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  • Christmas at war, with more seasonal tales, including a special feature on what Christmas was like in various countries around the globe during WW2.
    Specials in this episode:
    German Boy Soldier's Christmas Shoes
    V1 Doodlebug bombs over Manchester
    The Last Flight of Lancaster DV189
    The Journal of Flight Sergeant Jim Browning
    Christmas at war around the world

    And just to remind you, if you want to fill your December with a catch up on all the previous Christmas episodes for this podcast, you can access them easily by clicking on the episodes item on the website menu and selecting - Christmas!

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    Links to features in the show:

    Manchester V1 attack WW2 and comments
    https://aircrashsites.co.uk/air-raids-bomb-sites/luftwaffe-v1-attack-on-manchester-christmas-eve-1944/


    Bomber enemies in WWII became friends
    https://nation.time.com/2012/12/20/a-christmas-story-but-not-by-charles-dickens/


    Eugene Fluckey’s book Thunder Below about USS Barb submarine.
    https://amzn.to/4a9dS3k

    Sounds
    Lancaster crashing - Plane Crash.flac Copyright 2013 Iwan Gabovitch, CC-BY3 license.

    http://freesound.org/people/Snipperbes/sounds/145365/

  • PART TWO Featuring No time for dreams: a soldier’s six-year journey through World War II.
    By Robert W. Metcalfe, 4th Green Howards.

    PLUS:

    What someone's father found in the jungle AFTER the war.

    Who wrote to Bob Metcalfe upon publication of his book.

    Full show notes, photos and transcript at:
    https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/94-Dunkirk-Special-Bob-Metcalf-Brit-Canadian-Green-Howard-WW2-history

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    Thomas W Gray story - The Eighth Air Force Historical Society (official) Facebook page:

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/8THAFHS/permalink/6392716644111145/

    WW2 Stories of Chaos and Courage Robert Gough
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/754427714964136/permalink/1401905480216353/?mibextid=zDhOQc

    Spitfire downed on Dunkirk beach
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/754427714964136/permalink/1298240560582846/?mibextid=zDhOQc

    Ramsgate life-boat - The France and Flanders Campaign 1940 Facebook
    https://www.facebook.com/861551180637519/posts/pfbid0MUyULj43uQvZ7CJjWhUJRUEd6P4xmbBKapXfv1d2hTvUzmcEAQYV1ZCeEa4Q7Xvql/

    Thomas W Gray - The Eighth Air Force Historical Society (official) Facebook
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/8THAFHS/permalink/6392716644111145/

    WW2 Stories of Chaos and Courage Robert Gough
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/754427714964136/permalink/1401905480216353/?mibextid=zDhOQc

    Recollections of Lieutenant JWR Cocke - Wilbur
    https://www.facebook.com/861551180637519/posts/pfbid023vpZUKbAJvcmkh2Y4HXQh25buYPeT4doKhBSzfnPus328rVKso3GuuQJvxuqZSpol/

    More Dunkirk stories:
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/754427714964136/search/?q=dunkirk

    Seth Vader's grandfather's memoir:
    https://www.reddit.com/r/ww2/s/5OHnpaX7S9

    John Moran of Scottish parentage but a Canadian wrote a book under the name Ian Moran called the Lone Piper.
    https://www.amazon.com.au/Lone-Piper-Story-Millin-Lovats/dp/1706961251

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  • Featuring No time for dreams: a soldier’s six-year journey through World War II.
    By Robert W. Metcalfe, 4th Green Howards

    Bob Metcalf enlisted in the fourth battalion, the Green Howards in December 1935. He saw action in France in 1940, where he was wounded. Subsequently, he served with the sixth battalion, the Green Howards, and the western desert, in Sicily, and was part of a British increment that fought with the fifth United States Army in Italy. After the war, Bob lived in Canada and became a Canadian citizen. He wrote his memoir in the early 1970’s.

    Plus loads of family stories!

    More great unpublished history of world war two!

