Title:THE ARMY AIR SERVICE IN NORMANDY (PART 2) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 72-2
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Summary: 652nd Army AOP Squadron's 'A' Flight operates out of a rough airstrip in 1st Corps' sector of 2nd Army's beach-head.
Description: A Taylorcraft Auster Mark IV spotter plane takes off from an Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) at Plumetot to spot for artillery. Another Auster is seen in its blast pit; army ground crew remove camouflage netting from its wings and fuselage and manhandle it out of the pit for a sortie. An RA captain gets into the pilot seat, dons his flying helmet and is joined by Sergeant Gross AFPU and his De Vry cine camera. An RA ground crewman turns the propeller blade over to start the Auster's engine. Returning after a brief flight, Sergeant Gross's Auster taxies to dispersal with the help of ground crew. Another spotter plane does two low passes over 25-pounder gun positions belonging to either a 3rd Division or a 4th AGRA field artillery unit alongside the ALG, comes into land and taxies to dispersal. Two Taylorcraft Austers are seen camouflaged in their blast pits, with a Morris Bofors LAA detachment in the background, while RA and RAF officers had a briefing around two jeeps (one with an RAF roundel and the 2nd Army emblem).
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Colour:B&W
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:A70 72-2
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1944-07-06
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film Unit (Production company)
Walter, Ernest Henry1919Family origin: Barry, Glamorgan, South Wales (Production individual)