In April 1944, a B-17 named Banshee was shot down over Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia, sending Shenandoah, PA native Chester Majewski plunging 20,000 feet into enemy territory. What followed was a desperate escape through mountains, hunger, and fear. His hometown newspaper captured the story that he barely wanted to tell. Read the Full Story.
The new US-Israeli air war reached the edges of one of Iran’s most important historic sites - the Golestan Palace. These moments raises a larger question about what happens when modern conflict collides with the past. This episode explores the long struggle to protect cultural heritage in wartime and why those battles still matter today. Listen to the Full Story.
The remains of Sergeant Orlando Vincenti, a coal miner from Carbondale, PA returned home in June 1949 for a solemn military funeral after falling in his B‑17 “Aw‑R‑Go” raid over Muenster, Germany, in 1943. Read the full story.
Meet Corporal Albert Scherzinger, a Pottsville native who helped arm B-17 Flying Fortresses with 500-pound bombs in England. Read the full story.
Jake Wynn and Justin Voithofer review the documentary that accompanies the miniseries "Masters of the Air."
Marvin Hoke flew three dozen missions over Germany in the later stages of World War II.
Hopple was serving as bombardier on a mission over Germany when his plane went missing and was presumed lost at sea.
Sergeant Orlando Vincenti was killed in a bombing raid over Munster, Germany in October 1943.
Schuylkill County native wrote home to friends alluding to the horrors he was witnessing in the skies over Europe.
Ivan C. Lewis, a Pearl Harbor survivor from Tower City, Pennsylvania, narrowly escaped death in the 1941 attack only to later fall while serving as a tail gunner with the 8th Air Force in World War II. His B-17 was downed over Germany in 1943. Read the Full Story.