RAF SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE ATTACK ON LA CAMPAGNE [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: RAF SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE ATTACK ON LA CAMPAGNE [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: Film:OPT 97
  • Other titles: SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN EUROPE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Day attack by a Hawker Typhoon fighter-bomber of RAF 182 Squadron on German guns and motor transport in woods at Secqueville, La Campagne near Caen, France. Filmed by on board cameras. Camera plane piloted by Pilot Officer Rutherford.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN EUROPE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: Film:OPT 97
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-07-20
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) Royal Air Force (Production company)
  • 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: 95 ft; Running time: 2 mins
  • HD Media:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    Film:OPT 97

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    Film:OPT 98 (RAF SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE ATTACK ON LA CAMPAGNE [Allocated Title]) Film:OPT 111 (RAF SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE ATTACK ON LA CAMPAGNE [Allocated Title])
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