From Scrap Yard to Skies: Restoring The Iconic D-Day C-47 Plane | That's All Brother
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- Found in a scrapyard in 2015, the C-47 aircraft that led the D-Day landings was reconstructed for a transatlantic mission to honour the fallen.
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It's mind boggling how many important artifacts have been abandoned. WW2 was so huge that there was so much materiel, and they were so busy that they couldn't preserve much of it. I'm glad this C-47 was found and restored.
At least they brought our sh¡t back home😂
The poor kids that will be going on similar journeys for artifacts from recent wars, will unfortunately find out that most of the military surplus was left on battlefields in iraq & Afghanistan 😢
When the war ended. 1000s of planes were surplus. They offered them for sale. Airlines brought a lot of C 47s and converted them to DC 3s. However planes like the 4000 or so B 17s left over, didn't have much Civilian use
@@timmanboy1 Some 18,000 'B-24' bombers were built during the war: they were 'cutting edge' in 1939 but were obsolete in 1945 and most were scrapped almost immediately, as were many other bomber types. The total B-29 construction cost in 1945-dollars would have been some $5 000,000,000 (that's just to make them).
In a brief story Post war , a lot of countries were in debt due to buying War machines and supplies and as conflict had ended and 90% of war service people was being sent home , it was too costly to keep and maintain. Money could be made from metal scrap
there where loads of American planes at the end of WW2 that where scrapped in the uk, At RAF Burtonwood near warrington
So glad the CAF did this - I was lucky enough to sit left seat just after the restoration was finished, she stopped over at our CAF base airport getting ready to depart for Normandy.
My grandfather was in a C-47 following that exact aircraft when he jumped on D-Day - things like that are just hard to wrap your head around. The CAF’s mission (and others like it) is absolutely invaluable.
Agreed. My grandfather was part of those paratroopers as well. Sadly he passed from covid at the end of 2020
Wow! Very interesting
As a veteran this historical saga of bringing back- that's all"brother, from being forgotten to being remembered and honored for it's part in world history, freedom,liberty brought mist to my eyes. Heartfelt respect for this proud beautiful plane to it's rightful place. Job well done good servant.🇺🇸
Minute 32 seconds, the gentleman that was describing his experience that day, jumping off into Normandie, you can still feel the anxiety, the adrenaline the the mind of that man, that soldier lived an experience like you said, for one moment in his mind, he was back there, and I felt it just listening to him speak.
This man, this airplane, are the greatest generation, the ones that provided us to have this freedom that we have until this time, This experiment for the last 251 years, it’s been a hell of a ride, and we must keep our freedom intact, even though we are in difficult times at the moment, God bless America, and we must unite.
I love that the company that converts the C-47 is also the one that has the tooling and skill to restore it
it's great that basler jumped right in to restore it to original condition and they DO care about history not just conversions.
It speaks volumes about the amazing design of the C47 that they're still being upgraded and used.
yep, almost 90(!!) years after its first prototype took to the air...
amazing indeed.
Buffalo Airways in Alaska still uses them, look up their C-47 veteran they restored a few years back.
@@c1ph3rpunk the Colombian armed forces uses modified ones to fight the drug lords in that country...
those airplanes are still very much in use.
@@ingeposch8091 is it an AC47? also known as spooky, a viatnam war era use the C47 as a gunship
I am a baby boomer so I’ve listened to the brave ones who served who were just one generation a head of me….I’ve listened in awe, admiration, and respect to their stories of hardship and sacrifice and yes to the stories of the machines that were worked beyond their design limits to defeat determined and strong enemies. Now, the ones who were there and brought the stories home are leaving us……the greatest generation is leaving us for their rightfully deserved resting place in Heaven. But I am very much in awe of the young men and women who are inspired to do the restoration and research to keep the memory of these great machines and even greater people alive. I applaud them and I admire them because there are so many of the younger generations intent in tearing down America and her heroes that fought for the peace we all enjoy. Thank you because you too are heroes.
Huge respect and thanks to the veteran and all his colleagues, those who made it and those who didn't.
My eighth grade shop teacher, Forest Guth was one of those heros. Didn't know it at the time, but he went all the way to the Wolf's Liar.
E company right?
Guth is one of the more well known paratroopers from WWII, especially the Normandy campaign. Pretty awesome to have had him as a teacher. Many of his artifacts and photos from wwii are on display in museums and books.
In Denmark we still have a flying DC3, C-47, which is lovingly kept flying by a group of Friends. Now with mostly new engines after having suffered the old ones breaking down for a possible retirement. It also has been part of films needing the type.
likewise in the Netherlands...
the DDA (Dutch Dakota Association) offers flights with it.
