Morning! Ep.73 is out today. We talk to the team behind the 2025 film "A Memory Owed" about the challenges of bringing Bomber Command to the big screen, and making the narrative relevant to younger audiences. www.buzzsprout.com/2327200/epis...
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...It's the RAF Bomber Command Podcast! Hosted by @lydiajane13.bsky.social & @jamesjhistory.bsky.social New episodes every Wednesday. WARNING! May contain Halifaxes! Listen at https://nevermindthedambusters.buzzsprout.com
Astonishingly good opener to season 5 of @nmtdambusters.bsky.social … the details were challenging, thought-provoking and moving. Keep it up, @lydiajane13.bsky.social & @jamesjhistory.bsky.social
She doesn't just do Handley Page Halifaxes you know...
Jane Gulliford Lowes@lydiajane13.bsky.social · 3w agoDelighted to join The Operations Room for their War Office podcast on Operations Claymore & Archery - better known as the Lofoten Commando Raids of 1941. Also the subject of the book I'm currently writing ! You can listen here... open.spotify.com/episode/6Hru...
📢 Series 5 Trailer is here...so much to look forward to! nevermindthedambusters.buzzsprout.com/2327200/epis...
Series 5 Trailer - Never Mind The Dambusters
Welcome Back to Never Mind the Dambusters! We're delighted to tell all our listeners that series 5 will be launching on 15/16 July - paid subscribers can gain early access from 11 July. So much to lo...
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💥WE HAVE NEWS! 💥 Series 5 is coming to your ears on Wednesday 15 July! Listen out for a trailer later this week with more details..
@nmtdambusters.bsky.social for all Blenheim fans, newsreel footage of a 1941 operation. The squadrons are, I think, 18 and 82 of 2 Group. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEhr...
Morning ! The final episode of Series 4 is out today. We talk to Andrew White about the Allied Airmen interred in neutral countries. www.buzzsprout.com/2327200/epis...
Morning! You sent in so many questions we had to do a part 2! Ep 70 is out today - another cracking conversation on all things Bomber Command www.buzzsprout.com/2327200/epis...
#histbookchat. From @navalairhistory.com. A lovely signed copy with a brilliant bookmark. I’ve been a lifelong fan of the Beaufighter, bit of bruiser. Plus this book will stop them from stripping me of my low WHW Independent Company number.
Morning! Ep 69 is out today . We answer your questions ... From "why wasn't Harris sacked" to "what aircraft would've benefited from Merlin engines ? www.buzzsprout.com/2327200/epis...
The failure to plan for the Strait of Hormuz is a serious no winter coats for invading Russia level of fail.
Sir Frederick Handley Page and Air Chief Marshal Sir William Mitchell, Commandant of London Air Training Corps, judge models of the Handley Page Halifax at an ATC exhibition held at Harrods. Picture issued 1944. IWM (CH 11986), P/O Bridge, RAF Official Photographer
@nmtdambusters.bsky.social listened to the Q&A episode this morning. First of all thanks for taking my question. Brilliant questions from your audience and top answers too. @jamesjhistory.bsky.social @lydiajane13.bsky.social
Good morning! Ep 68 is out today - it's a mammoth episode, with aircraft designer Joe Wilding taking us through the history of Cold War Bombers. Jane goes AWOL half way through due to tech issues, but @jamesjhistory.bsky.social holds the fort! www.buzzsprout.com/2327200/epis...
A packed house at the International Bomber Command Centre in Lincoln last night for my talk on Bomber Command’s gardening operations during the Second World War. It was fantastic to meet so many readers and podcast listeners in person—thank you to everyone who came along!
Ep 67 is out today. German historian Thomas Rost takes us through bomb disposal in wartime Hamburg, including the use of prisoners & concentration camp inmates for this horrific work. A fascinating but disturbing story. www.buzzsprout.com/2327200/epis...
Get your questions in by 10 March please people!
NEVER MIND THE DAMBUSTERS@nmtdambusters.bsky.social · 5mo agoASK US ANYTHING!! We want your questions! We're recording a Q&A session which will be broadcast on 18th March. Ask us about BC, about our research, anything you like (within reason!) Post questions here, email us (address in bio), in our FB group, on X or insta. The more the better!
ASK US ANYTHING!! We want your questions! We're recording a Q&A session which will be broadcast on 18th March. Ask us about BC, about our research, anything you like (within reason!) Post questions here, email us (address in bio), in our FB group, on X or insta. The more the better!
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Morning! Ep 66 is out today. Erik Parker tells the story of 2 Group and the low level, daylight raid on Rotterdam in 1941. www.buzzsprout.com/2327200/epis...
Pforzheim #OTD 23 Feb 1945. 380 aircraft dropped 1,825 tons of bombs in 22 minutes from 8,000 feet. 83% of the town was destroyed and over 17,000 people killed. 12 aircraft were lost with the loss of 42 airmen. #History @ibccdigitalarchive.bsky.social @nmtdambusters.bsky.social
![The reverse '18. R.A.F. Bombers over Pforzheim. Two of R.A.F. Bomber Command’s “heavies” silhouetted against dense clouds of smoke during the air assault on the night of 23/24.2.45 on the important industrial and transport centre of Pforzheim, South-east of Karlscuhe [sic]. This picture is an extract from a film made by the R.A.F. Film Production Unit during the attack. The white “cascade” is caused by glowing target indicators.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4erpxugucrawinvqvaj7o3sq/bafkreibh4xohhxlq25sbg4dhimgo3t3hsrzs4bxcrr2zntafwhuslc7a5e)
Terrific new pod from @nmtdambusters.bsky.social @lydiajane13.bsky.social @jamesjhistory.bsky.social and top WHW IC bod @riksbar.bsky.social. Fascinating history and a who’s who of obscure RAF types.
Hello! Ep 65 is out today and it's a belter! We talk to former RAF Harrier pilot Matt Doncaster about the science of bomb aiming. www.buzzsprout.com/2327200/epis...
Hello! Ep 64 is out today. Mike Peters of the Mighty Eighth Podcast helps us dissect the USAAF attacks on Schweinfurt in 1943. buzzsprout.com/2327200/episod…
Fascinating new pod from @nmtdambusters.bsky.social @lydiajane13.bsky.social and @jamesjhistory.bsky.social. A look at problems faced by the USAAF. My pic of Sally B.
Jane's really looking forward to this! Audience participation required!
Classic Warbirds@classicwarbirds.co.uk · 6mo agoIBCC Lecture & Supper Series – The Invisible Campaign – Bomber Command Gardening Operations 1940-1945. Speaker: @lydiajane13.bsky.social Venue: International Bomber Command Centre 📅 5th March 2026 🕰️ 6:30pm - 9:30pm 🎟️ £15.25 Full details at internationalbcc.co.uk/about-ibcc/n...
