{"id":3432,"date":"2017-07-19T23:06:25","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T23:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/?p=3432"},"modified":"2017-07-24T00:34:44","modified_gmt":"2017-07-24T00:34:44","slug":"phillip-leech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/2017\/07\/phillip-leech\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 153 &#8211; Phillip Leech"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6309\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3432-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_153_Phillip_Leech.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_153_Phillip_Leech.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_153_Phillip_Leech.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_153_Phillip_Leech.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/?powerpress_pinw=3432-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_153_Phillip_Leech.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"WONZ_Ep_153_Phillip_Leech.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/au\/podcast\/wings-over-new-zealand-show\/id606143097?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fcambridgeairforce.org.nz%2FWONZShow%2F%3Fp%3D3432\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p><strong>Guest: <\/strong>Phillip Leech<br \/>\n(Flight Lieutenant Phillip Winfield Leech, RAF, Navigator-Wireless Operator\/Air Gunner)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Host:<\/strong>\u00a0Dave Homewood<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recorded:<\/strong>\u00a015th of July 2017<\/p>\n<p><strong>Released: <\/strong>\u00a020th of July 2017<\/p>\n<p><strong>Duration:<\/strong>\u00a01 hour 20 minutes 43 seconds<\/p>\n<p>Phillip Leech was an English-born member of the Royal Air Force, but he served as a Navigator on the Coastal Command Bristol Beaufighter torpedo bombers with No. 489 (NZ) Squadron. His pilot was Peter Branton, who was also RAF.<\/p>\n<p>Phillip joined the RAF in late 1941 hoping to be a pilot, but the RAF had other ideas and after initial training in London and at Babbacombe, he embarked for Canada where he studied Navigation at Hamilton, Ontario. This was followed by a course in general reconnaissance at Prince Edward Island, before he returned to Britain where he did a course at Squires Gate, Blackpool, in beam navigation. Then he completed a wireless operator&#8217;s course at RAF Cranwell.<\/p>\n<p>Posted to the Operational Training Unit at Crosby-on-Eden near Carlyle, Phillip was only there for a day or so before being posted to No. 489 (NZ) Squadron, at RAF Leuchars in Scotland. He was teamed up with Pete Brunton and would have to learn to adjust to the Bristol Beaufighter and operations as he went.<\/p>\n<p>Phillip talks all about life on the squadron, specific operations, and what it was like to fly operationally in the Beaufighter, making torpedo attacks on the German convoys off the coast of Norway, the shipping route up the Dutch coast, and various ports. Phillip served with the squadron also at RAF Langham and RAF Dallachy in Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>When he finished his tour with No. 489 (NZ) Squadron Phillip was posted to an Air Sea Rescue squadron flying as navigator in Supermarine Sea Otters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quick Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iwm.org.uk\/collections\/item\/object\/1060021106\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nine Minute Film of No. 489 (NZ) Squadron Beaufighters &#8211; Imperial War Museum<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 \u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/no489squadronassociation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The No. 489 (NZ) Squadron Association Website<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/489-Squadron-Association-1577372245844924\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The No. 489 (NZ) Squadron Association Facebook page<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Notes:<\/strong>\u00a0My sincere thanks to Phillip&#8217;s son David Leech for assisting in setting up the Skype interview. The music in this episode is from the<em> Coastal Command<\/em> suite by Ralph Vaughan Williams, recorded in 1942<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3460 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"522\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image6.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image6-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image6-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image6-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/a>Phillip Leech today (photo courtesy of David Leech).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3461 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"522\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image1-300x89.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image1-768x228.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image1-150x45.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image1-400x119.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/a>All that remains of the wartime airfield today at RAF Dallachy in Scotland is the<br \/>\nold control tower\u00a0 (photo courtesy of David Leech).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3462 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"522\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image2.jpg 522w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image2-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image2-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image2-400x268.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe Dallachy Strike Wing Memorial at former RAF Dallachy\u00a0 (photo courtesy of David Leech)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3463 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"522\" height=\"546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image3.jpg 612w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image3-287x300.jpg 287w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image3-143x150.jpg 143w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image3-400x418.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/a>The Dallachy Strike Wing Memorial at former RAF Dallachy<br \/>\n(photo courtesy of David Leech)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3464 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image4.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image4-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image4-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image4-400x533.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nPhillip&#8217;s No. 489 (NZ) Squadron badge<br \/>\n(photo courtesy of David Leech)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image5.