Sujet

RAF Film Production Unit film still showing a 'hurribomber' in flight, 1942. Creator: Royal Air Force Fim Production Unit.

Légende

Still from the film 'The Big Pack' produced by the RAF Film Production Unit during the Second World War, showing four 'hurribombers' - fighter bomber variants of the Hawker Hurricane - flying above the clouds, 1942. 'The Big Pack' was a Second World War film produced by the Royal Air Force's Film Production Unit, based at Pinewood Studios (RAF Iver Heath). The film showed the work of RAF Maintenance Command in managing logistics for a fictional operation titled Operation Storm. The film has been digitised and can be viewed on the Imperial War Museum's Collections website.

Date

1942

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Notre référence

HRM25A27_159

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

75,1Mo (2,6Mo) / 49,4cm x 38,1cm / 5830 x 4500 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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