March 31, 2016 at 12:33 pm
FEATURING:
Living with the Enemy
Brian Bates details what it was like to live in the historic Dorset town of Dorchester after German Prisoners of War had been moved in to a nearby barracks.
Gross Dereliction of Duty
In June 1940 a Boulton Paul Defiant broke up in mid-air and crashed ten days after sustaining damage in battle over Dunkirk. Thankfully, the two crew escaped. Andy Saunders relates the unusual story and investigates the cause.
The Wrong Man
A case of mistaken identity with potentially tragic consequences, Steve Snelling highlights the brave career of a British fisherman-turned-hero who narrowly escaped a German death sentence.
Cause Unknown
Alex Bowers details the story of an explosion at a munitions factory in Kent, so large that it rocked the South-East, was heard in France and became a black day in the history of the tower of Faversham.
Forewarned is Forearmed
In the first part of our 75th anniversary tribute to the Royal Observer Corps, Alexander Nicol details the vital role played by the Corps during the nation’s ‘Finest Hour’ and through to the war’s end.
Reputations
Imperial War Museum historian Peter Hart analyses the career and the conduct of Lieutenant-General Sir Aylmer Hunter-Weston during the Gallipoli Campaign and at the Battle of the Somme.
AND MUCH MORE!
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