NOVEMBER 1942 - THE FRANKEN SPITFIRE, AN AUSTRALIAN SPITFIRE PILOT, THE SARK LANCASTER

This episode we have the stories of two Spitfire Pilots who having been shot down in the Channel Islands end up at Stalag Luft III and one of them takes part in the Great Escape.A Lancaster crash lands in Sark and the crew survive only to be captured and become POWs.  The mystery of a German soldier called George Falla, yes you read that correctly a German soldier with a Guernsey name!We talk about the hullabaloo caused when the Irish enquire if any Irish citizens have been deported and the Germans realise they made a mistake.   The Guernsey Deportees Podcast by Ollie Guillou is well worth a listen.  You can find it here.You can find a picture of Norman Amos we mention on the link here.Send us Fan MailIf you use the send us a text option and would like us to contact you please leave a contact method such as an email.Follow us on Twitter here or Facebook here.If you want to email in a question send it to [email protected].   You can find out more about the occupation on Nick’s website Island Fortress  here.Thanks to Gnet Radio for recording the podcast and thanks to Jim Delbridge for the use of his song ‘5 to 7’ as our theme.