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

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  • Title: RAF SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE ATTACK ON BRESKENS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: OPF 182
  • 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 180 Squadron on the ferry at Breskens in the Zeeland province of Holland (Netherlands). Filmed by on board cameras. Camera plane piloted by Flying Officer Miller.
  • 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 182
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-09-15
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Air Ministry, Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) Royal Air Force (Production company) Orchard, Harry James (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: 230 ft; Running time: 3 mins
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