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Short Snorter Episode 19

What in the world is a short snorter? Join Gaspar's History The Meat Hound Series podcast Episode 19 Short Snorter and learn what a short snorter is and how it applies to the Meat Hound's crew as they fly a mission to Kiel, Germany on May 14, 1943. The Meat Hound makes a 7 hour mission into Germany to bomb the submarine pens at Kiel. The boys have a very unusual escort and the breakfast turns out to be a real ******

Big Beautiful Babies Episode 18

Jugs and Spitfires, lots of Big Beautiful Babies escort the 423rd bomb squadron on May 13, 1943 to Meaulte, France to bomb the Luftwaffe airframe factory. The Meat Hound was not at her best but the crew was able to keep her tight and get her home thanks to the fighters. Join us for a journey back in time and let me tell you about the Steele crew and the Meat Hound.

Episode 17 Whatever it is we are fighting for

The B-17 F Meat Hound and her crew fly a mission to Saint Nazaire May 1, 1943 when tragedy once again strikes the 423rd Grim Reapers Bomb Squadron after a navigational error. The Steele crew watch in horror as close friends are shot down in front of them. When a sister aircraft catches on fire the Meat Hound and the Steele crew fly protective cover doing all they can to help their friends get back to England. The Meat Hound and her crew are then personal witnesses to actions that lead to the first Medal of Honor in the Eastern Theater of Operations. Please join me on this fabulous journey.

Episode 16 The Whirlwind of Bremen

Join us for a story that ends with the geneses of a brilliant piece of entertainment history. The Meat Hound is under the command of Robert H. Smith and takes part in a maximum effort mission to Bremen, Germany April 17, 1943. The mission has the most disastrous impact on the 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron which results in them being taken offline through the rest of April 1943. Lt Steele sits this mission out but six regular crew members of the Meat Hound are flying. Back in the United States, one week later, Easter Sunday, April 25, 1943 scores of families were vigilant in prayer, hoping for the slightest pieces of information, while staring at maps of Germany to see where Bremen was located. This mission not only makes military history but it also sets the stage (literally) for entertainment history so please join me in the story of the Whirlwind of Bremen.

25 Episode 15

April 5, 1943 a Milk Run to Antwerp with a historic first of firsts on the line for the 8th Air Force and the 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron.