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Mick Oakey, Robert Forsyth and Chris Gibson come back to the History Round Table to answer listener questions. We discuss what books do not get written, what they would love to read, their proudest work and what do they think about graphics and photos in books and articles.

There is a new podcast focused on RAF Bomber Command in World War Two hosted by writer and military historian Jane Gulliford Lowes and historian and co-host James Jefferies. It is of course ‘Never Mind The Dambusters’! 

Samuel de Korte is a graduate student of Utrecht University, where he studied an MA in the Cultural History of Modern Europe. He wrote his Master’s thesis about the representation of black Americans during the Second World War. His new book ‘Tuskegee Airmen – Dogfighting with the Luftwaffe and Jim Crow’ is published by Pen and Sword. 

Finalising our focus on how the use of AI, data and machine learning is changing the sector, we are joined by Andy Taylor, the Chief Solutions Officer at NATS.

In 2023 Dave Homewood from the Wings Over New Zealand podcast visited the UK to record and document Kiwi aviation involvement in World War Two by visiting some of our historic aircraft, museums, airfields and memorials. Dave is returning in 2024 but with a slightly different agenda. We caught up with Dave as he planned the return ‘Wings Over Britain’ visit.