Two Planes Collide Mid-Air, Becoming Stuck | Tales From the Bottle
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- In 1940, after an accidental collision, two planes found themselves lodged together a thousand feet in the air. So what happened to the crew?
"On 29 September 1940, a mid-air collision occurred over Brocklesby, New South Wales, Australia. The accident was unusual in that the aircraft involved, two Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Avro Ansons of No. 2 Service Flying Training School, remained locked together after colliding, and then landed safely. The collision stopped the engines of the upper Anson, but those of the machine underneath continued to run, allowing the aircraft to keep flying. Both navigators and the pilot of the lower Anson bailed out. The pilot of the upper Anson found that he was able to control the interlocked aircraft with his ailerons and flaps, and made an emergency landing in a nearby paddock. All four crewmen survived the incident, and the upper Anson was repaired and returned to flight service."
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2 b-17S collided over the channel in 1944 and were lodged together before crash landing in germany.
You should do a video about the story if taffy 3
Airplane porn. Hard to come by these days. Even harder....
Makes you wonder if they were supposed to die and death came for them......Final Destination 🤔😳
@@j.k1688 I was about to say that but yes, two B-17 bombers collided with each other and merged scaring the germans down below.
Wow! That this "merge" even happened is incredible. But the fact that the man landed the concoction afterwards is just mind-blowing!
All I can think about is "happy ending".
"concoction" has to be my favorite word to describe the event!
The fact that it happened twice is mind blowing
Spoiler alert???
The fact that he was punished for speaking to the media after such a heroic and selfless act is mind blowingly disappointing... Some things never change.
Really admirable of the one pilot to have the other three men escape and actually fly those planes around to ensure that no civilians were injured. It's too bad how his life ultimately ended, though.
I mean don't all lives end? It's just a shame his was cut short by such a freak accident.
@@dillonventola408 getting hit by a bus isn't that freak of an accidenta?
There are plenty of incidents like that spread across military aviation. I take my hat off to each and every pilot who stayed with their plane in order to try and prevent bad things from happening to those on the ground and the fact that it has happened on a lot of occasions by no means diminishes just how heroic any specific instance was.
@@venkkooo oh so it's pretty common where you live? I can safely say it's not where I live
@@venkkooo I mean, compared to what happened to him yeah its relatively mundane but its not really that common.
When faced with death, people's true character is revealed.
The pilot told his crew to save themselves. He chose to try and save lives by making a landing rather than jumping himself.
Maybe the reason we have such a capacity for violence and war is so that we can root out heroes and figure out what true character and humanity is! Life has become a lot of sitting around of late. Each man has within him a streak, foolish, risky, etc. Some of course more than others.
@@finished6267 nah some people just suck
@@finished6267 War and violence is very often about money, power etc not exactly as glamorous as the media would have you believe.
There may not have been enough parachutes for him.
(My father was a US Army helicopter pilot/instructor but was also given the opportunity to attend "jump school" during training. On his first day as a pilot afterwards he was told by a superior to remove all "jump wings" (either patches or insigia indicating you learned how to parachute) from his uniforms because knowing the pilot CAN bail makes passengers uncomfortable.
"In their last moments, people show you who they really are."
-Joker
_"He didn't even live to see the end of the war!"_
This made me feel abnormally sad.
This story is a perfect example of: "It's okay to screw up, but how you manage the aftermath is what really matters."
“If I had a nickel for each time two planes collided in mid-air and got stuck together during WW2 I’d have 2 nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice.”
That b17 that landed itself in England was wild ,seeing as the crew abandoned long before lol
Perhaps a lost crewman from before is about believable
Today that'd be worth $1,584,909.00!
Well technically it only happened once…
2 nikels stuck together. I guess it is called a platinum
Funnily enough, I live a stone’s throw away from Wagga Wagga, often abbreviated down to just “Wagga”, or “shithole”, and this accident is news to me. Never knew
Also you’re right Qxir, I’m having an absolute gobshite of a day, and this video has definitely helped turn it around a bit for me. Thank you kind sir, regards from not quite Brockelsby, Australia
I hope things got better for you.
There are lots of place names like this in Australia and my understanding is that the repeating of the name was pluralisation, notice Wagga Wagga means many crows.
Don’t get it twisted though. There were an astounding number of distinct languages and while I’ve heard it applies to many, I’m sure there are exceptions.
Don't call Wagga Wagga Wagga, you don't call Woy Woy Woy.
Junee over here, 30 minutes away. YEAH!
The rather unfortunate and relatively mundane deaths of Leonard and Hugh remind me of Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer; a WW2 ace who piloted a Bf 110 G-4 bomber who throughout the war shot down 121 planes (primarily if not exclusively other bombers if I'm remembering correctly), both he and his two crew members were awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (with Schnaufer himself eventually getting the Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds), and survived the war with the rank of Major and with his plane preserved in the Imperial War Museum.
