Taking off at a moment's notice is all in a fighter pilot's day's work

Record ID: 374856

  • Title: Taking off at a moment's notice is all in a fighter pilot's day's work
  • Date: 7th October 1940
  • Summary: Gaumont British Ident SLATE INFORMATION: All in a Fighter's Day's Work ENGLAND: EXT AEROPLANES .. R.A.F. & Naval planes at Fighter Station....taking off...landing... doing "Victory Roll" pilots talk of experiences Airforce - Active; Royal Air Force World War II, WWII, Second World War, World War Two, war, Axis, Allies, German Air Force, Luftwaffe, Royal Air Force,
  • Embargoed: 22nd October 1940 13:00
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  • Location: Unknown location
  • Topics: Defence / Military
  • Reuters ID: LVAA30J6YEVRON8P62OEOA48FK4F
  • Story Text: Pilots are called out at a moment's notice to engage Nazi aeroplanes in battle, return home doing a victory roll, and then tell an intelligence officer what they saw, including how many planes they hit; Czech and Polish pilots attached to the air station talk about escaping their own countries and coming to England to fight
  • Copyright Holder: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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