• Short Summary

    American Mustang planes in action.

  • Description

    Full title reads: "TRAIN BUSTING MUSTANGS".

    Location unknown.

    Formation of American Mustang planes taking off and flying past. Various shots demonstrating the power of Mustangs as they come in low over target area and fire on dummy targets - lorries.

    Pilots of an Army Co-operation Squadron walk towards their Mustang aircraft. Various shots of Mustangs attacking moving trains and German shipping and airfield. Camera gun action as they dive. Mustangs back in base after the operation.

    (Mute & Track Negs.)

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    1085.07
    Media URN:
    38077
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    03/06/1943
    Sound:
    Sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:02:18:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:07:18:00 / 01:09:36:00
    Canister:
    43/44

Comments (2)

  1. Unknown user says

    "Formation of American Mustang planes" - actually these are aircraft of No. 400 Squadron RCAF (Royal Canadian Air Force).

    "Pilots of an Army Co-operation Squadron walk towards their Mustang aircraft" - the two men featured are F/L Duncan "Bitsy" Grant, and F/L John Morton. (Sadly Grant was killed shortly after this film was made, on 22 September 1943).

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  2. Rose Vernon says

    268 Squadron. At 46 seconds into the film the shorter man on the right is my father, Alan Richard Hill DFC. He was so young! And I am so proud of him.

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