The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Coverage of operations by aircraft of the Second Tactical Airforce (2nd TAF) and Bomber Command in the Caen area, Normandy in support of Operation Overlord. Mid air shots of RAF Boston aircraft of No 342 Squadron, 2nd TAF. Long shot of flak bursts. Mid air shots of RAF Mitchell medium bombers of the 2nd TAF in formation. Shot of the bomb drop and explosion in forest and hedge rows country. Still photograph marked with an animated ring designating the target. Film of the bombing raid on the target featured in the photograph. 2nd TAF aircraft return to base flying over the English Channel. Daylight raid by RAF Bomber Command Lancaster heavy bombers. Long shot of target which could be German barracks. Coverage of activities at No 174 Squadron RAF equipped with Hawker Typhoon fighter bombers. An airman doing his laundry. Ground crew servicing a Typhoon's engine and armament. Armourers preparing rocket projectiles. Pilot boards his aircraft and starts the engine. Armourers loading rockets projectiles and belts of 20mm cannon shells. Shot of Typhoons parked on airfield and a Typhoon taking off. Douglas C-47 Dakota transport aircraft parked on an airfield (bomb?) explosion in the distance. Long shot of a formation of bombers and flak. Long shot of an aircraft hit and going down in flames. Figther aircraft fly over head of camera. Aircraft flying through flak bursts. Pan of the bomb explosions in the distance. Aerial shots of Boston aircraft of No 342 Squadron 2nd TAF attacking harbour facilities. Aerial shots of Halifax bombers of RAF Bomber Command attacking army barracks. Aerial shot of Lancaster of No 15 Squadron RAF. Lancaster formation flying over the English Channel and shots of the bombing raid. Long shots of formations of Bostons and Lancasters. Scene change to two officers watching the bomber streams. Scene change to aircraft coming down in flames and parachute opening. Long shot of incendaries and bombs exploding.
RAF operational film of daylight raid on Brest, France by aircraft of the 2nd Tactical Airforce. Shows Mosquito aircraft at low level over the English Channel. Medium shot of Mosquito of 613 Squadron
RAF Bomber Command Operational films of daylight bombing raiders by Lancaster heavy bombers on Heligoland 19 April 1945 and Berchtesgaden 25 April 1945. (Ops 281) Opening scene taken from bombing came
RAF Bomber Command Operational Film No 268 of raid by Lancaster bombers on the railway viaduct at Bielefeld, Germany (possibly the strike by 617 Squadron RAF on 22 February 1945). Opening scene of an
RAF operational flims of daylight bombing raid by Lancaster heavy bombers and rocket attacks by Hawker Typhoon fighter bombers. Opening scene in long shot of bomb impacts on a bridge. Long shot of Lan
RAF Bomber Command operational film taken during 463 Squadron RAAF support of Allied ground operations in Normandy July 1944. Formation of Lancaster bombers on daylight raid. Tracking shot of an Avro
RAF Bomber Command Operational Film of daylight raid by Lancaster aircraft on the German held island of Walcheren, Netherlands. One of seventeen raids on Walcheren carried out by Bomber Command in sup
