B-17 crew interviews
Sun Nov 18, 2007 7:09 am
Anyone seen this one? Don't be put off by the first few moments!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgO6DX_9z0I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgO6DX_9z0I
Sun Nov 18, 2007 7:25 am
Dang...I am speechless...thank you for posting that.
Sun Nov 18, 2007 11:45 am
Wow, Great Stuff, thanks for posting... 
I actually have a DVD with some AAF Fighter Pilots giving the same type of interviews right after the fun filled D-Day Mission. They're still wearing thier cruddy D-Day flight gear, etc. However, They all have that exact same loss for words & "Deer in the Headlights" attitude & phoney baloney "We'll Gettem' Next Time Boys" speeches as seen in these B-17 interviews. A real shame They didn't have more to say, but You can still imagine some of the incredible sights & sounds they must have seen just a few hours before... Digger
I actually have a DVD with some AAF Fighter Pilots giving the same type of interviews right after the fun filled D-Day Mission. They're still wearing thier cruddy D-Day flight gear, etc. However, They all have that exact same loss for words & "Deer in the Headlights" attitude & phoney baloney "We'll Gettem' Next Time Boys" speeches as seen in these B-17 interviews. A real shame They didn't have more to say, but You can still imagine some of the incredible sights & sounds they must have seen just a few hours before... Digger
Mon Nov 19, 2007 8:56 am
I've said it on other threads, others have also; to me, it's just incredible how they can look so young and so old at the same time...............
Mon Nov 19, 2007 5:22 pm
The Bird Colonel at the beginning looks alot like the later-to-be-General Curtiss LeMay.
Mon Nov 19, 2007 6:06 pm
Really great stuff!
Neat to see the "raw" footage of old interviews.
I also like the Navigator wearing his B-3 jacket over his A-2 Jacket.
Must have been a little cold up there!
Jerry
Neat to see the "raw" footage of old interviews.
I also like the Navigator wearing his B-3 jacket over his A-2 Jacket.
Must have been a little cold up there!
Jerry
Tue Nov 20, 2007 1:50 pm
different time - the bombardier and navagator wearing ties. And I swear that little ball turret gunner is gotta only be 17-18.
Tom P.
Tom P.
Tue Nov 20, 2007 2:26 pm
WOW! Thanks for sharing these! Speaking of how young and old they look - war really ages a person fast - my 22 year old kid brother was in the 82nd Airborne and served a combat tour in Iraq two years ago - he came back home a much older person.
Zack
Zack