RAF BOMBER COMMAND ATTACK ON POITIERS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: RAF BOMBER COMMAND ATTACK ON POITIERS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: OPX 161
  • Other titles: BOMBER COMMAND OPERATIONS IN EUROPE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Night attack by Avro Lancaster bombers of RAAF 463 Squadron against the railway where German troops were collected to travel to the front in Normandy at Poitiers, France. Filmed by on board cameras. Camera plane piloted by Wing Commander Petty.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: BOMBER COMMAND OPERATIONS IN EUROPE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: OPX 161
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-06-12
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Air Ministry, Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) RAF Bomber Command (Production company) Morris (Pilot Officer) (Production individual) Kimberley (Flight Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: Royal Air Force 1939-1945, Bomber Command (theme) Aerial Warfare (theme) Military Aviation (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 450 ft; Running time: 5 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

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