Ray Fitchett's guest appearances

Ray Fitchett

The WW2 Podcast

Fighting Through WW2 History

Jimmy Stewart

David Johnson

Tom Woods

Allen Dulles

Haile Selassie

Clementine Churchill

Eric Clarke

William Edwin Dyess

Reinhard Heydrich

Richard Sorge

Frederick Smith

Bill Turner

Geoffrey Rothwell

Omar Bradley

Damien Lewis

OwlTail

Last year I got an email from Cole Gill, his grandfather had made a number of tape recordings recounting his experiences during the war serving on the Royal Navy ship HMS Exeter, then as a POW at the Fukuoka camp,where he witnessed the dropping of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki. Who wouldn’t be interested in that story?  Cole sent them over and after listening to them they’ve been languishing in my virtual bottom draw on my computer, awaiting for me to have some inspiration. Well I’ve got them out, dusted them down and what I have for you is the story of Raymond Fitchett. It’s a big thank you to Cole Gill for sharing these recordings.

Last year I got an email from Cole Gill, his grandfather had made a number of tape recordings recounting his experiences during the war serving on the Royal Navy ship <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Exeter_(68)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HMS Exeter</a>, then as a POW at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukuoka_17" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fukuoka camp,</a>where he witnessed the dropping of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki. Who wouldn’t be interested in that story?  Cole sent them over and after listening to them they’ve been languishing in my virtual bottom draw on my computer, awaiting for me to have some inspiration. Well I’ve got them out, dusted them down and what I have for you is the story of Raymond Fitchett. It’s a big thank you to Cole Gill for sharing these recordings.

97 - Japanese POW: Ray Fitchett

HMS Exeter was sunk in Pacific waters during the second world war. Ray Fitchett made a recording of his tale of survival in Japan – abandoning ship in shark infested waters followed by three years’ captivity as a POW.  Hear the terrifying tale of how he survived. "They decided to put some of us down the coal mine but I didn't fancy that. So I went to the tail end of the queue of guys and I thought I'd get a job at the top of the mine". "If you got lucky you might pick up some orange peel - You couldn’t eat the whole lot but you could scrape the white part out and that was luxury". More great unpublished history - of the Second World War. Links - Not supported by all podcast players: Normandy Memorial Trust Appeal - 75 veteran D-Day stories Full show notes here  Feedback/reviews in Apple Podcasts - Thank you.  Twitter page here Facebook page Web site home page

HMS Exeter was sunk in Pacific waters during the second world war. Ray Fitchett made a recording of his tale of survival in Japan – abandoning ship in shark infested waters followed by three years’ captivity as a POW.  Hear the terrifying tale of how he survived. "They decided to put some of us down the coal mine but I didn't fancy that. So I went to the tail end of the queue of guys and I thought I'd get a job at the top of the mine". "If you got lucky you might pick up some orange peel - You couldn’t eat the whole lot but you could scrape the white part out and that was luxury". More great unpublished history - of the Second World War. Links - Not supported by all podcast players: <a href="https://www.normandymemorialtrust.org/75-stories/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Normandy Memorial Trust Appeal - 75 veteran D-Day stories</a> <a href="https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/43-canadian-seaman-ray-fitchett-pow-and-hms-exeter/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Full show notes here</a> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ww2-fighting-through-from-dunkirk-to-hamburg-war-diary/id624581457?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Feedback/reviews</a> in Apple Podcasts - Thank you.  <a href="https://twitter.com/PaulCheall" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter page here</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FightingThroughPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook page</a> <a href="http://fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Web site home page</a>

43 Canadian Seaman Ray Fitchett POW and HMS Exeter,