SPECIAL - TIM OSBORNE - THE SARK LANCASTER, RAF TYPHOON RAIDS, ALDERNEY AND RAILWAYS!

In this episode Nick chats to Tim Osborne about the Lancaster that landed in Sark, the RAF Typhoon raids on the radars at Fort George, what went at the camps in Alderney and the German railway in Guernsey.Tim is a tour guide, historian and commercial pilot. You can find some of his videos here.He tells the incredible story of the Lancaster that landed in a field in Sark.  Other topics we covered were the railway that the Germans built, Typhoon raids on Fort George, Alderney and two Germans that were prosecuted.We also talked about Zac Osborne, who at 6 years old, is probably the youngest historian in the Channel Islands.  You can find Zac's short videos here.You can  see some pictures of the Lancaster field, links to Tim's railway posts, a video and much more 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.