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Sailor Malan - Freedom Fighter (Season 3, Episode 88)
TV Episode | Documentary, History, Talk-Show
Part of Battle of Britain Week on WW2TV A. G. Malan, DSO and Bar, DFC and Bar better known as Sailor Malan, was a South African fighter pilot and flying ace in the Royal Air Force who led No. 74 Squadron RAF during the Battle of Britain. ...See morePart of Battle of Britain Week on WW2TV A. G. Malan, DSO and Bar, DFC and Bar better known as Sailor Malan, was a South African fighter pilot and flying ace in the Royal Air Force who led No. 74 Squadron RAF during the Battle of Britain. He finished his fighter career in 1941 with 27 destroyed, 7 shared destroyed and 2 unconfirmed, 3 probables and 16 damaged. At the time he was the RAF's leading ace, and one of the highest scoring pilots to have served wholly with Fighter Command during the Second World War. In this show we will talk about the man, his background, politics and ethics and we will look at his flying prowess and most famous sorties. A prolific author, Dilip Sarkar has been obsessed with the Second World War for a lifetime. An MBE for 'services to aviation history', and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, unsurprisingly, for a retired police detective with a First in Modern History, his work has always been evidence-based - often challenging long-accepted myths. Firmly focussed on the 'human' experience of war, his many previous works include the authorized biographies of Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader and Air Vice-Marshal 'Johnnie' Johnson, the best-selling Spitfire Manual and The Few. Dilip has presented at such prestigious venues as Oxford University, the Imperial War and RAF Museums, and National Memorial Arboretum; he works on TV documentaries, both on and off screen. See less
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Updated Sep 14, 2021
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Sep 14, 2021 (France)

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