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The B-26 got a bad reputation during its incredibly rushed introduction to service. It took a while to sort out the training and maintence failures and win back the confidence of the crews assigned to the aircraft. In service and used as intended, it was a tough and effective aircraft.

It takes a massive pair to pull a stunt like that

Torpedo 8 did not fly Avengers, but Douglass Devestators!

Shot across the bow? Like a bow of ribbon? How about losing the computer and pronounce your narration correctly. I get it, the computer was available to do the narration. But just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should do it. Honestly the computer voice detracted so much I missed most of what was said,

FOX NEWS???

The picture of the DFC was the British DFC.

Please learn to read

Ai voice is an idiot

Maple Leaf flag wasn't around during WWII.

Your video would be a lot better if you hired an actor for your voice work. Along with a monotone voice there are many words pronounced wrong.

2:15 How did those attacks force Nagumo to alter his battle plan? As I recall, none of the land-based planes scored any hits.

Good story, but your computer-generated narration needs work.

Unfortunate that the narrator ( a computer program perhaps ) was unable to differentiate the pronunciation difference for bow and also had trouble with the word gauntlet.

Old "Hoser" was one of a kind! I met him at Miramar just before the Gulf war. The junior officers were terrified of him, but he was just the crazy uncle with the funny stories to all of us enlisted guys.

2:26 The image is of a British "Distinguished Service Cross" not the US "Distinguished Service Cross". IMO, it is missed details like this, along with obvious mispronunciations and misspellings/incorrect word usage - and the previously mentioned miss-identification of a well known squadron's aircraft type, that lessens the credibility of not merely this video, but calls into question the veracity of this entire sight. Please, do yourself the service of "proofreading" and cross checking your videos before you post them.

@ 2:10; Torpedo 8 flew Douglas Devastators at Midway, not TBF Avengers.

The video itself is pretty well done, but the superimposed graphics of modern-day pilots are annoying and distracting. I would suggest leaving them out of future videos.

Bow...like OW.....JFC.

Liked the subject matter, but will not watch more.

The superimposed figure is very distracting and adds nothing to the video. Not to mention that it is not even period correct.

Tacit Blue is an airframe that only it's mother could love.

Why does everyone use that stupid, ignorant dumb-you-down sound? All it does is cripple critical thinking. Dummies don't care.

Had the joy as a 9 yr old boy to look inside her before she had the upper turret fitted.... that was 50 yrs ago....

This is what happens when you have kids doing the narration. Can't even pronounce the name of the plane. The echo makes sound weird.

All other purchasers had nowhere near the number of crashes that the Kraus had. If misused, any plane can be a 'widow maker'

Neat video, thanks

Thanks for mentioning the colors. You just can't tell in those black and whites.

****'n Jerk! The idiot in flying helmet and oxygen mask needs to recognize this is a video about Zero A/C, not him.

A chill ran down my back watching this. I see this account as a great example of why Americans at the time were so justifiably proud of the military in WW2. Sure, mistakes and eff-ups occurred, but still...

Of Course the photo was really sexy approach!!

My Dad worked in the machine shop, department 30, at this Ft. Worth plant. He started in August of 1946 and retired in 1978. He was a supervisor in the machine shop for 25 of those years. He began on the B-36 and ended his career there on the F-16. Having a Dad that worked at Consolidated Vultee, then Convair, later General Dynamics, always made me proud as a kid to tell everyone that my Dad worked there and built planes for the government. Our family was able to live a very nice "moderate income" lifestyle and our family was always taken care of financially.

America's Best!!!!!!!!

My USAF dad was PISSED that FGP didn't properly activate the self destruct on the instrument package.... it gave the Russians a BIG boost in tech. The acid was old and had lost potency so it didn't work.

Francis Gary Powers wrote an autobiography, "Operation Overflight". I remember reading it when I was in High School back in the 70s. I'm sure that it's out of print by now.

LEGEND

I’m here because of one episode from the TV series “Call To Glory” only now I’ve learned that they based the X-15 crash on this.

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So many great naval fliers in this engagement only six months after Pearl Harbor. I worked with a man who participated in this battle. He was a radio operator/machine gunner aboard a TBM torpedo plane. His description of his narrow escape and what he saw in this engagement was quite enlightening. Another name to remember is Lt Richard Best. His quick thinking resulted in the destruction of a Japanese carrier. I believe he also was instrumental in sinking the carrier Hiryu the next day. Many heroes and great fliers that day. I believe this was the turning point of the war in the Pacific.

It would be amazing to have a real person actually narrate these days...

Don't forget about John Waldron, commander of Torpedo 8 from the USS Hornet who took his torpedo squadron straight to the Japanese carriers. He also disobeyed orders and broke formation because he figured out where they would be before Hornet's planes had launched.

Mc Cluskey deserves the credit his knowledge provided not luck !

Yet Wade missed his target.

The course of the Pacific war was decided the day Japan bombed Peral Harbor. Given the U.S. capability to produce ships of every type they had indeed "woken a sleeping giant".

It was a team effort.

I read that it was Dick Best who did the damage 😊

I would go one step further and state that McClusky not only changed the course of the Battle of Midway but that of the entire Pacific War.

The submarine USS Nautilus attempted to attack the Japanese fleet, but was chased off by a Japanese destroyer. That destroyer started back to the fleet, and was the one McClusky followed. Very few sources credit the sub's captain, Lt. Cmdr Brockman, as the real reason we found the fleet.

Don't forget Max Leslie, the Commander of Yorktown's SBD dive bombers. And he never became lost. Led Yorktown's dive bombers straight to the Kido Butai.

Midway was Japan’s Gettysburg. The war may have gone on for a longer time, but the Japanese had lost the ability to fight on the offensive after losing the four carriers.

"McClusky's decision to continue the search and his judgment, in the opinion of Admiral Chester Nimitz, "decided the fate of our carrier task force and our forces at Midway". However Richard Best's decision to break off from the attack on the Kaga which was doomed by McClusky's attack and attack the Akagi was no less momentous. Best's attack with 2 wingmen landed only 1 500# bomb on the deck and another bomb disabled Akagi's rudder. Which ultimately destroyed Akagi and prevented the Japanese best pilot, Mitsuo Fuchida, from making an attack on the Americans. Richard Best also put one of the 4 or 5 bombs on Soryu later in the day completing the destruction of the 4 Japanese fleet carriers.