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An aircraft hijack to escape from the Soviet Union (258)
Season 14 Episode 258
Back in the 1970s, migrating from the Soviet Union was an unattainable dream for many, particularly Jews wanting to leave for Israel. To leave the So…
3 years, 4 months ago
Defending RAF Gatow - Britain's airbase in Cold War Berlin (257)
Season 14 Episode 257
Trevor Howie’s role at RAF Gatow was advising the Station Commander on Station defence during times of war, tension or terrorist threat as well as th…
3 years, 5 months ago
Guarding Britain's nuclear weapons and RAF Akrotiri during the Cold War (256)
Season 14 Episode 256
Following his RAF Regiment officer training Trevor Howie was posted to 34 Sqn at Raf Akrotiri in Cyprus, commanding C Flight. The RAF regiment was ef…
3 years, 5 months ago
The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis with Sir Max Hastings (255)
Season 14 Episode 255
The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis is reckoned to be one of the most perilous events in history, when the World faced a looming nuclear collision between …
3 years, 5 months ago
“Houston, we’ve had a problem” interview with Fred Haise, Apollo 13 astronaut (254)
Season 14 Episode 254
Fred Haise was one of the three astronauts on the ill-fated Moon mission when a design fault caused an oxygen tank to explode mid-mission putting the…
3 years, 5 months ago
An 18 year old US Military Policeman in Cold War West Berlin (253)
Season 14 Episode 253
Richard Blevins enlisted aged 18 in the US Army in March of 1987. He completed Basic Training & Military Police School training in July of 1987 and w…
3 years, 5 months ago
A trip across Central Europe on a East German MZ motorbike (252)
Season 14 Episode 252
MZ was an East German motorcycle manufacturer located in Zschopau, Saxony. The acronym MZ stands for Motorenwerke Zschopau GmbH (German for Zschopau …
3 years, 6 months ago
Imprisoned in a Soviet Military gaol - a BRIXMIS officer's diary Pt 2 (251)
Season 13 Episode 251
This is the 2nd part of my interview with Lt Col. Stephen Harrison, MBE who served for two years as a full-time Touring Officer with BRIXMIS. The tou…
3 years, 6 months ago
Arrested 11 times, plus 3 shooting incidents - a BRIXMIS officer's diary Pt 1 (250)
Season 13 Episode 250
Lt Col. Stephen Harrison, MBE served for two years as a full-time Touring Officer with BRIXMIS. These Tours were hazardous three man, vehicle-borne p…
3 years, 6 months ago
Life in the forbidden zone at the East/West German border (249)
Season 13 Episode 249
A young Claudia Bierschenk lived at the edge of a world called the GDR, in a village surrounded by hills, valleys and thick forests.
Her great uncle …
3 years, 6 months ago