Throw Me Out of the B-17

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00:00 Forrest Lee Vosler in B-17 “Jersey Bounce Jr” under heavy flak
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02:00 Pilot John Henderson puts the B-17 into a dive
02:52 Bf-109 and FW-190 attack the crippled B-17
04:33 Vosler joins the fight
05:50 Second wave of fighters attack
07:17 Radioman vs BF-110
07:44 Bf-109 fires 20mm shell into Vosler’s gun
08:44 Barely Flying Fortress
09:32 Vosler asks to throw him out
10:36 Water landing and rescue

“Why don’t you throw me overboard? I’m just so much extra pounds. Throw me out too.” These were the words of Technical Sergeant Forrest Lee Vosler who had been injured in his plane the Jersey Bounce Jr.
On December 20, 1943, Technical Sergeant Forrest Lee Vosler and his crew were aboard their B-17F, Jersey Bounce Jr, flying over Germany. Amidst heavy flak, they successfully dropped ordnance on industrial complexes in Bremen. However, disaster struck when a flak shell hit the wing of their plane, causing a fire in one engine and loss of power in another. Falling away from the formation, they were left vulnerable to enemy fighters. Vosler, manning the .50 caliber machine gun, watched as nearby bombers were attacked and fell from the sky. Their plane was next. Two Bf 109s attacked from behind, hitting tail gunner George Buske and sending a shell into the fuselage, injuring Vosler. In a desperate attempt to keep the plane flying the crew pushed as much out of the plane as they could. At which point Vosler made his request to sacrifice himself for the lives of the crew.

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43 thoughts on “Throw Me Out of the B-17”

  2. WW2 a plane is about to crash the pilot says we need to reduce weight. A Brit jumps up says God save the King and jumps out. An American jumps up says God Bless America and jumps out. An Aussie jumps up grabs an American and throws him out and says God bless Australia.

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  5. The man just had his eyes shot out and he's in a plane that is about to crash into the ocean, he's not being brave, he gave up on life.

    Brave is when you have everything to lose and still do it because your sacrifice will make a difference. Obviously, throwing him out will do nothing for the airplane. You need to rthrow out a dozen men to make the plane so much lighter that it can survive. He just wanted to die and people probably would have let him do it thinking that he was being brave.

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  16. The tail gunner George Buske is my grandfather. This is a great video to see it can only imagine so much reading about it. There is a book Saving Sgt. Buske with great detail of the mission. Only concern is I believe he shot down the German plane
    before going unconscious. He was a very humble man so didn’t tell much detail of the missions. Plus would say “ I passed out, don’t remember much lol” He was a great
    man who is missed very much.

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  17. Well, that was a misleading video. Also, don’t play war thunder. It’s a very boring game and it also ends up rigging against you. There’s plenty of evidence online if you don’t believe me.

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  19. My Great Uncle Stanley Moody was on this plane and was the one in the top turret right next to Vosler. He was with Vosler for a good amount of this ordeal as well, and I'm surprised he wasn't even mentioned by name. There's a good Spotify audio file of my Great Uncle giving his firsthand account, but my comment keeps getting deleted when I include it. I'd honestly like to see a more realistic representation of what happened, and would love to give you the info I have.

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  37. I love your videos but you are referring to the ME109 as a BF109. That began in the 90s, calling them
    bf after the factory some were built in. A recent video addressed this subject. Willie Messerchmidt designed the plane and eventually bought the BF factory, which makes the point a moot subject. However, the video asked what the pilots who flew them called it. It was the ME109. Think about it for a moment. Messerschmidt build a lot of other planes which were called the ME including the jet, so it is actually WRONG to call the 109 a BF.

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