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Battle for the Skies

Produced with the full support and co-operation of the Royal Air Force, Battle for the Skies is the definitive film history of the RAF from the early days of the Air Battalion and the Royal Flying Corps right up to today.

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Cast & Crew See All

Andrew Lambert
Self - Director (Rtd), Defence Studies, JSCSC Bracknell
Robert Ashby
Narrator
Bryan Wolfe
Narrator

Season 1 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

Useless for the Purposes of War

The series begins before the First World War when military commanders struggled to understand what uses aviation might have.

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