WW1 Balloon Buster and the Chinese Balloon
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It’s September 12th, 1918 and at the controls of his SPAD S:XIII fighter is 2nd Lieutenant Frank Luke. He’s about to take down his first German observation balloon. The Germans have been spying on the enemy using these Hydrogen filled balloons as a way to get vital information on troop movements.
Frank pulls the trigger. Finally, one of his incendiary bullets detonates within the balloon. The small flame of the explosion grows rapidly, swelling and consuming the highly flammable hydrogen, exploding out of the balloon, and continuing to grow into the air as it chases the plume of leaking gas.
But this is just the start for the Arizona balloon buster. He went on to become an ace in a day, having 17 confirmed victories and receiving the medal of honor. A brave and daring pilot his legacy echoes through history even to today when in 2023 the callsigns for the F-22s that shot down the Chinese balloon were Frank01 and Frank02.
00:00 Frank Luke's first balloon
03:58 Friends discover a new way to take down balloons
04:58 Birth of the Arizona Balloon Buster
06:41 The loss of a friend
07:44 Frank's final mission
09:49 The Chinese balloon
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It was nice for the current airforce to honor an American pilot who flew a hundred years ago. Thank you Frank!
Yep, those little details are what keeps military history and tradition.
A few hundred years ago? That was 115 years ago tops dude....
@@wesscoates5676 he clearly said ( Who Flew) a hundred years ago.
@@Socpro2b ...I'm confused? Didn't humanity figure out flight at the turn of the 20th century? How is that a few hundred years ago? I mean, a few hundred years ago (depending on whether you define a few as 3 or 4) would have been approximately 1623-1723.
@@wesscoates5676 he said an American pilot FLEW (fly, past tense) 100 years ago
Fun fact: the German pilot who killed Wehner is Georg von Hantelmann, an ace with 35 confirmed kills, two of his kills were from opposing aces David Putnam(13 kills) and Maurice Boyau(35 kills). Since Wehner is also an ace(6 kills) this makes Hantelmann a WW1 ace killer achieved in just one week. Maurice is also a rugby union player
theres always a bigger fish
@@plasticide4095 And there's always a faster gun
@@jemuelvegas1991 is that a buster Scruggs reference lol
Yarnhub should really make a video about this guy
@@plasticide4095 why does everyone use that saying?
The fact that the German in the Observation Ballon had one of the semi auto ballon rifles is a really nice touch
Yes, it's the Mondragon M1908
@@a.hauptmann8798 That's originally a Mexican design right? I might be confusing it with another rifle however
@@mr.verzier.akaspy2744 Yeah it is, it was designed by a Mexican artillery officer named: Manuel Mondragón
@@mr.verzier.akaspy2744 the German Air Force adopted it because Mexico and Germany were allies I guess
5:57 they also apparently had quartz watches too in 1918.
Rest In Peace Frank I’m surprised they used the call sign for their F-22s though huge respect
They were from the same squadron.
Yeah. It's like using the nickname "Edmund Hillary" for climging a 29-ft hill. The factor of a thousand makes a difference. Likewise, it makes a difference if someone is shooting back.
@@christosvoskresyeTenzing norgay for 100 ft
Even with incendiary rounds, ballons were surprisingly hard to lite. Due to the 1/2" or less holes the bullets left. Not allowing enough oxygen to allow combustion. They had to cut a larger hole with multiple rounds in a small area to get the air full mix right.
That doesn't explain why twa flight 800s fuel tank blew up because of sparks in the tank ?.
@@larchman4327 some fuels have enough energy density to light with smaller amounts of oxygen when compared to other fuels or gasses, such as jet fuel vs hydrogen.
but from what the wiki page says about flight 800 though was that the fuel tank igniting that blew up the plane, it was already beginning to break up mid air because of extreme metal fatigue and hair line fractures along the structure
Yes balloons were very hard to take down. Especially the ones that used non computable lifting gas.
@@larchman4327 AFAIK fuel tanks aren't airtight, in the sense that they wouldn't properly feed if they didn't have air going back into it to fill up the space. Same reason why is harder to pull liquids out of a bottle if there is no room for it to bring air back in (aka the 'glugging" effect).
That was because there was little or no oxygen inside of the balloon or Zeppelin as they were also show down over England. Ironically for the Zeppelins was the most successful plane that flew against them was a horrible war plane designed well before the war for stability over all else, the BE2.
I can’t believe that yarnhub went from 2d animations to these hyper realistic 3d animations in less than 5 years and how unbelievably detailed every part of the animation is ❤
Yet didn’t lose their distinctive style
And they do vids with and for Sabaton.
