Title:AIRFRONT GEN OPERATIONAL SUPPLEMENT NO 1 [Main Title]
Film Number:GAF 1
Other titles:AIRFRONT RAF OPERATIONAL FILM RECORD NO 2 [Alternative Title]
Summary: RAF operations in support of the Normandy campaign, and against the V-1.
Description: I. Rocket-firing Typhoons illustrate commentary's account of operations against German radar installations.
II. Fighter support - Spitfires over Channel shipping; first landing strip prepared in Normandy by D+4.
III. Coastal Command Beaufighters bomb a German Destroyer (June 9) and a supply convoy off the Frisian Islands (July 6) - one Beaufighter crashes into the sea.
IV. June 10 - Mitchells of No. 2 Group, armed with 500lb bombs, attack troops and HQ of Panzer Group West at the Château de la Caine; on June 12, Mitchells and Bostons bomb troop concentrations in the Gruenbach forest; June 14, Mitchells and Bostons bomb petrol dumps in Condé-sur-Vire.
V. June 14/5, Bomber Command Lancasters bomb port area and U-boat pens at Le Havre.
VI. No. 2 Group Mitchells and Bostons bomb marshalling yards at Mezidon (June 17) and old steel works at Caen (June 22).
VII. July 18 - over 1000 aircraft of Bomber Command bomb the Caen area, in 5 waves, delivering over 5000 tons of bombs; on July 25, Lancasters bomb military college and signals stores at St Cyr; on July 28, Lancasters and Halifaxes attack troop concentrations in Villers-Bocage. July 1, Lancasters raid marshalling yards at Douanier de la Roche (?).
VIII. The offensive against flying bombs - August 5, Lancasters and Halifaxes bomb a V-1 supply depot; fighters attack V-1s already launched towards England.
Alternative Title:AIRFRONT RAF OPERATIONAL FILM RECORD NO 2 [Alternative Title]
OPF 128 (RAF SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE ATTACK ON MEZIDON [Allocated Title])
OPF 129 (RAF SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE ATTACK ON MEZIDON [Allocated Title])
