P51D Mustangs collision Accident Duxford Battle of Britain Air Show 23sep17 409p & C47 & B
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- Please watch the whole video to put it into context i had my Scanner on so you can hear Pilots etc , ive written up what planes can be seen in this video so please don’t just skip to the accident enjoy these very special planes.
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North American P-51D Mustang of Norwegian Spitfire Foundation ( dark green and light blue with shark mouth painted on GA-S ) 1650hp Rolls Royce Merlin engine, max speed 505mph, this was built in North American’s plant in Inglewood California and delivered to the US Army Air Force ( USAAF ) in july 1945,most of its service life spent with training units in USA, then Royal Canadian Air Force in 1951. It was retired by them in 1958. It passed into private ownership and was restored and taken to Norway in 1986. Its been on the European air show circuit since as “ old crow” . recently it was painted to represent a Mustang MK 1VA ( RAF equivalent of USAAF’s P-51D KH774 GA-S which belonged to 112 squadron of RAF when it was bases in Italy in 1945.
North American P-51D Mustang of Boultbee Flying Academy ( silver and blue livery HD USAF logo on side , M on tail, ) 1315hp Rolls Royce Packard Merlin V1650-7 engine, max speed 460mph, this was delivered to US Army Air Force in 1945, “ Miss Helen “ was with the 352nd Fighter Group in ww2 based at RAF Bodney in Norfolk it was known as the “ blue nosed bastard of Bodney “ it has a number of confirmed kills to its name, its also been flown as “miss Nita “ after WW2 it served with the Royal Swedish Air Force and the Israeli Air Force. It stared in Memphis Belle the movie from 1990 see www.imdb.com/t... in 2019 its based at Goodwood Aerodrome UK, this is the last known original 352nd Fighter Group P-51D that exists. Its in the same livery as it had in 1945.
The Collision is over 10minutes into this video If you really are pressed for time but as i said watch it all as you deserve to see these awesome aircraft, this was filmed on a Panasonic 4K 2160p Camcorder i only bought it 3 days before this Airshow ! , ( no one else filmed this collision as far as i know & this video is of course copyrighted ) the mayday emergency landing is about another minute after the collision you can hear on my scanner some chatter & you can see the tail ( horizontal stabilizer ) is badly damaged after 11mins50+ into the video ,the pilot was very lucky as this came extremely close to being a disaster, accident report is out by july 2018 here www.gov.uk/aai... , can i ask you guys how did you find my video ? was it promoted to you by RUclips after you saw someone else's video or was it via a link on another website eg Digg ? or how ? just trying to work out why lots of people suddenly find a video of mine , thanks a lot any of you that tell me this : ) , Always change quality to 4k or 1080p or original quality as RUclips default to a lower resolution so video doesnt look as good as it should ! ( click the icon like a cog to bottom right of each video each time you watch 1 of my videos ) ,If you like my video please click like & then copy & paste the link to your family and friends in an email or to twitter or facebook etc to promote my work etc and bookmark my account which is / awesomefullhdvideos & subscribe to me, thanks for watching ! TV production company's yes my videos are for sale at sensible prices the originals are better quality as RUclips convert & compress the original for their website.you need to copy the url of the video you want to use & give it to me when you contact me so i know which video you want to use,my work has been on English & American tv etc .
Just wanted to say that my late father was a WW2 fighter pilot with the 78th Fighter Squadron based in Duxford. He first flew P-47 Thunderbolt during the first part of the war. Then flew the P-51 Mustang toward the end. Afterwards he and his fellow pilots were transferred to Guam to help fight the Japanese which never happened since it was over soon after they arrived. My Dad liked the P-47 better because he felt much safer while flying and hunting for the Luftwaffe than he did in the Mustang. He told me a time or two that flying the Thunderbolt was like being in an armored truck and very difficult to shoot down due to its thick metal plating and very thick canopy while in comparison it was like flying a sports car in the P-51. Although it was fast and agile, it didn't take much to shoot it down unfortunately due to its lighter plating. I like both planes and others from WW2 but I get a real thrill and a chill down my spine each and every time I see a P-47 fly as it's all too rare. I'm not ashamed to say that I also shed a tear or two for my Dad, Captain Ivan H. Keatley (his rank during WW2)as I can imagine him still flying those Jugs if only in spirit. Rest In Peace, Dad. You earned it and Keep 'em Flying!
God bless your dad True hero Cheers mate ✌️
Both the P-51 and P-47 had superb armor for the pilot/engine. The Mustang more actually. Respect to your father but... I don't know if he knew what he was talking about.
DohlarDickin this is real life not war thunder mate.
Have you seen the video of a P-47 flying and safely landing with half a wing shot off?! It well illustrates how tough a bird was the P-47! A true story that's available on RUclips. Sorry, I don't have a reference to the video.
@@rickbear7249 God Bless your father... hero and what a story for the family to keep for ever
10:48 contact / impact , crash
11:42 mayday call over traffic radio
11:57 silver P-51 lands safely
12:08 left elevator damage
this was filmed 23 September 2017 if you look though all the playlists ive created here ruclips.net/user/AwesomeFullHDvideosplaylists?view=1&sort=dd&shelf_id=0 you will find other air shows ive filmed with the videos very helpfully grouped together for you, the Duxford Air Show videos for September 2017 are here ruclips.net/p/PLiVKwaUJvwmXJqTWuqoEex30FQozeTBkj so watch what else I filmed if you wish
nothing at 10:48
@@albertLAPOINTE The exact moment of 'contact' between the two aircraft occurred at 10:50.
@@albertLAPOINTE >
Ty for time stamp
10:46 is the incident
William Powell you the real mvp
I am at the air show
It is not Incident it is call accident
OhDear!
A Student Pilot Life the context works either way dumbass
Not to take away from the rest of the video but actual collision occurs around 10:50 . just saying because it's a long video and easy to miss .
Collision? The planes are really solid. I didn’t “see” the collision.
Thanks. I was wondering!
So the mustangs clipped each other? The one that went low after that crashed?
Thank you for pointing that out because it looked like a near-hit, but both planes continued on without sparks, fire, nor even a bounce, at least from the video's perspective.
They tumbled against each other a bit
Don't know why there's so many dislikes on this video. I for one am glad that this video didn't have a violent midair and crash at the end. Just barely a nudge between those two Mustangs but you can definitely see some damage on the D model. Great video!
People have been desensitized by school's, shootings, Hollywood, Playstation ect. They love to watch death and destruction or off they go.☠️
Too bad we still dont have any indication of dislikes. Maybe Musk will buy RUclips and fix it too. lol
@@davebrittain9216 here's hoping!
My great grandfather brought down over 40 German aircraft in WW2.
He was the worst mechanic the Luftwaffe ever had 😂
lol good one : )
Excellent.
you should rather be ashamed of your great grandfather
Lolololol
Always a favourite :)
Still hard to believe we lost several souls today in a B-17 / P-63 collision. RIP to all.😥
No one died! Look closely!
@@Ceausescu_Nicolae The comment from bogdog999 referred to another accident in Nov'22: ruclips.net/video/zIi2b2Ztem0/видео.html
@@Ceausescu_Nicolae Read bogdog999's comment carefully. He's not talking about _this_ video.
Such a tragedy. I live in Dallas, and I have been to Wings Over Dallas several times. I have also been aboard Texas Raiders. just a terrible accident.
So, if I heard it correctly the P-63 hit a drone, which knocked him off course into the B-17, in Dallas?
The Man of War P51 is the most beautiful airplane, in my opinion. But it is among many WWII vintage birds that are my favorite. Thank goodness it wasn’t worse. Great, great, video .... please continue sharing these high quality videos of the planes that saved the lives of many. We must never forget. Thank you to all the men and women that served, and are surviving to keep us all safe.
this was filmed 23 September 2017 if you look though all the playlists ive created here ruclips.net/user/AwesomeFullHDvideosplaylists?view=1&sort=dd&shelf_id=0 you will find other air shows ive filmed with the videos very helpfully grouped together for you, the Duxford Air Show videos for September 2017 are here ruclips.net/p/PLiVKwaUJvwmXJqTWuqoEex30FQozeTBkj so watch what else I filmed if you wish
I can confirm the pilot made a safe landing. I was at the show when this happened.
this was filmed 23 September 2017 if you look though all the playlists ive created here ruclips.net/user/AwesomeFullHDvideosplaylists?view=1&sort=dd&shelf_id=0 you will find other air shows ive filmed with the videos very helpfully grouped together for you, the Duxford Air Show videos for September 2017 are here ruclips.net/p/PLiVKwaUJvwmXJqTWuqoEex30FQozeTBkj so watch what else I filmed if you wish
Spoilers
That's more than this video showed.
What happened
Great video. Just love seeing those old birds still flying. Found it in a YT recommendation.
The C47 and B17 piloting was beautiful. The C47's flying formation in D-Day livery was awesome
this was filmed 23 September 2017 if you look though all the playlists ive created here ruclips.net/user/AwesomeFullHDvideosplaylists?view=1&sort=dd&shelf_id=0 you will find other air shows ive filmed with the videos very helpfully grouped together for you, the Duxford Air Show videos for September 2017 are here ruclips.net/p/PLiVKwaUJvwmXJqTWuqoEex30FQozeTBkj so watch what else I filmed if you wish
I think the only thing missing was one towing a Horsa .
12:04 you can see the damage done to his left horizontal stab. I'm glad he was able to land the plane like that!
