D-Day and the C-47 Skytrain, 80 Years Later

Fighter Pilot Podcast

E. Vincent "Jell-O" Aiello, Retired U.S. Navy Fighter Pilot

History, Personal Journals, Technology, Society & Culture, Government, Leisure, Aviation

4.9 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2024

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

Guest host Ken 'Primetime' Katz returns with his first foray into warbirds, exploring the venerable Douglas C-47 Skytrain (plus its many derivatives) and the role it played in the pivotal D-Day invasions of World War II with guests Eric Zipkin and Moreno 'Mo' Aguiari.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, before we begin today's episode, let me tell you about an awesome book I'm reading from Kensington Publishing.
0:06.0	It's called bombing Hitler's hometown and it's written by Mike Crescent.
0:09.6	Now I'm only a quarter into this book, but the never before told true story of the white knuckle
0:14.4	mission by the US 15th Air Force to bomb Lynn's Austria, Hitler's avowed hometown.
0:20.3	Well, it has me eagerly turning each page and staying up way later at night than I should.
0:25.0	Drawing on interviews and previously unpublished sources,
0:28.0	Mike the author puts you the reader right there in the unheated, unressurized heavy bombers with America's greatest generation
0:34.8	battling elements almost as dangerous as anything the Germans could put up.
0:39.0	And by the way, that was a lot between the Flack and the fighters which included their
0:42.6	brand new Emmy 262 jet. Bombing Hitler's hometown the
0:47.1	untold true story of the last mass bomber raid of World War II in
0:51.0	Europe by Mike Crescent who by the way lost his uncle in that battle.
0:55.4	It goes on sale March 26, 2024 wherever fine books are sold.
1:01.2	We won the war because we were able to put so many brave fighting people in the field and support them.
1:10.0	Eisenhower really understood how important logistics are to putting a fighting force in the field.
1:17.0	The C-47 was instrumental to doing that. Stand watch it. Stand watch! We're going to close five, go.
1:24.0	A second.
1:25.0	A lot one.
1:27.0	Another stand lunch.
1:29.0	Another stand lunch.
1:30.0	Another stand location. Watch your head.
1:31.0	It's yon.
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