NEVER MIND THE DAMBUSTERS

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...

What a fabulous story. One for fans of #WeHaveWays and @nmtdambusters.bsky.social. @normagraham.bsky.social

Ep. 79 is out today! Erik Parker joins to us to explain Bomber Command's role AFTER the Second World War. Warning: may contain Vulcans 🖖🏼 www.buzzsprout.com/2327200/epis...

This episode has EVERYTHING! Churchill, the Royal Navy, armed trawlers, mines, Bomber Command Pathfinders, & hunting Kamikazes in the Pacific. Many thanks to the incomparable Will Iredale for chatting to me about his new book, Churchill's Pirates. www.buzzsprout.com/2327200/epis...

So who is the successful bidder, and what are their plans for the wartime home of 83, 57, 49, 153, and 625 Squadrons? @nmtdambusters.bsky.social

More Operation Market Garden content... In Ep 15 of @nmtdambusters.bsky.social , Matt Yates tells the story of the Arnhem Glider Pilots and Bomber Tugs - a really fascinating tale. www.buzzsprout.com/2327200/epis...

BRING UP THE PIAT! As we remember Operation Market Garden at this time of year, I thought I'd reshare my article on the legacy of "A Bridge Too Far", and how film shapes popular memory. justcuriousjane.com/bring-up-the...

✈️ By the time war actually started, Germany was still leaning on older bombers while the “future fleet” was barely ready. ✈️ In Ep. 76, Dan Sharp explains shows how tech, ambition, and bad timing shaped what the Luftwaffe could actually do. Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/2327200/epis...

We have a fascinating tale for you today. In Ep. 74, Sean Feast returns to share the story of 10 Sqn's Stanley Booker - Airman Prisoner Saviour Spy. From Buchenwald Concentration Camp to Cold War Berlin... Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts ➡️ www.buzzsprout.com/2327200/epis...

A new book for #WW2 #History #histbookchat types. @nmtdambusters.bsky.social

The exhibition, ‘After Me, The Flood’, on the aftermath of Operation Chastise will be unveiled at the IBCC in Lincoln soon. Folks know my thoughts on the DBs, but there are images in this exhibition that are astonishing. #History #WW2 @nmtdambusters.bsky.social

Good morning! Ep 74 is out today. We talk to British explorer Dave King about the controversial efforts to rescue Lancaster Easy Elsie from a Swedish bog. www.buzzsprout.com/2327200/epis...

Wizard thread on the JU 188. #History #WW2 @nmtdambusters.bsky.social

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...

📢 Series 5 Trailer is here...so much to look forward to! nevermindthedambusters.buzzsprout.com/2327200/epis...

Promoting it already...

💥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..

A book to look out for... @nmtdambusters.bsky.social #history #WW2 #histbookchat

@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! 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...

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...

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

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!

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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!

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

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...

Oi @nmtdambusters.bsky.social @alanallport.bsky.social you’re selling books here!

Jane's really looking forward to this! Audience participation required!

During the Second World War, Britain was in the "strange position of fighting to create a new world order that is going to inevitably reduce its power & status"- A fascinating interview with @alanallport.bsky.social on the excellent @nmtdambusters.bsky.social pod: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...

Hello ! Episode 63 is out today. @alanallport.bsky.social discusses his new book Advance Britannia, and the changing role of Bomber Command from 1943. www.buzzsprout.com/2327200/epis...

I know I frequently plug the @nmtdambusters.bsky.social but damn, this episode is bang on. Buy @alanallport.bsky.social's new book folks. nevermindthedambusters.buzzsprout.com/2327200/epis...

Agreed - another belter-banger from @nmtdambusters.bsky.social, and more than deserving of a wee map.

Hello! Ep 62 is out today - another belter! We talk to the fabulous Sean Feast about the Bomber Command attack on Hitler's V-Weapons at Peenemünde www.buzzsprout.com/2327200/epis...

Morning! Who doesn't love a De Havilland Mosquito?? Listen to the incredible story of the "wooden wonder" as told by John Lilley from The People's Mosquito project - new episode out today! For Mozzie aficionados everywhere... www.buzzsprout.com/2327200/epis...