The Night Raiders of Normandy

Amazing War Stories

Amazing History Enterprises

Kids & Family, History, Education

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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In almost complete darkness, on the 27th February 1942, 120 men from the newly formed Parachute Regiment, went on a bold mission - to steal technology from a new German Radar installation that was causing heavy losses on Allied aircraft. This is the true story of 7 of the men who took part in that sensational operation. Sadly, not all of them would make it out unharmed- Sign up to our newsletter here: http://eepurl.com/imr7Dk Let us know what you think of this week's episode- use #AmazingWarStories to join the conversation To find out more about this initiative visit amazingwarstories.com Have a story to tell? Email [email protected] Contributors- -Jon Baker- curator of Airborne Assault Museum & Paradata -Lieutenant Colonel Richard Lewin For more about this episode and all of the incredible stories we have in store this series, follow us on your favourite social media platform on- Facebook.com/Amazingwarstories Instagram @amazingwarstories Twitter @amazewarstories Episode Credits- Written & Produced by Ed Sayer Executive producer Paul Wooding Associate Producer Lois Crompton Sound design & 3D mastering by Vaudeville Sound Group www.amazingwarstories.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The One minute.
0:17.0	Right off.
0:20.0	Greit on. Greve on God! In the almost complete darkness of the 27th of February 1942, 120 men from the newly formed parachute regiment jumped from their planes over Normandy
0:46.4	and landed quietly on a snow-covered field.
0:49.8	They were on the bold mission to steal technology from the new German radar
0:56.3	insulation that was causing heavy losses on Allied aircraft.
1:00.6	The risk of the total loss of Frost's company is in some ways
1:06.7	reflective of the kind of desperate situation that the nation was in. But the
1:11.6	states were higher than that. The war was going very badly. Churchill
1:17.1	desperately needed some good news to bolster the country morale.
1:21.3	If this German threat hadn't been countered by this raid, the
1:25.2	war could have ended very differently. This is the story of seven of the men that took part in that sensational operation.
1:35.9	Sadly, not all of them would make it out unharmed.
1:40.1	They were the Night raiders of Normandy. I'm Bruce Crompton, history fanatic, military antique collector and ex-paratrooper.
1:57.0	In amazing war stories you're going to hear about incredible actions all taken from records housed in museum
2:05.7	collections. It's only by unerthing these wonderful tells that I hope to keep
2:11.8	these important institutions and the heroes contained within them
2:16.7	alive for future generations. On the 5th of December, 1941, on aswept cliff in Normandy France, a small black radar dish detected
2:38.6	an inbound aircraft.
2:42.4	The German operators passed on the details to Lufwaffe Command at the Harve.
2:47.0	This was the second time in as many days that a plane that buzzed installation.
3:01.0	The aircraft was a spitfire, flown by flight Lieutenant Tony Hill, but it was a plane with a difference. On board, in addition to the usual
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