    Full show notes, photos and transcript at:
    https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/94-Dunkirk-Special-Bob-Metcalf-Brit-Canadian-Green-Howard-WW2-history

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    Links to features in the show:

    France and Flanders – The Scotsmen story
    https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0rqsd4pF1fs37YC76TPuVgh4tpudaa3Lu7nHhMMX71WGSMQo2rnJ7Vu8eJ6hADWuFl&id=100072081056641

    D-Day Operation Overlord facebook page
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/1528243384106448/permalink/3551589835105116/

    Assn of Dunkirk ships
    https://www.facebook.com/DunkirkShips/
    https://www.adls.org.uk/
    https://www.facebook.com/culturevannin/photos/a.421476987984802/2655215381277607/?type=3

    Isle of Man Culture Vannin Facebook page
    for the Manx Heritage foundation: taking Manx culture forward

    https://culturevannin.im/watchlisten/videos/world-war-two--the-isle-of-man-411483/?fbclid=IwAR1DGg6OnFOGCNd1evVKIBIUuliCuwI7vT-v5xDUcN44-bE5hSJ-kG1myjI

    Reddit Stories about WW2 heroes. Sgt Carbonero:
    https://reddit.com/r/ww2/s/7zhCVvj7sr

    Friends of Normanby Village Facebook page – 4th Green Howard story. Albert Edward Mead.
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/614763812894288/posts/1047674802936518/?comment_id=1047749999595665&reply_comment_id=1047877976249534¬if_id=1699710094723212¬if_t=group_comment_mention

  • More from Dave Thomas about his father’s exploits in the 82nd airborne in Italy.

    Preview of The Secret Beach: A Kids World War 2 Adventure. By James Papalia

    Green Howards feature - online Sicily exhibition

    Telephone chat with veteran Ken Cooke who has some more titbits to share with us about his time in Normandy, with an absolutely superb explanation about what it was like fighting in the French bocage.

    Loads of family stories!

    More great unpublished history of world war two!

    Full show notes, photos and transcript at:
    https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/93-the-82nd-airborne-Part-2-letters-from-Sicily-and-Italy-WWII-WW2/

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    The Secret Beach - Great WW2 history for kids! Buy here on Amazon:
    https://a.co/d/6klDSeb

    Green Howards
    https://greenhowards.org.uk/
    Online Sicily Exhibition
    See: https://greenhowards.org.uk/exhibition/first-foot-on-fortress-europe/

    Kilroy
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/wwiiphotographs/permalink/663597541886219/

    Edward ‘Teddy’ Sheean VC WW2 STORIES OF CHAOS AND COURAGE
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/754427714964136/permalink/1365913053815596/

    Champagne Sylvie. La Vie en France
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkRdwn9Ktd1z79n08YYVwhw

    Facebook story: WW2 STORIES OF CHAOS AND COURAGE The surly petty officer
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/754427714964136/permalink/1456548118085422/

    Battles and Beers. Every soldier has a story, and every story deserves to be told. Nicholas Laidlaw - What War did to us
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/754427714964136/permalink/1156444198095817/

    And here is the background to the Italian mission from
    http://www.facesbeyondthegraves.com/pagina43.html

    My mum kept her dads World War I record secret until I found them online.
    https://facebook.com/groups/754427714964136/permalink/1456548118085422/

  • A great family story from Dave Thomas about his father’s exploits in the 82nd airborne in Sicily and Italy.

    Telephone chat with veteran Ken Cooke who has some more titbits to share with us about his time in Normandy, with an absolutely superb explanation about what it was like fighting in the French bocage.

    Interview with Claire and Steve from the Soldier’s Charity about a very special Normandy tour you will wish to join later this year.

    Loads of family stories!

    Full show notes, photos and transcript at:
    https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/92-the-82nd-airborne-letters-from-sicily-and-italy-in-WWII

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    Links for episode 82
    ABF The Soldiers’ Charity on their event ‘The Frontline Walk’
    Visit www.soldierscharity.org/frontlinewalk for more information.
    Normandy specific website: The Frontline Walk: The Normandy Beaches 2023 (soldierscharity.org)
    Normandy route
    Day 1: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/39060395

    Day 2: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/39060402

    Day 3: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/39060403

    Video:
    Frontline Walk 2022 - YouTube

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9wAFB6h7MFoohx7WiH7LTA

    Song for the Bad Guys - Nick Feint
    Nick’s music is hosted on the bandcamp website and there’s a link to in the shownotes
    https://nickfeint.bandcamp.com/track/song-for-the-bad-guys

    https://open.spotify.com/track/0YEOGDmc5v3Foe8IDfujTt?si=vcK-KBDTT4i4UITLbLoOFQ

    Nick Feint - Coming Up Roses
    https://open.spotify.com/track/0YEOGDmc5v3Foe8IDfujTt?si=vcK-KBDTT4i4UITLbLoOFQ

    505 Parachute Infantry Regiment website
    http://www.505rct.org/SICILY.asp

    D-Day and TimeGhost History's 24 hour coverage of D-Day, as it really happened. Clips, playlists, and all the chapters of that day as it unfolded.
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9wAFB6h7MFoohx7WiH7LTA

    Great British Life online Magazine – link …
    https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/people/22630675.story-behind-luftwaffes-attack-new-mills/

    Fred Thomas 504 PIR WW2

  • An interview with Dominic Frisby. The Kisses on a Postcard musical charts the true story of two young British evacuees during WW2. Features mystery postcard messages, the bombing of Plymouth, American GI's and crashing German bombers.
    Dominic’s work is full to bursting with Dunkirk spirit, steam trains and all the best of WW2 Britishness.

