Inside: B-17 Flying Fortress 🤩

Sneakpeak of the upcoming Inside the Cockpit tour of a B-17G. You can get early access to Inside the Cockpit by supporting over

[MilitaryAviationHistory]

Sneakpeak of the upcoming Inside the Cockpit tour of a B-17G. You can get early access to Inside the Cockpit by supporting over

[jamescheever]

This is the kind of footage that rarely gets taken or seen ... thank you for posting

[jeffleduc]

Imagine being at 20, 000 feet in that tin can

[RM-nvkd]

My wife's grandfather was a ball turret gunner in the B17....shot down and bailed out...he was a German POW for 2 years...amazing stories...amazing man

[lonelystrategos]

The radio operator position looks the least uncomfortable but I'd take anything over the ball turret. Must've been dreadful to sit in there for hours.

[mikem]

It’s hard to believe that ten brave men climbed aboard each these magnificent, yet terrifyingly fragile aircraft, to fly into hostile airspace and over enemy territory into a maelstrom from hell. And to do so day after day, knowing their number’s coming up, and soon, took a special breed of men. If 500 of these planes took to the air for a single mission, and 200 didn’t return, that’s 2000 men lost. The guy you ate chow with. The guy in the next bunk. The guys you went on a three day pass with last month. All gone.
May God save us from such carnage.

[datra]

My father piloted 39 missions in a G model including two Schweinfurt raids. And in 1945, he was squadron leader in Operation Chowhound.

[shijoejoseph]

This beast has class and character! There is still soul left in him! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[moeba]

RIP to all our b17 flyers who never came home…

[danlovins]

The brave souls that did their duty in these beautiful birds will always stand as men amongst men!

[RT-mmrq]

Imagine being in a B-17 that was out of control from damage. Trying to find the nearest hatch while being thrown around.

[thomasaccuntius]

I took a flight on the B-17 "909" 2 years before it crashed. Walking from the rear to the nose during flight was difficult and LOUD. I have very high praise for all the men who flew on these flying beer cans.

[cphrpunk]

I’m glad you’ve gotten to experience the inside of an operational one, static displays just aren’t the same thing. Hopefully you got to hear and smell it, even better, fly in it.

[ShannonSmithu]

What we see is nothing compared to what you're feeling but it is incredible to see, thank you for that and serving

[craigstynardt]

Impressive! Never seen such detailed views on one of these… grand 🙌 thanks for sharing this with the audience

[ibidesign]

I do believe this is the single most interesting walk-through I have ever seen. Thank you.

[randalwoods]

I always imagined, this is insane, thank you for this man

[dangerpillow]

i noticed the “ear plugs” basket right before the bomb bay on the left wall. very thoughtful of them

[MissMarinaCapri]

So that’s what it looks like where my Dad was during World War Two. Master Technical Sargent, responsible for the maintenance of The Flying Fortress Fifty Caliber Machine Guns. Flying position, tail gunner. Very interesting, thanks for sharing.

[Leeable]

Back when America's military was 2nd to none!. Now they're teaching them about pronouns...smh...just sad.