Video Review                     The Defender


Directed by Stephen Low
National Film Board of Canada
1988, 55 minutes

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This documentary tells the story of Robert Diemert, of Manitoba Canada and his assistant Chris Ball who are working on building a fighter airplane design.

Diemert is one of the earliest 'warbird' figures -  he flew as a stunt pilot in the movie The Battle of Britain (1969) is regarded of one of the first warbird restorers and rebuilders. Although this documentary is not about WWII Pacific, part of the story revolves around the restoration of A6M2 Zero 5356 for the Commemorative Air Force (CAF).  This aircraft was recovered from Ballale Island in 1969 by Diemert and is restored for sale to the CAF.

Hard to locate, this video does not appear to be for sale commercally at the moment. But if you can locate this video, it is certainly unforgettable.

 

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