UPC: 063634 015741
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Synopsis
One Lancaster bomber. The women who built it. And the men who flew it.
The story of a fateful mission over France one week after D-Day in June 1944.

In the spring of 1944 all of Europe was at war. Before it was over, a million Canadians would join the fight. Back home a million more worked day and night to supply guns, tanks, ships and planes - the arsenal of democracy. One warplane in particular - the four-engine Avro Lancaster bomber - became a legend. Three teen-aged women from rural Ontario turned their hands from farm chores and housework to shooting the rivets that held the Lanc together. A crew of young men - barely out of high school - flew from a British airfield through a storm of flak and nightfighters to destroy Nazi supply lines in northern France. The women who built the bomber never met the men who flew it. Dedication - and the airplane itself - were what they had in common. This is the story of one plane, one act of heroism and the personal sacrifice endured on both sides of the Atlantic.

Special Features
CBC News Features: In 1988, The Journal visited with five of Andy Mynarksi's fellow crew members. They tell their own story in this documentary
Dolby Digital 5.1 surround soundtrack
Scene Selection
Close captioned for the hearing impaired