378. A Life In The Skies

Published: Sept. 30, 2021, 1 a.m.

Colin Bell flew thirteen missions to Berlin in his beloved Mosquito as part of Bomber Command. The 100-year-old veteran pilot joined James Holland on stage at We Have Ways Fest to describe restarting his engines over the city after surviving a full on attack, dodging away from German jet fighters, and being woken up on the way home by an exploding shell fired from an all-female training centre.\nTo see a video of this interview plus a huge amount of additional content join our members club at www.patreon.com/wehaveways\nA Goalhanger Films production\nProduced by Joey McCarthy\nExec Producer Tony Pastor\nTwitter: #WeHaveWays\n@WeHaveWaysPod\nWebsite: www.wehavewayspod.com\nEmail: wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices