🎧 The Life of a Navigator during World War Two with Arthur Spencer
🎧 Dan Snow's History Hit • 28m
Arthur Spencer was a navigator during World War Two, completing two tours of operations with 97 Squadron at RAF Woodhall Spa and RAF Bourn. He was awarded the Légion d’Honneur for providing air support for the Resistance in Italy. Dan met him in his house to discuss the life during the war, the hardship of losing friends and whether he feels guilt about the bombings. Discover more history interviews and documentaries at History Hit TV. Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Peter Curry
Up Next in 🎧 Dan Snow's History Hit
-
🎧 The Light Ages
Seb Falk joined me to discuss the science in the Middle Ages, or, according to his new book, 'The Light Ages'. They gave us the first universities, the first eyeglasses and the first mechanical clocks as medieval thinkers sought to understand the world around them, from the passing of the seasons...
-
🎧 The Lost Battalion
Dan talks to the producers of a new documentary about a battalion cut off during the Meuse-Argonne offensive, Mark Fastoso and John King.
-
🎧 The Lost City of Z
David Grann @davidgrann is an American journalist, a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine, and a best-selling author. His first book, The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon, was published in 2009.
