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Podcast: Walk Among Heroes
Episode: Walk Among Heroes Podcast: Episode 18A - Floyd Blair Part 1 (P-47 Fighter Pilot, D-Day, Battle of the Bulge)
Description: We (Walk Among Heroes) are pleased to welcome Mr. Floyd Blair as our guest for episode 18. Mr. Blair served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a P-47 Thunderbolt fighter pilot in the 404th Fighter Group, a primarily tactical unit consisting of forty-eight, P-47 airplanes. Mr. Blair arrived in Europe in April 1944, flew his first mission on May 1, 1944, and soon thereafter, flew two missions to provide ground support for invasion forces hitting Omaha and Utah Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Following D-Day, Mr. Blair continued to provide ground support for armor and infantry forces as they moved across Europe. Mr...