AIRACOBRAS OF THE BALKAN AIR FORCE [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: AIRACOBRAS OF THE BALKAN AIR FORCE [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AAY 240-4
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  • Summary: Bell Airacobras of the BAF (Balkan Air Force) taking off from a forward airfield at Canne, Southern Italy.
  • Description: Airacobras are seen taxiing past (in close up) across Sommerfeld tracking and then taking off. Three Airacobras make a number of passes over the airfield. Other aircraft (a Handley Page Harvard and a Hawker Hurricane) are briefly glimpsed parked in the background.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945-03-08
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: RAF Film Production Unit (Production company) Coop, Eric W (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 104 ft; Running time: 3 mins
  • Notes: Technical: originally in can with other related material marked incorrectly as OPM 133-154. These three items were filmed by Eric Coop of No 2 RAF Film Unit although there appears to be no official dope sheet or "A" series number. Filmed on Kodachrome stock.
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AAY 240-4

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