John "JP" Peters - Tornado Down, Part 2
10 Percent True - Tales from the Cockpit
English - August 07, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBAviation Leisure Science aviation history fast jet fighter jet war military flying air force combat fighter pilot Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:42 Trepidation, departing for the airfield strike
00:05:00 Pushing to target low level, AAA
00:08:18 Loft profile, what went wrong?
00:13:11 Heading home, missile impact, battle damage
00:16:29 Ejection, injuries
00:19:32 Escape and evasion, capture. There's always hope
00:21:30 The nasty people in Baghdad, bombed
00:23:15 Expectations of capture and interrogation, preparation
00:26:55 Military training, dealing with the situation at hand
00:29:40 Is giving in inevitable? Need to know basis
00:34:02 Getting used to the beatings, interrogation methods
00:39:40 I will not be a damaged human being
00:43:20 Fear of death - before and after captivity
00:48:25 Returning home
00:52:30 PTSD & changes post-war
01:04:10 Returning to the RAF
01:10:12 Sense Of missing out post-shootdown?
01:16:08 Growing up & aircrew retention
01:20:20 Wrap-up
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