The National Trust's 'Top Secret Hughenden' Audio Trail launched
Wednesday, 01 November 2006 00:00
Discover the secret wartime role that Benjamin Disraeli's one-time home played in defeating Hitler in this audio guide that comprises touching stories from the veterans who worked there.
"it was target mapping....we knew exactly where the bomb was to drop" LACW Kathlyn Williams
To download the Top Secret Hughenden Audio Trail, simply right click the icon above and select 'save target as....' and save the folder onto your computer. The 'zipped' folder contains all the seperate audio files and can be opened using WinZip. Once the files are opened you can save them to any media device you have available.
Visit the Hughenden Manor pages on the National Trust and OXBB websites for property information.
Hughenden had a very secret war. So secret that for the past sixty years, the National Trust had no idea what went on there. It wasn't until a souvenir book of photographs was handed to a volunteer steward that this extraordinary secret came to light at all.
A top secret facility codenamed 'Hillside', the house played a key role in the Allied Bomber Offensive. Using this audio tour you will hear the voices of personnel who were drafted to create almost all of the RAF bomber crews target maps during the Second World War.
This Audio Trail has been pieced together from interviews originally recorded onto cassette tape during 2005.