    And never ever was an episode better timed to coincide with world events.

    More great unpublished history of the second world war!

    Buy the book, the CD's, hear the musical as a podcast. All links and pod players at:
    www.kissesonapostcard.com

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  • Part 2

    A classic tale of British infantry adventure in WW2. How the Fighting Through WW2 memoirs podcast put the families of two war comrades in touch with each other.

    Sicily and D-Day campaigns featured. Durham Light Infantry DLI and Green Howards feature.

    More great unpublished history!

    Buy Alf Blackburn's War Memoirs at:
    https://amzn.to/3I8cFxd

    Full show notes, photos and transcript at:
    https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/90-Alfred-Blackburn-War-Memoirs-Part-2

    Rennie Shaw
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56500895/rennie-shaw/flower

    Augie Herchenratter
    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/war-hero-augie-herchenratter-hoped-to-make-it-to-the-nhl/article37536495/

    Men of Worth project
    https://www.menofworth.org.uk/

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  • A classic tale of British infantry adventure in WW2. How the Fighting Through WW2 memoirs podcast put the families of two war comrades in touch with each other.

    Sicily and D-Day campaigns featured.

    More great unpublished history!

    Buy Alf Blackburn's War Memoirs at:
    https://amzn.to/3I8cFxd

    Full show notes, photos and transcript at:
    https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/89-Alf-Blackburns-war-memoirs-WW2-British-Infantry

    Rennie Shaw
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56500895/rennie-shaw/flower

    Augie Herchenratter
    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/war-hero-augie-herchenratter-hoped-to-make-it-to-the-nhl/article37536495/

    Men of Worth project
    https://www.menofworth.org.uk/

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  • Celebrating another Christmas at war and indeed Hogmanay, with a Christmas stocking absolutely heaving with seasonal tales of goodwill.

    More great unpublished Christmassy! Full show notes, photos and transcript at:
    https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/88-Christmas-at-War-2022-WW2

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    Edinburgh pubs:

    https://guildfordarms.com/

    https://www.caferoyaledinburgh.com/

    In search of the pub at Hogmanay - Facebook - Edinburgh Past and Present

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/243031579057598/permalink/6000651499962215/

    Anderson shelters

    https://andersonshelters.org.uk/design-construction/building/

    Spotify playlist – German war songs

    https://open.spotify.com/episode/35eUciFLotazYwLQYPohde?si=BuTXcAcpROWUWcMJjVOmuw

    POW letters home

    https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/documents/Christmas%20letters%20transcribed.pdf

    Douglas Bader report

    https://www.facebook.com/861551180637519/posts/pfbid02Dh4zf6aHzVYkV4HxgymXPGTRqGLcJMPXobxzrfS1yPCmiYbFXTx7NoUBfvA3D7Ltl/?d=n

    A Short History Of The Aden Emergency

    https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/a-short-history-of-the-aden-emergency

    Sound Effects from Pixabay

    https://pixabay.com/sound-effects

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    More great unpublished history of the second world war!

  • Previewing the newly published book and surely a best seller, Save the Last Bullet, about a German boy soldier in the Nazi army.

    "This is the story of my father's traumatic ordeal as a boy soldier in Hitler's Army. It is an account in his own words of the horrors of the Third Reich, witnessed and experienced from his perspective as a child." Heidi Langbein.

    Hear the chapter on Military Training.

    Plus more family stories and WW2 ghost story from James Papalia, aged 7!

    More great unpublished history! British Normandy Memorial Shop - https://www.britishnormandymemorial.org/shop/ Story of my visit Episode 45 Bill Vickers Episode 25 Episode 78 Buy the Book, Save the Last Bullet: Pen and Sword direct Amazon UK Amazon USA More Willi Langbein episodes: Save the Last Bullet intro - Episode 69 Christmas 2021 Episode 76 Coming soon: Christmas 2022 Episode 87 Heidi Langbein web site: https://www.heidilangbeinauthor.com/ Heidi Langbein Facebook:

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    Full show notes, photos and transcript at:
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  • A preview of a brand new podcast all about the United States Air Force in the guise of the Mighty Eighth - and their role in Britain during the war. And as a prelude I’m going to chat with Johann, one of the hosts.

