RAF SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE ATTACK ON GERMAN FLAK POSITIONS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: RAF SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE ATTACK ON GERMAN FLAK POSITIONS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: Film:OPT 332
  • Other titles: SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN EUROPE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Day attack by a Hawker Typhoon fighter-bomber of RAF 137 Squadron on German flak position at Oostendam near Rotterdam, Holland (Netherlands). Filmed by on board cameras. Camera plane piloted by Flying Officer Baldwin.
  • 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 332
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945-02-25
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) Royal Air Force (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force, 2nd Tactical Air Force (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Oostendam, South Holland, Netherlands (geography) Allied Air Offensive 1942-1945, Germany, Second World War (event) Allied Air Offensive 1942-1945, North West Europe, Second World War (event) Allied Air Offensive, Germany, 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)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 80 ft; Running time: 1 min
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    Film:OPT 332

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