Warbirds - Tales From Above
49 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago -Come along for the ride as we review some of the most fascinating stories centered around the unforgiving skies of the greatest generation. Each episode gives you a peek at specific events, people, and/or aircraft during World War 2, and other major conflicts.
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Underdog
February 13, 2024 21:27 - 33 minutes - 26.5 MBHow long was the longest dogfight? It's debatable, but this one is certainly in the running. Captain Elmer Royce Williams takes on 6 Migs by himself. That, of course, is what the plethora of internet articles will tell you. While Williams is certainly a hero of hero's, he received some great help from some men that are rarely talked about. TIME STAMPS Intro - 0:00 - 5:51 Mail Call - 6:36 - 14:19 Show Content - 14:23 - Finish LINKS and REFERENCES Receive BONUS EPISODES through P...
Fate
December 18, 2023 20:40 - 29 minutes - 23.5 MBNone of these airmen should have survived the war, yet they all lived to tell their story. TIME STAMPS Intro - 0:00 - 01:33 Mail Call - 02:52 - 07:45 Show Content - 08:11 - Finish LINKS and REFERENCES Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!! Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Wordpress.com - RCAF No. 403 Squadron - Pilot Officer's James Elmer Abbott's Miraculous Escape Vandruff.com - Jean Vandruff Autob...
Walking the Plank
November 17, 2023 19:47 - 27 minutes - 22 MBDon't look down. But bring your chute just in case... LINKS and REFERENCES Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!! Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Warhistoryonline.com - James Allen Ward - By Russell Hughes Victoriacrossonline.co.uk - Norman Cyril Jackson VC Mail Call - Chesterton Radio - YouTube Email Me: [email protected]
One Last Ride - Part 2
October 14, 2023 00:09 - 22 minutes - 17.8 MBWrapping up our week at the Reno Air Races, and firing on all cylinders. LINKS and REFERENCES Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!! Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Lonnie Ortega Aviation Art Email Me: [email protected]
One Last Ride - Part 1
October 11, 2023 00:04 - 24 minutes - 19.5 MBIt's the last Reno Air Races. We were there, and received a whole lot of the unexpected. LINKS and REFERENCES Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!! Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Lonnie Ortega Aviation Art Email Me: [email protected] Mail Call - AFRS WWII Radio
The Cow Pasture
September 09, 2023 22:58 - 29 minutes - 23.5 MBTake the worst airplane you can find along with a horrible scenario. Then pair it with three heroic pilots, and see what happens. LINKS and REFERENCES Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!! Warfare History Network - Heroic Airacobras of the Cactus Air Force - By Patrick J. Chaisson Email Me: [email protected]
There's Only One Leon
August 08, 2023 13:00 - 8 minutes - 7.01 MBYou'll find the greatest men in the most unlikely of places..... LINKS and REFERENCES Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!! Email Me: [email protected]
Slicing and Dicing
August 07, 2023 13:00 - 23 minutes - 19.1 MBTake those pictures and cut those birds to fit. Meet the airmen that helped gather the intel so our boys could take back France, and meet one man who helped keep those birds in the air. LINKS and REFERENCES Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!! Historyofwar.org - 10th Photo Reconnaissance Group Patton's Eyes in the Sky - By Tom Ivie Email Me: [email protected] ...
