Reconstucting The C-47 - The Aircraft The Won WWII | That's All Brother

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Reconstucting The C-47 - The Aircraft The Won WWII | That's All Brother | Spark

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In 1944, a C-47 Skytrain nicknamed "That’s All, Brother" left England to drop troops into Normandy. Despite surviving dozens more missions, she disappeared after the war, thought to be destroyed or melted. But a discovery in a scrapyard in 2015 led to a race to save the aircraft that lead the D-day invasion. Follow her detailed restoration and return to the skies.
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@SparkDocs 11 ай бұрын

Hi everyone, part 3 and the finale of That's All Brother is available here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i8dxfcmex9uxhoE.html Don't miss out on her triumphant return to Normandy! 😊

@Wings_Museum Жыл бұрын

Awesome! We have the C-47 That's All, Brother coming to Wings Over the Rockies in CO this week. Can't wait!

@Attack-SineMetu Жыл бұрын

I love that they painted the invasion stripes by hand. Awesome attention to detail. Great video, great airplane - keep ‘em flying forever.

@tesladrive1152 Жыл бұрын

As a 16 year old Civil Air Patrol cadet in Colorado, we were given a chance at the controls of a Air National Guard C-47 as we flew to Kansas and back! One of the highlights of my youth! I'd been in a small single engine Luscomb, but banking this big bird was something else again! Glad to see this plane restored, after that experience 55 years ago!

@philliporne2287 Жыл бұрын

I’ve had the privilege of seeing a C 47 flying in person and what a beautiful site it is

@donjeep1937 Жыл бұрын

In the mid 50,s I was assigned to MAAG in Formosa, as another advisor to the Army of Chiang Ki Shek. I flew to California and landed in Burbank and that was when I got my first ride in a DC3 as that was what American Airlines was flying up to Oakland. My final state side destination was the Army terminal located there. Go forward a year and my buddy and I went on a 4 day R&R to Hong Kong. We flew there in a C-47 along with some Navy guys and their wives. At the end of the R&R we all loaded all the things we purchased in HK, They Navy guys even bought furniture. The main airport at that time was located at the base of a mountain and you landed and took off facing the bay. The plane was overloaded and the pilot just warned us that we might just end up in the bay and we then took off. Great flight... great memories for an old vet.

@stephenwhorton4942 Жыл бұрын

These audio engineers just don't understand their audience. Instead of overdubbing the startup and take-off with pompous victory music, how about miking the sound of those Pratt and Whitney R-1830 twin wasp 14 cylinder radial engines. They have a crackling idle that will arouse any petro head. Soundtrack engineers take note.

@johnbrooks9523 Жыл бұрын

It gets worse. They babbled on about a plane left abandoned in a boneyard & showed images of several wrecks PLUS they craftily inserted faked up images from 1944 of the nose in a feeble effort to display a dilapidated plane "as discovered". We know from other doccos on this plane that it had had previous lives as executive passenger transport & then as a cargo hauler & these clowns expect us to just assume the wreck they "found" was still in 1944 cammo. We also know the original airframe was extensively corroded & that will absolutely be why Bassler kept on passing her over for years instead of giving her the works soon after SHE FLEW INTO BASSLERS UNDER HER OWN POWER IN AIRWORTHY CONDITION. There is no footage & there are no genuine photos of the plane that flew into Basslers. It looks like all the cammo sheetmetal stuck to that repaired airframe came from a donor aircraft. Where are the pics of this project taken when she was stripped back to all that was left salvageable? This whole story reeks of a Disney fairy tale.

@doylefrost4314 11 ай бұрын

I had the distinct pleasure to fly in three different C'47/DC-3's being worked on by a master A&P/I.A. and the two different owners of those aircraft. In one of them, the owner was conducting a sight seeing flight for local reporters, and told me, after we were airborne, to come up front and handle the controls from the right seat. Next time, he was flying it just for the sheer enjoyment, and invited me along, so I gladly went, and was sitting "right seat" for the entire flight. The last time, it was returning another gentleman's plane to him, after we had finished upgrading and servicing it. When the friend and the owner had got her up in the air, and part way down to the destination airport, I was invited to fly "right seat" by the owner and my friend, the mechanic.

@johnfranklin8319 Жыл бұрын

I was working outside one afternoon about fifteen years ago and I heard a distinct sound, I looked up and it was a WW2 vintage airplane flying at approximately 2000 feet, big radial engines banging on, it was such a great sound. I instantly knew it wasn’t a B-17 or a B-24 because it wasn’t four engined. So I took note, “two engines,two tails”, went home later that day and I looked it up, it was a B-25 Mitchell. Still remember that rumbling sound of those old radial engines and it made me think of what it must have sounded like back in WW2 with hundreds of four engine planes above.

