Shot down over Warsaw first hand account, 1944

• Aug 8, 2013

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A fantastic first hand account of a B-24 raid over Warsaw in 1944, there are various other videos across the page (Some linked below) which'll no doubt be gold in years to come as the veterans get fewer and fewer.

The use of IL2, real actors and the narration is spot on too! Killed a few hours.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7vfmDyNtEU

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DDBFDsNY4k

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoAgIlNLcM8

Enjoy

 

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Matt308

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Loved the first film about the Warsaw raid. Wonderful.

 

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Matt308 said:

Loved the first film about the Warsaw raid. Wonderful.

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He's a fantastic narrator, and what a story! Can't believe they set out for Warsaw from so far away. Something I never knew

 

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Nor, I. 1760miles! That was certainly at the extremes of range.

 

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Matt308 said:

Nor, I. 1760miles! That was certainly at the extremes of range.

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And the poor bloke who thought he was hopping on a flight to the south of France...!

 

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...for a couple of hours only to endure a 10month internment!

 

• Aug 9, 2013

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Interesting videos! Thanks for sharing.

 

• Aug 11, 2013

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Matt308 said:

...for a couple of hours only to endure a 10month internment!

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as one of the german interrogators said to the fighter pilot....( in perfect english too ), "bet when you got into your plane this morning you didnt think at the end of the day you would be standing here."