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S1E1: 8th Air Force in Europe, WW2: Part 1 - SSgt Maynard Smith, USAAF, B-17 Flying Fortress gunner
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Part 1 of 4 on the B-17 Flying Fortress and the 8th Air Force. Staff Sergeant Maynard Smith was a ball turret gunner and the first enlisted aircrewman to receive the Medal of Honor for a May 1st, 1943 mission to St Nazaire, France. This episode covers the development of the B-17 from the prototype Model 299 to the B-17F, the early days of the heavy bomber in action with the 8th Air Force, the role of the aerial gunner, and SSgt Smith’s Medal of Honor mission.
Selected readings:
The Mighty Eighth, The Mighty Eighth War Manual, and The Mighty Eighth War Diary, Roger A. Freeman
Flying Fortress: The Illustrated Biography of the B-17''s and the Men Who Flew Them, Edward Jablonski
Get That Fighter, Army Air Forces publication
A Mighty Fortress: Lead Bomber Over Europe, Charles Alling
Black Thursday: The Story of the Schweinfurt Raid, Martin Caidin
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