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Fighter Pilot Podcast

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

Fighter Pilot Podcast

Tucker "Cinco" Hamilton, Retired U.S. Air Force Fighter Test Pilot

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

4.92.1K 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. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-fighter-pilot-podcast/donations

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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Drawing on interviews and previously unpublished sources,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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