What It Was Like to Fly Without Guns in a Tiny Plane in WW2

Sixty-five horsepower, a skin of painted cotton, and two men flying over the front line at the speed of a family car. The Piper Cub had no armour and no guns, and in two months of 1944 one American army lost forty-nine of them and thirty-three pilots. Yet the Germans would send six fighters after a single Cub. This is the countdown of what the L-4 did to the men inside it: the first flight, when their own navy opened fire; the fight with a Messerschmitt; the note dropped over Paris; a history teacher with six bazookas; and two lieutenants, two pistols and an open door. CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 1:46 Part 1 8:39 Part 2 15:06 Part 3 21:55 Part 4 28:17 Outro Subscribe and enjoy a video!