RAF BOMBER COMMAND ATTACK ON ESSEN [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: RAF BOMBER COMMAND ATTACK ON ESSEN [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: OPX 265
  • Other titles: BOMBER COMMAND OPERATIONS IN EUROPE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Day attack by De Havilland Mosquito bombers of RAF 627 Squadron against Essen, Germany. Filmed by on board cameras. Camera plane piloted by Warrant Officer Player. Features shots of Chaff (or Window), used to interfere with radar.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: BOMBER COMMAND OPERATIONS IN EUROPE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: OPX 265
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945-03-11
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Air Ministry, Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) RAF Bomber Command (Production company) Heath, Charles B (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: Royal Air Force 1939-1945, Bomber Command (theme) Aerial Warfare (theme) Military Aviation (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 570 ft; Running time: 7 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    OPX 265

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    C 5634 (ROYAL AIR FORCE BOMBER COMMAND, 1942-1945.)
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