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RONALD, George

1988-0167

Enregistrement sonore

part 2 of 2

1942-08-22

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

announcer, Jack Peach

This is the second part of a broadcast entitled Canadian Calendar, consisting of news items about World War II read by Flying Officer Jack Peach. 1. Excerpt from feature story THE AIR GUNNER from the program, THE GENTLEMEN WITH WINGS written by Sgt. Jack Luce explaining the responsibilities of a rear gunner in defending this aircraft against an attack from enemy craft. 2. News item concerning Warrant Officer Norman W. Peat of Woodstock, Ontario, who shot down one of two more powerful German aircraft while flying an obsolete Lysander plane. 3. News item regarding a Lancaster aircraft pilot who barely escaped being shot down after straying off course. 4. Flying instructors are the subject of this news item. 5. Item on the shooting down of a Messerschmitt 108 piloted by an ace German pilot who earned the Iron Cross for sinking a considerable amount of Allied shipping. 6. Item from London, England, on the war effort from the "home front".

AERIAL GUNNERY~AIR WARFARE~ENGLAND~MILITARY AIR PILOTS~MILITARY AIRPLANES~WAR WORK~WORLD WAR, 1939-1945 ~PEACH, JACK

English

Libre

MSS 15327

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