RAF MEDITERRANEAN COMMAND ATTACK ON A ROAD AND RAIL BRIDGE [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: RAF MEDITERRANEAN COMMAND ATTACK ON A ROAD AND RAIL BRIDGE [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: OPM 44
  • Other titles: SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN EUROPE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Day attack by a Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk fighter from RAAF 450 Squadron on a road and rail bridge over the Chienti River south of Porto Civitanova, Italy. Filmed by on board cameras. Camera plane piloted by Pilot Officer Strom.
  • Description: Attached media – films OPM 38, OPM 39, OPM 41, OPM 42, OPM 43, OPM 44, OPM 45, OPM 46, OPM 47, OPM 48, OPM 49, OPM 50, OPM 51, OPM 52, OPM 53, OPM 54, OPM 55 and OPM 59
  • Alternative Title: SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN EUROPE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: OPM 44
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-02-03
  • 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 (regiment/service) Royal Air Force, Mediterranean Command (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Civitanova, Marches, Italy (geography) Second World War 1939-1945 (event) Allied Air Offensive 1943-1945, Mediterranean, Second World War (event) Italian Campaign 1943-1945, Second World War (event) Aerial Warfare (theme) Military Aviation (theme) Royal Air Force 1939-1945, Mediterranean Command (theme) Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (theme) Italy 1939-1945 (theme) Mediterranean 1939-1945 (theme) Royal Australian Air Force 1939-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 15 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    OPM 44

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