Review of Masters of the Air Episode 3

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Captain William Toti, USN

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4.8 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2024

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

This week Seth, Bill, and Tommy take a look at Masters of the Air Episode 3. The guys dive into the 100th Bomb Group's role in 8th Air Force Mission 84, the infamous Regensburg/Schweinfurt Double Strike of August 17, 1943. We look into the actual history of the mission, and the roles of Gale "Buck" Cleven, Curtis Biddick, Harry Crosby, and more. Image Courtesy Apple TV #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #usnavy #usa #usarmy #medalofhonor #enterprise #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #cv6 #midway #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #worldwar2 #usnavy #usnavyseals #usmc #usmarines #saipan #usa #usarmy #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #battleship #battleships #ussenterprise #aircraftcarriers #museum #hollywood #movie #movies #books #mastersoftheair #8thairforce #mightyeighth #100thbombgroup #bloodyhundredth

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Hello and welcome to the unauthorized history of the Pacific War podcast. My name is Seth
0:35.4	Perridden, historian and deputy director of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum at Camp Shelby. And with me, as always, is my esteemed co-host,
0:42.7	retired Navy Captain Bill Tody, former skipper, the fast attack submarine in USS, Indianapolis,
0:46.8	commonware submarine squadron three in Pearl Harbor, and many other assignments, Bill.
0:49.7	I'm going to read your full intro from now one because people are upset that I don't. I don't understand why.
0:55.6	Today I was going to call myself, spoiler alert toady, because we got a lot of spoiler
1:00.9	alerts in this episode.
1:02.7	And that's what I thought you should call me today.
1:05.3	But anyway, let's go.
1:09.2	With us as well as I'm sure that you can see is, try again, stupid, with us as well as I'm sure
1:16.5	that you can see is Tommy Lofton. He's joined us the last several weeks on reviews of these
1:22.3	Masters of the Airs program and always glad to have him. He's a fantastic historian and
1:27.4	director of the
1:27.9	Mississippi Armed Forces Museum. How are you this fine morning, Tommy? I am good, guys. I am
1:33.0	not going to be spoiler alert, Tommy, if I can help it today. We got a lot of stuff to talk about.
1:41.7	Yeah. How do you review the episode without telling people what happens?
1:46.3	So for those of you haven't watched the episode and then come back and watch our review,
1:51.1	unless you want to know what's going to happen before you watch it.
1:53.9	In that case, watch us first.
1:55.7	Exactly.
1:56.3	Exactly.
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