Mark Copeland is the most connected WWII aviation historian on the planet while holding down a day job of Systems Operations Control Duty Manager for Endeavor Airlines. As the former 8th Air Force Historical Society president, he has been on the inner circle of the most famous veteran fighter and bomber pilots. He's got stories.
Mark will share the gritty details of what went on as
Ira Eaker is pressed to form a bomber command from scratch. Just to give you a hint, on July 4th there wasn't one B17 in country, yet the 97th BG flew the first mission on Aug 17th. Some of the 1949 movie Twelve O'Clock High scenes depict the harsh realities of his command decisions.
