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One detail not mentioned here, is Magee became something of a celebrity among the German soldiers, and was regularly visited by German pilots. He also recounted how the German Military doctor told him directly, " 'we are enemies, but I am first a doctor and I will do my best to save your arm." At the time there was question of whether or not Magee would lose his arm due to injuries.
Absolutely insane the man survived a fall from 20,000ft through a glass roof and straight onto steel structural beams. This wasn't waking up in a deep snowdrift like in the one or two other documented instances of survival without a parachute, which are in themselves extreme beyond belief. And homeboy wasn't even that damaged, walked out of the hospital like nothing happened. If ever there was somebody "built different" that's the guy.
@@somealias-zs1bw Yeah. Everything I've read about it suggests that the German soldiers who visited him, did so out of pure respect and amazement at what he'd survived. I've also read that one of the local Luftwaffe commanders seriously tried to get him awarded the Iron Cross for surviving the fall. Though that attempt never went anywhere. It's not known just how far up the chain that request got.
I was told this story long before the internet. According to my grandfather, who was a USAAF surgeon in the ETO, the German medical staff gave him a small party before Magee was sent to the Luftwaffe camp. Such was the influence of Goring that Allied captured aircrew were handled separately by the Luftwaffe, as the captured men were considered an intelligence resource. The German doctors did consider him a miracle, and the staff did develop a rapport with him. I am really pleased to see this story told anew to today's audiences. 🏆
Given what the Japanese thought about surrender, I wonder how this story would have played out in the Pacific Theater against Japan. Let's put the scenario early in the war, before the US had the solid upper hand. But then again, they may have had a deep reverence for him, perhaps even attributing his survival to a higher power. Part of me thinks they'd just say "Wow! He survived the fall! ... Shame." and then kill him right there. Maybe he'd be nursed back to health and offered a chance at seppaku. Maybe his story would be kept top secret out of fear that other Japanese soldiers would attribute his survival to some superstitious force aiding the Americans.
I’ve been with this channel a while, and let me tell you, David has gotten better, from 2d to things that look like real footage, and I cant not mention how he tells these tales.
Eugene's wife (Joni) was my art teacher and John Armbruster was my history teacher. I am privileged to have been educated by them. I am even more happy to see my local legends being shared with the world.
You just made my day!!! Ya'll need to be hired and handed a blank check to make a movie!!! WW2 vets would shake y'all's hands for your incredible efforts in keeping their sacrifices shared for generations to come!!
Reminds me of reading a story about an Aussie or Kiwi gunner who bailed out at night whose parachute didn't open. He landed on the side of a snowy hill, the slope, trees and snow broke his fall. He broke a few ribs but his captors refused to believe his story until the next morning when they saw the broken branches and the marks he left in the snow. They apparently gave him cigarettes, booze and a few pats on the back before handing him over to a POW camp!
As we would have too. If a bloke falls out of the sky, bounces of trees, slides down a fuckin hill and gets up with just a few broken ribs. Mate, you can have the whole packet of smokes, you’d need it after that. Fuckin hell, I gotta look that up now Reminds me of the legless RAF pilot, bailed out over Germany but one of his prosthetics was stuck so he landed with only the one fake leg, the Germans so impressed contacted the British to have a replacement sent, they did. After a few escape attempts and being caught AFTER actually getting out (because….well fake legs do tend to slow you down) So the Germans threatened to take his legs away! Hahahahahahahaha, I just find it so funny, they had so much respect for this particular enemy that even after directly defying them they didn’t punish him but just threatened to make him crawl around instead of hobbling, because he was too cagey, smart and sly to be left alone with his own fake legs, or he’d just try to escape again.
@@goodshipkaraboudjan Just relooked in a book I have. He was the tailgunner of a Lancaster (enlisting or badge number 1431537). His parachute was burned before he could reach it.
My great grandfather manned a flak on Frankfurt.Your videos gave me an insight on how those men inside those planes felt when my great grandfather took down one.Falling without a parachute according to my grandfather as told by his father is a death sentence.This man's survival is a real miracle.
I've dated 2 German women & none of them would tell me about their family during WWII. My great uncle was a B-17 pilot and was shot down & killed over Germany. My grandma told me a story of how he flew their B-17 at tree top level over their small town before he deployed. I'm still researching his plane on where/when it was shot down. He flew before long ranged escorts so the Luftwaffe also ate them up. Don't let those family stories die.
@@saucejohnson9862what a weird thing to ask on a date lol do you ask the Japanese too what their grandfathers and great grandfathers were doing on Dec 7th 1941
I grow up in saint nazaire, it's the very first i ear this story. For information the train station was almost completely destroyed by the allies bombing, it's a theater now and the German submarine base is still intact. Thanks for the story
If the St Nazier raid was in Jan 1943 there were no P-51B escorts as the P-51B did not fly its first missions till December 1943 with first contact with the Luftwaffe in January 1944.
My uncle flew B-17s, he said the reason they attacked from the front was twofold, it was the least amount of guns faced and they could shoot at the engines one hit from that 20mm canon and the engine was done. Also they could shoot at the cockpit and kill the pilots. He said that sometimes when the flak stopped the fighters would be on them in `15 seconds they were just waiting to pounce. Then they would break off the attack, land and refuel and re-arm and go up again to attack the formation as they were heading home.
Another great piece. A small correction though... in January 1943 the escort would not have been P51 Mustangs as mentioned in the narration. It would have likely been British Spitfires, hence the inability to make it to the target along with the B17s. P38s were on the way, but not in time for the January 3, 1943 mission. P51B and P51C equipped with Merlin engines began long range escorts in December 1943, almost a year after this mission. P51D came into force in 1944.
