The Air Transport Command's Contributions to the U.S. WWII Effort
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- The Air Transport Command played a vital role in the US war effort of World War II, yet their service is nearly forgotten. The History Guy remembers the compelling story of military and civilian men and women who ferried planes and supplies from across the US to remote places all over the world. It is history that deserves to be remembered.
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My grandfather was encouraged by a college professor to join a flight training program that led to him as a member of the Army Air Corp before the US entered the war. His career was largely flying B-17 and B-25 bombers across the Atlantic to Britain. When the European campaign ended, he was sent to Asia to fly over the hump. The multi-engine rating he got led to a prosperous career in the airlines, first with TWA and then with Delta. He passed away several years ago after a long and satisfying life, and I still miss him.
My mother's uncle "flew the hump". He invested in real-estate and became quite wealthy.
That's amazing. May God bless you and comfort you, friend
When I think of ATC, I think of Air Traffic Control, as that was my job in the Army. Always a thumbs-up episode when you talk about flight. My mother was a WASP and taught me how to fly - I achieved my private Pilot's license at 17 and was rated Dual Prop IFR by 19. She really liked aerobatics and yet oddly, when I invited her to try hang gliding, she refused to try, when I got into that form of flight, saying, "There are two things you can bank on w/ me: I don't like "camping out" and "I'm not going up in that glorified kite." lol RIP Mom.
If powered paragliding was around at the time, you might have got her into that. Even airline pilots with decades of experience and thousand of hours in jets are getting into it. The technology for low cost/low power/fly by the seat of the pants has come a long way in the last two decades to the point that a smart pilot can do it with a good expectation of safety.
LOL
I see powered paragliding videos where skilled pilots do wing overs at 100ft, cruise a few hundred feet off canyon faces and then land not knowing if they’re up or downwind. Great footage, captured at great risk. The question these guys should be asking themselves is not will they be in an accident, but when and how bad will it be.
@@paulschuyler2320 Well, I did say a *smart* pilot LOL. There are not-so-smart pilots in all aspects of aviation that get themselves into a lot of trouble. It's about knowing your limitations and the limitations of your equipment, not so much how skilled you are. Skill is just another factor to be taken into consideration, and overconfidence (overestimating your own skill) might just be the number one mistake. For example one of the biggest mistakes in GA is a VFR pilot/plane flying into IFR conditions. For PPG the main problem is people attempting to fly in unsuitable wind or weather conditions. PPG is definitely a fair weather sport, and even then you have to be careful.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: this is why I love The History Guy. History that I, as a huge military history buff, had no idea existed. Keep up the good work of not letting history be forgotten THG!
I know lots, but didnt know this
Ernest K Gann, famous author, was part of it. He was all over the world and wrote about it in Fate Is the Hunter. Classic pilot book.
One of the best aviation books ever.
Best aviation book I’ve ever read
It's a must read!
Yep. Wondered how quick this book would come up.
I was a young SEABEE. One day we got orders to take our heavy equipment down the road to the USAF base. We found a MAC C141A waiting with aircrew. The loadmaster gave us a lesson on how to load a our M35 'deuce and a half' and road grader. We were ordered on and did all the blocking and chains per the Loadmaster. Then we sat on the benches that ran down the sides of the airdraft, buckled in and off we went. Our knees had only about 6 inches to the equipment. It bounced some and swayed about a tiny bit. The Loadmaster starts telling us horror stories about straps braking, equipment going through the bulkheads , the plane crashing and everybody dying. Fun stuff for a young sailor. I was glad to get off. I did get to fly around the world with some of equipment in C17s before I got out. Fun times.
I rode on a C-141 from George AFB to Travis AFB and was at the USAF Museum in Dayton, OH when they retired the last C-141 "Hanoi Taxi".
“Fate is the Hunter” by Ernest K. Gann is still a great book that I recommend to young aviators, still relevant. It deals with Gann’s career flying the airlines in the 30s and ATC throughout the war. Lots of ways to die without bullets or flak in a plane then. It was made into a movie which bears almost no resemblance to this classic book.
