Flying Bomb Brought Down by Wing of Plane

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Australian officer served as pilot with 91 Sqdn, No 141 Wing, No 85 Group, 2nd Tactical Air Force, RAF account of bringing down V1 Flying Bomb with wingtip of his Supermarine Spitfire Mk XIV aircraft, East Grinstead, GB, 23/6//1944

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REEL 1 Account of bringing down V1 Flying Bomb with wing of his Supermarine Spitfire aircraft, GB, 9/1944: sighting V1 Flying Bomb near coast; using up ammunition after slowing down V1 Flying Bomb; description of V1 Flying Bomb; maneovred wing of aircraft under wing of V1 Flying Bomb; tipping V1 Flying Bomb over; sight of blast of explosion in field; informing controller of tipping V1 Flying Bomb over; attitude of intelligence officer on being informed of incident.

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Category: Sound
Related period: Second World War (production), Second World War (content)
Creator: BBC (Production company)
BBC (recorder)
Collier, Kenneth Roy (interviewee/speaker)
Production date: 1944-09-10
Dimensions: whole: Number Of Items 1, 7
Catalogue number: 2349

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