Arctic Ghost Planes

2024 ж. 9 Мам.
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Up in the Arctic are forgotten WWII aircraft. Here are some of the best preserved.
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Thanks: Jason Pineau; Ed Patten; Guiseppe Milo; Hansueli Krapf; Joshua Hensley; Eielson Air Force Base; Bureau of Aircraft Accidents, Canada; Bjorn Palmqvist; Shaun Herbst; R'lyen Imagining; Pacific Wrecks; NASA; Mark Harkin.

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  • *"Perhaps one day it will be recovered and restored."* You can really hear the strained desperation behind those words.

    @MrFiddleedee@MrFiddleedee3 жыл бұрын
    • I can relate. RCAF 2195, Lockheed PV-1 Ventura, was recovered from 50nm north of Yellowknife NWT in 1988. The Ventura Memorial Flight Association has been wanting to restore it airworthy and historically accurate ever since then. We know alot about Vents, but not fundraising.

      @darrenpaches3731@darrenpaches37312 жыл бұрын
  • Quarantine legend

    @zero_meercat8624@zero_meercat86244 жыл бұрын
    • Lol!

      @marcoAKAjoe@marcoAKAjoe4 жыл бұрын
    • Are you infected? You are not in quarantine if you are not infected. Look up definition of quarantine.

      @Arcticfox7@Arcticfox74 жыл бұрын
    • I love this channel and narrative! It feels just like the old-school Discovery Channel war documentaries I've been missing since Discovery went downhill 15 years ago.

      @emilen2@emilen24 жыл бұрын
    • @@Arcticfox7 language is descriptive, not prescriptive. Common usage includes the use of quarantine as a precaution by isolation to stop infection. Chill

      @stevenhale2935@stevenhale29354 жыл бұрын
    • @@Arcticfox7 always a person who dose not it try to ruin it

      @learnfromyourmistakes5672@learnfromyourmistakes56724 жыл бұрын
  • Fun fact: Crew from the German submarine U-537 set up an automated weather station in sub-arctic northern Labrador, Canada in 1943. Codenamed 'Kurt', this forgotten unmanned weather station was discovered in the early 1970s, but only identified as German in 1981.

    @trollking99@trollking994 жыл бұрын
    • Another cool fact - Dr. Felton has a video about it!

      @sslaytor@sslaytor2 жыл бұрын
    • @@sslaytor really, do you know the title? I discovered his channel recently and have been going through past videos.

      @gilbert8162@gilbert81622 жыл бұрын
    • @@gilbert8162 Sure. It is: Ice Station Kurt - The Secret German Mission to Canada

      @sslaytor@sslaytor2 жыл бұрын
    • Is the automated station still there?

      @davidpeters2783@davidpeters2783 Жыл бұрын
    • @@davidpeters2783 No, it was moved to the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.

      @trollking99@trollking99 Жыл бұрын
  • Curiosity: The Avro Lancaster who crash landed in Sweden in the beginning of the clip is called Easy Elise. She was one of the famous "Dambusters" who helped to bomb Tirpitz in Norway.

    @aceeastwood2871@aceeastwood28714 жыл бұрын
    • Get out !

      @vincentconti3633@vincentconti36334 жыл бұрын
    • @@flogarv7007 that's kinda of sad tbh

      @riograndedosulball248@riograndedosulball2484 жыл бұрын
    • @@riograndedosulball248 I think it's a neat way of giving a piece of history to live on.

      @ryanslattery2977@ryanslattery29774 жыл бұрын
    • Rio Grande do Sul Ball not sad its stepping on nazi ships that were wastes of resources

      @TOO_TALL305@TOO_TALL3054 жыл бұрын
    • @@vincentconti3633 stfu

      @nicholassammons3881@nicholassammons38814 жыл бұрын
  • Everybody's talking about the summer in April. Mark Felton sends us arctic ghost planes from the polar wastelands.

    @henridelagardere264@henridelagardere2644 жыл бұрын
    • At the moment we have the sunshine but the wind does have an arctic touch to it still. So still somewhat appropriate.

      @bigblue6917@bigblue69174 жыл бұрын
    • I'm pretty sure April is still spring

      @alphacentauri34@alphacentauri344 жыл бұрын
    • Yeah ... there's about six inches of snow and a winter storm warning where I'm at in Colorado right now.

      @quillmaurer6563@quillmaurer65634 жыл бұрын
    • Well....not here in Canada

      @andyhuang1766@andyhuang17664 жыл бұрын
    • @Stephen Turner or quarters

      @TH-bj1pb@TH-bj1pb4 жыл бұрын
  • Mark Felton: *shows footage of a C-47 taking off that includes sound* Also Mark Felton: *pauses narration so we can enjoy listening to the C-47 fly over* Thank you for that. It's the little things.

    @ARedCatJoe@ARedCatJoe4 жыл бұрын
    • Great footage of Whiskey 7 at its home base grass strip in Geneseo NY!

      @zachweibel3716@zachweibel37162 жыл бұрын
  • 8:50 - The destruction of Kee Bird was a travesty. Had they focused on recovery (in parts), instead of trying to fly it out (loaded with recovery machinery), it could now be a spectacular flying craft, and not a smoke stain on a frozen lake.

