in the Marines with two more years in combat. I shouldn't be alive today.
A long but good read! Thank you so much for sharing. ❤
Interesting story, my respects for having survived the terrible experience of war.
I have always been interested in the history of aviation since I was very young, especially the WW2 period and I would have liked to meet a pilot to be able to exchange at least a few words with him, but due to my age and the time that has passed since that conflict obviously this is very difficult. That is why I find it very interesting and I appreciate stories like the one he shared about his father. Thank you, greetings from Argentina.
Gracias por contar tu historia. Pone los pelos de punta!. Eso es una vida bien vivida. ❤
Thank you for sharing and thank you for your service.
Growing up, we had a substitute that subbed all my years of 6-12. I'm HS, he gave a speech about his time in WWII. He was a navigator on the '17, and his ship was shot down, ensuring his visit and German hospitality in one of the Stalags.
Thing I remember most, was him describing how when they'd receive their bread rations, they'd have to slice it thinly to look for broken glass.
He passed away about 20 years ago, but he was truly an amazing person.
As for the '17s, I've always been drawn to them. Just... something about them. If there is reincarnation, I'd be surprised if I didnt serve on one or was involved with them in a prior life
Just watched '12 o'clock high' here on YT and it's quite different to watch this plane 'in action' compared to this vid. But the bombardier never took control of the plane in the movie
9:02 the bombardier reacting to the blast of flak and then rapidly blinking to lock in is CRAZY level of detail into your animation
also much love to the voice acting in this video, hella high quality 👌
That exact moment reminded me of the scene in "Memphis Belle"
Seeing this after having finished the Masters of Air is just awesome.
Too bad the show bombed (literally too I guess). I expected better from the same folks that made Band of Brothers. If anything tho its cool to see the show has revigorrated WW2 interest
If a little exaggerated regarding its robustness, defensive capabilities and absurd claims of accuracy.
Just noticed the navigator @ 19:15 is even called Crosby!!
@@Red-Magicthe show was good, it was rushed af cuz they wanted to be 9 episodes
Special effects are better than master of the air as well!!.😂😂😂 only joking!.
David I have no idea what it takes to make these but I’ve been a WW2 history buff for a long long time and these videos are truly one of a kind thank you so much for the effort to bring this side of the war to light.
Gracias por compartir tu experiencia de vida, es un honor leer tu relato, sin héroes como tú y tu padre la historia sería diferente y EEUU no sería lo que es hoy, gracias 👍
19:15 Pilot: Good job Crosby ❤
About 25 years ago, I had to clean out the house of an unassuming old man with dementia/Alzheimer's. After the war he was a hardware store owner until he retired and sold it. Anyway, there were multiple Army Air core manuals on gunnery for the 17 that he had in his basement, since he was a gunnery instructor after the war. I still have his crew jacket that he wore. I would donate it to a museum, but the unit no longer exists. I know the group, squadron, and tail number. His name is Paul A. Perkins . He owned the hardware store in Bonner Springs, Kansas. I even have pictures of the crew in front of the plane. I have 21 years service in the USMC and ARMY, he had a lot more balls than me.
Engine model shows a seven-cylinder pattern instead of the actual nine. Voiceover refers to guns both as "fifty cal" and "point five zero"- these are the same thing, viewers might be confused. Kudos for pointing out that waist gunner positions were staggered on the next model (G). Mentioning that head-on attacks were preferred by the Luftwaffe could lead into mentioning the addition of a chin turret on the next model as well.
thanks for correcting
There were four (4) Officers on a B17. The Pilot, Co-Pilot, Navigator and the Bombiader. Probably a slip in research but something that should be noted.
Yes thanks. There were occasions later that there were not bombardier officers in planes that were not lead planes but that was not the norm. It was an error.
@@BluePawPrint Yes, later on another crew member, often the sergeant who was flight engineer, would release the bombs when he saw the plane at the front doing so, and this saved the need for complex reckoning by the bombardier. I believe it allowed many crews to dispense with a dedicated bombardier. The man in this role was called the "toggler". But it was not done in 1943.
