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Great Britain Great Britain. Royal Air Force History Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Haldane, J. B. S. (John Burdon Sanderson) 1892-1964 Military campaigns Military operations, Aerial British Spitfire (Fighter plane) World War (1939-1945) World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, British Young adult fictionWright, Stephen L.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stackpole Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 WRIWhite, David Fairbank
Summary: "The incredible, untold story behind the rise of the P-51 Mustang, the World War II fighter plane that destroyed the Luftwaffe and made D-Day possible"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Caliber 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 WHIWein, Elizabeth.
Summary: Two young women from totally different backgrounds are thrown together during World War II, one a working-class girl from Manchester, the other a Scottish aristocrat, one a pilot, the other a wireless operator. Yet whenever their paths cross, they complement each other perfectly and before long become devoted friends. But then a vital mission goes wrong, and one of the friends has to bail out...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Digital Audio 2012
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1 available in Young Adult Audiobooks, Call number: YA PA FIC WEISummary: A group of brave Polish pilots known as Squadron 303 fought in the skies over England in World War II, not just to keep Great Britain free from the Nazis, but also to keep alive the very idea of their own country, which had existed in its modem form for barely 20 years before it was crushed between the opposing jaws of Germany and Russia. Equipped with the almost-obsolete Hurricane airplane and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE MISCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MISPrice, Alfred.
Summary: "Combines two books first published in 1974 and 1985 ... under the titles: Spitfire at war and Spitfire at war 2."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Promotional Reprint Co. 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 358.43 PRISummary: "Rare and fascinating films preserved in the museum's archives. Many have never been released to the public before and are presented here, complete and uncut, for the very first time. ... [These 24 training and public information films cover a] range of subjects from ditching procedures for Halifax bomber crews ... to the best way to rescue crashed fighter pilots from their cockpits. There are...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Koch Vision 2008
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ROYMills, Steve
Summary: "In the dark days of World War I, when flying machines, radio, and electronics were infant technologies, the first remotely controlled experimental aircraft took to the skies and unmanned radio controlled 40-foot high-speed Motor Torpedo Boats ploughed the seas in Britain. Developed by the British Army's Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Navy these prototype weapons stemmed from an early form of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Casemate 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.44941 MILLance, Rachel
Summary: "This is a previously classified story of one group of scientific researchers-men and women-who exposed themselves to extraordinary risks to make D-Day a success"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2024