He was then killed in a car crash 5 years later at the ripe old age of 28 while visiting France to buy wine after having managed to revive his family's winery from pretty much non-existance to a reasonably thriving business.
The Bf 110 G-4 was a heavy fighter variant designed with heavy firepower specifically to shoot down bombers, so it’s not strange to have killed bombers with it.
yeah it was a fighter not a bomber
also 4 wheelers are worthless rubbish
Life is a bitch like that. Best not to think about how mundanely and unexpectedly our hard work to live a good life can be ripped away from us.
@@Blox117 Two wheels good, four wheels Baaahhd!
- George Orwell, Animal Farm, August 1945
"Have you ever wondered what happens if two planes collide together?"
Yes.
@@isabellind1292 ok isabel
@@milkkorsmth what did she say
@@muffy_bunny smth like "Haha! Very funny 🤣😂🤣"
@@milkkorsmth Exaggerate much?! All I said was "Lol!" w/a 😊It was a harmless response you little wuss!
"Have you ever wondered... how baby planes are made?"
I had the same thought! 😝
umm by baby people ?
As a survivor of a highspeed roll-over, where I was "involuntarily" ejected through a window (that's how my attending physician refered to it) I can tell you that in most car wrecks the driver is often the least injured. (My father was driving, he broke a toe, I and my stepmom were passengers, she broke her neck and I broke a shoulder, received some glass cuts and got a moderate whiplash type head injury)
I also survived a high speed roll-over, the car hit a flagstone wall and rolled multiple times. The driver was the most injured,
Just remember, if you get ejected from a car the police have formulas to know how far away parts of you will be found, plus a checklist to make sure they have as much of you as they can find. Well If a raccoon doesn’t steal your toe before the police can retrieve it.
Also follow the birds. A bridge jumper was found when the police noticed a gathering of seagull’s. This led them to the deceased man. He was missing a good chunk of his brain and an eye all thanks to those birds
@@LongdownConker in my case the accelerator stuck and we spun out at 80+mph on a highway offramp and then flipped/rolled when the car hit the median. I wasn't wearing my seatbelt (I was 12yo child at the time) and got thrown through the passenger's window on the 3rd roll, breaking both the window and my shoulder in the process. Thankfully I hit the grassy ground surprisingly well. Before my MRI the emergency medics were extremely worried that I had a traumatic brain injury. My head DID swell up pretty bad, but the glass was the worst looking part. I still have facial scars from it, including one on my cheek that can be felt from inside and out, as it went completely through. Watching stiches being done in your face is pretty nerve-wracking especially because the surgeon made no attempt to hide the hook shaped suture needle from view.
But in many cases the driver has the least injuries because they are held in place better by the steering colum and closer airbag, they are the most likely to be buckled in, and most importantly they usually have the most forwarning before a collision.
@@LongdownConker glad to hear you survived, hopefully without any permanent injuries.
@@dark2023-1lovesonithanks, for us it was black ice and rain that sent the car sideways off the road and 60mph, into a wall and rolling in a field. The worst part is that it was a really old car that had a poor safety rating, no abs, traction control or even airbags. The driver is now paraplegic and has permanently injured hands and needs full time care.
I have short term memory loss, my forehead was sort of degloved (all tissues and muscles were off the bone) so the muscles on my forehead don't work properly and one of my eyebrows can't move anymore. I also have a back injury that causes nerve pain down my legs.
My facial scars will never go away but I don't mind them,
B-17s "The Little Skipper" and "Nine Lives" had a similar fate. The planes wedged themselves into each other, but this time most of the engines were still operational. The landing was not as smooth, and the Nine Lives disintegrated.
It was actually “The Little Skipper” and the “Nine Lives”
Guess it didn't really have 9 lives
@@synexiasaturnds727yearsago7 I mean. How many lives must it have gone through during that landing?
@@synexiasaturnds727yearsago7 physics glitch
@@juliandavidhoffer2022 Probably used up it's last life surviving the mid-air collision lol
1:35 Fun fact about the Welsh language, we actually have more vowels than English, A E I O U W Y are the Welsh vowels. Also Cwmystwyth is pronounced Koom-Uh-Stwith and means Ystwyth valley, the Ystwyth being a river which also lends it's name to the more famous Aberystwyth meaning mouth of the Ystwyth.
"I am convinced the Welsh accent was invented by a dad losing at Scrabble."
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A fellow Welshman! How do you do?
