Warbirds - Tales From Above

Today 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...

They 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:   dan@talesfromabove.com Master Sgt. Ernie Barber - 392nd Bomb Group - B24.net Staff Sgt. William Dowling - 392nd Bomb Group - B24.net

A 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...

Those 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:   dan@talesfromabove.com Pacificwrecks.com - TBD-1 Devastator, Bureau Number 0335 - Tail 6-T-6 Harold Frederick Dixon - Findagrave.com Louis Zamperini -...

This one is not often talked about.  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  Support Warbirds and get BONUS EPISODES!!!!! Email Me:   dan@talesfromabove.com Government of Canada - In the Skies Above: Dieppe, August 19, 1942...

Unlike 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  Support Warbirds and get B...

It was a thing, 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 Support Warbirds and get BONUS EPISODES https://www.patreon.com/warbirdspodcast?fan_landing=true Email M...

Eino Alve and his mighty crew of Shack Rabbits plow through 35 missions in a B-24.  How they did it is, of course, their own unique and nail-biting story. REFERENCES & LINKS Support Warbirds and Get BONUS EPISODES https://www.patreon.com/warbirdspodcast?fan_landing=true Email Me:   dan@talesfromabove.com Remembrances of The Shack Rabbit - By Eino V. Alve - https://www.amazon.com/Remembrances-Shack...

One of the best dogfighters there ever was, with some exemplary moral character to boot. REFERENCES & LINKS Support Warbirds and Get BONUS EPISODES https://www.patreon.com/warbirdspodcast?fan_landing=true Email Me:   dan@talesfromabove.com 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 -...

The 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 Support Warbirds and Get BONUS EPISODES https://www.patreon.com/warbirdspodcast?fan_landing=true Email Me:   dan@talesfromabove.com The Hour Has Come - By Thomas F. Gulley Warbird Digest - WWI...

Turns 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 Support Warbirds and Get BONUS EPISODES https://www.patreon.com/warbirdspodcast?fan_landing=true Email Me:   dan@talesfromabove.com AAIR - Aviation Archeology - PBY Aircraft Airframe History List - 59763 - Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives - Cr...

The 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 Support Warbirds and Get BONUS EPISODES https://www.patreon.com/warbirdspodcast?fan_landing=true Email Me: dan@talesfromabove.com Hutchison News - February 17th, 1950 - Loren Grover Obituary Vintage Wings of Canada Vap...

They were the first, and everyone forgot them..... LINKS & REFERENCES Become a Member and get Bonus Episodes -  https://www.patreon.com/warbirdspodcast?fan_landing=true Email Me: dan@talesfromabove.com 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...

They don't build them like they used to.... and I'm not talking about airplanes. LINKS AND REFERENCES Support Warbirds and get BONUS EPISODES https://www.patreon.com/warbirdspodcast?fan_landing=true Email Me:   dan@talesfromabove.com 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...

The unselfish act of P-51 pilot, Billie Harris, finally gains recognition 62 years after giving his life in occupied France. Support Warbirds and get Bonus Episodes! https://www.patreon.com/warbirdspodcast?fan_landing=true Email Me: dan@talesfromabove.com Joyce Ann Ashley - 354th Fighter Group Tribute - Billie D. Harris 354th Fighter Group - Wikipedia On The Road: The Longest Wait - CBS News

The greatest fighter pilot of all time?? Get Bonus Episodes! https://www.patreon.com/warbirdspodcast?fan_landing=true Much of this content, as well as specific quotes, are from the works of the authors of "The Star of Africa", and Flight Journal Magazine.  None of these works are from my own original research. The Star of Africa Colin D. Heaton Anne-Marie Lewis Walter J. Boyne Albert H. Wunsch III...

Seven 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. Get Bonus Episodes! https://www.patreon.com/warbirdspodcast?fan_landing=true BBC Recording https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b0076rvh Jinny McCormick - War History Online