Lancaster rear gunner wasn't unlucky enough to fall out of his plane, as he had to make the decision to jump from 18,000 ft without a parachute (due to it being damaged). He didn't fancy going down with a burning plane, so decided a better way to die was to jump. Bit of softer landing than his American comrade, as he landed on snow covered trees. He was sent to the Gestapo who were going to have him shot as a spy, because they didn't believe his story. That is untill some of his surving crew in a P.O.W camp corroborated his story.
What an absolutely epic story. I thought I had heard most of the stories of the B-17 bombing raids over Europe, but this one I had not heard. I love this channel.
It happens 🤷♂️ especially if you've got a monster script with a lot of details to put together and deliver. We aren't babies who blindly believe he meant 50mm when we already know what he's talking about.
My maternal grandfather joined the USAAF in WW2 (The Mighty Eighth), desperate to be either pilot or crew. But to his great disappointment he was found to have deuteranopia, i.e. red-green color blindness, making him ineligible for bomber missions. He ended up in planning and logistics, and later joined the OSS, which would become the CIA. Given the horrendous attrition rate for B-17 crews, the color blindness probably saved his life (and made mine possible). Strange to think how much fate turns on chance events.
Hi Creamypie, go check out the American Air Museum online, hosted in Britain. They have specific sites for each Bombardment Group that was stationed in Britain, along with museums on the ground. The British DO NOT FORGET the service and sacrifice that American men did for them!!
@@titanoboa7165hello I’m from Scotland! We don’t forget our allies, in Edinburgh specifically along Princes Street you’ll find war memorials dedicated to the Polish which includes Wojtek the bear (he lived out his retirement at Edinburgh zoo!), there’s a war memorial donated by the Americans which also celebrates our friendship (as many Americans have Scottish ancestry) known as the Scottish-American war memorial, one dedicated to the Spanish, a Holocaust memorial, one dedicated to the Norwegians, a Royal Scots memorial and of course next to Edinburgh castle is the Scottish National War Memorial which is dedicated to Scots from the first and Second World War and also includes the Malayan Emergency, the Korean War, Operation Banner during The Troubles, the Falklands War, the Gulf War, Afghanistan and Iraq wars. In short, we remember our allies, we remember their sacrifice and how much they genuinely helped us, it’s a debt that can never be repaid so the least we can do is to remember that ultimate sacrifice being made to help us in our darkest hours. If you’re ever in Scotland I highly recommend visiting Edinburgh for the war memorials along Princes Street, the Scottish National War Memorial, and any war museums you can find along the way, we always have some items from Americans in war museums! Even our small museums along the coastal villages tend to have items from American servicemen and these are well looked after!
hello I’m from Scotland! We don’t forget our allies, in Edinburgh specifically along Princes Street you’ll find war memorials dedicated to the Polish which includes Wojtek the bear (he lived out his retirement at Edinburgh zoo!), there’s a war memorial donated by the Americans which also celebrates our friendship (as many Americans have Scottish ancestry) known as the Scottish-American war memorial, one dedicated to the Spanish, a Holocaust memorial, one dedicated to the Norwegians, a Royal Scots memorial and of course next to Edinburgh castle is the Scottish National War Memorial which is dedicated to Scots from the first and Second World War and also includes the Malayan Emergency, the Korean War, Operation Banner during The Troubles, the Falklands War, the Gulf War, Afghanistan and Iraq wars. In short, we remember our allies, we remember their sacrifice and how much they genuinely helped us, it’s a debt that can never be repaid so the least we can do is to remember that ultimate sacrifice being made to help us in our darkest hours. If you’re ever in Scotland I highly recommend visiting Edinburgh for the war memorials along Princes Street, the Scottish National War Memorial, and any war museums you can find along the way, we always have some items from Americans in war museums! Even our small museums along the coastal villages tend to have items from American servicemen and these are well looked after!
There is a lady that fell out of a plane that exploded during the 70s, I think. I want to say 35,000 or 38,000 feet, she survived! Edit: I know it’s irrelevant, but given the context of the original comment! And, um, planes are still the safest way to travel and apparently you’re not totally screwed when plummeting to the ground! Never mind, you’re pretty much screwed lol
I have read countless books on WW2 & aviation from all sides of the war. My father and stepfather were fighter pilots in Vietnam and we lived in Germany for a while. While there in a village near Spangdahlem AFB and Bitburg AGB I talked to men who told their stories, and this video was very emotional to me as I recalled so many stories nobody would believe but were none the less true. Thanks for doing such a good job on this video.
As a Navy fighter pilot I had over three hundred combat missions in the VN War and had some very close calls but none of them were as horrendous and incredible as this. It’s a miracle that this heroic airman survived. ‘Outlaw’ out…
Which plane were you in? My dad was on the DD Floyd B Parks in his first deployment and the DE Doris Miller on his second. Both in carrier groups in the Gulf of Tonkin. He said he used to watch you guys take off from the carrier. He said he even saw a F4 after launch go straight into the ocean in front of the carrier and the carrier ran over them killing both pilots.