@colinhoward74 Жыл бұрын

Having been in C47s twice a week for 6 months in 1985/86 in the BUSH WAR (Angolan Border War) in proper combat ready C47s , each bird is different , our usual plane was in for major maintainance and I climed into its replacement and as it started , it was different , after the first leg of our three legged flight , the Commandant ( 1st pilot) came to me and asked me what I thought and I said something like when are we giving this bucket of bolts back , I want ours back. Well the next flight , on the Saturday , the Major (2nd pilot) came to me and said , we got your plane back ! I have the greatest respect for the C47 , our kite would run log and rats , drop Parabats and do Puff duties every day , during those days the planes worked day and night .

@happyhome41 11 ай бұрын

Love that y'all left the "southern connection" in this production. Excellent video !

@jackjuhasz533 Жыл бұрын

My cousins husband jumped with the 101st on d day. Wayne Stoops, survived and told me many of his adventures. God bless his heart 😊

@yournamehere6719 11 ай бұрын

Wow, those shots over frozen Lake Winnebago, so gorgeous!

@c1ph3rpunk Жыл бұрын

Over the past 15 years I’ve had the chance to see, fly in and support many WW2 era warbirds, TAB included in 2018 & 2019. From the humble PT-17 & T-6, to the B-17, B-25 and B-29, as well as the legendary P-40 and P-51, I’ve felt them all. These are the absolute greatest of aircraft, and are the living representation of the heroes that rode them into our battle for freedom and democracy. That being said, and yes, here comes the “but”… After all of the high profile incidents, many of them both catastrophic and fatal losses, I fear it’s time they hung up their wings for the respectful rest they’ve all more than earned. I never, ever, thought I’d be saying this, but there does come a point, and it terrifies me that it’s either rapidly approaching, or worse, is already here. It saddens me that we may be the last ones that get to experience flying in these machines, but alas, here we are…

@Subreon 11 ай бұрын

Yeah... these things keep happening and these irreplaceable relics keep getting closer to extinction. They are absolutely ancient in aviation standards. They don't have stability systems or precision machined tech modern planes do, and with a lot of canvas, paper mache, wood, etc, even saving them from a minor accident that would merely dent modern planes is unlikely. These are living museum pieces that should get to recline in their rocking chairs on the porch and safely tell their tales forever. If they must be moved around, even if they're capable of flying, transport them in a big cargo plane instead. Because it's neat to keep them airworthy, but just, never actually show it. Like, they coullllld get up and fly at any time, but like an old war vet on their porch telling stories, they really shouldn't be getting up and running anywhere even though they technically could

@laketrump3796 11 ай бұрын

Fantastic Story ! Thanks for sharing it with all of us.

@CJ5EVOLUTION 11 ай бұрын

Great history and greater that this plane is kept back to its glory.

@zeitlerusmc 7 ай бұрын

Awesome story. Can’t imagine the feelings that were going through those young men in 44. 🇺🇸

@etiennenobel5028 Жыл бұрын

Hail to those that keep History alive!

@VeganWithAraygun Жыл бұрын

What is sorely lacking if not rare is any videos on C47s in the 10th USAAF - China Burma India theatre. Try going "over the hump" with any other famous WW2 aircraft.

@douglaschaffin3782 Жыл бұрын

I have a sort of connection to this plane as well. My daughter Nikki, helped work on her restoration when she was in Tulsa. Nikki also got to go to Oshkosh with her as well.

@gokhangokturk7162 Жыл бұрын

This is Legendary

@ThomasGabrielsen 11 ай бұрын

Second World War veterans that didn't like to talk about the war is something I can relate to. Most the old war veterans who were a part of the local partisan groups (e.g. "Milorg") were I grew up didn't like to talk about the war. PTSD wasn't known at the time and only those who were who had visual sign of PTSD were noticed and it was called "shell shock". Most veterans kept the horrifying memories from the war to themselves as there was no help to get anyway.

@paulbotha3249 9 ай бұрын

For all the family and friends that flew in this aircraft, perhaps the most unique air miles ever. Salute.

@moisesperez4605 Жыл бұрын

I just want to commend everybody in this project, that keep in the memory of that great generation, my grandfather was in WWII, also, he rarely talked about it, he’s no longer with us, but this is very important for the generations to come, that we must realize that we must preserve our freedoms, And that reminded me on January 6, that our freedoms are so fragile, that we must be reminded that we must preserve every memory that involves this great generation, God bless all you guys in God bless America.

