Channel 4
Director
Spitfire Ace (2004)
Season 1
Hearing the testimony of the surviving pilots is compelling, but in Spitfire Ace, we also find out what it was really like to fly a Spitfire. Four young volunteers are put through their paces in a Tiger Moth, the plane used for preliminary training by the Battle of Britain pilots. The two strongest pilots then get the chance to fulfil every young boy's dream, to fly a Spitfire for themselves. Our twenty-first century Spitfire class is then narrowed down to just one pilot who goes on a nine-hour advanced operational training course.
Released July 5, 2004
Episode 60 min
None+
Genres: Documentary, War
Keywords: imdb.battle-of-britain, imdb.spitfire-aircraft, imdb.combat, tmdb.spitfire, tmdb.spitfire-pilots
Production Companies: Channel 4 Television
Network: Channel 4
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - First of the Few
A look at the life and work of aircraft engineer R.J. Mitchell, designer of the British Spitfire fighter, so crucial to British air success during World War II.
July 5, 2004, midnight
S1E2 - Dogfight
None
July 12, 2004, midnight
S1E3 - Command and Control
None
July 19, 2004, midnight
S1E4 - The Greatest Day
None
July 26, 2004, midnight
Network: Channel 4
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 240 min.
Released: July 5, 2004
Last Air Date: July 26, 2004, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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