To answer ComdrStew, I flew the F-4B Phantom II off the USS CONSTELLATION (CV-64) in ‘68-69 as a fighter pilot assigned to the VF-142 Ghostriders and again in ‘69 flying the F-4J. After an instructor tour with the VF-121 Pacemakers, I returned to combat assigned to the VF-161 Chargers aboard the USS MIDWAY (CV-41) flying the F-4B. This was the longest deployment of any aircraft carrier with a total of 9 (vs the normal 6) combat periods on Yankee Station during the both VN War. The grand total was 302 combat missions in my flight log books during that war. I hope this also answers the question from Jeremy as to whether I’m telling the truth and I appreciate the thanks and welcome home from both him and from Mienluuhien. Outlaw out.
Howdy YARNHUB, not sure if you can read this or will, but an Amazing story from WW2 about a young lady, "Helen Elas Conka" saved an entire American Bomber crew in an old underground Castle passage in Checkslavikia. She was born 1927 in Anorak. I believe? This was aired on Unsolved mysteries, when Robert Stack was still with us. She was awarded a medal from former Pres Bush for her Bravery. Would make for an awesome story!!! It's a tear jerker.
Damn that's insane bro. This veteran truly had a miracle on his side from a higher power wanting to spare his life. Glad he lived a long and peaceful life afterwards.
This also happened to a British Lancaster tail gunner, he fell 18000 ft and from memory landed in amongst pine trees and snow drifts. His name was Nickolas Alkemade I think.
Awesome video!! I'm living in St Nazaire and years ago I found a piece of B17 landing gear under the St Nazaire bridge, It was a piece of schrader valve, I gived the piece to the the "grand blockhhaus", a WW2 museum in Batz-sur-Mer near St Nazaire. It probably was the result of a german Flak hit on a B17, maybe from Snap! Crackle! Pop! ? Who knows !
To be honest, I wanted to write a comment on how good the graphics and animations have become and how surreal these stories are, but I don't even know where to start.
Have you covered the story of Nicholas Alkemade? He was an RAF Lancaster tail gunner who went through the same experience, falling without a parachute at nighttime in the winter and surviving because he landed on springy pine trees followed by deep snow. As I recall, the only injury he suffered was a sprained knee.
I think the shattered glass might've had a huge impact, since the glass was, most likely, robust - so it breaking must have needed a lot of force that might've gotten absorbed by the glass trough it shattering. Just a thought of mine though, ain't no expert. :D
What if 1000 people falling without parachute prayed and only 3 survived? We do not know. I believe in God (I call him Brahman) but why doesn‘t he answer so many prayers?
I can’t believe St Nazaire railway station saved his life after falling without his parachute great video. Please do the story of the men who Saved USS Franklin.
My most sincere congratulations Yarnhub, once again you really outdid yourself. I really loved this video about Alan Magee, the B-17 gunner who miracolously survived a fall from 20.000 ft. You never cease to amaze me with your stellar content and this video is one of the many examples especially with how your animation has improved spectacularly. As a history buff you have my utmost admiration and gratitude for providing me with this invaluable insight about warfare of the 20th century.
Yarnhub is at it again! With beautifully rendered reenactment of heroism and meritorious service from real HEROS in many theaters of war. Congratulations on this addition I loved it Thanks Yarnhub!
I have been watching this channel for over a year already and I cannot stop watching it's just the animations that just keeps me hooked, I don't know why you don't work for any company
This channel is the perfect blend of great music, graphics and effects that are arguably better than most video games, and some actual history. It's like the perfect smoothie of everything I like.
My grandfather was a b17 pilot in ww2 and other grandfather was a b17 bombardier... they both saw heavy action, their planes were shot down more than once...my bombardier grandfather had pictures of their plane after crashing...they lost most of their friends but made it home to have my parents :-) I miss them so much ❤
The first time I read the story was in a small magazine "Reader's Digest Selections", it was incredible how excited I was to find out about it, I even went to the library to look for more information.
Great film, but the .50 cal was and is 12.7 mm. My dad trained in the ball turret, but eventually served as a right blister gunner on a B-29 based out of Titian. He too, passed away in 2003.
A well-told story with great graphic quality (and apparently many loyal subscribers). Liked, subscribed, and set all notifications. I look forward to viewing more work from this excellent channel. Flying on bomber missions in WWII was a deadly assignment for courageous airmen and so many thousands upon thousands did not make it back. Ball turret gunner was an especially hazardous position, cramped in a tiny space with nothing but glass and guns between you and the ground, the black flak, and enemy fighters. Randall Jarrell wrote a great (but tragically sad) poem about a ball turret gunner.
He did say he prayed to God, only explanation is divine intervention. It's a true miracle, he was going at least 100 miles an hour when he slammed into the glass and steel.
Fantastic video! I’ve had the privilege of riding in Mustang, B-25, B-17, and actually have several hours logged flying the last remaining PB4Y. It’s an incredible experience to fly on these airplanes in peace time and terrifying to imagine what these men went through. One small comment… from
Welp, you know what that means. Yarnhub has to make a parody short stating you heard correctly as they model a B-17 with 50 mm HMG's, just like that Polish TKS-1 tankette with a 2000 mm AT gun.
Isn't it about time people learned the difference between inches and millimetres? The US bombers had .50 calibre machineguns. That's 1/2 inch diameter, or 12.7 mm.
Esta historia en conjunto con el vídeo me hizo sentir tosas las emociones posibles, como si viviera la anécdota. Vaya que gran trabajo. El artillero se ganó esa larga vida en paz.
Magistral... Simplemente... Magistral el video, te sientes como en una película. También es increíble la historia de este artillero, una nueva oportunidad que le concedió Dios y la vida para continuar...
Such a story was confirmed by German soldiers. The crew member from a B17 jumped without his parachute because the parachute was damaged by fire. He was stopped by branches and high snow and he was lucky and safe.
