HURRICANE CLOSE SUPPORT EXERCISE NEAR MEIKTILA [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: HURRICANE CLOSE SUPPORT EXERCISE NEAR MEIKTILA [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ABY 164
  • Other titles: ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: RAF Hawker Hurricane fighter-bombers conduct an exercise in close air support near Meiktila, central Burma.
  • Description: A plume of dust and smoke from an ordnance impact. RAF Hawker Hurricanes flying at low level firing 3-inch Rocket Projectiles (also referred to as 'RP' or 60-lb rockets). Infantry, accompanied by armoured cars, advance across open ground as Hurricanes make low passes over the objective
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945-04-23
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Air Ministry, Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) Royal Air Force Film Production Unit (Production company) Layzell, R G (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force, 28 Squadron (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Meiktila, Burma (geography) Fighter operations, Air operations over Burma, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 194 ft; Running time: 3 mins
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  • Notes: Sergeant Layzell's dopesheet gives the location as three miles south of Meiktila. The units involved are not clear, however RAF 28 Squadron and their Hurricanes were based at Meiktila when this film was shot. For other footage of close air support exercises, see ABY 52 'RAF Close Air Support Demonstration Near Bishenpur, Manipur, India'.
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    ABY 164

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    ABY 52 (RAF CLOSE AIR SUPPORT DEMONSTRATION NEAR BISHENPUR, MANIPUR, INDIA [Allocated Title])
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