Turn and Burn - Part 2
June 07, 2023 13:00 - 27 minutes - 22.2 MBThe second installment of the P2 Neptune and their crew during the Cold War. LINKS and REFERENCES Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!! JIM LUND CONTACT INFORMATION Lake Tables by Phoenix Aero Jim Lund [email protected] 701-388-2564 (text only) Email Me: [email protected]
Turn and Burn - Part 1
May 24, 2023 21:16 - 31 minutes - 25 MBSub-hunting over the Med has never been so much fun.... LINKS and REFERENCES Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!! JIM LUND CONTACT INFORMATION Lake Tables by Phoenix Aero Jim Lund [email protected] 701-388-2564 (text only) Email Me: [email protected]
Warbird Movie Reviews - Part 2
May 04, 2023 17:00 - 30 minutes - 24.7 MBHere comes the second half of Movie Reviews, and I even threw a sound byte somewhere in here for a little comedy-relief. Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!! Email Me: [email protected]
Warbird Movie Reviews - Part 1
April 27, 2023 21:43 - 38 minutes - 31.2 MBIt's time to analyze some of Hollywoods flicks. But let's be real, some we watch simply for the airplanes, some are the greatest movies of all-time, and others we wish would be burned in a dumpster fire. Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!! Email Me: [email protected]
Peace Talks
March 04, 2023 01:15 - 25 minutes - 20.7 MBRudolph Hess makes a twilight solo flight across allied lines and over the North Sea to try and negotiate peace. What are the odds of his success? Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!! Email Me: [email protected] REFERENCES 80 Years on, the Mysterious Flight of Rudolph Hess - By Dr. James Crossland Will We Ever Know Why Rudolph Hess Flew to Scotland? - By Brian...
Come on Down
December 08, 2022 00:30 - 24 minutes - 19.4 MBBoy, it sure would have been nice to hear this man's voice in our aviation headsets. At least we got to hear him on TV for more than 3 decades. Enjoy this weeks early release of LTJG Bob Barker. There's also a surprise celebrity at the end. Spoiler alert, don't click on any references below :) Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!! Email Me: [email protected] REFER...
The Return
October 31, 2022 13:15 - 25 minutes - 20.7 MBJoin me not only for the return of the show, but for my Grandfathers return to the Reno Air Races after over 41 years. During this episode, we not only experience some great racing, but we were graced with learning about a wonderful man and airmen, Lt. Col. Robert Friend. LINKS and REFERENCES Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!!!!!!! Email Me: [email protected] Rob...
Walking the Hump
November 30, 2021 14:20 - 23 minutes - 18.6 MBThousands of pilots flew The Hump during the war. Robert Lineberger walked it. LINKS and REFERENCES Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES Through PATREON!!!!!!!! Email Me: [email protected] Lincoln-Times News - Pilot Lineberger Flew the Hump in WWII - By Will Kennedy News and Record - Pilot Survives Crash in Himalayas - By Ned Harrison The Hump - Wikipedia
Triple Six
November 17, 2021 00:08 - 26 minutes - 21 MBJay Zeamer and crew fly Old 666 on a recon mission in the Pacific, and end up being the most highly-decorated air crew of WW2. LINKS and REFERENCES Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!!!!!!! Email Me: [email protected] Pacificwrecks.com - B17-E "Lucy" - 41-2666 Pacificwrecks.com - Captain Jay Zeamer, Jr. Suicide Run - The Final Flight of Old 666 - History.net - ...
Tiger Down
November 02, 2021 12:00 - 29 minutes - 23.4 MBWW2 Veteran John Murray has 4 engines for his flight tonight. 3 of them catch fire and there's no land in sight. LINKS and REFERENCES Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!!! Email Me: [email protected] Gander Airport Historical Society - Civil Aeronautics Board Accident Report Flying Tiger Line - Wikipedia TigerintheSea.com - Crew and Passengers - By Eric Lindn...
Underage
October 19, 2021 12:00 - 28 minutes - 22.5 MBToday we honor the boys that instantly became men when they chose to falsify their birth certificates in order to fight in our stead. In this research I also stumble upon a B-24 event that will hopefully never be forgotten. LINKS and REFERENCES Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!!! Email me: [email protected] Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund - Dan Bullock Newyo...
