34 combat missions in the B-17 over Nazi occupied France and Germany. For his service he was awarded many medals including the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with Three Oak Leaf Clusters, World War II Victory medal, and the Knight of the Legion of Honor medal from the people of France and Western Europe, France's equivalent to the U.S. Medal of Honor. He was my Great Grandfather and the last of the greatest generation, the last heroes. Rest in peace, Grandfather. I'm sorry the country you risked your life for has become what it is. I can't apologize for leaving it and returning to Europe, where our ancestors are from. I know wherever you are in the afterlife, you understand that. You were a Hero. You cheated death for 95 years. You won and now you can rest. You were a one of the proud and few.... Metal Machines. And you are Legendary. FEBRUARY 15, 1925 - APRIL 19, 2020
Просто помни о своём дедушке и рассказывай о его жизни следующим поколениям. Возможно что ещё не рождены те кто смогут сделать этот мир более справедливым, но память о подвигах предков позволит вырастить поколение новых героев. Просто старайся помнить и передай эти знания молодым 🙏
Er saß im Bomber um Zivilisten zu töten, meine Großmutter wurde im Alter von 2 Jahren Luftschutzbunker verschüttet und Tage später gerettet. Phosphorbomben auf Zivilisten werfen, das waren die Alliierten. Mörder Vergewaltiger und Folterer, zum Glück brennen diese Verbrecher in der Hölle.
My dad flew C-47s dropping paratroopers into European combat zones for over four years. He was shot down near Grave, Holland, during Operation Market. Luckily he was picked up by the Dutch Underground who eventually got him to safety. He, too, received medals. Your grandfather, like my dad, was a true hero. Thank you for letting us know what a remarkable man he was. That history is fading and being lost. Obviously. My dad and your grandfather fought against fascism in a world war. Today we're fighting against fascism in America. I never thought I'd be glad my father is dead. This would have broken his heart.
The hardest thing B-17 pilots had to do was to stay in formation while under attack from fighters and flak. General LeMay insisted the pilots maintain the combat box through the bomb run. Incredible courage and discipline. I saw a restored B-17 in flight a few years ago. The sight and sound of the four-engined bomber moved me to tears. Imagine what 1000 of those airplanes looked and sounded like over Germany in 1944. I wept in admiration and respect.
You can tell this isn’t War Thunder by the fact that the bombers actually flew in formation, the gunners actually hit something and the bombers don’t disintegrate from like one shot from a fighter.
My math teacher in junior high back in the late seventies was a tail gunner in a B-17 during World War Two. He actually only got to fire his guns just once...for about three seconds. He made it through his twenty-five (I think that's how many missions it took before you could go home) sorties, then came home. His last name was Zontini, and a life-long West Virginian, Army Air Corps volunteer, and a fine teacher. I remember him telling us, after we all badgered him to no end as kids will do, that what you see in the movies is nowhere near accurate. The speed of battle is so much incredibly faster than what's portrayed on the big screen. Crews weren't anywhere near afraid of the fighters as much as they were the flack guns. There was no fighting back with the German 88's. They just had to hold the plane straight and true... and ride it out. There was a lot of "fratricide" coming from bombs hitting the planes from another one on top of you and from Allied gunners mistaking them for German planes. Before the arrival of the P-51 Mustang which could escort them all the way into Germany and back, one in three bombers were shot down on every mission. American bomber crews lost more men than were killed on the ground by the Army or Marines, and the Navy on the oceans. Plus, he added that he had to lay on his stomach to man the guns in the tail for the duration of the mission. That day was the only day that he ever talked about it... I guess he got tired of us "bratty" kids constantly asking him about it. As young as we were back then we couldn't grasp the sacrifice he made and the courage it took for him to do what he did.
My English teacher my Junior year of high school was a Marine in the Pacific theater . Memorial day each year he would either bring in a veteran (or he himself) to "tell their story" . Guy was as hard as a railroad spike but one of the few people I have met in my life that I actually respected . RIP Mr. Wilkins .
He knew you would get it someday. Anyways his story is now yours to tell. If we ever loose the tech that we depend on that’s how history will survive. Now tell his story often and remember it for future generations. That’s how you honor what they did
@@I_am_Diogenes he did that so you’ll remember their stories after they’re gone. Honor them by remembering and telling others. I’ve got 100s of notebooks with their accounts in them. I believe if technology ever fails us then it’s my obligation to print them
0:29 the music drop, flak shell explosions, dozens of B - 17s flying in a formation through it at high speed. This scene is perfect, i felt goosebumps.
@@godzillamon2 he actually says "come suck my metal machine" right after he says, "we're masters of the world". www.sabaton.net/discography/primo-victoria/metal-machine/
Apart from a history lesson this song is an ode to metal songs of the most magnificent kind,brings nostalgic memories of our youth years.Thank you Sabbaton!
@@TheEventHorizon909 Wikipedia says HIO could be Hillsboro Airport ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsboro_Airport ). That strikes me as being more probable than Hiroshima.
@@elainesantander75 The much more powerfull engines of the B-29 are likely to gave a more impressive acustic experience on the ground thn the B-17 ones.
