December 15, 1944: Glenn Miller Disappears

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🗓️ 15 December 2020

⏱️ 12 minutes

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A single-engine plane carrying popular bandleader and U.S. Army Major Glenn Miller disappeared over the English Channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:34.0	Today is Tuesday, December 15th, 2020.
0:38.3	On this day in 1944, a military plane carrying U.S. Army Major Glenn Miller disappeared over the English Channel en route to Paris.
1:01.0	Welcome to today and True Crime, a Spotify original from Parkast. Today we're covering the mysterious disappearance of Glenn Miller, the leader of the U.S. Army's orchestra during World War II.
1:09.9	Let's go back to England on the foggy afternoon of December
1:13.6	15, 1944.
1:20.6	Glenn Miller needed to travel to Paris, but couldn't find anyone willing to take him.
1:29.6	Low visibility caused regular flights to France to be cancelled.
1:33.7	Flying in such weather was incredibly risky.
1:36.6	No pilot was willing to take the chance, even for a bona fide celebrity.
1:42.2	In the late 1930s and 1940s, Miller had become a household name as an American
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