Rocket Guns 1944

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Description

Item title reads - Rocket guns - first pictures.

Location of events unknown, somewhere in Britain.

Various shots of Britain's new antiaircraft defence, the rocket gun, in action. First pictures show it firing by day and night, we see single barrel and four barrel in action.

Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
44586
Sort Number:
44/028
Time in/Out:
01:48:10:00 / 01:49:15:00
Canister:
44/28
Film ID:
1354.18
Issue Date:
06/04/1944

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  • My Grandfather was in the Home Guard based on anti aircraft at Southampton.
    I always remember him talking about rockets. He must have been referring to these weapons. He said they operated in a group of 4 with a spare gun in the middle a bit like the 5 on a dice.

    Douglas Gardiner 29th Apr 2013

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