World of Warbirds

Wirraways, Boomerangs and Kangaroos!

The Australian Episode!
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References
http://www.aviationmuseum.com.au/aircraft_colection/boomerang/index.html

Zerstörer! The Bf 110 / Me 110

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References
http://www.airvectors.net/avbf110.html
https://airpowerasia.com/2020/08/23/highest-scoring-night-ace-german-major-heinz-wolfgang-schnaufer-121-victories/
Gunston, Bill. Night Fighters: A Development and Combat History. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2004, First edition 1976. ISBN 978-0-7509-3410-7.

Beaufighter - Whispering Death

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References
http://www.aviation-history.com/bristol/beaufite.html
https://www.silverhawkauthor.com/post/canadian-warplanes-3-bristol-beaufighter
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Betty

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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

And we’re back...

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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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Vickers Wellington

They called it the "Wimpy", but it was anything but!
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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