Never heard of it. Will have to look it up.
History Guy has the coolest historical man cave ever!
My wife knows a bunch about WWII
From her father who was on the front during the war. She didn't know about that. This was definitely worth remembering.
Thanks for a great episode== My dad flew for the Ferry Command under the RAF. I inherited his log books and a few later journals. Dad always enjoyed a challenge and the RAF was eager to oblige. He would go out of his way to ferry such aircraft as the Baltimore; whos long range tank stuck out the bombay doors below the tail of the aircraft in such a manner as to ruptur should the tail wheel fail. His log books and photos read like an Indiana Jones movie.. So again thanks for a story of these brave pilots.
My dad left the Coast Guard and joined the Army Air Corp. he served from 1940 until 1945. He said he left the Coast Guard because he wanted too see more than water. He thought they would send him to wherever by air. He circumnavigated the world on a ship. He was a Sgt and metal smith repairing cargo planes that flew the “Hump”. Thank you for this episode.
Im sooo proud of that generation and all the sacrifices they made to keep my generation safe. THANK YOU
There are so precious few remaining.
@@andrewinbody4301 thats OK they are all upstairs looking down on us. Hopefully glad about how we turned out.
@@kevinharvey8971
My dad grew up during the great depression as the son of a sharecropper in Oklahoma and Louisiana.
That kinda makes me think what we are going through today seems mighty trivial.
@@andrewinbody4301 god i hope so
I totally agree with you !
What do you want to bet that seeing this someone will send him an original badge? Hope so.
G'day THG, This is an amazing aviation story, I'm so grateful that you've brought attention to these unsung heroes of the air. The ATC had a compliment, by 1944 onwards, bigger than some nations' frontline military air forces. When I first discovered the ATC and similar organisations, like the WASPs, I marvelled at their sacrifices. Flying in often unfamiliar and highly dangerous locations without gunners on board, if there were guns in the first place, was a task that only deserves the highest of praise. It is truly astounding that the ATC and the WASPs were actually looked down upon by regular military people; until their absolute necessity became obvious.
I would like to know if they were entitled to medals and decorations that suited their sacrifices and difficult service. Once again, an outstanding video. I too collect military hats and I'll keep any eye out for a genuine ATC badge, if I find it, it's yours! Cheers, BH
P.S. A little known fact: during WW2, the American forces stay in Australia, under General MacArthur, much of their uniform kit and badges were made right here, in Australian factories.
My Grandfather would love your channel!!! He is gone now but still miss him.
He was involved with the direct liberating of the Philippines islands.
He saw the POW camps and was never the same after. He was a kind, sweet old man but he had bad PTSD from the war!!
Thanks for what you do when you forget your history,your doomed to repeat it
My dad was a POW in the Korean War and never the same after that either ! Some people never realize what our troops goes through ! I'm a veteran myself ! I agree with your statement about if we forget our history that we doomed to repeat it ! Have you seen the video about the Spanish Flu on this channel ? If not check it out to see what happened back in 1918 and 1919 from then look at what we are going through now ! Take care and stay safe out there !
Great video. Please do more on your hat collection!
I noticed in one of your earlier videos, that one of the Army service hats seemed to have an officer's eagle hat insignia that was slightly larger than the other such hats in your display. If so, this a commercially made insignia that was popular with some Army officers into the 1970s, at least. I had an Army officer friend who sported such a hat insignia.
Also, in the early 20th century some of the officers hat insignia had eagles that looked over its left shoulder, instead of the right. This was later standardized with established heraldry traditions that dictated that the eagle look over its right shoulder.
Please keep up the great work. Please more hats!
i was one of the first 5,000 subscribers to this channel and with the exceptions of a few vacations and a couple relatively short hospital stays have yet to fail in my daily view of the marvelously informative posts here. I am responsible or at least partially responsible for close to 100 subscribers. THG is approaching One Million subscribes and in my opinion is the most deserving channel on TH-cam of it's success. the stories are thoroughly researched and wonderfully narrated. Now today i am indeed honored to be the first viewer of this post which in turn gives me the prodigious honor of the first like. I hope you and MS.THG remain safe during these times . Thank you for your service to us all.
