The Great Escape - Leslie 'Johnny' Bull

Tom Whipple, science editor at The Times, and author of "The Battle of the Beams", joins us to look at Leslie 'Johnny' Bull, chief tunneller on Harry and the first man out of the tunnel in the Great Escape. His book looked at the science behind RADAR and the battle of the air waves during the Second World War, a battle in which Bull was engaged before being shot down, and becoming a Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft III.For You The War Is Over is a podcast that looks at the real life stories of Prisoner-of-War escapes from the the Second World War. Hosted by Dave Robertson and Tony Hoskins, each episode looks at a new escape. If you would like to follow us on Twitter we can be found @FYTWIO we can also be found on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/FYTWIO/ or if you would prefer to send a more long form message we can also be reached via email at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.