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Dedicated to the airmen who lost their lives in World War II

Broadcasting (and streaming internet audio) from KRML,
the Carmel, California, jazz radio station made famous
by Clint Eastwood in "Play Misty For Me."

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With Captain Mike
(formerly: Capt. Michael Hemp, U.S.A.F.)
Click here to e-Mail me!

Check out Capt. Mike's new book!
"The Nadjik Pheromone"


mkhemp@thehistorycompany.com

Broadcasting weekly missions since September 10, 2004.
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(Click on B-17 to hear the show intro. Click on the old radio below for recent missions)


Captain Mike flies back into the 1940s at the controls of Bombardier's Lounge
each Friday afternoon, 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM (Pacific Time), for another mission
 back into the nostalgic big band music of the 1940s:
"The music that helped save the world"celebrating the men and the aircraft
that took to the air during World War II.


Click here for an actual B-24 Bombardier's Lounge take-off

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Collings Foundation photo

Broadcasting live from the "cockpit" of Bombardier's Lounge, the show
can be heard locally (Central California Coast) on KRML 1410 AM,
on 92.5 FM Comcast cable in Monterey Country, and world-wide
on streaming internet audio at www.KRMLradio.com.
Missions surviving flack and fighters can be heard on-demand
by cliking the old radio, below.

CAPT. MIKE'S
HOT LIST
 
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HOW TO LISTEN ON YOUR COMPUTER:


Click
www.krmlradio.com for the KRML home page,
click on "LISTEN ON LINE" on Friday's from 1:00 to 3:00 PM.

Click here for more on
Bombardier's Lounge WWII Big Band Jazz on KRML

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Click the radio
If you missed the last mission:
(the most recent missions surviving flack and fighters)

for the entire 2-hour flight on streaming MP3
OR
to hear archive missions "on demand."
Thanks to the Desert Rat Squadron of the Bombardier's Lounge
KRML Desert Air Corps, Maj. Clarke Isackson, commanding.
Shows posted subject to Flack and
Focke Wolfe 20mm damage to radio room.
Bombardiers' Lounge is a production of The History Company, in association with
Isackson Productions, www.cisackson.com.


Note: August 8th mission "on-demand" lost to flack.

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HERE'S A REAL TREAT, JAZZ FANS!
The Isackson Collection of the
 World's Best Jazz Streams!
Click Here

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WAR IS HELL!
CLICK HERE WITH REVERANCE
FOR THOSE WHO DIED IN THE SKIES IN THE 1940s,
FIGHTING TO KEEP THE WORLD FREE.
WARNING: YOU MAY NEVER FORGET
WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE.
Gun-camera from a German ME-109 raking a B-17 with cannon fire.
(Allow time to load)

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ATTENTION ALL CREWMEMBERS!
Capt. Mike was the MC and WWII Big Band music source for
the 8th Annual Marina Air Faire, Saturday, October 14, 2006.

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There was a short break from announcing the Air Faire
for a B-25 low-level, off-shore sortie up the coast,
past the stacks at Moss Landing, to Capitola and back.
Take a look at these clips from tailgunner, top-turret and
bombardier-gunner's seats on the B-25 "In The Mood":
"In The Mood"(photo)— Piloted by Bob Klears

(Hot Flight Offshore VIDEO)
You may experience loading delay on video:
but it's worth it!

Up the coast—from the tail gunner seat
Up the coast—more from the tail gunner seat
Top-Turret gunner's view, back down the coast
Nose-gunner, Bombardier view



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FROM THE SUBLIME ALLIED COMMANDER:

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http://www.flagsofourfathers.com/main.html


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Click on the image.