    @timdake@timdake4 жыл бұрын
    • The very first time I saw the story I was wondering why they didn’t have fire extinguishers at the ready during the prep and engine runs. Then it caught fire and burned to the ground. Idiots.

      @ogaugeclockwork4407@ogaugeclockwork44074 жыл бұрын
    • VERY TRUE! The recovery attempt was a "heads up one's arse" affair. A waste of almost criminal proportions!

      @THE-HammerMan@THE-HammerMan4 жыл бұрын
    • That gasoline powered generator was called the 'putt-putt' in official US Aiforce training films. You may find that video still around here somewhere.

      @AudieHolland@AudieHolland4 жыл бұрын
    • It had a gas fueled heater to warm up the interior, (wasn't OEM, but put in by a ground crew) that caught on fire and destroyed the airplane. It had 4 overhauled engines and props installed and was making power runs in prep of takeoff....was a shame.

      @flyingtoday@flyingtoday4 жыл бұрын
    • They did a PBS-TV presentation about it, which included film of the fire. What a shame.

      @joeyjamison5772@joeyjamison57724 жыл бұрын
  • I canoed down the yukon river some years ago, and found an abandoned airstrip and barge that were probably used as a resupply point for the planes headed to russia. There were no planes, but there were old fuel bunkers, a hangar, and some outbuildings.

    @hosmerhomeboy@hosmerhomeboy4 жыл бұрын
    • Interesting

      @leisaben@leisaben4 жыл бұрын
    • Where in the Yukon was this?

      @-Cheif@-Cheif2 жыл бұрын
    • @@-Cheif in the third row seats

      @gearbanginentertainment7476@gearbanginentertainment74762 жыл бұрын
  • Learnt more from watching this channel than I ever did from history class in school!😂

    @cal-efc8062@cal-efc80624 жыл бұрын
    • Cal-EFC 1878 right!!??

      @localenterprisebroadcastin5971@localenterprisebroadcastin59714 жыл бұрын
    • As a prospective history teacher, it hurts that time can’t be spared to discuss stuff like this

      @BruceTheSpruce97@BruceTheSpruce974 жыл бұрын
    • And best, it is just facts, no propaganda!

      @tompaul2591@tompaul25914 жыл бұрын
    • Sorry your history classes weren't very good.

      @bryceanderson4864@bryceanderson48643 жыл бұрын
    • You should be reminded that known history of humanity being taught in school starts from around 10k BCE while airplane history is just over 100 years. I sincerely hope your comment was meant as a stupid following of the trend of common YT comments. Otherwise, you are most unfortunate getting that low quality of education and should search the ways to improve.

      @lauraiss1027@lauraiss10273 жыл бұрын
  • One weekend they brought in a old C-47 at a skydiving event in Florida. I made 7 jumps out of the aircraft that weekend, and on Sunday night, I saw a bunch of other guys standing around oooing and awwing, laughing and pointing at some old books. It turned out it was the logs of that C-47, that had made 500 runs during the Berlin airlift and had also crashed twice in its career. It still flies to this day back-and-forth from Seattle to Fairbanks, Alaska transporting salmon down South and grocery goods back up North. What a rugged, reliable and versatile aircraft.

    @sussekind9717@sussekind97174 жыл бұрын
  • The surge of dopamine when you hear the intro music and know you are about to hear some cool history stories.

    @romigithepope@romigithepope4 жыл бұрын
  • I was deployed to Eielson AFB more than a few times and actually sat on the "Lady of the Lake" when the lake was frozen. It was way cool. Unfortunately, no one told me that it had been flying through Atomic Clouds and might have still been radio active. One more thing I need to deal with during Lockdown 2020.

    @kysersose3924@kysersose39244 жыл бұрын
    • You will go trought this no worries

      @ProEFESDEZ@ProEFESDEZ4 жыл бұрын
    • Unless you physically inhaled/swallowed cesium or strontium isotopes, you'll be fine. HIGHLY refined materials are also HIGHLY unstable(think gasoline/alcohol).

      @htos1av@htos1av4 жыл бұрын
    • Why are there atomic clouds I'm dumb

      @belgianfried@belgianfried4 жыл бұрын
    • Yep me too did a fair bit of work up there for Det460

      @deepbludude4697@deepbludude46974 жыл бұрын
    • @Luther Smith Cool! But if you need to put a piece of fruit in a beer to make it drinkable, it's NOT GOOD BEER in the first place! Corona beer really is "panther piss" beer! Drink GOOD beer, my friend!

      @THE-HammerMan@THE-HammerMan4 жыл бұрын
  • I think its to great that Mark is having such great success with his channel. Intelligent, accurate, well researched and interesting commentary really hits home. Keep them coming Mark, well done!

    @Intentto@Intentto4 жыл бұрын
  • Our grandad perished aboard HMS Celendine conveying goods to the Sowjets in 1943 aged just 31, never meeting his own son. Cherishing his Baltic Star medal. And James Donald Cameron is immortalized upon Birkenhead Cenotaph and Naval gravestone in Landican Cemetery. CWGC are also, unsung, heroes.

