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  • TV-PG
  • History
  • Dec 15, 2006
  • 46 m
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  • History
  • Dec 15, 2006
  • 46 m

Summary This show uses the latest simulation technology and computer-generated effects to transport the viewer back to the days of dogfighting. Original camera work and rare, archival footage will be used to aid the re-creation of some of history's most famous air battles.

Directed By: Robert Kirk

Written By: Arthur Drooker, Douglas Miller

  • TV-PG
  • History
  • Dec 15, 2006
  • 46 m
  • TV-PG
  • History
  • Dec 15, 2006
  • 46 m
Dogfights
S1 • Episode 7
Death of the Japanese Navy
Air Date: Dec 15, 2006
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Summary This show uses the latest simulation technology and computer-generated effects to transport the viewer back to the days of dogfighting. Original camera work and rare, archival footage will be used to aid the re-creation of some of history's most famous air battles.

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Episode 0 • Nov 11, 2005
The Greatest Air Battles
From World War One to Vietnam this program traces the evolution of the tactics and weapons used in aerial combat with archival footage, computer simulations and explanations by the pilots themselves.
Episode 1 • Nov 3, 2006 • 44 m
MIG Alley
Episode 2 • Nov 10, 2006 • 44 m
Air Ambush
Episode 3 • Nov 17, 2006 • 45 m
Flying Tigers
The story and battles of the famed US Government supported American mercenary fighter pilots who flew in China in early World War II.
Episode 4 • Nov 24, 2006 • 45 m
Guadalcanal
The strategic importance of Guadalcanal leads to many intense air battles. American pilot's tell the stories of the experiences that made them aces in a day.
Episode 5 • Dec 1, 2006 • 46 m
Hell Over Hanoi
Episode 6 • Dec 8, 2006 • 45 m
The Zero Killer
Noted World War II battles of the US Navy's F6F Hellcat fighter class and how it helped counter the Japanese's Zero fighter for air superiority.
Episode 7 • Dec 15, 2006 • 46 m
Death of the Japanese Navy
The World War II Battle of Samar when a small US Navy task unit defeated a vastly more powerful Japanese fleet.
Episode 8 • Dec 22, 2006 • 46 m
The Last Gunfighter
Episode 9 • Jan 12, 2007 • 46 m
Long Odds
Famous dogfights with bombers ill-equipped for that kind of combat.
Episode 10 • Jan 26, 2007 • 45 m
Dogfights of the Middle East
Episode 11 • Jan 30, 2007 • 46 m
Hunt for the Bismarck
The World War II story of the British Navy's hunt for Nazi Germany's most powerful battleship.

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