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And here is the Unofficial KRML site by
"Desert Rat Squadron" C.O.—Maj. Clarke Isackson.
http://www.cisackson.com/KRML/



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NEW ITEM FROM THE HISTORY COMPANY:
U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS INSIGNIAS
(10 die-cut fade-resistant vinyl stickers on 8-1/2 X 11" sheet)
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Ten sticker sheet, $9.95 +  $4.05 Priority Mail
(for any number of sheets ordered)

Order Here



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Listen to Win
WWII air
memorabilia from sources like
The American Air Museum in Britain
 www.americanairmuseum.com
Posters • Patches • Pins • and More

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AIR CREWS

Click here for AIR CREW CHATTER (Interview clips)
Click here for AIRCREW GALLERIES

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WWII AIRCRAFT TOURS

The Collings Foundation Wings of Freedom Tour cities and dates.

The Winners of the
cross-country Repositioning Flight
from San Luis Obispo to Monterey on May 11th, 2007,
from KRML's Bombardier's Lounge WWII Big Band Jazz:
B-17 "909":   Joe Scarr, Eugene, Oregon
B-25 "Tondelayo"   Dave Nelson, Carmel Valley, California
B-24 "Witchcraft"   Jeffrey Weldon, Santa Clarita, California


Congratulations to our winners and thanks to all of you that entered.

For more info: www.collingsfoundation.org
 or on the Central Coast, call (831) 883-4142
or the
Collings Foundation (800) 568-8924 for reservations.

Click here to see the B-24 "Witchcraft"
take-off from San Luis Obispo:
(large file; allow time to load)

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B-17 "909" • B-24 "Witchcraft" • B-25 "Tondelayo"

909 and Witchcraft
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HERE ARE PHOTOS OF THE PASO ROBLES TO MONTEREY
 REDEPLOYMENT FLIGHTS ON MAY 17TH, 2006.
"Wings of Freedom" at the Monterey Peninsula Airport
May 17-19, 2006—with the addition of the B-25 Tondelayo.


Click Here for a look at the new book
Calculated Risk: The Extraordinary Life of Jimmy Doolittle
by the Granddaughter of Jimmy Doolittle.
She and her father flew in the B-25 "Tondelayo"
on the "Wings of Freedom" Monterey to Hollister repositoning flight.


CLICK HERE for a look at THE B-25 site on the net, as the Kaiser Boys fly from
Monterey to Holister on the re-positioning flight, with Jonna Doolittle Hoppes aboard, and her father,
John Doolittle, in the right seat! Compliments of the Collings Foundation and BombardiersLounge.com.

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EAA, (Oshkosh, WI)  B-17 "Aluminum Overcast" U.S. Tour Schedule
  (Visited Salinas Municipal Airport,
California: April 25th and 26th, 2006)

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PHOTOS OF "ALUMINUM OVERCAST" AT SALINAS

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BOMBARDIER'S LOUNGE EDITOR'S CHOICE

WAR MOVIE THEATER
Fighters and Bombers 
"At The Matinee"
http://www.zenoswarbirdvideos.com/MATINEE.html

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War in the Air began here:

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A short film by Al Croseri
http://pigeonsincombat.com/

gi joe


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Captain Mike's favorite WWII links:
(If you can, tell them "Capt. Mike and Bombardier's Lounge sent you.")


(Click here for a List of Favorite Links)

E-mail here to add your site to the Bombardier's Lounge WWII site list

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DAYS OF INFAMY and the
AMERICAN REACTION

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BombardiersLounge.com is a production of The History Company
www.thehistorycompany.com
in association with www.cisackson.com

TO BECOME AN OFFICIAL BOMBARDIER'S LOUNGE SUPPORTING ADVERTISER,
CONTACT MR. DAVE KIMBALL, STATION MANAGER, KRML, CARMEL, CALIFORNIA
AT (831) 624-6431 • 
or e-mail to David@KRMLradio.com
ON-AIR ADVERTISERS RECEIVE BOMBARDIERSLOUNGE.COM

PROMOTIONAL AND ADVERTISING SUPPORT AT NO ADDITIONAL COST.


08/11/08


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