My great grandpa was a tail gunner on a B-17 from 1942 to the end of the war and even had a couple encounters with some 262s during the war i still have his mission logs and medals and i was lucky enough to meet a very nice man who was a waist gunner and talk to him for a bit so this kind of stuff is very very interesting to me
When I was younger back in the early 2000s I remember playing a Nintendo DS game called B-17 Flying Fortress that let you play as all the gunner positions. Listening to the background callouts of “Bandits! 6 0-clock High!” and “Fighters coming around fast!” I knew it was the audio used in that game. Really takes me back to my childhood.
I had the same game! It was really fun!
I'll be honest. Just watching how thin the wing skin is has totally blown me away!
Magnificent work! Thanks a lot. I appreciate metric units, which let me watching with no pause for recalc.
One of the most Indepth videos that I've ever seen on a Flying Fortres - Nice!!!
I love these kind of videos. You learn so much about these WW2 machines you didn't know about yet in such a nicely animated way. Keep it up.
It must take a staggering amount of effort to create one of these vids. Thank you it is greatly appreciated by many.
It's a huge amount of work. thanks for noticing
Hi David (Same name as mine), those renders are incredibly well made, i wanna just point out that the engine used for the render is from a Wright Cyclone R-2600-23 (or some variant), which have a double row of cylinders, while the info you described was from the Wright Cyclone R-1280-97, which is accurate, but is a single row of 9 cylinders, minding that a B-17 was able and running these kind of engines during the war, double-row engines were not used in B-17's (Only from B-29's).
i spotted an error and its the video being too short, this format is incredibly nice and informative to watch and cant get enough!!
Its amazing how modern weapons evolved from a 4 engine 10 crew plane carrying 8000 pounds of ordnance to a twin engine jet plane with 1/2 crews carrying the same ordnance weight with much more self protection capabilities
Das ist ein hervorragendes Video zu diesem Thema. Ich möchte dafür an den Autor einen besonderen Dank aussprechen. Dieses hervorragende Flugzeug wird nicht umsonst“Fliegende Festung“ genannt und die deutschen Jagdpiloten hatten großen Respekt vor dem Flugzeug und der Tapferkeit der Besatzungen.
Die Bauweise des Bombers war konstruktiv ein gelungener Wurf zumal insbesondere an das überleben und Sicherheit der Besatzung gedacht wurde. Das drückt die Philosophie der US-Strategen aus das Leben ihrer Truppen möglichst zu schützen was in allen Truppenteilen zu finden ist.
Danke für dieses sachliche Video.
The amount of detail in your models is mind-blowing. Excellent work, as usual.
Awesome video! The animations are top notch. I love how you transition between a clean aircraft in the void, explaining it's inner workings. And a dramatic reenactment of the crew flying on a mission. Seriously, the mission segments alone could be it's own short film. Amazing job.
Just realized that this is yarnhub’s other channel😭
Same
Omg it is really? I’ve been watching but never noticed!
@@sangkienguyen668 yes
My dad was stationed at Deopham Green in England during WW2. He worked on B-17's as a sheet metal repair specialist..
He told my lot's of story's of airplanes coming back with big chunks missing.. I have an altimeter from a B-17 my dad got from some kind of surplus store after the war..
Потрясающая детализация. Обожаю Б-17
Incredible video about an incredible airplane! The men are the heart and soul of the plane, thankfully, they had one that was built to give them the best chance possible of getting home.
Unfortunately, pressing their luck by having to do this 25 times put the odds of survival pretty far away.
Fantastic series and effort. Obviously, the possibilities for this kind of presentation are almost endless. The old saying that a picture is worth a thousand words is literally true here. Just wonderful.👍
An excellent description of the mythic B 17, thank you!
Sou fã do B17, que cheguei a ver em voo sobre a cidade de Manaus, em operações da FAB, no final dos anos 50.
Man, I've learned so many things I didn't think of, such as full bomb load can't reach any targets.... I found myself so stupid of not thinking of these before!!