My favorite plane ever. I want to ride in a B-17 before I die. Been in 3 when they visited Purdue airport. Loved it. Can't wait for one to come back. I'll be there again.
I got to go up once when I was 14. My dad and my younger brother. It was pretty fucking cool. Engines shake the the plane pretty good just before take off. Got to fly over the bay area. Only thing I wish we could of done was fire a few rounds from one the waist guns. But still it was badass. Unfortunately I read a story that the same plane actually crashed. On takeoff recently. Not many that still fly today. Hopefully you get your chance. Side note. I also got to go inside a ww2 panzer 5. Before it was sold off to germany. It was so cramped inside. Couldn't imagine being inside on for hours let alone days
My father was a bottom ball turret gunner in a B-17. Almost a duplicate of the video. But they made above Poland before the pilot called to jump. The pilot helped my father out of the turret and they were the last out of the plane. Whole crew made it home eventually after being presumed dead.
Seen Madras Maiden in person at an air show she has since then been repainted to resemble Ye Olde Pub the plane referenced in No Bullets Fly. I hope to fly in one of these before my time here is up. I respect what these men did. The greatest generation they will always be.
Not only is this a tribute the the bomber crews of World War II, it's also a tribute to heavy metal. It includes references to metal groups that influenced the band! They refer to stuff like Fear of the Dark (Iron Maiden), Crazy Train/Paranoid (Ozzy Osbourne/ Black Sabbath), Wild Child (WASP), and Metal Heart/Balls to the Wall (Accept) just to name a few. Good stuff on Sabaton's part.
@@phantomnus From the looks of the exterior combat scenes some of them may have been colorized versions from the movie 12 O'clock High, and those combat scenes were shot by crew members over Schweinfurt, Germany in the Black Thursday raid that saw the loss of 60 bombers and crew on that one mission.
@@phantomnus From the looks of the exterior combat scenes some of them may have been colorized versions from the movie 12 O'clock High, and those combat scenes were shot by crew members over Schweinfurt, Germany in the Black Thursday raid that saw the loss of 60 bombers and crew on that one mission.
all those references.. driving on this crazy train im going paranoid LOVE SABATON I have a phobia A fear of the dark (Iron Maiden) Afraid to shoot strangers (Iron Maiden) The animal talks Guns scare me shitless But love gun's my friend The sentinel's coming But is this the end Riding on this crazy train (Ozzy) I'm going paranoid (Sabbath) Watch me lose my mind And break the law (Judas Priest) I'm a metal machine It's close to midnight and He's barking at the moon (Ozzy) I'm a metal machine the rainbow in the dark is shining (dio) I'm only metal machine It's close to midnight and He's barking at the moon I'm a metal machine The kings of metal ride the sky (Manowar I think) Is this st. anger (Metallica) The ultimate sin Or have I really A black knight within The gates of Babylon Are open and wide Shout at the devil (Misfits) There's nowhere to hide Fighting for the world to keep The wild child in it's cage (Twisted Sister...I think) Broke my metal heart (Accept) Against the wall I'm a metal machine It's close to midnight and He's barking at the moon I'm only metal machine the rainbow in the dark is shining I'm a metal machine It's close to midnight and He's barking at the moon Come touch my metal machine The kings of metal ride the sky
+malemokischmoo well...it's not references, the whole song is made of titles from metal songs from the 80's, every line - the ultimate tribute to old style metal. and yeah it's freaking awesome!
Whenever I listen to sabaton I listen to it when I'm playing a type of a war game either war thunder or some on the ground FPS shooter (mainly world war II based)
I have a phobia, a fear of the dark Afraid to shoot strangers, the animal talks Guns scare me shitless, but love gun’s my friend The Sentinel’s coming, but is this the end? Riding on this crazy train I’m going paranoid Watch me lose my mind and break the law (breaking the law, breaking the law) I’m a metal machine It’s close to midnight and he’s barking at the moon I’m a metal machine The rainbow in the dark is shining Unholy metal machine It’s close to midnight and he’s barking at the moon I’m a metal machine The kings of metal ride the sky Is this st. Anger, the ultimate sin Or have I really a black knight within? The gates of Babylon are open and wide Shout at the devil, there’s nowhere to hide Fighting for the world to keep the wild child in its cage Broke my metal heart against the wall (balls to the wall, balls to the wall) I’m a metal machine It’s close to midnight and he’s barking at the moon Unholy metal machine The rainbow in the dark is shining I’m a metal machine It’s close to midnight and he’s barking at the moon Come touch my metal machine The kings of metal ride the sky Come touch my metal machine It’s close to midnight and he’s barking at the moon I’m a metal machine The rainbow in the dark is shining Come suck metal machine It’s close to midnight and he’s barking at the moon I’m the metal machine The kings of metal ride the sky Come blow my metal machine It’s close to midnight and he’s barking at the moon I’m a metal machine The rainbow in the dark is shining Come touch my metal machine No, we will never fall We’re masters of the world Come suck my metal machine No, we will never fall We’re masters of the…
All the power and energy Sabaton stands for, in amazing fashion! Everytime anyone says Metal is dead, I remember this great band! But we have to notice that allied bombers had large flocks of escort fighters like the P-51s with them, and those bombs killed more civillians than military personnel. Those were indiscriminate attacks.
