Mike Peters
@MikeHistorian
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WWII Historian, Battlefield Guide and former soldier, sharing his deep knowledge on glider operations, the Army Air Corps, and the Mighty Eighth.
Joined May 2021
RT @Mighty8thPod: As part of our recording today, we visited the wartime headquarters of the 2nd Air Bombardment Division, 8th USAAF, at Ke….
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RT @Mighty8thPod: The Met forecast is good. Its Friday, so we are heading into Liberator County. We are recording a new podcast, and it's a….
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The man who found the missing: France names path after Melbourne's Lambis Englezos via @NeosKosmos.
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Melbourne's Lambis Englezos, renowned for uncovering the fate of missing Australian soldiers at Fromelles, has been honoured by the northern French village with a path named in his honour, recognis...
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Doing a little bit of research, obviously involving gliders and the Fiesler Storch. I have to say that this is a really informative and well presented summary of the Gran Sasso operation. Review to follow.
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Staggering courage. .
His pilot and three engines dead and a foot severed, Lt. Col. Leon Vance set his sights for home base.
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What an interesting photograph Trev. Normandy bound?.
What an image Trev, any idea of the Operation/Date?.
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There is so much going on on this little vignette.
USAAF airmen stationed in in Southern Italy learning a few choice phrases in the local language from a young teacher using the side of a B-24 bomber as a blackboard in 1944
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RT @hamandjampod: Looking forward to @MikeHistorian joining us supporting the @GPRSociety at We Have Ways Fest in September. @WeHaveWaysP….
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One of the many highlights of the @MatMcLachlan Fromelles anniversary tour with Lambis Englezos has made Channel 7 News in Oz. It was a very special moment.
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RT @Mighty8thPod: We covered the tragic loss of Little Boy Blue in a podcast. UK Time Team has made a documentary about the recovery of the….
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1st August 1942 was destined to be a significant historical milestone in the evolution of British Airborne forces. Still playing catch up with the Luftwaffe, the Parachute Regiment joined the fledgling Glider Pilot Regiment in the newly formed Army Air Corps.
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RT @Mighty8thPod: Operation Frantic - the Allied attempt to airdrop supplies to the Warsaw Rising - Ground crew of the 357th Fighter group….
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RT @Mighty8thPod: 1st August 1943 - The USAAF launches a huge force of B24 Liberator bombers from Benghazi in Libya. Their mission to carry….
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I'm looking forward to seeing lots of battlefield mates and speaking about gliders bouncing the Rhine. Did we learn from Market Garden?.
@MrJamesMay Head to the link for the full list of speakers ⬇️.
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RT @Mighty8thPod: WWII B-17 flies into Boeing Field on 90th anniversary of first flight of Flying Fortress
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Ninety years to the day of the first flight of the B-17, one of the last surviving Flying Fortress bombers roared into Boeing Field, where it all began.
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Looking ahead into your autumn diary, why not come along to a talk about the 381st BG (H) USAAF? If you are in Essex on 21st October. Feel free to attend.
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Looking to surrender? The wheels down mythology surrounding the 100th BG supposedly started with a similar incident. Thanks for sharing. .
A lone B-17 Flying Fortress bomber with its landing gear deployed taking fire from a Luftwaffe fighter circa early 1944
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The birth of a legend, almost ending in disaster - see my piece on substack for more information:.
On this day: 90 years ago, the Boeing Model 299, with company test pilot Leslie Tower at the controls, took off from Boeing Field, Seattle on its first flight (July 28, 1935). Dubbed the “Flying Fortress�� by newspapers and the B-17 by the USAAF, the revolutionary new bomber
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Rare footage of the huge Hamilcar in the air. Operated by C Squadron of the Glider Pilot Regiment. Known for delivering Tetrach & Locust tanks. Arguably more useful carrying 17 pounder AT Guns and heavy stores into action. Thanks for sharing.
British General Aircraft Hamilcar heavy transport glider delivers a US-made M22 Locust tank. The combination saw its first and only combat during Operation Varsity in March 1945 with eight deployed and the tanks proved to be ineffective.
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