She'll Be Ready
October 05, 2021 12:00 - 26 minutes - 21.1 MBThey kept them in the air.... LINKS and REFERENCES Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!!! Email Me: [email protected] Master Sgt. Ernie Barber - 392nd Bomb Group - B24.net Staff Sgt. William Dowling - 392nd Bomb Group - B24.net
Widow's Peak
September 21, 2021 21:19 - 25 minutes - 20.4 MBA P-61 crashed on the side of Mount Cyclops in 1945. 2nd Lt. Southfield gives us a good story about how that happened. 76 years later, the corroded Black Widow is sitting in Pennsylvania. It isn't airworthy..... yet...... LINKS and REFERENCES Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!! Email Me: [email protected] Mid-Atlantic Air Museum - Black Widow Restoration Projec...
Lost at Sea
September 08, 2021 02:52 - 22 minutes - 17.7 MBThose tiny white-caps are bigger than your yellow dot on the water. LINKS and REFERENCES Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!!!! Email Me: [email protected] Pacificwrecks.com - TBD-1 Devastator, Bureau Number 0335 - Tail 6-T-6 Harold Frederick Dixon - Findagrave.com Louis Zamperini - Wikipedia Unbroken - A WW2 Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption:...
The Dieppe Raid
August 24, 2021 12:00 - 25 minutes - 20.3 MBThis one is not often talked about, especially in the United States. It was never as popular as the Normandy invasion has become, but it proved to be just as important to the success of D-Day. Ground invasion aside, there was quite an air battle raging overhead. LINKS and REFERENCES Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!!!!! Email Me: [email protected] Government o...
Here Comes Ed
August 10, 2021 12:00 - 23 minutes - 18.8 MBEd Freeman and Bruce Crandall volunteer to plow into Landing Zone X-ray fourteen times, and under intense enemy fire, all to rescue stranded cavalry. LINKS and REFERENCES Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!! Email Me: [email protected] Purple Heart Foundation - Vietnam War Hero - The Untold Story of Army Capt. Ed W. Freeman Snopes - Captain Ed Freeman - Medal of...
The 20 Somethings
July 27, 2021 12:00 - 30 minutes - 24.4 MBJimmy Stewart. He failed more times than you can count. But nobody counts the failures. LINKS and REFERENCES Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!! Email Me: [email protected] Elephant Journal - Why Top Gun Has One of the Best Scenes You'll Ever See - By Kevin Macku DenofGeek - Jimmy Stewart and the WW2 Mission That Almost Broke Him - By David Crow Top Gun - A...
Foo Fighters
July 13, 2021 12:00 - 22 minutes - 17.7 MBThis week we talk about a phenomenon during WW2 that nobody could ever seem to explain. Did the entire 415th Night Fighter Group go crazy??? Was what they saw real? I'll let you be the judge. LINKS and REFERENCES Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!! Email Me: [email protected] Off by roughly 2 TRILLION.... AGAIN!!! - The Way I Heard It - By Mike Rowe History....
Hawkeyes and Wildcats
June 29, 2021 12:00 - 18 minutes - 14.8 MBUnlike the sports icons we see today, Nile Kinnick was one of the most humble athletes and one of the most dedicated patriots this country has ever seen. I even track down a few relatives that have some stories of their own. They share their gratitude about how the blood that runs in their veins has ultimately changed their lives for the better. LINKS and REFERENCES Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BO...
Christmas with Little Friends
June 15, 2021 12:00 - 23 minutes - 18.5 MBThis is a big one. It took a lot of heavy research to tie all of this together. 4 months-worth, in fact. Little friends were battling over Mayen, Germany during one of the biggest European Theater Operations of the war. And the neat part is, my Uncle was right there in the thick of it. LINKS and REFERENCES Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!! Email Me: dan@talesfromab...
Millertary Time
June 01, 2021 12:00 - 26 minutes - 21.6 MBToday we focus on a B-17 crew that sure did love their beer. Enough to paint their love for it on the nose of their bird. LINKS & REFERENCES Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!! Email Me: [email protected] B17FlyingFortress.de - High Life 100thBombGroup.com - Joseph C. Harper Molsoncoorsblog.com - Here's what we know about the Miller High Life Lady - By Dave ...
