Episode 62 - The Amiens Prison Raid 70th Anniversary Special - Production & Contact Info (original) (raw)

On the 18th of February 1944, de Havilland Mosquitoes from No's 487 (NZ) Squadron, No. 464 Squadron RAAF and No. 21 Squadron RAF set off from RAF Hunsdon in Hertfordshire to undertake one of the most precise low level bombing raids of ...See moreOn the 18th of February 1944, de Havilland Mosquitoes from No's 487 (NZ) Squadron, No. 464 Squadron RAAF and No. 21 Squadron RAF set off from RAF Hunsdon in Hertfordshire to undertake one of the most precise low level bombing raids of World War Two. They bombed and breached the wall of the Amiens Prison, in the north of France, in an attempt to assist hundreds of French Resistance members and political prisoners to escape from Gestapo hands. 70 years later this incredible raid and the men who flew on it were remembered in special commemoration ceremonies at former RAF Hunsdon in England, the town of Cambridge in New Zealand, and at Amiens in France. Also remembered were the airmen lost on the raid, Group Captain Percy Pickard, Flight Lieutenants Alan Broadley and Dick Sampson, and Flight Sergeant Henry Brown. This special episode has recordings from all three commemorations, England, New Zealand and France, in a two hour long Wings Over New Zealand Show Special. Speakers: At Hunsdon, England - Denis Sharp, Lay preacher David Scott, Linda Gough, Martin Gough, Glen Thompson, Arthur Wingate, Roy Howe, Andrew Payne and Jim Cosgrove, In Cambridge, New Zealand - Jenny Boon, Dave Homewood and Ray Tocker. In Amiens, France - Tom Allett, Pierre Ben and Dr. Jean-Pierre Ducellier.See less