211 SQUADRON BEAUFIGHTER OPERATIONS FROM CHIRINGA [Allocated Title]

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  • 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]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: ABY 166
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-09-18
  • 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: 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)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 537 ft; Running time: 6 minutes
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    ABY 166

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    ABY 30 (RAF BRISTOL BEAUFIGHTER OPERATIONS IN BURMA [Allocated Title]) MWY 3 (HURRICANE DISPLAY AND BEAUFIGHTERS DEMONSTRATED FOR INDIAN PRESSMEN [Allocated Title])
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