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September 1944. The Battle of Arnhem was one of the most audacious but ultimately controversial battles of the Second World War. Airborne drops in Holland were to secure important bridges on the route to be taken by ground forces racing to gain a foothold across the Rhine. Had it succeeded it might have ended the war by Christmas 1944.

A fascinating insight into the V-Force development, includes Interviews with test and RAF pilots. Rare and exclusive film of test flights, operational scrambles, nuclear testing and in-flight refuelling, film of airshow appearances and an exclusive interview with John Reeve who flew the famous Black Buck mission to bomb Port Stanley in the Falklands conflict which saw the resurrection of the Vulcan Bomber

100 Years Of Powered Flight takes you on a riveting flight of discovery, from the windswept coastline of Kittyhawk to the reaches of outer space and from the first frail and hesitant propeller-driven machines to the very latest jet fighters.