Interview with Bomber Command veteran Jack Bromfield
In 2011 I had the privilege of interviewing Jack Bromfield who served as a wireless operator on No. 158 Squadron with Bomber Command and was shot down in January 1945. Herewith is the video of…
Bomber Command Prisoner of War
Royal Australian Air Force Centenary – Remembering Calton Younger
Today marks the centenary of the formation of the Royal Australian Air Force, and over the years I have had the privilege to meet some of those who served. In particular, today, I remember my…
General Prisoner of War
‘Escape’ by Gordon Brettell
Remembering today Great Escaper Gordon Brettell, one of the fifty Allied airmen murdered in the aftermath of the break out from Stalag Luft III. POW Arthur Darlow transcribed Gordon’s poem ‘Escape’ in his POW logbook.…
Bomber Command General Prisoner of War
Lest We Forget
Remembering the Great Escape 50 who were murdered following their break out from Stalag Luft III in March 1944. My grandfather Arthur Darlow arrived at the prison camp in May 1944 and here is the…
General
Flightpath to Murder Interview
Discussing my book ‘Flightpath to Murder’ with Paul Woodadge on his WW2TV youtube channel. One of the most challenging books that I’ve written, dealing with the capture and murder of an Allied pilot and the…
Bomber Command General
Bomber Command vs the V1 Flying Bomb
Thoroughly enjoyed talking through Bomber Command’s role in countering the V1 flying bomb with Paul Woodage of WW2TV. A comprehensive account of the Bomber Command campaign can be found in ‘Sledgehammers for Tintacks’.
Bomber Command General
80th Anniversary of the Maiden Flight of the Avro Lancaster
(On 9th January 1941 the prototype of the Avro Lancaster flew it’s maiden flight. To mark the 80th anniversary here is a piece I wrote for the producers of ‘The Lancaster: Britain’s Flying Past’, when…
Bomber Command General
Farewell Henry
Earlier this week I received the news from the friends and family of Bomber Command veteran Henry Wagner that he had sadly passed away. Henry was quite a character and I’ll never forget the first…
Battle of Britain General
Battle of Britain Pilot Tony Pickering Interview
I had the pleasure of interviewing Tony Pickering for the book ‘Five of the Few’, and in the sound recording herewith Tony describes being forced to bale out of his stricken aircraft, following combat with…
Battle of Britain Bomber Command General
Bomber Command’s Battle of the Barges
September 1940. While the Luftwaffe and the RAF fighter pilots fight for control of the skies over England during the Battle of Britain, a close eye is kept on German invasion preparations – Operation Seelöwe…