RAF SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE ARMED RECONNAISSANCE ON GERMAN BARGES [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: RAF SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE ARMED RECONNAISSANCE ON GERMAN BARGES [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: Film:OPT 219
  • Other titles: SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN EUROPE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Day armed reconnaissance by a Hawker Typhoon fighter-bomber of RAF 182 Squadron on German barges on the canal at Helmond, Eindhoven and Tilburg as well as several other unknown locations in Holland (Netherlands). Filmed by on board cameras. Camera plane piloted by Flight Sergeant Lethaby.
  • 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 219
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-09-12
  • 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
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    Film:OPT 219

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