Now this is a epic story. Especially the part where Bill had to be physically restrainred because he wanted to save his friend. That was just wonderfull. It shows how much his friend meant for him
@@ethanjames5621 I'm hoping for I vid on Charles McGee, as of now the last Tuskegee Airmen alive, with over 400 combat missions in WW2, Korea, and Vietnam
a few years ago I felt ill while driving and had to pull over and found myself in a parking lot, in 100 degree weather. I called my POS worthless brother, who was 7-8 miles away, to come get me. He refused, saying he was busy, and that it would take too much time to come out. And this is just one of many similar examples over the years that are representative of his demeanor and behavior. Who needs enemies with a brother like him??
There's another story just like this. Takeo Tanimizu was a decorated Japanese ace with 32 kills who had rescued US pilot Capt. Harvey Carter after shooting his plane down. He swept in and gave Harvey his life preserver. This story is less talked about for obvious reasons. You should do a video on this.
@@imgr5143 So why are you mad? Stupid? Unusual reaction to a lighthearted story. What pilots are you talking about? In USAF UPT (flight school) we extensively spoke on Japanese & German aces of WW2, since many of their tactics still apply to modern BFM. Most aces of that war either came from Germany or Japan, very skilled aviators I have nothing but admiration for.
What reasons? That it is easier for the press to find stories in their native language? His story, particularly his post war life, is readily accessible and know by many.
@@miguelservetus9534 War hero stories from the Axis side are rarely retold on media platforms, probably because it's stigmatized. Yarnhub is good about being unbiased, which is why I watch. Other history channels not so much.
As someone of Japanese descent, with ancestors serving in many military factions, stories like this about americans having compassion despite knowing how brutal the Imperials were truly warms my heart. I wonder how things would've turned out if the Imperial military wasn't so brainwashed and arrogant from propaganda and their previous military successes.. more occurrences like this video might have been more frequent and many lives would've been spared on both sides Regardless, it's moments like these that live on for generations; affecting us all today and teaching that mercy is an extremely beautiful choice, and even in a savage war, humanity still is present
Hirohito and Tojo can eat shit for what they done So much cruelties and senseless death when they invaded Asia My local history talked about how some japanese soldier threw babies around for them to spike with bayonets and Romusha
@@guts-141 Yeah, it's absolutely disgusting. Many Imperial Japanese army troops committed the worst atrocities known in history. Some demented officers would force this behaviour and kill those who didn't obey. There were some good souls too, but unfortunately many died from their bloodthirsty officers/comrades if not other things
@@guts-141 It's easy to speak of the atrocities of other nations when we don't look into our own backyard. The US isn't an angel and did the same with the Native Americans in 1890 when the Seventh Cavalry opened fire on a Lakota Native American encampment killing 150-300 of the group, including women and children. This is only one of many.
Amen! I am glad he listened. I am surprised at times when I hear how casually those calling themselves Christian would kill their enemies in that war (and in later wars) While I do see the historic justification, it still grieves me.
The ten commandments says thou shalt not murder murder and killing or two different things soldiers and military personnel are not murders they are professional soldiers they kill out of necessity killing is not wrong now murder that is wrong.
I was seriously feeling bad when he said most of our viewers are not subscribers Why guys Please do support him See how much soul and heart he puts in it
I live 40 minutes from the US Air Force museum and seen Kirby's plane display many times. If you ever get a chance to go to Dayton Ohio and see this particular museum it is one of the most amazing places you can visit!
My dad and I stopped at WPAFB Museum on our way home during the Summer of 1972. Dad took a picture of me standing to one of the main landing gear tires of the North American XB-70 Valkyrie. That September, the AF celebrated it's 25th Anniversary while I was in BMTS. Good times.
Never lose human compassion 🙏. The downed pilot was no longer an emmediate threat. Can you imagine how humbled the pilot in the water felt. I'm sure he had a different understanding of humanity. Awesome story.
Galland said to his pilots "If I see you shoot at a parachute, I'll shoot you down myself and if I find out later I'll track you down and shoot you on the spot". One of his many pilots was a guy called Steigler, of "Ye Old Pub" fame. Galland survived the war commanding Erpro 210 on Me262a-1a fighters. They weren't all bad.. Then there's Unit 731...😳
They must have been dreadful for the IJAF. Salute to Kearby and Bill. And their is a fact the aviators have, that is, as long as the enemy fights, you have to shoot. Once he is downed, you have to take him as a normal human being. Dogfighting is a sport according to The Red Baron (Manfred Von Richtoven), and downing rather than killing is better. Great job, Yarnhub! -your 1 year subscription holder.
