The Secret Air Skirmishes of the Cold War

April 8th 1950. Soviet Pilot Anatolij Gerasimov has the US Navy PB 4Y2 Privateer neatly positioned in his sights and fires the guns of his fighter plane. The Lavochkin 11 shudders, and a hail of bullets hits the giant American four-engined spy plane. Airmen bail out of the fatally damaged Privateer, parachutes blossom.

Courtesy of Documentary on YouTube. Watch on YouTube ↗

More War Documentaries

United States of Secrets2021•1h 53m•HD•★8.820 Days in Mariupol2023•1h 34m•HD•★8.8Hitler's Reich: Diaries of Nazis and Victims2025•52m•HD•★8.6WWII in Colour: Overlord – D-Day2025•51m•HD•★8.6Young, Nazis and Proud: Far-right England and the British National Party2024•50m•HD•★8.0The Sunken Mystery of the Lost U-Boat 4552022•53m•HD•★8.0How Did Alexander The Great Conquer Ancient Afghanistan? - Alexander's Lost World - Odyssey2023•48m•HD•★7.8Drones, Tanks, Trench Warfare & Everything Else | War On Tape | 2025 Ukraine Marathon | Daily Mail2025•3h 35m•HD•★7.7The Shocking Unsolved Case Of The Aristocrat Murdered On The London Underground2025•44m•HD•★7.7How NATO Turned Sardinia Into A Radioactive Nightmare2019•30m•HD•★7.71922 - 1991: The Complete History Of The Soviet Union2024•2h 13m•HD•★7.6The Real Legacy of the Roman Invasion in Britain2017•49m•HD•★8.0