Outstanding Douglas B-26 Invader preparation close-ups from the Korean War

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8 ай бұрын

It's September 6 and 7, 1950. The Korean war is about two months old (this corrects an error in the voiceover version for this video), and U.S. Air Force Douglas B-26 Invader bombers prepare to launch sorties form Iwakuni, Japan. Japanese laborers mix napalm into drums and pump the jelled mixture into drop tanks under the wing of a B-26. This collection of B-roll footage of B-26 preparations includes fueling the bombers, and arming their wing-mounted .50-caliber guns as well as a later view of arming the nose guns.
8th Bomb Squadron flight crews scramble over their B-26s to board them. Engines turn over, and the Invaders taxi toward the runway. B-26 Invaders flew the first, and the last, American missions of the Korean war.
As we remember our veterans on this Veterans Day, 2023, we thank those men and women who served in Korea and around the world throughout the years to protect our country and our allies.
I'm Fred Johnsen for the Airailimages Channel. If you appreciate this film, please give it a Thumbs Up.

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@Bob.W. 7 ай бұрын

Friend of mine, Milt C., flew in the B-26 Invader in Korea, after serving on B-17s in WW2. One of the kindest men I've known.

@airailimages 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. Always good to acknowledge those veterans!

@marktaylor8659 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing this video. My father was a navigator/bombardier in B-26s in the latter half of 1952 with the 8th Bombardment Group. He took quite a few photos and always had lots of stories. Wish he was still around to see this video.

@airailimages 7 ай бұрын

And thank you for watching and commenting. Always good to hear from families of veterans, with acknowledgment to those who served.

@rodneydavenport4646 8 ай бұрын

My uncle Terry served on the ground during their freezing winters. I never asked him about it as I asked my dad one time about his time in WWII. A very short answer was given.

@airailimages 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. Always good to hear from the families of veterans. And, yes, some of them just don't want to talk about it. Respects to them all.

@jamesm2407 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for posting this video. My father flew in B-26's in Korea.

@airailimages 8 ай бұрын

You are very welcome. Always appreciate hearing from the families of veterans.

@joeschenk8400 8 ай бұрын

Excellent film of the forgotten men who served in Korea. All honor to everyone who served!

@airailimages 8 ай бұрын

Yes, that is an interesting time in history. It makes me reflect on the Korean War veterans I have known and respected.

@screamingnighthog7155 8 ай бұрын

My late father served with the US 7th Cavalry from September 1950 to August 1951. His battalion lead the breakout from the Pusan Perimeter and later captured Pyongyang.

@truck57us 7 ай бұрын

My late father in law flew the Martin Marauder B-26 during WWII. I did not realize that the Douglas Invader A-26 was in fact redesignated the B-26 in 1948; weird... Thank you for excellent video.

@airailimages 7 ай бұрын

You are very welcome! We have some Martin B-26 Marauder footage coming up tomorrow; hope you will watch it.

@martinpennock9430 8 ай бұрын

As always, thank you, Johnsen, for a great post from our forgotten war. God bless you and your family. God bless all those that served, serve now, and will serve. From one appreciative Marine, thanks for everything you do. God bless the USA!🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

@airailimages 8 ай бұрын

Martin, you are always welcome. It makes me happy that you like what Airailimages does.

@HootOwl513 8 ай бұрын

Interesting tableau. I was at Iwakuni 25 years later. Some of the JN helpers still have their Imperial Japanese Army caps in some clips. Good shots of all the AN/M2 .50 Cal machine guns getting their 9 yards of belts.. Iwakuni [RJOI] had been an IJNAS base during the Pacific War. Here we see it during the Korean Police Action as a USAF facility. Possibly a Joint Ops base, as are most aviation facilities in the WestPac. When I was there it was an MCAS. We still had some of the flimsy woodframe buildings. Also Japan Maritime Self Defense Force had a seaplane base across a channel. They did mostly SAR missions, covering the vast fleets of Japanese commercial fishermen. The city of Hiroshima is about 20 miles away.

@airailimages 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching, and for adding your experiences at Iwakuni.

@Blitz9H 8 ай бұрын

Thank you. Excellent footage. Much appreciated

@airailimages 8 ай бұрын

You are very welcome. Thanks for watching and commenting.

@larryjenkinson5525 8 ай бұрын

🇦🇺 Fascinating video. Thank you.

@airailimages 8 ай бұрын

You are very welcome. Thanks for watching.

@grumpyoldfart1945 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for a great presentation and for the part that most folks never see. The ground crews make all the rest possible.

@airailimages 8 ай бұрын

You are very welcome. Finding film like this is in archives and being able to present it is satisfying.

@thefencepost 8 ай бұрын

Thank you. I have appreciated the war birds all my life. The dedicated people who keep them flying have my utmost respect and thanks. However I wish just once a warbird was kept and flown in it's 'fighting clothes'. No fancy paint job, never washed, oil streaked and dusty. Just the way they were in the day. This would go a long way to show people what it was really like. Warbird owners and crew deserve to take great pride in the work they do but I feel these work horses of war have been sanitized a bit too much.

@skyblazer9137 8 ай бұрын

Spent 1yr in Si Hung Ni Korea in 1957 58th ORD CO.. USARMY EOD. What a mess disarming Ordnance. When people ask where i served and say Korea, they just stare at me... i WOULD DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN. AS THE MARINES SAY OHURAHHH.

@airailimages 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching, and adding your experiences.

@markmiller9838 7 ай бұрын

That slight discrepancy about the time is definitely NOT worth changing narration. I just wanted to let you know I do pay attention to the detail in the videos and listen to what is said. I was in high school when the Korean war began and was a keen observer of the aircraft of the time. I greatly enjoy your videos of those planes and what it took to make them work.

@airailimages 7 ай бұрын

Thanks! I'm happy you enjoy the videos.

@giljeep 8 ай бұрын

superbe images, merci pour la vidéo.

@davidrivero7943 8 ай бұрын

This Plane is special, in Cuban History and it's ill attempt in April 1961 to rid of castros comunismo. Promised Air Support 50 GD miles away never came . Love the City of Dallas Texas and big , slow , American Convertible Cars . Veryyyy much .😊

@markmiller9838 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for an excellent video to remind us of what has been needed over the years to keep America free. One very nit-picky point, however, is that the we were just OVER 2 months into the war in those early days of September, instead of "not quite 2 months into the war...." The Korean war started on June 26th of 1950.

@airailimages 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for commenting -- at this time, I don't know where the math error happened, but I acknowledge your point! I am able to change that in the text accompanying the video, but the narration remains the same.

@cbroz7492 4 ай бұрын

..not yet two months old..the war began in 25 June..it would have been OVER two months old and Inchon, at this time,is just a week or two aeay..

@paulsilva3346 8 ай бұрын

At what point were they switched to A- 26.??? 2:02 andTwo thumbs up..!

@airailimages 8 ай бұрын

Called A-26 from 1942-48. B-26 from 1948-65, later redesignated A-26

@jamcam2760 8 ай бұрын

I thought the B-26 was called the Marauder not Invader.

@airailimages 8 ай бұрын

The Air Force switched up nomenclature. During World War II, the B-26 was the Martin Marauder, and the A-26 was the Douglas Invader. After the war, when all the Martin B-26 Marauders had been retired, the AF changed the designation of the A-26 Invader to become the B-26 Invader.

@jamcam2760 8 ай бұрын

I figured if it wasn't a mistake,it would be a name change. They did the same thing on the Mustang,only with the alpha-numeric designation. The P-51 became the F-51.@@airailimages