Gas For Patton's Army, Germany, Mar-Apr 1945 - C-47, CG-4, Frankfurt National Archives Airailimages
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- Опубліковано 12 кві 2024
- A cold rain wets down the C-47s lined up to load five-gallon gas cans to enable General George S. Patton and his Third Army to continue their aggressive forward movement. The film slate says it's March 28, 1945. The takeoff airfield is near Orleans, France. Destination: Frankfurt, Germany, where complete capture of the city won't take place for another day.
The action shifts to C-47s towing CG-4 cargo gliders and landing near Fritzlar, Germany, on April 4. The gas cans are offloaded from the C-47s, as are boxes of food rations.
One of the C-47s shows battle damage inflicted by German aircraft, according to notes filed with the film in the National Archives. In about a month, the war would be over in Europe.
The tempo of the war, especially as accelerated by Patton's forces, demanded aerial resupply. The utility, availability, and reliability of the Douglas C-47 made these aircraft naturals for this duty. And take a look at the young men loading, unloading, and flying these aircraft to win the war. So many decades later, we're losing them to age every day. Next time you have the opportunity, please thank a World War II veteran.
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As always, I appreciate you keeping our history alive with your videos! Thank you🇺🇸
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Sehr schöne Aufnahmen! Thanks
Gern geschehen! Vielen Dank fürs Zuschauen und Kommentieren.
Ah to be that young and strong. Some of those guys were handling 3 and 4 cans at a time. Thanks for the history.
Yes, remember when we were that age and thought nothing of it?
j'ai un jerrycan de 1944, il est peut-être sur le film!!! merci pour la vidéo.
Oui, je me demande souvent combien d’équipements excédentaires de guerre subsistent encore aujourd’hui en Europe. C'est intéressant que vous ayez un jerrycan de 1944.
You don't have to go as hard on the music otherwise these are phenomenal thank you