    @DaveSCameron@DaveSCameron4 жыл бұрын
  • We live in Tennessee and in 1964, my oldest sister received for her high school graduation a plane ticket to Columbus Mississippi. She flew on a DC3 for Southern Airways, an airline long since gone

    @jerryumfress9030@jerryumfress90303 жыл бұрын
  • When I was a kid at cocos islands there were several crashed planes at the end of the airstrip from ww2 apparently they had crash landed during the war and they would just push them off the runway.

    @pweter351@pweter3514 жыл бұрын
    • @Herbert B. Bondsh Absolutely. There's not much left of the Repulse and Prince of Wales. Pre-Hiroshima steel is worth it's weight in gold, so it's not unexpected I suppose.

      @PhantomP63@PhantomP634 жыл бұрын
    • @@PhantomP63 The HMS Exeter is completely gone.

      @daspotato895@daspotato8954 жыл бұрын
  • As seen on Top Gear I love stuff like this, thanks for the vid!

    @aidenmclaughlin1076@aidenmclaughlin10764 жыл бұрын
    • Thought the same LOL

      @Sirraoul@Sirraoul4 жыл бұрын
    • Which episode? Sad I can't remember it, guessing it was the special where one of them attaches a bog seat to the back of their car, and they shoot SPAM with a shotgun?

      @Bullet4MyEnemy@Bullet4MyEnemy4 жыл бұрын
    • Bullet4MyEnemy it’s the arctic special, S9 E7

      @ollie1154@ollie11544 жыл бұрын
    • including the famous Bumper Dumper. "Clarkson! You insufferable oaf!"

      @vaclav_fejt@vaclav_fejt4 жыл бұрын
    • @@vaclav_fejt Very un-funny! Idiot! (That happened the 2nd time the Hilux set off whilst the spaniel was still on the bog...)

      @brianwong7285@brianwong72853 жыл бұрын
  • 3:56 that's the Geneseo Airshow in Upstate NY and that C47, named "Whiskey 7", is a local celebrity around here. She even returned to Normandy for the 75th anniversary of D-day last year.

    @thenewpatticakes4214@thenewpatticakes42144 жыл бұрын
  • 3:48 that is Whisky 7, belonging to the National Warplane Museum in Geneseo, NY. I had the pleasure of going for a flight a couple years back when my fiancee (now wife) purchased a ticket for me as a gift. Whisky 7 actually flew in combat in both the Mediterranean and Normandy campaigns. A true workhorse!

    @Rob-no6lx@Rob-no6lx2 жыл бұрын
  • My Great grandfarther served in the arctic convoy. My mum said he never spoke about it but when he did he talked about ice on the inside of his cabin up to 3 inches thick. He never received a medal from Britain until recently after he had passed away. Must of been a horrific convoy to be apart, not talked enough about if you ask me

    @charlieauckland@charlieauckland3 жыл бұрын
  • It's incredible to see the durability of these airframes, particularly the transport aircraft. Great video as always Mark!

    @mpersad@mpersad4 жыл бұрын
    • Its interresting to see that some are used as their intended role. I heard of many DC-3s/C-47s being used in remote regions.

      @whoareyou1034@whoareyou10344 жыл бұрын
  • Thank you Mark for these wonderfull historical videos. As a therapist in a Nursing home I used to tell all these interesting facts to a resident I took care of who loved hearing about them. We had hours of interesting conversations because of your work! Sadly the man I'm talking about died two days ago from Covid 19. I will miss our conversations!

    @Moghwacy723@Moghwacy7234 жыл бұрын
    • Absolute respect . . .

      @loddude5706@loddude57064 жыл бұрын
    • It would seem that you lost a friend rather than a resident.

      @markfryer9880@markfryer98804 жыл бұрын
    • That is sad, thank you for sharing. All the best in Belgium, from South Carolina.

      @KrisWustrow@KrisWustrow4 жыл бұрын
    • That is sad, thank you for sharing. All the best in Belgium, from South Carolina.

      @KrisWustrow@KrisWustrow4 жыл бұрын
    • @@markfryer9880 Absolutly I lost many elderly friends in the last three weeks! It is a total disaster. Thanks for your support!

      @Moghwacy723@Moghwacy7234 жыл бұрын
  • I’ve had the honor to see this C-47 3:53 in person, and I got the rare opportunity to go inside it aswell. It’s nickname is “Whiskey 7” and from what I recall hearing about it is that it took part in D-Day and continued on throughout the European campaign. Such an amazing piece of history.

    @jeffbruh3253@jeffbruh32532 жыл бұрын
  • I love your narration in your videos, the pronunciation of difficult proper nouns of foreign origin are always spot on. Your research of rare portions of history make each and every one of your videos quite an educational and informative experience. Thank you.

    @williamcharles9480@williamcharles94803 жыл бұрын
  • You can find a PBS Nova program on the recovery attempt of KEE BIRD, called "B-29: Frozen in Time." Interesting story.

    @stevew6138@stevew61384 жыл бұрын
    • Glad I checked the comments I was going write the same suggestion, hopefully this helps kzhead.info/sun/dqlympGPlmqLhq8/bejne.html

      @nigel-Rollercam-channel@nigel-Rollercam-channel4 жыл бұрын
    • It is an interesting story....However it's also quite a controversial one too.