J'habite Nantes et de temps en temps je me rend à Sain-Nazaire. Si la verrière de la gare n'existe plus, les bâtiments ont perduré et un théâtre a été construit à la place des voies ferrées. Dommage qu'aucune signalétique n'évoque sur place cette épisode extraordinaire, que j'ai découvert grâce à cette vidéo, alors que je suis féru de l’histoire de la WW-II...👍
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One detail not mentioned here, is Magee became something of a celebrity among the German soldiers, and was regularly visited by German pilots. He also recounted how the German Military doctor told him directly, " 'we are enemies, but I am first a doctor and I will do my best to save your arm." At the time there was question of whether or not Magee would lose his arm due to injuries.
Absolutely insane the man survived a fall from 20,000ft through a glass roof and straight onto steel structural beams. This wasn't waking up in a deep snowdrift like in the one or two other documented instances of survival without a parachute, which are in themselves extreme beyond belief. And homeboy wasn't even that damaged, walked out of the hospital like nothing happened. If ever there was somebody "built different" that's the guy.
@@somealias-zs1bw Yeah. Everything I've read about it suggests that the German soldiers who visited him, did so out of pure respect and amazement at what he'd survived. I've also read that one of the local Luftwaffe commanders seriously tried to get him awarded the Iron Cross for surviving the fall. Though that attempt never went anywhere. It's not known just how far up the chain that request got.
Couldn't miss the chance to see the guy who survived free falling
I was told this story long before the internet. According to my grandfather, who was a USAAF surgeon in the ETO, the German medical staff gave him a small party before Magee was sent to the Luftwaffe camp. Such was the influence of Goring that Allied captured aircrew were handled separately by the Luftwaffe, as the captured men were considered an intelligence resource. The German doctors did consider him a miracle, and the staff did develop a rapport with him. I am really pleased to see this story told anew to today's audiences. 🏆
Given what the Japanese thought about surrender, I wonder how this story would have played out in the Pacific Theater against Japan. Let's put the scenario early in the war, before the US had the solid upper hand. But then again, they may have had a deep reverence for him, perhaps even attributing his survival to a higher power.
Part of me thinks they'd just say "Wow! He survived the fall! ... Shame." and then kill him right there. Maybe he'd be nursed back to health and offered a chance at seppaku. Maybe his story would be kept top secret out of fear that other Japanese soldiers would attribute his survival to some superstitious force aiding the Americans.
I’ve been with this channel a while, and let me tell you, David has gotten better, from 2d to things that look like real footage, and I cant not mention how he tells these tales.
@@AdrianMannino fr, went from "plastic" to "people thinking this was real footage"
Man...I've been here since Yarnhub's 2D animations
@@CluelessSoldier-0669 yeah my favorite 2d one is the ye olde pub video
@@AdrianMannino same!
@@CluelessSoldier-0669 nice
Eugene's wife (Joni) was my art teacher and John Armbruster was my history teacher. I am privileged to have been educated by them. I am even more happy to see my local legends being shared with the world.
imagine being a POW that "just" saw your brother fall from the skies without a chute walk in to the same prison your in
must have been mind blowning
Yea that’s… jfc
I truly would NOT have believed my eyes
what would you have said to him as he walked in?
You just made my day!!! Ya'll need to be hired and handed a blank check to make a movie!!! WW2 vets would shake y'all's hands for your incredible efforts in keeping their sacrifices shared for generations to come!!
Reminds me of reading a story about an Aussie or Kiwi gunner who bailed out at night whose parachute didn't open. He landed on the side of a snowy hill, the slope, trees and snow broke his fall. He broke a few ribs but his captors refused to believe his story until the next morning when they saw the broken branches and the marks he left in the snow. They apparently gave him cigarettes, booze and a few pats on the back before handing him over to a POW camp!
As we would have too.
If a bloke falls out of the sky, bounces of trees, slides down a fuckin hill and gets up with just a few broken ribs. Mate, you can have the whole packet of smokes, you’d need it after that.
Fuckin hell, I gotta look that up now
Reminds me of the legless RAF pilot, bailed out over Germany but one of his prosthetics was stuck so he landed with only the one fake leg, the Germans so impressed contacted the British to have a replacement sent, they did.
After a few escape attempts and being caught AFTER actually getting out (because….well fake legs do tend to slow you down)
So the Germans threatened to take his legs away!
Hahahahahahahaha, I just find it so funny, they had so much respect for this particular enemy that even after directly defying them they didn’t punish him but just threatened to make him crawl around instead of hobbling, because he was too cagey, smart and sly to be left alone with his own fake legs, or he’d just try to escape again.
@@astonedwalrus4183Douglas Bader! A man who refused to quit!
May have been Nicholas Alkemade. I believe he was British.
@@teddythewonderlizard1448 Yep I think you might be right, knew he was RAF but thought for some reason he was Aussie or Kiwi. Very lucky man!
@@goodshipkaraboudjan Just relooked in a book I have. He was the tailgunner of a Lancaster (enlisting or badge number 1431537). His parachute was burned before he could reach it.
Dude, this is better than 99% of all movie trailer
On god bro
Definitely the 1000 times better than the Minecraft trailer
WTH THIS VIDEO WAS MADE 25MINS AGO
Right 👍
Better than the Minecraft movie trailer💀💀💀
My great grandfather manned a flak on Frankfurt.Your videos gave me an insight on how those men inside those planes felt when my great grandfather took down one.Falling without a parachute according to my grandfather as told by his father is a death sentence.This man's survival is a real miracle.
