Title:FORCE H COVERS THE SALERNO LANDINGS [Allocated Title]
Film Number:ADM 574
Other titles:MEDITERRANEAN OPERATIONS OF THE ROYAL NAVY [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Film shot onboard HMS Formidable while part of Force H, the covering force for Operation Avalanche.
Description: Night firing by forward 4.5-inch turrets on Formidable. Daylight - MS-CU-MS as Martlet IV of 893 Squadron takes off - at frame right is a Seafire IIC stowed on an outrigger. Three more Martlets of 893 Squadron take off, followed by two from 888 Squadron. Cut to HA.MS as a Martlet lands on. Second aircraft alights, but a third aborts its approach. Four more aircraft land on. LS from the hangar deck to HMS Warspite, seen in silhouette with HMS Nelson. LA from stern as Martlets land on, and CU study of the ship's wake. MLS as HMS Nelson passes astern of Formidable. MS profile of HMS Illustrious.
Alternative Title:MEDITERRANEAN OPERATIONS OF THE ROYAL NAVY [Allocated Series Title]
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, FORMIDABLE (HMS), aircraft carrier (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, Illustrious (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, Nelson (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, Warspite (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, Force H (regiment/service)
Keywords: ships, British naval - battleship: Warspite & [-] (object name)
ships, British naval - battleship: Nelson (object name)
ships, British naval - aircraft carrier, fleet: Formidable (object name)
ships, British naval - aircraft carrier, fleet: Illustrious (object name)
aircraft, United States naval - combat: Grumman Wildcat & [British] (object name)
Operation Avalanche, landings at Salerno 1943, Italy, Second World War (event)
