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THE HARD WAY HOME
In the late summer of 1941 a lone Halifax of 405 Sqn RCAF struggles home the hard way - damaged and alone. One of the aircraft's engines is already out and another is smoking badly as the exhausted pilot and his crew fight to keep their unwieldy bomber airborne. Any marauding Luftwaffe fighters would have found them easy prey, but fortunately they have been spotted by a formation of Hurricanes from 253 Sqn on a routine patrol. For that final leg of their long journey this crew will at last have protection to see them safely back to base.
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BLUE NOSE!
P-51s of the 328th Fighter Squadron high above towering cumulus clouds over East Anglia in November 1944. Led by Major George Preddy, the P-51 pilots prepare to escort a large formation of B-17s on yet another arduous long range mission to Germany.
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FIRST STRIKE
Led by Wing Commander J.B. Nicolson VC, CO of 27 Squadron (the Flying Elephants) based in north-east India, a pair of Mosquito FBVIs power their way home across jungle-covered hills of northern Burma. They have just completed the squadron's first combat operation, a successful strike against Japanese ground targets along the vital railway link near Mandalay, Christmas Day 1943.
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BOLD, RECKLESS AND SUPREME
Canadian Flight Lieutenant Johnny Kent leads the Hurricanes flown by the Polish pilots of No.303 Squadron during September 1940 - at the height of the Battle of Britain.
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VALIANT RESPONSE - THE HARDEST DAYS PART III
The Spitfires of 54 Squadron, quickly scrambled from nearby Hornchurch, clash with the Me109s from 1./JG51 over Kent. Below, Me110s from KPRG210 are about to receive unwelcome attention as the rest of the Spitfires hurtle down upon them and in the distance, a group of Hurricanes rip through a dense formation of Do17s from KG76 as they struggle back to France. What clouds there are will be unlikely to give much sanctuary and, for the onlookers on the ground far below, the skies will soon be filled with weaving trails of smoke and debris.
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ROAM AT WILL - THE BATTLE FOR ITALY PORTFOLIO
Returning to base after an arduous escort mission, Captain Art Fiedler leads
a flight of P51 Mustangs from the 325th Fighter Group - the Checkertail
Clan - through the Po Valley in northern Italy seeking out targets of
opportunity amongst the retreating Axis forces, July 1944.
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BATTLE OF THE BRENNER - THE BATTLE FOR ITALY PORTFOLIO
The last remaining units of the fascist Italian Air Force attempt to engage B25s from the 340th Bomb Group who have successfully destroyed a vital enemy rail bridge in the strategic Brenner Pass, northern Italy, 10 April 1945. The enemy Me109s are completely routed by escorting P51 Mustangs of the 325th Fighter Group who are quickly on the scene.
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RETURN OF THE BELLE - THE GICLÉE STUDIO PROOF
There can be few more stirring sights than a B-17 Flying Fortress coming home after a
long and arduous daylight mission over occupied Europe, and Robert Taylor's inspired painting Return of the Belle has come to symbolise the huge role played by the bombers of the U.S. Eighth Air Force in Europe during World War II.
The famous Memphis Belle, skippered by Captain Bob Morgan, became the first B-17 in
the 91st Bomb Group to complete 25 missions, and returned home to the US with a crew that had been decorated more than 50 times.
Set in gentle Cambridgeshire countryside, Robert Taylor gives us an engaging view of the Memphis Belle as she returns from one of her early missions on a late autumn day in 1942. It was a typical scene that would be re-enacted across countless airfields in England as the heroic airmen of the Mighty Eighth Air Force fought with unstinting sacrifice for the liberation of Europe and the free world.
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HORNCHURCH SCRAMBLE - THE HARDEST DAYS PART II
54 Squadron's commanding officer, Squadron Leader James Leathart, taxis out at Hornchurch to prepare for take-off. Quickly following, the aircraft of New Zealander Colin Gray is guided out from dispersal by his ground crew. Gray would claim 3 Bf110s in the encounter and would eventually become the top scoring New Zealand Ace of the war.
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