Title:COMBAT FILM : 198 and 609 Squadrons [Allocated Title]
Film Number:RMY 229
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Summary: Camera-gun film of combat activity, air-ground and air-sea strikes carried out by Typhoons of No 198 Squadron and (section of Reel 6) No 609 Squadron. Titles indicating name of pilot, date, time of engagement and target precede each brief section.
Description: (Reel 1) Unidentified ground targets: trains, railway yard, shipping (barges). June-September 1943.
(Reel 2) Mainly shipping, including canal barges, small fishing vessels and larger ships at sea - September 1943.
(Reel 3) Mainly shipping, including tugs, barges, fishing boats, dredgers and larger ships off the coast - October 1943. Windmill is visible beside canal.
(Reel 4) Combat activity against Me 110, Potez 630 (in flight and outside hangar), FW 190, Bf 109, Me 108 (on ground), Ju 88, Do 217 (group of three), two Bü 131 biplanes and Me 210. Also trains and shipping targets. October 1943 - February 1944.
(Reel 5) Coastal and canal shipping. Early 1944.
(Reel 6) Rocket attacks on ground targets during June 1944, including June 6 (D-Day).
