WWII Spitfire recon footage.

[RED333]

Thanks so much for sharing.

[M99SavNut]

Had seen this one before. Brought tears to my eyes this time, too.


Thanks.

[GabbyM]

Excellent video. Reverse lend-lease did happen, USAAC did fly some Spits. The MkXI (and all PR varients) were produced in fairly small numbers, most had no idea they existed. The fighter versions did indeed have a fairly short range being designed for the beginning as almost point defense fighters. Removing armament and increasing fuel capacity made a big difference in endurance. Most had no idea that PRU blue was an "official" color scheme as well. Much of the US PR work done in Europe and the Pacific involved the F6, which was the PR conversion of the P51 series.

Reverse lend lease. That's a new term. We and the Canadians built Rolls Royce engines and finished aircraft for the Brits.
Piles of Hawker Hurricanes. I don't have numbers here but they didn't use the term arsenal of democracy for nothing. Tanks and trucks. Most support was given away to the Soviets.
Since FDR was a Communist after all. Fifty thousand plus aircraft. Quarter of a million Studebaker trucks. On and on it went. We invaded Iran to take over the rail road for shipping this stuff to them. Then at the end of WWII according to the Communist politicians. They were to powerful to fight.

[MaryB]

Way cool! And the emotions going across his face said it all.

[Charley]

Hurricanes were built in Canada in fairly large numbers. Not built in the US, though. Packard built a huge number of Merlins, though.

[Bzcraig]

That is amazing, thank you for posting it! I had a smile on my face the entire time I watched it!

[prsman23]

Just remembered the name of the program I saw on these planes and the whole operation.
It was called 3D spies on Nova.
If you have Netflix it's on there.

[WILCO]

That is amazing, thank you for posting it! I had a smile on my face the entire time I watched it!

Ditto for me!

[reloader28]

Cool story I'd seen before, but it was still great this time.

Wish I could remember what my paternal grandpa flew.
I thought it was a B-24 but couldnt verify the right plane on google. Maybe it wasnt.
It was a twin tailed bomber. I'm terrible on the compooter.

Grandpa joined the Air Corp to see the world, but they made him an instructor and he never left the states. He was ticked.
My maternal Grandpa was in the Pacific.

[M-Tecs]

Consolidated B-24 Liberator

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-24

[reloader28]

Thanks.
I did see that one, and maybe thats the one.
For some reason I was thinking that it actually had like twin fuselage bodies behind the wings instead of one like normal planes, I just worded it wrong.
I guess that must be it though. I must be thinking of something else.

[M-Tecs]

Lockheed P-38 Lightning

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_P-38_Lightning

This is a fighter not a bomber. I am not aware of any twin fuselage US bombers. They also did some that used P-51 Mustangs but they didn't see service in WWII.

North American F-82 Twin Mustang

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_A...2_Twin_Mustang

[Charley]

Thanks.
I did see that one, and maybe thats the one.
For some reason I was thinking that it actually had like twin fuselage bodies behind the wings instead of one like normal planes, I just worded it wrong.
I guess that must be it though. I must be thinking of something else.

Possibly a P-61 Black Widow. Primarily a night fighter.

[reloader28]

Thanks guys.
I do know it was a B-24, for some reason I got the tails confused.

Sorry for the hi-jack.

[Charley]

My mom built B-24s at Consolidated's plant in Ft Worth, Texas. She was a riveter, worked in the fuselage waist position.

[fouronesix]

I too have watched that Spitfire recon documentary before but did enjoy it again!
NOTHING like the sound of a Spitfire or Mustang coming in low and fast