100th Bomb Group with Matt Mabe

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In this weeks episode, the boys speak with historian Matt Mabe about the 100th Bomb Group. Now, if you are unaware, the 100th 'The Bloody Hundredth' Bomb Group are the focus for the new Apple / Playtone TV show 'Masters of the Air'that is due to air early next year.
In this episode, Matt gives a brief oral history on the 100th, from the beginnings in Boise, Idaho, with "Special Order 300", that 230 enlisted men and 24 officers were transferred to the 100th to its arrival and operating from Thorpe Abbotts in East Anglia and what day to day looked like for them on the ground and in the air.
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