WWII radio programme on the civilian air service

I have a clipping from what appears to be a wartime magazine. It shows a BOAC Mosquito and the caption includes the following: “The de Havilland Mosquito …. is now being used by the corporation as a fast air carrier The picture shows one of our Mosquitoes about to take off for a night journey”.

But on the reverse is part of an article that reads: Captain R C Parker and Mr P S Edwards took part in a broadcast with Mr Macdonald Hastings in the BBBC Forces programme on 16th August. It was recorded and rebroadcast on 19th August. The programme was in the Radio Reconnaissance series and was entitled “Britain’s Merchant Air Service”.

I don’t know the year and have not been able to track down this programme -and thus not to ascertain if the reecording has survived. However, the BBC is in the process of digitizing the Radio Times, so it may be possible to get more information in due course. Here’s the link to that project:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/aboutthebbc/2010/08/bbc-genome-the-complete-broadc.shtml

Perhpas those interested could make a mental note to follow this up in due course.