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Why would you even dare metal detect that area? That is considered sacred ground where men had their final moments in life? I would highly recommend leaving that area alone with a metal detector! It's honestly like metal detecting the Titanic site it's desecrating a grave site in my opinion. I understand keeping these men's stories alive for history but digging up the plane parts and wreckage is something different.
This story never needs to die with time. These pilots gave everything to keep everyone else safe. When he said that part about the pilot waving back at the school boy it really touched me and I'm definitely going to make it a point to go out to the site and pay my respects!
It’s a weird feeling watching these type of stories! On one hand I feel sadness for the men and their families, on the other exceptionally proud and patriotism for what these men sacrificed for us ALL OF US!!🇺🇸 Great work JD well done!
What a wonderful memorial to an event and a crew that could easily been forgotten to the march of time. I salute a community that would come together to invest their time and treasure to make sure this little slice of history and these noble men are remembered. The do us all proud 🇺🇸
As, always, JD, an outstanding job on this B-17 story, which I have a special interest in, because my Dad flew 35 missions in them. The sacrifices that the Greatest Generation gave, should always be told, and never forgotten.
What a great episode! These youngsters were from all over the US and gave their lives in defense of this great country. Also, the anecdotal stories that are part of this incident make it so very personal. God Bless their families.
I love this series... Best on youtube ....Not only teaching history but preserving history by making a record of people telling the stories... Very Important project.... thank you for doing this
Great video again sir. We had a similar incident near Belfast, northern ireland when a b-17 collided with cave hill , belfast . My granny remembered it was a significant event for all who saw it or lived near. RIP to all those true heroes who gave all for our freedom.
What an amazing memorial! This has to be one thee best memorials I’ve ever seen. Just the B-17 replica alone! Wow! They did an awesome job for those heroes! Thanks for showing this to us JD! Keep up the great work you do! Frank from Philadelphia,P.A.
I never thought my home town would make an appearance in one of your videos, but there it is on the pages of the flight ledger! I'm thrilled and intrigued. Thank you!
I think this is your most emotional video, this is the only one that hits me hard, mainly the music setting the mood, your editing is truly amazing, I've been studying ww2 all my life and have never heard of this tragic incident, i hope god has kept them well way up there in heaven
Incredible story RIP all those brave servicemen.I live in the uk and was in mid wales and i located a B17 crash site and I believe there’s a memorial sadly I didn’t have chance to pay my respects to these heroes.I will do it next year 🇬🇧🇺🇸🙏🙏🙏👏👏
Once again you have preserved the story of brave men ready to defend freedom but unfortunately never got the chance to fight but there loss is still part of heros willing to give there lives for America thanks for what do ,you inspire me tell the history I know
As always you bring life to those who died in service of their country. Only a truly compassionate and humble person can do that. Thank you sir for your efforts in bring history back for others to learn.
Thank you for producing this video. By far, one of the best memorials that I have ever seen to be constructed by a local community. They have done a tremendous job.
Pretty moving. Amazing what they did to memorialize these men. Even more touching was that the park and memorial was dedicated more than 70 years after the crash in 2015. Thanks for another amazing story JD 👍.
Thank you for honoring these young men by making this video. And you mentioned that young people just need someone to take them out and show them history to make them appreciate it. THAT is what YOU are doing. Thank you!
Simply incredible. I saw your last video about the local museum. I went to mine and was so excited. So much history and heritage in my small town that I had no idea of!
I applaud the People of this town who joined together to honor the memory of these men with this memorial at the actual crash site. Thank you from the State of Massachusetts. Served US Army 1971 -1973. Like the Museum Video as well. What a wonderful gesture from you all. God Bless.
Man this was a tear jerker , great great memorial , the eagle scout was what did it for me , loved this episode, I would like to visit someday Lord bring peace to the fallen souls and the families
That Memorial to those Americans is just as good if not better that anything in Washington DC. The work that went into the design and building of it came from the hearts of the people that worked on it. Thanks to JD for making this GEM for us to view. NOTE: In (Part One) at 17:26, the dog tag for Philip Niewolke shows a address for his home, 301 Lake Shore Dr Dunkirk N.Y. The house is still there, it's a blue house with white trim.
