The Australian tail gunners who served in World War Two had a particularly dangerous job. They spent hours in cramped, freezing conditions, perched in Perspex turrets at the rear of bomber planes, vulnerable to enemy fire and often exposed to the elements.
In Episode 25 of Collected, Louise Maher is shown a gun turret that survived the war and hears the stories of men who lived to tell the tale of bombing raids over Europe.
Collected Episode 32: Boy Soldiers
Collected Episode 31: Women in the Airforce
Collected Episode 30: Nazi V2 Rocket
Collected Episode 29: Sweetheart Jewellery
Collected Episode 28: The Lone Pine
Collected Episode 27: From Monoplanes to Fighter Jets
Collected Episode 26: HMAS Brisbane’s Bridge
Collected - 024 Acknowledging Indigenous Service
Collected-023 A tale of two dresses
Collected-022 Places of Pride
Collected-021Peacekeeping
Collected-020 VP Day
Collected-019 Women and War Pt 2
Collected-018 Shinyo
Collected-017 Recorded letters
Collected-016 Tomb of the Unknown Australian Soldier
Collected-015 G for George
Collected-014 Military Working Dogs
Collected -013 Against all odds
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