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1.
Fly Girls
There
were several hundred women pilots who delivered aircraft between
factories and air bases during WW2. Barbara Thomas was one of only
two female flight engineers flying with the Air Transport Auxiliary
and recalls the day that her Lancaster nearly ran out of Runway.
Director
- Chris Rushton
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2.
Out of Africa
Cyril
Morris was captured at Tobruk and sent to Italian POW camp Fara
Sabina. In September 1943 he escaped and spent 9 months on the run.
During this time an Italian family protected him, until the British
army arrived.
Director
- Chris Rushton
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3.
Down Under
Ron
Robertson, joined the Navy in 1943. In the spring of 1945, Ron joined
HM Submarine Thorough and was posted to the Pacific. As the war
with Japan ended, his sub was rumoured to have been lost at sea.
Director
- Aled Jenkins
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4.
WW1 - Wings Over Waves
Philip
Bristow Joined the Naval Air Squadron in 1917. After training in
Northern France and further seaplane training at Lee on Solent,
Philip commenced active service flying a torpedo carrying seaplane
and patrolling the North Sea.
Director
- Rhodri Edwards
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5.
South Atlantic Heroes
Denzil
Connick Served with 3rd Battalion Parachute Regiment in the Falklands
in the spring of 1982. He was seriously wounded after the Battle
of Mount Langdon, when a shell blew off one of his legs and seriously
injured the other.
Director
- Chris Rushton
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6.
Land Girls
Betty
Smith from North Wales and Ennis Jones from Cardiff joined the Women's
Land Army in 1940. They talk about the work and the Camaraderie
among the girls who did their bit on the Home Front.
Director
- Rhodri Edwards
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7.
On The Convoys
Allan
Higgins Served on HMS Edinburgh protecting the Russian and north
Atlantic convoys in WW2. He recalls the attack made on Edinburgh
by German U-Boats in the Barents Sea. She took two days to go down.
Director
- Chris Rushton
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8.
A Police Action
David Griffiths arrived in Korea in November 1950.
He was a combat engineer planting and removing land mines. During
a retreat south, David was caught in an explosion that threw him
30 yards into a Paddy Field, twisting his spine and crippling him
for life.
Director
- Rhodri Edwards
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9.
Trouble at Home
Chris
Ledner was a Trombonist in the regimental band of the South Wales
Borderers. In November 1969, he and the rest of the band were sent
to Northern Ireland, the first regiment to be posted there in the
present troubles.
Director
- Rhodri Edwards
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10 Bombing Berlin
Tommy
Thomas flew Lancasters with 57 Squadron from East Kirkby and in
December 1943, flew 11 of the 16 massed Bomber raids on Berlin.
He recalls exactly what one of those missions were like.
Director
- Chris Rushton
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11.
In the WAAFs
At
just 19 years of age, Joyce Skelton joined the WAAFs and after the
briefest basic training, she was posted to Pembroke Dock as the
only WAAF Officer in charge of 18 WAAFs. The CO was horrified to
have women on his base
Director
- Rhodri Edwards
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12.
Moonlight Patrol
After
a brief service on Lancasters during WW2, Trevor Rossiter was transferred
to 228 Flying Boat Squadron based at Pembroke Dock, the town of
his birth. Trevor had to endure long 14-hour patrols in a Sunderland
defending shipping on the Western Approaches.
Director
- Aled Jenkins
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13.
On The Home Front
Hilda married Jack Davies on New Year's eve 1938
and within less than a year, he had been called up for Army service
in WW2. But instead of staying at home, Hilda followed Jack to his
various postings in Liverpool and Dorset.
Director
- Aled Jenkins
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14.
Prisoner Of War
Wyn
Trepte was only 16 when he was sent to the Russian Front with 1200
comrades. Five months later he was one of just six to return. In
July 1944 he was fighting the allied advance in Normandy when he
was captured and sent to a POW camp, ending up in Wales.
Director
- Aled Jenkins
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15.
Balkan MASH
Tina
Donnolly is a Major in the Royal Army Medical Corps. She served
in both Bosnia and Kosovo and it wasn't just British soldiers she
had to treat, sometimes it was Serbs and Kosovan Albanians who turned
to her unit for help.
Director
- Aled Jenkins
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16.
Malta Stopover
In
September 1941, Ivor Broom, a young Flight Sergeant was detailed
to take a squadron of Blenheims to Singapore. While refuelling in
Malta, he was ordered to remain on the island and help with its
defences. This sudden change of orders, changed his life.
Director
- Huw Talfryn Walters
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17.
War Photographer
Aled
was working as a War Photographer during the Gulf War. While taking
pictures in a refugee camp in Iran, he was arrested, tried and found
guilty of spying. He was and sentenced to death. But by a dramatic
turn of fate, Aled was rescued.
Director
- Huw Talfryn Walters
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18.
Building Bombers
Hilda
Dodd went to work at the new Vickers Armstrong aircraft factory
at Broughton, shortly after it opened in 1939. Her job was to stitch
the fabric on the wings of Wellington Bombers.
Director
- Huw Talfryn Walters
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19.
Day trip to France
Allan
Higgins had served in the Royal Navy throughout WW2, experiencing
the north Atlantic convoys and the landings at Solerno. But nothing
had prepared him for June 6th 1944 when his landing craft was one
of the first to hit Sword Beach.
Director
- Huw Talfryn Walters
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20.
War on the Wadi
Mike
O'Rourke was serving with 45 Commando, when he was posted to Aden
in February 1963. 45 Commando was tasked keep Arab dissidents under
control, while talks were underway for Yemeni independence.
Director
- Huw Talfryn Walters
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