PODCAST: Viking Boys, with Air Vice-Marshal (Ret’d) John Quaife

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By: Robyn Tongol
PODCAST: Viking Boys, with Air Vice-Marshal (Ret’d) John Quaife

In this special cross-over edition of the Defence Connect Podcast and Australian Aviation Podcast, Air Vice-Marshal (Ret’d) John Quaife, AM joins host Phil Tarrant to discuss his new book Viking Boys.

In this special cross-over edition of the Defence Connect Podcast and Australian Aviation Podcast, Air Vice-Marshal (Ret’d) John Quaife, AM joins host Phil Tarrant to discuss his new book Viking Boys.

 

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A former Air Commander Australia, Quaife spent nearly three decades in the Royal Australian Air Force as a fighter pilot. After retiring from the service, he became a member of the Defence Honours and Awards Appeals Tribunal where he learnt incredible stories of untold bravery from Australian service personnel.

Viking Boys tells the story of Beaufighter pilot James Hakewill and his navigator Fred Sides, who died on 5 December 1944 when their aircraft slammed into a German gunboat in a fjord in Norway.

While official records contain no mention of the aircraft hitting the ship, Quaife reveals what truly happened on 5 December 1944.

Enjoy the podcast,
The Defence Connect Team

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Episode 10: CONTESTED GROUND: Apathy, complacency and the ‘Lucky Country’, Australia’s predicament is entirely self-inflicted, with Ben Dullroy
Episode 9: SPECIAL EDITION PODCAST: 125 years of the Royal Australian Navy and Australian Army
Episode 8: CONTESTED GROUND: Australian resilience during a crisis and sovereign industrial capability
Episode 7: CONTESTED GROUND: From Tehran to Sydney – why war could reshape Australian property
Episode 6: SPOTLIGHT: Inside Australia’s AUKUS industrial transformation, with Honeywell Aerospace Australia senior director Lee Davis
Episode 5: CONTESTED GROUND: War without borders – the disinformation threat arriving in Australia
Episode 4: THE PROGRESS REPORT: The mission to make military children visible
Episode 3: PODCAST: Righting the ship, balancing the force, with Senator James Paterson, shadow minister for defence
Episode 2: SPOTLIGHT: Modern electronic warfare, spectrum congestion and the Australian defence ecosystem, with DEWC Services’ Rian Whitby