Take 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: dan@talesfromabove.com

You'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: dan@talesfromabove.com

Take 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: dan@talesfromabove.com

The 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 Phoenixaero@outlook.com 701-388-2564 (text only) Email Me: dan@talesfromabove.com

Sub-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 Phoenixaero@outlook.com 701-388-2564 (text only) Email Me: dan@talesfromabove.com

Here 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: dan@talesfromabove.com

It'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: dan@talesfromabove.com

Rudolph 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: dan@talesfromabove.com 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 Handwerk The Rudolph Hess Flight - 10 Conspiracies - The History Press

Boy, 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: dan@talesfromabove.com REFERENCES Avgeekery.com - The Unexpected Naval Aviator - Bill Walton Deland Naval Air Museum Aviation Geek Club - Dario Leone

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Join 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: dan@talesfromabove.com Robert J. Friend, Tuskegee Pilot who led UFO Project, By Sam Roberts Robert Friend (pilot) - Wikipedia

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Thousands 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: dan@talesfromabove.com 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

Jay 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: dan@talesfromabove.com Pacificwrecks.com - B17-E "Lucy" - 41-2666 Pacificwrecks.com - Captain Jay Zeamer, Jr. Suicide Run - The Final Flight of Old 666 - History.net - By Bob Drury and Tom Clavin Wikipedia - Old 666

WW2 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: dan@talesfromabove.com Gander Airport Historical Society - Civil Aeronautics Board Accident Report Flying Tiger Line - Wikipedia TigerintheSea.com - Crew and Passengers - By Eric Lindner Captain John Murray - By Pierre-Andre Reymond American Heritage - Ditching in the North Atlantic Tiger in the Sea - A Remarkable True Story - By Mark Shiffer Pressreader.com - Irish Daily Mail - The Miracle Pilot Flight Crew - Flying Tiger 923 - Flyingtiger923.com Flying Tiger 923 and Raging North Atlantic - Pierre-Andre - YouTube

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 me: dan@talesfromabove.com Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund - Dan Bullock Newyorktimes.com - Marine, 15, Killed in Vietnam - By Thomas A. Johnson 458bg.com - Crew 33 - Spaven

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: dan@talesfromabove.com Mid-Atlantic Air Museum - Black Widow Restoration Project DONATE to the P-61 Black Widow Project Pacificwrecks.com - P-61B-1-NO Black Widow Serial Number 42-39445 History.net - P-61 Returns From the Jungle - By Dick Smith The Morning Call - 6 to Embark on Quest for Black Widow - By Dan Pearson Googlebooks - Hidden Warbirds - By Nicholas Veronico Newspapers.com - Binghamton Press - February 26th, 1945 - Brother, Sister Wounded, Meet in New Guinea World of Warbirds - P-61 Black Widow - By Bryan Pearce

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 - Wikipedia Unbroken - A WW2 Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption: By Laura Hillenbrand Mission4Today.com - YE-ZB "Hayrake" Radio Navigation We Flew Alone: By Alan C. Carey

This 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: dan@talesfromabove.com Government of Canada - In the Skies Above: Dieppe, August 19, 1942 - By Major William March Airsoc.com - RAF 331 - Norwegian Squadron Wikipedia - Dieppe Raid Lufwaffe.cz - Battle Over Dieppe Dieppe - The Greatest Air Battle - By Norman Franks Canadian Military History - Air Operations at Dieppe - An After Action Report - By Trafford Leigh-Mallory