If you are able, I highly recommend that you visit the National Museum of the US Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. The B-17 "Memphis Belle" has been restored and is on display, so close that you can almost touch it.. Admission is free and they have everything on display from a re-creation of the Wright Flyer to actual spacecraft and ballistic missiles.
This is a time where men , were men , I salute , and only could imagine the things anyone went through , from all sides of the war . Soldiers in battle , not by choice , not want , but duty to their country . I salute all , doing their duty , and honor , fighting for their God , and country , right , or wrong , decided by a higher calling .
"A Queen dies hard. She doesn’t want to go, no more than any man inside her. You may not believe this. If you don’t, it’s only because you haven’t been there, and you haven’t watched combat-hardened men cry as a ship goes down; cry as much for the machine as for the men. Because, you see, when 10 men claimed her for their own, she was no longer just a machine. She was their bomber. That made her special, and made her come alive.” Martin Caidin, "Black Thursday"
...but you'r in a 109 so you can run circles around them before they turn around and shoot them down anyway. Unfortunately, war doesn't run on pure heroism...
Got a chance to see one of these beautiful machines last year. To get close enough to touch and stand next to it being a 6 foot 4 guy. Its amazing to me how small thst plane actually is compared to me. It's beauty will never be matched.
@@dolamrothknight Toward the end of the war crews wherein higher demand due to fatalities, and ending of the 25 required mission fulfillment. The crew that Dad was with decided from the beginning that all would stay until every man in that original crew completed their 25 missions. There were always those few who missed missions due to sickness etc. In order for all to complete the rest stayed on and in the end, he completed 34 missions. Of course, you will believe or say what you want there is very little respect these days.
@@dolamrothknight Read this article in its entirety and you will see that at certain points during the conflict the mission tour objectives were change depending on requirements. While it does not specifically prove what I have told you it does verify that mission completion at some point was at 35. I can only relate what my father reported and it was posted in an article about him. This is the link. I would advise before calling someone a liar that you at the very least check your historical facts to determine if it was ever done which this article confirms. Hopefully, when you get older you might learn some respect. warbirdsnews.com/warbird-articles/wwii-b-24-liberator-hot-stuff-setting-record-straight.html
The air war over Europe has always fascinated me from the early days through the battle of britian to the massive bomber campaign I feel like this is little covered but was so intgeral in winning the war.
This video is very well done. One can pick a few nits, but all in all, it is a very accurate depiction of aerial combat and the incredible courage of the men on both sides of those guns. DETAILS: the bombers are marked with the Y of the 5th bomb wing of the 15th USAAF, which flew against the Reich from North Africa and Italy. The German fighters, BF-109's (Often called ME-109's) are in correct markings for the Groups that opposed the 15th. The movements of the aircraft are accurate, though one of those nits is that they closing speeds would have been greater, leaving precious little time to set up a shot. The tactics of the German fighters in making head-on attacks is also accurate. Someone has commented on the unliklihood of a bomber starting a fight with a fighter, but consider this: during the Guadalcanal campaign, Admiral McCain (The late Senator's dad) had to issue an order to his PBY pilots to cease initiating combat against enemy aircraft. The story of the Air War is filled with such acts of desperate courage and fatalism.
Space Shuttle Front Gunner they didn’t flying the middle of a b17 bomber formation because that would be a form of suicide they attacked the sides of the formation
Been inside the belly of a B-17 at the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in Oregon, and there's no way those gunners would be standing straight up because I'm 5'9" and I had to stand bent over just so I wouldn't hit my head.
This is the time to get dressed up in your robot suit and start doing the 🤖 robot dance.This music is just perfect for it.A bit of mental insanity never goes wrong, just laugh at whatever comes your way.
34 combat missions in the B-17 over Nazi occupied France and Germany. For his service he was awarded many medals including the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with Three Oak Leaf Clusters, World War II Victory medal, and the Knight of the Legion of Honor medal from the people of France and Western Europe, France's equivalent to the U.S. Medal of Honor. He was my Great Grandfather and the last of the greatest generation, the last heroes.
Rest in peace, Grandfather. I'm sorry the country you risked your life for has become what it is. I can't apologize for leaving it and returning to Europe, where our ancestors are from. I know wherever you are in the afterlife, you understand that.
You were a Hero.
You cheated death for 95 years.
You won and now you can rest.
You were a one of the proud and few.... Metal Machines.
And you are Legendary.
FEBRUARY 15, 1925 - APRIL 19, 2020
At 20 these guys were men with balls of steel, look at the guys now at 20 😢
@@blitzKRISyeah that s realy true. Now comunity is so terrible.
Просто помни о своём дедушке и рассказывай о его жизни следующим поколениям. Возможно что ещё не рождены те кто смогут сделать этот мир более справедливым, но память о подвигах предков позволит вырастить поколение новых героев. Просто старайся помнить и передай эти знания молодым 🙏
Er saß im Bomber um Zivilisten zu töten, meine Großmutter wurde im Alter von 2 Jahren Luftschutzbunker verschüttet und Tage später gerettet. Phosphorbomben auf Zivilisten werfen, das waren die Alliierten. Mörder Vergewaltiger und Folterer, zum Glück brennen diese Verbrecher in der Hölle.