I love this channel. As someone living in England and a massive American history fan I always learn something new on this channel. Keep up the great work.
Another excellent video JD. I think that the Boy Scout that was working on his eagle project deserves a lot of credit for starting the restoration of the site as well.
What a beautiful tribute to these young men by that community. Will be a lasting impression to each visitor young and old. Thankful when scouts take on a true challenge as an Eagle Scout Project. What an extraordinary young man. Thank you for sharing this video JD. Appreciate your time and research. Gold Bless.
I'm a little late to the party, just found your channel 10 days ago and I have been FEASTING on your travels. Your many videos at Gettysburg are wonderful (a sweet spot of mine). I saw it 4 yrs ago but missed seeing the museum--it's on the top of my list for my next visit. Keep Calm and HIstory on . I'd love to see some more on Native Americans and quilting (okay so it's a girly thing, but quilts can also tell the history of our country!) Stay Safe!
Wow, this could have easily been lost to obscurity in such time of war. Amazing work from great people to keep this story alive! Would like to think that efforts like this will continue with the generations to come...we can hope anyway. Also, ...JD...as always, God bless your work and efforts to bring this to people all over the world.
Truly touching. Thanks for sharing this. The Greatest Generation represented everything that we as a nation should stand for. We can all learn so much from their sacrifice and honor.
Still loving your episodes! Love how the community and family's come together to remember them and to teach the newer generation about it. Big love from the UK!
In 1962 a B-52 crashed on elephant mountain near Greenville Maine. My grandfather ran a bulldozer to build a road to get to the crash site. There is still a lot of wreckage there. Not long ago they found a seat! You never know when or where you’ll find relics. A shame there isn’t a memorial like this for the flyers that died there on that cold winter night.
That whole story is very moving, knowing these guys were trained and ready to face bullets and flak over Europe and Germany. That never got that chance to help their fellow man. But they have done more than they knew. Just signing up to go to war was enough. And that’s why the whole tribute J.D is right to have on film now. Your carrying their memory’s on these two videos. 🙏🏻👍🏻
Superb presentation ,you are the best UA-cam channel on war history !!Thank you for your work for sharing and educate war history to us so we can remember those who sacrifice themselves so we can live free !!thank you
man, i have watched so many of your videos, and they all are amazing - but this might be my favorite yet. such a sad story lost in time, that most of us, we probably would have never known about. what an amazing community there, to memorialize these brave men. god bless them all and their families. i hope to one day visit this place. JD, excellent stuff as always my friend.
Thank you and all of the people that have worked to keep memories alive. I appreciate you bringing so much knowledge to my world. I thought I was well read on history before I started watching your videos........I have learned so much. I have watched the Band of Brothers series (wonderful), Saving Private Ryan, and all of your WW2 videos. I had not been as interested more modern history but now I am a hard core WW2 student. So, once again for the spark that has sent me on another path,
Impactful...so many stories that are important ... and make our countries challenges relevant . Thanks for what you do! Children need to know our struggles and triumphs . Freedom is not free.
Thanks for covering these great places of history here in our great state! Another interesting story is the nuclear missile explosion near Damascus, Arkansas, as documented in the film "Command and Control".
Wow. Over the years I have seen a lot of tribute videos and physical memorials but these take the cake. Plus it's so rare to see the time and details that went into this local non war zone memorial. Absolutely incredible and I applaud everyone involved in this place and in the making of this video. Thank you.
what a fascinating video. As a Brit with an interest in WW2, I'll never get to visit these places so videos like this are brilliant. What a tragic story. Well done to the guy keeping their memories alive
Spending time going over some older videos of yours and this is truly moving and to those that put the memorial together thank you , and thank you JD for relaying on to us , reminds me of the Marine cargo plane that went down in the south as well during the Gulf War .... again thank you for all that you do !
