RAF SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE ATTACK ON CARPIQUET [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: RAF SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE ATTACK ON CARPIQUET [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: Film:OPT 87
  • Other titles: SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN EUROPE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Night attack by a Hawker Typhoon fighter-bomber of RAF 181 Squadron on airfield hangars and buildings that contained German tanks at Carpiquet near Caen, France. Filmed by on board cameras. Camera plane piloted by Flight Lieutenant Crawford.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN EUROPE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: Film:OPT 87
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-07-04
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) Royal Air Force (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: 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)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
  • HD Media:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    Film:OPT 87

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