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Description: I. Aircrew step out of RAF Flying Fortress B-17C of 90 Squadron and pose. (58 ft)
II. Douglas Havoc I of 23 Squadron (March 1941 to August 1942) and Kittyhawk stand on summer airfield. B-17C of 90 Squadron taxies and then lands, followed by Havoc I and Kittyhawk. B-17C and Kittyhawk circle overhead. (256 ft)
III. Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal climbs out of Kittyhawk cockpit and talks to crew of B-17C before inspecting bomber with USAAF officer. Havoc I of 23 Squadron in background. (267 ft)
Production Details: Royal Air Force (Production sponsor)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Portal, Charles Frederick Algernon (person)
Royal Air Force, Sqdn, 23 (regiment/service)
Royal Air Force, Sqdn, 90 (regiment/service)
United States Army Air Forces (regiment/service)
Keywords: aircraft, United States - combat: Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk & [British] (object name)
aircraft, United States - combat: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress & [British] (object name)
aircraft, United States - combat: Douglas Havoc & [British] (object name)
operations, British air - routine (object name)
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 607 ft; Running time: 7 mins
Notes: Production: part of a collection of unedited film shot by official cameramen on behalf of the Royal Air Force as a record of RAF activity before the formation of the RAF Film Production Unit in September 1941