RAF COASTAL COMMAND ATTACK ON GERMAN SHIPPING [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: RAF COASTAL COMMAND ATTACK ON GERMAN SHIPPING [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: OPC 17
  • Other titles: SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN EUROPE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Day attack by a Bristol Beaufighter fighter of RAF 236 Squadron on German shipping at the entrance to the Gironde, France. Filmed by on board cameras. Camera plane piloted by Wing Commander Anthony Gadd DFC.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN EUROPE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: OPC 17
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-08-13
  • 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, Coastal Command (regiment/service) German Navy (Third Reich) (regiment/service) German Merchant Navy (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Gironde (River), France (geography) 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)
  • 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
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    OPC 17

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