VULTEE VENGEANCE DIVEBOMBERS OPERATED BY INDIAN AIR FORCE 8 SQUADRON [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: VULTEE VENGEANCE DIVEBOMBERS OPERATED BY INDIAN AIR FORCE 8 SQUADRON [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ABY 3
  • Other titles: ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Indian Air Force Vultee Vengeance divebombers being serviced before taking off for operations in dusty conditions at Joari and Mamur (Mamura) airfields, India.
  • Description: Crew of aircraft EZ977 boarding and the rear gunner demonstrates the flexible mounting of his twin machine guns. Other aircrew are amused by the antics of a pet monkey. During air-to-air footage one aircraft makes a (possibly mock) divebombing attack.
  • Alternative Title: ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: ABY 3
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-03-02
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Air Ministry, Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) Royal Air Force Film Production Unit (Production company) McKee, J L (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Indian Air Force, 8 Squadron (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Joari, Bengal Province, India (geography) Mamur, Bengal Province, India (geography) Bomber operations, Air operations over Burma, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event) Aerial Warfare (theme) India 1939-1945 (theme) Far East 1939-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 571 ft; Running time: 7 minutes
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    ABY 3

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    ABY 48 (INDIAN AIR FORCE VULTEE VENGEANCE DIVEBOMBERS IN ACTION [Allocated Title])
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