Desert Air Force

United Kingdom

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Episode of Series “War in the Air”.
The air defence of the Middle East from Italy’s‘ entry into the war in Summer 1940 to the establishment of an advance wing of the Desert Air Force in Tripoli at the end of 1942.

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director

Philip Dorte

producer

Kenneth Rick

production company

BBC Film Unit

Duration

00:29:23:00

Production places
United Kingdom

Appears in

War in the Air

Group of items

War in the Air

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