After reading your comment I started wondering the same thing and found this: www.findagrave.com/memorial/124621403/virginia-shoemaker It looks like she never remarried and raised their three sons on her own. If you look at the dates of their children's deaths, they died relatively young. In a weird twist of irony apparently all of them died in aircraft accidents.
Thank you for this story. These are the heroes people need to here more about. I am honored to have heard such a story as this! Thanks for your grandfather's service.
But the P-38 got upgraded a lot more than the P-47. But both excelled at their late war roles: heavy fighter/interceptor for the P-38, and close air support for the P-47
@@rocketcello5354that's not true at all. Actually the opposite as far as I'm aware. The P-47 continually got upgraded throughout the war, while the P-38 got no substantial upgrades that I'm aware of. The P-47 got more horsepower throughout the war, got more internal fuel, went to the bubble-top, and eventually got a whole new wing design on the P-47N. By the end of the war it was also carrying tail-warning radar.
@@danraymond1253 P-38 went from the P-38E (first one to see combat) to the P-38L, with upgraded engines, airbrakes to combat aeroelastic flutter ripping the plane apart at high speeds, and hydraulically augmented ailerons to combat reducing roll rate as speed went up.
@@rocketcello5354 well that's true, but I didn't think the engines were upgraded substantially (I could be wrong) and the airbrakes were to remedy an aerodynamic issue, which yes is an upgrade but is really a fix more than anything. Did the P-38 not always have hydraulic ailerons? I thought they all did, except maybe the early test versions.
The P-47 wasn't fully outdated due to upgrades that significantly fixed the climbing issue to such that German pilots were greatly surprised by the unexpected upgrade while the air-cooled engine offered an advantage over the liquid-cooled P-51 in survivability. These new models allowed P-47s to claim 20 Me-262 jet fighter and 4 Arado Ar 234 jet bomber kills. When it's fighter role started to lessen, it became a fantastic ground attack plane due to the 8 MGs as well as it's incredible toughness that it was rumored it could fly through a brick wall and you'd survive. This was confirmed when a Air National Guard Thunderbolt plowed into the second story of a factory, shearing off its wings, with the crumpled fuselage eventually coming to rest inside the building and the pilot walked away alive. It's name lives on in the A-10 Thunderbolt II, aka the Warthog as the premiere ground attack plane in the US military.
If you want to know more about the “race of aces” there’s a book out by the same name, bill and Kirby are all in it. Shows the effect of constant combat on pilots. Truly eye opening
Thanks for covering this story. The first time I heard this story, I didn't even know that P-47s served extensively in the Pacific. They were always overshadowed by the P-51 Mustang and P-38 Lightning in that theater, no thanks to the former's role in escorting B-29s over Japan and the latter's role in the death of Admiral Yamamoto, respectively.
Thank you for uploading a great story. Heart-warming split-second truce and chivalry during the bloodiest war. Hope 2 of them survived and lived happily ever after the unfortunate period of conflict...
The “Jug” was a tank with wings and while it did not have the legs or sex appeal of the Mustang, it could take a lot of punishment, an amazing aircraft. A great story...
Yep. It was considered a flying tank. Armor plating behind the pilot for one thing. The US valued it’s pilots and went to great lengths to recover downed pilots. This began to tell as the war progressed. The US had far more experienced pilots and Japan lost theirs.
The P-47 is significantly faster than a P-51 in essentially all altitudes, especially at high altitudes where it continued to produce massive horsepower well over 2,000 while other piston engined planes of the era (contemporary P-51Ds and Bf 109 Gs for example) would drop down to less than 1,400 horsepower past somewhere around 30,000 feet. It wasn't some kind of mythical "tank" and while _yes,_ its radial engine and large airframe allowed it to take more punishment, it was not _designed_ to take hits, like the IL-2 or later variants of Ju 87 D were. No fighter was designed to take hits. Armor plating behind the pilot was a last resort, and more often than not couldn't stand up to a .50 bullet from most combat ranges. It was not designed a "tank".
@@skyscall that's like saying your car is not designed to take an impact and keep you safe. Simply not true. All fighters are designed with the ability to take damage in mind. Now, some design teams have it more in the front of their minds than others, say the Zero with no armor what so ever. The P-47 was designed to take a hit, many of them and keep flying. I do believe nearly all US aircraft were equipped with self sealing fuel tanks so when they got hit, they wouldn't leak flammable gas. So to say that no fighter was designed to take hits is simply not true because it was very much in the fore front of all the US design teams.
this is the best history channel on youtube, super high quality animations, good research, and the narrator is great at keeping your attention. You guys put a really incredible amount of effort into your video's.
The among of work that goes in these, and the speed you do it is amazing, every time I get home from school, I look at your channel and when you have an episode uploaded, I immediately watch it. Your channel is amazing
The Thunderbolt was actually a pretty capable fighter when it came purely to killing enemy aircraft: the reason it was replaced in that role was because the P-51 had significantly better range.
Great video as always but one small correction: The P-51 and P-38 both entered service prior to the P-47 and were not newer aircraft. Instead their significantly greater range compared to the P-47 led to them largely supplanting the P-47 in certain missions in the pacific
The P-47D, or if an N were available, would be my American fighter of choice. The R-2800 Air-cooled engine was very reliable and durable, as was the airframe. You could always dive out of danger in a P-47. And eight .50 cal. we’re devastating.
Wow, such a great story, Thank You to our Vets, past present and future,as well as Active Duty Service Men and Women. Heroes every single one of you to me!!!
Awesome retelling and keeping history alive. I love war history. Imagine hearing stories like this told by actual pilots of those times. I had the pleasure listening and learning from a ww2 bomber over Europe. He only cried twice in front of 30 freshmen highschoolersher was teaching. 1 time was remembering his fellows he lost killed by flak over France and Germany. Literal inches away from him. The 2nd time was when i was told to fly his home for such nightmare missions just to watch it be decomissioned and chopped apart. After 50 years and what he went through as a teen then living with nightmares we can't even comprehend to an awesome old age. I cried when he finally passed on peacefully. And i will never bad mouth a vet. They got bigger balls than most the ppl they fight for i wont ever disrespect them.
At the National Museum of the United States Air Force where I work, we have the actual tail fin of the Fiery Ginger IV next to a P-47 that is in the same paint scheme. I'm glad I was able to find this video of the story!
Many times the P-51 mustangs get all the glory but I've always been a bigger fan of the Thunderbolt . With its firepower, rugged durability, load capacity and huge size it's my favorite aircraft of WW2
Its the chief/ master of the Red Baron? (Flying circus is not a not a unfamiliar name). I want this, but i wanna one aboout Rosa and Pavlichenko the best womans sniper (The first the only fear of Simo Haiha i don't remember if is 20 or 80 kills but about 70 to 80 were enemy snipers, and the other 300 to 400 kills) or about the Sniper school of the siege of stalingrad.
I wonder if that Japanese soldier made it alive till the end of the year and manage to tell his story of how a P47 pilot spared his life and saved him.
Ironically, it was determined by many that the P47 would have been better suited than the P51 [ which replaced the 47 in many areas of operation] for Close Air Support in the subsequent Korean War, but there weren't enough surviving 47s/parts by then.
Another fantastic video. Great job. Yarnhub is the best history channel because other channels like simple history have good content but not so good animation and narration but Yarnhub has the best animation best narration and best content. Thank you. Hoping for another mind-blowing video.
My great grandfather served in the army in WWII, Cold War, and the Vietnam war came back home but died to cancer later... I can imagine how many things happened to him and his friends.
A touch decision to make later in the war (early in the war it wasn't difficult at all). Your humanity wants you to help any other human in mortal danger but you also know that by saving an enemy pilot that could cost other U.S. pilots their life.
amazing content as always! you tell the real stories of untold valor and bravery Edit: War stories are not usually fun, but your stories are unique in that they inspire me, to be better, acts of kindness and bravery, and respecting others is what comes loud and clear from your videos, so I thank you from the bottom of my heart. ps. try to find some finnish stories :)
It's 12:40 Am in my country Philippines but I have to see this early I love Yarnhub and want to recommend this to my friends but my friends are not history guys
Sadly, it was also very frequently missing in the society of _The Greatest Generation._ This was especially true in the later part of the war in Germany. Luftwaffe pilots flew in mortal fear of bailing out when shot up by a US pilot. Happily though there are many instances of each side going out of his way to help a helpless enemy fighter pilot
Nice story and CG. I have an RC P-47 Bonnie and it's a great flier. The only detail is the engine shaft is in the middle of the cowling and it should be higher.
@@notaveragecr6041 Ericht Hartmann was a German “ace” for shooting down 345 Soviet Aircraft. Soviets were very horrible pilots. And had horrible planes. The soviets often set out counter propaganda claiming they had pilots with higher or just as high amount of kills. American pilots often were all aces with at least 5 kills before being shot down, killed, or rotated.
Bill Dunham was my grandfather. This was so fun to watch. Thank you!!
Thank you for your comments ! We’re very happy you liked it.
Royal blood in your veins.
Thank you. ♥️ He was an amazing man. He went on to become a Brigadier General.
