On this episode of Turning Points, Patricia Killeen welcomed Bill Nelson. Born in Dublin, Bill spent most of his career in the aviation industry and was based in France for many years. Today, he divides his time between Le Frêche in southwest France and Ireland.

For the past 30 years, Bill has devoted himself to an extraordinary passion—one that brings together his love of France and Ireland, aviation, writing, and communication.

In 1946, a Junkers 52 aircraft carrying 21 Girl Guides and its crew, from Paris to Dublin crashed into Djouce Mountain in County Wicklow. What should logically have been a devastating tragedy became a remarkable miracle: everyone on board survived.

In 1995, a historian and writer presented Bill with a small piece of the wreckage from the Junkers aircraft. To mark the 50th anniversary of the cra ...