Coastal Command Beaufighter strikes

Accession Number F02581
Collection type Film
Measurement 4 min 28 sec
Object type Film
Physical description 35mm/b&w/silent
Place made At sea, Netherlands
Date made 1944?
Access Open
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Operational film of RAF Coastal Command Beaufighter aircraft on anti-shipping strike and attacking land targets. Opening scene of Beaufighter formation in low level flight over the sea. Shots of attacks on ships intercut with various shots of Beaufighters in-flight. A long shot of a Beaufighter hit by flak. Low level shots over Dutch coast and windmills. Beaufighters attacking land targets possibly German Radar towers.

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