
PBY Catalina Part 2
In this free-ranging episode I look at the PBY in RAAF and RCAF service, introduce you to the “The Order of the Double Sunrise", look at the Catalina's anti-sub and SAR work, and profile a couple of amazing pilots. I loo

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Hosted by Bryan Pearce · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 153 episodes
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Each episode is an exploration of a different aircraft from the World Wars Era: how they were designed, built, modified and used in combat and if any have survived.
Bryan Pearce hosts World of Warbirds, a history show with 153 episodes published.

In this free-ranging episode I look at the PBY in RAAF and RCAF service, introduce you to the “The Order of the Double Sunrise", look at the Catalina's anti-sub and SAR work, and profile a couple of amazing pilots. I loo

Whether we call it PBY, Catalina, Canso, Nomad or even the Soviet GST...it is a hero of a Warbird of epic proportions! Part one takes us from origins to the famous Black Cats. Enjoy! Thank you to special guest Eva! See h

In a conversation with Aviation Historian Adam Estes we learn the amazing, drama-filled story of how of how a Romanian Ju88 ended up defecting to the British, then flying across the South Atlantic to America, and where i

The amazing, drama-filled story of how of how a Ju88 ended up flying for the RAF, and now it can be seen today, one of the only TWO complete survivors! Images from the ep Previous Episodes that I refer to in this one: Mo

Schnellbomber, dive bomber, heavy day interceptor, night fighter, torpedo bomber, tank buster, long-range reconnaissance, guided parasite flying bomb: the Ju88 could do it all... everything but defeat time itself! Come a

Today we START looking at the Luftwaffe's Swiss-Army Knife! The Ju88 did just about everything!! Previous Episodes that I refer to in this one: Junkers Ju-52: Iron Annie! Martin B-26 Marauder Quest for Power Series Conne

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She was an update to the H6K Mavis and perhaps the best flying boat of the war. She participated in the SECOND Pearl Harbour attack (Yes! There was!) and also got into a sumo-type dogfight with a Consolidated PB4Y-2 Priv

Born of a naval treaty loophole that traded airfields for flying boats, the Kawanishi H6K "Mavis" became the eyes of the Imperial Japanese Navy across the vast Pacific. In this episode, I explore how this massive four-en

It was underpowered, it was slow, it was a claustrophobic nightmare to fly, but it sure could crack open a Panzer! Let's learn about this Luftwaffe weirdo! Connect with me! I love comments! patreon.com/WorldofWarbirds ht

In this special roundtable episode, I’m joined by historian Jenny Chan, CBI scholar Quin Cho and author Rainy Horvath who wrote a tribute memoir to her pilot dad, and we deep dive into one of the most dangerous and overl

What if Japan could have launched bombers from submarines anywhere in the world? This was not a sci-fi dream — it was the very real (and very bold) wartime plan behind the Aichi M6A Seiran. In this "deep-dive" episode, I

"The only bad question is the one you don't ask." I never want my show to be excluding listeners with unexplained acronyms or jargon concepts. I try to explain things as I go… but maybe some stuff sneaks by! Send me your

I "rediscovered" this one whilew working on the P-47 series. What a beautiful bird! I hope you enjoy this bonus, just for you... -Bryan Connect with me! I love comments! patreon.com/WorldofWarbirds https://www.facebook.c

Ooh La La it's been a minute since I did a French "Avion de Geurre" (Warbird)! Come along as I check out this lumbering giant of an French early war bomber! Connect with me! I love comments! patreon.com/WorldofWarbirds h

Fighter Pilot Tanner is back with part 2, taking the Lockheed S-3 Viking, the War Hoover into battle and beyond! Leave comments! She loves comments! Connect with Tanner Via X patreon.com/WorldofWarbirds https://www.faceb

Fighter Pilot Tanner is back with another episode, this time on an ACTUAL JET, the Lockheed S-3 Viking, the War Hoover! Connect with us! We love comments! Connect with Tanner Via X patreon.com/WorldofWarbirds https://www

Fighter Pilot Tanner is back with another episode, this time on an ACTUAL JET, the Lockheed S-3 Viking, the War Hoover! Listen to the rest now! S3 Viking (Tanner’s Just Jetz) pt1 on Patreon

It's the last in my Thunderstorm series and The Jug reaches full maturity — evolving from a high-altitude bomber escort into one of the most feared ground-attack aircraft of the Second World War. This episode follows the

It's the third in my Thunderstorm series and we've finally arrived the P-47 Thunderbolt! We'll take it from the first halting steps of the P-44 Rocket, to the P-47B, to the teething pains in England and finally to the pa
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