RAF gun-camera films - attacks on enemy shipping and ground targets, July 1942

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Gun camera footage taken from Spitfire and Hurricane aircraft during engagements with German aircraft and attacks on ground targets in Europe and ships in the English Channel and North Sea.

Spitfire VB and VC and Hurricane IIb gun camera film showing attacks on ground targets in France and the Netherlands, German Focke Wulf 190 fighter aircraft in the air and shipping in the English Channel and North Sea during July 1942. Text information accompanying each film sequence includes pilot's rank and surname, squadron, aircraft and type of operation. Targets attacked include trains, barges, anti-aircraft guns, airfields, power stations and factories.

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Object number	FC94/325
Maker name	Royal Air Force
Production date	Jul 1942
Associated with	Royal Air Force German Air Force (1933-1945) Flt Lt Edward Gordon Brettell 65 Squadron (RAF) 66 Squadron (RAF) 71 Squadron (RAF) 81 Squadron (RAF) 121 Squadron (RAF) 122 Squadron (RAF) 124 Squadron (RAF) 130 Squadron (RAF) 131 Squadron (RAF) 133 Squadron (RAF) 154 Squadron (RAF) 175 Squadron (RAF) 222 Squadron (RAF) 302 Squadron (RAF) 310 Squadron (RAF) 316 Squadron (RAF) 317 Squadron (RAF) 331 Squadron (RAF) 332 Squadron (RAF) 340 Squadron (RAF) 401 Squadron (RCAF) 402 Squadron (RCAF) 485 Squadron (RAF) 501 Squadron (RAF) 611 Squadron (RAF)
Associated places	France Belgium English Channel North Sea Alderney
Key events	Rhubarb, 1941-1945

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RAF gun-camera films - attacks on enemy shipping and ground targets, July 1942

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