Not a man but I am Welsh! And I'm doing quite well thank you
Why don’t you just spit the rocks out of your mouths when you talk and get rid of the extra vowel
Nah, Welsh is as much of a language as Cornish, y'all made it up so you could talk about the English behind their backs.
You've got a really good presentation and narration style, you don't waste time with a lengthy intro or interrupt your videos with garbage adverts, and your drawings and animation are really good and hugely enjoyable (especially the expressions!).
Thank you, its really appreciated.
incredible how young those pilots were. Glad they all made it through, sad that two of them later died before the war's end
This was a rare time. These are the kind of men that earned the title of “Greatest Generation” and deserved it.
You really hit the nail with saying you shouldn't laugh at the Waga Waga and after that not leaving us hanging on the pronaunciation of irish towns. i thought about both those things and right after i thaught about it you cleared it in the vieo :') very good
Like many however, I'm still fuckall on the second one 🤣
Just to clear things up, Welsh does have vowels. In fact, we have more than English with w and y both acting as vowels.
@@Snaily so how do you pronounce that sign
@@renameagain5808 I don't fucking know lol
Except "wagga wagga" doesn't even mean "place for many crows" and actually means "dance and celebrations", or more literally "dance dance" (hence the double use of a single word).
Obviously qxir was spending more time pandering instead of researching the facts.
You CAN laugh at anything, even silly Aboriginal place-names. Anyone that tells you otherwise is just being self-righteous for political reasons.
This also happened with 2 American B-17 Bombers. After they both lodged up into each other, the top one's pilots shut off their engines and steered the 2 planes to Germany, where they eventually crash-landed and the crew who hadn't bailed out of the crafts were captured, and were released after the war ended(probably).
‘Collides mid air’ oh damn that must have been explo-
‘Becoming stuck’ …huh?
Howd I find a video 1 minute after upload without notifacations-
Hm, yes.
Algorithm magic
Same here
There was a similar plane collision/merger that happened also in WW2, but on an actual mission over occupied Europe with two bombers.
I wish I could remember more of the details, but I know that I learned of it from a video from the channel Yarnhub, where they show (through animation) and tell weird, interesting and unusual stories from military history.
ye olde pub and... i forgot the other one
@@abandonedaccount123 I don’t think it was ye olde pub, that was the name of the B-17 that was involved in the Franz Stigler incident
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@@pyrebird7567 oh lol
It was 2 B-17s, The Little Skipper, and The Nine Lives.
very glad this is a "tales from the bottle" and not a "last moments"
Funnily enough, this isn't the only time this happened in ww2
It happened again with 2 b-17s
True that. “All American “ and “Nine Lives”. I thought this video was about them.
6:43 Thanks for the clarification.
There was another case were this happened when two B17 flying fortresses were returning from a mission, a number of German fighter planes took on the bombers heading back to Britain and got a lucky shot taking out both pilot and co pilot leaving the plane unmanned and drifting through the formation, both planes pretty much were stuck just like this video the B17 with the pilots managed to turn both Bombers back towards Germany ordering all remaining crew to bail out, both pilots stayed with the stricken aircraft and made a crash landing becoming prisoners of war
There is a animated video as no pictures other than repots from the allied the pilots themselves some from the group heading to Britain and the German flak batteries
I can't believe this isn't a more famous event, thanks! I love the new outro music.
I saw this happen when 2 single engine planes landed on top of each other at a small airport. Both planes were "repairable, but write-offs" and all 4!!@ pilots and instructors were fine.
my grandfather fought in WW 2 ..he was grizzled indeed..good work :)
When a Mommy airplane loves a Daddy airplane very much they come together with a special kiss ✈️😘✈️
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Well done Fuller. Respect.
I needed this today. Thank you for your new content. some of us dont have much of a life and really look forward to some things. This is one of them
I wonder how many other and more rare moments happened like this, just never recorded.
Every time you put out a video is a happy day for us viewers!!!
my day started bad because of a hungover, but now it's good. Thank you.
Just one mistake, at 5:27, Jack Houston is the one to disappear, instead of Fuller.
When two planes love each other’s very much this happens
"Ages 19 and 22". Their skill and heroism is amazing at that age! When I look at the same age boys of 2022, the comparison, well, there is no comparison.
There are plenty of heroic and skilled 19 and 22 year olds today, stop being an old codger
Ah, two planes mating in the sky, nature is amazing
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thanks Qxir, im sick as a dog right now and your videos and presentation style cheer me up a lot!
Your content is consistently interesting and very well presented. Discovered your channel not too long ago and subscribed after a sample of it.
thanks for not leaving me hanging on the name of that town
Really appreciate the side tangent about Wagga Wagga
that opening quote set off flashbacks to playing war thunder air where at 1.7 people still dont know how to fly and slam into each other forgetting they're flying in excess of 200-350 kph.
