"Wing Tip" Drill 1932

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Full title reads: "Upper Heyford. 'Wing Tip' Drill. See this & the many other thrills at this year's R.A.F. Pageant - Hendon - June 25th."

Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire.

Long shot of at least twenty RAF planes flying high overhead in a 'V' formation - almost like a flock of geese.

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Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
5042
Sort Number:
32/047
Time in/Out:
01:28:32:00 / 01:30:40:00
Canister:
32/47
Film ID:
677.18
Issue Date:
13/06/1932

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