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Warriors In Their Own Words | First Person War Stories

Air War Over Europe in World War Two

Warriors In Their Own Words | First Person War Stories

Robert Kirk

History

4.6675 Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2018

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

By 1942, the skies over Germany were aflame with German fighters battling Allied bombers for the survival of Europe and the free world. Central to victory were the fighter planes of the Allies. At first they were obsolete and woefully inadequate. But with the advent of aircraft like the P-47 Thunderbolt and the P-51 Mustang, the tide of war was about to change. In this episode we hear the words of fighter aces Clarence "Bud" Anderson in his revolutionary P-51 and Francis "Gabby" Gabreski, flying the P-47 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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By 1942, the air over Germany was aflame with German fighters battling Allied bombers for the survival of Europe and the free world.

0:50.3

Central to this air war were the planes of the Allies.

0:53.3

At first, they were obsolete and woefully inadequate death traps

0:58.0

and fell from the skies like crushed autumn leaves.

1:01.0

But with the advent of planes like the P-47 Thunderbolt and the P-51 Mustang,

1:07.0

the tide of war was about to change.

1:10.0

But no airplane fights a war.

1:12.1

It must be flown by a skilled pilot.

1:14.9

A man like Clarence Bud Anderson, who first flew the revolutionary P-51 Mustang

1:19.8

while escorting bombers over Germany.

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