Alasdair Cross's guest appearances

Alasdair Cross

Headline Books

Travels Through Time

The UK Airshow Review Podcast

OwlTail

On this episode we're joined by BBC television and radio producer Alasdair Cross to discuss his new book The Spitfire Kids. It tells the story of the young people, some still in their teens, whose lives were affected by the the Spitfire in almost every guise - those who flew it, those who designed it and who built it and many whose lives were simply changed by the presence of the plane in the sky.The Spitfire Kids by Alasdair Cross is published by Headline, hardback out now.To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to https://www.airshows.co.ukIf you want to join the discussion, you can head to our forums at https://forums.airshows.co.uk

On this episode we're joined by BBC television and radio producer Alasdair Cross to discuss his new book The Spitfire Kids. It tells the story of the young people, some still in their teens, whose lives were affected by the the Spitfire in almost every guise - those who flew it, those who designed it and who built it and many whose lives were simply changed by the presence of the plane in the sky. The Spitfire Kids by Alasdair Cross is published by Headline, hardback out now. To read our reports, features and interviews from years past, head to <a href="https://www.airshows.co.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.airshows.co.uk</a> If you want to join the discussion, you can head to our forums at <a href="https://forums.airshows.co.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://forums.airshows.co.uk</a>

Episode 31: The Spitfire Kids with Alasdair Cross

Esther Wane

'An inspirational read celebrating the incredible young people who gave so much for this iconic British aircraft'. John Nichol, bestselling author of Spitfire: A Very British Love StoryDespite the many films and television programmes over the decades since the end of the Second World War that portrays our allied heroes as grown-up men and women, the Battle of Britain was in the main actually fought and won by teenagers. The average age of an RAF fighter pilot was just twenty years old. Many of the men and women who designed and built their planes were even younger.Based on the hit BBC Radio podcast Spitfire: The People's Story, we use contemporary diaries and memoirs, many of them previously unpublished, to tell the story of the Spitfire through the voices of the teenagers who risked everything to design, build and fly her. This isn't a story of stiff-upper lips, stoical moustaches and aerial heroics; it's a story of love and loss, a story of young people tested to the very limits of their endurance.  Young people who won a battle that turned a war.

'An inspirational read celebrating the incredible young people who gave so much for this iconic British aircraft'. John Nichol, bestselling author of Spitfire: A Very British Love Story Despite the many films and television programmes over the decades since the end of the Second World War that portrays our allied heroes as grown-up men and women, the Battle of Britain was in the main actually fought and won by teenagers. The average age of an RAF fighter pilot was just twenty years old. Many of the men and women who designed and built their planes were even younger. Based on the hit BBC Radio podcast Spitfire: The People's Story, we use contemporary diaries and memoirs, many of them previously unpublished, to tell the story of the Spitfire through the voices of the teenagers who risked everything to design, build and fly her. This isn't a story of stiff-upper lips, stoical moustaches and aerial heroics; it's a story of love and loss, a story of young people tested to the very limits of their endurance. Young people who won a battle that turned a war.