Boom Boom Sabotage
May 18, 2021 12:00 - 21 minutes - 16.8 MBIt happened whether we want to think about it or not. Today, I share a few stories where sabotage reared it's ugly head during WW2, along with one man that helped to solve a long-standing design flaw with the B-24 that would cause every man on board to instantly perish. LINKS and REFERENCES Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!! Email Me: [email protected] The Daily...
The Replacements
May 04, 2021 12:00 - 25 minutes - 20.5 MBThis week we remember the men that helped to keep the crew whole so that they could get off the ground. Commonly referred to as "floaters", they would fill-in when a crew member was sick. Some didn't have to.... but they did anyway. REFERENCES and LINKS Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!! Email Me: [email protected] Denver Post - Frank Lablotier - By Claire Marti...
Silver Dollar
April 20, 2021 12:00 - 23 minutes - 19 MBMany on social media would have you believe that a B-17 can land without a tail. They would like you to think that a commonly circulated photo of an airborne Fortress with the tail missing succeeded in landing with zero casualties. This is far from the truth, and if we're not careful we will misremember their real story over time. Today, we remember the men that sacrificed their lives in this crippled bird. REFERENCES and LINKS Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show goi...
Fire on Number Three
April 06, 2021 13:00 - 28 minutes - 22.9 MBTwelve brave souls aboard a PB4Y-2 Privateer perish in the sea outside Singapore on June 1st, 1945. Hear the story of their sacrifice along with one remaining Liberator that was forced crawl home over 1000 miles with zero air-support. REFERENCES and LINKS Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!! Email Me: [email protected] Beauran O'Kane, History of a Privateer from VPB...
On the Run
March 23, 2021 13:00 - 27 minutes - 22.3 MBFrank Speer is making a strafing run inches above the ground. This one run will make his next several months very challenging. REFERENCES & LINKS Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!! Email Me: [email protected] The Morning Call - "I Could Feel the Bullets Hitting my Plane" American Air Museum - Frank E. Speer Wikipedia - Li'l Abner Book Review - The Debden Wa...
Shack Rabbit
March 09, 2021 14:00 - 31 minutes - 25.1 MBEino Alve and his mighty crew of Shack Rabbits plow through 35 missions. How they did it, of course, is their own unique and nail-biting story. REFERENCES & LINKS Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!! Email Me: [email protected] The Airway Beacon - Wikipedia Remembrances of the Shack Rabbit - By Eino V. Alve Weather Underground - Lincoln, NE
Cripes A' Mighty
February 24, 2021 18:26 - 35 minutes - 28.1 MBOne of the best dogfighters we ever saw. Regarding Mustang drivers, some might even say he was THE best. REFERENCES & LINKS Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!! Email Me: [email protected] Preddy Memorial Foundation Wings God Gave My Soul - By Joseph W. Noah George Preddy - Top Mustang Ace - By Joseph Noah and Samuel L. Sox, Jr. O'Henry Magazine - An Ordina...
All American
February 09, 2021 14:00 - 31 minutes - 25.2 MBThe real story of The All American..... without all the embellishments. We don't need it dressed up with comic book characters and unicorns. The real story is heroic enough on its own. LINKS AND REFERENCES Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!! Email Me: [email protected] The Hour Has Come - By Thomas F. Gulley Warbird Digest - WWII's B-17 "All American", Separa...
The Search for the Privateer
January 26, 2021 14:00 - 33 minutes - 26.9 MBTurns out our family has ANOTHER bird out there that escaped the chopping block over 75 years ago. It's hidden. But we found it. LINKS AND REFERENCES Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!! Email Me: [email protected] AAIR - Aviation Archeology - PBY Aircraft Airframe History List - 59763 - Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives - Crash of a Consolidated PB4Y-2 Pri...
