WW2's Special Ops Sisters

Dan Snow's History Hit

History Hit

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4.7 • 13.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Jean and Patricia Owtram were teenagers when the Second World War broke out. They both served in secret roles, one on the coast intercepting German naval signals, the other running intelligence agents from Cairo. Neither told the other what they had been up to until the 1970s! Now, in their late nineties they talked to me about their service and how they can still operate a Sten gun.

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0:00.0	Hello everybody, welcome to Dan Snow's History.
0:01.6	It's got a great podcast for you now.
0:03.2	We've been hearing from veterans of the Second World War,
0:06.9	this November to mark Armistice Day, to mark remembrance day.
0:10.6	We had the very brilliant 100 year old Christian lamb the other day.
0:14.2	This time we got two sisters, sisters,
0:17.2	Patricia and Jean Altram were teenagers when the Second World War broke out.
0:21.8	They were both recruited to serve secret roles,
0:25.0	one intercepted German naval signals,
0:27.0	the other ran intelligence agents from Cairo.
0:30.8	Neither of them told the other what they were up to until decades after the war.
0:37.2	I'm very happy to say that I've got Patricia and Jean on this podcast now.
0:42.0	They are wonderful, wonderful people.
0:43.9	I met up with them this summer.
0:45.3	I did a socially distanced interview with them in their garden in Chizu.
0:49.2	You may hear the odd play and go overhead.
0:50.6	But please do enjoy this podcast.
0:52.4	All of our first and second world war content is free this week on History Hit.
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0:59.7	nothing just a click of a mouse or a finger on a device.
1:03.6	You can go over there.
1:04.6	You can watch all the wonderful programs we've got including.
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