My Dad was a B17 Crew Chief/ side gunner during the War, he was Stationed in Panama with the 397th Heavy Bombardment Group
Would have been a very good occasion to show improved armor protection against flak, covering the engines and floor of the bomber, as this animation only shows the B-17F variant as protected only from rear threats.
For reference, there is the August 1944 study titled: "Combat losses and damage in the 8th. Air Force".
A channel called "US WWII Bombers" has an excellent video if you want to check.
This is the model I am most looking forward to. Sure enough, there is no subscription error. I want to see B-24 in the future!!
My absolute favorite WW2 plane. The Monogram 1/48 scale model is my favorite kit. May have to make another one after viewing this. Well done!
Excellent, excellent video. Incredible detail and specificity. I got a chance to ride in a B-17 and use the Norden bombsight over my city -- a truly memorable and eerie experience. Thanks for this, I'm sure I'll watch it again.
Excelente y asombroso trabajo. Saludos desde Buenos Aires, República Argentina.
its difficult to not get happy seeing new video plus this amazing voice ❤
Fantastic video, always enjoy your content.
One point on narration, the M2 Browning machine guns are referred to multiple times as "point five zero caliber," the way to say this is simply "fifty caliber," which is true for almost all firearms using the caliber system, i.e. ".30" would be "thirty caliber." For some, like the .30-06 round fired by the M1 Garand, you would say "thirty aught six," instead of "point thirty dash zero six," etc. For firearms that use a millimeter system, you don't mention the decimal, and usually not the millimeter either. For example, the 5.56mm round fired by the M16, you would refer to as "five five six." A lot of rounds follow these sort of spoken conventions, which may be unintuitive if you're unfamiliar with firearms or have only read about them and haven't heard them spoken before.
Once again, really great video, please keep them coming!
Spitfire when? The most popular spitfires in my opinion are the spitfire VC and XVI
love the coverage of the cheek and nose guns, looking forward to the ball turret vid, you could fill a vid on just the evolution of flexible mounts, chin turret, blister mounts, etc.......................top notch job, thanx
Underrated youtube channel, thanks for sharing 👍👍👍
Ryt on it the moment it gets posted. Let me feast my eyes
I don't know if I'm the only one, but the spanish voice sounds like Gustavo Fring trying to speak spanish hahaha.
Wow what a great video 🎉.. apart from the engine error that's already been pointed out. The Tail Number was 124485 for the Belle, so not sure where the extra 2 came from.. but that's just me nit picking 😂. IMO the most iconic and probably the most beautiful aircraft ever made ❤
the transition to the sponsor was so clean
"someday i shall meet my faith, somewhere among the clouds above. Those that i fight i do not hate, those that i guard i do not love"
Thank you for giving me these details. I'll be building my B17-F now
I love these videos so much. I wish you guys had the chance of releasing more of them, but I also understand that the quality of the videos takes time for your research. Thank you for everything you do.
Это супер крутое видео! В русских субтитрах на 25:01 ошибка. Memphis Belle - это Мемфисская красавица, а не Мемфисский колокол. Даже на рисунке девушка, а не колокол.
Excellent modeling and video! brief and very complete, precise and clear to explain the operation, the essence of the different systems that integrated it, and the context of use of this mythical WW2 aircraft. Greetings from Argentina.
Yippee a dedicated video for the ball turret!!!
You guys need more follower !!! Amazing detailed video ...😊
This is an excellent explanatory video.💯 I think it would have been even more immersive if, at the part with the starting checklist, we could hear the sound of the four engines instead of music.🎧 I will continue to support your work from now on.💌
Excellent animation and explanation in an optimal video duration. Congratulations! Since I was a child (sixties decade, I have been an admirer of the B17. Greetings from Mexico.
Excelente animación y explicación en un óptimo tiempo de duración del video ¡Felicitaciones! Desde niño (década de los sesentas son admirador de los B17. Saludos desde México.
Thats very interesting about the B-17 Flying Fortress nice bomber war plane. Thanks blue paw print.
we got another video boys!
Bro thank god I've been waiting for this video for so long. You make such good content!
A truly beautiful presentation mate. Well done indeed 👌
Amazing animation and incredibly informative, so much information!
