WWII & Vietnam combat pilot Col. Richard “Dick” Bushong takes us from 155-knot B-17 climbs to Mach 2.1 in the F-4, describing 28 hairy missions, dead-reckoning nav, and sheet-metal patch art. He’s 102, still volunteers every Thursday at Tucson’s 390th Memorial Museum, and wrote My Wars to capture the stories. Grab a coffee, tighten your formation, and hear a masterclass in staying alive—plus the morale-crushing day HQ “prorated” his tour. Four engines, two out, no brakes? No problem.
Learn more about the 390th Memorial Museum in Tucson, AZ
Check out Col. Bushong's book My Wars
Show Notes
0:00 Intro
6:00 Getting Into Aviation
16:50 390th Bomb Group
28:53 Missions and Formations
39:10 Logistics
44:33 Closest Call
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