
Episode 3
Dan Snow uncovers the history of WWII in Northern Ireland. He travels to RAF Cluntoe where crew were trained to fly missions, and reveals how the Battle of the Atlantic ended.
In our third and final episode of Dig WW2, historian Dan Snow travels to Lough Foyle to dive on a Flying Fortress that never made it on a bombing raid. Unearthing stories of the crew, we hear how they miraculously survived the crash helped by a local woman and her sailboat. He then heads to the shores of Lough Neagh where, at RAF Cluntoe, pilots and crew were trained for flying missions all over Europe. Finally, he reveals the climactic end of the Battle of the Atlantic on the River Foyle docks, where the German navy surrendered their U-boat fleet and from where they set out to be sunk off Malin Head. Dan returns to this U-boat graveyard to dive on one very special submarine, which could have spelled victory over Germany, but arrived just too late.
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The dive team uncover a very special U2511 U-boat
Duration: 03:34
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Dan Snow |
| Producer | Matt Gallagher |
| Executive Producer | John Farren |
| Producer | John Hayes Fisher |
Broadcasts
- Mon 28 May 201221:00BBC One Northern Ireland
- Wed 29 Aug 201219:00BBC Two Northern Ireland & England only
- Fri 31 Aug 201219:00BBC Two Scotland
- Thu 27 Sep 201219:00BBC Two Wales
- Wed 3 Oct 201202:45
- Fri 11 Oct 201319:00BBC Two except Scotland & Wales
- Wed 2 Oct 201920:00
- Wed 20 May 202019:00BBC Two except Scotland