Very Very Lucky indeed ✌️
"Any landing you can walk away from was a good landing. If you can still use the airplane, it was an outstanding landing." Brigadier General Charles Chuck Yeager.
Thank you. Seeing a B-17 in the air is a special treat. Such a storied aircraft, so few remain. May God Bless those that flew them into harms way.
I still run outside when I hear an old warbirds flying over.
Every time I'm not passing up a chance of seeing such beauty ✌️
I'm so old now,if I tried that,by the time I got to my door..the airplanes would be jets!!😗😁😆😅
I've lived around aircraft my whole life my ears can identify a Merlin the second I hear it and I'm out my front door xD
Hell, I run outside for a Piper Cub.
It’s Mandatory.
I really enjoyed your video 😊
First off, I was introduced to your video through You Tube random selection, as I like to view older warplanes. I must also tell you that I thoroughly enjoyed watching those Dakotas flying in tandem with that magnificent B-17! Brought back a lot of memories from my youth. My mother was from England, in the ATS, and my father was a medic in the US Army and they got married in London on May 9th, 1945. They both loved to go to airshows, both in the US and in Europe, as we were stationed in France (Orleans), Germany (Karlsruhe) and England twice, as my Dad was an Army liaison to two different US Air force bases there. I got to have a great appreciation for these older warplanes, and I don't even have to look up when a P-51 passes overhead; I just know what went by! Thank you, sir, for the memories! God bless you and yours! PS: I have subscribed to your site and look forward to more!
Wild. You can very clearly see the tailing Mustang being forcefully rotated from the impact, but he just maintains formation to the B17. Incredible that the stabilizer remained attached and the Pilot performed a successful landing
I watch a lot of aviation videos, much of ‘em World War II-era, and this one just popped up. The one who videoed this deserves an award; more than just the visual recording, the sounds of the planes flying over made me feel like I was there watching them in-person. Man, you had the camera right on the action I wanted to see most at all times, including the field gitting tilled.
Nice video
I live out by the AF Academy in Colorado. people don't really get it, when you're got multiple planes in the air, combined with the noise, and the excitement of filming- not to mention looking through a small eyepiece, not taking in the entire sky, it is NOT easy to catch something that subtle, in the "moment". The fact you have it on film happening, was pretty crazy to see- because those B-17's are just awesome to watch.
We have all kinds of "Air Shows" that happen over the Academy, especially during graduation ceremonies- My favorite one I've seen so far, were F-35's doing their thing.
Great job on the filming- albeit a bit too much "zoom" blurring for my old eyes- but easy nuff to look past.
Thanks for posting this. And took your suggestion, subscribed. For times I may not be able to find anything fun to watch.
Fantastic video. Thank you for the amazing footage. The sky you had that day provided an excellent back drop to see some really great detail of each of the planes
Thank you for the time you took to shoot this,
And upload,
Absolute Poetry of FLight.
Cheers,
Rob USAF
Literally half my deaths in war thunder are represented by this video
So half your deaths huh
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Oh my god this comment is golden
Thank the Lord both P-51 pilots were able to land safely! All of those planes are such beautiful war birds and like you suggested, I watched the whole video. That B-17 reminds me of the B-17 Nine-O-Nine that would come to my town every year. I've climbed into the Nine-O-Nine several times as it would come into town. Sadly the Nine-O-Nine crashed October 2, 2019. That still breaks my heart. I still have video from the 90's of the Nine-O-Nine starting her engines.
@Clay Coffman Looking at the pinup on the nose, it looks like the "memphis belle", i just wonder if it's a replica or the real one
I took a photo of my dad (a USAAF WW2 veteran) in front of Nine-O-Nine at Love Field (Dallas, Texas) about five years ago. Was very sad to hear about the crash.
@@slimfastfret sally B was used in the filming of Memphis Belle, as. A kid I remember watching them flying over east anglia for the movie. She retains the nose art to one side as a memento.
..yep...and now, we have lost "Texas Raiders"...😓
Someone is grounded.
I'm glad the damage was not extensive and they landed safely.
The recent crash at the Wings over Dallas airshow was horrible. The crews who fly and maintain these planes are passionate about the aircraft and honoring those who flew them in combat.
The sounds of vintage aircraft. Fantastic.
the wife of an elderly man who fell down and could not get up knocked on our door and asked for help. i ran over to their house and was able to assist the man. turns out he was the rear gunner of a Douglas SBD Dauntless in the Battle of the Coral Sea
I was at duxford summer 19 so amazing to see all of that incredible I'm from canada. Amazing video glad every ones ok 👌
Such beautiful aircraft. Each has their own particular engine noise that makes them easily recognizable. Awesome video.