I am a later subscriber but i also attended other people to watch and subscribe to this Channel.
Its just one of those few quality Gems on TH-cam.
The first guest starring at the channel from the tank museum already happend.
Who knows where THG may appear in a guest rol in other quality Channels on TH-cam.
Sadly you can like each episode only once.
I can top that. I was one of the early ones and then found out they were my neighbors!
lol - fantastic !
I came in under three hundred. Wow, it only gets better.
I am a no body. Lol. Great Stuff for sure thanks.
Thank you for the segment. My dad was the flight engineer on a C-124 in Korea. More history that deserves to be remembered?
My Mother had a good friend who ferried fighter aircraft to the South Pacific. They'd grown up together in Ord, NE and Mom had wanted to become a pilot like her. Their paths in life diverged and all her life my Mother spoke of her friend. Her girlfriend went down somewhere in the Pacific ferrying a fighter and was never found. Mom ended up building bombs, pouring TNT, in Riverside, CA while Dad was in the Pacific building runways with the Army Air Corps.
I live in Riverside. We have an air museum. They have a C-47 named “D-Day Doll” and it still has its D-Day stripes. They take it out for a spin a few times a year; and they took it out today. There are always aircraft flying around here but you can always tell when the D-Day Doll is flying by from the distinctive rumble you hear only from WW2 era aircraft.
God bless all 3
@@vanpenguin22 Thank you.....they are all with Him now.
@@Chew1964 Maybe one day I will be able to go there and see the museum.....would mean a lot to me.
@@tomnekuda3818 You are most welcome.
I gathered as much.
Same with my folks.
My dad served aboard the USS Lenouey under Admiral Spruance.
THG - I predict you're gonna get your hat - this should get the 'word' around to just the right folks!
Another great episode...
God bless ya from Texas - David
Get that man his original Badge for the hat! Good luck!
Let's hope that someone will find one for him as he deserves one !
I will do my best to help get him one ! Being a veteran maybe by keep my eyes out I can find one for him !
Ditto here my friend from a Texan overseas 👍
You might look for a book, "Silver Wings and Santiago Blue", written by a female ATC pilot (Alma Jeshchien) about her training and experience as an ATC WASP. Probably long since disappeared from shop and shelf, but worth putting out a BOLO on for a history buff. I knew Alma as a fellow parishioner in Fresno, CA, and she was a steady-eyed grand dame who, even in her late 60's, participated in cross-country derbies.
We used to have a C-47 Commando here near OKC that flew "The Hump" in the war. The fellow that gave me my A&P test (and was ancient in those days) was instrumental in getting it painted at the local Air Force base after it was restored. He was a living history book on WWII aircraft, as he told me he had "worked on every single aircraft in the AAC inventory in WWII."
The Commando was the C-46
@@TheKYturtle Damn, you're right. Working on a P-47D right now and can't get that number out of my mind!
C-46 Commando. C-47 Dakota
Great Video!
It's funny how it takes war time shortages to break down barriers of discrimination. From the ladies flying planes and working in factories to the Tuskegee airmen, a lot changed during WW2. Then a lot of it went backwards again. In 1950 my mother had to drive from New York to Alabama, to attend college. You see, my mother wanted to be an engineer, like her big brother who designed helicopters for Sikorsky. The engineering schools in the north wouldn't take women. My mother was the first woman to attend the University of Alabama's engineering school. It's a good thing she did. She met a southern Navy man and that's how I came to exist!
The history of the people who broke barriers of race and gender is history that deserves to be remembered. Yall Take Care and Be Safe, John
In Newcastle, Delaware by the Newcastle, Airport there used to be a restaurant call Air Transpot Command. It was decorate in 1940s decor and they ran famous speeches by FDR and Winston Churchill as well as 1940s music. It was really neat but I never understood what the actual Air Transport Command really was or did until now. Thanks!
