Category: Air War over Germany WW2

A film telling the story of ‘Bud’ Owens and his hazardous journey through Nazi-occupied France. Francis “Bud” Owens was from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He joined the US Army Air Forces as a B-17 gunner in 1942 and was assigned to the 381st Bombardment Group of the American Eighth Air Force in March 1943. Owens was awarded…

An interview by Paul Woodadge with Michael Sellers (director and producer) and Michael Cudlitz (narrator) of the new documentary film Return to Hardwick, about the 93rd Bomb Group which was the most decorated, most traveled and most effective bomber group of WWII. Crippling Hitler’s Europe from the air, they executed some of the most daring…

United in the Skies: USAAF Air Command 1942-45 With Luke Truxal Part of 8th Air Force Week on WW2TV https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDG3XyxGI5lDgqVS0YC0geJFUgIY25dHn More Strategic Bombing content on WW2TV https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDG3XyxGI5lCw1ePdNmMS8SE580Qu2idk In today’s show we look at the changes and improvements made to the structure of the USAAF Command from 1942/43 to the end of the war. We look…

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Damn Lucky – One Man’s Courage with the 100th Bomb Group With John Luckadoo and Kevin Maurer Content on WW2TV about Veterans of the Second World War https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDG3XyxGI5lDiFMaJBKG1SfK0BL-X910M More Strategic Bombing content on WW2TV https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDG3XyxGI5lCw1ePdNmMS8SE580Qu2idk When Second Lieutenant John “Lucky” Luckadoo – a wide-eyed 21-year-old assigned to the Eighth Air Force’s 100th Bomb Group –…

A B-24 Liberator over Germany – The Last Mission of the Wham Bam Boys With Gregory A Freeman Part of Tragedies and Disasters Week POW and Internment Camps https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDG3XyxGI5lClO4LxYIRIi9Pt8Ma0RG9H More Strategic Bombing content on WW2TV https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDG3XyxGI5lCw1ePdNmMS8SE580Qu2idk In August 1944, the 9- man crew of a B-24 Liberator was forced to bail out over Germany. As…

A B-17 Over the Ruhr – Alles ist Kaput, Abgeschossen – B-17F 42-5877 With Don Russell Part of Strategic Bombing week on WW2TV More Strategic Bombing content on WW2TV https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDG3XyxGI5lCw1ePdNmMS8SE580Qu2idk Lieutenant Colonel Donald G. Russell (U.S. Air Force, retired) is Deputy Commandant of Cadets at Virginia Tech in the USA. Don’s Grandfather was a B-17…

On December 18th 1944 a B-24 Liberator “Lazy Lou” was involved in a fatal mid-air collision over Carlton Scroop in Lincolnshire. The other aircraft was a C-109 fuel transport. 76 years on (plus one day) we are joined by David Bristow author of “What Happened to You Lazy Lou” and Adam Berry author of “And…

The Kassel Raid – The Largest Loss by an 8th Air Force Group in WWII With Eric Ratcliffe More Strategic Bombing content on WW2TV https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDG3XyxGI5lCw1ePdNmMS8SE580Qu2idk My guest tonight is Eric Ratcliffe who has a book coming out soon with Pen and Sword. Eric lives near Tibenham in Norfolk, England. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJw7R0PtKvU&t=24s UK https://uk.bookshop.org/a/5843/9781526774620 USA https://bookshop.org/a/21029/9781526774620 On…

8th Air Force B-17 Bombers over Essex – Ridgewell With Paul Bingley More Strategic Bombing content on WW2TV https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDG3XyxGI5lCw1ePdNmMS8SE580Qu2idk Joining us live from the Ridgewell Airfield Commemorative Museum is the Association’s Chairman Paul Bingley. Paul will talk about the history of the airfield with a focus on the 381st Bomb Group and their missions over…