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Night of the Intruders
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In this episode, we tell the story of the Night of the Intruders, when Luftwaffe fighters followed a stream of American B-24 Liberator bombers back to England and shot them out of the sky as they tried to land.
It was a disastrous end to Mission 311, which took place on 22 April, 1944, less than two months before D-Day.
The raid saw 824 Mighty Eighth bombers target the nerve centre of the Third Reich's railway system at Hamm, in Germany's north-east Ruhr.
We experience the mission through the eyes of George Glevanik, of the 448th Bomb Group, stationed at Seething, south-east of Norwich.
We visit Seething Church of St Margaret & St Remigius, which includes a memorial to the 448th BG; and Seething Control Tower Museum, which includes artefacts from the Night of the Intruders.
We examine what went right – and what went wrong – and why the Mighty Eighth attacked Hamm in the evening, rather than sticking to its tried-and-tested strategy of bombing in broad daylight.
Our special podcast guest is author, historian and aviation archaeologist Ian McLachlan, whose book 'Night of the Intruders' is published by Pen & Sword.
Please like and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
Visit the Mighty Eighth Podcast website: mighty8thpodcast.com
To contact Johann and Mike, email johann@ruralcity.co.uk
Follow the Mighty Eighth Podcast on X - @mighty8thpod
Follow the Mighty Eighth Podcast on Facebook - @mighty8thpod
Follow the Mighty Eighth Podcast on Instagram - @mighty8thpod
Follow Johann on X - @johanntasker
Follow Mike on X - @mikehistorian
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Manage episode 415008558 series 3424819
In this episode, we tell the story of the Night of the Intruders, when Luftwaffe fighters followed a stream of American B-24 Liberator bombers back to England and shot them out of the sky as they tried to land.
It was a disastrous end to Mission 311, which took place on 22 April, 1944, less than two months before D-Day.
The raid saw 824 Mighty Eighth bombers target the nerve centre of the Third Reich's railway system at Hamm, in Germany's north-east Ruhr.
We experience the mission through the eyes of George Glevanik, of the 448th Bomb Group, stationed at Seething, south-east of Norwich.
We visit Seething Church of St Margaret & St Remigius, which includes a memorial to the 448th BG; and Seething Control Tower Museum, which includes artefacts from the Night of the Intruders.
We examine what went right – and what went wrong – and why the Mighty Eighth attacked Hamm in the evening, rather than sticking to its tried-and-tested strategy of bombing in broad daylight.
Our special podcast guest is author, historian and aviation archaeologist Ian McLachlan, whose book 'Night of the Intruders' is published by Pen & Sword.
Please like and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
Visit the Mighty Eighth Podcast website: mighty8thpodcast.com
To contact Johann and Mike, email johann@ruralcity.co.uk
Follow the Mighty Eighth Podcast on X - @mighty8thpod
Follow the Mighty Eighth Podcast on Facebook - @mighty8thpod
Follow the Mighty Eighth Podcast on Instagram - @mighty8thpod
Follow Johann on X - @johanntasker
Follow Mike on X - @mikehistorian
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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