They Were All Young Men

In Episode 4 recorded in June 2024 on the 80th Anniversary of D-Day we record from Keevil Airfield formerly RAF Keevil. RAF Keevil was an essential part of the Allied war effort. After the bombing of the Southampton Spitfire factory production in September 1940 that killed 110 people and the taking of his own life of the proprietor of the factory for not having listened to the War Ministry, changes were made by Lord Beaverbrook. That meant that production of the Spitfire moved inland to Reading,

Remembering the 80th Anniversary of Operation Overlord with a reflective episode remembering a different set of events eighty years ago this week in a corner of Bath. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is a historic and very celebratory episode celebrating the life and achievements of Britain's oldest remaining member of RAF Coastal Command 254 Squadron, Flying Officer Arthur Steel who graciously has given time to speak to the podcast about his time in RAF Coastal Command where he flew in his strike squadron across the North Sea at targets and conveys between here and Norway, and his time working in the Intelligence section of the RAF.Arthur joins us on the show, now aged 106 years old from

It is right and proper that episode one is recorded at the very heart of the Battle of Britain at a museum in the village of Hawkinge near Folkestone in Kent in the UK.This was recorded with Dave Brocklehurst Chairman and curator - and recorded especially on the 42nd anniversary of the opening of the current site at Hawkinge.Run and managed by Dave Brocklehurst MBE the museum is the world's largest museum of Battle of Britain exhibits, with planes, uniforms, uniforms, militaria and crashed and