I've dated 2 German women & none of them would tell me about their family during WWII. My great uncle was a B-17 pilot and was shot down & killed over Germany. My grandma told me a story of how he flew their B-17 at tree top level over their small town before he deployed. I'm still researching his plane on where/when it was shot down. He flew before long ranged escorts so the Luftwaffe also ate them up. Don't let those family stories die.
@@saucejohnson9862what a weird thing to ask on a date lol do you ask the Japanese too what their grandfathers and great grandfathers were doing on Dec 7th 1941
I grow up in saint nazaire, it's the very first i ear this story. For information the train station was almost completely destroyed by the allies bombing, it's a theater now and the German submarine base is still intact. Thanks for the story
If the St Nazier raid was in Jan 1943 there were no P-51B escorts as the P-51B did not fly its first missions till December 1943 with first contact with the Luftwaffe in January 1944.
My uncle flew B-17s, he said the reason they attacked from the front was twofold, it was the least amount of guns faced and they could shoot at the engines one hit from that 20mm canon and the engine was done. Also they could shoot at the cockpit and kill the pilots. He said that sometimes when the flak stopped the fighters would be on them in `15 seconds they were just waiting to pounce. Then they would break off the attack, land and refuel and re-arm and go up again to attack the formation as they were heading home.
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Another great piece. A small correction though... in January 1943 the escort would not have been P51 Mustangs as mentioned in the narration. It would have likely been British Spitfires, hence the inability to make it to the target along with the B17s. P38s were on the way, but not in time for the January 3, 1943 mission. P51B and P51C equipped with Merlin engines began long range escorts in December 1943, almost a year after this mission. P51D came into force in 1944.
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Most likely the P47 Thunderbolts would have been the escorts at the time.
Yip P 51s would of been able to escort all the way ......
Also the first USAAF bombing mission in Ww2 was jan 27 1943 on Wilhelmshaven
@@chrismoore770it was actually in mid 1942.
"We may be enemies but I'm a doctor first"
dr strange quote?
To help, or at least to do no harm
Alas they were unsuccessful. SURPRISE! He died. Video could have been 5 seconds long, everyone knew in advance he dies in the end.
Da invenção do TH-cam esse vídeo tá entre os mais impressionante da história
My doctor tells me the same thing.
3:15 The allmighty 50mm MG strikes again :D
yep!
Imagine a dual 50mm machine gun on a plane hahaha. Twice half a tank round 😂
Well you beat me to it. This is a great video, but that hurt my ears. Hearing him say 50 mm caliber lol I guess nobody bats a thousand right
200mm autocannon moment?
polish and american wonder weapons were really exceptional :D
Bro fell 20k feet and experienced one of the most traumatic things a human could experience and still went back to flying
I know what a brave man
Lancaster rear gunner wasn't unlucky enough to fall out of his plane, as he had to make the decision to jump from 18,000 ft without a parachute (due to it being damaged). He didn't fancy going down with a burning plane, so decided a better way to die was to jump. Bit of softer landing than his American comrade, as he landed on snow covered trees. He was sent to the Gestapo who were going to have him shot as a spy, because they didn't believe his story. That is untill some of his surving crew in a P.O.W camp corroborated his story.
What an absolutely epic story. I thought I had heard most of the stories of the B-17 bombing raids over Europe, but this one I had not heard. I love this channel.
He was featured in the 1981 Smithsonian Magazine as one of the 10 most amazing survival stories of World War II.
Yarnhub:200mm autocannons
Also Yarnhub: 50mm caliber MGs
It’s 50. Cal
@@T2Kron Thats what the commentor is saying genius the video messed up
@@jtl-08 oh sry I just started the video when I saw this
@@rhinobeast1446 sry rhino beast didn’t arrive at that point yet in video
It happens 🤷♂️ especially if you've got a monster script with a lot of details to put together and deliver. We aren't babies who blindly believe he meant 50mm when we already know what he's talking about.
hearing bomber stories never fail to make chill run down my spine. You're essentially in an alluminum tube playing Russian roulette.
My maternal grandfather joined the USAAF in WW2 (The Mighty Eighth), desperate to be either pilot or crew. But to his great disappointment he was found to have deuteranopia, i.e. red-green color blindness, making him ineligible for bomber missions. He ended up in planning and logistics, and later joined the OSS, which would become the CIA.
Given the horrendous attrition rate for B-17 crews, the color blindness probably saved his life (and made mine possible). Strange to think how much fate turns on chance events.
Hi Creamypie, go check out the American Air Museum online, hosted in Britain. They have specific sites for each Bombardment Group that was stationed in Britain, along with museums on the ground. The British DO NOT FORGET the service and sacrifice that American men did for them!!
@@titanoboa7165 that sounds cool. might check it out later.
@@titanoboa7165hello I’m from Scotland! We don’t forget our allies, in Edinburgh specifically along Princes Street you’ll find war memorials dedicated to the Polish which includes Wojtek the bear (he lived out his retirement at Edinburgh zoo!), there’s a war memorial donated by the Americans which also celebrates our friendship (as many Americans have Scottish ancestry) known as the Scottish-American war memorial, one dedicated to the Spanish, a Holocaust memorial, one dedicated to the Norwegians, a Royal Scots memorial and of course next to Edinburgh castle is the Scottish National War Memorial which is dedicated to Scots from the first and Second World War and also includes the Malayan Emergency, the Korean War, Operation Banner during The Troubles, the Falklands War, the Gulf War, Afghanistan and Iraq wars.