Wings Folded
January 12, 2021 15:00 - 22 minutes - 18.3 MBThe accident board determined the absolute cause of the crash. But we dig deep on this one, and pose a long-shot theory that there COULD have been another cause. LINKS & REFERENCES Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!! Email Me: [email protected] Hutchison News - February 17th, 1950 - Loren Grover Obituary Vintage Wings of Canada Vapor Trails - Robert Jaques - ...
Hot Stuff
December 30, 2020 15:00 - 22 minutes - 18.3 MBThey were the first, and everyone forgot them..... LINKS & REFERENCES Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!! Email Me: [email protected] The Sad Fate of a Remarkable B-24 - Joseph Connor American Air Museum in Britain - 4123728 The Forgotten Bomber that Broke the Memphis Belle's Record First - Morgan Deane Memphis Belle vs. Hot Stuff - Scott Orr Hell's Angels ...
Maloney's Pony
December 15, 2020 15:00 - 29 minutes - 23.4 MBThey don't build them like they used to.... and I'm not talking about airplanes. LINKS AND REFERENCES Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!! Email Me: [email protected] The Story of Maloney's Pony - First Fighter Wing Association Paying Tribute to a Legend - Vic Johnson Strafing, The Most Perilous Game - Earl Mazo Ditching Tests of a 1/9 size Model of the Arm...
The Savior of Les Ventes
December 01, 2020 15:20 - 28 minutes - 22.9 MBThe unselfish act of P-51 pilot, Billie Harris, finally gains recognition 62 years after giving his life in occupied France. LINKS and REFERENCES Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!! Email Me: [email protected] Joyce Ann Ashley - 354th Fighter Group Tribute - Billie D. Harris 354th Fighter Group - Wikipedia On The Road: The Longest Wait - CBS News
Biggin Hill Bar Stories
November 17, 2020 22:24 - 25 minutes - 20.4 MBJoin me as we go on an English pub crawl with the WW2 Airmen of RAF Biggin Hill. LINKS and REFERENCES Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!! Email Me: [email protected] Biggin on the Bump - Bob Ogley Spitfire Crash - Kings Arms - Aviation Safety Network The Queen's Head - Four Square City Guide Bombs, Bees, and Bravery - BBLHS Biggin Hill - Wikipedia Seekin...
Hans Marseille
November 17, 2020 22:14 - 28 minutes - 23 MBThe greatest fighter pilot of all time?? LINKS and REFERENCES Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!! Email Me: [email protected] The Star of Africa Colin D. Heaton Anne-Marie Lewis Walter J. Boyne Albert H. Wunsch III German Super Ace - Robert Tate Flying the BF-109 - By Mark Hanna and Capt Eric Brown
Avro Night Raiders
November 17, 2020 22:08 - 23 minutes - 18.6 MBSeven brave Brits fly at twilight to bomb Berlin.... and it's all recorded. Well.... there were two correspondents from BBC on board too. Make that nine brave Brits. LINKS and REFERENCES Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!! Email Me: [email protected] Wynford Vaughn Thomas - BBC Recording Jinny McKormick - War History Online You Can Help the BBC - Forces War ...
Finding Uncle Robby
November 17, 2020 22:00 - 35 minutes - 28.1 MBMy Uncle Robby gave his life as a top turret gunner in a B-24 during WW2. My family never knew where he was buried..... until now. Join me as I "accidentally" discover his whereabouts, along with a little bit of heavy metal. LINKS and REFERENCES Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!! Email Me: [email protected]
Left Hanging
November 17, 2020 21:45 - 22 minutes - 17.7 MBPoint your eyes skyward as we watch Walter Osipoff get yanked around the sky by his ankles from a DC-2 ... on accident, of course. LINKS and REFERENCES Feeling Generous? Donate today to help keep the show going! Donate Through Venmo Donate Through PayPal Receive BONUS EPISODES through PATREON!! Email Me: [email protected] Man Overboard - Grain Aire Walter Osipoff - Find a Grave Miracle in the Air - White Eagle Aerospace