World War II pilot is surprised to see 16mm footage of his 1944 Spitfire crash for the first time

[Omaha Steve]

Published on May 21, 2013
In 2005, an 83 year-old World War II pilot is surprised to see 16mm footage of his 1944 Spitfire crash for the first time.

SPITFIRE 944 was put on YouTube as part of the Sundance Film Festival Memorial Day observance through from May 22 through June 5, 2013 (UPDATE, ShortsHD is allowing the film to stay on youtube for the moment The Sundance portal is here: http://www.sundance.org/stories/artic...

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[Plucketeer]

1. Fantastic!

So refreshing to see a good news tale like this on occasion.

[The CCC]

2. World War II pilot is surprised to see 16mm footage of his 1944 Spitfire crash for the first time

What a small world. My mother headed up the intelligence wing at that base under general Peck. She she died about 5 years ago at 93 years old, and would have loved to see this.

[n2doc]

3. Gone already

Too bad

[ashling]

4. AWESOME!

Thanks so much for that.

My mother was in the Red Cross in India and Burma in 1944 & 45. I wish I had some film from then, I've only got a few snapshots from then.

[Number9Dream]

5. My dad would have enjoyed seeing this

He piloted B-17's out of Kimbolton, England. 379th Bomb Group.

Very Interesting... Thanks.

[Lochloosa]

6. Very Cool....Thanks

[Cooley Hurd]

7. Incredible!!!