      @Kamina1703@Kamina17034 жыл бұрын
    • I've only watched it once. It's too painful to watch. Seriously

      @nathangreer8219@nathangreer82194 жыл бұрын
    • Yeah watched it years ago and was quite disappointed at the end. No reason it should have burnt up. Laziness and poor fire equipment led to its demise.

      @dieselman8v923@dieselman8v9234 жыл бұрын
    • I thought of that as soon as I saw this video. It's a fascinating documentary but also heartbreaking for a number of reasons.

      @SlartiMarvinbartfast@SlartiMarvinbartfast4 жыл бұрын
  • You never fail to keep me intrigued! You really are an amazing story teller

    @Spacevoyager-yi3gg@Spacevoyager-yi3gg4 жыл бұрын
    • Thank you! 😊

      @MarkFeltonProductions@MarkFeltonProductions4 жыл бұрын
  • 50 years ago in the summer of 1970, I was with the Canadian Army on an arctic training exercise and there were 3 planes there, one was 2 engine C47 type and one was a Lancaster type plane with the 2 vertical tail fins and the 3rd one was a more modern passenger plane. I often wondered whatever happened to those 2 old warbirds.

    @davidmellott5049@davidmellott50493 жыл бұрын
  • Thank you so much for your avidness and dedication to this part of history. Thank you for all your efforts and time. Well done as always!

    @Modest9009@Modest90094 жыл бұрын
  • I still don't understand how some organization hasn't recovered these relics. They have to be worth some money. Edit: I realize cost is the main reason, but there must of been more than one crackpot millionaire with a historical interest to fund an expedition of sorts. The engines alone would be worth a small trip(several months of extensive travel, and salvage).

    @LostShipMate@LostShipMate4 жыл бұрын
    • One word: cost

      @MrNextMx@MrNextMx4 жыл бұрын
    • Cost too large and they are in remote regions that's why a lot of them got stripped if you disassembled what's left it would be destroyed completely

      @mrhamburger6936@mrhamburger69364 жыл бұрын
    • Glacier Girl P-38

      @fromaggiovagiola9128@fromaggiovagiola91284 жыл бұрын
    • Let them rest where they are. Their stories ended there and that’s why they’re interesting enough to be in a video.

      @robbiecotner3666@robbiecotner36664 жыл бұрын
    • See my main comment on a reason why...truly is sad

      @johnwkindig1613@johnwkindig16134 жыл бұрын
  • Hey Mark! Thank you for making the professional and interesting history videos! They're great.

    @tatedelarosa3307@tatedelarosa33074 жыл бұрын
    • Glad you like them!

      @MarkFeltonProductions@MarkFeltonProductions4 жыл бұрын
  • As soon as hear your musical opening i know im about to learn something

    @tommycolton4971@tommycolton49714 жыл бұрын
  • Whenever that intro tune starts playing I always know something good is coming up! This was, as usual, an intriguing WW2 topic I wasn't aware of.

    @Decadent36@Decadent364 жыл бұрын
  • I love that your channel is growing. I remember when you were sitting at 200k, which was even that long ago

    @thatguysky123@thatguysky1234 жыл бұрын
    • I remember when he only had 10 videos

      @Collectorfirearms@Collectorfirearms4 жыл бұрын
    • I remember him before he was a doctor.

      @ColinH1973@ColinH19734 жыл бұрын
    • I'm not even sure just how long I have been watching his videos.

      @markfryer9880@markfryer98804 жыл бұрын
    • @@Collectorfirearms I remember him from before video was invented, and I used to listen to him using 2 cocoa tins linked with string.

      @ColinH1973@ColinH19734 жыл бұрын
    • @@ColinH1973 I doubt it, since 'cocoa tins' are very unreliable beyond 20 feet....

      @76reliant@76reliant3 жыл бұрын
  • I was surprised that the P-38 Lightning "Glacier Girl", recovered from Greenland and restored to flight, wasn't mentioned. Good video just the same.

    @nigel900@nigel9004 жыл бұрын
  • love your work felton, you put in alot of effort to keep us entertained in these hard times

    @banzaibanana7950@banzaibanana79504 жыл бұрын
  • I remember seeing regularly a Dakota fly over Bromborough/UK in the mid '80's... I believe it was a Royal Mail flight to the IoM, The sound was distinctive and it took ages to fly over. Thanks for the reminder of Happy Days Mark!

    @whisthpo@whisthpo4 жыл бұрын
  • Fascinating. Appreciate the vids. Always so interesting. Cheers!

    @luissantiago5163@luissantiago51634 жыл бұрын
    • Thanks for watching!

      @MarkFeltonProductions@MarkFeltonProductions4 жыл бұрын
    • @@MarkFeltonProductions Always enjoy. Keep up the great work

      @luissantiago5163@luissantiago51634 жыл бұрын
    • @@MarkFeltonProductions I have to say your video's are excellent in both content and production..! You should consider making videos covering historical events , copyright them and sell to schools for history class !! Between your narration talent, and music selection.....it grabs people's attention.........you got a winning formula here!! ...just saying....

