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]
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)
Film:OPT 86 (RAF SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE ATTACK ON CARPIQUET [Allocated Title])
Film:OPT 88 (RAF SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE ATTACK ON CARPIQUET [Allocated Title])
NMV 788 A (BRITISH MOVIETONE NEWS ISSUE 788A (13 JULY 1944) [Main Title])
ACB 78 (RECONSTRUCTION OF CARPIQUET AIRFIELD [Allocated Title])
ACB 80 (MINE DETECTION FOOTAGE FOR AIRFIELD RECONSTRUCTION FILM [Allocated Title])
ACB 87 (LANCASTERS RAID ENEMY POSITIONS AT CAUMONT [Allocated Title])
ACB 91 (SEQUENCES FOR PRODUCTION 'X' [Allocated Title])
ACB 149 (AIRFIELD RECONSTRUCTION [Allocated Title])