When two planes love eachother very much...
1 view, 16 likes, and 5 comments. WTF?!?
This is literally a final destination movie. They survived the incident so death tried to kill them is different ways
Qxir, no matter how the story ends your every post brightens the day!
Father pin me
Thankyou qxir iv been feeling quite low for the past month but your videos give me a slight break 🙂.
Dude, your videos are about the best. You rock! I'm not drunk.
Forest Hill was where my grandfather became a pilot for WW2. He ended up flying the longest surviving Lancaster based on missions flown. He promptly crashed it on takeoff on his second mission. At least it was not shot down. He was stationed at Skellingthorpe.
Sometimes you cheat death and he doesn’t notice, sometimes he does and comes back to collect.
Your videos always make my day better. I'll let you know once that stops.
That drop animation when the guy walks off the place was fun. Don't usually see that much movement in you work, it was a neat effect!
The death by bus collision really makes you think it was final destination style stuff going on there.
Thank you Q. Indeed your videos always brighten a dark day. Take care of yourself 🍄🐿️
It's weird to be subbed to such a huge channel and see a video about something that happened literally less than an hour away from my small town.
as an aussie- thank you for taking the time to look up and share the linguistic context of one of our "goofy place names"! not that i expect anything less from a qxir vid, but, yanno, in general "ha ha woolloomooloo funny"
I never missed a video. Been a subscriber since like this channel had ike 100k or under. Never gotten boring or old. Keeps making me laugh.
the dunloaghaire joke really made my day a lot better by giving me a chuckle in the middle of some really awful shit happening. Thanks man. Love your videos. You’re doing great work.
This reminds me of that one Hey Arnold! Episode were Arnold’s grandpa has to do a similar maneuver with his rival during an Ironman event.
Another great vid, kid. Many thanks from an old Count . . .
This is some real, "Haggis of Private McPhee" levels of heroism here.
'Presumably the English stole all their vowels' made me laugh hysterically.
Your video helped give a good end to my week 🙂
Says good things about the robustness and airworthiness of the Anson.
When one aiplane loves another airplane very, very much...
It's not the fall the that kills you, it's the sudden stop at the end.
Wagga Wagga was so great they had to name it twice....just like woy woy
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I have a friend who made a thesis about mid-air aircraft collisions. All 54 of them.
I'm a huge aviation history nerd, and this is the first time I've ever heard of this incident. Nice vid!
Thank you for becoming my second favourite TH-camr
I thought for sure this was a Last Moments episode when I saw the title
Not to forget when two german ju52 collieded in the air and managed to land safley
"have you ever wondered if two planes have collided mid-air?"
well, yeah.. until I saw it happen in person at an airshow
I loves it when Wagga Wagga gets brought up
love your videos, thank you
"But not that kind.
I don't do that.
...anymore."
In a word, "BRILLIANT". Love the Irish Humour too.
Ohhhhh so this is how RC planes are made... The more you know.
Just the typical plane mating routine. How else would planes exist?
Reaper meant to kill him in that plane collision and just went on about his day only to realize years later that the dude had lived and nailed him with a bus.
Another great video my man I've been sharing your stuff around keep it up
My day is ending up good now. Thanks Qxir!
Imagine surviving this then getting hit by a bus 💀
"A one of its kind collisions"
The two B-17 flying piggyback : Are we a joke to you?
Love the content, and the ending did brighten up my day
Qxir gives me a happy ending every week for sure! thanks for the wicked video
Omg, I'm barely 2min into your video and I'm laughing so hard I'm pig snorting. Thanks for giving my Sunday morning a great start Qxir. Much love from Canada 🇨🇦.
6:39 - After the day at work I had you're damn right your video made my day better
The 2 pilots dying by weird events bring the final destination movies to mind. You can’t escape death if he is coming for you.
Going to sleep after work, but I got the notification so I came to drop my like now and I’ll watch later, looking forward to another great video!
Your video does help! They all do for me. It sure makes working 12 hour shifts easier and my three, fifteen minute breaks.
The first time we went to Ireland we didn’t know how to pronounce Dun Laoghaire, so the bus conductor didn’t understand right away where we wanted to go. He probably hadn’t encountered many foreigners yet in 1978, which would explain his slightly rude behaviour.
That's the reaction I got (slightly rude) when the Irish piano player asked for requests during a St. Patrick's Day celebration and I asked if he'd play "On the Bonny Bonny Banks of Loch Lomond" and he said "That's not Irish"!!!!!🎹Ooops, sorry!😮
In regards to those Irish places with unspeakable names, I can just imagine the frustration of a non-Irish speaker who is headed there when asked where he is going. He probably just made angry noises and showed it in writing.