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Men Without Wings

Dedicated to the Royal Canadian Air Force non-flying personnel, this film opens with the flight of Mosquito bombers over Axis-occupied Europe. Air Minister Power explains the function of the unsung heroes of this war, the ground crews--Canada's air force of "men without wings," now some 150 000 strong. Their task is to keep the airplanes in fighting trim.
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Dedicated to the Royal Canadian Air Force non-flying personnel, this film opens with the flight of Mosquito bombers over Axis-occupied Europe. Air Minister Power explains the function of the unsung heroes of this war, the ground crews--Canada's air force of "men without wings," now some 150 000 strong. Their task is to keep the airplanes in fighting trim.

War, Conflict and Peace - World War II Archival Films All subjects
  • director
    Osmond H. Borradaile
  • camera
    M.W. McClellan
    D.N. Bidmead
  • sound
    Gordon Fraser
  • editing
    Roger Racine
  • narrator
    Graham McInnes
Men Without Wings
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