Girl Flies Bomber To Britain From U.S.A. 1941

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Item title reads - Girl flies bomber to Britain from U.S.A.

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L/S of Miss Jacqueline Cochran stood with other male pilots, she is the first woman to pilot a Hudson bomber across the Atlantic. Various shots of two Hurricanes in flight. M/S of Jacqueline...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
38975
Sort Number:
41/051
Time in/Out:
01:03:31:00 / 01:04:56:00
Canister:
41/51
Film ID:
1119.04
Issue Date:
26/06/1941

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