Title:RAF COASTAL COMMAND ATTACK ON A GERMAN MINESWEEPER [Allocated Title]
Film Number:OPC 30
Other titles:SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN EUROPE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Night attack by a Bristol Beaufighter fighter of RAF 236 Squadron on a German M class minesweeper at an unknown location. Filmed by on board cameras. Camera plane piloted by Wing Commander E W Tacon DSO & Bar AFC.
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: Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
Royal Air Force, Coastal Command (regiment/service)
German Navy (Third Reich) (regiment/service)
German Merchant Navy (regiment/service)
Keywords: Atlantic Ocean 1939-1945, Second World War (event)
Second Battle of the Atlantic 1939-1945, Atlantic Ocean, Second World War (event)
Second World War 1939-1945 (event)
Coastal Forces 1939-1945 (theme)
Aerial Warfare (theme)
Military Aviation (theme)
Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (theme)
Royal Air Force 1939-1945, Coastal Command (theme)
German Navy 1939-1945 (theme)