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Ep.197 – Wings Over Britain – The Return

Ep.197 – Wings Over Britain – The Return

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.

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Ep.196 – Operation Gratitude and Target Hong Kong

Ep.196 – Operation Gratitude and Target Hong Kong

Steven Bailey discovered that the story of the U.S. Navy airstrikes on Japanese-held Hong Kong during the final year of World War II had never been told. Operation Gratitude involved nearly 100 U.S. Navy warships and close to a thousand aircraft. His new book ‘Target...

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Ep.195 – V Bombers, Britain’s nuclear frontline

Ep.195 – V Bombers, Britain’s nuclear frontline

Dr Tony Redding is a military historian and author with a particular interest in RAF Bomber Command. He joins us to talk us through the operational capability and credibility of Britain’s airborne nuclear deterrent during the peak years of the Cold War.

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