My grandfather was a B17 pilot during WWII, he flew bombing missions over Germany and dropped bombs on Normandy before the D-Day invasion. He died this past November at the age of 100 years old. Seeing a beautifully restored B17 like that always gives me goosebumps. It’s like a time machine to me, it makes me think about all the stories he told me about that time in his life. I often think of what it must have been like to be as young as he was and having the responsibility of flying that huge plane and the lives of his crew members. They really were the greatest generation.
My dad was a B-17 pilot also. The mighty 8th 401st bomb group out of Ducksford England. At 21yrs old, he was the oldest crew member. Most 21yr olds today can't even make it to work on time. I simply cant imagine the courage and commitment it took to do what they or any war vet in that era had to do.
i disagree. Why are they any better than all the prior generations.
Both Yamamoto and most of the German generals knew the war was over when America entered WWII. Once the U.S. got onto a war footing, which it already was prior to Pearl Harbor, there was no stopping the Allied steamroller.
The German Army and Luftwaffe was a shell of itself when the Allies landed on Normandy. The best of the Wehrmacht and Waffen SS was ground down in a horrible war of attrition on the Russian Steps.
Germany and Japan had no chance against the industrial juggernaut and resources of the United States and the Allied manpower was overwhelming. Britain had some great R&D minds and excellent intelligence.
Both Germany and Japan had AWFUL military intelligence. The Allies knew just about every move of the Axis and the Axis forces had no clue. Also, both Germany snd Japan were being led ny lunatics. Germany had some great generals and damn good officers and troops. But Hitler and his inner circle were way behind the power-curve.
After Midway, the Japanese were 'dead men walking'. They were hell of great warriors, but were outgunned and outnumbered.
There was nothing so extra ordinary about the WWII generation. Who were the parents of my generation, the 'Boomers', who in turn raised the following generations and have us in the mess we have today.
Just because a 250 pound heavyweight fighter beats up on a 120 underfed lightweight, it does not make the heavy weight the best fighter ever. Remember, your 'greatest generation' gave us the Cold War, Korea, Vietnam and the dirty wars and coups of the CIA through South America, Central America and assorted ops in Europe. Lest we forget JFK, RFK and MLK assassinations.
My uncle was a top turret gunner/flight engineer on a B-17. Spent 2 years in a German POW camp.
With all due respect, most pilots simply died. Flew to Germany and got shot out of the sky. How many missions was average? Those times were not "great" at all. Entire countries turned into murderers. That is called war.
Your grandfather was just a lucky bastard, or a good pilot. Both I guess.
But it was a miserable time, please do not forget that. These halleluia stories are deceiving at best.
May your grandfather rest in peace. He had what it took to fight for his country.
Thank you for sharing about your dad. Mine flew 120 missions in P 47C s and Ds. Seven sorties on D-Day, starting at 0300 and coming home in the dark. Then into airfields in France, which were usually captured fields right behind the Allied lines. Most of their work was to disrupt Germans supply lines, trains trucks etc. which meant a lot of very low altitude flight. He wrote a letter home to my mother saying that one of his buddies kept coming home with mud on his propeller tip. I believe a P 47D has a 13 foot propeller. He was shot down twice by enemy ground fire, once behind the German lines. An infantry squad saw his plane go in, pushed forward 100 yards against heavy fire and pulled him from the wreck. Then they scampered back to their own lines. They all got pretty drunk at an impromptu party that night, and the grunts presented him with a plaque. If you look at a photo of a P 47, on the port side of the aircraft just Forward of the cockpit you will see a quick release 12“ x 18“ cover where you check the oil. In my dad‘s squadron, the pilots name was written on that cover. Because when you brought an aircraft back full of holes, The ground crews could switch the cover to a new aircraft and you could fly the next mission while they got your old plane patched up. The “plaque “that the infantry guys gave him was that quick release cover with his name written on it hand painted in red. He was killed in a freak accident the day before he was to be discharged from the service. And the plaque hangs in my front hall where I see it every day on my way out the door to be a docent on the USS hornet in Alameda California. Come visit me Sydney, on the ship, if you want to see some great World War II history.
I like the story about swapping the plate to effectively tag the plane for the pilot. I'm so very sorry your father's life was stolen randomly while due to head home after his service. It truly does prove that any one of us can be taken away for anything and at any moment, considering your father survived his entire deployment. That's still a great feat that he owns though and by no means does that accident steal from what he accomplished.
Thanks for sharing, its good to know plenty of us still care about our history
It's fine to care about our history, but we really need to stop living in it.
i just added info on the planes in this video to the description under the video please read that , and as i ran out of the allowed word count i added the B-17 info as a youtube comment so please read that ,
Wildlife ... who comes here to watch wildlife. I'm here to watch planes!!
One never tires watching these amazing old birds. Great footage. My bet there was a bit of a chat after the incident.