Wow
Don't worry this video will help us remember your grandfather who flew the plane
Now this is a epic story. Especially the part where Bill had to be physically restrainred because he wanted to save his friend. That was just wonderfull. It shows how much his friend meant for him
God damnit, put a “spolier alert” before you spoil everything
@Adam Hadia I’m on a phone and this was the top comment
Indeed
man i hope we get more dogfighting scenes like the battle of Britain
@@ethanjames5621 I'm hoping for I vid on Charles McGee, as of now the last Tuskegee Airmen alive, with over 400 combat missions in WW2, Korea, and Vietnam
Man gets me teary eyed thinking about how much those men cared for each other
thanks kitler
Was truly a different world back then, in so many ways...
Troops mostly kill not out of hate, but of love for their buddies. There’s always gonna be the psycho though.
Pfp checks out
Nothing beats man love.
That description of the Lord putting His hand on your shoulder and telling you “don’t do this” is POWERFUL.
"he had to be physically restrained".
now that is a friend.
Why lose 1 pilot when you can lose 2.
a few years ago I felt ill while driving and had to pull over and found myself in a parking lot, in 100 degree weather.
I called my POS worthless brother, who was 7-8 miles away, to come get me. He refused, saying he was busy, and that it would take too much time to come out.
And this is just one of many similar examples over the years that are representative of his demeanor and behavior.
Who needs enemies with a brother like him??
When men love they love for real
Proverbs 18:24 “A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.”
it's like the nba players that act like they're gonna fight.
the dogfighting scenes still have my mind blown...cant help praising this channel
So you are a military enthusiast
Btw my father is also in Air Force
@@thatfabana07 same here, but he retired in 2009
Reminds me of the battle 360 series from the History channel.
@@thatfabana07 not just military i love history too :))
Right? I’ve never seen a better mix of simple and complex animation. It’s on a higher level then even the Infographic channel!!
Are we just going to ignore the fact that every episode the animations get better and better?
Ohhhh no. We definitely see that!
Nope
literally nobody ignores that
@@aggieboy4602 well I never see anyone say about it
@@MrrShadoww bc thier too busy praising the channel
You either gonna cover every story in history or you gonna get an oscar
Ahem. Both, obviously.
@@5peciesunkn0wn you got me there
Is it too much to ask for both?
why not both
People read the replies before saying anything
There's another story just like this. Takeo Tanimizu was a decorated Japanese ace with 32 kills who had rescued US pilot Capt. Harvey Carter after shooting his plane down. He swept in and gave Harvey his life preserver.
This story is less talked about for obvious reasons. You should do a video on this.
It would be interesting to know which happened first. The first may have been the reason for the second.
As if the pilots would know or that high command would spread the word. How stupid.
@@imgr5143 So why are you mad? Stupid? Unusual reaction to a lighthearted story.
What pilots are you talking about? In USAF UPT (flight school) we extensively spoke on Japanese & German aces of WW2, since many of their tactics still apply to modern BFM. Most aces of that war either came from Germany or Japan, very skilled aviators I have nothing but admiration for.
What reasons?
That it is easier for the press to find stories in their native language?
His story, particularly his post war life, is readily accessible and know by many.
@@miguelservetus9534 War hero stories from the Axis side are rarely retold on media platforms, probably because it's stigmatized. Yarnhub is good about being unbiased, which is why I watch. Other history channels not so much.
As someone of Japanese descent, with ancestors serving in many military factions, stories like this about americans having compassion despite knowing how brutal the Imperials were truly warms my heart. I wonder how things would've turned out if the Imperial military wasn't so brainwashed and arrogant from propaganda and their previous military successes.. more occurrences like this video might have been more frequent and many lives would've been spared on both sides
Regardless, it's moments like these that live on for generations; affecting us all today and teaching that mercy is an extremely beautiful choice, and even in a savage war, humanity still is present
Thank you. We will never know the final tally of how both our nations changed the other.
Hirohito and Tojo can eat shit for what they done
So much cruelties and senseless death when they invaded Asia
My local history talked about how some japanese soldier threw babies around for them to spike with bayonets and Romusha
eh we kinda paid em back 1000x nuking two cities and all.
@@guts-141 Yeah, it's absolutely disgusting. Many Imperial Japanese army troops committed the worst atrocities known in history. Some demented officers would force this behaviour and kill those who didn't obey. There were some good souls too, but unfortunately many died from their bloodthirsty officers/comrades if not other things
@@guts-141 It's easy to speak of the atrocities of other nations when we don't look into our own backyard. The US isn't an angel and did the same with the Native Americans in 1890 when the Seventh Cavalry opened fire on a Lakota Native American encampment killing 150-300 of the group, including women and children. This is only one of many.
Son: Dad, why is sis named Rose?
Dad: Because your mom loves roses.
Son: Thanks dad!
Dad: No problem, When a P-47 Pilot Aided a Japanese Aviator!
