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The Battle of A Sầu

The Battle of A Sầu

FromPlane Tales


The Battle of A Sầu

FromPlane Tales

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Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Apr 13, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Dick Andrews was flying over the battle of A Sầu in Vietnam and feeling deja view as he saw what was going on beneath him.  It took his mind back to the day in WWII when he landed his P38 Lightning in a field to rescue his leader who had crash landed there.  Now he was watching the same thing happening below except a Skyraider was landing amongst enemy Viet Cong and not German troops.  A remarkable coincidence and a remarkable pair of stories.  
 

Bernie Fisher wearing his Medal of Honour in 2008.

 

Fisher and Myers after the rescue.

 

Fisher's damaged A-1E.

 

Dick Andrews and Dick Willsie squeezed into the same P38 cockpit.

 

 

Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to the USAF and March Field Air Museum.
Released:
Apr 13, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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