Nice footage and nice camera and zoom. Not sure why so many dislikes, people have the attention span of a goldfish these days. Anyway, glad pilot is ok, that was close.
The dislikers read “accident” and were expecting to see a big ball of fire.
From Thailand.🇹🇭 C47 aircraf tare still in service with the Royal Thai Air Force. But improved to change the engine to be a turbo plotter engine Used in aviation, transpost very well.👍 Thank you🙏.
this was filmed 23 September 2017 if you look though all the playlists ive created here ruclips.net/user/AwesomeFullHDvideosplaylists?view=1&sort=dd&shelf_id=0 you will find other air shows ive filmed with the videos very helpfully grouped together for you, the Duxford Air Show videos for September 2017 are here ruclips.net/p/PLiVKwaUJvwmXJqTWuqoEex30FQozeTBkj so watch what else I filmed if you wish
I was very relieved to see no crash nor explosion. It was a bit challenging & creepy to watch this footage, because on September 16, 2011, at the Reno Air Races, I was standing 100 yards down the fence line from where The Galloping Ghost slammed 4 rows into the audience. The thump sound of the P-51 pounding into the earth remains in my head 10 years later. I have yet to return to an airshow or pilot a plane. To witness death and total discintegration of a pilot and innocent spectators before your own eyes really messes with you forever.
RUclips brought this video up for me as a suggestion today because I’ve been watching similar videos.
Looked to me like the P-51 pilots had situational awareness issues. In fact, the entire air show made me pretty nervous. It appeared not very well planned or choreographed.
I don't go to or endorse air shows any more. It's the wrong time to have accidents and there have been too many over the years.
only one of the P-51 pilots had a shortage of SA!
I lived close to Duxford Essex .My father was a farmer and we had 5 German Luftwaffe bomber pilots/crew who landed their planes at Duxford after dropping their bombs in Essex country side and surrendered. Working on our farmer sitting the war out arriving at 6 am till 9 pm ( pm long evenings) We had the best German worked farm !!! not many know this .Swallows Farm Wimbish 1942
My dad flew Lancasters and took part in a number of 800 to 1000 bomber raids at night. He said if you had a problem it was safer to continue than turn back, unless you could not maintain altitude. If someone smoked you could see it from from a plane near by. How did the Germans miss!
Watching that B-17 it looks like it just hangs there in the air. The illusion is compounded by the framerate making it look like the props are just windmilling. Absolutely brilliant video, thanks for posting!
10:05 Great shot of the B-17 with the zoom!
And why is this called the Battle of Britain Airshow? None of the planes in this video were ever involved in the Battle of Britain.
Slow and gentle does it. The beauty of flight.
Thank god I have a ton of download time Missed a bit of my life waiting for the crash.
excellent camera work! very close thing indeed! Well DONE!
i just added info on the planes in this video to the description under the video please read that , and as i ran out of the allowed word count i added the B-17 info as a youtube comment so please read that ,
Rhwre is a supweb video. On u tube. S say from a german perspextive. Its like you wre thers too. Mebfions the c47s flting ovwd witg d day strupes
Back in 76 I cleared a shipment of Hawker Furys and Sea Furys thru Customs at Port Canaveral. Edward Jurist, Pres. of Vintage Aircraft had purchased them from The Iraq Air Force and loaded on a Yugoslavian flagged vessel bound for Jacksonville, but somehow ended up in Port Canaveral.
cool, where are they now ?
@@AwesomeFullHDvideos Some were sold to the Confederate Air Force, one was returned to the UK. The importer was in NY and has to be dead. There were a grand total of 26 airplanes that ended up in Sanford, Fl where they were sold to the highest bidder. Along with many crates of spare parts. I have a newspaper clipping of the event that I could take a picture and forward it to your cell phone if you wish.
If you look at 04:20 the silver Mustang made a very sketchy move on the lead plane. I thought that was going to be the accident
I remember as a kid 3 C47’s flying over my house in Fawkner under the radar say 100 feet above house tops what a beautiful rumble it was. We had DC 3/4’s forever at Essendon airport
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10:52 is the actual contact point. awesome footage love the sound of old planes!
The C-47s look like the "fly 2 and then replicate them over and over on the film to make it look like 100s" sources for "A Bridge Too Far"
this was filmed 23 September 2017 if you look though all the playlists ive created here ruclips.net/user/AwesomeFullHDvideosplaylists?view=1&sort=dd&shelf_id=0 you will find other air shows ive filmed with the videos very helpfully grouped together for you, the Duxford Air Show videos for September 2017 are here ruclips.net/p/PLiVKwaUJvwmXJqTWuqoEex30FQozeTBkj so watch what else I filmed if you wish
@William Needham the two twin-engined planes
My Dad flew DC-3s for EAL after the war. He remembered the serial # of the one in the Smithsonian as one he copiloted.
