{"id":5333,"date":"2018-04-27T02:17:05","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T02:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/?p=5333"},"modified":"2018-06-05T01:23:08","modified_gmt":"2018-06-05T01:23:08","slug":"jack-davis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/2018\/04\/jack-davis\/","title":{"rendered":"WONZ 179 &#8211; Jack Davis and Colin Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_967\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5333-1\" 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_179_Jack_Davis.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_179_Jack_Davis.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_179_Jack_Davis.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_179_Jack_Davis.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/?powerpress_pinw=5333-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_179_Jack_Davis.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"WONZ_Ep_179_Jack_Davis.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%3D5333\" 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>Oswald John &#8220;Jack&#8221; Davis (RAF 1337768, Wireless Operator-Air Gunner,WWII, born 18 May 1921 at Castleton, Wales), plus Jack&#8217;s son Barry Davis, and Jack&#8217;s neighbour WWII RNZAF Wireless Mechanic Colin Brown.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Host:<\/strong>\u00a0Dave Homewood<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recorded:<\/strong>\u00a016th of of July 2012<\/p>\n<p><strong>Released:<\/strong>\u00a027th of April 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Duration:<\/strong>\u00a032 minutes 08 seconds<\/p>\n<p>This episode is a conversation in the Whangarei RSA with Jack Davis, a Welshman living in Whangarei who joined the Royal Air Force and became a Wireless Operator-Air Gunner. He was posted onto No. 429 Squadron RCAF who were equipped with Handley Page Halifax bombers.\u00a0He was shot down and became a POW in Stalag IV-B at Muhlberg. He managed to escape but was recaptured.<\/p>\n<p>We also hear from Colin Brown, who was Jack&#8217;s neighbour and had come to the sit in on the conversation. Colin was a Wireless Mechanic in the RNZAF during WWII, and he worked with the Hawker Hinds of No. 20 (Army Co-operation) Squadron, Grumman Avengers of No. 31 Squadron, and the fighters of the Fighter Gunnery School at Gisborne, as well as working on Catalinas.<\/p>\n<p>The photos and articles below are all from Jack Davis&#8217;s collection, and were kindly sent by Barry Davis<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Oswald-John-Jack-Davis-2-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5335\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Oswald-John-Jack-Davis-2-001-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Oswald-John-Jack-Davis-2-001-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Oswald-John-Jack-Davis-2-001-768x1115.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Oswald-John-Jack-Davis-2-001-705x1024.jpg 705w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Oswald-John-Jack-Davis-2-001-103x150.jpg 103w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Oswald-John-Jack-Davis-2-001-400x581.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Oswald-John-Jack-Davis-2-001.jpg 1830w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Oswald-John-Jack-Davis-001a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5336\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Oswald-John-Jack-Davis-001a-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Oswald-John-Jack-Davis-001a-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Oswald-John-Jack-Davis-001a-98x150.jpg 98w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Oswald-John-Jack-Davis-001a-400x611.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Oswald-John-Jack-Davis-001a.jpg 608w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Oswald-John-Jack-Davis-001b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5337\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Oswald-John-Jack-Davis-001b-205x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Oswald-John-Jack-Davis-001b-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Oswald-John-Jack-Davis-001b-102x150.jpg 102w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Oswald-John-Jack-Davis-001b-400x586.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Oswald-John-Jack-Davis-001b.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Oswald-John-Jack-Davis-001c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5338\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Oswald-John-Jack-Davis-001c-300x182.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Oswald-John-Jack-Davis-001c-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Oswald-John-Jack-Davis-001c-768x466.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Oswald-John-Jack-Davis-001c-1024x622.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Oswald-John-Jack-Davis-001c-150x91.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Oswald-John-Jack-Davis-001c-400x243.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Oswald-John-Jack-Davis-001c.jpg 1359w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Oswald-John-Jack-Davis-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5339\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Oswald-John-Jack-Davis-001-215x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Oswald-John-Jack-Davis-001-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Oswald-John-Jack-Davis-001-108x150.jpg 108w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Oswald-John-Jack-Davis-001-400x557.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Oswald-John-Jack-Davis-001.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Jacks-Jersey-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5340\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Jacks-Jersey-001-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Jacks-Jersey-001-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Jacks-Jersey-001-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Jacks-Jersey-001-1024x723.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Jacks-Jersey-001-150x106.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Jacks-Jersey-001-400x283.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Jacks-jersey-2-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5341\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Jacks-jersey-2-001-146x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"146\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Jacks-jersey-2-001-146x300.jpg 146w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Jacks-jersey-2-001-768x1583.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Jacks-jersey-2-001-497x1024.jpg 497w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Jacks-jersey-2-001-73x150.jpg 73w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Jacks-jersey-2-001-400x824.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Jacks-jersey-2-001.jpg 1578w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest: Oswald John &#8220;Jack&#8221; Davis (RAF 1337768, Wireless Operator-Air Gunner,WWII, born 18 May 1921 at Castleton, Wales), plus Jack&#8217;s son Barry Davis, and Jack&#8217;s neighbour WWII RNZAF Wireless Mechanic Colin Brown.<\/p>\n<p>Host: Dave Homewood<\/p>\n<p>Recorded: 16th of of July 2012<\/p>\n<p>Released: 27th of April 2018<\/p>\n<p>Duration: 32 minutes 08 seconds<\/p>\n<p>This episode is a conversation 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