Mike Peters

As part of our recording yesterday, we visited the wartime headquarters of the 2nd Air Bombardment Division, 8th USAAF, at Ketteringham Hall in Norfolk. It's so good to see the memorial plaque still in place.

Doing a little bit of research, obviously involving gliders and the Fiesler Storch. I have to say that this is a really informative and well presented summary of the Gran Sasso operation. Review to follow.

The man who found the missing: France names path after Melbourne's Lambis Englezos - Neos Kosmos Melbourne's Lambis Englezos, renowned for uncovering the fate of missing Australian soldiers at Fromelles, has been honoured by the northern French village with a path named in his honour, recognising...

It was a genuine pleasure to be involved in this ceremony. A well deserved accolade given with warmth by the villagers of Fromelles.
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YouTube video by 7NEWS Australia The French village that’s honouring Australian diggers in World War One | 7NEWS

I really enjoyed the Fromelles & Pozieres anniversary tour with Lambis Englezos earlier this month. One of the highlights of the 11-day Mat McLachlan tour has featured in Channel 7 News back in Oz. It was a really special day.
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YouTube video by Time Team Official NEW! | Bringing Home Little Boy Blue | TIME TEAM SPECIAL

We covered the story of Little Boy Blue in a podcast. UK Time Team has made a special programme about the lost B17 and its crew. Available here on YouTube:
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1st August 1943 - The USAAF launches a huge force of B24 Liberator bombers from Benghazi in Libya. Their mission to carry out an audacious low-level strike against the heavily defended Ploesti oilfields in Romania. Hear the dramatic story here:
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Looking ahead into your autumn diary? Why not come along to a talk about the 381st BG (H) USAAF? If you are in Essex on 21st October. Feel free to attend...

Heading back to Blighty after spending 10 days in the company of the wonderful Lambis Englezos. What an insight into the story of the missing of Fromelles and Bullecourt. I am looking forward to working with Lambis and Mat McLachlan Tours again next year.

Mont Saint Quentin - the 2nd Australian Division Memorial was the most appropriate place to finish our ninth and penultimate day of what has been a fantastic Anzac tour.

Another great day on the Anzac trail with the @MatMcLachlan Fromelles & Pozieres anniversary group. Today's Somme itinerary culminated at the Australian Corps Memorial Park, Le Hamel.

At dusk on 19 July, almost to the minute of the ill-fated Anglo-Australian attack 109 years ago, we walked out into No Man's Land towards the Sugar Loaf. It was an emotive moment for many of our group who are descendants of 5th Australian Division soldiers.

Our second day at Fromelles included much of the ceremonial programme. We also had time for a battlefield walk with Lambis Englezos. We visited the site of the German burial pits close in to Pheasant Wood. It was a truly memorable moment for all of us.

If Carling did battlefield tours of Fromelles. Glorious sunshine, an empty battlefield, and Lambis Englezos to explain the events of 1916. The Mat McLachlan group begins the day at the Cobbers with Lambis telling the story of the recovery of the missing. Fascinating...

Wings of Defiance: The Eagle Squadrons The Mighty Eighth Podcast · Episode

New Episode - out now!
Wings of Defiance: The Eagle Squadrons - the story of the American volunteer pilots who flew with the RAF in WWII.
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YouTube video by NationalArmyMuseumUK Ops Normal: The Operational History of the Army Air Corps

Our recent Ops Normal Author talk at the National Army Museum is now available on YouTube. You can access it at the link below:
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Back in Suffolk after a very busy day in London. Thanks to the events team at the National Army Museum for hosting our Ops Normal presentation today. Thank you to everyone who attended and to those who bought copies of volume 1.

"The Great Glider Gamble?"
On the 82nd anniversary of Op HUSKY, we chat with Mike Peters about Operation Ladbroke - 1st Airlanding Brigade's assault to capture the Ponte Grande Bridge. Out now on buymeacoffee/hamandjam, Spotify,Podbean,YouTube, Amazon Music & Audible.
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The Great Glider Gamble? : Operation LADBROKE, Sicily Assault 1943 - With Mike Peters. Ham and Jam - The WW2 British Airborne Podcast · Episode

This week marks the poignant anniversary of Operation Ladbroke, the first major Airborne operation mounted by the Allies. It remains a controversial episode in WWII. It was a genuine pleasure to talk to Andy & Kev about some of the fatal flaws in the Sicily op.
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If you are in London this Friday, why not come along to the NAM and catch up with Mike Peters & John Greenacre talking about the formative years of the Army Air Corps as described in Ops Normal - The Authorised Operational History of the AAC Volume 1.
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THE BATTLE FOR PONTE GRANDE The Daring Glider Assault Launched Almost a Year Before Pegasus Bridge

THE BATTLE FOR PONTE GRANDE - 9 July 1943

Read my substack on the first ever Glider Coup de Main mounted by Allied Airborne Forces.
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In from @pen@sword for review...

We were out and about recording a new podcast today. It was a lovely day, and we had time to call in and pay our respects at the 34th BG Memorial in Mendlesham. It's a beautifully maintained memorial relocated from the roadside to the village churchyard.

We are back online recording new podcasts! Our next episode pre-dates the arrival of Ira Eaker and his advance party in England. We are looking at the American airmen that joined the RAF Eagle Squadrons. It's absolutely fascinating stuff...

If you are in London on 11 July 25, why not come along to the NAM and catch up with Mike Peters & John Greenacre talking about the formative years of the Army Air Corps as described in Ops Normal - The Authorised Operational History of the AAC.
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Probably the least well-known and yet ambitious GPR operations of WWII. It was great fun to talk to Kev and Andy about Turkey Buzzards over the Atlantic...

RUNNING THE GAUNTLET Operation Beggar - The Hazardous Mission to Deliver Horsa Gliders to North Africa

My latest piece on substack is focused on one of the most underexposed, yet hazardous operations of WWII. Take a look at the joint RAF/GPR mission to ferry Horsa Assault Gliders to N Africa in advance of the invasion of Sicily.
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Here it is - talking about the momentous Glider Assault on Eben Emael on 10 May 1940. It was great fun to record. Please give it a listen.

Eben Emael Ground Zero for the use of Assault Gliders...Great to chat to Mark on History Syndicate. Tune in tomorrow!

THE DEATH DEALING EYE Completely Unarmed, Carrying Only Binoculars, a Map, and a Radio, the Auster Artillery Spotter was one of the Deadliest Aircraft in the Skies During WWII.

Royal Artillery Air Observation Pilots flew unarmed Auster Light Aircraft over the WWII battlefields bringing down withering Artillery Fire on enemy positions. I have written a series of pieces about them on Substack, Firing now - Shot Over!

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Restored US bomber to go on display in Papua New Guinea decades after jungle discovery An American bomber from World War II that sat hidden in Papua New Guinea’s jungle for decades will soon go on display at a museum in the island nation’s capital, according to the Australian air force.

What a story. I would love to see this aircraft up close.
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