White Tailed Marauders: B-26s & their Crews in Action (HD Restored)
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- Опубліковано 15 сер 2017
- I produced this original documentary from unedited archival color footage filmed from the Spring of 1945. Where possible, individual aircraft and their crews are identified. See the 323rd Bombardment Group in action, comprised of the 453rd, 454th, and 455th Squadrons operating from their base in Laon, France. All color footage really brings this bygone era startlingly back to life. The original films was silent and unedited. I added sound effects and a musical score.
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I digitally restored the color in this video. See the difference that makes here: zenoswarbirdvideos.com/Beforea...
My father flew B26's. He was stationed at Earls Colne airfield Essex Uk from 14th June 1943 until sometime in 1944 ,and was involved with the battle of the Bulge amongst other bombing raids, went back to the states on leave then was stationed in France until the end of the war. His name was Captain William Wallace Rucker. It was great to see your film. thank you.
You are welcome!
3:01 'Without fear we conquer.' Motto of the 323rd BG, 8AF
Thank you so much for posting this. Fascinating viewing. Interesting how some of the B26s don't carry the .50 in the perspex nose.
Totally incredible these B26 are Awesome film about these plane's too..and information too..Awesome job..Thank you so much
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ZenosWarbirds; Thank you for your time and efforts in putting together this great documentary on the B-26.
Was the different colored propeller spinners used as quick identifiers for the different bomb groups if not, what's the significance?
Thanks for sharing this article. I look forward to each new video you upload.
Stan
Thanks!
I've always assumed that different color spinners were for quick & easy ID, and I guess they added a touch of squadron pride too. Dunno if there were any written regs about them. Probably up to individual formations. Pretty common in US Squadrons & not unusual in foreign units too.
Great video chap I don’t know at 11:36 if that’s the moment the b-26 {Hurricane ii} going down on fire.
Nice.
Can you share the names of the music tracks you used?
It's stock music from the UA-cam music library that was composed just for them that's royalty free. If you produce videos for UA-cam, they're available to anyone for download in the Creator Studio for soundtracks. The have a pretty big selection, so there's a wide choice for what you need.
Great footage, but music bed is a distraction.
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G'day,
Wow, seven Crewmembers to fly a Twin-Engined Medium Day-Bomber seems rather a lot.
What was that, Pilot, Copilot, Bomb-Aimer, Radio-Operator, Navigator, Dorsal/Mid-Upper Turret-Gunner, & Tail-Gunner...?
The RAFfie-Chappies managed to operate 4-Engined Sterlings, Lancasters, and Halifaxes carrying twice or thrice the Bombload, with 7 People ; and they dispensed with a Co-Pilot, in favour of a Flight-Engineer - who was deemed to be more useful.
Just(ifiably ?) sayin'...
;-p
Ciao !
The B-26 was an early design & manufacturers soon figured out how to get by with fewer crew in a Medium. The Douglas A-26 Invader, which replaced the B-26, was faster, could carry a heavier bomb load & only needed three crew members. The earlier A-20 Havoc/Boston carried about the same bomb load as the B-26, also only needed three.
@@ZenosWarbirds I notice most of the crew photos only show five men.