Battle Stations Season 1, Episode 28: B-17 Flying Fortress

Sherman Assault

Ride along in the thick of battle in the American M4 Sherman Tank, as it blasts its way into history and paves the way for liberation of Europe.

Spitfire Squadron

In this episode, see how it feels to be a Spitfire fighter pilot in a dogfight.

Drop Zone

In this episode, we fly on a Dakota, and American C47/DC3 cargo plane used to transport paratroopers across the English Channel for the D-day invasion at Normandy.

DUKW Landing

Ride in the American DUKW Amphibious Vehicle (Duck to G.I.s)

P-51 Mustang

Originally built for the RAF, the USAAF's P-51 Mustang became one of the greatest fighter planes ever to be built.

T-34 Russian Victory

Stalin enlisted the ideas of an American engineer, J. Walter Christie, to develop one of the most formidable tanks in history.

Mulberry Harbour

Outlining the most audacious engineering feat of WWII.

Hitlers Vengeance Weapons

Enter the world of rocket scientists, secret weapons, and the race to destroy two of Hitler's most elusive weapons.

Tiger Attack

Adolf Hitler became personally involved in the Tiger Tank, one of history's finest armoured fighting vehicles.

Liberty Convoy

The terror of being hunted by Hitler's U-boats and the bravery of crews that risked their lives to deliver men and material to defeat Nazi forces.

Messerschmitt 262

We take the viewer inside the cockpits of the German pilots who flew the jet-powered Messerschmitt 262 which was a wonder weapon.

Radar

Details how one man was asked to develop a death ray, but discovered radar.

Lancaster Bombers: Target Germany

The RAF Lancaster Bomber ranks as one of the finest aircraft of WWII.

Huey Helicopter: Air Armada

The Vietnam War was the Huey war-a brutal war, where the lethal Huey gunship wreaked havoc on the Viet Cong. The Huey revolutionised U.S. Army tactics and changed the way modern wars were fought.

B-26 Marauder

Bombing from altitudes of over 10,000 feet, the Marauder had the lowest loss rate of any Allied bomber during WWII.

F-86 Sabre-Jet Strike

Developed from jet technology captured from the Germans after WWII, the F-86 approached speeds of Mach 1.

MIG-15: Russian Stealth

The MiG 15 was one of the 20th century's most feared high-performance weapons.

Catalina Patrol

The legendary "Black Cat" squadrons won fame as night bombers in the battles of the Solomon Islands.

Black Hawk: Night Stalker

The Black Hawk remains today the world's most advanced twin-turbine military helicopter and flies wherever duty calls, from hot deserts to the icy Arctic.

Blackbird Stealth!

Designed in the 1950s by Kelly Johnson, the SR-71 Blackbird was the world's first stealthy aircraft, designed to over-fly enemy territory with impunity while photographing 100,000 square miles in an hour.

Aircraft Carrier

Weighing in at over 27000 tons and over 800 feet in length, they were known as floating cities.

Corsair: Pacific Warrior

Designed for aircraft carriers, it proved too hot to handle during deck landing.

B-52 Stratofortress

The race to produce the first intercontinental jet bomber.

M1 Abrams: Supertank

P-38 Lightning Strikes

The P-38s struggle for aerial supremacy in the skies of the South West Pacific during WWII - Americas Ace of Aces.

The Destroyer

Featuring interviews with sailors who served on these gladiators of the sea in the often suicidal Pacific Theatre, striking archive film, much of it in colour, and detailed re-enactments.

FA-18 Hornet

One aircraft in the US arsenal best typifies the will to win. Using the latest and most sophisticated computerized technology, the F/A-18 Hornet is now one of the foremost fighters of the 21st century.

The F-15

Built to put US pilots back in charge of the skies, the F-15 Eagle proved its superiority in Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

F-117 Nighthawk Stealth

Dogged by controversy, shrouded in secrecy F-117's have become the world's first truly stealth aircraft - forever changing the concept of aerial warfare.

A-10 Tankbuster

It is the most feared aircraft in the US Air Force. The A-10 Tankbuster was the first aircraft in the US aviation history designed specifically for Close Air Support.

Mosquito Attack

Powered by two Rolls Royce Merlin engines, this plane was a revolutionary design with no armour or weapons but could carry the same bomb load as a B-17.

Apache Helicopter

Developed during the Cold War, this incredible aircraft is now the most powerful and feared helicopter in the world. Able to dive into action at over 200mph, it can deliver a devastating firestorm of missiles or rockets.

PT Boats

These boats were WWII's most heavily armed fighting boats. Screwed and glued together on a hull made of wood, they were nicknamed "The Devil Boats of the Night".

Challenger Tank

When this 60 tons of high-tech military hardware rumbles onto the battlefield there's nowhere for the enemy to hide.

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HMS Victory

The HMS Victory would play a crucial role in the foremost naval engagement in 19th century maritime history, the Battle of Trafalgar.

B-2 Bomber

With its origins in single wing experimentation carried out in Germany in the 1930s, and continuing through cutting edge aviation research in the 1950s and 60s, the B-2 was developed under a cloak of secrecy.

Heavy Metal of D-Day

The greatest machine of WWII springs into action. It is made up of thousands of ships and aircraft, tens of thousands of men and millions of tons of steel and concrete.

F-22 Raptor

Deadly and undetectable at long range, this super-jet is the latest in fifth-generation fighter technology.

HMS Belfast: Fortress of Steel

Commissioned in 1938, the British cruiser HMS Belfast was the Royal Navy's most modern warship.