All Stations

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 Benevolent Fund.

In our first episode, Sue Holderness interviews WW2 veteran and Spitfire ace Allan Scott DFM.

In our second episode, Sue Holderness interviews Invictus Games Gold medalist and former RAF Regiment Gunner Mike Goody.

In this episode Sue Holderness interviews Jacqui Thompson, the wife of Senior Aircraftman Gary Thompson who was killed in Afghanistan in 2008.

In our fourth episode, Sue Holderness interviews Second World War pilot George Dunn DFC Ld’H.

In our fifth episode, Sue Holderness interviews RAF widows Nancy Presland and Maureen Pearce.

In the sixth and last episode of series one, Sue Holderness interviews RAF veteran Bob Greig.

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.

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 age'.

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.

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 not yet broken.

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.

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 fighting, now commemorated as Battle of Britain Day – which is regarded as the turning point in the battle.

Matthew Wignall’s play, A Gingerbread Man in the R.A.F, won our Battle of Britain-themed playwrighting competition earlier this year.

Matthew Wignall’s play, A Gingerbread Man in the R.A.F, won our Battle of Britain-themed playwrighting competition earlier this year.

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 members not to hide their injuries and live full, active and happy lives. In Series Three of All Stations, we listen to the real-life stories from the Guinea Pig Club members, and we learn of their tri...

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 techniques.  Our hosts Victoria Taylor and Emily Mayhew, explain how the Guinea Pig Club formed. From our archive, we also hear remarkable stories from members of the Guinea Pig Club themselves. Andrew ...

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 techniques. In episode two, actress Fiona Dolman explains how the Guinea Pig Club inspired the CASEVAC club. A club established for those who have been seriously wounded in combat in Iraq and Afghanista...

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 both the guinea pig club and the cassava club were united by the severity of their injuries, injuries that had previously been unsurvivable.