Andy

@AndyAitcheson

NEWS OF THE WAR PODCAST. Leading the Peter White Walking With The Jocks battlefield tour in October 2025. Come join us! linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

East, England walkingwiththejocks.co.uk Joined May 2020

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Andy @AndyAitcheson Dec 12, 2022

1/4 OTD 1944, AFPU filmed C Company, 4 KOSB, 52(L) Div training near Sittard, Netherlands.

The full film has never been seen publicly before. It was filmed just 1 month before Blackcock.

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Andy @AndyAitcheson 3d

A veritable who’s who of 1942 Britain, seen here at The memorial service for Prince George, The Duke of Kent, who’s plane crashed on a Scottish hillside 25/08/1942.
I thought we were very classy in not talking about George’s colourful private life. But not so classy we didn’t engage in conspiracy theories about the crash

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Why did Prince George make the headlines? Trust us, when we say you 're not be ready for this one. In this special #NewsoftheWar, The Notables, our hosts had full permission to go TOTAL CONSPIRACY THEORY ... as long as it made the headlines.
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Carole Lombard - Roosevelt called her the first US servicewoman killed in the SWW.

Screwball comedy royalty, her death led her husband Clark Gable to join the USAAF.

Find out more in today’s News Of The War linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

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NewsOfTheWar @newsofthewar 4d

This gal. Carole Lombard. @AndyAitcheson got excited again. @rentaquill barely held the fort. In The Notables, we learn how Lombard died - and what the Butler did next. linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar

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You may not of heard of Al Bowlly, but pound to a penny you HEARD Al Bowlly.
His music is frequently used to this day to evoke the 30s and 40s.
Case in point, one of the greatest pieces of cinema, ever..

New special - The Notables - out today.

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NewsOfTheWar @newsofthewar 4d

Men like Al Bowlly - a man you know, but don't know. You've heard his voice a thousand times, and his story certainly made the headlines during WW2.

This is the one where @AndyAitcheson got very excited, and @rentaquill tries to hold the fort.
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Andy @AndyAitcheson 5d

Remember, remember, the fifth of November.