DAMAGED AIRCRAFT ETC [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: DAMAGED AIRCRAFT ETC [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 331/10
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: German and Italian aircraft at Castel Benito aerodrome, Libya.
  • Description: A sign for Castle Benito on which the enemy before departure has written "Tommy We Shall Return". A Tommy takes a piece of chalk and writes "YIMKIN" (Arabic for "maybe"). An RAF flag. Italian aircraft left in good condition. Burned out and serviceable German aircraft. A CR42 with RAF roundels painted on the fuselage. A burned out Heinkel. A Heinkel ready for service. An "odd looking" Italian single seater plane in a wrecked hangar. The wrecked hangar containing about a dozen planes in perfect condition. Burned out hangar and skeletons of planes.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-01
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Berkshire (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Castel Benito, Libya (geography) North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 297 ft; Running time: 3 mins
  • Notes:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 331/10

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