JD cause so many emotions, but mostly I am so thankful for your presentation and your coverage of things like this! Well done! Always ready to watch your next episode!
This is a great story. I'm an armchair American history buff and have yet to find anyone else who can provide my history fix. Love your stuff. Keep them coming and thanks.
Wow just incredible!!!!! I had no idea about this. I live in north Texas. I need to take a road trip for sure. This is why I follow you. Thanks again so much
I can't believe how similar this story is to my own in my family. My uncle Edward was killed in a B-17 while on a training exercise in Montana in August of 1943. He was only 20 years old. My dad was a boy of 11 years and never forgot his big brother. In 1998 my dad visited the crash site where the B-17 in a thunderstorm went down. While walking in the crater picking up airplane pieces he found his brother's dog tag. This prompted my dad to begin researching all the men who died in that crash and he found family members. Years later he had a monument made with contributions from family members and friends and it was shipped to Jordan Montana where it stands today. I was there for the dedication in 2010. My uncle was an excellent artist and on the front of the monument with all the young men's names is a drawing of a B-17 that my uncle drew and sent home in a letter to his parents. My dad died in 2020 of covid and he's missed every single day. He would have been so interested in this story of these young men that lost their lives tragically during WWII, so much like his beloved brother. Great channel..please continue with the awesome content.
Beautifully done. One of your best episodes yet. For what it's worth, that insignia shown at 13:28 is the cap badge from an Army Air Force aviation cadet visor cap, not pilot wings. They would have been worn on the cap until a cadet won his actual pilot's wings and received his commission as an officer upon graduation.
That emblem he was showing with the wings and the propeller is actually an Air Corps Cadet cap device. Pilots in training wore those. (I have a picture of my grandfather wearing his). What an AMAZING video and what a great channel you have here. Bravo!!
Just on a similar note if you ever visit the UK, there is a B-29 crash site situated in the Peak District in the North of England! Above the Moors which were infamous for its unpredictable weather! Very interesting site and USA flags still flying there!
Great story. The patch with the 8 on means they were part of the 8th Air Force. My dad was part of the 8th stationed in England, you did a good job bringing this story to light. Well done
Lived in Hyde Park during the war, saw many B17s fly over my grandmother's home there . Going to McDill airfield. Silver giants. What a rumble. RIP young men. 🐻
This was a great video my friend... You are right about the younger generation of people..but they sure do know which game goes in a ps4 or ps5 ... What you are doing is MORE important then you know...
@@TheHistoryUnderground hello JD you know I live 45 miles from the littlebighorn battlefield. I have 6 grandkids NOT one of them have ever been nor are they instead to go. I am 67 years old I go to the battlefield at least 3 times a year.. I love the history or America . thank you for your response.. Frank marullo....
When I was in college, I worked at a summer camp up in the Colorado Rockies (adjacent to Rocky Mountain National Park) and we had a regular hike up to the crash site of a B-17 in WWII. It is a somber reminder of the price of those who serve.
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Why would you even dare metal detect that area? That is considered sacred ground where men had their final moments in life? I would highly recommend leaving that area alone with a metal detector! It's honestly like metal detecting the Titanic site it's desecrating a grave site in my opinion. I understand keeping these men's stories alive for history but digging up the plane parts and wreckage is something different.
This story never needs to die with time. These pilots gave everything to keep everyone else safe. When he said that part about the pilot waving back at the school boy it really touched me and I'm definitely going to make it a point to go out to the site and pay my respects!
The replica/ memorial of the aircraft alone would make it a worthwhile site to visit. Just amazing.
What an honor it is to have taken part in this episode. God bless the men and their families.
Appreciate your help in telling the story.
Love your content too brother.
Love the Digging on Faith channel!
Your channel is great too!.. from the Grandson of an amazing man that lived in a b17 for years and made it back home.🇺🇸
Thank u sir for all u did.
