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TV show highlights Inishowen war
finds
11.05.12
FANS of WWII aviation
history and how it impacted Lough Foyle including
its Inishowen shores can look forward to a series of
TV programmes starting next week.
The story of how a Spitfire ended up in a local bog
and how a B17 bomber still lies on the seabed off
Greencastle complete with a stash of wartime
memorabilia will be told on Dig WW2 starting on BBC
One Northern Ireland on Monday. |
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Historian and TV presenter Dan Snow
examines one of the Browning machine guns excavated
along with a WWII Spitfire from Glenshinney bog,
Inishowen, last summer. |
In three one-hour
programmes, the series reveals the role Northern
Ireland played in the war – its strategic location
during the Battle of the Atlantic and the tanks
built by Harland & Wolff.
The series follows presenter Dan Snow's visits to
historic sites in Inishowen and Co Derry last year.
Snow said he was thrilled to discover "all sorts of
incredible stories - secrets, heroism, suffering and
valor".
He visited some of the 350 wartime sites and details
stories of Spitfires and the Flying boats that
patrolled the skies. The team's dive off Greencastle
fishing village is also included in the three-part
series. |
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Historian Dan Snow in front of a
Catalina flying boat.. |
The first programme
visits a former Coastal Command base at Limavady, Co
Derry and hears the story of a Northern Ireland
pilot who would become the most successful U-boat
hunter of all time.
He follows the journey of Bud Wolfe who after
bailing out of his stricken fighter plane at
Glenshinney hill, near Gleneely, Inishowen, ended up
interned in a prisoner of war camp in neutral
Republic of Ireland at the Curragh. The series which
begins on Monday, May 14 at 9pm, gets expert insight
from enthusiasts, archaeologists, historians and
local men who fought and served WWII. |
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