Showing posts with label Bomber Boys. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bomber Boys. Show all posts

Monday, November 16, 2009

MOST CANADIANS don't realize…


… THE PRICE PAID for their FREEDOM, that they enjoy today—

GREAT DOCUMENTARY ( you need to buy it!) of two stories.

Those real bomber boys who flew a mighty, mighty, Lancaster bomber on harrowing missions over Nazi Germany are individually retold alongside rare WW II aerial footage, CGI graphics, and period photos. The "Boys" even meet up, one more time, with live Lancaster bomber stationed at Hamilton, Ontario's Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum.

The primary accounting is intermingled with the tale of the "Boys" descendants who agree to be exposed to the same RCAF training their grandfathers experienced.

(©2005 excerpt from the"Bomber Boys: The Fighting Lancaster")

Sunday, March 15, 2009

BOMBER BOYS: The B.C.A.T.P. and an R.C.A.F. Lancaster Crew


"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them. We will remember them."



Monarch Films describes the BOMBER BOYS Series (4 DVDs):

"As seen on PBS stations comes a new four hour "living history" series set in the early days of World War II. Using a unique blend of living history elements, CGI, first-person interviews and never-before-seen W.W.II footage, this dramatic four-part documentary series, follows a new generation of "Bomber Boys" as they train to become a Lancaster Bomber crew. All are descendants of British, Australian, American and Canadian airmen, and while these new recruits struggle to come to terms with 1940s discipline and values - we hear the harrowing anecdotes of the "real" Bomber Boys - the veterans who flew into the night skies over Occupied Europe to fight in some of the most critical battles of the war. As the two groups come together, a special bond emerges and a bridge is built between the generations."

CANADA's special role during the war is thoroughly explained.

But what was Canada's special contribution?

Why it was the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (B.C.A.T.P.) or ("The Plan") of 1939-1945. Across Canada aircrews from the Commonwealth countries, the USA, Poland etc. were trained and prepared for combat. Upon completion of their training, successful candidates left Canada, were transported "across the pond" and filled up the ranks of the RAF.

SEE Monarch Films to purchase: www.createspace.com/212916


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