<p>The airmen win a reprieve when the Japanese patrol surging along the beach is inexplicably delayed. With the party's transceiver batteries flat and six airmen barely able to stand, the remaining Australians have one chance to escape. Shortly after re-establishing with the USS Searaven, a new threat emerges. A storm is coming.</p>

The airmen win a reprieve when the Japanese patrol surging along the beach is inexplicably delayed. With the party's transceiver batteries flat and six airmen barely able to stand, the remaining Australians have one chance to escape. Shortly after re-establishing with the USS Searaven, a new threat emerges. A storm is coming.

Trapped - Episode 6 - The longest day

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. A true story of leadership, courage, mateship, and, at times, cruelty and violence that played out on a remote tropical island during one of history's bloodiest conflicts.

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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. A true story of leadership, courage, mateship, and, at times, cruelty and violence that played out on a remote tropical island during one of history's bloodiest conflicts.

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