A record of a series of training sorties by Flight Lieutenant Frank Raven of 268 Squadron Royal Air Force believed flying a P-51 Mustang during July and August 1944. The film features Flt. Lieut. Raven attempting to find and keep in target a series of aircraft including another fighter aircraft, a cargo plane and a bomber. He also practices attacking ground targets which pays off as the film ends on him attaching a real German ground position on the 30th March 1945 which explodes following...

A record of a series of training sorties by Flight Lieutenant Frank Raven of 268 Squadron Royal Air Force believed flying a P-51 Mustang during July and August 1944. The film features Flt. Lieut. Raven attempting to find and keep in target a series of aircraft including another fighter aircraft, a cargo plane and a bomber. He also practices attacking ground targets which pays off as the film ends on him attaching a real German ground position on the 30th March 1945 which explodes following gun fire. Title: F/LT Raven Sortie 20. Ex. Combat. Y. FLT: 12:8:44. MAG 24 Through the targeting reticule of an aircraft in flight another fighter airplane flies in front before disappearing and is them being filmed flying past at speed as the airplane attempts to require the target. Title: F/LT Raven Sortie 16 A/o 402 MAG 100. Ex. A.T.O. A. Y. FLT 11:8:44. Score Underexposed images of an aircraft flying in front of the reticule. Title: F/LT Raven Sortie 3. MAG 23. A/c 630. Ex A.T.0.6/ Y. FLY 10:8:44. Score 19.5% In quick succession the aircraft aims at a square target on the ground changing to a different airplane, possibly a cargo plane such as a Douglas C-47 Skytrain Dakota or similar. Again, the reticule targets another aircraft flying nearby. Title: F/LT Raven Sortie 15. Ex: A to A. Mag 23 A/c 581. Y. FLT. 9:8:44. Score 5 Through the targeting reticule a bomber aircraft with four propellor engines changes to the airplane attempting to target a torpedo-shaped object known as a drogue which is being pulled along at the rear of the aircraft before returning to the targeting of the bomber. Title: F/LT Raven Sortie 3. Ex: A to A. Mag 11 A/c 484. Y. FLT. 9:8:44. Score 6.05% Through the reticule another fighter aircraft in front changing again to attempts to target another drogue which is being dragged behind an aircraft. Title: F/LT Raven Sortie 10. MAG 46 A/C 380. Ex: A to G. Y FLT 8:8:44. Score 11.5 A low flying fighter aircraft in front, possibly a P-51 Mustang, banks left and right to avoid targeting. Title F/LT Raven. Y. FLT. 7:8:44. Sortie 21. Ex: A to G. MAG: 21 A/c. 581. Score: 48% Again, the aircraft makes several strafing attacks at a square target place on the ground. Title: F/LT Raven. Y. FLY 7:8:44. Sortie 10. Ex: A to G. AC 581. MAG 600. Score 30.5% Another square target on the ground being targeted during a strafing run. Title: Raven. Sortie 17. Ex 26(i). MAG 10. Y/FLT 6.8.44 A series of sorties against another fighter aircraft in front. Title: Raven. Sortie 8. Ex 22. MAG 67. Y/FLT 6.8.44 Additional attack runs against a fight aircraft in front which banking left and right. Title: Raven. Sortie 7. Ex 22 MAG 14. Y/FLT 4.8.44 The targeting of a fighter plane flying in front, the camera banking left and right finding and holding its target. Title: Raven. Sortie 8. Ex 22. MAG 14. Y/FLT 31.7.44 The targeting of a fighter plane flying in front, the camera banking left and right finding and holding its target. Title: Raven. Sortie 8. Ex 21c. MAG 115. Y/FLT 30.7.44 Following another fighter aircraft in front, it doesn’t try to fly out of target range. Title: Raven. Sortie 7 Ex 21a. MAG 11. Y/FLT 29.7.44 The camera follows another fighter aircraft in front, it banks left and then right low over the ground below. Title: Raven. Sortie 12. Ex 20. MAG 22. Y/FLT 28.7.44 Flying in close proximity to the fighter aircraft in front which pulls up and banks right. The camera follows. Title: Raven. Sortie 8. Ex 19. MAG 39. Y/FLT 28.7.44 The aircraft flies in close proximity with the fighter aircraft in front changing to the airplane targeting a four engine bomber aircraft, a second bomber flies in close formation nearby. Title: 2 TAF Combat Film No. B. 7975. Raven. 268 Squadron. 30-3-45. 1100. Mustang. Attacking Ground Targets Through the targeting reticule of a P51-Mustang fighter aircraft the attack on a German ground target which explodes when hit with gunfire. Title: 2 TAF Combat Film No. B. 5885. F/L Raven. 268 Squadron. 17-3-45. 1745. Mustang. Attacking Ground Targets