My dad flew C-47s dropping paratroopers into European combat zones for over four years. He was shot down near Grave, Holland, during Operation Market. Luckily he was picked up by the Dutch Underground who eventually got him to safety. He, too, received medals. Your grandfather, like my dad, was a true hero. Thank you for letting us know what a remarkable man he was. That history is fading and being lost. Obviously. My dad and your grandfather fought against fascism in a world war. Today we're fighting against fascism in America. I never thought I'd be glad my father is dead. This would have broken his heart.
I don't always listen to Metal Machine by Sabaton, but when I do, so do my neighbours.
dude, that is epic
I make sure the whole complex knows the lyrics.
Dude I'm not gay but you're Amy soulmate
I wish I were your neighbor
While drinking Dos Equis
Whenever I listen to sabaton...my neighborhood gets a free history lesson
Sadly this song isnt historical, but it sure is good
@@kralle98 actually it is, look up Ye Olde Pub B-17 that’s what this song is about
@@aviationgaming1564 But isn't that what "No Bullets Fly" for?
@@LocalCarrierHornet oh wait yeah sry I thought the thumbnail was no bullets fly
I have it the same
R.I.P. to the 79,218 airmen lost in ww2. Thank you guys!!!!
and to hundreds' of thousands civilians their bombs killed in Germany
I have it on good authority that neither uses youtube.
@@pawelsawicki1750 Dupku!
@@Patchman123 At your service, Mr BW Sheep
@@cursedgoat Good one
Sabaton is the perfect band to listen to while playing war game's
LEEK 46 sooooooooo trueeeee
Or drunk as a cunt.
Indeed,war thunder the most i think.
U are right I play call of duty doing so
Well... Europa Universalis or Hearts of iron is epic with this songs too.
The hardest thing B-17 pilots had to do was to stay in formation while under attack from fighters and flak. General LeMay insisted the pilots maintain the combat box through the bomb run. Incredible courage and discipline. I saw a restored B-17 in flight a few years ago. The sight and sound of the four-engined bomber moved me to tears. Imagine what 1000 of those airplanes looked and sounded like over Germany in 1944. I wept in admiration and respect.
I 100% agree, those pilots were absolute chads, It sucks that we ended up killing so many innocent people in the Bomb raids tho.
@@comrade-princesscelestia4907 NO one is innocent, Evil rises to power when so called "good people do nothing" .
@@MrOnetedify See Erdogan, Putin, Trump, Bolsonaro.....
It would have looked amazing. Just such a shame at that loss of European life (on both sides).
@@smackedinthejaw The European-nes of the lives lost has nothing to do with how tragic it was
You can tell this isn’t War Thunder by the fact that the bombers actually flew in formation, the gunners actually hit something and the bombers don’t disintegrate from like one shot from a fighter.
bombers also arent going at the speed of a foxbat
@@swguren to be honest, tier 3 strategic bomber Me 264 easy does 400km
"don't desintegrate from one shot"
Lol I emptied all of my BF-109 K-4's ammo on a american bomber's belly just yesterday and it still kept flying
About formations it's not like if it's the game's fault, when it's the AI piloting the bombers they actually do form boxes and stay tigth
I flew a Halifax (fully upgraded btw) yesterday and literally half a second of firing from a bf109 ripped my wing and tail off
To anyone wondering what the song is about:
It's a tribute to heavy metal, with the lyrics being references to other metal songs and bands
My math teacher in junior high back in the late seventies was a tail gunner in a B-17 during World War Two. He actually only got to fire his guns just once...for about three seconds. He made it through his twenty-five (I think that's how many missions it took before you could go home) sorties, then came home. His last name was Zontini, and a life-long West Virginian, Army Air Corps volunteer, and a fine teacher. I remember him telling us, after we all badgered him to no end as kids will do, that what you see in the movies is nowhere near accurate. The speed of battle is so much incredibly faster than what's portrayed on the big screen. Crews weren't anywhere near afraid of the fighters as much as they were the flack guns. There was no fighting back with the German 88's. They just had to hold the plane straight and true... and ride it out. There was a lot of "fratricide" coming from bombs hitting the planes from another one on top of you and from Allied gunners mistaking them for German planes. Before the arrival of the P-51 Mustang which could escort them all the way into Germany and back, one in three bombers were shot down on every mission. American bomber crews lost more men than were killed on the ground by the Army or Marines, and the Navy on the oceans. Plus, he added that he had to lay on his stomach to man the guns in the tail for the duration of the mission. That day was the only day that he ever talked about it... I guess he got tired of us "bratty" kids constantly asking him about it. As young as we were back then we couldn't grasp the sacrifice he made and the courage it took for him to do what he did.
My English teacher my Junior year of high school was a Marine in the Pacific theater . Memorial day each year he would either bring in a veteran (or he himself) to "tell their story" . Guy was as hard as a railroad spike but one of the few people I have met in my life that I actually respected . RIP Mr. Wilkins .