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3459 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image5-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"522\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image5-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image5-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image5.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/a>Phillip&#8217;s No. 489 (NZ) Squadron badge, his wartime hat and a wartime photo of him<br \/>\nand his pilot and two others \u00a0(photo courtesy of David Leech)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3466 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"522\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image1-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image1-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image1-1-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image1-1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/> <\/a>A closer look at that wartime photo. Phillip is second from the right.<br \/>\n(photo courtesy of David Leech)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>No. 489 (NZ) Squadron Photos Kindly Supplied by Don Wilkie<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/end-mission-3ab.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3446\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/end-mission-3ab-1024x822.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"522\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/end-mission-3ab-1024x822.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/end-mission-3ab-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/end-mission-3ab-768x616.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/end-mission-3ab-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/end-mission-3ab-400x321.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/end-mission-3ab.jpg 1924w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/No-489-Squadron-RNZAF-Beaufughter_00001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3447\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/No-489-Squadron-RNZAF-Beaufughter_00001-300x229.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"522\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/No-489-Squadron-RNZAF-Beaufughter_00001-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/No-489-Squadron-RNZAF-Beaufughter_00001-150x114.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/No-489-Squadron-RNZAF-Beaufughter_00001-400x305.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/No-489-Squadron-RNZAF-Beaufughter_00001.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/8_00001c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3448 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/8_00001c-300x235.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"522\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/8_00001c-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/8_00001c-150x118.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/8_00001c-400x314.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/8_00001c.jpg 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/489-squadron-rnzaf.-Dallachy-late-December-1944..jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3449 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/489-squadron-rnzaf.-Dallachy-late-December-1944.-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"522\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/489-squadron-rnzaf.-Dallachy-late-December-1944.-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/489-squadron-rnzaf.-Dallachy-late-December-1944.-768x570.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/489-squadron-rnzaf.-Dallachy-late-December-1944.-150x111.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/489-squadron-rnzaf.-Dallachy-late-December-1944.-400x297.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/489-squadron-rnzaf.-Dallachy-late-December-1944..jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/489sqnatLangham-june-45.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3450 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/489sqnatLangham-june-45-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"522\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/489sqnatLangham-june-45-300x158.jpg 300w, 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src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/CCI30042015_14w.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"522\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/CCI30042015_14w.jpg 618w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/CCI30042015_14w-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/CCI30042015_14w-150x104.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/CCI30042015_14w-400x277.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/CCI01122016_2-copyw-1.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/CCI30042015_14w.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a> <a 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1646w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>No. 489 (NZ) Squadron Beaufighter Artworks by Don Wilkie<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.artistdonwilkie.co.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">If you&#8217;d like to learn more about Don&#8217;s art, click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0007w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3457\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0007w-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"522\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0007w-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0007w-768x520.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0007w-1024x693.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0007w-150x102.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0007w-400x271.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0007w.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0214w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3445\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0214w-300x236.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"522\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0214w-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0214w-150x118.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0214w-400x315.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0214w.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest: Phillip Leech (Flight Lieutenant Phillip Winfield Leech, RAF, Navigator-Wireless Operator\/Air Gunner)<\/p>\n<p>Host: Dave Homewood<\/p>\n<p>Recorded: 15th of July 2017<\/p>\n<p>Released: 20th of July 2017<\/p>\n<p>Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 43 seconds<\/p>\n<p>Phillip Leech was an English-born member of the Royal Air Force, but he served as a Navigator on the Coastal Command Bristol Beaufighter 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