One Way Flights Into Hell - German Glider Operations Berlin 1945

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  @remy12 · 3 years ago

  The one guy who somehow found a flight out of berlin and made it back to base is equivalent to winning the lottery.

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  @brbhave2p00p4 · 3 years ago

  We are all happy to glide with Felton through WW2's history

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  @marshalleubanks2454 · 3 years ago

  Ironically, 500 tons per day was also the estimate for the needs of the Stalingrad garrison in late 1942. The Luftwaffe couldn't do that either.

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  @donaldelfreth553 · 3 years ago

  I note that Mark never neglects the logistics side of WW2.

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  @KyhleX5996 · 3 years ago (edited)

  Here in Brazil during the 70s there were a lot of german veterans in the south, one of them told a friend of mine a interesting story, they met weekly at a aviation club (both were pilots) and he very rarely spoke of the war, but one day while talking about gliders and non propelled aircraft he told him very briefly of how one of these gliders performed well during &quot;a mission&quot;, when inquired further he said that &quot;it was to take someone out of a prison/camp near the end [of the war]&quot;. For many times later my friend and other folks asked him for more war stories or anything else he might be happy to share, but he would avoid any war related topic and never said anything else about that mission in particular. Prompting my friend and a few others to joke about he&apos;s devotion to keep all his secret to his grave, he was married and had a luger which he practiced shooting with at the local shooting club, to the delight of all the gun nerds of the day, he passed away in the 80s-90s without ever revealing the outcome of that mission and who the rescued prisioner was.<br><br>I feel that this story should not be forgotten, that&apos;s why I&apos;m leaving it here in the comments section, awesome video as always Mark 👏

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  @johngregg5735 · 3 years ago

  Good News: You successfully delivered your glider and it&apos;s cargo to Berlin and were able to fly out<br>Bad News: You&apos;re piloting another glider into Berlin tomorrow...

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  @JonBanning · 2 years ago

  One-way flights into hell? Sounds like every relationship I’ve ever had!

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  @GilturnerknocksoutphonyFloyd · 3 years ago

  My father a US Marine was a combat engineer, flamethrower in the Pacific at 4 horrific battles. Flamethrowers had 50% casualty rate. Hand to hand combat often in the fight against the Japanese. <br>How he survived I don’t know but he was never the same after the war.

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  @Cheduepallottole · 3 years ago

  So much courage, so many efforts, so many sacrificies for an already lost battle.

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  @Penekamp11 · 3 years ago

  That’s fanatic bravery if I ever heard of it.

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  @nematolvajkergetok · 3 years ago (edited)

  Gliders in this role were first used during the siege of Budapest. Initially they landed on a horse racetrack on the Pest side, the eastern bank of the Danube. It was large enough to receive even Ju-52s, although those rarely landed. The glider pilots were usually retrieved by Fieseler Storch and similar light utility planes. <br><br>When the Soviets reached the racetrack, and eventually occupied the entire Pest side, the last landing strip was the Vérmező (Blood Field) in Buda, a military parade ground just below Castle Hill. DFS 230 was the most commonly used type, piloted by young Hitlerjugend members. Many of them crashed, some into nearby rooftops. One of them, delivering a shipment of flour, lodged itself into the attic of a four story apartment building, and its protruding tail was later featured on many iconic wartime photos. (See at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PIqQbDe6mc&amp;t=431">7:11</a>, that&apos;s exactly the one.)<br><br>The wrecks, with many other destroyed equipment, were later gathered in Blood Field, and buried under a few meters of dirt. Conveniently, the parade field was in a several meters deep depression. It was turned into a public park, which it still is to this day.

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  @shauny2285 · 3 years ago

  Glider pilots, the forgotten heros of WW2. As a licensed glider pilot, I endorse these videos. Cheers!

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