The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
RAF Bomber Command Operational Film No. 138 and 140. Ops 138 Magdeburg. On 22 January 1944 a 2,000 ton raid was made on Magdeburg, Germany. The film shows pictures of the target ablaze during and after the raid. A still of 4000lb bomb falling into concentrated mass of flames descibed as one of the finest photographs of the war. These films were taken by a RAF cameraman who flew in a RAAF Lancaster "Q" for Queenie of 467 Sqn. Captain of the aircraft was Flight Lieutenant W. Marshall of Sydney. Ops 140, Schweinfurt, Germany. Night attack on 24-25 February 1944 in which all RAAF bombing squadrons took part. This attack followed up an US Eight Airforce raid from which fires were still alight. Excellent shots of target increasingly ablaze.
RAF Bomber Command Operational Films No 236 and No 238 Duisberg, Germany, 14 October 1944. "Owing to bad cloud conditions it was not possible to get material of the big attack on Duisburg in daylight
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 Fighter Command Operational Film No. F10 of the daylight raid on the German U-Boat stores at Rennes, France on 8 August 1943 by RAF Douglas Bostons of the 2nd Tactical Airforce (TAF). Bostons taki
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
Magdeburg, Germany. C. 1945-07. Twisted wreckage and the shells of damaged or burned out buildings are all that is left of the main works in the German industrial town of Magdeburg, target of Allied a
Bomber Command Operational Film No 182 of a daylight raid on St Cyr by Avro Lancaster heavy bombers. Long shot of the target. Flak can be seen below film unit aircraft. The bomb drop and long shot of