DC-3, Dakota, Daisy or whatever you call it, is one of the most beautiful aircarft ever made. I've made a skydive out from one at 2000 feet, great aircraft!
Dakota, Skytrain, DC-3, C-47, Puff the Magic Dragon, Spooky
To be as large as those B-17's are, they are sure graceful in the air.
Not a b17 they have 4 engines
I used to live near Falcon Field in Mesa, Arizona, and the CAF has a B17 stationed there called Sentimental Journey. They would fly her over the Superstition Mountains several times a year and lots of times I would be out in the back yard BBQ'ing for my family when they flew her over. Usually accompanied by a Beech 18 plane set up for photography, also owned by the CAF. She was always so graceful in the sky!
One night I saw a twin engined aircraft that had just taken off and flew right over my car , flying away from me. At first I thought it was a DC3, but it just didn't look right. Then it turned and I could see that it was a HE 111. A few weeks later it crashed and the worlds only flying example was gone. Very sad, but it to was graceful in the air. Not as grand as the B17, but it was incredible to see it flying. Years later I saw a B24 headed in for a landing at Williams Gateway. It was turning to line up for a landing and the fueselage was so deep that I could only see the left main landing gear. I kind of freaked out but then it leveled out and I could see both gear were down. I'd hate to see it crash!
Unladen, she flies like a powered sailplane.
But she takes forever to get anywhere.
@@davidcapeheart7435
4:40 Look again! ;-)
@@davidcapeheart7435 he meant the B-17 as a type in general he wasn't commenting on the two C-47s.
From the initial "form up" at 4:20, you can see that the silver Mustang struggles with regroup logistics and smooth "formation flying" ... his descent into the other Mustang at 10:50 (cutting him off) was due to sudden and uncharacteristic movements that don't allow the other aircraft to adapt or avoid him. Kudos to the videographer, excellent tracking and footage!
* Mustangs literally collide mid air *
Guy with camera: hmm, looks like he's going a bit low...
very hard to tell if they touched so not a silly comment by me, your comment is more of a hrrmm whats wrong with you
@@AwesomeFullHDvideos yea, he just outted himself as someone who isn't very knowledgeable about aviation.
Thanks for the video. I like the WWII aircraft , very rare.
This.video popped up on RUclips. As to how I came around to view it I watch other aviation videos and this one just popped up. Good show. Glad no one was hurt.
This time in history is so awesome..my grandfather saw alot and experienced alot Durning the war,and he once told me that even if he knew he wasn't coming back he still would have went...
D. Day I’m so thankful for our Military, U.S. and our Allies! I pray for our Military and our Veterans and their Families and Loved Ones at least once a day!❤️
@@nonbinarymetv Who shall take up arms to stop the USA from killing innocent people all over the globe ?
@@naurius6983 good trolling!
My uncle Mick won the DFC for bringing back his bomber on one engine from Germany after dropping his bombs, he saved the crew.
Superb video. Scary stuff.
As a junior schoolboy me and some pals used to play with some scrapped planes in a place called Simonswood just outside Kirkby Nr Liverpool. I did not realise at the time that it was probably a scrap site for WW2 planes. I could sit inside some of the cockpits and play with the joy sticks, some of them also still had the instruments/clocks fitted.
If only I knew how important those broken machines were, I think back so often of those times and wonder what were those planes, I don't know and will never know, if only?
I remember when RAF Duxford was a real working aerodrome. My father was a senior RAF photographer and took some shots of horrific accidents there. Once an air technician cut himself in half by over-filling an ioxygen tank, and in another a maintenance bod released the emergency seat of the aircraft while in the hangar. Both messy. A small factory in Duxford, village incidentally developed Aerolite Glue while my mother worked there. The Coronation Coach was also (re-tyred) in the factory at the same time.
Really?
My Dad worked at Ciba (the factory is still there and still making stuff for the aerospace industry) for years, so we got to go to the air shows every year and be right by the flight line. Sally B was always the highlight, well that and the Vulcan.
More like blew himself in half
Extremely awe inspiring video. Instilled the thrill,danger and miracle of flying .
Well done and hats off to you ,respect to you.
United States Army Air Force Douglas C-47 Skytrain ‘drag em oot ‘ has 2 x 1200 hp Pratt & Whitney radial engines, max speed 227mph, delivered at end of 1943 , 3X 2100882 has scars of its war time use in shape of numerous bullet hole patches on its fuselage and around the cockpit, painted in its D-day landings livery from 1944. It was used be a specialist unit to recover gliders from Normandy,
Lopo
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Good video man, as for the description, that was really wholesome
Glad you liked it!
Beautiful aircraft from a bygone era That changed the course of history.🤔
So true. Such beautiful and important pieces of history.