It’s amazing with all that fire power that they never shot each other out of the sky
Excellent video really informative. Best Blue Paw video yet. Keep it up
Exelente video! Muchas gracias, a espera de más videos!
Great vid David! Love the masters of the air inspiration too!
Could you do a new animation about the BF 109, not a specific variant , but all the prototypes, production
variants and even concepts? Wikipedia has done an incredible job of informing me about the 109 (which is my fav ww2 aircraft), but I am clueless on how the operated, whats under the hood and what the cockpit looks like. Also it doesn't
help that I don't understand german. Could you do it? I have high hopes because these animations are amazing
Awesome video, thank you for your work!
I am building a model of Ye Olde Pub and your information has been invaluable in my research , particularly interior and structure , as I am building battle damage ! thanks for sharing , best wishes from Wales .
Perfect :) I'd love to see U-boot in the same manner...
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GREAT VIDEO .THANK YOU DEEPLY. I SHOULD SEND MY DONATION AT ANY MOMENTE . GREAT WORK YOUR INFO . WAS FRIENDLY AND EASY TO UNDERSTAND , VERY ATTRACTIVE FORMAT . THE SOFT VOICE , PAUSE TONES HELPED TREMENDOUSLY
10/10 con la explicación entendí al B17,.... Muchos sistemas y Pobre Navegante con su enorme tarea
Great video.Two things, the Tokyo tanks and Aux Pwr Unit in the tail were removed by the ground crews, prior to service in GB. This was a weight saving measure.
una belleza de video , MUCHAS MUCHAS MUCHAS GRACIAS!! DISFRUTÉ MUCHO VIENDOLO.
Superbe reportage avec de nombreux détails.merci👍
Amazing graphics
What is the ethereal music used in these videos? It truly elevates them to another level. I'm absolutely in love.
it's our own composition we make for these films
@@BluePawPrint Seriously?! My god, this channel is an absolute gem. Thank you so much for these videos.
outstanding video, thank you
Good job. Congratulations. Thanks. Here Brazil.
Fantastic video !
I noticed you guys animated some masters of the air scenes! Very nice animations!!
Utterly brilliant as usual
Excellent !!! The only thing different is that the B-17 used 9-cylinder engines and in the video the engines that appear are 14-cylinder Double Wasp. Otherwise, excellent video!!!
O U T S T A N D I N G ! Very, very impressed by the terrific, beautiful graphics & visuals that depict fantastic detail and realism. Simply superb. Best descriptive information on the venerable B-17 I have ever seen. Excellent use of technology. Narration is also exemplary. Major kudos.
Many thanks for this exceptional quality video BPP!
Amazing video, please make more of it with tanks, olher aircrafts !!
Dad was at Burtonwood. It wasn't the best plane but they certainly could turn them out in huge numbers to keep the sky filled.
AMAZING VIDEO!!!❤❤❤ Props to the Yarnhub team!
Thank You David !!!
👍😄
Beautiful animation
Great vid I love this channel
Amazing video! This is awesome!! Greetings from Mexico.
Kudos to the amazing top-notch video game quality of the animation and FX. Simply astonishing, love the B17 their role was highlighted at the Master of air tv show on Apple TV, war heroes like the Willi or the Studebaker. Keep up this great work man. 👏
Idk how I never caught your name considering I’ve been a fan for awhile but thanks David, You fucking rock.
Excelente trabajo!!! Está buenísimo!! Lo felicito por la excelencia! Me encantaría que realice el estudio del Mustang P-51. Desde ya muchas gracias! Y saludos cordiales desde Argentina!
I like that amazing plane!👍👍
My Dad flew a B17 in WWII. A very very young man at the time saving the world with his generation
Amazing airplane and video🎉
Love this plane man
an other great video, thx blue paw, hope you make one on french tanks or aircraft !
Theze videos are really great
AMAZING! DO A LOT. ITS GREAT JOB!
Very cool video the images were pretty darn lifelike. Their eye blinking was, to me anyway, unsettling, oh well.
Gracias por compartir esta apreciable información!