JACK SPRATT "THE MIRACLE STORY" A WORLD WAR TWO STORY TOLD AS IT WAS
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 พ.ย. 2012
- "THE MIRACLE STORY" TOLD BY JACK SPRATT WORLD WAR TWO B17 BALL TURRET GUNNER HE WRITES ALONE OVER NO MAN'S LAND OUR CREW FACED PERHAPS THE MOST CRUCIAL DECISION OF THEIR COMBAT CAREERS,DAMAGED BADLY BY FLAK, OUR B-17 CHRISTENED "THE HOMESICK ANGEL" WAS FORCED TO DROP OUT OF THE RELATIVE SAFETY OF THE FIRST BOMBARDMENT DIVISION FORMATION PRIOR TO THE TARGETS OF A MERCEDES COMPLEX AND SINDELFINGER AIRCRAFT ENGINE FACTORY AT STUTTGART, GERMANY. IT WASN'T A DECISION ABOUT WHETHER TO BAIL OUT OR NOT, RATHER ,IT WAS SIMPLY A DECISION OF WHEN AND WHERE TO BAIL OUT. ALLIED/GERMAN LINES WERE CHANGING DAILY, IN SOME CASES HOURLY, IN SEPTEMBER 1944 LT,GEN, GEORGE PATTON'S THIRD ARMY HAD BEEN STEADILY PUSHING BACK THE GERMAN'S. HOMESICK ANGEL'S NAVIGATOR, LT, S, J, ABELMAN, DETERMED A HEADING THAT WOULD TAKE THEM BACK IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF ALLIED LINES. JACK AND HIS CREW ARE ARE AWARDED THE BRONZE STARS BY GEN PATTON.
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My father was the Captain Spencer (the pilot of this aircraft). He kept his plane in the air long enough to allow the crew to bail out, and then crash landed the plane, being too low to bail out himself. The first my mother back in the US, learned of this mission was when the crew photo shown in the video was published in the local paper. My father passed away in 1996 and the Bronze Star was among all his other medals. I still have the clipping from the local paper.
Your sacrifice will never be forgotten. God bless you Mr. Spratt a true member of the greatest generation.
Sir I am an Englishman , and thank you and all the yanks for my freedom
Jack Spratt - 1921-2018. RIP good soldier.
64 year old retired airline pilot 44 years piloting and I would have given my life for this man as his Captain did on that day September 10th 1944.
My normal attitude to "we Americans won the war" is severely hostile. Listening To Jack changed my mind, his honest and heartfelt story is truly astonishing, as is his humility and compassion towards humanity
We owe men like you so much...Thanks Jack, sincerely from England
Wow I can't believe he made it through 39 missions unscaved and then a tiny little tree limb saved him on his only mishap. Mind blowing!
Imagine being cramped up in the ball turret for 6 hours, jeez. I'll never complain about Ryanair again haha. Great story told with great details!
They truly were the greatest generation. God bless you and thank you for your service, Mr. Spratt. My dad was AAC (B-24) and his little brother got shot at Normandy and died in a French hospital 10 days later.
39 missions as a ball turret gunner!!!!! That alone is a miracle.
Did anyone else shed a tear at the end there ? I couldnt help it .
I`m now 69 years of age, ... was born in 1947, ... and Jack Spratt just told me, that he had 68 years of a wonderful time, since 1944, ... imagine!!!
Bless this excellent man. Had a friend who was a WWII veteran. I could listen to him tell his stories all day and never get tired of it. I could say the same thing about this man. Thank you for your service, and to all that serve our country.
Well done. It's great that someone has taken the initiative to record these stories of the people that put their life on the line decades ago for our freedom today.
what a great story Thank you for sharing. Please everyone if you have access to a veteran put a camera on him and get him talking about the war and post it to youtube. We are losing these men and their stories. We need to preserve this history because it's already being rewritten
What a wonderful story! You are a great man Jack and all of your comrades who flew those missions. Honor, Guts, and commitment
beautiful and brave, so proud of your and your service as my father was stationed at Podington UK in the 326th BG and was shot down over Germany Sept 22 1944 and spent balance of war as POW in Stalag Luft 3. One week before your incredible mission.
Just a True American,Very Patriotic and loved his Country Dearly,I have flown in 2 B17 and have some kind of idea of the conditions that these brave men had to endure,If only our generation had half the Patriotism that these Brave souls had for America,MAY GOD BLESS THEM ALL.
Crikey it's like listening to my Grandpa's stories from his time in the trenches in WW1 very interesting indeed thank you sir