WWII veteran recalls ‘special’ chance encounter with Winston Churchill

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WWII veteran recalls 'special' chance encounter with Winston Churchill

Sky’s Sarah-Jane Mee sat down with the WWII codebreaker Pat Owtram, who joined the Women’s Royal Naval Service at age of 18.

Pat, who had learnt German from refugees taken in by her family, spent the Second World War using those skills to translate enemy submarine communications, and once bumped into Britain’s wartime prime minister while reading a library book.

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Date: May 5, 2025