627 MOSQUITO PATHFINDER SQUADRON, WOODHALL SPA, LINCOLNSHIRE, APRIL-OCTOBER, 1944 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: 627 MOSQUITO PATHFINDER SQUADRON, WOODHALL SPA, LINCOLNSHIRE, APRIL-OCTOBER, 1944 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 3380
  • Other titles: AMATEUR FILM BY BRIAN HARRIS [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Amateur film shot by Brian Harris, navigator and cameraman in Mosquito of 627 Squadron flown by Pilot Officer Johnny Thomson DFC, before, during and after the Squadron's pathfinder attack on the German airfield of Deelen in Occupied Holland on 15 August 1944. Before the raid preparation scenes at Woodhall Spa airfield, Lincolnshire, plus low-level aerial views of Cambridge, Skegness, Lincoln Cathedral and Boston Stump Church Tower.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: AMATEUR FILM BY BRIAN HARRIS [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: MGH 3380
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: NON-IWM
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  • Production Date: 1944
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Harris, Brian (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 299 ft; Running time: 8 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    MGH 3380

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    MGH 4680 (RAF NAVIGATORS IN TRAINING MIAMI, FLORIDA, USA [Allocated Title])
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