FINE GROUNDWORK THAT KEEPS " HALIFAX" BOMBER ON THE JOB - First to recognise and appreciate the fine work done by ground crews and maintenance staff in keeping machines in the air are the pilots themselves. They know the real importance of apparently trivial details; they know that only by one hundred per cent thoroughness and efficiency in every job, large or small, is it possible to maintain the aircraft at the high state of efficiency essentiall if aeroplanes are not to remain operationally useless on the ground. This series shows in detail many of the aspects of ground mainte


FINE GROUNDWORK THAT KEEPS " HALIFAX" BOMBER ON THE JOB - First to recognise and appreciate the fine work done by ground crews and maintenance staff in keeping machines in the air are the pilots themselves. They know the real importance of apparently trivial details; they know that only by one hundred per cent thoroughness and efficiency in every job, large or small, is it possible to maintain the aircraft at the high state of efficiency essentiall if aeroplanes are not to remain operationally useless on the ground. This series shows in detail many of the aspects of ground maintenance. The aircraft are four-engined "Halifax" bombers. The navigator - seen through the aircraft's window, swings the compass Royal Air Force


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