Title:211 SQUADRON BEAUFIGHTER OPERATIONS FROM CHIRINGA [Allocated Title]
Film Number:ABY 166
Other titles:ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Aerial and ground footage of operations by RAF Bristol Beaufighter fighter-bombers of RAF 211 Squadron based at Chiringa, Bengal Province, India (now in Bangladesh).
Description: Aerial footage over a bay fringed with trees. Beaufighter 'Y' parked at dispersal. Aerial footage over Indian countryside and low over the sea. Aircraft interior looking towards the pilot at the controls. A Beaufighter takes off. Airborne footage; an explosion on a road in wooded country. Cannon attack on motor transport on a road. A steep and thickly wooded hillside. Air-to-air footage of a Beaufighter in flight over wooded terrain. Men leave a hut. Aircrew board an open lorry which drives to dispersal. A parked Beaufighter on a pierced steel plank (PSP) dispersal. An airman sees to his parachute harness while two mechanics wind over an engine. Beaufighter starts up. Interior tent; aircrew study a map and a briefing table. Aerial footage; a wooded hillside. Small buildings under cannon fire. More cannon attacks and rear-facing views of bombed targets.
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)
Lang, T W (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force, 211 Squadron (regiment/service)
Keywords: Chiringa, Bengal Province, India (geography)
Fighter operations, Air operations over Burma, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
ABY 30 (RAF BRISTOL BEAUFIGHTER OPERATIONS IN BURMA [Allocated Title])
MWY 3 (HURRICANE DISPLAY AND BEAUFIGHTERS DEMONSTRATED FOR INDIAN PRESSMEN [Allocated Title])
