RAF SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE ATTACK ON GERMAN TRAINS AT CLEVES [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: RAF SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE ATTACK ON GERMAN TRAINS AT CLEVES [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: Film:OPT 234
  • 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 181 Squadron on German trains in the station and in sidings at Cleves (Kleve), northern Germany. Filmed by on board cameras. Camera plane piloted by Pilot Officer Jarvis.
  • 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 234
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-09-23
  • 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
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    Film:OPT 234

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