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1942 RAF raid Mataban
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1:50Now PlayingDate: 28th May 1942
Location: Burma, Myanmar
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
BURMA: Myanmar: Mataban:
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A Royal Air Force air raid on Mataban is chronicled from preparation to end including flyers on the ground, camera shooting in and from cockpit of airplane and live action
AEROPLANES R.A.F. & NAVAL PLANES. R.A.F.RAID ON MATABAN..Blenheims on airfield.. pilots outside hut..fueling..bombing up.mechanic underneath plane..pilots putting on parachutes..handworking controls in plane..plane takes off shot from pilot's cabin..Blenheims in air in formation..dropping bombs..smoke on land when planes fly over..C.U.bomb aiming apparatus..hedge-hopping..Pilot's names dope
BOMBS Mechanic plane bombing up for RAID ON MATABAN.. C.U. bomb aiming apparatus..bombs dropping & smoke columns on land where target is hit
BURMA. Raid on Mataban PARAMOUNT
MATABAN, Burma. R.A.F. raid on..Blenheims over target dropping bombs...columns of smoke & explosions on land
PARACHUTES AND PARACHUTISTS. Pilots fix parachutes before raid on Mataban
Royal Air Force; Airforce - Active
World War II, World War 2, WWII, Second World War, war, Bristol Blenheim, light bomber
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