[RAF Coastal Command Beaufighters]

Operational film of RAF Coastal Command Beaufighter aircraft on anti-ship strike. The units are unidentified. Squadron codes on the aircraft featured in the film are K2, 2R, 1V and 1G. The aircraft sport Normandy invasion identification markings. Opening scene of Beaufighters taxiing on airfield. Beaufighters taking off from airfield. Torpedo armed Beaufighters in low level flight over the sea. Long shots of ships being strafed by Beaufighters. Anti-aircraft flak from ship defences. Gun camera film of attack on German destroyer. Scene of a Beaufighter with engine on fire. A Beaufighter is shot down. Aircraft with engine on fire ditches into the sea. Scene of formation returning to base.