In short, we remember our allies, we remember their sacrifice and how much they genuinely helped us, it’s a debt that can never be repaid so the least we can do is to remember that ultimate sacrifice being made to help us in our darkest hours.
If you’re ever in Scotland I highly recommend visiting Edinburgh for the war memorials along Princes Street, the Scottish National War Memorial, and any war museums you can find along the way, we always have some items from Americans in war museums! Even our small museums along the coastal villages tend to have items from American servicemen and these are well looked after!
hello I’m from Scotland! We don’t forget our allies, in Edinburgh specifically along Princes Street you’ll find war memorials dedicated to the Polish which includes Wojtek the bear (he lived out his retirement at Edinburgh zoo!), there’s a war memorial donated by the Americans which also celebrates our friendship (as many Americans have Scottish ancestry) known as the Scottish-American war memorial, one dedicated to the Spanish, a Holocaust memorial, one dedicated to the Norwegians, a Royal Scots memorial and of course next to Edinburgh castle is the Scottish National War Memorial which is dedicated to Scots from the first and Second World War and also includes the Malayan Emergency, the Korean War, Operation Banner during The Troubles, the Falklands War, the Gulf War, Afghanistan and Iraq wars.
In short, we remember our allies, we remember their sacrifice and how much they genuinely helped us, it’s a debt that can never be repaid so the least we can do is to remember that ultimate sacrifice being made to help us in our darkest hours.
If you’re ever in Scotland I highly recommend visiting Edinburgh for the war memorials along Princes Street, the Scottish National War Memorial, and any war museums you can find along the way, we always have some items from Americans in war museums! Even our small museums along the coastal villages tend to have items from American servicemen and these are well looked after!
9:05 “what are you doing, we need to leave now”. After doing some research, he was taking a nap.
Theres no reason to fear flying when God grants you both main character plot armor, and cameraman armor.
Bro fell from 20k feet and somehow live by fair luck alone
That's true if you ignore his conversation with God. I bet he doesn't though.
He has MC plot armor!
Divine intervention.
“This was a cannon event”
There is a lady that fell out of a plane that exploded during the 70s, I think. I want to say 35,000 or 38,000 feet, she survived!
Edit: I know it’s irrelevant, but given the context of the original comment! And, um, planes are still the safest way to travel and apparently you’re not totally screwed when plummeting to the ground! Never mind, you’re pretty much screwed lol
WOW, what an incredible story; this should be made into a feature movie.
Yes, we need these kinds of movies to inspire today's youth.
Hollywood would ruin his story.
Why?? SURPRISE! He died. Video could have been 5 seconds long, everyone knew in advance he dies in the end.
4:42.... Ah, the call of the snail
Won't leave me alone
The snail always knows where you are
I’m playing war thunder while listening to this lol
Gaijin
everybody's doing Warthunder ads now
gotta get everyone prepared for ww3
2:22 The "fck a wolf" came very close-
They came in rapid succession after being so close
If I had a nickel for every time I came close to....
I have read countless books on WW2 & aviation from all sides of the war. My father and stepfather were fighter pilots in Vietnam and we lived in Germany for a while. While there in a village near Spangdahlem AFB and Bitburg AGB I talked to men who told their stories, and this video was very emotional to me as I recalled so many stories nobody would believe but were none the less true.
Thanks for doing such a good job on this video.
As a Navy fighter pilot I had over three hundred combat missions in the VN War and had some very close calls but none of them were as horrendous and incredible as this. It’s a miracle that this heroic airman survived. ‘Outlaw’ out…
Thank you for your service, sir.
If you're telling the truth then thank you. Good to have you home.
@@mienluuhien9563 Killing civilians and colonizing is not a "service"
Which plane were you in? My dad was on the DD Floyd B Parks in his first deployment and the DE Doris Miller on his second. Both in carrier groups in the Gulf of Tonkin. He said he used to watch you guys take off from the carrier. He said he even saw a F4 after launch go straight into the ocean in front of the carrier and the carrier ran over them killing both pilots.
To answer ComdrStew, I flew the F-4B Phantom II off the USS CONSTELLATION (CV-64) in ‘68-69 as a fighter pilot assigned to the VF-142 Ghostriders and again in ‘69 flying the F-4J. After an instructor tour with the VF-121 Pacemakers, I returned to combat assigned to the VF-161 Chargers aboard the USS MIDWAY (CV-41) flying the F-4B. This was the longest deployment of any aircraft carrier with a total of 9 (vs the normal 6) combat periods on Yankee Station during the both VN War. The grand total was 302 combat missions in my flight log books during that war. I hope this also answers the question from Jeremy as to whether I’m telling the truth and I appreciate the thanks and welcome home from both him and from Mienluuhien. Outlaw out.
Oh my god. I just cannot believe how good the animation in this is. Some of those faces look legitimately real. Great work!
You have a long time to think about your life when you fall that high.
He really had a guardian Angel to survive this.
Lovely animation as always!
"He really had a guardian Angel to survive this." or just GOD.
@@JosiahGingerich They are on the same side.
Howdy YARNHUB, not sure if you can read this or will, but an Amazing story from WW2 about a young lady, "Helen Elas Conka" saved an entire American Bomber crew in an old underground Castle passage in Checkslavikia. She was born 1927 in Anorak. I believe? This was aired on Unsolved mysteries, when Robert Stack was still with us. She was awarded a medal from former Pres Bush for her Bravery. Would make for an awesome story!!! It's a tear jerker.
