Keith Park talks about Air Force day

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Year
1949
Reference
31559
Media type
Audio
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Rights Information
Year
1949
Reference
31559
Media type
Audio
Series
D series, ca. 1935-1950s.
Duration
00:05:12
Broadcast Date
12 Sep 1949
Credits
RNZ Collection
Park, Keith, 1892-1975, Speaker/Kaikōrero
4ZB (Radio station : Dunedin, N.Z.), Broadcaster

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Sir Keith Park gives a talk to mark Air Force Day on September17th 1949. He describes how 15th September 1940 was the climax of the Battle of Britain and also D-Day for Hitler's invasion of England, the latter however was postponed permanently and became strategically pinnacle in Germany's loss of the war. Great Britain now recognises Air Force Day officially as September 17th.