Ham and Jam - The WW2 British Airborne Podcast

Ham & Jam! : Normandy '44 - With Kerry Ricketts & Jane Barkway-Harney

D-DAY SPECIAL COMMEMORATIVE EPISODE - Sitting down and chatting with the boys about the assault upon Pegasus Bridge are Jane Barkway, daughter of Glider Pilot Geoff Barkway, and Kerry Ricketts, granddaughter of Major John Howard. What does it mean to be related to the men who participated in one of the most famous assaults of the Second World War and why Pegasus Bridge and the veterans who were there are so special

"Hell & High Water" : 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, D-Day Assault 1944 - With Norma Graham

As part of our Normandy special episodes, friend of the podcast, Norma Graham, returns to chat with the boys about 1st Canadian Parachute Battalions drop into Normandy. Find out why it was such a tough nut to crack and why they were right for the task. 

D-Day: 6th Airborne Assault : Operation Tonga, June 1944 1944

Andy and Kevin are joined by Stephen Wright, co-author of the classic "One Night In June" and nephew of WW2 glider pilot Billy Marfleet. An interesting look at the 6th Airborne Paratrooper and Glider assault on Normandy , 6th of June 1944 - D-day.

"Mad About The Boy?" General F.A.M. Browning PART 1 - Getting Airborne..

Andy and Kev discuss Boy Browning. Is his reputation a prisoner of the film A Bridge Too Far? The lads chat about Browning's history and his influence on the British Airborne in the lead up to Operation Market Garden.

Arnhem Tragedy : The 11th Battalion - With James Daly

A very poignant and personal episode where Andy and Kevin are joined once again by special guest James Daly. This time we talk about his Grandfather and the tragedy of the 11th Battalion the Parachute regiment at Arnhem.....

"Boys Will Be Boys" :Britain's Anti-Tank Rifle in Airborne Use - With Kallan Kriewall

Andy and Kevin are joined by guest Kallan Kriewall, a living historian from the USA who has a primary interest in telling the story of the British Airborne and the 9th Parachute Battalion. Before the famed PIAT, there was the Boys anti-tank rifle. Take a listen as Kallan discusses the development, and history of the predecessor of the PIAT. 

Hold Until Relieved: Pegasus & Horsa Bridge Assault 1944 - With Neil Barber

Andy and Kev are joined by 6th Airborne in Normandy "Guru" - author Neil Barber, to talk about the assault on the critical D-Day objectives - "Pegasus" and "Horsa" bridges in the early hours of 6th of June 1944 - "Hold Until Relieved"......

Hill's Cowboys - 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion - Operation Varsity , March 1945.

In the 2nd of our episodes dedicated to the 80th Anniversary of Operation " Varsity" - the Rhine crossing of March 1945 - we talk to Norma Graham about 6th Airborne's 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, and their part in the largest single-day Airborne assault of the Second World War........

Last Assault - Op Varsity : March '45 - With Mike Peters

In the 80th Anniversary year of the last great Airborne assault of the Second World War, Andy and Kevin are joined by Mike Peters for the first of two episodes dedicated to this battle for the Rhine River. We discuss the involvement of the Glider Pilot Regiment, whether the lessons from the disaster at Arnhem had been learned, and in the end was this Operation actually necessary?

A Question Of Bridges? - Primosole Bridge Assault , Sicily '43

Andy and Kevin return with a pint in hand. This episode we discuss OPERATION FUSTIAN, the 1st Airborne Brigade's assault on the Primosole Bridge in Sicily 1943. It's an Operation that brings up many questions and what ifs......?