      @Sean2002FU@Sean2002FU4 жыл бұрын
  • Buffalo Airways out of Canada still has a C-47 on a regularly scheduled flight between arctic destinations. Anyone can book a flight on it.

    @conradmcdougall3629@conradmcdougall36294 жыл бұрын
    • They also use c46's for cargo as well. I am surprised the McBryans haven't had a go at getting parts off the downed C 47s

      @marklittle8805@marklittle88054 жыл бұрын
    • Buffalo Airways no longer operates the DC-3/C-47 in scheduled passenger service. That ended a couple of years ago if memory correct.

      @viscount757@viscount7573 жыл бұрын
  • Thank you for your invaluable contributions to military history - and thus also to HISTORY in general per se - by publishing a seemingly endless series of clips(?) revelations(?) and, what have you, regarding every aspect of historical facts. I enjoy whatever comes out of your - obviously - innovative mind. Hans Strömberg Sweden

    @hansstromberg5330@hansstromberg53304 жыл бұрын
  • Thanks for shedding light on these forgotten aircraft. Great video Mark !

    @ericmcquiston9473@ericmcquiston94734 жыл бұрын
  • I remember watching the 'Nova' episode on the 'Kee Bird' recovery. They came so close to flying it out but a generator popped loosed on the rough ice runway and started a fire. They'd replaced the tires, props, changed fluids and had everything ready and tested. One the mechanics literally worked himself to death in the process and all for nothing.

    @tomservo5347@tomservo53473 жыл бұрын
    • +Tom Servo Not a loose generator. They neglected to fix a fuel pump and ran the generator with jerry can of gas. The generator must be running on the ground and for low engine RPM.

      @FiveCentsPlease@FiveCentsPlease3 жыл бұрын
  • I remember there was a P-38 recovered there named Glacier Girl. She still flies today I think.

    @alwayscurious3357@alwayscurious33574 жыл бұрын
  • I visited the lady of the Lake in the late 80 when I was stationed at Eielson... there's another one nearby...

    @Yosemite-George-61@Yosemite-George-612 жыл бұрын
  • FASCINATING story Dr. Mark! Many Thanks!

    @daveallman3981@daveallman39813 жыл бұрын
  • As a child my father was in the Air Force and we were stationed at Eilson AFB in Fairbanks. In base housing we would go to the gravel pit and use wooden pallets to raft out to the intact B-29 that was half submerged in the artificial lake. This was in 1960. I wonder if it is still there almost 60 years later.

    @sacluvsBM@sacluvsBM4 жыл бұрын
    • Yep, it is. Walked out on the ice and touched its tail last year when I was there on an exercise.

      @hatman4818@hatman48184 жыл бұрын
  • My granddad flew for the RAF, pre ww2 over the hump in a c 47, later in a training role mostly in Canada. He crash landed a 4 engine bomber on the tundra, he and the crew stayed with the plane while parts were flown in to repair it, then took it the rest of the way back. Theres one that didnt quite become a ghost plane.

    @nightshadefern162@nightshadefern1624 жыл бұрын
  • Fascinating stuff Mark, thanks for sharing.

    @steve1962@steve19624 жыл бұрын
  • I rode on a commercially operated DC-3 back in 1973 from Ramey Air Force Base (closed since '73) in Northwest Puerto Rico to San Juan. My recollection of the experience was walking up hill to my seat and a super smooth ride, almost like floating along. What a part of history. Also rode around in an Air Force T-29 (Convair 440) while stationed at Ramey. That's another story.

    @johnbenedict6703@johnbenedict67034 жыл бұрын
  • If you haven't already, please try to do a documentary on the Tempelhof Airport, including of course the underground aircraft assembly of the StuKa and FW190. I was able to visit the underground and decommissioned parts of the airport the early 1990s - the basements were still covered in black soot that was caused from the fire of the film archive that Lufthansa had...who knows what valuable pictures and films were lost. Thank you again for your impeccable historical story telling!

    @cav4290@cav42904 жыл бұрын
  • 21:13 The Keflavik Air Base plays an important role in the Tom Clancy Novel Red Storm Rising, and that picture syncs up remarkably well with the descriptions in the book!

    @cnlbenmc@cnlbenmc4 жыл бұрын
    • Indeed it was a strong strategic point for the Soviets as it would allow them to control Iceland to an extent

      @MyUnoriginalUsername@MyUnoriginalUsername4 жыл бұрын
    • I loved that book .

      @Baza1964@Baza19644 жыл бұрын
  • Great job, Mr Felton! I love stories like this.

    @danischeel4846@danischeel48464 жыл бұрын
  • This is something I have always wondered about after reading about the long recovery and restoration of a p38 lightning plane that was named glacier girl from a group of them that clashed in Iceland I believe. I still remember how much of a time capsule those planes were after digging into the ice. Complete with still armed and read 50 caliber browning machine guns. Their is even video online of them firing off their rounds. I imagine this is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of places of all sorts that litter the globe. This one definately deserves a follow up if more are located. It's amazing that after so many years some are still being found in remote locations. Thanks mark!

