The Mighty Eighth Podcast
de Johann Tasker & Mike Peters
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Operation Aphrodite: the war's most dangerous experiment
Operation Aphrodite: the war's most dangerous experiment
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Amazing True Stories about the People, Planes & Places of the US Eighth Army Air Force during World War Two Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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- Operation Aphrodite: the war's most dangerous experiment · 48 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 17In this episode, we tell the story of Operation Aphrodite – the top secret missions against Hitler’s vengeance weapons – the terrifying V1 flying bombs and V2 rockets which…
- Six minutes of slaughter: The Kassel Mission · 50 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 16The Kassel mission of 27 September 1944 was one of the most devastating raids of the war – not because of the bombs dropped but because of the aircrew and planes lost. Some 35…
- Silver Wings: 80th anniversary of the end of WWII · 41 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 15A special episode previewing Silver Wings – a new project honouring the influence of the United States Eighth Army Air Force during World War Two – and its impact on communities…
- Eagle Squadrons: American Pilots in Britain’s War · 56 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 14Meet the American pilots who defied their country's neutrality to fly for the RAF in WW2. In this Wings of Defiance episode, we tell the story of the Eagle Squadrons – American…
- Operation Tidal Wave: Bombing Hitler's oil supply · 48 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 13It was one of the most audacious air attacks of World War II – a low-level raid designed to cut off Hitler's fuel supply by bombing the Ploesti oil refineries in Romania. Taking…
- Bonus Episode: Ops Normal - Britain's Army Air Corps · 52 min · Sezonul 1A special bonus episode about Ops Normal – the authorised operational history of Britain's Army Air Corps by John Greenacre and Mike Peters, co-host of the Mighty Eighth Podcast…
- No man left behind: the story of Little Boy Blue · 50 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 12It was a mission which started just like any other: but it ended when the B-17 Flying Fortress "Little Boy Blue" crashed into a farmer's field in Suffolk, England. Eight of the…
- Fighter Escort: The P-51 Mustang · 47 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 11Just how much of a game changer was the North American P-51 Mustang fighter plane in the battle for air supremacy in the skies over Europe? We find out in this episode, with a…
- Night of the Intruders · 48 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 10In this episode, we tell the story of the Night of the Intruders, when Luftwaffe fighters followed a stream of American B-24 Liberator bombers back to England and shot them out…
- Target Berlin · 49 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 9In this episode, we tell the story of the first American daylight bombing raid over Berlin, which took place on March 4, 1944. The mission was led by the 95th Bomb Group – the…
- Battle of the Bombers · 50 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 8In this episode, we visit the American Air Museum at Duxford for a hotly contested debate: which was the best WW2 heavy bomber? Was it the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress or was it…
- Masters of the Air · 46 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 7The 100th Bomb Group is probably the most famous bomb group of them all – and the focus of the Stephen Spielberg / Tom Hanks TV mini-series Masters of the Air. Nicknamed the…
- 'Everything that will fly' · 48 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 6The 'maximum effort' mission on Christmas Eve 1944 was the biggest ever by the Eighth Air Force. This was the Mighty Eighth's 760th mission – with 2,046 heavy bombers and 853…
- The Pathfinder Mystery · 39 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 5In this episode, we visit the crash site of a top-secret B-17 Flying Fortress which went down soon after take-off in November 1943. The B-17F Flying Fortress 42-5793 was among…
- Schweinfurt-Regensburg - August 17, 1943 · 50 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 4It was the Mighty Eighth's most ambitious mission yet: a twin-strike into the heart of Nazi Germany. This dual-pronged raid on August 17, 1943, saw more than 350 B-17 bombers…
- The Ultimate Sacrifice · 50 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 3In this episode, we pay tribute to the thousands of Americans who made the ultimate sacrifice during World War Two while fighting for freedom. We do so by visiting Cambridge…
- Anatomy of a Mission · 55 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 2Just how do you put hundreds of B17 Flying Fortresses into the sky, send them on a bombing mission over occupied Europe – and then bring them home again? In this episode, we…
- The Bomb Run · 44 min · Sezonul 1 Episodul 1Welcome to the Mighty 8th Podcast – the podcast about the people, planes and places of the United States Eighth Army Air Force. In this very first episode, we visit Grafton…
