AIR MARSHAL CORYTON VISITS AN RAF THUNDERBOLT SQUADRON [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: AIR MARSHAL CORYTON VISITS AN RAF THUNDERBOLT SQUADRON [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ABY 41
  • Other titles: ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Air Marshal Coryton and Air Commodore the Earl of Bandon visit an RAF Thunderbolt squadron before meeting General Stratemeyer, US Army Air Force, commander of Eastern Air Command.
  • Description: Thunderbolts taxiing. An airman sits on the port wing of the leading aircraft. Thunderbolts taxi past camera. One aircraft named 'Mongoose II' seen carrying drop tank with graffiti reading 'Tojo's a yellow rat from Carl and Fred'. More Thunderbolts taxiing. Air Marshal Coryton and Air Commodore Bandon seated in a tent. Two Spitfires taking off. A line of Thunderbolts at dispersal. One pilot standing on the wing of his aircraft talks to his squadron intelligence officer. Australian pilots sit on a heap of sand with a Thunderbolt in the background, talking about the raid. A Thunderbolt with its engine cowling off, showing the Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp engine behind. Thunderbolts taxiing. Coryton and Bandon with General Stratemeyer. Stratemeyer leaving by aircraft. Thunderbolt landing. Aircraft overhead. Officers watch a group of aircraft in the distance.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-10-18
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Air Ministry, Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) Royal Air Force Film Production Unit (Production company) Lang, T W (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Coryton, Alec (person) Stratemeyer, George (person) Bernard, Percy (person) Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Fighter operations, Air operations over Burma, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event) Aerial Warfare (theme) United States Air Forces 1939-1945 (theme) Royal Air Force 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: 220 ft; Running time: 3 mins
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  • Notes: No slates seen, no location or squadron markings visible. Date of filming likely to be earlier than that given above.
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