And this is getting even more awesome.
Ha I said the same thing in the next video and never even saw this comment I guess a lot of people are thinking the same thing about Yarnhub
Please don't ever use the descriptor "hyper realistic"
@@Patadude100 hyper realistical...is that better.
7:20
Frank Rizz HAHAHAHAHHAA
I love how these models are getting more and more expressive, thanks Yarnhub for another story I didn’t know! ❤❤❤
Lmao, American pilots are definitely balloon hunting champions. Congratulations Yarnhub for doing your first video regarding modern aircraft to my knowledge. Excellent work as always. To hell with those Balloons 😂
they did a video about American commandos stealing a mil mi-24 helicopter and several about sabres and phantoms. ruclips.net/video/CTUMX5HdrgQ/видео.html
Russian soldiers were always really good at using the shovel
Especially their pilots they can hit drones with a shovel mid flight
They have made many videos about modern aircrafts including a whole series about operation Desert Storm
@@prabuddhabose9045I think he means modern as in 5th generation fighters? Maybe? Lol Idk
Americans look at war as a dirty job to be gotten on with, even the professional American soldiers like Patton and Chesty Puller.
7:20 Sigma rule #1: Always shoot the balloons
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Yaaaaaaa
Bruh when I seen that I was rolling
Sigma of Arizona
I was just about to comment like this
These WWI flyers were always incredible to me. They flew in wooden boxes that acted as coffins, often have no means to escape once broken. They were beyond courageous to me, and I have utmost respect to these mad men.
The fucking chad/sigma face at 7:16 is perfect. Might not be 100% historical be it is 100% hysterical !
I don't know what kind of face you're talking about but to me it is unnerving. It is uncanny valley at its best and worst
@@decimated550 I think it's 7:20
The crumbling biplane was a good addition to this amazing video by an outstanding team that is better then most movie productions that have millions poured into.
Really says something about the attrition rate of the air war that even a legend like him only lasted seventeen days.
The fact that planes went from having just 7mm machine guns to a mix of 20mm cannons and 7.7mm/7.92mm machine guns to gatling guns to MISSILES is just insane.
I remember an enemy player's plane get destroyed while chasing me through balloon cables in warthunder on the Malta map. It was hilarious.
These are known as barrage balloons. One thing balloons are used for is to run wires to catch and destroy aircraft. Which can be hard to see. A sort of flying barbed wire.
@@Quincy_Morris I know, and since they are nearly invisible it makes it really dangerous. They were also used on d day
I also remember one of the b-17 chased me in warthunder
I love that you guys made Frank do the Chad face while Wehner was going down. Cool story and thanks for the delivery of that story.
A 105 year memory of a hero brought back to life. What a wonderful tribute to a hero if the first order. Thank-you Yarnhub for a truly great and inspiring story. My weekend can hand me anything, and I'm good to go!
Also thank you to the US Air Force for honoring him with their call signs in February.
@@thomasb1889 9:43 I no kidding am teary eyed from that epic tribute. Frank 1 and Frank 2
5:29 felt like a movie thank you guys for making your videos better and better
A little surprised they didn't mention Luke Air force base. But I didn't know those pilots used the call signs Frank.
The airforce base here west of Phoenix, AZ is named after this man; Luke Airforce Base. I remember ending up on the base's Wikipedia article during one of my usual Wikipedia rabbit hole dives, and it was really fascinating learning of the man they named it after, so needless to say watching this video and learning more about him and his endeavours was super cool. Even though it's a hundred years apart, I can't help but feel pride at sharing the same home city of this great man!
I love Luke Airforce Base because whenever visiting family in Phoenix every morning you could hear the roar of the jets that operate out of the base.
“Chads in Spads”
damn.
Then he does the sigma after his friend is shot down lol
Imagine if the F-22 went back in time and dominated the skies in WWI
I think there's a book about a modern fighter jet going back in time?
"Hawk among the Sparrows"
by Dean McLaughlin
Ok
It would probably do some damage until it get low on jet fuel and ammo and become useless
infographics show covered that 2 days ago ruclips.net/video/a00FEW9zW-8/видео.html
Couldn't do much without GPS and a stall speed that matched a sopwiths maximum speed.
I witnessed the chinese balloon being shot down. It was over my house!!! I couldnt believe it was happening. Everybody started cheering. I'm a big WW1 Aerocraft enthusiast, I have one of these tshirts with Frank Luke's Spad and a F-22 'Balloon Busters' on it. Love it!
