REAR ADMIRAL HARCOURT VISITS RAF 132 SQUADRON [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: REAR ADMIRAL HARCOURT VISITS RAF 132 SQUADRON [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ABY 171
  • Other titles: ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Rear Admiral C H J Harcourt, Senior British Naval Officer Hong Kong, inspects airmen and aircraft of RAF 132 Squadron at Kai Tak airfield, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
  • Description: Harcourt arrives at Kai Tak and is greeted. He inspects a line-up of the squadron's Spitfire Mk XIV fighters and speaks with pilots and ground crews.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945-10-02
  • 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: Harcourt, Cecil Halliday Jepson (person) Royal Air Force, 132 Squadron (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Hong Kong (geography) Liberation of Hong Kong 1945, Pacific War 1941-1945, Second World War (event)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 96 ft; Running time: 2 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Operations from this field can be seen in ABY 169, and RAF 132 Squadron's voyage to Hong Kong aboard HMS Smiter can be seen in ABY 144. No slates, date above from dopesheet.
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    ABY 171

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    ABY 144 (RAF 132 SQUADRON AND 7155 ECHELON SAIL TO HONG KONG [Allocated Title]) ABY 169 (SPITFIRE SQUADRON AT KAI TAK AIRSTRIP [Allocated Title])
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