LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

RAF planes head for Iraq

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

13 Sep 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:01:26

Description

Nicky Broyd reports from Saudi Arabia on the RAF planes taking off for Iraq. Many of the pilots now engaged in action were to have taken part in a special anniversary flypast over Buckingham Palace this Saturday, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. Group Captain Rick Peacock-Edwards tells how his father was a Battle of Britain pilot; fighter pilot Tim Taylor, from Yorkshire, says he would like to fly a spitfire.

Contributors

Nicky Broyd; Rick Peacock-Edwards; Tim Taylor

Keywords

Aircraft; Anniversary celebrations; Pilots; Wars (events); Battle of Britain (1940); RAF; Iraq; Gulf War (1990-1991); Anniversaries; Air battles

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