The course of history isn' t pre-determined and cannot be 'changed'.
John Thornton
I am 92. As an ATC cadet in 1944, I had a contact with the 306 BG based at Thurleigh. I was fortunate enough to wangle the two flights in a B17, going for new engine test, sat in the Bombardier's seat, 10 minutes duration, new engine caught fire, urgent return! 2nd flight was unusual, low level practice over S England, again in B's seat. 3 hrs. Memorable!!!.
@13:00, you're welcome
Beautiful videography beautiful formation flying thank you for posting!
As a kid I would build Airfix kits and the Douglas Dakota was my favourite plane to make. There is something elegant about this machine.
Thanks for telling me when to stop watching. I've decided that I don't want to see any of these awesome airplanes crash. Often times I wish I could go back in time to purchase surplus aircraft after WW2, there had to be tons of it.
I'm not 100% sure if they offered it for sale or just scrapped it. I think someone should start building brand new WW2 era planes. This country pumped out tons of it, it's why we won.
They do build new warbirds from jigs and drawings. They cost 10x as much. 8-10 mil compared to 1-3 mil
Many of the surplus aircraft were sold, many to scrap metal dealers who promptly chopped the aircraft up and scrapped them for a profit. Some aircraft like the P-51 Mustang were valued as racing aircraft and were heavily modified for that purpose. As you might imagine, many of those aircraft were destroyed in various mishaps associated with the sport. You have to remember that many of the more famous military aircraft from WWII were actually designed in the 30's and had the technology of that era, making them obsolete certainly by the end of the war, if not before. As the U.S. moved into the jet age the aircraft from WWII were just about worthless, many of them selling for literally pennies on the dollar. I'm with you however, I wish that there had been someone who had the foresight to buy up the old planes for the future generations to appreciate. (p.s. it would be interesting to see someone build these grand old flying new, and with the building techniques and advanced materials of today. what a sight that would be!)
Which country is that exactly?
@@hgm8337 england
The real disaster are those horrible windmills the public was duped into scattering around ruining that beautiful countryside.
yeah baby! burning coal and gas ftw!
Yes, the stunning flat fields of Cambridgeshire, the Eighth Wonder of the World - ruined by the public...
Sorry to to say, but money is going to kill some of these guys. Pretty bad formation flying.
Think it's the bad piloting that is dangerous TBH.
Those are c-47’s, not p-51’s
@@leemcmillian7260 the P-51 comes later
@@leemcmillian7260 P51s are later in the video.
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Great footage friend. Excellent quality and just absolutely mesmerizing seeing those warbirds still doing what they were made to do.
The video was suggested by RUclips. I do follow several aviation channels and now subscribing to yours. Cheers.
" They " have no business flying theses historic aircraft in any type of formation with other aircraft. Fly them alone, by themselves with no other aircraft anywhere near them. History is slowly being destroyed.
You seem fun
agree, although with an exemption for pilots who are employed full-time to display vintage aircraft to be allowed in formations
Thanks for sharing. Beautiful and well maintained airplanes.
Hello from Canada! Could you tell me what equipment you used? The quality is excellent.
My uncle flew 23 missions over Europe as a pilot in a B-17. He really never talked to me about the war, just about flying. Before he passed away he began talking to me about the war. He said one of the things he never got over was being on a mission and the group flew into heavy clouds as they crossed into Germany. He said it was vital that you hold your position no matter what happens because there are aircraft so close to you. He said just before he entered the cloud bank there was a bright orange flash and a patch of dark smoke. He figured that an aircraft got hit by an extremely lucky shot by a flak gunner since the German fighters had just broken away. What had happened was suddenly an experienced pilot lost his nerve and began to climb and collided with the B-17 just in front of and over him, then as the aircraft fell they hit another B-17 on the way down. His tail gunner could see the aircraft falling and yelled it over the intercom. On his next mission, an FW-190 came from below and hit the aircraft next to his in the right-wing with his cannon. In a few seconds the aircraft exploded, the crew didn't even know what hit them.
my sons grandfather told us a few stories about his time as a Lancaster tailgunner, he also flew in B17's even though he was English. He said once that some flight crew would literally shit themselves with fear before and during a mission.. !!
total respect to all involved keeping these kite's flying. glad all were safe nice footage.
i feel sorry for the nearly 3000 downvoters who didnt get to see a piece of history plummit in to the ground like they wanted. boooo!!!!
i agree, was wondering about that like/dislike ratio as well, collision happens around 10:40 and apparently people just want a 20 second video of crash boom bang nowadays.
I’m no fan of plane crashes but the disliking you describe is usually because the video creator puts that in the title as clickbait making them think it’ll be something it’s not, in this case though this guy described his video accurately 👍
Nos héros de la deuxième guerre mondiale god bless you all Dan from France 🇨🇵🤜😉
When I grow up, I want a C-47 Skytrain.
Was nice hanging out with you while you were sitting back in your lawn chair filming and eating peanuts and drinking beer.
That was such a bad ass video, thanks for posting!!!
thanks
Idk what it is about those P51 pilots, but this is the second video I've stumbled on where they collide. Fortunately, this incident didn't destroy the vintage plane or harm/kill the pilot like the other video.
Aside from that, those are some gorgeous planes! I'm glad that some people have the money to fund such endeavors.
Was stationed at RAF Bentwaters/Woodbridge in 91-93. RAF Alconbury 93- till closure. Those were good x.
The guy in the silver Mustang was all over the sky.
Yes , he didnt follow the leader curve
He was, another close call at 4:26 it looks like
Bloody lucky to get Helen on the ground, certainly looked like she was going in from on the field. Scary moment, that's for sure.
HELEN!?!? They let a woman's flu the bird?
RUclips suggested it. It's a well done video doing my comment in at 3 mins.
The battle of Britian was fought by Hawker Hurricanes and Supermarine Spitfires. The P51D didn't even exist at that time. The C47 cargo plane wasn't present at the battle, either.
I think some German and Italian aircraft might have been involved in the battle as well? But the airshow would be pretty limited if the only aircraft which took part were Hurricanes, Spitfires and Buchons, which is why other aircraft participate as well.
Great video and thanks! To your question as to how I was turned onto your video, it was among the suggested videos in my listing. I often watch out for WW2 and other historical items, among other things, so I'm simply attributing this to an algorithmic recommendation (my guess). I am a RUclips premium member, not sure if that has any impact on the recommendation logic, etc.
Beautiful airplanes, beautifully captured! Great job, cheers 🇺🇲🤝🇬🇧
thanks a lot for the info and glad you enjoyed this
I've become quite the plane enthusiast. I hope to fly a plane some day. It's definitely on my bucket list
Must have been some fruity language exchanged on the ground. Very lucky no one was killed
AWESOME Video Glad everybody came out OK Could have been very very bad for those 2 pilots ✌️
3:45 ah yes. a tractor. marvelous.
@UrMom truly.
My wife’s great uncle “Stub”,
Elwin J Warfle ret Colonel
USA, wrote a book about his time in B17 with 447th bomb group. Recently passed RIP
One Lucky Bastard Surviving Two Combat Tours as a World War 2 Bomardier by Elwin J Warfle USAF Retired. Hardcover Collectible WW2 447 Bomb Group.
Amazing footage….you can really imagine these majestic birds flying into battle.
Glad Piolt was okay! Cheers! A great view!
Saw This, Got shots of the Damage on The Mustang Landing !
where are your photos ? thx
What a total waste of time. Barely got to see the P51.
this was filmed 23 September 2017 if you look though all the playlists ive created here ruclips.net/user/AwesomeFullHDvideosplaylists?view=1&sort=dd&shelf_id=0 you will find other air shows ive filmed with the videos very helpfully grouped together for you, the Duxford Air Show videos for September 2017 are here ruclips.net/p/PLiVKwaUJvwmXJqTWuqoEex30FQozeTBkj so watch what else I filmed if you wish
03:38 distracted by huge tracts of land
At least he didn't break into song.
Everyone saying they should be grounded. I live in the village across the road from where he's filming, and earlier this year these two pilots were part of a three formation team where they were doing loops and barrels just as close as the Red Arrows do in perfect formation, and as for Miss Velma crash at that air show. That was a technical failure where the pilot knew he couldn't make it over the M11 and made the safest possible landing in a field to avoid a nasty incident on a main highway. Most of these old war bird pilots are ex-RAF who have flown fast jets for most their flying hours too. Lucky to have kept Miss Helen flying, and at end of day she's repairable and new underwear can be bought. I'd rather see these flying over my house everyday than the constant A321's to Luton we get. ;)
Thankfully I have not read any reports from the 'Fraidy Kats" that must be scared of their own shadow. Must be a bitch to get the milk off the front porch... But the lessons we can learn and the shear enjoyment must NOT be lost to people afraid of accidents and such. Nobody is advocating they wear blindfolds while flying, that's just stupid. But reasonable rules and guidelines go a long way in making these activities much safer. If you want to live in a risk-free, accident-free lifestyle you'd best dig a hole and crawl in. And if you just can't control your fears while watching these videos then FUCKING QUIT WATCHING, ya dumbass!
Josh, I know you appreciate these planes like I do, and I'm thankful for that. And while the A321s to play a vital role in our world economy, there's nothing like a Warplane to get your blood going! And if we're taking a collection for new knickers (or a box of laundry soap!) Let me know!!!
And sorry if I get a little passionate at times... I just hate "reversocrats' that think the hose & buggy days were the best of times.