LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Saudi ammunitions dump

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

24 Jan 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:03:58

Description

Report on the job of loading bombs onto RAF Tornado jets in Saudi Arabia at munitions dumps for bombing raids on Iraq in the Gulf war. Corporals Tony May(?) and Phil Townsend(?) talk about working at a munitions dump and writing personal messages to Iraqi president Saddam Hussein on the bombs. Tom Carver of the British radio pool reports.

Contributors

Tom Carver; British Radio Pool; Tony May(?); Phil Townsend(?)

Keywords

UK; Air warfare; Saudi Arabia; Aerial bombardment; Air force; Military operations; Wars (events); Bombs; Iraq; Gulf War (1990-1991); Operation Desert Storm (1991); Ammunition

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