He knew you would get it someday. Anyways his story is now yours to tell. If we ever loose the tech that we depend on that’s how history will survive. Now tell his story often and remember it for future generations. That’s how you honor what they did
@@I_am_Diogenes he did that so you’ll remember their stories after they’re gone. Honor them by remembering and telling others. I’ve got 100s of notebooks with their accounts in them. I believe if technology ever fails us then it’s my obligation to print them
0:29 the music drop, flak shell explosions, dozens of B - 17s flying in a formation through it at high speed. This scene is perfect, i felt goosebumps.
agree
Me hears the song: he's probably talking about a large tank or something.
Sabaton: come suck my metal machine!
Me: 😐...
dont (or come) touch my metal machine ;-;
@@godzillamon2 he actually says "come suck my metal machine" right after he says, "we're masters of the world".
www.sabaton.net/discography/primo-victoria/metal-machine/
@@entertoby6698 yep
🇦🇿😡🇩🇪😢🇺🇸😐🇺🇦😢🇷🇺😱
Whelp
Apart from a history lesson this song is an ode to metal songs of the most magnificent kind,brings nostalgic memories of our youth years.Thank you Sabbaton!
It's also (supposedly) about Joakim's Swedish Meatballs
🤣🤣🤣@@professionalidiot2767
When I listen to Sabaton I always have goosebumps...
Me do💯💯😀
У меня тожа... 🙂
my uncle was a tail gunner in a lancaster bomber squadron,,,massive respect to all who fought for us and still do....
I hear you brother!!
Unnamed characters bomber have 1 engine smoking: *(rapidly loses altitude)*
Main characters bomber loses 1 engine: *(keeps altitude but slows down)*
So predictiable
It's my metal machine!
B17 actually could fly with only 2 engine's
@@panzerfaust898 B-52 can fly with only 2 engines lost for sure
Plot amour enters chat
Sabaton makes me learn history.
“Come touch my metal machine” “come suck my metal machine” very historical 👌
sound the beast ! Dzięki Sabatonowi moja żona polubiła heavy metal a ma już 48 lat :)
Слава Пацанам погибшим во вторую мировую, давшим нам родиться и жить!!!
This song has amazing melodies, music, and lyrics. It makes me shiver.
I'm so sorry, I just learned about this awesome band.
I'll never forget how the B-29 sounded as if flew over my house on approach to HIO. The ground shook. The B-17 was a beautiful plane, but the B-29...
wut?
@@elainesantander75 He means Hiroshima I think idk
@@TheEventHorizon909 Definitely a lot of guys with the name James Driscoll in Japan during World War two. I'm certain that's exactly what he meant.
@@TheEventHorizon909 Wikipedia says HIO could be Hillsboro Airport ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsboro_Airport ). That strikes me as being more probable than Hiroshima.
@@elainesantander75 The much more powerfull engines of the B-29 are likely to gave a more impressive acustic experience on the ground thn the B-17 ones.
My favorite song to start a good day
3:25 the moment when sabaton turns into AC/DC for a second XD
True lol
"Come touch my metal machine" sounds more like a hard love song XD
@@SotGravarg lol
thats Udo Dirkschneider from Accept and this song has lyrics from great metal songs you can hear "fear of the dark" and "breaking the law" etc
@@spiido7901 I don't know any of it
My favorite plane ever. I want to ride in a B-17 before I die. Been in 3 when they visited Purdue airport. Loved it. Can't wait for one to come back. I'll be there again.
FAK U I GONNA DESTROY U B-17 WITH MY BF109
I got to go up once when I was 14. My dad and my younger brother. It was pretty fucking cool. Engines shake the the plane pretty good just before take off. Got to fly over the bay area. Only thing I wish we could of done was fire a few rounds from one the waist guns. But still it was badass. Unfortunately I read a story that the same plane actually crashed. On takeoff recently. Not many that still fly today. Hopefully you get your chance. Side note. I also got to go inside a ww2 panzer 5. Before it was sold off to germany. It was so cramped inside. Couldn't imagine being inside on for hours let alone days
@Nguyễn Minh Hiếu Miku Hatsune they had one there bombers crash not to long ago I read.
@@dolamrothknight Some company needs to remanufacture a few B-17 and other planes like that.
@@blitzkriegers5886 chill bro
My father was a bottom ball turret gunner in a B-17. Almost a duplicate of the video. But they made above Poland before the pilot called to jump. The pilot helped my father out of the turret and they were the last out of the plane. Whole crew made it home eventually after being presumed dead.
As a fellow son of a B-17 crewman, I wish to say thanks and God bless to your father!
Chwała bohaterom!
This will always be my favorite
Brilliant chorus. My favourite Sabaton song ever. It makes me happy when life f**ks me off!!
Seen Madras Maiden in person at an air show she has since then been repainted to resemble Ye Olde Pub the plane referenced in No Bullets Fly. I hope to fly in one of these before my time here is up. I respect what these men did. The greatest generation they will always be.
Not only is this a tribute the the bomber crews of World War II, it's also a tribute to heavy metal. It includes references to metal groups that influenced the band! They refer to stuff like Fear of the Dark (Iron Maiden), Crazy Train/Paranoid (Ozzy Osbourne/ Black Sabbath), Wild Child (WASP), and Metal Heart/Balls to the Wall (Accept) just to name a few. Good stuff on Sabaton's part.
