The Imperial War Museum has added some web-accessible RAF Camera Gun footage to it’s online collection. The video, which can be found by following this link, has over 250 clips of 16mm cine “camera gun” film showing successful combats.
The collection includes 7 clips of 488(NZ) Squadron kills. The quality of the footage is understandably poor, and nothing like the shocking combat footage that we have been shown of more recent war zones. However, we must take into account the quality of the film itself; and the fact that all these combats were filmed in the dark. I believe that they do all add to the story of the Squadron.
For ease, I have listed the combats below, and referenced the time stamp on the video so that you can easily find the clip you are interested in. I should point out that the dates on the clips refer to the actual date of the combat which may differ to the dates quoted on this site. This is because my reference is the Squadron’s ORB which will record a victory on the day the pilot took off – therefore flights that span midnight may be a day out.
| Timestamp | Pilot | Date |
| 07:48 | Sqn Ldr Bunting | 14/iii/44 |
| 10:02 | Fg Off Vlotman | 22/iii/44 |
| 10:10 | Flt Lt J Hall | 22/iii/44 |
| 10:16 | Sqn Ldr Bunting | 22/iii/44 |
| 21:41 | WO Bourke | 19/iv/44 |
| 21:48 | Flt Lt J Hall | 19/iv/44 |
| 38:22 | Flt Lt J Hall | 15/v/44 |
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