RAF SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE ATTACK NEAR VIMOUTIERS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: RAF SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE ATTACK NEAR VIMOUTIERS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: Film:OPT 204
  • Other titles: SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN EUROPE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Day attack by a Hawker Typhoon fighter-bomber of RAF 609 Squadron on German tanks and motor transport south west of Vimoutiers near Caen, France. Filmed by on board cameras. Camera plane piloted by Squadron Leader Lallemand 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: Film:OPT 204
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-08-20
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) Royal Air Force (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: 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: 95 ft; Running time: 2 mins
  • HD Media:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    Film:OPT 204

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    Film:OPT 203 (RAF SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE ATTACK NEAR VIMOUTIERS [Allocated Title])
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