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Title:RAF SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE ATTACK ON GERMAN MOTOR TRANSPORTS [Allocated Title]
Film Number:OPE 119
Other titles:SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN EUROPE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Day attack by a Hawker Tempest fighter-bomber of RAF 56 Squadron on German motor transports at Wittstock, Germany. Filmed by on board cameras. Camera plane piloted by Flight Lieutenant Jim A McCairns DFC & 2 Bars MM.
Description:
Alternative Title:SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN EUROPE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor)
Royal Air Force (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: McCairns, James Atterby (person)
Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
Royal Air Force, 2nd Tactical Air Force (regiment/service)
Keywords: Wittstock, Brandenburg, Germany (geography)
Allied Air Offensive 1942-1945, Germany, Second World War (event)
Allied Air Offensive 1942-1945, North West Europe, Second World War (event)
Royal Air Force 1939-1945, Bomber Command (theme)
Aerial Warfare (theme)
Military Aviation (theme)
Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (theme)
Royal Air Force 1939-1945, Fighter Command (theme)