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🗓️ 6 May 2024
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May 6, 1937. The Hindenburg, the largest rigid airship ever built, and the pride of Nazi Germany, bursts into flames, killing 36 people. This episode originally aired in 2022.
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0:00.0 | It's August 15th, 1918 at the Wellington Pier Pavilion in Great Yarmouth, England in the final months of World War I. |
0:16.0 | Birdie Cadbury, the heir to the Cadbury Chocolate Fortune, enjoys a night of music at a charity event. |
0:22.0 | In addition to being a wealthy sial, |
0:24.0 | Birdie is a pilot for the R.A.F. the Royal Air Force. |
0:28.0 | But tonight, he tries his best to enjoy himself and forget the war that's been raging across Europe for years. But at about 8.45 p.m. |
0:36.7 | Bernie feels a tap on his shoulder. He looks up and sees an R. A.F. orderly |
0:41.2 | standing over him. |
0:42.8 | The orderly whispers, you're needed at HQ, sir. |
0:46.7 | Immediately, Bertie stands and calmly walked out of the building. |
0:51.0 | Once he's outside, Bertie breaks into an open run. |
0:54.0 | As he and the orderly sprint for his parked forward nearby, |
0:57.0 | the orderly tells Bertie that three German Zeppelin airships |
1:01.0 | have been spotted over the sea less than 50 miles away. |
1:04.0 | Bertie hops into his car and speeds off. |
1:08.0 | Minutes later, he arrives at an airfield and gets ready for flight. He and his gunner |
1:15.0 | climb into their DH4 aircraft and take to the skies. At 945 p.m. |
1:20.0 | Bertie spots the Zeppelin flying in a V formation over the water. |
1:24.0 | The airships alter course, start to climb, and Bertie follows them. |
1:29.0 | He pushes past an altitude of 16,000 feet, |
1:32.0 | and soon Bertie has one of the Zeppelin's in his sights. |
1:36.2 | Incendary bullets stream across the sky and pound the side of the Zeppelin. |
1:40.4 | Bertie watches a hole ripped open in the German airship. |
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