Allied bombers conduct sorties over Pas de Calais (1944)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Allied air strike on German-held French locations Full Description: FRANCE: Calais: EXT AERODROMES (Aerial shots German airfield nr. coast of ploughed up by allied bombing) AEROPLANES, . MITCHELLS and BOSTONS escorted by SPITFIRES make daylight raid on Pas de on returning of German airfield severely ploughed by raids AEROPLANES, . LANCASTERS and HALIFAXES raid Schweinfurt at fires drop & explosions BOMBS Mitchells & Bostons drop bomb loads over Pas de FRANCE. PAS DE CALAIS raided by Mitchells, Bostons w. Spitfire escort.. bombs drop.. ground explosions.. on return home shot of ploughed German airfield Airforce - Active; France World War II, WWII, Second World War, War, WW2, aerial photography, heavies, air views