Showing 1 to 6 of 6 search results

Squadron Leader: Sweeps over France

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1873

Incomplete recording in which a Spitfire pilot describes a sortie during which he escorted a formation of bombers to Lille.

Image pending

Attack on Bethune - Pilot Officer S. Newborough

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6375

Recording in which a Pilot Officer Newborough, Blenheim crewman, describes a daylight raid on Bethune, escorted by Spitfires and Hurricanes.

Image pending

Stirling loses its turret - Flight Sergeant Whitney

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1889

Recording in which a Stirling pilot tells how he was attacked by a night fighter, ditched in the English Channel and was subsequently picked up by an air-sea rescue launch.

Image pending

Fighter Pilots - Operations over Northern France

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-3400

Recording in which several Spitfire pilots make brief comments on a bomber escort sortie to Bethune, during which several Messerschmitt 109s were destroyed in exchange for no British casualties.

Image pending

Flight Lieutenant Miles - Bomber that hit the sea

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6382

Flight Lieutenant Miles describes an attack by Blenheims on a German merchant ship off the French coast. During the raid his aeroplane hit the sea, returning home despite damage.

Image pending

Flying Officer Annandale - Attack on Rotterdam

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6395

Recording in which Flying Officer Annandale describes a low-level raid on the docks in Rotterdam.

Image pending