@@ingeposch8091 And so in Denmark. "DC3 Vennerne". Some years ago it visited Peenemunde! It was originally a Royal Plane but became a loan to the Mercedes Import in Denmark, for keeping it flying (still in Danish colors)! Sadly they went broke and The Friends took over, and had to find money for new engines. If not it would be stuck on the ground! But they managed to find the money and new engines. Today they search for money for the IRAN inspection.
Great to hear!
These old planes are such national treasures. There is a B17 being reconstructed from some parts and mostly built from prints in Urbana Ohio. A small town with a small air museum. This is at the Grimes Air Museum. This B17 is 15% parts (some from a downed B17 in Alaska) and 85% being manufactured. That is incredible and has already taken about 14 years of volunteer workers and will continue well into our future. Incredible work and incredible story.
I live about 2 hours from that place. Wonder if people can visit that?
Yes, you can. It is open to the public and there is no charge. The museum is located on OH 68 north of Town at the Grimes Airfield. The last time I was there was Oct. 1, 2021. I will be going back soon.
I would like to go there and visit. My stepfather was a pilot of a B-17. At 23 years old on his 23 mission over Austria he was shot down in tail # 911. Soul survivor. POW for the rest of the war. He passed away in 2003. I miss him.
Wow! If you can get to Urbana OH and see the B17 under construction that would be awesome!
The only B-17 in Maine is wreckage, I don't even know if it's still there
EXCELLENT video Spark!!! 👍👍 My dad was a career Army Air Corps/USAF pilot who honorably served our country for 21 years. He flew B-25s in N. Africa in 1943 as well as many other aircraft during his career. He also had gazillions of hours in the Gooney Bird, one of his favorites. I was a young USAF F-4E Phantom crew chief during the late Vietnam War. Many of our Seymour Johnson AFB 4th TFW Phantoms were temporarily assigned to the famous 8th TFW at Ubon RTAFB, Thailand under emergency war orders in 1972-73. This was Nixon's Linebacker I & II aerial campaigns. Among all the jets and black AC-130 Spectre gunships were two AC-47s sporting twin mini-guns that were busy, usually flying night missions. One day a cargo C-47 was taking off and I heard someone say it was an underpowered crappy flying POS. When I got back to the 'world' I told my dad what I had heard. He said the guy had no idea what he was talking about, that the Gooney was an excellent flying aircraft with plenty of power.
That is why, nearly 100 years later, many are still working birds.
My father could have ferried your father's Mitchell over as he was a pilot in the Ferry Command, and flew mostly the South Atlantic route, delivering aircraft to Northern Africa. Small world.
Those paratrooper’s were so brave. all the soldiers who participated, including the airmen and the sailors were extraordinarily brave, thank you! we are sorry for your sakes for the mess we’ve allowed the world to become.
let us hope that this time around we'll be abled to put a stop to the same stupidity that is on the rise again...
not just in the US, but in many countries around the world!
even in my country (the Netherlands) we see a rise in "boneheads" adoring right wing extremism and i absolutely hate it.
never again, nie wieder, nooit meer!
Putin Lover 🇷🇺
@@arlisbartlett403 Huh?
@@arlisbartlett403You sound like somebody who lets others fight their wars for them.
A plain and simple coward.
As we know, it did make it to Normandy. I saw it come into Duxford, along with the rest of the D-Day Squadron. To have so many DC-3/C-47s in one place was amazing.
I was there also, Great to see them all together
What a sight to witness!!
Fantastic work by Basler and very thankful the CAF chose to rescue this aircraft! Worth noting their was a parallel story of another DC-3 restoration of a D-Day veteran in Canada. Mikey McBryan the operation manager for Buffalo Airways (owned by father Joe McBryan) documented (on his CZcams page with over 100 videos & on Instagram) the story of this aircraft & process the restoration for the 75th. anniversary of D-Day. Really great story (& watch)!
There is a photo of my dad under the belly of a C47 with a colonel. My dad designed a modification to improve the pre-flight inspection where there was a small inspection door for part of the fire suppression system. He recieved a pat on the back and a photo with that colonel as recompense.
Thanks to everyone who participated in this conservation. Brought happy tears to my eyes.
I wish my dad could see this video. :-(
Posted in memory of my dad.
MSgt Fred Hardin:
US Army 7th Cavalry 1934-38.
US Army Air Corps 1938-1947.
USAF SAC 1947-1957.
Pearl Harbor Suvivor.
C47 Crew Chief.
What a brilliantly respectful mission and an absolutely necessary journey... to restore this historically significant aircraft and have it fly again, in commemoration of those men who all put their lives in danger to restore freedom in Europe. The fact that many still fly to this day and are being retrofitted with modern engines, proves its design and what an absolute workhorse this plane is/was!
Excellent story. My Dad, my Uncle ""his Brother" and my Mom all contributed to the war effort. Tha European and the Pacific theater. I'm glad they made it all the way through.
Of course I would not be typing this if it didn't.
Thanks for restoring a significant part and time in history for everyone to look and think about.
When I see and hear these older men, speak about their life back then, and what they sacrificed. my heart swells for them, always have been my hero's and always will be.
I'm holding back tears, it's very emotional.
The men and women who designed and built these planes. The soldiers who trusted them to their jump point. The men who died in them. Extremely emotional. Thank you for this exceptional story.
👍🗽🇺🇲💔💚✌️
Freedom is NEVER free. Thank you to the veterans before and after me. A Vietnam Veteran I Corp.1967-1969.
I'm a South African combat veteran paratrooper. I did my first jump out of a C-47 in 1974, and then several training jumps. We also jumped the Dak is combat operations, me between 1974 and 1989. I can't remember how many Dak jumps I've done, we also jumped C130's and some helo jumps, it's all in my jump log, but although it's a long time ago it's still very raw. Salute ALL my Paratrooper Brothers, both friend and foe.
Dad loved flying those planes over New Guinea, and also the Lockheed Lodestar...he had an affection for both those planes. So reliable.
Outstanding! Brought tears to my eyes thinking of the brave hero’s who passed in and out of this magnificent ship. Many came home, many didn’t.
Glad I caught this video, in 2017 I was at the EAA Fly-in and got to see this plane in person, and actually go inside of it, made my hair stand up looking at all the pictures they had, thanks CAF for doing this.
I used to hear the distinct, throaty sound of the radial engines of a DC-3 flying low and slow and run outside to watch it go over. In grammar school I got in trouble for shouting "C-47!" and running to the window.
As a retired Navel Aircrewman , and aircraft assembly worker that built the C 130 J model. I love this stuff.!
Fantastic video, so glad there are people like this working hard to preserve our history!
Before joining the navy in early 1942, my father worked at Douglas Aircraft building DC 3/C47. He returned to his job after the navy.he worked there until 1981 when he died.
Dad would be so happy that some of the planes he worked on are still in the sky, longer than the B52 even.
C47 Douglas Dakota... Truly the civilian that went to war.. Such an icon of America🇺🇸 at it's best
You got me crying. Thank you very much! Thank you for sharing and for saving that old bird.
It might sound hokey but That's All Brother gives off a feeling of gratitude and pride. Thank you for saving a piece of the history that saved us
What a truly amazing restoration!
To all the people that worked on this aircraft, you are the best of the best and it shows.
It is so heart warming to see such an important part of our history come back to life. Our schools should teach this to show and remind kids growing up the price that was paid for the great freedoms they have.
The most important phrase in history is FREEDOM IS NOT FREE.
a great price was paid. God bless all that served.
Whoa so impressed by all of you and the hero’s that were in that’s all brother in ww2 .. thank you all for your service and all that have passed ..
What a wonderful story. God bless all those men that went out that door. Thank you to all that made this restoration possible.
CAF -- I LOVE THE C-47 I FLEW IN I KNOW ABOUT YOUR GREAT ORGANIZATION AND MUSEUM THATS ALL BROTHER..GREAT ITS STILL AROUND.. WE CALLED THE C--47S TIN CAN IT WAS SO COLD FLYING OR BIG TURKEY BIG BIRD IN THE SKY,,, SAD MEN DIED IN THE WAR,, G D BLESS THEM..THANK YOU..
Watching the wing installation brings back memories of installing our wings on our DC 3 that now sits at Langley Airport in Langley, B.C. Canada. We had her original wings (she was originally American Airlines Flagship Texas) but they were too far gone. Luckily for us there was an R4D just across the border on I-5 that the owner wanted to get rid of, so we got the airplane and used her wings.
There are literally hundreds of nuts and bolts that hold on the wing, there is no wing spar. Amazingly enough, a 1944 R4D wing fits perfectly on a 1940 DC 3. What a tribute to the builders of these planes.
as i drive past the old airfields in England i always think of ww2 history that took place there ,when i pass Greenham common i will remember that aircraft and men on the way to D Day
Proud of what you do saving historic aeroplanes
Stuff like this amazes me. This aircraft (And others like it) are parts of history, no matter how large or small it's part was in the war, it's still importand to try and preserve these artifacts as best as possible for future generations to see, and to actually know that it happened.
