Friend of the show, historian James Jefferies joins us to discuss the much maligned Bristol Blenheim. When the aircraft was developed, the Blenheim was faster than the RAF's latest fighters. But, come the outbreak of war, fighter design and the environment the Blenheim would be operating in would be very different. So, was the Blenheim really that bad? James tries to convince us otherwise. . ★You can follow James on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/jamesjhistory ★You can follow James on BlueSky here: https://bsky.app/profile/jamesjhistory.bsky.social ★You can follow James on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/jamesjhistory/ ★You can find James' LinkTree here: https://linktr.ee/jamesjhistory . Please check out the latest from our sponsor, the Pima Air and Space Museum, through the links below: ★Visit the Pima Air and Space Museum’s website here: https://pimaair.org/ ★Learn more about the Titan Missle Museum here: https://titanmissilemuseum.org/ ★Find out who is in the Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame here: https://pimaair.org/about-us/arizona-aviation-hall-of-fame/ ★Want to know how the Tucson Military Vehicle Museum is progressing? Find out more here: https://www.tucsonmilitaryvehicle.org/ . The Damcasters © 2022 by Matt Bone is licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.