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    The Aviation Medals of Honor

    The Aviation Medals of Honor

    The Aviation Medals of Honor

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    Length:
    16 episodes
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Description

    The story of the men and machines behind the aviation Medals of Honor, from World War 1 to Vietnam.
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Episodes1 - 10 of 16 episodes

    Title

    S3E5: VF-17 The Jolly Rogers in the Solomons

    VF-17 is likely the most famous of all the US Navy squadrons. Their history started bac...

    29 minutes
    		Feb 06, 2024

    S3E4: USMC Corsairs up the Slot: 1st Lt Robert Hanson

    Continuing the series of episodes on the Corsair and the fight for aerial supremacy in ...

    32 minutes
    		Sep 01, 2023

    S3E3: Pappy Boyington Part 2: The Blacksheep

    This episode covers Pappy’s time in the South Pacific, his command of VMF-214, The Blac...

    76 minutes
    		May 23, 2023

    S3E2: Pappy Boyington Part 1: The Flying Tigers

    Part 1 on Greg "Pappy" Boyington. Before he led the world famous VMF-214 Blacksheep ove...

    58 minutes
    		Nov 02, 2022

    S3E1: USMC Corsairs up the Slot, WW2: Part 1 - 1st Lt Kenneth Walsh, VMF-124

    1st Lt Kenneth Walsh was the first F4U Corsair ace and a pilot in VMF-124 during the So...

    42 minutes
    		May 16, 2022

    S2E6: 67th Fighter Squadron at Guadalcanal

    Arriving just two days after John L. Smith and VMF-223, the pilots of the 67th Fighter ...

    30 minutes
    		Jan 24, 2022

    S2E5: Marines over Guadalcanal, WW2: Part 5 - 1st Lt Jefferson DeBlanc, USMC, F4F Wildcat pilot

    In part 5 of 5 in the Guadalcanal series, 1st Lt Jefferson DeBlanc of VMF-112 becomes t...

    40 minutes
    		Oct 19, 2021

    S2E2: Marines over Guadalcanal, WW2: Part 2 Captain Marion Carl, USMC, F4F Wildcat pilot

    While not a Medal of Honor recipient, Marion Carl was twice decorated with the Navy Cro...

    34 minutes
    		Oct 03, 2020

    S2E1: Marines over Guadalcanal, WW2: Part 1 - Major John L. Smith, USMC, F4F Wildcat pilot

    Major John L. Smith was the Commanding Officer of VMF-223, the first fighter squadron t...

    48 minutes
    		Jul 09, 2020

    S1E6: 8th Air Force in Europe, WW 2: Part 6 - BGen Frederick Castle, USAAF, B-17 Flying Fortress pilot, 8th Air Force, World War 2

    Part 4 of 4 on the B-17 Flying Fortress and the 8th Air Force. Brigadier General Freder...

    40 minutes
    		Feb 05, 2020