Hi Joe. I lived with my son and family in Newcastle, DE from 05-08. My son flew into Newcastle once I had retired and watched their young kids as my son and daughter in law were new doctors from Temple. Certainly good Chesapeake crabs to eat there.
My late Dad was in the CBI during WWII, and often said that the Hump was also referred to as “The Aluminum Highway” due to the great number of losses in the Himalayas.
Ernest K. Gann, who wrote "The High and the Mighty" was an ATC civilian contractor who flew the Hump. He wrote about his experiences in "Fate is the Hunter."
Cowboy singing star Gene Autry flew C-109 cargo planes over The Hump from India to China in WW2. He stated that flying over 'The Hump' was " a thrill that lasts a lifetime." The C-109 was a cargo version of the B-24 bomber. Senator Barry Goldwater apparently served in the same squadron as Autry. They were both in the Army Air Force.
I worked with a guy who flew over 'The Hump' in WW2 in a passenger transport. He stated that everyone was given a parachute. Flying over the Himalayas he looked out the window and wondered why they were given 'chutes, as no one could survive in those mountains even if they landed safely. As shown at 7:10 in the video.
The flight path over 'The Hump' was called the 'Aluminum Trail', because so many plane crashed. "You don't need no compass, just follow the 'Aluminum Trail'.
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Just one word z2 : WOW !
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I lived close to an Air Force base for almost 10 years. They had an "Open House" day every year. I toured a C-5 and other transport aircraft. These modern airplanes can transport millions of pounds of supplies all around the world in a matter of hours. I love to hear stories of how it all began and see how it has developed since then.
My father flew C-5's from Dover Air Force Base in the 1970's... he now serves on the board of directors at the Air Mobility Command museum at DAFB. ❤❤❤ LOVE THIS
I remember open houses at the base... and Christmas parties inside the C-5's for families
I helped load a battery of PATRIOT launchers in a C-5 for deployment.
Jessie, I encourage you to read "Over the Hump" by LTG William H. Tunner. He was the genius behind flying the Hump, the Berlin Air Lift and air logistics in Korea. It's a fascinating first hand account. Available at Amazon boos. All the best.
Thanks for the video. My Dad was a radio operator on C-47's flying the Hump.
One of those successor organizations, the Military Airlift Command, was loved by many when I was in the Army because you could hop on a flight for a negligible fee and get pretty much anywhere in the world. Of course, there were rules, restrictions, and people riding without orders were the first to get bumped, but I flew home from Korea for leave for about 15 bucks.
Amazing how loose they were with rules. Just about everyone treated you like a first-class passenger.
This show has featured a part of history that needs to be featured again.Thanks.
Thank you for another lesson in history that deserves to be remembered ! Doing well here in Kansas they extended the voluntary quarantine until May 4th here . Praying that everyone is doing well too !
This guy can take a subject and make it a worthwhile, riveting, short or long novel...... he is an icon ! ! !
My father was an electrical engineer with the CAA. During the war, he established the navaids and ranges used to ferry aircraft up through Canada. Later, he established and managed the navaids for the ferry route from Miami to New Delhi. About 100 miles after leaving Natal, Brazil, the route across the Atlantic passes Fernando de Noronha, a volcanic Brazilian island, where an emergency airfield was built. When I was there in 1999, the Quonset huts were still used for airfield operations. The old Officer's Club is on a high cliff on the west side of the island, and is still an active restaurant. Before the war, the island was a stopover for Air France flying boats and zeppelins to South America. Now, all flights from/to Europe check-in/out of Brazilian airspace with a radio call to the government station. When the shuttle program was active, the government radio station was also used to communicate with the shuttle crews. The radio shack has autographed photos from shuttle crews.
