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Showtimes Saturday May 17, 2008 10:00am
Location Carnegie Institute
Ticket Price $10.00
DOUBLE FEATURE Ticket includes Facing the Enemy Screening
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FLYING THE SECRET SKY: The Story of RAF
In June 1940, Luftwaffe air strikes were pulling Britain to her knees. The RAF was desperate for aircraft. Their essential supply of US aircraft, sent on ship convoys, was lost to the icy waters of the Atlantic by relentless attack by German U-boats.
Desperate times demanded desperate action. The only alternative left was to fly the planes across the unforgiving ocean. The Ferry Command was born.
Flying the Secret Sky tells a story of passionate risk-taking, of young men braving dangerous flights in primitive conditions, in aircraft never built for the job. These “cowboys of the air” are forgotten heroes of WW II, men who flew without guns and embodied an improvisational spirit that many historians agree was key to Allied victory.
William
VanDerKloot
Runtime: 01 hr : 15 min
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