It’s a weird feeling watching these type of stories! On one hand I feel sadness for the men and their families, on the other exceptionally proud and patriotism for what these men sacrificed for us ALL OF US!!🇺🇸 Great work JD well done!
Agreed.
I couldn't have stated that better myself. Incredible video.
What a wonderful memorial to an event and a crew that could easily been forgotten to the march of time. I salute a community that would come together to invest their time and treasure to make sure this little slice of history and these noble men are remembered. The do us all proud 🇺🇸
They did a great job with that memorial. Thanks for watching.
As, always, JD, an outstanding job on this B-17 story, which I have a special interest in, because my Dad flew 35 missions in them.
The sacrifices that the Greatest Generation gave, should always be told, and never forgotten.
What a great episode! These youngsters were from all over the US and gave their lives in defense of this great country. Also, the anecdotal stories that are part of this incident make it so very personal. God Bless their families.
I love this series... Best on youtube ....Not only teaching history but preserving history by making a record of people telling the stories... Very Important project.... thank you for doing this
Appreciate that! Hopefully the channel is doing some good and people are sharing the stories.
Just the level of respect and honor for a group of strangers that crashed near this small town is remarkable.
Great video again sir. We had a similar incident near Belfast, northern ireland when a b-17 collided with cave hill , belfast . My granny remembered it was a significant event for all who saw it or lived near. RIP to all those true heroes who gave all for our freedom.
i live 20 minutes from sheridan and never knew this. thank u for covering history as u do. your channel is 1 of the best.
Thank you so much 😀
Once again, you added life - albeit tragic - to history. I salute Nelson, Jerry Glen, the community and you for honoring these WWII airmen.
What an amazing memorial! This has to be one thee best memorials I’ve ever seen. Just the B-17 replica alone! Wow! They did an awesome job for those heroes!
Thanks for showing this to us JD! Keep up the great work you do! Frank from Philadelphia,P.A.
They definitely put a lot of heart into memorializing those guys.
Touching, heartfelt, respectful remembrance. This community stands out for the work done there, well done.
They’ve done a good work there.
You are a wonderful videographer and storyteller. Thank you for helping us all to know and understand the significance of the history around us.
I never thought my home town would make an appearance in one of your videos, but there it is on the pages of the flight ledger! I'm thrilled and intrigued. Thank you!
Nice!
I think this is your most emotional video, this is the only one that hits me hard, mainly the music setting the mood, your editing is truly amazing, I've been studying ww2 all my life and have never heard of this tragic incident, i hope god has kept them well way up there in heaven
Incredible story RIP all those brave servicemen.I live in the uk and was in mid wales and i located a B17 crash site and I believe there’s a memorial sadly I didn’t have chance to pay my respects to these heroes.I will do it next year 🇬🇧🇺🇸🙏🙏🙏👏👏
Once again you have preserved the story of brave men ready to defend freedom but unfortunately never got the chance to fight but there loss is still part of heros willing to give there lives for America thanks for what do ,you inspire me tell the history I know
As always you bring life to those who died in service of their country. Only a truly compassionate and humble person can do that. Thank you sir for your efforts in bring history back for others to learn.
Rest In Peace to all the airmen who has passed away. Thank You ,JD for making this video letting us know what happen and keeping history alive.
My pleasure. Thanks for watching.
Thank you for producing this video. By far, one of the best memorials that I have ever seen to be constructed by a local community. They have done a tremendous job.
An amazing display of what we can do to remember and reflect on our history. Of all of the great videos you have done this one moved me the most.
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Pretty moving. Amazing what they did to memorialize these men. Even more touching was that the park and memorial was dedicated more than 70 years after the crash in 2015.
Thanks for another amazing story JD 👍.
Thank you for honoring these young men by making this video. And you mentioned that young people just need someone to take them out and show them history to make them appreciate it. THAT is what YOU are doing. Thank you!
Appreciate that. Thank you. Hopefully people are sharing these videos and helping to educate the generations behind us.
Simply incredible. I saw your last video about the local museum. I went to mine and was so excited. So much history and heritage in my small town that I had no idea of!
