Secret History

Secret History

Birds of Death (2x2)


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After the First World War, the newly formed RAF was used to bomb peasant villages as a cheap, quick, easy and casualty-free way to keep troublesome areas under control. Conveniently, it also tested new equipment and trained young airman. These included Sqdn-Ldr Kendall and Wing Commander Gale who describe the machine gunning and bombing of the Kurdish guerillas.

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