Interesting. I read the story about Luke's final seconds that he went into the shootout with the German infantrymen who shot him dead since he would keep shooting at them with his M1911.
not true,he just died by a waters well.
These animations keep getting better after each videos! Nice job!
You've made even the modern day ballon busting emotional. Nice
It’s great to see frank legacy still lives on since his death. Pleased do the story of the 1968 tower bridge incident.
Well done. Just stumbled upon this. I am a great great nephew of his. Still alot of pride in the Luke family for his sacrifice.I even have a pair of his flight boots that were shipped back after his death. I had the honor of finally visiting his grave last October at the Muese Argonne cemetery.
My Grandfather was a WW1 vet. My father was a ww2 vet, his brother a ww2 vet and his youngest brother a Korean war vet. I wasn't born during those times but feel linked to them because of so many relatives were and I got to hear the stories first hand.
Your videos are amazing! You never fail to make my day with these amazing animations! Keep it up!
The man that made balloon busting his bread and butter. Balls of steel and guts of iron to everytime brave a literal trench run of enemy trenches, MG nests, steel cables, AA guns, and enemy fighters to get to the floating firebombs. Then gets honored spiritually 105 years later by pilots doing the same job with his name as their callsigns. Utter legend.
Its so cool how this man makes these cool videos and very educating keep up your work
There's a whole team that makes these; the voice we hear in all of them is the narrator-but one of many contributors to these great shorts.
Yes I love this new type of content where we have some modern stories aswell as older stories, keep it up Yarnhub 👍
Am I the only one who sees the irony here? It’s been over 100 years since the end of the first world war and we are still shooting down balloons.
Great video. I love the WW1 pilot ones. Hope to see Albert Ball one day; the man the Germans called 'The English Richthofen' which speaks volumes.
I started watching yarnhub a couple of years ago and every Friday I have looked forward to you guys posting I love history and your stories sometimes I am rooting for the soilders sailors pilots
This video is animation at its finest. You guys have come such a long way, and you guys never cease to amaze me with the quality of your videos can’t wait to see what’s in store next
The legacy of the Balloon Buster lives on!
7:20 the fact that he didn’t know his friend died and while he destroyed the balloon he did the sigma face😂
7:21 the face 💀
I'd love to see another Yarnhub and Sabaton collaboration, for a song on this history.
This was amazing!!! Your guys production level has gotten so good, I remember being blown away by your videos 3 years ago but holy crap, Yarnhub could make a movie at this point!
You guys should make a video about René Fonck, the highest allied ace during WWI, there’s really not enough media about him considering how well he preformed
Love the animation and story. I used to remember the 2d animation from your first videos like the original Charles and stigler incident. Keep up
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I clicked on this as soon as i got the notification
comment was 13 minutes ago, video was 40 seconds ago, how?
*F22 raptor has joined the chat*
Like video
Great story Yarnhub.
Literally just reminded me of one of the downfalls of military, if someone doesn't like you in war you'd better hope they don't outrank you
The story I didn’t think I needed but now can’t live without. The animations are incredible now
Apparently the Chinese have been launching these over countries for years now... my dad was an F 18 pilot, and we were stationed I'm Japan. Every once in a while they would get calls about balloons, and go to try to intercept them. Idk if they shot them down, he only told me that because it had become declassified. At the time it was classified, so he never told us about them XD.
Also, great vid, loved the story.
I never knew the call signs on that day when they took down the spy balloon was after this ace thank him for his service and the airforce for honoring his name over hundred years later
7:20 THE CHAD FACE 😂😂😂
I just watched the first balloon and damn man was determined
Yarnhub didn’t just made Frank do the sigma male expression at 7:20
Are we not gonna talk about how good the animation is on here! Good job!
Little details like the German observation soldier using a M1908 Mondragon Semiauto Rifle 00:48 is so cool to see!! Mexican designed rifle that was made in Switzerland.
7:20 yarnhub animated the sigma face for the chad in the spad
xi jinping time travels
Lol xinnie the pooh in back to the future be like
I remember reading a book about Frank Luke when I was in 3rd or 4th grade. Read it several times actually. Can’t remember what it was called, but it fed my interest in military aircraft. One point the book made was that Mr. Luke requested that he have his ammo belts loaded with tracers every other round.
10:14 here they used an AMRAAM for the missile they fired, but right after in the next shot you see a sidewinder missile.
0:48 the semiautomatic rifle is a nice touch
That guy saying "splash" got me 🤣
Another excellent video!!!
Each one gets better and better
Makes fellow Arizonan like me feel proud for his courage and daring.
How did I just realize this...
The Chinese are copying the Germans in WW1
The Weather Balloon incident is similar to German Observation “Airship”
Nice Work, Yarnhub
The Chinese had also quite a few German aircrafts between 1931 and 1942.
Excellent video again Yarnhub will you guys make more Pacific War videos?
We will
YIPPEEEEEEE
@@Yarnhubcan you do a video on Lachhiman Gurung, the Gurkha who took on 200 Japanese solders on his own?
This “Arizona boy” knows about Frank Luke Jr.
I went to Luke Elementary School.
He was the first fighter pilot to receive the MOH medal.
I’ve been to where is family once lived, and been to his High School.
Sometimes I can't help but genuinely salut them at the end of each video, and you too yarnhub, you tell the tails like no one else can, you're seriously special and I love you guys, thanks for always making it an amazing experience
Another masterpiece. It's a great gesture by the airforce as well. Kudos Team Yarnhub to bring such great contents. 👏👏👏
This one is a classic, Yarnhub!
If I remember my history correctly, Biggles worked with his ground crew to get the right mix of incendiaries in his ammo belts when he went balloon busting.
I love your videos but I'd like to point out a small detail - the rifles Germans used in the 1918 were bolt action. I don't think there was a possibility that a German soldier would have a semi-automatic rifle, as shown in the balloon basket. Also I am pretty sure the balloon observers weren't actually armed at all, as their job was to observe, not shoot.
They did, however, have parachutes - unlike the airplane pilots.
In the end, it's a very little detail and doesn't take away from this video being great. Thank you for your contribution and for telling us about these heroes of the past.
That was a great video and at the end a very nice tidbit of information that I was unaware of. Thank you yarnhub
Another flawless video, don’t know how y’all make a video this high quality in a week, but my gosh, these are insane! I remember when y’all’s videos were 2d! Keep up the great work!
Again I love Fridays! Thank you all.
how is this channel not running out of content??!??!!?!?!? This was beautiful. "The more views we have, the better videos we can make in the future"; yeah right, these videos just cant get better.
That was an amazing story. 🇺🇸
That seems to be one great video, keep up the tremendous work team.
Thanks for keeping history alive, and incredible work with your videos. Keep getting better
it's 2 am here. yet im still gonna watch it before going to sleep
These animations will never stop amazing me!
For 1 mil you should do a massive remaster of all the yarn hub favorites and have the cat with a cake.
we obviously need the battle of osoweic fortress reboot
As always incredible work! I can't say enough how much good you do. Keep on keepin on. N thank you for all you do
7:20 he really did the sigma face
They really improved their animations
Luke Air force base is named after him. It in my home state of Arizona. Thank you for your service.
In the end can you please show the pictures of the heroes? Let the new generation remember them.
These fighters were badass 🔥
What a great showing of remembrance and respect our Air Force had shown Frank. It is inspiring to see that the legacy of the great men and women who came before us is honored and remembered to this day.
My great uncle, Bernard Doolin, had a case of all his belongings pertaining to the 22nd Persuit Squadron stolen from the Hillsdale inn in California a long time ago. His military ID, signatures of all his squadron-mates and friends, combat records, everything he was using to try to write his memoir. he was an artist as well, made sketches of his plane, a Spad 13 with the number 21 on it's fuselage, which were in the case as well. he died without finishing his memoir because of the robbery. if anyone knows where his belongings may have ended up, please contact me. years have passed, family who knew him personally are still with us, but disappearing fast. it would be nice to see his story, since we never got to see it written like he had hoped
No one noticed Frank doing the simga male thing 😂
I did
Sigma
When I was 9 years old, I read a book about Frank Luke Jr.
Before he went into the AAC he was a formidable boxer always a fighter the man had deeply embedded into his soul the spirit of a warrior.
As usual, your stories are second to none. I'm speechless. Keep the great work!
i love how long the ww1 balloon busting is then how short the American on is🤣
Not much to say about just rolling up on it and shoving a missile up its arse.
7:21 that sigma face🤣
This is what your usual Rise of Flight career feels like. Burning like a star for a short while.
Incredible just incredible. You guys are amazing! How is this not a documentary yet!?? Keep it up!❤
US went and said “sorry to burst your bubble”
Ahhh.... how the legacy continue
115 years ago: balloon pop. Now: balloon pop
This is amazing keep doing good stuff
' Chad in a SPAD'
The animation looks so much better now, also i just notice that you put a sigma meme at your animation which is a great detail lol.
Anyways, i always enjoy watching your video to be honest.
It always nice to see new yarnhub videos