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Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force Fiction Fighter pilots Great Britain Biography Germany History 1933-1945 Fiction Great Britain Great Britain. Royal Air Force History Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Military operations, Aerial British Popular music New Zealand 2001-2010 World War (1939-1945) World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, BritishSummary: "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 ROYSummary: 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 MISWhite, 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"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Caliber 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 WHISummary: Flying the Secret Sky: The Story of RAF Ferry Command tells a story of passionate risk-taking, of young men braving dangerous flights in primitive aircraft. These "cowboys of the air" are forgotten heroes of the war, who flew without guns and embodied an improvisational spirit that was key to Allied victory. Their story includes the American civilian chosen to fly Winston Churchill to secret...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH 2008
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FLYOlson, Lynne.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5412 OLSLewis, Cecil
Contents: Craining -- The Somme -- Testing -- Aerial fighting -- Home defence -- Overseas again -- Civil flying -- The voyage east -- Teaching the Chinese to fly.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LEWIS, CECIL LEWBurgan, Michael
Summary: "The epic story of William Ash and the escape from Stalag Luft III German POW camp during World War II"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Particle Tracks 2009