Damn that's insane bro. This veteran truly had a miracle on his side from a higher power wanting to spare his life. Glad he lived a long and peaceful life afterwards.
Can we just appreciate how this channel went from great 2d animations to Hollywood blockbuster level stuff. Absolutely mindblowing
Thank you for such a miraculous story!!!
Et tu as crus à ce mensonge ???
😂😂parce que tu es incrédule. Sinon ici-bas il y a plus que ça des situations grave ou on est pas censé en sortir. Moi même j'en porte @@kazilibou2350
This also happened to a British Lancaster tail gunner, he fell 18000 ft and from memory landed in amongst pine trees and snow drifts. His name was Nickolas Alkemade I think.
bro yarnhub has a short about that
Was that a Canadian?
@@sean367 not sure, I'd ave to go and look that up somewhere.
Awesome video!! I'm living in St Nazaire and years ago I found a piece of B17 landing gear under the St Nazaire bridge, It was a piece of schrader valve, I gived the piece to the the "grand blockhhaus", a WW2 museum in Batz-sur-Mer near St Nazaire. It probably was the result of a german Flak hit on a B17, maybe from Snap! Crackle! Pop! ? Who knows !
To be honest, I wanted to write a comment on how good the graphics and animations have become and how surreal these stories are, but I don't even know where to start.
I'm getting so tired of raving about the animation quality week in and week out.
But here I am again, raving about the animation. Right on schedule.
This animation and story was so cool to watch! I’m always fascinated by how much effort you guys put into these videos, keep up the good work!
I mean, they make like 75k a month with youtube, so of course they can hire really good animators
@@obiwanfisher537 yea but still it’s amazing
Have you covered the story of Nicholas Alkemade? He was an RAF Lancaster tail gunner who went through the same experience, falling without a parachute at nighttime in the winter and surviving because he landed on springy pine trees followed by deep snow. As I recall, the only injury he suffered was a sprained knee.
yes it was a short though
And the Germans issued him a certificate confirming this story. Because it was simply unbelievable that someone could survive something like that.
@@JosiahGingerich Why should it have been shorter than this story?
@@ruhri0411 I don't know, but yarnhub made a short about it.
I think the shattered glass might've had a huge impact, since the glass was, most likely, robust - so it breaking must have needed a lot of force that might've gotten absorbed by the glass trough it shattering.
Just a thought of mine though, ain't no expert. :D
The like/comment on the side of the flak shell is chef's kiss.
1:40 .. the cross hand mg charging! Great atention to detail. Nice work.
0:29 This are look like real people
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Yeah most features are covered up though ,so that probably helped.
these are very much look real people
I love the shot at 6:15 of the 88 firing into the sky. Very similar shot to that one seen in Masters of the Air. Amazing animation as always!
The only thing no one seems to acknowledge from this story; That God indeed answered Magee's prayer!
Truth brother
What if 1000 people falling without parachute prayed and only 3 survived?
We do not know. I believe in God (I call him Brahman) but why doesn‘t he answer so many prayers?
@@hellerartGod knows better than us to answer to your question
god isnt real
Amen
12:02 28 shrap wounds! You didn't even wanna give him a chance, huh?
The graphics keep getting better and better
I can’t believe St Nazaire railway station saved his life after falling without his parachute great video. Please do the story of the men who Saved USS Franklin.
God does crazy things sometimes.
@@JosiahGingerichHe really does my friend
My most sincere congratulations Yarnhub, once again you really outdid yourself. I really loved this video about Alan Magee, the B-17 gunner who miracolously survived a fall from 20.000 ft. You never cease to amaze me with your stellar content and this video is one of the many examples especially with how your animation has improved spectacularly. As a history buff you have my utmost admiration and gratitude for providing me with this invaluable insight about warfare of the 20th century.
Yarnhub is at it again! With beautifully rendered reenactment of heroism and meritorious service from real HEROS in many theaters of war. Congratulations on this addition I loved it Thanks Yarnhub!
Welcome to the multiverse folks, We just happen to exist in the one that this gentlemen survived.
0:11 11 seconds in with Ride of z Valkyries playing in the background, you know this is going to be a good episode!
I have been watching this channel for over a year already and I cannot stop watching it's just the animations that just keeps me hooked, I don't know why you don't work for any company
after the 200mm autocannon, now we have twin 50mm machine guns
This channel is the perfect blend of great music, graphics and effects that are arguably better than most video games, and some actual history. It's like the perfect smoothie of everything I like.
The level of details and historical accuracy is what makes this channel unique. Wish they would do more others historical moments, not just war ones.
Yarnhub's animation has gotten so good over the past 2 or 3 years
Thanks to all who made this.
I was just looking yesterday to see if I missed a new episode. Great great job. I so enjoy your stories.
Took us another day (and night)
You guys should just make a whole ww2 documentation movie at this point. The quality of these videos is just so good! Respect to your team!
Think they released a "movie " with Sabaton that was and certain museums not long ago.
@@pontiacfan76 the Sabaton one i know i think
My grandfather was a b17 pilot in ww2 and other grandfather was a b17 bombardier... they both saw heavy action, their planes were shot down more than once...my bombardier grandfather had pictures of their plane after crashing...they lost most of their friends but made it home to have my parents :-) I miss them so much ❤
Damn bro u have the blood of legends
Hopefully the parachute wasn’t replaced with an Acme anvil.
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@@JosiahGingerich it’s a cartoon trope.
Only if he was Wile E. Coyote 😅
Wonderful story.
Liked that line at the end "You only felt it up close". :D
3:15 Ah yes, a 50mm machine gun.
