The series gives the viewer an up-close-and-terrifyingly-personal vantage on the air war over Europe in WWII (Apple TV+) written by Glenn Flickinger As history, Apple TV+’s Masters of the Air ranks right up there among the very best true-to-life portrayals of war. It’s equal to HBO’s Band of Brothers (2001) and The
B-24 Ball Turret Gunner, 1944 (IWM) written by Bob Podurgiel Writer and journalist Bob Podurgiel befriended WWII Ball Turret Gunner Santo Magliocca in the 1990s, when Bob covered local politics for Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Santo served on a local borough council. Santo also came to our Veterans Breakfast Club events and shared
Ed in his P-47, 1944 written by Edwin Cottrell At 102-years-old, North Carolina resident Ed Cottrell regularly attends our Monday and Thursday night virtual Zoom programs. He’s shared his remarkable story with us over the years and will be our special guest accompanying us on our Air Field Tour of England in
Publicity photo taken in the cockpit of Harry’s P-51 at Ramitelli Air Base in Italy after his April 1, 1945, mission when he shot down three German fighters. Harry’s crew chief is in the background. (USAAF) written by Todd DePastino In May, Tuskegee Airman Harry Stewart joined us on Greatest Generation Live.
B-17 flies through heavy flak to Ludwigshafen, Germany, September 1944 (USAAF) written by Steve Snyder VBC member and guest Steve Snyder is author of Shot Down: The True Story of Pilot Howard Snyder and the Crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth, a poignant and meticulously researched account of his father’s bomber crew
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5718) nicknamed “The Widow Maker” of the 94th Bomb Group in flight (Wikimedia Commons) written by Todd DePastino “What a marvelous plane that was and beautiful to fly.” That’s what WWII 15th Air Force pilot Tom Wiley said about his B-17 several years ago at a
