Comments by "Sar Jim" (@sarjim4381) on "Jesse Brown and Thomas Hudner: A Tale of Two Pilots" video.

  1. Excellent video as usual. One small correction. The F4U had a maximum bomb load of 4,000 pounds, and that only at the expense of useful range. Most F4U flew off carriers with about 2,500 pounds of bombs, three napalm containers, or eight 5" rockets. The Corsair, originally designed as a fighter, so it didn't have the lifting capacity to carry even two of the three typical underwing loads at once. I see some viewers have already made the correction about the type of gun armament carried. Nevertheless, these are small details in a much larger and more important story of trying to save a friend and fellow pilot. Lt. (Later Captain) Hudner continued to serve in the Navy until retiring in 1973. He worked with various veterans service organizations until the time of his civilian retirement in 1999. He was one of the few living persons to have a major warship named after him. He passed away quietly at his home in Concord, Massachusetts in 2017, living to the ripe old age of 93, especially for a combat pilot.
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