Beaufighter Documentary Tues 22/Apr/08

A quick heads-up to Aussie forum-dwellers. This documentary will be repeated on air on SBS Tuesday 22-April-2008 at 1:30pm. Check your local guides closer to the date. It’s an hour and a half long program.

Whispering Death: Beaufighter, Forgotten Warhorse

A documentary about the WWII aircraft the Beaufighter, the crews who maintained them and the thousands who helped produce them in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. The historic significance of the Beaufighter is immense, as along with the Kittyhawk, it was Australia’s choice as its frontline attack aircraft. It was this craft that performed effectively in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea, when the Allies attacked a Japanese landing party on March 3, 1943. One historian states that this battle was “the decisive aerial engagement of the war in the South West Pacific”. (From Australia, in English) (Documentary Series) (Rpt) PG