Love how you see him feathering the prop when he turns engine 2 off.
the movie is fortress watch it
From the movie Fortress,Hmm?
I loved that one,good music too,it goes well with the sequences.
I loved that movie, for as low budget as it was, it was really good. At the end, it says No B-17s were destroyed in the production.
From "Memphis Belle", I guess
@@dennisbaev8889 Yeah, all of the interior shots of the bomber were taken from The Memphis Belle.
@@phantomnus From the looks of the exterior combat scenes some of them may have been colorized versions from the movie 12 O'clock High, and those combat scenes were shot by crew members over Schweinfurt, Germany in the Black Thursday raid that saw the loss of 60 bombers and crew on that one mission.
@@phantomnus From the looks of the exterior combat scenes some of them may have been colorized versions from the movie 12 O'clock High, and those combat scenes were shot by crew members over Schweinfurt, Germany in the Black Thursday raid that saw the loss of 60 bombers and crew on that one mission.
This is it. This is the video that got me into Sabaton 6 years ago. All I want to say is: THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!
It was mine too and i love this song and sabaton🤘🤣
Дуже чудовий кліп та Виконання!!SABATON !!!!!!!!!!
а на человеческом?
My 2 favorite planes to ever fly. The American B-17 long range heavy bomber and the German BF 109 fighter. What a great song and video. Thanks.
You flown them in flight sims or games or IRL?
all those references.. driving on this crazy train im going paranoid LOVE SABATON
I have a phobia
A fear of the dark (Iron Maiden)
Afraid to shoot strangers (Iron Maiden)
The animal talks
Guns scare me shitless
But love gun's my friend
The sentinel's coming
But is this the end
Riding on this crazy train (Ozzy)
I'm going paranoid (Sabbath)
Watch me lose my mind
And break the law (Judas Priest)
I'm a metal machine
It's close to midnight and
He's barking at the moon (Ozzy)
I'm a metal machine
the rainbow in the dark is shining (dio)
I'm only metal machine
It's close to midnight and
He's barking at the moon
I'm a metal machine
The kings of metal ride the sky (Manowar I think)
Is this st. anger (Metallica)
The ultimate sin
Or have I really
A black knight within
The gates of Babylon
Are open and wide
Shout at the devil (Misfits)
There's nowhere to hide
Fighting for the world to keep
The wild child in it's cage (Twisted Sister...I think)
Broke my metal heart (Accept)
Against the wall
I'm a metal machine
It's close to midnight and
He's barking at the moon
I'm only metal machine
the rainbow in the dark is shining
I'm a metal machine
It's close to midnight and
He's barking at the moon
Come touch my metal machine
The kings of metal ride the sky
+malemokischmoo well...it's not references, the whole song is made of titles from metal songs from the 80's, every line - the ultimate tribute to old style metal. and yeah it's freaking awesome!
And bark at the moon
malemokischmoo 😂👍🖒
Well listen to metal crue there are a lot of references
Gates of Babylon is a reference to Rainbow
- Some of the bravest, heroic people who ever lived.
Some, yeah.
the B-17 is literally local bomber to angry to die
yes it is B-17 AND BF 109
My grandfather built and piloted them.
You ever played war thunder
Charlie brown can confirm. (See "No Bullets Fly)
Still the best song by Sabaton
For me it's either, great war or fields of verdun, but yeah I can see how this can be they're best
Ya i like red baron and aces in exile
Whenever I listen to sabaton I listen to it when I'm playing a type of a war game either war thunder or some on the ground FPS shooter (mainly world war II based)
Уважуха за такой клип.
I have a phobia, a fear of the dark
Afraid to shoot strangers, the animal talks
Guns scare me shitless, but love gun’s my friend
The Sentinel’s coming, but is this the end?
Riding on this crazy train I’m going paranoid
Watch me lose my mind and break the law
(breaking the law, breaking the law)
I’m a metal machine
It’s close to midnight and he’s barking at the moon
I’m a metal machine
The rainbow in the dark is shining
Unholy metal machine
It’s close to midnight and he’s barking at the moon
I’m a metal machine
The kings of metal ride the sky
Is this st. Anger, the ultimate sin
Or have I really a black knight within?
The gates of Babylon are open and wide
Shout at the devil, there’s nowhere to hide
Fighting for the world to keep the wild child in its cage
Broke my metal heart against the wall
(balls to the wall, balls to the wall)
I’m a metal machine
It’s close to midnight and he’s barking at the moon
Unholy metal machine
The rainbow in the dark is shining
I’m a metal machine
It’s close to midnight and he’s barking at the moon
Come touch my metal machine
The kings of metal ride the sky
Come touch my metal machine
It’s close to midnight and he’s barking at the moon
I’m a metal machine
The rainbow in the dark is shining
Come suck metal machine
It’s close to midnight and he’s barking at the moon
I’m the metal machine
The kings of metal ride the sky
Come blow my metal machine
It’s close to midnight and he’s barking at the moon
I’m a metal machine
The rainbow in the dark is shining
Come touch my metal machine
No, we will never fall
We’re masters of the world
Come suck my metal machine
No, we will never fall
We’re masters of the…
The most beautiful piece of machinery even made.