    @brandonburr4900@brandonburr49004 жыл бұрын
  • Mark your content is awesome, I’ve learned so much obscure history from your channel...where the hell do you find all these topics ? Keep up the good work 👍

    @localenterprisebroadcastin5971@localenterprisebroadcastin59714 жыл бұрын
    • @markfelton Im not quite sure if u already made a video about this, but an interesting event prior to ww2 was the bombing of Guernica by the German Luftwaffe. It is lesser known and maybe you find it interesting

      @clemenswalter1281@clemenswalter12814 жыл бұрын
    • I don't want to know, I enjoy the surprise.

      @krisfrederick5001@krisfrederick50014 жыл бұрын
    • @@clemenswalter1281 The whole world and his dog knows all about this event you fool.

      @markojack15@markojack152 жыл бұрын
  • "It is clearly crying out for recovery and restoration." C-47: *CA-CAW!* *CA-CAW!*

    @SinisterGerbils@SinisterGerbils4 жыл бұрын
    • Sinister Gerbils how mature!

      @TheBuccy@TheBuccy4 жыл бұрын
  • Outstanding as always. My Dad was in the Airforce stationed in a listening post in the Aluetion Island. He had some photographs. Bleak...desolate..cold. It was during hot times of the cold war.

    @cheesenoodles8316@cheesenoodles83164 жыл бұрын
  • Many thanks for your channel! Had a DC3 flying over the house recently, from the nearby BBMF museum.

    @tomhaskett5161@tomhaskett51614 жыл бұрын
  • The story of the recovery attempt of Kee Bird is truly a sad one, it costed the life of one of the men during the reconstruction process making the total loss of the aircraft so close to flying even more poignant .

    @captain0080@captain00804 жыл бұрын
  • Would like you to make a video about "The road of life." The icy transport road during the winter for russia during ww2 to provided leningrad with supplies during the german siege... thank you

    @imathreat209@imathreat2094 жыл бұрын
    • I read a story about that, the Russian driver saw a plane come in to strafe his truck so he jumped out leaving the 25 kids in the back going crazily forward until they plunged into the hole the plane had blasted in the ice , chills (literally) me to the bone what those kid's went through

      @leemichael2154@leemichael21544 жыл бұрын
    • great idea actually

      @amirweitmann1975@amirweitmann19754 жыл бұрын
    • As an Aussie, I read a book about the Siege of Leningrad while in Secondary school and I found the concept of driving on ice over a lake to be bizarre. The TV show Ice Road Truckers didn't improve matters much. Pykcrete would make a great deal of difference.

      @markfryer9880@markfryer98804 жыл бұрын
    • Mark Fryer it would but...resources

      @Surv1ve_Thrive@Surv1ve_Thrive4 жыл бұрын
    • Awesome idea! Please consider Mark!!!

      @kennethhughes8186@kennethhughes81864 жыл бұрын
  • A gold mine of information Mark. Thanks for the video. Makes this lockdown miles more enjoyable. Nice seeing supporting video's of the planes you've mentioned. Appreciate all your research and efforts!

    @garynarborough@garynarborough4 жыл бұрын
    • Glad you enjoyed it

      @MarkFeltonProductions@MarkFeltonProductions4 жыл бұрын
  • Keep going Mr.Felton your work is very much appreciated.

    @jessejaime7448@jessejaime74484 жыл бұрын
  • I'm glad I live in Oregon only because we are the home of the evergreen aviation museum home of the spruce goose.

    @carey_metv@carey_metv4 жыл бұрын
    • Have you heard of Pelican Butte and Rocky Point?

      @denizmetint.462@denizmetint.4624 жыл бұрын
    • Don’t they also have the first Boeing 747 up there as well?

      @justat1149@justat11494 жыл бұрын
    • My dad was one of the GI’s transported on her during WW2.

      @clayz1@clayz14 жыл бұрын
  • I see mark, I click. Life is simple

    @emersoningratta2909@emersoningratta29094 жыл бұрын
  • What an excellent production, unusual especially given the territory showing the aircraft.The Narration was excellent too,informative and well presented.Thank You for a superb production. Terry Offord

    @terryofford4977@terryofford49774 жыл бұрын
  • Your films are so well detailed and informative, there miles ahead of TV documentaries.

    @penninefilms4714@penninefilms47144 жыл бұрын
  • 10:01 “Oh great panzer of the la- wait a minute, you’re not a panzer.”

    @Eagle-od1im@Eagle-od1im4 жыл бұрын
  • Wow, good stuff bro, never knew that

    @local38on-tv@local38on-tv4 жыл бұрын
  • Fascinating stuff. Thanks for putting in all the work it must’ve taken to uncover all the details.

    @1341usmc@1341usmc4 жыл бұрын
  • I recently found your channel and have been binge watching your videos ever since. It has been a wonderful diversion during this quarantine. Thanks for the outstanding content, I am learning a lot!

    @cap2c484@cap2c4844 жыл бұрын
    • Welcome aboard!

