RAF SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE ATTACK ON CHARLEROI [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: RAF SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE ATTACK ON CHARLEROI [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: OPF 89
  • Other titles: SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN EUROPE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Day attack by North American Mitchell bombers of RAF 320 (Dutch) Squadron against railway marshalling yards at Charleroi, Belgium. Filmed by on board cameras. Camera plane piloted by Wing Commander Lynn DSO DFC.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN EUROPE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: OPF 89
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-04-12
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Air Ministry, Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) Royal Air Force (Production company) Oakley, Maurice A (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: Royal Air Force 1939-1945, Bomber Command (theme) Aerial Warfare (theme) Military Aviation (theme) Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (theme) Royal Air Force 1939-1945, Fighter Command (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 400 ft; Running time: 5 mins
  • HD Media:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    OPF 89

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    OPF 98 (RAF SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE ATTACK ON CHARLEROI [Allocated Title])
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