    More great unpublished history!

    Mighty Eighth website
    https://mighty8thpodcast.com/

    Book mention in the show:
    Bomb Group: The Eighth Air Force's 381st and the Allied Air Offensive over Europe
    Paul Bingley and Mike Peters

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  • How the Cockleshell Heroes upset Nazi supply lines with canoes!

    How a British Royal Fusilier survived for 3 years as a German POW.

    More great unpublished history!

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    Paul Britton, Senior reporter at Manchester Evening News.
    Twitter: @PaulBrittonMEN
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    Cockleshell article in Manchester Evening News:
    https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/following-in-the-footsteps-of-24453884

    Cockleshell article BBC:
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12914628


    On This Day Australian military history - Facebook page:
    https://www.facebook.com/OTDAustralianMilitaryHistory/

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  • A great tale of one man's survival when so many around him lost their lives in Italy and beyond. Features 5th Canadian Division.

    Plus a fascinating U-Boat tale about weather station Kurt sneakily set up by the enemy in Newfoundland.

    More great unpublished history!

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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Station_Kurt

    If you want your painting done with aplomb, get on the phone and ring Desperate Don!
    https://pridepainting.ca/ That’s my plug, not Don’s!

    I’ve been using her Liz for typing work several years now and that clearly says a lot for the quality of her service.
    www.nicholssecretarialservices.co.uk

    Full show notes, photos and transcript at:

    https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/83-corporal-leslie-cook-and-the-japanese-doll-ww2

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  • The tale of an Australian soldier who has to bury dead Japanese soldiers - a very distasteful duty but one which years later paid him back in positive ways he could not have imagined at the time.

    More great unpublished history!

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    Link to Anzac Day parade led by Les Cook
    https://youtu.be/c4sGEiex73I

    Research links
    www.ww2talk.com
    https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/p/research/

    Pwll Du Bay in Wales.
    Where U-Boats sneaked up!
    https://www.enjoygower.com/pwll-du-bay

    Rob Edmunds historical writer
    https://twitter.com/RobEdmunds11

    Goliath mini tank
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath_tracked_mine?wprov=sfti1

    Island Destiny, stories from a German medic on Guernsey
    https://guernseypress.com/news/2008/05/20/love-across-war-lines/
    Island Destiny: A True Story of Love and War in the Channel Island of Sark https://www.amazon.com/dp/1903341361/ref=cm_sw_r_awdo_YQC974WAG5S89E17478Y

    Full show notes, photos and transcript at:

    https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/83-corporal-leslie-cook-and-the-japanese-doll-ww2

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  • Second part of a long chat with Australian veteran Leslie Cook, his views on the Pacific war and more tales of his WW2 adventures.

    Play link re the mobile tank mine – the Goliath

    https://overcast.fm/+lXX7AU7I/1:17:22

    Donate To Salvation Army Ukraine Crisis Appeal
    https://bit.ly/FightingThroughSalvationArmy

    Red Cross/ Disasters Emergency Committee
    https://bit.ly/FightingThroughRedCross

    Full show notes, photos and transcript at:

    https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/81-coffee-part-1-australian-les-cook

    Reviews on main website

    https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/reviews/new/

    Apple reviews - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ww2-fighting-through-from-dunkirk-to-hamburg-war-diary/id624581457?mt=2

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  • A long chat with Australian veteran Leslie Cook, his views on the Pacific war and more tales of his WW2 adventures.

    Various family stories and an opportunity to donate to one of the several charities supporting the refugees.

    Donate To Salvation Army Ukraine Crisis Appeal
    https://bit.ly/FightingThroughSalvationArmy

    Red Cross/ Disasters Emergency Committee
    https://bit.ly/FightingThroughRedCross

    British Normandy Memorial and Harry Billinge

    https://www.britishnormandymemorial.org/

    Full show notes, photos and transcript at:

    https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/81-coffee-part-1-australian-les-cook

    Reviews on main website

    https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/reviews/new/

    Apple reviews - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ww2-fighting-through-from-dunkirk-to-hamburg-war-diary/id624581457?mt=2

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  • Insights into the 2022 Ukraine crisis from 1944. Various family stories and an opportunity to donate to one of the several charities supporting the refugees.