You have never seen a Me 264
B 29 :Am I a joke to you?
O rock sempre será o rock não tem pra ninguém boas músicas virei fã desta banda
Eu tbm
Você sabe que cenas são essas?
Great song and video. My 2 favorite planes to ever fly, the B-17 and the 109.
Bomber: how did I get messed up in these
Human: same as us, drafted
Perfeito essa musica e com esse clipe ficou 1000000!!!
Just noticed, this video is so good, they even have the rudder trimmed to counter the differential thrust caused by the #2 engine being out!
they do that only on fridays due to fuel shortages. must have been a friday
All the power and energy Sabaton stands for, in amazing fashion! Everytime anyone says Metal is dead, I remember this great band!
But we have to notice that allied bombers had large flocks of escort fighters like the P-51s with them,
and those bombs killed more civillians than military personnel. Those were indiscriminate attacks.
If you are able, I highly recommend that you visit the National Museum of the US Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. The B-17 "Memphis Belle" has been restored and is on display, so close that you can almost touch it.. Admission is free and they have everything on display from a re-creation of the Wright Flyer to actual spacecraft and ballistic missiles.
I went there for a scouting trip, it was experience I tell ya the massive machines were awesome
@@themanwithnoface1357 ะะถถฆหหะะะฟงๆๆฟถฟสฟฟไๆ
Damn. I was actually looking for U.D.O. version of Metal machine but this hell this is some damn good music.
Amo o som dos caras...
This is a time where men , were men , I salute , and only could imagine the things anyone went through , from all sides of the war . Soldiers in battle , not by choice , not want , but duty to their country . I salute all , doing their duty , and honor , fighting for their God , and country , right , or wrong , decided by a higher calling .
Too many commas mate.
4:16 it looks like the music in the shows that are interrupted
Sabatons music is ideal for these fan made videos, their awesome
Bomber group leader: keep air ways clear to the bomb drop
Radio man: blasts metal machine
Bomb leader: crank that shit up
Enemy:"listens to radio transmission's" hold fire, gotta hear this song first
Pretty much
"A Queen dies hard. She doesn’t want to go, no more than any man inside her. You may not believe this. If you don’t, it’s only because you
haven’t been there, and you haven’t watched combat-hardened men cry as a ship goes down; cry as much for the machine as for the men. Because,
you see, when 10 men claimed her for their own, she was no longer just a machine. She was their bomber. That made her special, and made her come
alive.” Martin Caidin, "Black Thursday"
Check out Martin Camden "Flying Forts"
You know your messed with the wrong bomber crew when they go head on towards you
...but you'r in a 109 so you can run circles around them before they turn around and shoot them down anyway. Unfortunately, war doesn't run on pure heroism...
Мой дед был хвостовым стрелком, когда лендлиз перегоняли из Тегерана в Советы.
whenever i listen to sabaton i play war thunder
Another great video, the deeds of the US 8th. Air Force will live forever, thanks to you guys.
Got a chance to see one of these beautiful machines last year. To get close enough to touch and stand next to it being a 6 foot 4 guy. Its amazing to me how small thst plane actually is compared to me. It's beauty will never be matched.
B17 Sperry Ball Turret on the bottom of the plane is what my Dad, William A. (Wild Bill) Elder did for 34 missions over Germany in WWII.
funny. they only flew 25 missions then whent home........... 34 you say? lie much?
@@dolamrothknight Toward the end of the war crews wherein higher demand due to fatalities, and ending of the 25 required mission fulfillment. The crew that Dad was with decided from the beginning that all would stay until every man in that original crew completed their 25 missions. There were always those few who missed missions due to sickness etc. In order for all to complete the rest stayed on and in the end, he completed 34 missions. Of course, you will believe or say what you want there is very little respect these days.
@@dolamrothknight Read this article in its entirety and you will see that at certain points during the conflict the mission tour objectives were change depending on requirements. While it does not specifically prove what I have told you it does verify that mission completion at some point was at 35. I can only relate what my father reported and it was posted in an article about him. This is the link. I would advise before calling someone a liar that you at the very least check your historical facts to determine if it was ever done which this article confirms. Hopefully, when you get older you might learn some respect. warbirdsnews.com/warbird-articles/wwii-b-24-liberator-hot-stuff-setting-record-straight.html
My favorite bomber and my favorite band! Can this get any better!✈
When somebody touch your metal machine
Joakim: **DISSAPOINTING SCREAM**
when you know the words of this song... =))))
"Who touched you Sasha? WHO TOUCHED MY GUN?!" -The Heavy TF2
@@viacheslaw1095 "Come suck my metal machine"
This was my first Sabaton vid I've ever watched. It's been 8 years
I love this video, the song is great, but somehow this video makes it so much better,
One of the best clips ever seen !!!! Thinking of "B17" Heavy Metal movie.
And thanks Yanks 🤘
This song isnt about bombers, this is about the history of metal
And there's something more metal than bombers wasting some cities and land with bombs?
Video was from the movie Memphis Belle. Loved the it.