@graemewilson1400 10 ай бұрын

Here! here! well said my dad was turning in his grave for sure.

@MrDoyle07 Жыл бұрын

Marvelous, splendid, glorious.

@jacksprat9344 Жыл бұрын

It wasn't leaking oil, it was marking its territory.

@camh3958 11 ай бұрын

I was hoping they didn't paint it. The lack of paint showcased all it's been through. It's had that patina that made it appear real. That plane really did lead the invasion of Normandy and it isn't just a recreation disguised as the real thing.

@jamesdellaneve9005 Жыл бұрын

I worked at McDonnell Douglas Aircraft in LB 35 years ago. There were still a few of the original buildings from the WWII days. They have a great museum with interesting artifacts from the old buildings. It’s now Boeing, but they retain the heritage of the old firms. I got to fly in the last DC2. Its like the DC-3/C-47 except that it’s 3 seats wide instead of 4 seats wide. The ailerons are clothe and the wheel spin on takeoff is stopped when retracted by a loop of leather. I am 18 months from retirement now. It’’s been a good run.

@Lamboghini76 11 ай бұрын

That playing remind me of the story of my grandfather who flown during World War II over what they called hump

@nxtround4488 11 ай бұрын

I flew in one in Costa Rica from San Jose to Qepos on the O.P under SANsA AIR back in the late 80's . Bad shape , Fluids were coming out of the engin as we left the runway but boy oh boy it was exciting !!!

@carlfasbinder5746 Жыл бұрын

Saw her at Grimes Field in Urbana, Ohio and again the next day in Xenia , Ohio when she participated in the 100th birthday of PeeWee Martin.

@cody481 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this.

@alexandrostheocharis8439 10 ай бұрын

very emotional !!!!

@chezsnailez 11 ай бұрын

Your C-47 engine is leaking oil? Didn't know Jaguar made radial engines 🤣😂

@graemewilson1400 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this. Dad flew these for 117sq in Burma dropping supplies to ground troops. He never spoke about it much except to take a trip to Canada to catch up with some of his old mates. After the war he flew them again for Ansett air lines here in Oz then was a foundation pilot for TAA. the last aircraft he flew were DC9s.

@gazzpazzer Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this.

@jefffletcher8209 Жыл бұрын

Excellent Channel. Keep up the great work?🇺🇸

@RegHolden Жыл бұрын

Wow... What get story. Enjoyed both documentaries enormously. Thank you.

@donjeep1937 Жыл бұрын

Band of Brother hero Ronald Speirs and the rest made a number of jumps out of these aircraft. He even made 2 jumps in Korea.

@johnpinke784 Жыл бұрын

Was once said the C-47 was the safest airplane that ever flew???

@jimnivens9214 Жыл бұрын

My father jump out of a C47 in WWII as a paratroopers

@hotspur666 11 ай бұрын

During WWII there was nearly 20,000 DC-3 made...Still today there is 300 of them flying and they will fly another 100 years because it is the best airplane ever made! And the best time I ever had as was fly the DC-3! Over 3,000 hours, it is big, it is cheap and easy to operate and it never break! You lose an engine? Just trim a bit and away you got...One time it happen, the fog set all over the east of the USA! No problem...Zero fucking zero, you still go to your usual destination in the thick fog, landing the two wheels right between the white line!

@Go4BrokeOffroad 11 ай бұрын

Man, I'd love to jump out of that thing.

@user-yb9dy3tu4o 9 ай бұрын

Question? did the plane have a single door or the C46 Big door rigging ?Love this vision I flew with those planes in the Aleutians

@fordnut2358 3 ай бұрын

Hi can the link go up for the last video please for when she marks flight over Normandy ,struggling to find please

@LilyandOllieTv 10 ай бұрын

They should have called up Buffalo airways since Buffalo Joe flies to DC-6 all of them that were in the war and still uses them for cargo freight He's the only man with the crew that can repair these on time put them back together restore them

@jozsefizsak Жыл бұрын

It's a wonderful and moving video with just one flaw.The blotchy brown filter to make the historic footage "look old" is a most unfortunate choice. Sepia tone would be sufficient if desired and surely it's already degraded enough without deliberately obscuring some details with that dreadful effect.

@colinhoward74 Жыл бұрын

Any good active C47 Dak on the South West African Border (Namibian Border) in the day seaped a bit of oil , if it didnt , rumour had it , it was out of oil