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Flying B-17s with the 390th Bomb Group with Col Richard Bushong

Flying B-17s with the 390th Bomb Group with Col Richard Bushong

FromThe Damcasters - The Aviation History Podcast


Flying B-17s with the 390th Bomb Group with Col Richard Bushong

FromThe Damcasters - The Aviation History Podcast

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Length:
77 minutes
Released:
Sep 14, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Every Thursday, Col. Richard Bushong heads over to the 390th Memorial Museum and holds court under the nose of the museum's B-17 Flying Fortress and answers questions for all the visitors who approach him. Dick is well placed to answer them as he flew 28 missions with the 8th Air Force's 390th Bomb Group in late 1943 and early 1944. At 100 years young, Dick is a fantastic chap to chat to and offers an insight into the realities of the 8th's battle over Occupied Europe.★Buy Dick's book, My Wars, at the 390th Memorial Museum Shop here: https://390thstore.org/collections/books-dvds/products/my-wars★Buy Dick's book, My Wars, at the Damcasters Bookshop. 10% of each purchase supports the pod, here (UK and EU only) here: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11015/9780615198323★Buy Dick's book, My Wars, at Amazon here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/My-Wars-Richard-Bushong/dp/0615198325/★Visit the 390th Memorial Museum's website at: https://www.390th.org/★Follow the 390th Memorial Museum on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/390thMMF/★Follow the 390th Memorial Museum on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/390thmmf/Please check out the latest from our sponsor, the Pima Air and Space Museum, through the links below:★Visit the Pima Air and Space Museum’s website here: https://pimaair.org/★Learn more about the Titan Missle Museum here: https://titanmissilemuseum.org/★Find out who is in the Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame here: https://pimaair.org/about-us/arizona-aviation-hall-of-fame/★Want to know how the Tucson Military Vehicle Museum is progressing? Find out more here: https://www.tucsonmilitaryvehicle.org/★Fancy becoming a Damcasteer? Join the fun on Patreon! Join from just £3+VAT a month to get ad-free episodes, chat with Matt and grab some merch. Click here below for more info: https://www.patreon.com/thedamcastersThe Damcasters © 2022 by Matt Bone is licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Sep 14, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (59)

Welcome to The Damcasters, a podcast covering aviation history from when Pontius was a Pilate to today and beyond, brought to you in association with the Pima Air and Space Museum. Every week, we will be taking a fresh look at the history of both civil and military flying, from the earliest days of people jumping off of rocks and hoping to survive to the latest in unmanned flight. While it is inevitable that we will we can get a bit avgeek-y, we aim to be as inclusive as possible so that if you have even a passing interest in flight, we will have something for you.