RAF SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE ATTACK ON A STEAM TUG [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: RAF SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE ATTACK ON A STEAM TUG [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: OPE 8
  • Other titles: SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN EUROPE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Day attack by a Hawker Tempest fighter-bomber of RAF 486 (New Zealand) Squadron on a steam tug at an unknown location. Filmed by on board cameras. Camera plane piloted by Flying Officer W A L Trott.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN EUROPE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: OPE 8
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945-01-05
  • 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, 2nd Tactical Air Force (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: 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: 100 ft; Running time: 2 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    OPE 8

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