BV 138 MIT WALTER-RAUCHGERÄT RI210A [Main Title]

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  • Title: BV 138 MIT WALTER-RAUCHGERÄT RI210A [Main Title]
  • Film Number: GWY 1432
  • Other titles: BV 138 WITH WALTER RI210A ROCKET UNIT [Translation]
  • Summary: Tests of the RI210a rocket assisted take-off unit on a Bv 138 flying boat.
  • Description: The units are loaded on to a barge and towed out to the aircraft where they are attached. A number of take-offs are shown with different aircraft loads both with and without rocket assistance.
  • Alternative Title: BV 138 WITH WALTER RI210A ROCKET UNIT [Translation]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: GWY 1432
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM-GERMAN Attribution: IWM – GWY 1432
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1940-12
  • Production Country: Germany
  • Production Details: Versuchsstelle der Luftwaffe, Peenemunde-West (Production sponsor)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: aircraft, German - seaplane: Blohm und Voss Bv 138 & [R and D] (object name) equipment, German air - propulsion: Walter RI210a (JATO unit) & [R and D] (object name) Germany & Peenemunde, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: German Subtitle language: German
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 860 ft; Running time: 10 mins
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    GWY 1432

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