<p>A new podcast (2025) about men who fought in World War Two, whose stories are told by their sons.<br><br>In each episode, Matthew Collins interviews a son who tells the story of his father's war and explores its effects - on his father and on himself.<br><br>Matthew's father, Patrick, joined the RAF in May 1939 when he was 17. He returned from the war at the age of 24, more mature in many ways than Matthew was at 40.</p><p><br></p><p>But his father rarely talked about the war. And when he did, he usually told light-hearted stories about it - rather than discuss fully what he'd seen and done. </p><p> </p><p>He was, however, serious when discussing other family members - a brother who was shot at Dunkirk; a cousin whose ship was torpedoed; and his own father who'd survived battles in the First World War (as well as uncles who had not). </p><p></p><p>War experiences seeped into Matthew's consciousness. From a young age, he appreciated that he was part of a lucky generation that was u
