Skyraider Rescue!

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  @Yarnhub · 1 year ago (edited) · pinned

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  @spaddriver1957 · 4 years ago

  Fisher and Meyers were not the only ones there that day!. My father was the third spad there that day. While fisher made that rescue, dad was strafing the troops trying to capture Meyers and shot up fisher&apos;s plane.<br> When he ran out of ordnance to hit the enemy. He would make ultra low passes trying to as he said &quot;cut their heads off&quot;.<br>He was awarded the Air Medal for his actions that day.<br>He went on after the military to have a twenty year career with Pan Am.<br>Lost him in &apos;94.

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  @manicmechanic448 · 4 years ago

  My uncle Joe, a Vietnam vet, told me about a pilot that took off in a C-130 from a runway that was being overrun. Dodged machine gun fire, and an RPG. Never took a hit. I reckon he saved a bunch of soldiers as well.

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  @Darthbelal · 4 years ago

  The A-1 Skyraider was a supposedly obsolete WWII aircraft. &nbsp;The very things people would see as detractions of such an aircraft also made it invaluable during the Vietnam conflict. &nbsp;It was slow but nimble. &nbsp;It could get down in the weeds where the pilots could tell friend from foe and act accordingly. &nbsp;Unlike the fuel guzzling jets at the time, the Skyraider could both carry a heavy weapons load AND stay on station for quite a while. &nbsp;The Skyraider also could take a beating and still keep flying. &nbsp;Skyraiders would fly into North Vietnam and aid in the rescue of downed American pilots. &nbsp;It was very remarkable aircraft.<br><br>I do believe that turboprop aircraft like the Super Tucano and others have a place on the modern battlefield where the ultra slow flying, low altitude, maneuverable airplane with a long loiter time backed up by a ton of weapons weapons would be an invaluable asset to our infantry in close combat......

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  @Donity · 4 years ago

  I had the pleasure to see the A-1 at an air show recently… it’s a beautiful plane, and this is beautiful animation.

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  @mirzascape · 4 years ago

  Fisher’s son was my high school councilor, and did a speech about this very rescue. It was always so cool to hear it from as close to the source as one can get nowadays. If I still knew how to contact him I’d absolutely send this his way.

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  @-ragingpotato-937 · 4 years ago

  Fun fact! Something like this had already happened before in WW2, when Flight Officer Richard Andrews landed his P-38 to rescue Captain Richard Willsie from a combat zone. By incredible coincidence, Andrews went on to be the pilot of the second A-1 that fought alongside Fisher in this video.

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  @polarjet1833 · 4 years ago

  I swear the A-1 Skyraider is one of the most beautiful aircraft with the most idiotic story of how it came to be used in Vietnam

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  @Terminator850 · 4 years ago

  The animations get better every single video, eventually Yarnhub&apos;s animations will look better than real life.

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  @StarflightProductions · 4 years ago

  Can we talk about how advanced Yarnhub&apos;s animations have become? The way they show planes and people are phenomenal

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  @iowa_lot_to_travel9471 · 4 years ago

  Had the honor of taking care of Mr Fisher in his remaining years. Quite the gentleman. And the stories grandpa has of them in their youth. 👍💪🇺🇸

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  @nematolvajkergetok · 4 years ago

  There was a similar story in 1944, on the Eastern front. A Hungarian Bf-109 pilot landed behind Soviet lines to rescue his downed wingman, snatching him away from under the nose of Soviet infantry. Quite a feat considering that the Messerschmitt was a single seat fighter, and it was notoriously prone to undercarriage failure, so landing one in deep snow, on unknown terrain was outright crazy.

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