:D Underrated comment
Longest and honorable name ever
I don’t get these memes
LMFAO
What's the joke here?
Vid suggestion: The broken tail section that flew and landed itself-lancaster bomber
Wait... WHAT
@@skooptroop3703 yeah, but there are multiple big videos about that, they should focus on original content
Thats a good one
I'd love to see a video on that by yarn hub
@@anzej2101 good point
I love the detailed accounts of these smaller stories I would of never known of, the art style like always is on point.
Is it just me or is it more heroic if someone shows mercy to their enemies?
It is a Noble act whereas a common barbarian wouldnt care to think about sparing a human beings life even after battle has been lost .
Nothing heroic, that's supposed to be the rules.
Meh. Id open fire. Letting him live means he can go kill more of your men and the Japanese fighters would open fire.
Might be a war crime... oh well
@@realtalk4real243 congratulations on being a war criminal i guess
Yes. Then take them prisoner ofc.
Every now and then, RUclips actually recommends something I might be interested in. This is one of those rare occasions. Thank you.
4:45
"It was if the Lord put his hand on my shoulder and said Bill, don't do it."
I cried at that part
Amen! I am glad he listened. I am surprised at times when I hear how casually those calling themselves Christian would kill their enemies in that war (and in later wars) While I do see the historic justification, it still grieves me.
@@NarnianLady I wonder what happens with people who believe in God but also go to war. Because you know, killing....
It made me cry when I read it, too. He was my grandfather, and we heard him tell this story many times. He was an amazing man. ♥️
@@Vindkast I think killing other soldiers are not murder
The ten commandments says thou shalt not murder murder and killing or two different things soldiers and military personnel are not murders they are professional soldiers they kill out of necessity killing is not wrong now murder that is wrong.
"Many considered the Thunderbolt inferior to the nimble Japanese planes."
*[War Thunder players have entered the chat]*
lol that's so true
*proceeds to climb higher than the moon*
@@redspyy10*and then tries to dive to see how much stress the wings can take*
that line was written by arcade pilots who try to turnfight zeroes with their p-47's lol.
Tell me about it😂😂😂
I was seriously feeling bad when he said most of our viewers are not subscribers
Why guys
Please do support him
See how much soul and heart he puts in it
True he puts so much effort and takes away some of his time so we could learn and enjoy his videos pls guys support him
Right this channel is awesome 👍👊
Ok. Done.
@@pby1000 excuse me
@@GhoztEdits- “Please support him.” I subscribed to support him. Lol. I was not clear.
I live 40 minutes from the US Air Force museum and seen Kirby's plane display many times. If you ever get a chance to go to Dayton Ohio and see this particular museum it is one of the most amazing places you can visit!
My dad and I stopped at WPAFB Museum on our way home during the Summer of 1972. Dad took a picture of me standing to one of the main landing gear tires of the North American XB-70 Valkyrie. That September, the AF celebrated it's 25th Anniversary while I was in BMTS. Good times.
Never lose human compassion 🙏. The downed pilot was no longer an emmediate threat. Can you imagine how humbled the pilot in the water felt. I'm sure he had a different understanding of humanity. Awesome story.
Galland said to his pilots "If I see you shoot at a parachute, I'll shoot you down myself and if I find out later I'll track you down and shoot you on the spot". One of his many pilots was a guy called Steigler, of "Ye Old Pub" fame.
Galland survived the war commanding Erpro 210 on Me262a-1a fighters. They weren't all bad..
Then there's Unit 731...😳
@@rosiehawtrey who was galland
Goggle it!@@surprisedgordon7786
@@surprisedgordon7786 Presumably Adolph Galland, German fighter ace and later head of Nazi Germany's fighter force.
An amazing story of humanity and respect. There is no glory in shooting down a man in a parachute.
Thank you YarnHub for recognising heroes like Bill
How about the 20 million people you killed? Where is the humanity in that?
/s
Not sure if this means alot or a little coming from you
Thanks Stalin...
Lol the irony
Leave it to Stalin to be top commenter
Im quite sure that Japanese airman never forgot him. I wonder what happened to him...
Me too
Well for sure he got rid of the American Life best when he was eventually picked up. I'm sure he'll never forget the gesture.
That Japanese airman went on to become the president of Mitsubishi Motors. It’s all in the book “Astonishing tales of WWll”.
Rex Anderson exactly....
That Japanese airman, was Albert Einstein
me when yarnhub uploads : WOOOwoWOOOOWO
(Edit why did this get almost 450 likes?)
*neuron activation*
Same
Facts
Literally same
Sameee
He listened to that Voice, and a man's life was spared. Hallelujah!
Well done to you and your animator. I cannot believe this level of animation has made it to RUclips!
