RAF War Time Operations 1944 (Jan-June) (DVD)
Imprint: Pen & Sword Digital
Running Time: 55 (mins)
ISBN: 5060247620763
Published: 14th August 2013
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“The Gen” is the ultimate primary film source for anyone with an interest in the Royal Air Force operations during World War II. The “Gen” was the official series of films made to communicate RAF activities to all sections of the RAF personnel and the general public.
Filmed in every theatre of the war both on the ground at RAF airfields and from the air by specially converted camera carrying aircraft, this unique series of films provides a comprehensive record of the activities of RAF personnel and the aircraft they flew including the fighters, fighter bombers, medium and heavy bombers.
“The Gen” from January to June 1944 features a comprehensive overview of the day to day activities of the RAF during this period and includes the construction of Hurricanes in West Africa, 342 Squadron preparing their Boston aircraft and carrying out a raid on a power station near Paris, and “The Day”, second front preparations for “the coming storm”.
Essential viewing for anyone interested in World War II from primary sources.
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About Bob Carruthers
Bob Carruthers is one of the UK’s leading military historians and is famous in the UK for the bestselling book The Wehrmacht in Russia, published by Pen & Sword, which topped Amazon bestseller charts in 2012. Bob is also an Emmy AwardTM winning filmmaker whose work in the form of series such as Battlefield, Line of Fire, and Weapons of War are channel staples that are shown on BBC, Channel 4, Discovery, PBS and numerous other channels around the world.