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RFC/RAF: Where They Flew & Fell
Season 8 Episode 32
In the final episode of our Air War series we travel across the landscape of the First World War and discover what we can find that connects us to the story of the Royal Flying Corps and RAF in WW1, …
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Questions & Answers: RFC/RAF Special
Season 8 Episode 31
In this special and extended QnA Episode we look at Parachutes in the Air Services in WW1, the Ground Crew who kept the planes in the air, what are the best RFC/RAF memoirs of WW1, how the filming of…
Published on 4 months, 4 weeks ago
The Air War in WW1 - with Josh Levine
Season 8 Episode 30
In the second of our special interviews for the War in the Air series, we are joined by historian and broadcaster Josh Levine to discuss the war in the air in WW1, based on his best-selling book On A…
Published on 5 months ago
The Search for Mick Mannock with Andy Saunders
Season 8 Episode 29
For our 250th episode of the podcast, and as part of our continuing Air War series, we are joined by aviation historian and author Andy Saunders to look at the life, and death, of Edward 'Mick' Manno…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
Above the Battlefield: Royal Flying Corps & RAF in WW1
Season 8 Episode 28
For the start of our War in the Air Month, we begin with a look at the real story of the 'Twenty Minuters', the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force in the First World War. We look at its history f…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Questions and Answers Episode 34
Season 8 Episode 27
For our latest questions submitted by podcast listeners, we examine what my first visit to the battlefields of the Great War with my school meant to me, ask what the Wiltshire Regiment did in the Fir…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Questions and Answers Episode 33
Season 8 Episode 26
Our latest questions from podcast listeners discuss what role German steel helmets, Stahlhelm, had on the First Day of the Somme, how did Great War veterans feel about WW2, how were women who fell pr…
Published on 6 months ago
Return to the Somme
Season 8 Episode 25
As the anniversary of the Battle of the Somme approaches, we walk part of the battlefield across the iconic Mash Valley, visit Ovillers Military Cemetery and walk through Ovillers village to the far …
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago
Questions and Answers Episode 32
Season 8 Episode 24
Our latest questions from listeners range from could Britain have stood back from conflict in 1914 and not been part of the Great War, how accurate was the final dugout scene in the film 1917, what d…
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago
The MOD War Detectives
Season 8 Episode 23
In a Trench Chat special we speak to the Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre Commemorations team - otherwise known as 'The MOD War Detectives' - who work to recover and identify the dead on the f…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago