The 'Mighty Eighth' Podcast

17/02/2025

Operation Tidal Wave: Bombing Hitler's Oil Supply - one of WW2's most daring missions

Listen to our latest episode – out now wherever you get your podcasts!

Podcast Episode · The Mighty Eighth Podcast · 17/02/2025 · 48m

18/12/2024

Raydon Airfield Memorial
Suffolk, UK
USAAF Station 157

From this former airfield, during World War Two, fighter aircraft of the USAAF flew operations that contributed to the Allied Victory in Europe.

833rd Aviation Engineer Battalion
862nd Aviation Engineer Battalion
357th Fighter Group
358th Fighter Group
353rd Fighter Group

And their support units

Sincerely dedicated to those so far from home, who came to help us in our hour of need.

11/11/2024

To mark Veterans Day in the US and Armistice Day in the UK, we have released our latest podcast - No Man Left Behind.

The story of one B17 crew – this is a tribute to those who flew those missions and all who made the ultimate sacrifice.

Podcast Episode · The Mighty Eighth Podcast · 11/11/2024 · 50m

11/11/2024

To mark Veterans Day in the US and Armistice Day in the UK, we have released our latest podcast - No Man Left Behind.

Although the story of one B17 crew, this is a tribute to those who flew those missions and all who made the ultimate sacrifice.

Podcast Episode · The Mighty Eighth Podcast · 11/11/2024 · 50m

05/06/2024

Scramble! Our latest podcast episode is all about the P-52 Mustang and the battle for air supremacy. Link in bio - do listen, like and subscribe (free).

28/04/2024

Bombs away! New podcast episode!

Night of the Intruders – 22 April 1944 - when Luftwaffe fighters followed American bombers back to England and shot them out of the sky as they tried to land.

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‎Show The Mighty Eighth Podcast, Ep Night of the Intruders - 27 Apr 2024

12/03/2024

Bombs away! Our latest episode - out now! - looks at the first American daylight bombing raid over Berlin on March 4, 1944. Available on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts - or via the link in our bio.
We hope you enjoy the listen 👍

07/03/2024

Bombs away! Our latest episode tells the story of the first American daylight bombing raid over Berlin on March 4, 1944.

Do listen now on Apple Podcasts!

‎Show The Mighty Eighth Podcast, Ep First over Berlin: Poking the ant nest - 6 Mar 2024

14/02/2024

Bombs away! In our new Mighty Eighth Podcast episode, we visit the American Air Museum at Duxford for a hotly contested debate: which was the best WW2 heavy bomber?

Was it the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress or was it the Consolidated B-24 Liberator?

Listen here:

‎Show The Mighty Eighth Podcast, Ep Battle of the Bombers: Flying Fortress v Liberator - 13 Feb 2024

21/01/2024

Masters of the Air - the legendary 'Bloody Hundredth'. The 100th Bomb Group (Heavy) a probably the most famous bomb group of them all – and the focus of the much anticipated TV mini series. Our latest episode compares fact and folklore.

‎Show The Mighty Eighth Podcast, Ep Masters of the Air - myth-busting the Bloody 100th Bomb Group - 21 Jan 2024

01/01/2024

Wishing all our listeners a happy and peaceful New Year.

Unbreakable bond: A young village boy watches Private Haydn C. Williams, of the 1199th Military Police Company, guarding the 401st Bomb Group air base at Deenethorpe, England.
1 January 1944🇺🇸🎧🇬🇧

We've more podcast episodes planned for 2024. You can listen, like & subscribe here. Thank you: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-mighty-eighth-podcast/id1646789447

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