FLIGHTS OF THE ME 163A [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: FLIGHTS OF THE ME 163A [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: GWY 1318
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  • Summary: Film of some early flights of the Me 163A.
  • Description: The first prototype (VI) is displayed in front of a hangar. There are then shots of an Me 163A taking-off, in flight and landing. The film also includes a close-up of the test pilot (Dittmar), some air to air shots of the aircraft in flight - under power, gliding and on tow - and a shot of the aircraft being refuelled in a hangar.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: GWY 1318
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM-GERMAN Attribution: IWM – GWY 1318
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1941-08
  • Production Country: Germany
  • Production Details:
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Dittmar (person)
  • Keywords: aircraft, German - combat: Messerschmitt Me 163A Komet (object name) operations, German air - preparation: refuelling (object name) operations, German air - routine (object name) Germany (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 467 ft; Running time: 5 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    GWY 1318

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