No it wasn't it's from a movie called fortress that had a low budget
@@frankpurvis9189 could be. Some scenes look like the Belle. That belly gunner looks a LOT like Sam lol
@@jessedupuis4849 they do look similar but it isn't fortress is actually a good movie (for the budget) if you want to watch it
@@frankpurvis9189 ill try to check it out
Respect to our soldiers who fought in battle of ww2🇺🇲🇯🇵🇩🇪
🇬🇧🇫🇷
Only legends never left 😌👍
Very Nice Love music my friends Thank you 💖
B-17, what a wonderful plane.
no the b-29 Superfortress is
No, this is the B-17, B-29 is the "Enola Gay"
Marco Porchetti which dropped a nuke
Exactly.
They still had to modify it (B-29B)
When I hear "Kings of metal rides the sky", I see the Wild Hunt.
the fact that theres a power point presentation makes it better
Wait what
A true Power Metal band.
The air war over Europe has always fascinated me from the early days through the battle of britian to the massive bomber campaign I feel like this is little covered but was so intgeral in winning the war.
I cannot begin to imagine what some of the daylight bombing runs looked like. 1200+ aircraft in formation.
@@Archadies that and the sound they made must have been awesome and terrifying at the same time
The hardest thing a B-17
Ball turret Gunnar could do is survive
B17
The best place to enjoy this video? Standing under the Memphis Belle of course! Thanks for posting!
My favorite coffe and this song, up adrenaline
I use Sabaton like a cheat in my workout.
Respect!
Спасибо вам! =)
une de mes music coup de cœur !!!!!! vive sabaton!!!!!!!!
Franz Franz. Yes Heinz. I touched the metal machine Heinz*starts crying* I touched the metal machine
No heinz no
People do realise this song's a tribute to Metal as a genre, not about any air force
Well i do, not sure about everyone else.
But planes are also metal machines
Rocking stacey
It's not the air force because there was no air force in WWII
I know, but it's still epic
Love this song while training mma
there is a beast in side you, that never surrender
Very nice😁
“if you fight with all your might, there is a chance of life; where as death is certain if you cling to your corner” - Sun Tzu
There is a beast , deep inside you . It will not die , it will fight beckkkk
That flying is so impressive. Both sides.
Me versus the enemies in war thunder:
Except im always the messerchmit :/
@@MyMika2004 bruh
@@legitmusicgaming4749 pilot usually sniped
@@MyMika2004 sad
tail usaully cut loose or wing blow off >.< so untrue but happens 99% of the time to the B17 in war thunder
This video is very well done. One can pick a few nits, but all in all, it is a very accurate depiction of aerial combat and the incredible courage of the men on both sides of those guns. DETAILS: the bombers are marked with the Y of the 5th bomb wing of the 15th USAAF, which flew against the Reich from North Africa and Italy. The German fighters, BF-109's (Often called ME-109's) are in correct markings for the Groups that opposed the 15th. The movements of the aircraft are accurate, though one of those nits is that they closing speeds would have been greater, leaving precious little time to set up a shot. The tactics of the German fighters in making head-on attacks is also accurate. Someone has commented on the unliklihood of a bomber starting a fight with a fighter, but consider this: during the Guadalcanal campaign, Admiral McCain (The late Senator's dad) had to issue an order to his PBY pilots to cease initiating combat against enemy aircraft. The story of the Air War is filled with such acts of desperate courage and fatalism.
My first song what a I heard from Sabaton 4 years ago!
The most epic video ever! Musics AWESOME!!
I can't really imagine what a german pilot could feel when he was flying at full speed in the middle of a bomber formation. Those guys had balls, man!
Space Shuttle Front Gunner they didn’t flying the middle of a b17 bomber formation because that would be a form of suicide they attacked the sides of the formation
@@thewingedhussairs931 I mean yeah except the Elba pilots and the me163 pilots. Those guys had balls of metal.
@@rondrajaeev2957 no not metal, titanium.
Clash of balls really, would be a bit gay even, if not that both absolutely put their lives toward what they believe! What a waste!!!:(
Sabaton Metal Machine HD
Been inside the belly of a B-17 at the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in Oregon, and there's no way those gunners would be standing straight up because I'm 5'9" and I had to stand bent over just so I wouldn't hit my head.
Greetings from Sweden :-)
So many references to other songs in this song
Indeed my friend, indeed
Par exemple?
The song is a tribute to heavy metal, thus the references....in case you were wondering why. :)
3:14
Wing of the B-17 has stopped working.
Well no but actually yes
@@robertbalazslorincz8218 XD
*War Thunder radio sounds* You've got a hole in your right wing!
I'like Sabaton(metal machine)😎
You call a b17 a plane I call it a tank with wings
FUCK YA
The definition of a tank a an armored vehicle with multiple guns. A B-17 is a vehicle, it has multiple guns, it's a tank, but with wings.
@@ToxicityD-Day a tank is a armored vehicle that has tracks and a gun
IL-2 Shturmovik also shares the title of that
This is the time to get dressed up in your robot suit and start doing the 🤖 robot dance.This music is just perfect for it.A bit of mental insanity never goes wrong, just laugh at whatever comes your way.