WWII: Spitfire
00:15 - 06:01
5m 46s
The Allied Forces use a new invention, radar to know where and when to intercept German planes. Ken Wilkinson, an officer of the UK's Royal Air Force utilized this technology when he flew the Supermarine Spitfire.

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