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Crafty Tricks of War

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on BBC Two England

3/6. James Bond 's rescue with a harness, helium balloon and B-17 bomber at the end of Thunderball appears to be an imaginative Hollywood stunt. But the Skyhook was a genuine airborne recovery device, designed to pick up men and equipment where helicopters could not reach. Ex-Army lieutenant colonel Dick Strawbridge looks at the mechanics of this and also at weapons of detection such as radar.
Series producer Lynn Barlow ; Executive producer Dick Colthurst

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James Bond
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Colonel Dick Strawbridge
Producer:
Lynn Barlow
Producer:
Dick Colthurst
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