77 The Able Queen, by Rainy Hovarth
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The Able Queen, Tales of an Indiana Hump Pilot Lost in the Himalayas, China - by Rainy Hovarth - Extracts from the true story, told in his own words, of highly decorated CBI Hump Pilot, Robert Binzer, who flew combat transport missions with the 14th Air Force from China, 1943-1945. Plus: - V-discs - vintage wartime music - Major Mahony’s VC story - How to pronounce Aluminium! Links: Link to Wikipedia on Vdiscs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-Disc Lakeview Hot Record Club: http://lakeviewhotrecordclub.org Lakeview Hot Record Club is based at the Spirit Room, 139 State Street, Rochester NY Spotify play lists (or go to Fighting Through Home page/Music) Bill Cheall's war: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5efF3wjTBs0oeXVpDjbdEo?si=494145735c10426a GI Joe Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0700vlwT6wh6WEQKNizPOV?si=5df8f16405c84f09 Rainy Horvath web sites: https://www.rainyhorvath.com/the-able-queen www.rainyhorvath.com Carl Weidenburner is a military historian who has made the CBI Theatre of War his specialty. Check out his extensive page, and amazing collection of information on his site: https://www.cbi-theater.com/menu/cbi_home.html   LINK TO BUY ME A COFFEE   Full show notes at: https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/77-CBI-hump-pilot-lost-in-china-WW2 Reviews on main website https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/reviews/new/ Apple reviews - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ww2-fighting-through-from-dunkirk-to-hamburg-war-diary/id624581457?mt=2 Follow me on Twitter  - https://twitter.com/PaulCheall Follow me on Facebook  - https://www.facebook.com/FightingThroughPodcast
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