All Stations
We proudly present All Stations, the podcast presented by the RAF Benevolent Fund, featuring inspiring and completing real-life stories from members of the RAF Family.
Listen to our third series, which tells the story of the remarkable Guinea Pig Club, a group of allied airmen who suffered life-changing injuries during World War Two and went on to inspire the next generation.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 27 minutes
- Episodes
- 19
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2021
S3 Ep3: The medical legacy of the Guinea Pig Club
In this episode, we're diving into the medical legacy of both clubs and hearing from a plastic surgeon who has treated more veterans of the Afghan conflict than any other in the UK. The members of bo…
00:34:17 |
Fri 17 Dec 2021
S3 Ep2: How the Guinea Pig Club inspired the next generation
Made up of World War Two airmen, the Guinea Pig Club has left a lasting legacy on future RAF generations and were instrumental in helping Sir Archibald McIndoe develop pioneering plastic surgery tech…
00:38:36 |
Wed 08 Dec 2021
S3 Ep1: The story of the Guinea Pig Club
Made up of World War Two airmen, the Guinea Pig Club has left a lasting legacy on future RAF generations and were instrumental in helping Sir Archibald McIndoe develop pioneering plastic surgery tech…
00:40:27 |
Fri 26 Nov 2021
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S3: Introducing the Guinea Pig Club [Trailer]
The Guinea Pig Club were a group of young airmen who survived fiery crashes during the Second World War. Plastic Surgeon Sir Archibald McIndoe formed a social group of brave men and encouraged member…
00:02:34 |
Fri 26 Nov 2021
S2 Ep6: A Gingerbread Man In The R.A.F
Matthew Wignall’s play, A Gingerbread Man in the R.A.F, won our Battle of Britain-themed playwrighting competition earlier this year.
00:25:38 |
Tue 15 Sep 2020
![S2: A Gingerbread Man In The R.A.F [Trailer]](https://audioboom.com/i/37011186.jpg)
S2: A Gingerbread Man In The R.A.F [Trailer]
Matthew Wignall’s play, A Gingerbread Man in the R.A.F, won our Battle of Britain-themed playwrighting competition earlier this year.
00:01:43 |
Fri 11 Sep 2020
S2 Ep5: Battle of Britain: Victory
The British mark the 31 October 1940 as the end of the Battle of Britain – the last day of day-time raids by the German air force. However, it was the 15th September - a day of extremely heavy fighti…
00:37:54 |
Fri 04 Sep 2020
S2 Ep4: Battle of Britain: The Blitz
In this episode, we’ll hear about the devastating experience of the Blitz bombings for British civilians — and how Fighter Command and Bomber Command were fighting back.
00:25:28 |
Fri 21 Aug 2020
S2 Ep3: Battle of Britain: International Squadrons
Historian Victoria Taylor shares the stories of thousands of people from across the Commonwealth, and from Nazi-occupied countries, who came to Britain to fight by its side — bruised, battered, but n…
00:28:31 |
Thu 06 Aug 2020
S2 Ep2: Battle of Britain: The Hardest Day
Historian Victoria Taylor takes us back to just over a month into the battle when the Luftwaffe threw everything they could at the RAF - knowing they had to break them, to be able to invade Britain.
00:23:15 |
Fri 24 Jul 2020
S2 Ep1: Battle of Britain: Escalation
Our host, historian Victoria Taylor, explores what it was like to experience the Battle of Britain, both for those in the skies and on the ground at when Britain stared into the 'abyss of a new dark …
00:22:54 |
Fri 10 Jul 2020
S2: ‘The Battle of Britain is about to begin’ [Trailer]
In 1940, Winston Churchill announced ‘The Battle of Britain is about to begin’. Series 2 of the All Stations podcast, brought to you by the RAF Benevolent Fund.
00:01:28 |
Wed 08 Jul 2020
S1 Ep6: Former RAF Parachute Jump Instructor Bob Greig
In the sixth and last episode of series one, Sue Holderness interviews RAF veteran Bob Greig.
00:49:23 |
Thu 28 Nov 2019
S1 Ep5: Enduring friendship: Nancy Presland and Maureen Pearce
In our fifth episode, Sue Holderness interviews RAF widows Nancy Presland and Maureen Pearce.
00:26:17 |
Thu 21 Nov 2019
S1 Ep4: Bomber Command veteran pilot George Dunn DFC Ld’H
In our fourth episode, Sue Holderness interviews Second World War pilot George Dunn DFC Ld’H.
00:43:46 |
Fri 15 Nov 2019
S1 Ep3: RAF Widow Jacqui Thompson
In this episode Sue Holderness interviews Jacqui Thompson, the wife of Senior Aircraftman Gary Thompson who was killed in Afghanistan in 2008.
00:43:36 |
Fri 08 Nov 2019
S1 Ep2: Regiment Gunner Mike Goody
In our second episode, Sue Holderness interviews Invictus Games Gold medalist and former RAF Regiment Gunner Mike Goody.
00:39:05 |
Wed 30 Oct 2019
S1 Ep1: Spitfire ace Allan Scott
In our first episode, Sue Holderness interviews WW2 veteran and Spitfire ace Allan Scott DFM.
00:35:57 |
Wed 23 Oct 2019
Calling All Stations [Trailer]
In the first series, Overcoming Adversity, we speak to a WW2 Spitfire pilot, a widow whose husband was killed in Afghanistan and other special guests. All Stations, a new podcast from the RAF Benevol…
00:01:03 |
Wed 23 Oct 2019
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