RAF COASTAL COMMAND ATTACK ON A GERMAN DESTROYER [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: RAF COASTAL COMMAND ATTACK ON A GERMAN DESTROYER [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: OPC 2
  • Other titles: SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN EUROPE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Night attack by a Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber of RAF 144 or 404 (RCAF) Squadron on a beached German destroyer near Ile de Bas (possibly Ile-de-Batz off the north coast of Brittany), France. Filmed by on board cameras.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN EUROPE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: OPC 2
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-06-09
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) Royal Air Force (Production company) Steele (Flight Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force (regiment/service) Royal Air Force, Coastal Command (regiment/service) German Navy (Third Reich) (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Brittany, France (geography) Atlantic Ocean 1939-1945, Second World War (event) Second Battle of the Atlantic 1939-1945, Atlantic Ocean, Second World War (event) Second World War 1939-1945 (event) Atlantic 1939-1945 (theme) Coastal Forces 1939-1945 (theme) Aerial Warfare (theme) Military Aviation (theme) Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (theme) Royal Air Force 1939-1945, Coastal Command (theme) German Navy 1939-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
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