(Untitled record)

Series

Series Name

Airfront Gen Operational Supplement

Issue

Issue No.

3

Date Released

1944

Length of issue (in feet)

711

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1(Untitled record)
2. 2(Untitled record)
3. 3(Untitled record)

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

Bomber Command activities illustrated by: 8 August, Lancasters bomb railway bridge at Etaples; 12 August, Lancasters attack U-boat pens, harbour and adjoining naval school at Brest; 14 August, large-scale attack, in support of the First Canadian Army, on troop concentrations in Normandy; 15 August, attacks on airfields in Holland and Belgium, including one in Zeeland; 27 August, night raid by Lancasters (with high explosives and incendiaries) on Koenigsberg - also attacked three nights later; 31 August, attack by Halifaxes and Mosquitos on an island off the port of St Malo to immobilize coastal batteries; 10 September, attack on the Le Havre area; raid on synthetic oil installations at La Cornuaille (?) [sic]

Keywords

Aviation; Military

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive

Email

film@iwm.org.uk

Web

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/film

Phone

020 7416 5291

Fax

020 7416 5379

Address

Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ

Notes

The IWM also preserves the original nitrate film copies for the World War II period of British Paramount News, Gaumont British News and Universal News.

Series held

View all series held by Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive