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Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
During World War II, a Spitfire ace who survived the Battle of Britain transfers to Bomber Command where he must take leadership of a Lancaster bomber crew that just lost its skipper.
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
322 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
An in-depth history of the Battle of Britain draws on the firsthand perspectives of pilots, ground crews, and commanders on both sides, and places the campaign against a backdrop of the political forces that shaped it.
Author
Series
Duty calls volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
677 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Fullscreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
During World War II, Dr. Barnes Wallis becomes obsessed with designing a bomb that the Royal Air Force can use to destroy the Ruhr dams and disable the enemy's nerve center.
Publisher
Timeless Media Group
Pub. Date
c2013
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 179 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1940 German U-boats destroy new shipments of British aircraft as quickly as the U.S. factories supply them. The Royal Air Force comes up with a bold new plan--engage the new planes using Newfoundland as its base.
12) The big show
Author
Publisher
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
Updated ed.
Physical Desc
xvi, 345 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
13) The RAF at war
Author
Series
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
c1981
Physical Desc
176 p. : ill. (some col.)
Language
English
14) The few: the American "Knights of the Air" who risked everything to fight in the Battle of Britain
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
xi, 300 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Da Capo Press edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Built in 1927, the German ocean liner SS Cap Arcona was the greatest ship since the RMS Titanic and one of the most celebrated luxury liners in the world. When the Nazis seized control in Germany, she was stripped down for use as a floating barracks and troop transport. Later, during the war, Hitler?s minister, Joseph Goebbels, cast her as the “star” in his epic propaganda film about the sinking of the legendary Titanic."--Amazon.com.
16) Tail-end Charlie
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 22 x 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
The remembrances of Manning's father, a British Air Force gunner during World War II, are vividly presented through comic strips, watercolor-and-ink illustrations, and memorabilia such as ration books, postcards, and photographs. Log book entries provide Charlie Manning's personal reflections on training operations, being under fire, and narrowly surviving a mission.
Author
Series
Vintage aviation library volume 13
Publisher
Aeolus Pub
Pub. Date
1986
Physical Desc
323 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
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Description
Documents the true story of a World War II Royal Air Force service dog who aided missions and survived close calls before saving the life of his closest human companion.
"The true account of a German shepherd who was adopted by the Royal Air Force during World War II, joined in flight missions, and survived everything from crash-landings to parachute bailouts--ultimately saving the life of his owner and dearest friend. In the winter of 1939 in the...
20) Mission of honor
Publisher
Cinedigm
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 107 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
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 obsolete Hurricane airplanes and secondhand RAF blue uniforms, they fought, and Poland lived.
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