The Great Escape - Henry 'Hank' Birkland

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

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

Laurence Green, author of "Great War to Great Escape" and grandson of Bernard 'Pop' Green, joined us to tell all about the remarkable life of his grandfather, from service in both the First and Second...

11 Sep 202534min

We were joined by Dr Midge Gillies author of "The Barbed Wire University", to look at Jerzy Mondschein, a Polish airman who contributed to the Great Escape in a number of different areas, but sadly wa...

4 Sep 202528min

Reg 'Rusty' Kierath followed his brothers into the military, one of whom served in both the First and Second World Wars. Part of the carpentry team, he specialised in the creation of hides, a crucial ...

28 Aug 202530min

Louise Williams, author of "A True Story of the Great Escape: A Young Australian POW in One of the Most Audacious Breakouts of WWII" and niece of John Edwin Ashley Williams, joined us to tell her uncl...

21 Aug 202541min

John Bigelow Dodge was a larger than life veteran of the First World War, who signed up again for the Second World War and despite being in the Army, ended up at Stalag Luft III to take his place in t...

14 Aug 202537min

Tony Hoskins delved into the archives to dig out the life story of Douglas Poynter. He was to attempt, and very nearly succeeded in making an evasion from Occupied Norway, before eventually being capt...

7 Aug 202529min