My son and I got to crawl around it at an air show. It's pretty surreal to sit in the seats and just reflect on what the men who once sat in them had to endure once they jumped out.
Thank you very much USA for the help we received during World War II. We couldn't have done it without you.
Greetings from Norway.
Flew in her in 2020.Such a smooth lady.
This airplane has survived for a reason.
Daks, DC3 C47 it don’t matter what you call them, it’s so good that so many are still around, including those not just flying, but working. Kudos to all involved in getting this particular example to its rightful place in history.
What an amazing story for 75 years
Absolutely beautiful gentlemen, thank you for all that you do.
One of the most brilliant documentaries I've seen in a while. Fantastic!!!
I've never seen D-Day called _The D-Day_ before.
FANTASTIC video. I remember hearing when she was starting her resto process... Love this stuff.
This is an incredible Story & I'm so glad that the Plane has been restored & the story told, so that People of today can hear & understand the bravery of the Men that flew & jumped from the planes of D-Day 👍👍👍
It's Remembrance Day today here in Australia. We stop work for one minute at 11am to remember those who gave to us what we have today. It's very important that we do.
As an American you can help but realize how incredibly lucky we were to be able to produce so much during the war simply due to the fact that our factories and supply centers were never attacked in the US. If the Axis had been able to reach us during the conflict things would have very different.
Yes it would. Good thinking.
I find it, really really, soul destroying, when artifacts such as this, are just abandoned, forgotten, that whole generation deserves to much more.
i'm usually not a very emotional person...
but at the end of this documentary a tear trickled down my cheek!
many thanks to the CAF for restoring this beautiful bird and thank goodness for the guy in Wisconsin who felt that there was "something about this airplane" and kept pushing it back in the waiting line. he really did save this important C47!
i do hope that i see this bird fly for myself one day.
just like i saw the Lancaster bomber from the RAF fly by last may, bringing a tribute to the monument erected a few villages over for the crew of a fallen Wellington.
(there are no flying "Welly" aircraft left and only two Lancaster bombers still flying, one Canadian and one British...)
💖✌
Thank you CAF for restoring History! Thank you to all the men and women for their work restoring the Aircraft. 🤙😎
Back on September 18th of this year I was fortunate enough to be able to take a ride in this plane! It came to the airport near me house known Chino Airport and was joined with Doc the old B-29!
I loved when he said we volunteered to do this and was paid to do this definitely a man of his word and believe me back then all it took was a handshake missing men like this…
I live here in Wisconsin, am a military history buff and in fact it was these greatest generation military and their exploits, to include my father, that were my reason for joining the US Navy. I am now medically retired due to military injuries as of 2014. So for me, to see and hear this story and to find out that big a part of that very history that I studied was, in fact, sitting right here not very far away from where I now live since coming home, is one of those 'wow' moments that do not come along very often. I hope someday, I will get a chance to visit and see this historic aircraft for myself. To possibly even have that same moment of standing in that doorway that so many others did that very moment during the invasion of Normandy. Well done and great video.
Well, Sir, with the greatest of respect, if you volunteered to do this....that makes you a hero in my eyes.
Incredible collection. I sure you were blown away by getting to see it. Can not wait the next video! 😊
Thank God she was found and restored!
Forever in awe of America's industrial genius of the time. Just watch the films of the time as they're building one of those aircraft engines...
My mom's uncle Albert Mastroianni was drafted in 1942 at age 21, and volunteered for the 101st. He jumped in at D-Day and did not go home until after Bastogne.
Uncle Albert made to a little past his 91st birthday.
Thank you, Commemorative Air Force and Basler Turbo Conversions for saving and restoring this wonderful aircraft.
THIS, is why I donate to these type of organizations.
I think it's a good thing so many of these planes are unaccounted forr and abandoned. Aluminum doesn't rust, so they can sit and wait until theyre found. Metal is no longer rare, so people can easily rrestore these priceless artifacts for future generations.
You guys are mind blowing with what you do. Long May you continue
in my opinion the WW1 and WW2 soldiers are the best...true soldiers...the horrors that they went thru,the things that they saw can't even be imagined...the nowadays soldiers i am sure they can't survive in those conditions
Fantastic project and it's great to see this piece of history coming to life again!