Wow, thanks so much for sharing this with us. That is a beautiful memorial for such a sad and tragic event, it really hits you where you live.
I applaud the People of this town who joined together to honor the memory of these men with this memorial at the actual crash site. Thank you from the State of Massachusetts. Served US Army 1971 -1973. Like the Museum Video as well. What a wonderful gesture from you all. God Bless.
What a wonderful memorial ✝️ to brave men 🎖🇺🇲...thank you for what you bring to us...
Man this was a tear jerker , great great memorial , the eagle scout was what did it for me , loved this episode, I would like to visit someday
Lord bring peace to the fallen souls and the families
That Memorial to those Americans is just as good if not better that anything in Washington DC. The work that went into the design and building of it came from the hearts of the people that worked on it. Thanks to JD for making this GEM for us to view. NOTE: In (Part One) at 17:26, the dog tag for Philip Niewolke shows a address for his home, 301 Lake Shore Dr Dunkirk N.Y. The house is still there, it's a blue house with white trim.
Nice memorial.
Decent of the town to show this much respect to these U.S. Army Air Corp. hero's.
I love this channel. As someone living in England and a massive American history fan I always learn something new on this channel. Keep up the great work.
Watching this again ~?I can’t be the only person who binge watches this channel….can I get an echo? Show J. D. The love people!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I binge watch this channel every day!
@@digginonfaith531 definitely time well spent (cannot say that for most things on the internet these days!) 😉
@@1psychofan I hear ya on that!
@@digginonfaith531 I need to check out your channels 🥰
This was so touching-I'm humbled by the bravery of these men, and their story-well done!
Thank you.
Another excellent video JD. I think that the Boy Scout that was working on his eagle project deserves a lot of credit for starting the restoration of the site as well.
Agreed. Thanks for watching!
What a beautiful tribute to these young men by that community. Will be a lasting impression to each visitor young and old. Thankful when scouts take on a true challenge as an Eagle Scout Project. What an extraordinary young man. Thank you for sharing this video JD. Appreciate your time and research. Gold Bless.
I'm a little late to the party, just found your channel 10 days ago and I have been FEASTING on your travels. Your many videos at Gettysburg are wonderful (a sweet spot of mine). I saw it 4 yrs ago but missed seeing the museum--it's on the top of my list for my next visit. Keep Calm and HIstory on . I'd love to see some more on Native Americans and quilting (okay so it's a girly thing, but quilts can also tell the history of our country!) Stay Safe!
Wow, this could have easily been lost to obscurity in such time of war. Amazing work from great people to keep this story alive! Would like to think that efforts like this will continue with the generations to come...we can hope anyway. Also, ...JD...as always, God bless your work and efforts to bring this to people all over the world.
Love seeing the crash site metal detecting. Amazing! A bit of rock history is the crash site detecting of the Lynyrd Skynyrd band. Also amazing.
Truly touching. Thanks for sharing this. The Greatest Generation represented everything that we as a nation should stand for. We can all learn so much from their sacrifice and honor.
A very nice tribute to those men. Thank you for taking us there.
Still loving your episodes! Love how the community and family's come together to remember them and to teach the newer generation about it. Big love from the UK!
In 1962 a B-52 crashed on elephant mountain near Greenville Maine. My grandfather ran a bulldozer to build a road to get to the crash site. There is still a lot of wreckage there. Not long ago they found a seat! You never know when or where you’ll find relics. A shame there isn’t a memorial like this for the flyers that died there on that cold winter night.
That whole story is very moving, knowing these guys were trained and ready to face bullets and flak over Europe and Germany. That never got that chance to help their fellow man. But they have done more than they knew. Just signing up to go to war was enough. And that’s why the whole tribute J.D is right to have on film now. Your carrying their memory’s on these two videos. 🙏🏻👍🏻
Superb presentation ,you are the best UA-cam channel on war history !!Thank you for your work for sharing and educate war history to us so we can remember those who sacrifice themselves so we can live free !!thank you
Wow. Thank you. That really does mean a lot.
