Lt. CD Boiteaux-Buchanan

Lt. CD Boiteaux-Buchanan


A paratrooper who was captured in North Africa, Lt. Clifford Denis Boiteaux-Buchanan escaped from Campo 21 at Chieti before making his way through the active Italian front in 1943 to the Allied Lines.

For You The War Is Over is a podcast that looks at the real life stories of Prisoner-of-War escapes from the the Second World War. Hosted by Dave Robertson and Tony Hoskins, each episode looks at a new escape.

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Episoder(155)

The Great Escape - Jens Müller

The Great Escape - Jens Müller

Jon Müller, the son of Jens Müller, joined us to share the story of his father's life and escape. As one of only three Great Escapers to make a 'Home Run' this one is absolutely unmissable!For You The...

7 Nov 202552min

The Great Escape - Per Bergsland

The Great Escape - Per Bergsland

Per Bergsland, also known as 'Peter Rockland', was one of just three Great Escapers who managed to complete a 'Home Run', getting to neutral Sweden with his escape partner, Jens Muller, within just fi...

31 Okt 202532min

The Great Escape - Albert Armstrong

The Great Escape - Albert Armstrong

Tony Hoskins looked into the life of Albert 'Shorty' Armstrong, about whom there is very little publicly available information, but with the help of his family, we have been lucky enough to piece toge...

23 Okt 202533min

The Great Escape - Sotiris Skantzikas

The Great Escape - Sotiris Skantzikas

Sotiris Skantzikas, the only Greek Great Escaper, was the escape partner of Jimmy James, but there is very little information available about his life otherwise. However, Dave Robertson had a dig arou...

16 Okt 202531min

The Great Escape - Bertram 'Jimmy' James

The Great Escape - Bertram 'Jimmy' James

Former RAF pilot, Colin McGregor, joined us to look at the life of Bertram 'Jimmy' James, who was an inveterate escaper, survived not only the Great Escape but also was one of those survivors who woul...

9 Okt 202537min

The Great Escape - Antoni Kiewnarski

The Great Escape - Antoni Kiewnarski

Tony Hoskins looks into the life and escape of Antoni Wladyslaw Kiewnarski, a highly decorated Polish airman, who served in three different conflicts - First World War, Polish-Soviet War, and the Seco...

2 Okt 202535min

The Great Escape - Kazimierz Pawluk

The Great Escape - Kazimierz Pawluk

Paul Bavill, host of the "History Rage" podcast, joined us to look at Kazimierz Pawluk, about whose early life very little is known, but who would become a highly experienced airman taking on the Luf...

25 Sep 202542min

The Great Escape - James Wernham

The Great Escape - James Wernham

Dave Robertson takes a look at the life and escape of James Wernham, a Scots-born Canadian who took part in the first 'Thousand Bomber Raid', later shot down over the Netherlands, and was to be the es...

18 Sep 202533min

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