In Collaboration with BBC

Produced for the BBC, BBC Northern Ireland & BBC Rewind by Immersive VR Education.

On the night of September 3, 1943, an Avro Lancaster bomber, dubbed F for Freddie, was bound for Berlin, 590 miles from London. Inside, its seven-man crew, which included a pilot, an engineer, a bomb aimer, also known as a bombier, a radio operator and rear and mid gunners.

What was out of the ordinary was this time there were two extra passengers on board: Welsh BBC reporter Wynford Vaughan-Thomas and his sound engineer, Reg Pidsley. Recorded from inside of the plane by Pidsley, Vaughan-Thomas reports an eye witness account of the mission, which was then broadcast on UK radio the following evening after their successful return.

1943: Berlin Blitz tells the story of the this historic event, with a mix of real archive from Vaughan-Thomas' recordings and VR recreations of the event from aboard the Lancaster Bomber.