RAF 234 SQUADRON AT PORTREATH, AVRO ROTA, AND BOULTON PAUL DEFIANT OF 286 SQUADRON AT RAF FAIRWOOD COMMON [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: RAF 234 SQUADRON AT PORTREATH, AVRO ROTA, AND BOULTON PAUL DEFIANT OF 286 SQUADRON AT RAF FAIRWOOD COMMON [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 2900
  • Other titles: AMATEUR FILM BY LIEUTENANT JOSEF HYBLER [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Untitled amateur film shot by Czechoslovak pilot Lieutenant Josef Hybler records fellow airmen with Spitfire Mk VBs of 234 Sqdn at Portreath in September 1942, YMCA Tea trailer van on airfield, (Colour) Handley Page Harrow and Spitfire taking off, Avro Rota (Cierva C-30A autogiro) of 1448 Flight (based at Duxford), off-duty scenes of gymkhana and golf (during Hybler's convalescence in Torquay) and Boulton Paul Defiant target-tug of 286 Sqdn at RAF Fairwood Common in November 1942.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: AMATEUR FILM BY LIEUTENANT JOSEF HYBLER [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: Colour (part B&W)
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  • Object_Number: MGH 2900
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: NON-IWM
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  • Production Date: 1942
  • Production Country: Czechoslovakia
  • Production Details: Hybler, Josef (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour (part B&W) Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 300 ft; Running time: 13 mins
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    MGH 2900

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