FLIGHT LIEUTENANT TAN, CHINESE PILOT [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: FLIGHT LIEUTENANT TAN, CHINESE PILOT [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ACB 4
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  • Summary:
  • Description: Shots of RAF pilots relaxing - playing cards and reading - include close-ups of Flight Lieutenant Tan, a Chinese pilot flying with the RAF, as he watches a card game.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-06-08
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Air Force (Production company) Coop, Eric W (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Tan (Flight Lieutenant) (person) Royal Air Force, Chinese personnel (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: recreation, British air - casual (object name) Gatwick, Sussex, England, UK (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
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  • Notes: Remarks: the Flight Lieutenant Tan story was used for the 'Names in the News' section of THE GEN, No 7. Technical: print is part of a can comprising ACB 4 and 5.
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    ACB 4

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