Good morning sir once again another swell video of remembrance you do realize that you are simply a part of History yourself that definitely deserves to be remembered you're definitely a blessing too many peace my friend
Many of the flights over "The Hump" were done with C-46 Curtis Commandos, an aircraft that deserves to be remembered. IMHO.
So many unsung heroes... it' s great that you are here to sing their praises.
Never forget the soldiers in logistics and motorpool. It takes an army to fight, but it takes more than an army to have an army.
Very cool stuff. I wish you where my history teacher when I was in school. Thanks 😊
Thank you, Sir. A welcome interlude in the ongoing isolation. This episode brought back the days of the newspaper comic strips and in particular a post-WW2 character Steve Canyon. The comic section, the only part of a newspaper I read as a kid. I delivered a morning paper and at 5am I was reading the funnies before folding and delivering the NEWS before breakfast., All that for 1 cent per customer.
I remember the strip.
@@CaptainGyro Ditto
Thank you for remembering the ATC. My dad was a flight engineer in the ATC, flying across the Atlantic to take supplies to European troops. Then on the return flight they brought wounded soldiers to the U.S. So thankful for these men and women. Would love to see more info about the ATC. Never saw a picture of my dad in uniform. I do have an ATC button from his jacket.
My father was a Lt. with the ATC stationed at Goose Bay 1944-1945 as a traffic control officer for the North Atlantic Wing. He often spoke of how young the pilots flying the North Atlantic Route to Greenland to England were and how it was not unusual to simply "loose" some over the Atlantic. He met my mother at Goose Bay who was one of two Red Cross volunteers stationed there. I have fantastic pix of Goose Bay at that time and nose art of the bombers traveling thru. Also, strongly recommend the book "Flight to Everywhere" by Ivan Dmitri which my mom saved and acted like a year book with signatures of the soldiers, pilots (including civilian pilots commandered from American Airlines. Thanks for your presentation of the contribution of the ATC to the war effort.
My father (army air Corp) flew the Hump during WWII, he also ferried aircraft from California to Canada , fighters mostly.
Thanks to the history family for bringing these little nuggets of sanity in these crazy times!
Thank You for Keeping History Alive!
A very significant and interesting aspect of WWII history being kept alive thanks to The History Guy! Many thanks, THG!
I'm kind of surprised that one pilot in particular wasn't mentioned. While there were thousands of pilots and crews who served, and many lost their lives doing it, Ernest K. Gann wrote a particular book about it, called 'Fate Is The Hunter.' One of his best books, I think, which was made into a movie, but only shared the book's title.
Fate Is The Hunter details Gann's aviation career, starting in the early airlines flying DC-2s, and then moving on to Air Transport Command during WWII. It gives great details about 'flying the Hump', the camaraderie of pilots working together for the common cause, the losses, the joys, and everything that went into flying logistics in WWII.
You make history so interesting, so compelling, so captivating. I had one professor in college who was bored with or got stuck with the class. Late evening class, monotone delivery so hard to stay awake. What I would have done to have a professor like you. Thanks for making every topic you speak to interesting.
Once again, Professor, a wonderful video about a forgotten part of history
Author Ernest Gann, "Fate is the Hunter" and "High and the Mighty" flew for American Airlines before the war. He then transferred to the Air Transport Command and flew all over the world delivering supplies, almost crashing on takeoff into the Taj Mahal. You can read about his time in the book "Fate is the Hunter", his autobiography.
My uncle flew hundreds of planes from the US to Iceland for this command during the war. It's nice to remember the people who put their lives on the line.Remember most of the planes were just off the assembly line, many pilots died trying to deliver them.
Another great episode! I came for the airplanes, and stayed for the knowledge. :)
I had a very good friend that was a radio operator flying the hump.
Two things I remember Bob said, is that General Tunner is the father of modern air cargo, and that after the war it did the Berlin Airlift..
Perhaps do an episode on the Berlin Airlift!?
We had one of those guys retired here in Az Frank weighed in at 120 pounds and the pilots loved him- those airplanes over the Hump had a very narrow range of flight parameters that they would have to stay flying. Had to do with design and weight vs power- in other words SOMEBODY had to always fly the aircraft.