I’m loving these Pacific theatre videos so far. Really shines light on an often ignored part of the war.
They must have been dreadful for the IJAF. Salute to Kearby and Bill. And their is a fact the aviators have, that is, as long as the enemy fights, you have to shoot. Once he is downed, you have to take him as a normal human being. Dogfighting is a sport according to The Red Baron (Manfred Von Richtoven), and downing rather than killing is better.
Great job, Yarnhub!
-your 1 year subscription holder.
I hope his wife lived a good life after the war, at least. Poor guy.
Yeah it's a shame .
After reading your comment I started wondering the same thing and found this:
www.findagrave.com/memorial/124621403/virginia-shoemaker
It looks like she never remarried and raised their three sons on her own. If you look at the dates of their children's deaths, they died relatively young. In a weird twist of irony apparently all of them died in aircraft accidents.
@@kutter_ttl6786 Cool glad you showed me this.
WW2 is known as the war without mercy 🥺 so glad this man listened and showed mercy when usually there was none.
Thank you for this story. These are the heroes people need to here more about.
I am honored to have heard such a story as this!
Thanks for your grandfather's service.
The P-38 was older, not newer than the P-47. The top US ace of all time scored all of his victories in the P-38.
But the P-38 got upgraded a lot more than the P-47. But both excelled at their late war roles: heavy fighter/interceptor for the P-38, and close air support for the P-47
The P-38 also having a centralized canon meant it could effectively "snipe" other airplanes.
@@rocketcello5354that's not true at all. Actually the opposite as far as I'm aware. The P-47 continually got upgraded throughout the war, while the P-38 got no substantial upgrades that I'm aware of. The P-47 got more horsepower throughout the war, got more internal fuel, went to the bubble-top, and eventually got a whole new wing design on the P-47N. By the end of the war it was also carrying tail-warning radar.
@@danraymond1253 P-38 went from the P-38E (first one to see combat) to the P-38L, with upgraded engines, airbrakes to combat aeroelastic flutter ripping the plane apart at high speeds, and hydraulically augmented ailerons to combat reducing roll rate as speed went up.
@@rocketcello5354 well that's true, but I didn't think the engines were upgraded substantially (I could be wrong) and the airbrakes were to remedy an aerodynamic issue, which yes is an upgrade but is really a fix more than anything. Did the P-38 not always have hydraulic ailerons? I thought they all did, except maybe the early test versions.
Hey yarnhub! I swear your animations get better every time.
The P-47 wasn't fully outdated due to upgrades that significantly fixed the climbing issue to such that German pilots were greatly surprised by the unexpected upgrade while the air-cooled engine offered an advantage over the liquid-cooled P-51 in survivability. These new models allowed P-47s to claim 20 Me-262 jet fighter and 4 Arado Ar 234 jet bomber kills. When it's fighter role started to lessen, it became a fantastic ground attack plane due to the 8 MGs as well as it's incredible toughness that it was rumored it could fly through a brick wall and you'd survive. This was confirmed when a Air National Guard Thunderbolt plowed into the second story of a factory, shearing off its wings, with the crumpled fuselage eventually coming to rest inside the building and the pilot walked away alive. It's name lives on in the A-10 Thunderbolt II, aka the Warthog as the premiere ground attack plane in the US military.
I cant stress enough how much of an eye candy this channel is and everyone love it
Thank you for the wonderfully drawn heartbreaking story and I salute to all brave pilots no matter which side they fought on!!!
If you want to know more about the “race of aces” there’s a book out by the same name, bill and Kirby are all in it. Shows the effect of constant combat on pilots. Truly eye opening
This is my favorite RUclips history channel !! Thank you for uploading interesting stories during the second world war : )
Thanks for covering this story. The first time I heard this story, I didn't even know that P-47s served extensively in the Pacific. They were always overshadowed by the P-51 Mustang and P-38 Lightning in that theater, no thanks to the former's role in escorting B-29s over Japan and the latter's role in the death of Admiral Yamamoto, respectively.
What a great human being,
true class and humanity.
Thanks for your Service and your compassion.👍🏼
Thank you for uploading a great story. Heart-warming split-second truce and chivalry during the bloodiest war. Hope 2 of them survived and lived happily ever after the unfortunate period of conflict...
The sheer level of detail in this video is mind-blowing.
Ah another legendary video from the best animated story tellers
The “Jug” was a tank with wings and while it did not have the legs or sex appeal of the Mustang, it could take a lot of punishment, an amazing aircraft. A great story...
Yep. It was considered a flying tank. Armor plating behind the pilot for one thing. The US valued it’s pilots and went to great lengths to recover downed pilots. This began to tell as the war progressed. The US had far more experienced pilots and Japan lost theirs.