3:54 i hit it! Oh oh it didn't go down
him saying focke wolf is crazy but overall i love this channel
The first time I read the story was in a small magazine "Reader's Digest Selections", it was incredible how excited I was to find out about it, I even went to the library to look for more information.
Great film, but the .50 cal was and is 12.7 mm. My dad trained in the ball turret, but eventually served as a right blister gunner on a B-29 based out of Titian. He too, passed away in 2003.
0.62 mile was and is 1 kilometre.
有名なB-17本「空の女王」でも紹介されてなかった奇跡的話を伺いました。有難うございます。
That nickname belongs to the 747 jumbo jet passenger plane
私も初めて聞きました。
A well-told story with great graphic quality (and apparently many loyal subscribers). Liked, subscribed, and set all notifications. I look forward to viewing more work from this excellent channel.
Flying on bomber missions in WWII was a deadly assignment for courageous airmen and so many thousands upon thousands did not make it back. Ball turret gunner was an especially hazardous position, cramped in a tiny space with nothing but glass and guns between you and the ground, the black flak, and enemy fighters. Randall Jarrell wrote a great (but tragically sad) poem about a ball turret gunner.
0:47 P51s were not available in 1943 and if they were they wouldn't have needed to turn back.
I almost thought the animation was real life. It was so realistic.
What a miracle that he survived that fall...😲😲😲
He did say he prayed to God, only explanation is divine intervention.
It's a true miracle, he was going at least 100 miles an hour when he slammed into the glass and steel.
250 people swore they saw Big Foot. Must be true. Three German soldiers and one unconscious gunner said he had no chute on. Must be true.
This is amazing the graphics are unreal this is probably the best short film I’ve seen in a while
Edit: thank you guys for 11 likes it means alot❤
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Fantastic video! I’ve had the privilege of riding in Mustang, B-25, B-17, and actually have several hours logged flying the last remaining PB4Y. It’s an incredible experience to fly on these airplanes in peace time and terrifying to imagine what these men went through. One small comment… from
This entire video is what makes the internet so great.
The story telling, the details, the honor given, yes yes yes.
Thank you.
Ah yes, Time To Watch Another Cinema Masterpiece 👍
5:13 50mm Caliber machine guns???
Welp, you know what that means.
Yarnhub has to make a parody short stating you heard correctly as they model a B-17 with 50 mm HMG's, just like that Polish TKS-1 tankette with a 2000 mm AT gun.
Ya I was gunna say lol
Also why did the ground change from Forrest to coast line at 10:15
Isn't it about time people learned the difference between inches and millimetres? The US bombers had .50 calibre machineguns. That's 1/2 inch diameter, or 12.7 mm.
Yes but he said “50mm caliber twin Machineguns”
What an incredible story! Who would have thought he would survive a fall from 20,00 ft.
this probably won't be the last time I reply to a comment with this. But sometimes GOD does crazy miracles.
The first time you see a person in the video 0:18 that looks like a literal human
real tho lol
Casually waiting until bro falls off
3:13 50mm calibre machine guns?
Let’s gooo
The best animation i have ever seen
While watching this it kept me on the edge of my seat.
Génial, rechercher des anecdotes qui finissent bien
Tout ça sans haine et avec respect.
Merci pour ce travail passionnant
Imagine you fall out of a plane onto a steelbeam and you're not ripped in two.
Yepp. Not possible.
This is a fake faking story
How do you know? You can’t even explain what a woman is.
1. Terminal velocity is a thing.
2. The glass roof slowed the fall.
3. Cushion from his gear
@@Propane_Acccessories Terminal velocity doesN#t help your point, the other ones I just don't believe
4:34 war thunder jumpscare
That's a understatement, it's a merical😮
"50mm caliber machine guns"
Brrrrrrrrt on steroids
.50 =12,7 mm
@@bullet130067 he said 50mm caliber machine guns, NOT .50 caliber machine guns
I will find the timestamp
Esta historia en conjunto con el vídeo me hizo sentir tosas las emociones posibles, como si viviera la anécdota. Vaya que gran trabajo. El artillero se ganó esa larga vida en paz.
I do some 3d modeling/animation for game development and some video editing. The amount of effort put into these youtube videos has gotten my respect.
こんな奇跡があるんだな？生還おめでとうございます。遠い日本からメールします。
wasn't there a Mythbusters episode about this?
This is so good
Wow the enemy took care of him
Magistral... Simplemente... Magistral el video, te sientes como en una película. También es increíble la historia de este artillero, una nueva oportunidad que le concedió Dios y la vida para continuar...
at 1:30 theres a b17 with no ball turret
They have the ability to pull turret up and down
Yeah I was just about to say that too they can be pulled into thr B-17 for landing or emergency landing
Yarnhub movie when?
3:10 I think u meant 50 cal not mm
Yea lol like
50mm caliber is antitank calibers
I knew a rear gunner back in the 70s he made 26 trips you must admire these men 👍🏴🦊
Such a story was confirmed by German soldiers. The crew member from a B17 jumped without his parachute because the parachute was damaged by fire. He was stopped by branches and high snow and he was lucky and safe.
J'habite Nantes et de temps en temps je me rend à Sain-Nazaire. Si la verrière de la gare n'existe plus, les bâtiments ont perduré et un théâtre a été construit à la place des voies ferrées. Dommage qu'aucune signalétique n'évoque sur place cette épisode extraordinaire, que j'ai découvert grâce à cette vidéo, alors que je suis féru de l’histoire de la WW-II...👍