Dan Fortune

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1,243 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 16 Jul

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And that's the family history that I was not aware of, and then through sort of the storytelling and unpacked it.

So he joined the army at 31, was an air gunner, and he's buried in Taosta.

And all the air crew are like 19, and he's 31.

It's hard to tell.

Not something I've explored.

Yeah.

Daniel is my namesake.

Mm-hmm.

Buried in Taosta.

Don't know the answer to that question.

What I do know is the A5 piece of paper aircraft investigation piece when they piled in.

The pilot had four hours on type, three hours solo, and they were doing touch and goes at night in southern England.

And there was about 700 killed in the training squadron before they went online for the air war.

Yeah, right.

And so just the sense of sacrifice and commitment.

Yep.

And that's what he did.

So that was sort of now, wasn't real to me then at 17, but it was implicit, I think.

And I joined up.

And yeah, infantry, eight years as a soldier, started my service in the SAS, did selection first and wasn't selected, re-attended as a soldier.

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