April 1941 - A Hurricane Pilot, Shots Fired, Tragedy in Saints Bay, Rationing, and much more.

It is April 1941. The Channel Islands are in their tenth month of being occupied by the German forces.

In this episode we cover the Hurricane pilot Sgt Robert Stirling who bailed out of his Hurricane and landed on the small island oof Lihou.  As mentioned in the podcast there is an excellent documentary called “Stirling’s War” which you can find here and watch for free. Tim Osborne who produced it was also mentioned in the podcast.  You can find details of his guided walks here. 

There was a tragedy at Saints Bay when three men died whilst attempting to collect Ormers. Shots are fired and a boat overturns.

If you are wondering what an Ormer is look here.

We also talked about the new book coming out from Blue Ormer. The Hans Max von Aufsess diary - Gentle Violence  1943 - 45 which you can read about and pre-order here.

A look at the impact of rationing, an influx of German forces, a proposed raid to take back the islands and much more.   

You can find a few pictures of Saints Bay  here.

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You can find out more about the occupation on Nick’s website Island Fortress here.

Thanks to Gnet Radio for recording the podcast and thanks to Jim Delbridge for the use of his song ‘5 to 7’ as our theme.