Title:RAF HAWKER HURRICANE OPERATIONS ON THE IMPHAL FRONT, INDIA [Allocated Title]
Film Number:ABY 18
Other titles:ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Footage of RAF Hawker Hurricane pilots preparing for an attack on Japanese positions on the Imphal front, India.
Description: Aerial view of airfield with Hurricane taking off. Air-to-air and air-to-ground footage. Pilots being briefed before heading for their aircraft. One British pilot wearing a kukri fastens on a money belt while another straps in and is handed his helmet. Hurricanes taxiing past each other. Pilots studying photographs. Hurricanes in flight. Series of aircraft making low passes near the camera before hauling off and climbing steeply. More Hurricanes taxiing. RAF armourers 'bombing up' a Hurricane with 250-lb bombs and 0.303-inch ammunition. Hurricanes taxiing from control tower. Six Hurricanes flying three-abreast in a V-shaped 'vic' formation. Airmen walk past a building with dog. More very low fly-bys.
Alternative Title:ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: Air Ministry, Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor)
Royal Air Force Film Production Unit (Production company)
Goozee, S (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
Keywords: Imphal, Manipur, India (geography)
Fighter operations, Air operations over Burma, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
Aerial Warfare (theme)
Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (theme)
India 1939-1945 (theme)
Far East 1939-1945 (theme)