    Donate To Salvation Army Ukraine Crisis Appeal
    https://bit.ly/FightingThroughSalvationArmy

    Red Cross/ Disasters Emergency Committee
    https://bit.ly/FightingThroughRedCross

    Sources of news/discussion
    BBC’s Newscast and Ukrainecast podcasts
    Economist magazine podcast dated March 7

    Full show notes, photos and transcript at:

    https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/Ukraine2022-Refugees

    Reviews on main website

    https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/reviews/new/

    Apple reviews - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ww2-fighting-through-from-dunkirk-to-hamburg-war-diary/id624581457?mt=2

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    Operations Manna and Chowhound WWII

  • A thrilling Part 2 of German submarine U-111’s tour of the North Atlantic during the second world war. By Kurt Schoenthier. Sinkings, survivals and POW's. Plus stacks of family stories and more.

    LINK TO KO-FI

    LINK TO BUY ME A COFFEE

    Song For The Bad Guys
    from Next Exit From Babylon by Nick Feint
    There are 11 tracks on his brand new album.
    Below is a link to Bandcamp where Nick’s music is hosted.
    https://nickfeint.bandcamp.com/track/song-for-the-bad-guys

    Nick's Facebook page

    https://www.facebook.com/stonearrowj/photos/a.262053427765502/938194986818006/

    Royal Army Chaplains’ Museum, Army Museum, Swindon, UK.
    https://royalarmychaplainsmuseum.business.site/?utm_source=gmb&utm_medium=referral)

    Chris Willet’s family history – Ted Dimmock
    https://www.family-treasure.com/greenhowarddunkirk

    Western Approaches museum
    https://liverpoolwarmuseum.co.uk/


    Military Combat Stories
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/776796136302975/?ref=share


    Battle of the Atlantic Facebook page.
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/140314613337524/?ref=share

    Full show notes, photos and transcript at:

    https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/79-german-submariner-and-pow-part-2

    Reviews on main website

    https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/reviews/new/

    Apple reviews - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ww2-fighting-through-from-dunkirk-to-hamburg-war-diary/id624581457?mt=2

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  • German submarine U-111’s tour of the North Atlantic during the second world war. By Kurt Schoenthier. Sinkings, survivals and POW's. Plus stacks of family stories, including a Green Howard Padre's account of the Dunkirk beaches.

    LINK TO KO-FI

    LINK TO BUY ME A COFFEE

    Western Approaches museum
    https://liverpoolwarmuseum.co.uk/


    Military Combat Stories
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/776796136302975/?ref=share


    Battle of the Atlantic 1939 to 1945.
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/140314613337524/?ref=share


    Royal Army Chaplains’ Museum, Army Museum, Swindon, UK.
    https://royalarmychaplainsmuseum.business.site/?utm_source=gmb&utm_medium=referral)

    Chris Willet’s family history – Ted Dimmock
    https://www.family-treasure.com/greenhowarddunkirk

    Full show notes, photos and transcript at:

    https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/78-german-submariner-and-pow

    Reviews on main website

    https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/reviews/new/

    Apple reviews - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ww2-fighting-through-from-dunkirk-to-hamburg-war-diary/id624581457?mt=2

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  • The Able Queen, Tales of an Indiana Hump Pilot Lost in the Himalayas, China - by Rainy Hovarth - Extracts from the true story, told in his own words, of highly decorated CBI Hump Pilot, Robert Binzer, who flew combat transport missions with the 14th Air Force from China, 1943-1945.

    Plus:

    - V-discs - vintage wartime music

    - Major Mahony’s VC story

    - How to pronounce Aluminium!

    Links:
    Link to Wikipedia on Vdiscs:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-Disc

    Lakeview Hot Record Club:
    http://lakeviewhotrecordclub.org

    Lakeview Hot Record Club is based at the Spirit Room, 139 State Street, Rochester NY

    Spotify play lists (or go to Fighting Through Home page/Music)

    Bill Cheall's war: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5efF3wjTBs0oeXVpDjbdEo?si=494145735c10426a

    GI Joe Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0700vlwT6wh6WEQKNizPOV?si=5df8f16405c84f09

    Rainy Horvath web sites:
    https://www.rainyhorvath.com/the-able-queen
    www.rainyhorvath.com

    Carl Weidenburner is a military historian who has made the CBI Theatre of War his specialty. Check out his extensive page, and amazing collection of information on his site:

    https://www.cbi-theater.com/menu/cbi_home.html

    LINK TO BUY ME A COFFEE

    Full show notes at:

    https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/77-CBI-hump-pilot-lost-in-china-WW2

    Reviews on main website

    https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/reviews/new/

    Apple reviews - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ww2-fighting-through-from-dunkirk-to-hamburg-war-diary/id624581457?mt=2

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