WWII Bomber Crews Insane Tales of Bravery...

The advent of the flying bomber changed the nature of warfare. Wars were no longer confined to the immediate battlefield as waves of bombers roamed far and wide across an enemy country targeting their entire war machine by hitting the factories producing the tools for war and disrupting their transport to the frontline. However, despite its promise, bombing campaigns have proven extraordinarily costly in terms of aircraft and the lives of the crews that manned them. During World War II, bomber crews had to run the gauntlet of enemy fighters swarming the skies and anti-aircraft fire and flak so thick that crews joked they could walk on it. As if this wasn’t dangerous enough, the fact that so many bombers were in the sky at one time also presented other risks, be it from collisions, unintentionally shooting at one another while fending off an attack or even dropping bombs on a friendly aircraft. Statistically speaking, aboard a bomber such as a B-17 only two of the ten-man crew would ever complete their tour of duty but with such danger there is often heroism. In this episode, we are going to look at three dramatic tales of heroism from members of bomber crews during the fight against the Axis powers in World War II. Welcome to Wars of the World.

0:00 Introduction
1:45 Henry “Red” Erwin
5:19 Ralph Cheli
10:00 James Ward

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Narrated by: Will Earl
Written & Researched by: Tony Wilkins
Edited by: James Wade
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