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References
https://www.si.edu/object/nasm_A19600336000
https://web.archive.org/web/20070630140542/http://chs.cullmancats.net/ww2.htm
https://web.archive.org/web/20161220142056/http://www.nationalwarplane.org/Aircraft/YokosukaMXY-7Ohka.aspx

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Big Bombers - The Ideas Behind Strategic Bombing

Why did the Allies pour so much effort, money and resources into strategic bombing? Where did this idea come from and what did they hope to accomplish? And why didn't the Axis do likewise?
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Message to Listeners

Just a few words on the future of the podcast... 
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IL-2 Sturmovik

It was named the IL-2, but was called "Ilyusha", "Hunchback", "Zementbomber", "Black Death", "Flying Tank" or "Flying Infantryman". They built more of them than any other aircraft and Stalin himself ordered them to be built faster! Learn all about this legendary Russian Aircraft!
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References
http://flyingheritage.org/Explore/The-Collection/Russia/Ilyushin-II-2M3-Shturmovik.aspx
https://vintageaviationecho.com/flying-the-il-2/
https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/preparing-restore-%E2%80%9Cconcrete-plane%E2%80%9D
https://iremember.ru/en/memoirs/airmen/yurii-khukhrikov/

FW 190 - Butcher Bird!

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References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_801
https://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-features/ph-origins-engine-management-systems/37542
https://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2004/10/detail_fw190a8_07.htm
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/2019/01/09/the-focke-wulf-fw-190-best-fighter-aircraft-of-wwii/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NACA_cowling
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Rudorffer
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British Superbombs (Part 2)

What do Upkeeps, Highballs, Tallboys and Grand Slams all have in common? They're all British Superbombs!
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References
https://www.military-history.org/back-to-the-drawing-board/seismic-bomb.htm
http://www.sirbarneswallis.com/Bombs.htm
https://www.whtimes.co.uk/lifestyle/heritage/highball-bouncing-bomb-de-havilland-aircraft-museum-8421578
https://vwma.org.au/research/home-page-archives/75th-anniversary-operation-chastise-the-dams-raid-16-17-may-1943
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/dambusters/idea5d.htm
https://web.archive.org/web/20130212224221/http://www.sirbarneswallis.com/Bombs.htm
https://theaviationgeekclub.com/the-story-of-the-t-12-cloudmaker-the-44000-lb-earthquake-bomb-carried-by-the-b-36-peacemaker/

British Superbombs (Part 1)

What do Upkeeps, Highballs, Tallboys and Grand Slams all have in common? They're all British Superbombs!
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References
https://www.military-history.org/back-to-the-drawing-board/seismic-bomb.htm
http://www.sirbarneswallis.com/Bombs.htm
https://www.whtimes.co.uk/lifestyle/heritage/highball-bouncing-bomb-de-havilland-aircraft-museum-8421578
https://vwma.org.au/research/home-page-archives/75th-anniversary-operation-chastise-the-dams-raid-16-17-may-1943
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/dambusters/idea5d.htm
https://web.archive.org/web/20130212224221/http://www.sirbarneswallis.com/Bombs.htm
https://theaviationgeekclub.com/the-story-of-the-t-12-cloudmaker-the-44000-lb-earthquake-bomb-carried-by-the-b-36-peacemaker/

Vickers Wellington

They called it the "Wimpy", but it was anything but!
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References
https://web.archive.org/web/20131110211014/http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/vickerswellington.cfm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_Wellington
https://www.leonardo-da-vinci.net/inventions/
http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww2/b/559/9/5
https://75nzsquadron.wordpress.com/2015/09/03/sgt-james-allen-ward-v-c-new-pictures-of-wellington-mk-ic-l-7818-aa-r/
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/69_wwII.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3uNN0HWCko

TBD Devastator

The famous (or infamous) torpedo bomber from the Battle of Midway!
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References
https://web.archive.org/web/20010417211034/http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/ac-usn22/t-types/tbd.htm
http://www.aviation-history.com/douglas/tbd.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_TBD_Devastator
https://www.midway.org/blog/welcoming-the-tbd-devastator/
https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/oral-histories/wwii/battle-of-midway/recollections-of-lieutenant-george-.html
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