Lightnings To Germany (1965)

Item title reads - Lightnings to Germany. Lightning Mark 2 aircraft fly to Germany to replace Javelins for . Leconfield, Yorkshire. M/S large group of pilots from number 19 Squadron Fighter Command walking towards camera. Various shots Lightnings lined up in background waiting to take off for Germany. M/S pilots being given last minute briefing by Squadron Commander Wing Commander Cox. M/S Wing Commander Jones and Group Captain Wootton Station Commander, right. C/U Group Captain Wootton. M/S Lightnings lined up with pilots in cockpits. C/U pilot adjusting helmet. M/S . personnel and others waving goodbye. M/S pan two Lightnings taxiing down runway. M/S large sign: ’Royal Air Force Gutersloh welcomes you to Germany’. M/S radar turning. M/S pan with four Lightnings flying overhead. M/S Lightning landing and taxiing along runway. M/S pan Lightning, showing rocket attached to fuselage. M/S four more Lightnings flying overhead. M/S Lightning and parachute brake. Various shots Lightnings
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