I hope you and Brandon will post your findings on what that line was for. Oxygen, hydrolics, or other. Fascinating and moving.
We can confirm it was an oxygen line. 100%.
@@digginonfaith531 Thank you!
man, i have watched so many of your videos, and they all are amazing - but this might be my favorite yet. such a sad story lost in time, that most of us, we probably would have never known about. what an amazing community there, to memorialize these brave men. god bless them all and their families. i hope to one day visit this place. JD, excellent stuff as always my friend.
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Thank you and all of the people that have worked to keep memories alive. I appreciate you bringing so much knowledge to my world. I thought I was well read on history before I started watching your videos........I have learned so much. I have watched the Band of Brothers series (wonderful), Saving Private Ryan, and all of your WW2 videos. I had not been as interested more modern history but now I am a hard core WW2 student. So, once again for the spark that has sent me on another path,
Incredible story. Incredible preservation efforts and memorial. History is so important.
Been through that area many times and didn’t know it was there. Must see. All your videos are very respectful and wonderfully made. Thanks.
The daughters comments about her dad Peter Kay voinovich made me cry. Rip2 all of the crew members
Yeah, that was tough.
Very moving tribute to these heroes! You did a great job bringing their story to your viewers! Great job Brandon metal detecting!
Thanks so much! 🙏🏼
Impactful...so many stories that are important ... and make our countries challenges relevant . Thanks for what you do! Children need to know our struggles and triumphs . Freedom is not free.
Thanks for covering these great places of history here in our great state! Another interesting story is the nuclear missile explosion near Damascus, Arkansas, as documented in the film "Command and Control".
b25 wreck near my house in marble falls, still parts all over the mountainside. round top mountain in jasper arkansas
Wow. Over the years I have seen a lot of tribute videos and physical memorials but these take the cake.
Plus it's so rare to see the time and details that went into this local non war zone memorial.
Absolutely incredible and I applaud everyone involved in this place and in the making of this video.
Thank you.
what a fascinating video. As a Brit with an interest in WW2, I'll never get to visit these places so videos like this are brilliant. What a tragic story. Well done to the guy keeping their memories alive
Fascinating and tragic. Thankyou very much. God bless that gentlemen and the scout who worked so hard so that these men would not be forgotten.
Thanks for bringing reality to life. Its tragic to think that each of these men touched so many... By giving their lives.
Awesome job JD and a wonderful tribute to the fallen Army Air Corps members and memorial!
My uncle was a B-17 pilot. Great video and much appreciation to the people who built this memorial.
Spending time going over some older videos of yours and this is truly moving and to those that put the memorial together thank you , and thank you JD for relaying on to us , reminds me of the Marine cargo plane that went down in the south as well during the Gulf War .... again thank you for all that you do !
Thank you!
JD cause so many emotions, but mostly I am so thankful for your presentation and your coverage of things like this! Well done! Always ready to watch your next episode!
Thank you. That means a lot.
Hello, i'm french, and i like hystory of WW2. My greatfather was french soldier in free french Army. Thanks for your vétéran history vidéo.
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I live right down the road from here. A very special part of our local history
Beautiful memorial and a great story of some men who's bravery was common then, but rare now.
They were certainly a different breed.
This is a great story. I'm an armchair American history buff and have yet to find anyone else who can provide my history fix. Love your stuff. Keep them coming and thanks.
Another incredible episode JD and Nelson. Thank you both.
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Love the passion JD, your presentations are all moving, one way or another.
Appreciate that.
Wow just incredible!!!!! I had no idea about this. I live in north Texas. I need to take a road trip for sure. This is why I follow you. Thanks again so much
That's so cool. They are gone but will never be forgotten. May they rest in peace.
A very moving story. May they always be remembered.
Well done to all who made this memorial possible. May they never be forgotten. May they Rest In Peace.
My father flew 50 missions on a B17 with the 15th Air Force. Thanks for sharing!
