The Bastard Brigade - The Kennedy Curse | 3

American History Tellers

Wondery

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, History, Education For Kids

4.7 • 18.3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

In early 1944, the Allies developed a desperate plan to destroy several massive bunkers in Nazi-controlled France—bunkers that reportedly housed atomic missiles. The plan called for filling up airplanes with napalm, flying them over to France via remote control, and ramming them into the bunkers, blowing them sky-high. But the military still needed pilots to get the napalm-filled planes off the ground and pointed in the right direction.

It was dangerous in the extreme. But one of the first volunteers for the mission was none other than Joe Kennedy, the daring older brother of future president John F. Kennedy. John had recently become a war hero, and a ragingly jealous Joe was willing to risk everything to destroy Hitler’s bunkers—and, more importantly, turn the spotlight back on himself.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime members, you can listen to American History Tellers add free on Amazon Music,
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0:07.0	Imagine it's August 1944.
0:15.9	You're an American Navy pilot, flying missions out of a base near the English Channel.
0:29.8	Here in what's called the Mother Plan, three vertical miles below you is the focus of
0:34.6	the mission, the baby plane.
0:36.9	The pilot and engineer are currently in the baby setting up a remote control system.
0:41.4	Once it's ready, you'll take over and fly the baby plane remotely and the pilot and
0:46.2	engineer will parachute out, which is a good thing because the baby plane is packed with
0:51.1	21,000 pounds of napalm.
0:54.6	You check with your co-pilot near the window.
0:56.6	Do you love the visual on the baby?
0:58.8	No, it's not.
0:59.8	Yep.
1:00.8	You can snap a picture.
1:01.8	Let's just hope this weather holds.
1:03.8	No worries there.
1:05.2	But the crowds are setting themselves on the terrace.
1:08.2	You laugh, which feels good.
1:10.2	Even by the standards of top secret missions, it's been a stressful few days.
1:14.1	Let's get a look from the camera.
1:16.0	Ha ha, pay up everyone.
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