M. J. Powell wrote:
In message , Dave Eadsforth
writes
In article , Richard Brooks
writes
Dave Eadsforth wrote:
In article , Richard Brooks
richardbr writes
Eunometic wrote:
"Richard Brooks" wrote
in message ...

SNIP lots
[and then some]

I suspect that the RAF brass regarded the Amiens raid as (quite
rightly) a unique effort to date, and worthy of recording. It was
of course the RAF film unit, subject to normal secrecy conditions.
And the cameraman was very likely to return by virtue of the fact
he was in a Mossie (must have been a glazed nose variant - and
with no armament or ordnance, so freaking fast...)

I've had another look at my recording of the Amiens raid. The film
appears to have been taken from the navigator's seat, judging by the
bits of the cockpit frames that appear. There is also a shot of the
starboard wing and engine looking along the top surface. Perhaps the
navigator was given a camera and told to take what he could when he
could.

Mike

I think you're right as there is some great air to air footage across the
starboard wing too! Sadly a lot of the old documentary footage and snaps
held by next of kin just gets thrown on the bonfire unless someone has the
foresight to grab some of it. I remember as a kid, breaking into my fathers
bureau (normal for a child) and seeing photographs of carrier life possibly
on either Courageous or Indomitable carriers, photos of aircraft nose down
on the deck etc.

Richard.