The Cold Killed More Airmen Than the Nazis: America's Frozen Bomber Crisis
Автор: WW2 Remembered
Загружено: 2025-12-22
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October 14th, 1943. 291 B-17 bombers climbed toward Germany carrying nearly 3,000 men. What followed became known as Black Thursday - one of the darkest days in American aviation history. But the real killer wasn't German fighters or anti-aircraft fire.
It was the cold.
In a 14-month period ending December 1943, frostbite removed 1,634 men from flying duty - more than the 1,272 removed by enemy wounds. American airmen were freezing to death inside their own aircraft at -50°F, and the equipment designed to save them was killing them instead.
This is the shocking true story of:
→ The "Blue Bunny" heated suit with a fatal design flaw
→ Ball turret gunners who froze rather than abandon their posts
→ Men who lost fingers clearing jammed guns with bare hands at -60°F
→ The surgeon who refused to accept preventable deaths
→ How this tragedy changed military aviation forever
Featuring the stories of Colonel Malcolm Grow, the 100th "Bloody Hundredth" Bomb Group, and the men who paid the ultimate price at 25,000 feet.
Tags:
#WWII #MilitaryHistory #Aviation #B17 #BlackThursday #TrueStory #Documentary #AirForce #History #UntoldHistory
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