• They crashed into the sea off the Dutch coast

  • A specialist in codes and ciphers

  • The South China Sea was rife with pirates

  • If they'd have been caught, they would have been killed

    Dave Kent

  • Only four of the crew came back

    Keith Palmer

  • I didn't even know where Blackpool was

    Eileen O'Sullivan

  • The night they bombed Surrey Docks

    Eileen O'Sullivan

  • Nothing could touch the Mosquito for speed

    David Cottle

  • If you try to leave, I'll have you sent to a concentration camp

    Alan Waxman

  • My wife was lucky to survive

    David Lang

  • We tried to live as normal a life as possible

    David Lang

  • If they could cross the Rhine their war was won ...

    RAF Film Production Unit, 1945