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    b-24

    Explore " b-24" with insightful episodes like "Around the Air Force - Sept. 9 (long)" and ""Expedition: B-24" 1960 KCBS Radio Documentary" from podcasts like ""Around the Air Force" and "The News Vault from KCBS Radio"" and more!

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    Around the Air Force - Sept. 9 (long)

    Around the Air Force - Sept. 9 (long)
    This edition features stories on a U.S. C-130 aircrew deployed to Uganda to assist and brief the Ugandan military on air drop procedures, an Airman who flew missions as an aerial gunner on B-24 aircraft during World War II only now receiving medals awarded for his service during that time, and children attending an exercise that exposes them to what their parents do as Airmen. Hosted by Senior Airman Brad Sisson.

    "Expedition: B-24" 1960 KCBS Radio Documentary

    "Expedition: B-24" 1960 KCBS Radio Documentary

    Broadcast on December 8, 1960. The KCBS Radio documentary "Expedition: B-24" told the story of the 1943 crash of a B-24 bomber into an unnamed High Sierra lake and the 17-year effort by the father of the co-pilot to find the wreckage. The program was written by Fred Goerner and anchored by Dave McElhatton and won a 1961 Sigma Delta Chi journalism award. 

    Audio preserved by the California Historical Radio Society's Bay Area Radio Museum.