My friend Bob had a story about a service pilot, he was a civilian pilot.
My friend Bob the radio guy figured out with the lorans that they were going up the wrong corridor, there were two corridors one up and one down.
The pilot wouldn't listen to him so Bob secretly morse coded the ground radio and they checked him out and the pilot had to alter his course.
The service pilot was flying the wrong way.
He was also on an expedition the day the war stopped for pows on the mainland and it's an interesting story.
I enjoy your program, stay safe.
Gene Autry, the singing cowboy radio and movie star was an ATC pilot flying the hump during the war.
I spent 2 years caring for a man who flew tale gunner on booming raids into Burma in ww2 he was regular army but he spoke of the ATC as good people who made a lot of difference.
I honestly had never heard of the Air Transport Command. Thank you for educating me on the ATC.
Another wonderful video, thank you. While in the US Army Command and General Staff College I wrote a history paper on the creation of the Military Airlift Command (Predecessor to the Air Mobility Command). A primary reference for my paper was the book "Over the Hump" by Lieutenant General William H Tunner. As an Army Aviator myself I was amazed at his singular contributions to aviation safety and air transport. You would enjoy his book and first hand accounts of the Hump, Berlin Airlift and air lift during the Korean War. LTG Tunner's career would be an excellent topic for a future video. LTG Tunner's life is absolutely history worth remembering. Kindest regards, Richard B. Singer, COL, US Army (Ret.)
I love this channel. Bite sized chunks of history goodness.
The hats episodes always seem to be so much more passionate and personal than the standard episodes, I'm always glad to see them.
Nothing like Second World War logistics.
Thanks. I'd sub to the Patreon if I had the money.
My Father was a pilot prior to WWII, having graduated from Dallas Air College. He was a member of the Air Transport Command. He flew from Love Field in Dallas Texas. He ended the war in Alaska. I have his propeller type insignia, his leather name badge plus a variety of other badges and insignia.
Hey History Guy, I was just looking at your views and subscribers. Wow have you come a long way. I was watching when you had less than 300 subscribers. You are well on your way to a million. I tell people about your channel all the time. Keep up the great work.
Just watched the two prior c 47 videos, this one actually mentions the hump. My grandfather flew it. There were 3 pictures of him in groups of like 75 guys. Of the three groups of pilots, him and one other guy were the only survivors.
I know we still have some of his items, flight log books ( he logged over 3,000 hours in a single year), jackets and such. Have to see if theres a hat.
Great video. Definitely one of my favorite youtube channels, my wife and I have been binge watching all of them!
It's a good HG episode that brings a tear to the eye.
Very interesting! I spent six years in the Air Force Reserve, all in what was then the Military Airlift Command. I basically knew of the existence of the ATC, but all this history is new learning for me.
Another great story HG, and I sure hope that someday, you find that hat. Its amazing how just a hat can have such a story!
Hi History Guy! The ATC in France, in addition to their piloting and transport duties also had a Big Band. Worthy of at least an asterisk in jazz history, the ATC did live broadcasts for an Army and civilian audience, and one such broadcast was the ATC Big Band with Jazz Guitar Legend Django Reinhardt. I have a recording of this on CD which I acquired in the 90s.
You do a wonderful job; thanks for all you do. Please consider a story about the USS Cyclops in World War I, the United States Navy's largest loss of the war.
Yes, tragic story and part of the Bermuda Triangle myth. Maybe, although not a lot to go on.
Thanks for sharing this one. I'd love to see an episode about US Logistics Over the Shore. It always seems to be an underappreciated aspect of military logistics.
Outstanding video...what a great history lesson... 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I enjoy your method of un-obscuring the truths! I'd love one about the missle sites around Anchorage Alaska!
History Guy you're awesome man, I love you and your channel; I truly appreciate the value you place on history and the passion you have for sharing it. Much respect.
They certainly do History Guy...well done Sir!
