76 - RAF Flight Engineers

Published: Oct. 1, 2018, 4:30 a.m.

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Way back in episode four of the podcast, I talked to Andrew Panton about the Lancaster Bomber; Andrew is the pilot of Lancaster \\u2018Just Jane\\u2019 here in the UK. Whilst chatting the role of flight engineer came up, I had no clue what they actually did, I wasn\\u2019t aware they worked in tandem with the pilot to fly the plane.

Ever since I\\u2019ve been on the lookout for someone to talk to about the role, if you do a search on Amazon you\\u2019ll discover how overlooked the Flight Engineer has been in the historiography.

Earlier this year Colin Pateman released his latest book \\u2018Fuel, Fire and Fear: RAF Flight Engineers at War\\u2019, clearly he is the man to speak!

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