RAF MEDITERRANEAN COMMAND ATTACK ON AN ITALIAN AIRFIELD [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: RAF MEDITERRANEAN COMMAND ATTACK ON AN ITALIAN AIRFIELD [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: OPM 17
  • Other titles: SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN EUROPE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Day attack by a North American Mitchell bomber of USAAF 12 Bombardment Group (Medium) 82 (Earthquakers) Squadron on the airfield at Cretone, Calabria, Italy. Filmed by on board cameras. Camera plane piloted by Captain Ritter.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN EUROPE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: OPM 17
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-09-03
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) Royal Air Force (Production company) Wright, J (Pilot Officer) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force (regiment/service) Royal Air Force, Mediterranean Command (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Crotone, Calabria, Italy (geography) Second World War 1939-1945 (event) Allied Air Offensive 1943-1945, Mediterranean, Second World War (event) Italian Campaign 1943-1945, Second World War (event) Aerial Warfare (theme) Military Aviation (theme) Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (theme) United States Air Forces 1939-1945 (theme) Italy 1939-1945 (theme) Mediterranean 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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