      @MarkFeltonProductions@MarkFeltonProductions4 жыл бұрын
  • These videos always remind me how lucky I am to live near duxford

    @mrpenguin2083@mrpenguin20834 жыл бұрын
  • I live in Tulsa Oklahoma, we have a large airport that used to have a Consolidated Liberator factory on it. (Now it makes school buses) I think around 7 years ago the last B-24 we built was found wrecked off Sicily somewhere. Now the giant American Airlines base is restoring a DC-3 named after the city, which is going to be preserved in Dallas, do to some political problems.

    @douglasmcdermott2830@douglasmcdermott28304 жыл бұрын
  • While in Resolute Bay in the late 1970's, I saw a map in one of the air freight company's office with a number of coloured pins in it. I was told those were locations of crash sites, different colours for different types of planes. A list of potential parts was kept for each site and if needed, a mechanic was flow by helicopter to the site to source the parts. That was more economical than flying them up to the high arctic.

    @mitchellelliott1737@mitchellelliott17374 жыл бұрын
  • Mark, amazing amount of research you've done here! Cheers!

    @KrisWustrow@KrisWustrow4 жыл бұрын
  • I suggested your channel yesterday to a friend (Head Mouser episode) - I describe you as the David Attenborough of history.

    @fromaggiovagiola9128@fromaggiovagiola91284 жыл бұрын
    • So he tells lies????

      @richardkocksworthy8423@richardkocksworthy84234 жыл бұрын
    • he artificially sets up moments of nature and portrays it as if its happening naturally in real time as if its gods creation? david attenborough is a puppet of the BBC. not to say he isnt a good man, he is, but it doesn't excuse the fact people drink up his bullshit believing every single word and image they see. not sure what interview but he was pressed on answering how do you capture the right moments of nature as if its so easy, and basically he mentioned they create and breed the situation like a caterpillar birthing from a cocoon or a dragon fly on a lilly-pad giving birth. they are made in a set environment then controlled to give a certain outcome when the moment is needed, obviously this is done because sometimes in history it would be impossible to wait or even see it happening in its own moment naturally. my problem isn't that, my problem is they pretend its all so perfect and natural and in reality its as scripted as a TV drama so to say and the people like us just lap it up and don't even remember a gram of information on anything they've watched its just "oh its david attenborough"

      @Dockhead@Dockhead4 жыл бұрын
  • This reminded me of a story I recall watching about a team who located a plane, many feet down, frozen in ice. They bored a hole and carved out a cave around the plane, it looked as though it was on display in an ice cavern and in remarkable condition. They then brought the plane to the surface a piece at a time, took it to a hangar and put it back together. I want to say it was a P38 maybe? I was expecting a bit on that story but did not see it. edit: Just looked it up- the "Lost Squadron" That P38 was restored to flying condition. They have since found 1 more. Still, 4 P38's and 2 B17's are still frozen in that glacier hundreds of feet down.

    @radamus210@radamus2104 жыл бұрын
    • I have a book on the recovery effort called the "Lost Squadron" which is a photographic history of the loss and recovery effort. Filled with photos taken at the time of the aircraft laying on the ice after their forced landing, photos of the recovery of Glacier Girl, and firing the guns after recovery. Although they did locate one of the B-17s under the ice, the shifting ice had ripped it apart unfortunately....I have heard a rumor that others are planning on searching for the remainder of the aircraft.

      @timorvet1@timorvet14 жыл бұрын
  • Fantastic content as always, fascinating stuff, thank you.

    @vibemunster@vibemunster4 жыл бұрын
  • I love the info from this channel. I never cease to be amazed by it. Thanks for sharing.

    @Mr._Infamous@Mr._Infamous2 жыл бұрын
  • Interesting aside, the USA was able to retrieve a Japanezo Zero aircraft that crash landed in the Aleutions early in WW2. This captured plane was brought back to flight status and was intensely studied to develop US fighters able to challenge the Zero.

    @williamkeith8944@williamkeith89444 жыл бұрын
  • Mark Felton Productions: One of very few channels where i can safely hit the thumbs up button before watching the video.

    @elvampir0@elvampir04 жыл бұрын
  • Can`t get enough of this stuff ... amazing work Dr. Felton

    @doriensutherland8893@doriensutherland88933 жыл бұрын
  • A very interesting video! I watched that story about the B-29 on PBS TV a few years ago. They worked so hard and spent so much time getting her ready to fly and were about to take off after finally getting a runway cleared. It was an auxiliary generator that caught fire and once it got going they were unable to stop it. All they could do was sit there and watch her burn. It was heart breaking all the more so because so few of these great planes exist today.

    @bullettube9863@bullettube98634 жыл бұрын
  • You have a surprising amount of content for only being on KZhead for 2 years. Congrats!

    @nathanrichardson5675@nathanrichardson56754 жыл бұрын
  • Lake Michigan in the US has dozens of well preserved USN aircraft that crashed during training.

    @gram8821@gram88214 жыл бұрын
  • Once again a great video thank you, I have always found the topic of ww2 wrecks fascinating. I hope these wonderful planes can be restored someday.

    @technonoises@technonoises4 жыл бұрын
  • Love your videos. Keep up the great work!

