Four programmes which tell the story of aviation in the West. 2: Wings for War
The part played by the plane-makers of the West in the Second World War.
Filton turned out Blenheims by the hundred, Weston-super-Mare Beaufighters by the thousand. Westlands built Lysanders for rescue work and Seafires for carrier attacks. Glosters secured a place in history with the first jet fighter the Meteor. And plane-makers and their families endured rationing and air raids to keep up the supply of Wings for War. Narrator ROBERT POWELL
Film editor ANDREW JOHNSTON
Written and produced by Richard ROBINSON