Great respect to this crew and to THU & TGMoH for helping to bring them to life again...
Touching vid .. some of the greatest generation .. well done
I always learn something when watching these videos. I love history, thanks for doing such a great job.
Appreciate that 😁
I can't believe how similar this story is to my own in my family. My uncle Edward was killed in a B-17 while on a training exercise in Montana in August of 1943. He was only 20 years old. My dad was a boy of 11 years and never forgot his big brother. In 1998 my dad visited the crash site where the B-17 in a thunderstorm went down. While walking in the crater picking up airplane pieces he found his brother's dog tag. This prompted my dad to begin researching all the men who died in that crash and he found family members. Years later he had a monument made with contributions from family members and friends and it was shipped to Jordan Montana where it stands today. I was there for the dedication in 2010. My uncle was an excellent artist and on the front of the monument with all the young men's names is a drawing of a B-17 that my uncle drew and sent home in a letter to his parents. My dad died in 2020 of covid and he's missed every single day. He would have been so interested in this story of these young men that lost their lives tragically during WWII, so much like his beloved brother. Great channel..please continue with the awesome content.
Beautifully done. One of your best episodes yet. For what it's worth, that insignia shown at 13:28 is the cap badge from an Army Air Force aviation cadet visor cap, not pilot wings. They would have been worn on the cap until a cadet won his actual pilot's wings and received his commission as an officer upon graduation.
Nice to see no one panicking over the flag in the background. 6:05
Thanks for sharing this tragic story. I hope there is someone ready to take the gentleman’s story after he is no longer able to do so.
Thank you so much for sharing this. It is both heartfelt and educational.
Thanks for watching.
Thank you, not enough of this kind of thing is not done enough. Thanks for the tour.
That emblem he was showing with the wings and the propeller is actually an Air Corps Cadet cap device. Pilots in training wore those. (I have a picture of my grandfather wearing his). What an AMAZING video and what a great channel you have here. Bravo!!
Thank you to all of the fine people who honored the B-17 crew with their efforts. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅🦅
Just on a similar note if you ever visit the UK, there is a B-29 crash site situated in the Peak District in the North of England! Above the Moors which were infamous for its unpredictable weather! Very interesting site and USA flags still flying there!
Great story. The patch with the 8 on means they were part of the 8th Air Force. My dad was part of the 8th stationed in England, you did a good job bringing this story to light. Well done
You should go to Maine, just east of Moosehead Lake on Elephant Mountain there is a bomber that crashed as well
Nice job you are right it will be close to 80 years of the crash in Arkansas next year 2022
Been there many times
I went past the original marker in 1979 and never forgot about it . Great video ....nice job
Always a pleasure to watch and learn from your videos JD outstanding work.
Lived in Hyde Park during the war, saw many B17s fly over my grandmother's home there . Going to McDill airfield. Silver giants. What a rumble. RIP young men. 🐻
This was a great video my friend... You are right about the younger generation of people..but they sure do know which game goes in a ps4 or ps5 ... What you are doing is MORE important then you know...
Appreciate that. Hope that people are sharing these videos to help bring these kinds of stories to their attention.
@@TheHistoryUnderground hello JD you know I live 45 miles from the littlebighorn battlefield. I have 6 grandkids NOT one of them have ever been nor are they instead to go. I am 67 years old I go to the battlefield at least 3 times a year.. I love the history or America . thank you for your response.. Frank marullo....
Enjoyed it JD! One of the airmen was from a town about 25 miles from me. Porterville, Ca. Small rural country town back in the 40s.
Oh wow!
When I was in college, I worked at a summer camp up in the Colorado Rockies (adjacent to Rocky Mountain National Park) and we had a regular hike up to the crash site of a B-17 in WWII. It is a somber reminder of the price of those who serve.
Very moving historical event. Thank you for taking us along. Congratulations on over 200k.
Thank you very much!
It’s good to see history being preserved.
Very cool u can still find parts from that crash site bless their souls!