    @JJJJ-gl2uf@JJJJ-gl2uf4 жыл бұрын
  • One of there days I wanna go out there and hundreds some thing down, I mean, I'm already in MN, just gayya go up about 200000 mi

    @captainvanhorn773@captainvanhorn7734 жыл бұрын
    • Captain Vanhorn you’re going to need a lot more than 200 miles. That wouldn’t even get you halfway to Hudson’s bay

      @kernjones1982@kernjones19824 жыл бұрын
    • Quoi?

      @denizmetint.462@denizmetint.4624 жыл бұрын
    • 200 miles won't get you anywhere near... How about 321 kilometers?

      @CaptainKapitan@CaptainKapitan4 жыл бұрын
    • Do you even english

      @slinkerdeer@slinkerdeer4 жыл бұрын
    • @@kernjones1982 I'm just a tad bit sleepy rn, I was up all night playing war thunder

      @captainvanhorn773@captainvanhorn7734 жыл бұрын
  • Holy hell the music Mark you outdid yourself again i must say i am quite impressed with this one and hope this will get a new trend here it fits so perfectly.

    @fernandoqueirozpopovic7024@fernandoqueirozpopovic70244 жыл бұрын
  • Thank you Mark Awesome stories as always. Was good to hear you on Angus’ World War 2 podcast too. Operation Cowboy was an amazing story. Thanks for the extra content recently during WWC (world war Covid) all the best

    @Surv1ve_Thrive@Surv1ve_Thrive4 жыл бұрын
    • Many thanks

      @MarkFeltonProductions@MarkFeltonProductions4 жыл бұрын
  • I remember watching the NOVA special on Kee Bird as a little kid. Heartbreaking to watch that beautiful B-29 burn.

    @BadSkeelz@BadSkeelz4 жыл бұрын
  • There’s a RCAF Halifax bomber off the coast of Sweden that’s in the process of being recovered For a museum near me in Alberta. Apparently it’s in really good condition still. It’s called the Halifax 57 rescue project if anyone is interested.

    @kernjones1982@kernjones19824 жыл бұрын
    • Cool. Nanton alberta?

      @cgaccount3669@cgaccount36694 жыл бұрын
  • I wonder if that C47 shown at 5:29 is the same one that was seen by Jeremy Clarkson & James May in the Top Gear Polar special?

    @warwickbull5559@warwickbull55594 жыл бұрын
  • Favorite KZheadr to see during this quarantine! Mad lad!

    @jethro1044@jethro10444 жыл бұрын
  • Brilliant video again mr Felton. Love your channel.

    @pascalekaiser1396@pascalekaiser13964 жыл бұрын
  • God kee bird is a heartbreaking story, a war bird finally taking to the sky again only to be destroyed at the last moment

    @josecolon2717@josecolon27174 жыл бұрын
    • by a clown....it should've been disassembled and transported, its not the same as pulling a car from the yard and takin it down the street

      @cloaked2562@cloaked25623 жыл бұрын
  • I saw a C47 parked at Julius Nyerere International Airport Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) , back in 2017

    @Adiga911@Adiga9114 жыл бұрын
    • It's one of the cheapest best short takeoff aircraft you can get

      @crazyafrican9955@crazyafrican99554 жыл бұрын
    • What the hell were you doing in Tanzania?

      @clitoralrosary9474@clitoralrosary94744 жыл бұрын
  • This video showed up in my feed, very interesting ... your channel deserve a sub. 👍👍👍👍

    @mevive@mevive4 жыл бұрын
  • I have seen a C-117 still in commercial operation out of Opa-Locka Airport in Miami. I could never identify it as the tail was so different than the other DC-3's. So glad Mr. Felton answered that question.

    @Betterifitsfree@Betterifitsfree4 жыл бұрын
  • The great lakes bordering Canada and the US especially lake Erie and lake Ontario have many relics on the bottom. There were many lost during training missions and target towing duties and remain in good condition at moderate depths, worth a look and discussion.

    @recceeboy1237@recceeboy12374 жыл бұрын
  • 4:38 “We are now the most northern people in the world... apart from Michael Parkinson obviously.”

    @MorningGI0ry@MorningGI0ry4 жыл бұрын
    • Ah, a man of culture!

      @melle9155@melle91554 жыл бұрын
    • @@melle9155 A Jeremy Clarkson quote is now culture?

      @ianmacfarlane1241@ianmacfarlane12414 жыл бұрын
    • @@ianmacfarlane1241 Yes

      @johntitor7989@johntitor79894 жыл бұрын
    • I instantly thought of that Top Gear episode when this was uploaded.

      @theblackprince1346@theblackprince13464 жыл бұрын
    • Think of it this way James... You'll be the first man on the north pole who didn't want to be there!

      @fretlessfender@fretlessfender4 жыл бұрын
  • I'm at work try to get as much of this video as possible before going back to the grind Thanks Mark.

    @garymckee8857@garymckee88574 жыл бұрын
    • Enjoy!

      @MarkFeltonProductions@MarkFeltonProductions4 жыл бұрын
  • I remember seeing the pbs nova documentary on kee bird in the 90's when i was a kid and it made me feel uneasy and my dad was actually tearing up..... re-watching it years later i tear up

    @burroaks7@burroaks74 жыл бұрын
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