My father Ralph Hagstrom flew for the ATC in WWII, mostly moving supplies to Alaska. He was a freshly minted Northwest Airlines pilot at the time. He kept us all agog at his stories. He died in a 1961 crash which was misunderstood for 55 years, and is analyzed in my book The Crash of Flight 706 on Amazon.
All of your aviation videos are so friggin top notch thank you dude.
I knew a gentleman that ferried B24 bombers out of Brazil to Africa his stories were fantastic. At times these planes would run out of fuel and be lost at sea he had two buddies that were killed because of this. He flew many of these missions alone so if anything happened they would only lose one pilot. He was commissioned and flew a couple of missions in Africa before the war ended.
Thank you! I was a member of AMC from 94-98. Appreciate your sharing of all history, but especially relevant to MY history!
Fighter pilots might get most of the glory, but if it wasn't for the pilots of transport and tanker aircraft, how could a modern military even function? Plus flying large and relatively slow planes your adversary wants so VERY much to shoot down, these pilots deserve the highest of praise. A tough job, performed by tough and capable people. Thank you so much for this video. History most definitely worth remembering.
I’ve seen a few good movies about the air transport service. (Island in the Sky being one of them) { Earnest K. Gann might be a good subject for a show}. Thanks for fleshing out the history of their operations.
Any viewers passing through Delaware should take 1-2 hours to visit the Air Mobility Command Museum at Dover AFB. A really top notch exhibit!
Love that place!
You should consider releasing episodes in a podcast as well, perhaps as a bonus to patreon supporters? The short episodes lend themselves well to the podcast format, and it'd be nice to just lay in bed and listen to episodes without needing to look at my phone, if not for the visual aids then the fact that without TH-cam Premium you can't turn off your screen without stopping video playback.
Nice piece. The people in charge of the supply lines are so rarely recognized.
See Rommel's comment on the same thing.
G'day Mr & Mrs History, hope your both well. Loving the videos, keep up the great work! 🙂
Enjoyed this one. Knew a man Orlin B. who flew the hump. Thanks
Thanks! I love learning about history i didn't know..
One of your best stories. The author Ernest K. Gann was one of the civilian pilots. So you live 2 miles from Scott Air Force Base. Did you know it is the ONLY Air Force Base named after an enlisted man. I am from Collinsville. Both of my grandfathers were coal miners. One of my grandfathers died from the Spanish flu . My mother was born after his death.
You must REALLY think they deserve to be remembered. You said it twice this episode!
I have two such hats from my great uncle's in the war
You should hook up our Friend with One!
Well, I know someone who would like to purchase one of them! It would certainly be going to a good home.
Thank you for the great episode and I would have never known about the ATC without your insight even as a history buff
G'day love watching your videos and learning more about things please keep them coming 🇦🇺
Fascinating, as always.
Thank you for this. From 1969 to 1977, I served in the Military Airlift Command (as it was then called) including a tour in Viet Nam. I really enjoy this site!
Sterling work and thoroughly enjoyable. Can you consider the history of the Falklands war and / or the Special Air Service? Thank you.
Thank You for sharing Your efforts.
Always great info! Thank you for all the research that you do!
My grandfather was a Gunner with the British 8th in North Africa. Thanks to the ATC on his behalf.
My Dad flew for ATC in the Atlantic theatre during WW2. Flew spies and other classified missions as well as regular ATC missions.
Every so often he'd tell us about the unclassified missions. Didn't talk much about the rest. He was an Eastern Airlines pilot loaned to the US Government for the service. All those boys served their country well. Includingd Dad.
Oh, yeah. I have his old hat. It looks like yours, just a bit worn.
Great info on the ATC. Love visiting Scott AFB when the airshow happen.
Thanks for the lesson, I had never known about the ATC, but had heard of the WASP support. Good episode!
Flying the Hump, my father's 88th fighter squadron got little press protecting the A.TC. which supported the B-29s.
You changed your bow tie halfway through the episode.
Cool.