About The Spitfire And The Hurricane | Archie McInnes Astonishing WW2 Spitfire Dog Fight
Peter Monk and his Spitfire Factory team take on the biggest challenge of the entire Greek Spitfire restoration: attaching the wings. But the Spitfire wasn’t the only icon in the skies of World War II; it fought alongside the Hawker Hurricane, and in Essex a team of archaeologists have discovered one such aircraft buried in the ground. Meanwhile veteran Hurricane pilot Archie McInnes, one of the last of “Churchill’s few”, tells his astonishing story of survival in the face of almost certain death… Documentary Central is the home for compelling documentaries tackling subjects like history, climate change, wildlife, conspiracy and more.
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