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The lazy schoolboy who became a Cold War Vulcan nuclear bomber pilot
Season 20 Episode 318
Kevin was born in Wigan in North West England and joined the RAF as an apprentice in 1956 with only 3 O Levels. He came top of his course but was pos…
2 years, 3 months ago
Across the Iron Curtain in a yellow MG Midget sports car
Season 20 Episode 317
Andrew McNeile decided to travel through Eastern Europe in a yellow MG Midget Sports car, a car that's going to stand out no matter where yo…
2 years, 4 months ago
1983 - the year the Cold War almost turned hot
Season 20 Episode 316
This week is the 40th anniversary of the Able Archer NATO Exercise where it is reckoned that the Soviet Union and NATO almost started a nuclear war.
1…
2 years, 4 months ago
Serving in a Cold War Danish Reconnaissance Squadron
Season 20 Episode 315
Denmark joined NATO as a founding member in 1949. However, it originally laid down limitations to NATO membership, effectively excluding the country …
2 years, 4 months ago
The Cold War Atomic Spies
Season 20 Episode 314
On 29 August 1949 at 7:00 a.m. the Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb.
The test stunned the Western powers. American intelligence had estima…
2 years, 4 months ago
Spying on NATO from a Cold War East German Army radio monitoring base Part 2
Season 20 Episode 313
This is the second part of my chat with Thomas who worked in a secret East German radio monitoring base.
He describes how a BRIXMIS or another Allied …
2 years, 5 months ago
Spying on NATO from a Cold War East German Army radio monitoring base Part 1
Season 20 Episode 312
Born in 1968 in East Germany Thomas had a "normal socialist" but happy childhood in a small town near Dresden. His family was viewed as exotic at tha…
2 years, 5 months ago
Cold War US Army tank gunner serves with a Bundeswehr Panzer unit
Season 20 Episode 311
Mark joined the US Army on January 6th, 1981, and went to Ft Knox KY for Basic and Armor training. He graduated in April 1981 and was selected as Ins…
2 years, 5 months ago
Uncovering Cold War Soviet secrets with the USAF and NSA
Season 19 Episode 310
Tim served in the USAF and the NSA from 1975 to 1988 during some of the most tense periods of the Cold War.
This included stints at the US Air Force E…
2 years, 5 months ago
REME Keeping the British Army on the road during the Cold War
Season 19 Episode 309
Aged 16 Chris joined the British Army apprentice school in Arborfield, at Princess Marina College. He was trained as a vehicle mechanic in the Royal …
2 years, 5 months ago