P-51 Pilot Recalls His First Kill (With REAL Footage)

This is the third video of Ed McNeff's incredible story, including his first kill and how the 355th Fighter Group came to the rescue of a group of B-17 bombers. If you want to watch the other videos from Ed's story, you can find them here!

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[scottmccloud]

What an incredible honor it is to meet these Heroes of WW2. I've met many at the Airshow I worked at. Such modest, humble men. Doing what they could, for a country they loved.

[craighansen]

You are doing a great service to these veterans! They deserve to have their stories told not just for themselves but for the ones who didn't come home!

[dovidell]

thank you for sharing the living testimony of these veterans , many of whom are " leaving us", as the march of time continues

[XHollisWood]

Thank you for your service, courage and sacrifice for freedom 🇺🇸❤️

[Spitfiresammons]

Wow that Ed McNeff's gun camera looks amazing shooting down a bf-109 and strafing burgers can't wait to hear more Ed story.

[athanasioslianoudakis]

Major General Edward P. McNeff passed away 11 days ago.(Today is the 22nd Oct. 2023). As a former Greek Army oficer, I thank him for his efford and for his grate service. My deeply condolence to his family.

[nunyabizness]

My grandfather flew B-17's over Germany. As a kid I remember reading his war journal and the photos he took when he switched the plane over to the bombardier. He passed away about 6 years ago. My aunt is going to send me his uniform, letters, photos and journal this summer. Man I miss him so much.

[briangoldy]

My Son is Disabled War take him to the Tampa/VA for Treatment.. Once in a While I See these Men. WWII always stop walking till they Men are my Hero's...

[jimwiskus]

My uncle was in the 352nd based out of RAF Bodney in England. He was with the Blue-nosed Bastards of Bodney. He always downplayed what he did. I found out later he was in intelligence from my Aunt. He helped plan the bombing runs for the B17’s. He hated it because he felt he was sending them to their deaths. He never got close to the pilots or crews because it hurt him so much. He said the P51 pilots were fearless. I think they all were regardless of what they flew.

[bikeny]

I don't know about the rest of the viewers, but I got goosebumps when you started the 'pushed their throttles to the max' part.

[rjwohlman]

Great interview and keeping history alive. Great job.

[jibeco]

What a wonderful job you've done TJ. The pilot himself telling us those incredible moments on dogfight.

Thank you once again.

[moonshineofthemoon]

Nice job keeping history alive! Keep up the work dude.

[asdf]

I know it’s just digital recreation, but man I don’t know how I would feel as a P51 pilot seeing something like at 3:21…bless those veterans, both the bombers and fighters, that took some major balls/nerves. I heard they lost more fighters strafing ground targets than escorting the bombers, too.

[TJ]

If you want to watch the other videos from Ed's story, you can find them here!

[KyleCowden]

The depth and breadth of the history and connections you've made and are preserving here is phenomenal. In my years around NAS Pensacola (where I vacation and stay on board whenever I can) I've met and sat at the feet of dozens of aviators and pilots from WWII and on.

I've met and talked at length with a survivor of VMF-214 under Boyington. I've met and spoken with astronauts like "Hoot" Gibson. Yet I have precious little records of the history I've been exposed to through these great men and women (yes, I've spoken with a WASP as well). God bless you on this mission of preservation.

[ZOTT]

Please keep up the great work TJ. I look forward to these videos every week and enjoy listening to the Veterans.

[SGusky]

Well done and I love that you bring a personal approach to these videos. Keep up the good work.

[pinstripingbybear.]

I'm always happy to see the notification that you guys posted a new video, keep up the awesome work T3J

[joshjosh]

I live in a small town of 8000 in western Canada.
When I first moved there we had two World War II vets still living and one living quite well.
Now four and a half years later we have none.
Time is passing and we need to collect these stories before it truly is too late.
On a happy note: one of the World War II veterans "Johnny W." taught my son(9) how to play table pool.
His no nonsense approach was perfect.