At the same time, it's an example for the 'Ship of Theseus' paradox, which asks whether an object which has had all of its original components replaced remains the same object. I tend ti say, this airplane still is the original.
Fantastic story and restoration of a great piece of history. It brought back memories of me as a young air cadet having a flight in a RAAF Goonie bird! I later enlisted into the RAAF and proudly served my country.
I’m a volunteer at the museum that preserve that’s fine aircraft and it’s really fun to see the behind the scenes in person and see all that stuff. If you’re ever in San Marcos, you should give the place to visit for the Commemorative Air Force CenTex Wing. TAB isn’t always here, but we have a full museum to explore!
I think a very meaningful event they should try to arrange is have a bunch of current 101st airborne division paratroopers to jump from this plane again.
Talented people.
A great tribute to an (better than just great) aircraft. In Queensland Australia I sat in the cockpit of Douglas Mc Arthur's DC3 - C-47 or Goonie Bird etc. (Dakota - also Biscuit Bombers (PNG) - Aussie names) plane while he was in Australia in WW11 with my son at the Queensland Air Museum. A memorable moment made possible by the kindness of one of their dedicated volunteers. A treasured experience due to the aircraft itself and the brave men it carried and its importance in aviation history. Many still fly around the world including Australia. This is a testimony to the original design. Not bad for a pencil and paper design on a table with no computers etc. back in the 1930's. How many Boeing 747s will be flying in 2068 (1st Manufactured Date 1968). Funny how the plane and general had the same name in common - both changed history (anyone remember Douglas Bader?).
Absolutely amazing video!!!
What a fantastic project and fantastic vid....quite emotional really.
Powerful video!
There is a complete US navy C47 in Iceland waiting for someone to buy and restore it. It used to be the guard plane at Keflavick airport and was sold to a museum in the West Fjords. It was moved in two pieces (body and wings). Sadly the owner died soon after and it was not put back together. Made my holiday driving round a corner and finding a complete C47 in the middle of nowhere. You can just walk up to it and climb into the cockpit. A few months ago the body of another C47 was dumped in a field near Seljalandsfoss. It looks like they are going to make a tourist trap out of it. Some kids had used it for air gun practice!
God bless you Mannie.
I got a lot of goosebumps watching this video!
Amazing, epic, thank you!!!!
Super good historical information and restoration!
Fantastic, pure history, thanx!
a local museum in geneseo NY operates another C47 that participated in D day and it also flew back to Normandy to commemorate D Day, it flew all the way from new york state. a 71 year old airplane. it is a testimate to the durability and reliability of the C47 aircraft
AWESOME RESTORATION
Heartbreaking is an understatement.
one of the best planes ever made, many still in use decades later. My father flew The Hump in a C47
Fascinating to see and absolutely right to get this plane flying again, particularly over the beaches of Normandy.
Just as interesting for me is the airframe distinctly shows colours of greens and tan with a tail code style from the 60s implying, perhaps, service in SE Asia, too. Thailand? Vietnam? If so, this old girl's certainly done her fair share of military service.
Wow.
Great doc, thanks for posting. Excellent production.
Too bad the title is a mess. Jesus Christ.. English much?
I find it shocking that such a great and historical plane was in a scrapper, go guys
Wow, cool video. Thanks! :)
Thank you spark ❤
I'm fully in tears 😭
In the 1960s my father a WWII veteran worked at Bankstown Airfield in Sydney's south western suburbs lifting C47s with a crane and dropping them to break them up for scrap
At the time he built a caravan and used what I believe was a C47 cockpit door on it
He also brought home two aircraft drop tanks he cut the top off one to make a canoe and the other one we tied from a tree and used it as a swing
I believe there's a campervan running around Oz that's made from a DC3 fuselage.
@@bluepov
Right I have seen photos of the one here in Australia years ago, it's cut back a fair way at the back and I think the front has extended bodywork to cover the truck chassis it's fitted to
Also years ago I saw photos of a really good one in the USA using the whole DC3/C47 fuselage
Wish I still had the drop tanks I think they might have been off a DeHavilland Vampire, I was watching a video about Vampires the other day and thought the drop tanks on it were probably the some as the ones we had, they were a pair left and right and in good condition until my father copped the top out of the one he made into a canoe, could have built a salt lake racer from them
Wish I still had that door to 🥺
I think it's crazy has such important pieces of our history. I just discarded like rubble. I love seeing stuff like this restored and put back into service.
45:35 that screw driver is a true hero
I had more chokes in me throat as I watched this than I could ultimately hold back. What a beautiful as well as intrepid piece of history this is.