Your Stories: 'My Father, the Spitfire Pilot'

Your Stories: 'My Father, the Spitfire Pilot'

Sue Northey knew barely anything about her dad’s experiences during World War II. That was until she found 98 letters he wrote between 1941 and 1945. Sue joins me to talk about rediscovering her dad through this correspondence, which chronicles the great events and the small details of these turbulent and tragic years.


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