The P-47 is significantly faster than a P-51 in essentially all altitudes, especially at high altitudes where it continued to produce massive horsepower well over 2,000 while other piston engined planes of the era (contemporary P-51Ds and Bf 109 Gs for example) would drop down to less than 1,400 horsepower past somewhere around 30,000 feet.
It wasn't some kind of mythical "tank" and while _yes,_ its radial engine and large airframe allowed it to take more punishment, it was not _designed_ to take hits, like the IL-2 or later variants of Ju 87 D were. No fighter was designed to take hits. Armor plating behind the pilot was a last resort, and more often than not couldn't stand up to a .50 bullet from most combat ranges.
It was not designed a "tank".
Believe the "M" variation was designed to shoot down Hitler's V-1, stripped of armor, it was more nimble.
@@skyscall that's like saying your car is not designed to take an impact and keep you safe. Simply not true. All fighters are designed with the ability to take damage in mind. Now, some design teams have it more in the front of their minds than others, say the Zero with no armor what so ever. The P-47 was designed to take a hit, many of them and keep flying. I do believe nearly all US aircraft were equipped with self sealing fuel tanks so when they got hit, they wouldn't leak flammable gas. So to say that no fighter was designed to take hits is simply not true because it was very much in the fore front of all the US design teams.
My dad saw one hit a flagpole on a strafing run, the plane kept flying. That was a story from that generation that didn't talk much
this is the best history channel on youtube, super high quality animations, good research, and the narrator is great at keeping your attention. You guys put a really incredible amount of effort into your video's.
There's something really commendable about the mutual respect military aviators share with each other.
The among of work that goes in these, and the speed you do it is amazing, every time I get home from school, I look at your channel and when you have an episode uploaded, I immediately watch it. Your channel is amazing
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I love how the camera angles reflect the energy of the pilots so well in the beginning!
Where has this channel been my whole life. Absolutely stunning!
This channel is a gem. Thank you guys!
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The P47 thunderbolt was a workhorse & even though it was replaced with the P51 mustang the P47 was heavily armored & could take alot of bullets
But can't follow bombers all the way
They served 2 different purposes.
The Thunderbolt was actually a pretty capable fighter when it came purely to killing enemy aircraft: the reason it was replaced in that role was because the P-51 had significantly better range.
Great video as always but one small correction: The P-51 and P-38 both entered service prior to the P-47 and were not newer aircraft. Instead their significantly greater range compared to the P-47 led to them largely supplanting the P-47 in certain missions in the pacific
They're absolute dedication and bravery gives me CHILLS . And I'm eating hot oatmeal . Very nice video !!!
The P-47D, or if an N were available, would be my American fighter of choice. The R-2800 Air-cooled engine was very reliable and durable, as was the airframe. You could always dive out of danger in a P-47. And eight .50 cal. we’re devastating.
Wow, such a great story, Thank You to our Vets, past present and future,as well as Active Duty Service Men and Women. Heroes every single one of you to me!!!
Sam blair was my grandfather. This was so fun to watch. Thank you!!
I don't know what prompted YT to recommend this but your production quality was out of this world! 🙌 Immediately subscribed.
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Awesome retelling and keeping history alive. I love war history. Imagine hearing stories like this told by actual pilots of those times. I had the pleasure listening and learning from a ww2 bomber over Europe. He only cried twice in front of 30 freshmen highschoolersher was teaching. 1 time was remembering his fellows he lost killed by flak over France and Germany. Literal inches away from him. The 2nd time was when i was told to fly his home for such nightmare missions just to watch it be decomissioned and chopped apart. After 50 years and what he went through as a teen then living with nightmares we can't even comprehend to an awesome old age. I cried when he finally passed on peacefully. And i will never bad mouth a vet. They got bigger balls than most the ppl they fight for i wont ever disrespect them.
My mom was a "Rosie the Riviter" Working on the P-47 Thunderbolt as her brothers fought the war.
Re-watching this, I realised that even old videos have such beautiful animation.
Bro with all this skill you guys could probably make a movie!
These stories are amazing, and you made it more amazing with the really good animations. Keep up the good work and stay safe! 💕
At the National Museum of the United States Air Force where I work, we have the actual tail fin of the Fiery Ginger IV next to a P-47 that is in the same paint scheme. I'm glad I was able to find this video of the story!
I love this vid-it shows no matter what we’re all human
Except the japanese who shot pilots who bailed lol
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Its crazy how good your animating has gotten through your journey one day you can maybe make a movie or somethin'
Many times the P-51 mustangs get all the glory but I've always been a bigger fan of the Thunderbolt . With its firepower, rugged durability, load capacity and huge size it's my favorite aircraft of WW2
This channel needs way more subscribers
Vid suggestion: Stanisław Skalski and the flying circus
Is it just me or does that guy kinda look like Vladimir Putin. I also have a cobi model of his desert spitfire. EN315
Its the chief/ master of the Red Baron? (Flying circus is not a not a unfamiliar name). I want this, but i wanna one aboout Rosa and Pavlichenko the best womans sniper (The first the only fear of Simo Haiha i don't remember if is 20 or 80 kills but about 70 to 80 were enemy snipers, and the other 300 to 400 kills) or about the Sniper school of the siege of stalingrad.
@@archosauropre-historico8708 no it's other flying circus, best Polish pilot in ww2 was leader of this squadron
@@ere15xkmc74 the 303 ?
I wonder if that Japanese soldier made it alive till the end of the year and manage to tell his story of how a P47 pilot spared his life and saved him.
I honestly doubt it. Most pilots were thrown back into the war until the end. For all we know, he may have been conscripted as a Kamikaze.
Untold story is that the Japanese pilot opened a KFC on the island and made all the natives overweight
'Eddie Rickenbacker's record of 26 victories has never been beaten'
Billy Bishop wants a word, Albert Ball as well!
If i ever become a history teacher ill use these videos to teach the kids
Amazing video, these never get old.
Ironically, it was determined by many that the P47 would have been better suited than the P51 [ which replaced the 47 in many areas of operation] for Close Air Support in the subsequent Korean War, but there weren't enough surviving 47s/parts by then.
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I will rate u 5 stars for it your animation bro this was all I was searching and Pacific war is my favourite
Another fantastic video. Great job. Yarnhub is the best history channel because other channels like simple history have good content but not so good animation and narration but Yarnhub has the best animation best narration and best content. Thank you. Hoping for another mind-blowing video.
My great grandfather served in the army in WWII, Cold War, and the Vietnam war came back home but died to cancer later... I can imagine how many things happened to him and his friends.
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These guys are like simple history but better!
Ofc. It's Simple History bud!
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A touch decision to make later in the war (early in the war it wasn't difficult at all). Your humanity wants you to help any other human in mortal danger but you also know that by saving an enemy pilot that could cost other U.S. pilots their life.
This was really well done! Congrats and keep up the great work! Love the animations and excellent voice over. 😊
Rest in peace Neel Kearby, incredible man.
Man I dashed on to my phone as soon as the notification showed up XD
amazing content as always! you tell the real stories of untold valor and bravery
Edit: War stories are not usually fun, but your stories are unique in that they inspire me, to be better, acts of kindness and bravery, and respecting others is what comes loud and clear from your videos, so I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
ps. try to find some finnish stories :)
I like how your stories are short, sweet, and straight to the point. Beautifully done:)
A chivalry uncommon in the Pacific War - it sounds more like the gentlemanly behavior of the pilots of the First World War.
Vid suggestion: Witold Urbanowicz- Polish ace and a flying tiger
Or Wojtek-The soldier bear
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Absolutely amazing! This animation was top notch.
Came here from tombstone, subbed and loving your channel. New Zealand says hi!
Integrity and honor something that seems to be missing in todays society.
Sadly, it was also very frequently missing in the society of _The Greatest Generation._
This was especially true in the later part of the war in Germany. Luftwaffe pilots flew in mortal fear of bailing out when shot up by a US pilot. Happily though there are many instances of each side going out of his way to help a helpless enemy fighter pilot
Nice story and CG. I have an RC P-47 Bonnie and it's a great flier. The only detail is the engine shaft is in the middle of the cowling and it should be higher.
Yup, the supercharger air intake is below the engine at the bottom of the egg, props far too small as well.
@rosiehawtrey I noticed that too.
1:43
War Thunder player:We don't do that here
A very good way of telling an important story...thank you.
Great story presentation was excellent.
I think I got the moral of the story, No matter what, enemies of friends, we must help out each other...
4:40 Love this wholesome scene
p47 ace : 21 victorys
Ericht hartmann : halte meine BF109...
Not just ace, quadruple ace.
@@notaveragecr6041 Ericht Hartmann was a German “ace” for shooting down 345 Soviet Aircraft.
Soviets were very horrible pilots. And had horrible planes. The soviets often set out counter propaganda claiming they had pilots with higher or just as high amount of kills.
American pilots often were all aces with at least 5 kills before being shot down, killed, or rotated.
Awesome video,@ Duc. Thank s for enlightening myself and other history buffs.🎗️🎗️🎗️🎗️🎗️🎗️
Just think of the courage it took to be so close to your enemy that see his face. The more I learn about that generation, the more amazed I am!