RAF MEDITERRANEAN COMMAND ATTACK ON MIDGET SUBMARINES [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: RAF MEDITERRANEAN COMMAND ATTACK ON MIDGET SUBMARINES [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: OPM 137
  • Other titles: SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN EUROPE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Day attack by a Bristol Beaufighter from SAAF 16 Squadron on midget submarines sheltering by the island of Lussinpiccolo (Mali Lošinj), Yugoslavia (Croatia). Filmed by on board cameras. Camera plane piloted by Lieutenant Holtshausen.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN EUROPE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: OPM 137
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945-01-18
  • 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) South African Air Force, 16 Squadron (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Lussinpiccolo, Yugoslavia (geography) Second World War 1939-1945 (event) Allied Air Offensive 1943-1945, Mediterranean, Second World War (event) Yugoslavia 1944-1945, Balkans, Second World War (event) Aerial Warfare (theme) Military Aviation (theme) Royal Air Force 1939-1945, Mediterranean Command (theme) Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (theme) Mediterranean 1939-1945 (theme) Submarines (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 90 ft; Running time: 1 min
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    OPM 137

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