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• Spitfires with Becky Aikman

  In 1942, a group of American women arrived in Liverpool, England. This group of aviatrixes, led by the remarkable Jackie Cochran, were joining the Air Transport Auxiliary to help deliver the latest aircraft to frontline RAF Squadrons. Author Becky Aikman joins us to discuss these intrepid women and their legacy.Buy Spitfires: The American Women Who Flew in the Face of Danger During World War II via the links below:UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Spitfires-American-Women-Danger-During/dp/1635576563US - https://bookshop.org/a/111804/9781635576566-----------------------------------------------------🛫 Join us on Patreon! Join from just £3 + VAT a month to get ad-free episodes, chat with Matt, and receive a personalised welcome pack. Click here for more info: https://www.patreon.com/theaviationshow-----------------------------------------------------✈️Get the latest from the Pima Air and Space Museum by following their socials!Website: https://pimaair.org/https://www.facebook.com/PimaAirAndSpacehttps://www.instagram.com/pimaairhttps://x.com/pimaairhttps://www.youtube.com/c/PimaAirSpaceMuseumCheck out the Tucson Military Vehicle Museum here: https://www.tucsonmilitaryvehicle.org/👕Get your aviation on with 909 Apparel today! Check out their website here: https://www.909apparel.com/-----------------------------------------------------The Aviation Show © 2025 by Matt Bone is licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International-----------------------------------------------------00:00 Introduction01:03 Discovering the American ATA Girls07:20 The Indomitable Jackie Cochran11:56 Jackie and Pauline Gower15:38 The American ATA Girls20:42 Winnabelle Pierce24:52 Visit The Pima Air and Space Museum26:32 Virginia Farr30:01 Mary Zerbel31:32 Nancy Miller34:33 Ann Wood38:07 The WASP Alternative40:46 Insights from Diaries44:43 Becky's Lasting Memories51:38 Wrap Up Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• The Bristol Brabazon with Alan J Porter

  The Bristol Brabazon was conceived at the height of the Second World War. With the tide of the conflict turning, the British Government set up a committee to examine the nation's future civil airliner needs post-war. The Brabazon I was the first aircraft specified and the first to fly. Its legacy is complicated, and author Alan J Porter joins us to argue the case for the Brab and the legacy it left following its scrapping.Buy Bristol Brabazon: The Ocean Liner of the Skies and Its Ongoing Legacy by Alan J. Porter at The Aviation Bookshop! 10% of each sale goes to supporting the show.UK Bookshop.org link: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11015/9781399055680US Bookshop.org link, Release Date: 30th August: https://bookshop.org/a/111804/9781399055680-----------------------------------------------------🛫 Join us on Patreon! Join from just £3 + VAT a month to get ad-free episodes, chat with Matt, and receive a personalised welcome pack. Click here for more info: https://www.patreon.com/theaviationshow-----------------------------------------------------✈️Get the latest from the Pima Air and Space Museum by following their socials!Website: https://pimaair.org/https://www.facebook.com/PimaAirAndSpacehttps://www.instagram.com/pimaairhttps://x.com/pimaairhttps://www.youtube.com/c/PimaAirSpaceMuseumCheck out the Tucson Military Vehicle Museum here: https://www.tucsonmilitaryvehicle.org/👕Get your aviation on with 909 Apparel today! Check out their website here: https://www.909apparel.com/-----------------------------------------------------The Damcasters © 2025 by Matt Bone is licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International----------------------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Pima Air and Space Museum Pubcast!

  As Scott Marchand and Andrew Boehly, CEO and Director of Collections of the Pima Air and Space Museum, respectively, were in town, I had to drag them to the pub to find out what the future holds for the expanding Museum. With the arrival of Philippine Mars, the opening of the Tucson Military Vehicle Museum, and a raft of projects on the go, Scott and Andrew bring us up to speed with all the latest from Pima and the current trends affecting aviation museums. Welcome to the Pima Pubcast!Many thanks to @boneyardsafari for the footage of the Martin Mars move!-----------------------------------------------------🛫 Join us on Patreon! Join from just £3 + VAT a month to get ad-free episodes, chat with Matt, and receive a personalised welcome pack. Click here for more info: https://www.patreon.com/theaviationshow-----------------------------------------------------✈️Get the latest from the Pima Air and Space Museum by following their socials!Website: https://pimaair.org/https://www.facebook.com/PimaAirAndSpacehttps://www.instagram.com/pimaairhttps://x.com/pimaairhttps://www.youtube.com/c/PimaAirSpaceMuseumCheck out the Tucson Military Vehicle Museum here: https://www.tucsonmilitaryvehicle.org/👕Get your aviation on with 909 Apparel today! Check out their website here: https://www.909apparel.com/-----------------------------------------------------The Damcasters © 2025 by Matt Bone is licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International-----------------------------------------------------00:00 Intro and the Martin Mars Arrival01:09 How the Mars Project Came Together10:37 The New Tucson Military Vehicle Museum30:02 The Lone Survivor Pave Hawk 22733:37 The Changing Demographic of Museum Visitors47:41 The Future Ambition of Pima Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Eagle Days with Victoria Taylor

  In an Aviation Show first, we teamed up with Paul Woodadge of @WW2TV to do a multi Live Stream! This is the audio from our discussion with Dr Victoria Taylor. Victoria joins us to discuss her new book, Eagle Days: Life and Death for the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain. Eagles Days looks at the long summer of 1940 from the other side of the channel and offers some surprising insights into one of the most discussed battles of WW2.Dr Victoria Taylor, BA (Hons), MRes, AFHEA is an award-winning aviation historian, broadcaster and writer who completed her PhD thesis on the Luftwaffe and National Socialism in the Third Reich at the University of Hull and Sheffield Hallam University. Her main historical focus is on British and German aviation during the interwar period and the Second World War. In recognition of her PhD research, she was awarded the 2020 Royal Air Force Museum Doctoral Academic Prize in 2021. https://spitfirefillyaviation.com/https://x.com/SpitfireFillyhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/spitfirefillyaviation/Buy Eagle Days at The Aviation Show Bookshop:UK - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/11015/9781804549995US - https://bookshop.org/a/111804/9781804549995Follow Woody at:https://twitter.com/WW2TVhttps://www.facebook.com/WW2TVhttps://www.instagram.com/ww2tv/-----------------------------------------------------🛫 Join us on Patreon! Join from just £3 + VAT a month to get ad-free episodes, chat with Matt, and receive a personalised welcome pack. Click here for more info: https://www.patreon.com/theaviationshow-----------------------------------------------------✈️Get the latest from the Pima Air and Space Museum by following their socials!Website: https://pimaair.org/https://www.facebook.com/PimaAirAndSpacehttps://www.instagram.com/pimaairhttps://x.com/pimaairhttps://www.youtube.com/c/PimaAirSpaceMuseumCheck out the Tucson Military Vehicle Museum here: https://www.tucsonmilitaryvehicle.org/👕Get your aviation on with 909 Apparel today! Check out their website here: https://www.909apparel.com/-----------------------------------------------------The Damcasters © 2025 by Matt Bone is licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International----------------------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• The Sinking of the Cap Arcona: 3rd May 1945

  80 years ago, on the 3rd May 1945, Hawker Typhoons of the RAF's 2nd Tactical Air Force attacked German shipping in Lubeck Bay, north of Hamburg. They succeeded in sinking three large ships and damaging another. Tragically, these ships were crammed with Concentration Camp prisoners that had been evacuated from the Neuengamme concentration camp; over 7000 were killed in the last days of the Second World War.Join us as we look into what happened on that terrible day 80 years ago.Sources:- A Disaster in Lübeck Bay: An Analysis of the Tragic Sinking of the Cap Arcona, 3 May 1945 - Dr Daniel Long PHd - 2nd Tactical Air Force, Vols. 3 and 4 - by Chris Shores and Chris Thomas- Sea of Death: The Baltic 1945 by Claes-Goran Wetterholm- Survivor by Sam Pivnik- The Last Survivor by Frank Krake about Wim AloserijPlease do follow the @neuengamme.memorial and @husumschwesing channels.-----------------------------------------------------🛫 Join us on Patreon! Join from just £3 + VAT a month to get ad-free episodes, chat with Matt, and receive a personalised welcome pack. Click here for more info: https://www.patreon.com/theaviationshow-----------------------------------------------------✈️Get the latest from the Pima Air and Space Museum by following their socials!Website: https://pimaair.org/https://www.facebook.com/PimaAirAndSpacehttps://www.instagram.com/pimaairhttps://x.com/pimaairhttps://www.youtube.com/c/PimaAirSpaceMuseumCheck out the Tucson Military Vehicle Museum here: https://www.tucsonmilitaryvehicle.org/👕Get your aviation on with 909 Apparel today! Check out their website here: https://www.909apparel.com/-----------------------------------------------------The Damcasters © 2025 by Matt Bone is licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International-----------------------------------------------------0:00 The Tragic Attack on Lübeck Bay1:31 Intelligence Failures in the Final Days3:32 The Ordeal of Concentration Camp Prisoners5:26 Mistaken Targets and The Fog of War7:17 The Deadly Assault on Cap Arcona10:47 Survivors' Harrowing Experiences14:09 The Aftermath and Burial of Victims14:57 Reassessing Historical Narratives Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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