Ep. 13: Thomas Clavin on Joe Moser

School of War · Jan 18, 2022 · 36m

Journalist and author Thomas Clavin joins the show to discuss the harrowing journey of Joe Moser, an American fighter pilot during World War II and the subject of Lightning Down: A World War II Story of Survival.

Times

01:41 - Introduction

03:33 - Why a book on Joe Moser

09:44 - The Lockheed P-38 Lightning

11:09 - August 13, 1944

13:48 - Nazis send Moser to Buchenwald

15:44 - Buchenwald and the concentration camp system

17:48 - Karl-Otto and Ilse Koch

19:36 - Life at Buchenwald

21:34 - Colonel Phil Lamason

23:00 - Hannes Trautloft and Moser’s survival

27:27 - Leaving Buchenwald

31:47 - Joe…