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Not So Lucky - The Loss of Lancaster ME628

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Not So Lucky - The Loss of Lancaster ME628

Eighty-two years ago, on the night of 24/25 June 1944, Flight Sergeant Roy Oswald and his crew of No. 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron took off from RAF Dunholme Lodge aboard Lancaster ME628. Their target was a V1 flying bomb launch site at Pommeréval in northern France. It would be their eleventh operation together – and their last.

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A True Master of the Air - Guy Lockhart DSO, DFC, and Bar

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A True Master of the Air - Guy Lockhart DSO, DFC, and Bar

Sean Feast charts the life of one of the RAF’s most remarkable airmen and Light Night Striking Force CO Wing Commander Guy Lockhart DSO, DFC and Bar.

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Edwin 'Ted' Swales VC

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Edwin 'Ted' Swales VC

Captain Ted Swales won the Victoria Cross for his heroism controlling a raid on Pforzheim on 23 February, 1945. Using first hand-testimony, Sean Feast recounts his story.

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Heroic Endeavour Beyond Praise

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Heroic Endeavour Beyond Praise

The Cologne/Gremberg raid, 23 December 1944. Sean Feast outlines the tragic story of a daylight ‘Heavy Oboe’ Lancaster raid during the Battle of the Bulge which led to the award of a Victoria Cross to its leader, Bob Palmer.

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The Fighting High Interview - The Flying Squad

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The Fighting High Interview - The Flying Squad

Sean Feast speaks to Marc Hall about flying, Operation Hurricane, and the cases of missing aircrew waiting to be found.

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