Bluenoser Tales Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/bluenoser-tales The men of the 352nd Fighter Group — the Bluenosed Bastards of Bodney — told their own stories, and Bob Powell spent his life collecting them. Bluenoser Tales retells them one story a week in today's language, with the veterans' words kept exactly as they said them. Nothing invented. Every episode from the book. From Echoes of the Mighty Eighth. © 2026 The Curated Quill LLC 5531fda7-7763-5ffb-9681-98f3ca0dc670 yes The West "by Gawd" Virginian en Mon, 31 Aug 2026 15:31:20 -0400 Mon, 31 Aug 2026 15:32:20 -0400 https://8af.echoes.news https://img.transistorcdn.com/AirzIxLuM1RQeFX3wbZ_yOgsboDuvbVFNVAZHL4WKxM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xZjU4/YWU4ZmViMDU2YWY1/MjJhZGIxYzJhNjE1/MDgwMi5qcGc.jpg Bluenoser Tales https://8af.echoes.news episodic Plume & Parchment The men of the 352nd Fighter Group — the Bluenosed Bastards of Bodney — told their own stories, and Bob Powell spent his life collecting them. Bluenoser Tales retells them one story a week in today's language, with the veterans' words kept exactly as they said them. Nothing invented. Every episode from the book. From Echoes of the Mighty Eighth. The men of the 352nd Fighter Group — the Bluenosed Bastards of Bodney — told their own stories, and Bob Powell spent his life collecting them. WWII, World War II, Mighty Eighth, 8th Air Force, 352nd Fighter Group, P-51 Mustang, fighter pilots, aviation history, veterans, oral history, Bluenosed Bastards of Bodney The Curated Quill LLC No No The West "by Gawd" Virginian 1 1 The West "by Gawd" Virginian trailer 3e2fe9d1-0255-4cb9-87aa-ab0623400b84 https://share.transistor.fm/s/c2fa4dfb Punchy Powell flew two combat tours with the 352nd Fighter Group — the Bluenosed Bastards of Bodney — in a Mustang with his home state painted on the nose: The West "by Gawd" Virginian. Then he spent the rest of his life collecting his friends' stories so they wouldn't be buried with them. He put them in a book, Bluenoser Tales, with more than four hundred photographs from the group's own archives. The book went out of print. Before he flew west in 2016, he left his son one charge: keep telling the story.


This is the trailer for how we keep it: Bluenoser Tales, retold one story a week in today's language — the veterans' words kept exactly as they said them, nothing invented, every episode from the book. Introduced by his son, Punchy Powell.


The 2026 reprint of Bluenoser Tales is available now at 8af.echoes.news/books/bluenoser, with profits donated to the Eighth Air Force Historical Society and the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force. Every season of the series can be dedicated in memory of a 352nd veteran — his name carried by the season and spoken in its closing roll call.

]]> Punchy Powell flew two combat tours with the 352nd Fighter Group — the Bluenosed Bastards of Bodney — in a Mustang with his home state painted on the nose: The West "by Gawd" Virginian. Then he spent the rest of his life collecting his friends' stories so they wouldn't be buried with them. He put them in a book, Bluenoser Tales, with more than four hundred photographs from the group's own archives. The book went out of print. Before he flew west in 2016, he left his son one charge: keep telling the story.


This is the trailer for how we keep it: Bluenoser Tales, retold one story a week in today's language — the veterans' words kept exactly as they said them, nothing invented, every episode from the book. Introduced by his son, Punchy Powell.


The 2026 reprint of Bluenoser Tales is available now at 8af.echoes.news/books/bluenoser, with profits donated to the Eighth Air Force Historical Society and the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force. Every season of the series can be dedicated in memory of a 352nd veteran — his name carried by the season and spoken in its closing roll call.

]]> Mon, 31 Aug 2026 15:31:18 -0400 Plume & Parchment Plume & Parchment 274 Punchy Powell flew two combat tours with the 352nd Fighter Group — the Bluenosed Bastards of Bodney — in a Mustang with his home state painted on the nose: The West "by Gawd" Virginian. Then he spent the rest of his life collecting his friends' stories so they wouldn't be buried with them. He put them in a book, Bluenoser Tales, with more than four hundred photographs from the group's own archives. The book went out of print. Before he flew west in 2016, he left his son one charge: keep telling the story.


This is the trailer for how we keep it: Bluenoser Tales, retold one story a week in today's language — the veterans' words kept exactly as they said them, nothing invented, every episode from the book. Introduced by his son, Punchy Powell.


The 2026 reprint of Bluenoser Tales is available now at 8af.echoes.news/books/bluenoser, with profits donated to the Eighth Air Force Historical Society and the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force. Every season of the series can be dedicated in memory of a 352nd veteran — his name carried by the season and spoken in its closing roll call.

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