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Trapped

8 EpisodesProduced by Australian War Memorial -Tom TrumbleWebsite

Trapped is a six part series about a group of Australian airmen stranded on Japanese-occupied Timor during the Second World War. Using diaries of the airmen, wartime records and interviews with survivors, Trapped brings to life one of the greatest stories of survival and escape of the Pacific War. … read more

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Farewell

February 22nd, 2024

0:39

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Trapped - Episode 6 - The longest day

February 26th, 2020

35:22

The airmen win a reprieve when the Japanese patrol surging along the beach is inexplicably delayed. With the party’s transceiver batteries flat and …

Trapped - Episode 5 - A light out to sea

February 26th, 2020

28:44

With all the airmen stricken with malaria, and food and supplies exhausted, survival seems unlikely for the men of the RAAF rear party. When a Timorese villager loyal to the Japanese delivers a letter to Flight …

Trapped - Episode 4 - The ELG

February 25th, 2020

26:10

Following the tragic death of Pilot Officer Peter Thompson, the stranded airmen head south for the Emergency Landing Ground (ELG). At great cost, the …

Trapped - Episode 3 - The Jungle

February 25th, 2020

26:25

The airmen have eaten most of their tinned supplies the previous night, a decision Bryan is beginning to deeply regret. The Japanese raid on Broome …

Trapped - Episode 2 - Trapped

February 25th, 2020

24:19

After narrowly avoiding Japanese paratroopers on the mad drive towards the mountainous jungle, the airmen hike to Timor’s remote north-west coast in the hope of a seaborne evacuation. They have very limited supplies, …

Trapped - Episode 1 - Invasion

February 25th, 2020

24:55

18 February 1942. Air reconnaissance sights an enormous Japanese invasion force steaming south from the Celebes on a direct course for Timor. A group of 29 Australian airmen remain behind to keep an aerodrome on Dutch …

Trapped - Trailer

January 28th, 2020

3:27

Trapped is a six part series about a group of Australian airmen stranded on Japanese-occupied Timor during the Second World War. 

Using diaries of the airmen, wartime records and interviews with survivors, Trapped …

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