Briefing session of officers on Operation Thunderstorm at the U.S. Air Force's All Weather Flying Center in Wilmington,Ohio. Drawing of P-61 Black Widow on the board. P-61's stand on field. Man checks film on a moviola. View of transformers used for man made lightening. Man walks inside a huge ribbed cylinder. A specially equipped plane's canopy is subjected to bolt of man-made lightning. Briefing group on radar and Rotating radar antenna. Operators work at radar sets in a Nissen hut. Men rig cameras. Storm indication on radar screen. Radar unit in a van. Antenna rotating. P-61 comes in for landing. Radar van in foreground. Briefing on weather bureau research. Civilian pointing to station on chart. Weather testing balloons are sent aloft. Man at a tracking radar set. Weather map received on facsimile receiver. Man removes message (readings) from a teletype.
Technician draws lines and shades area on a weather map at the U.S. Air Force's All Weather Flying Center in Wilmington, Ohio. A U.S. Sergeant in radar station checks shaded areas on the map. Indication of storm on radar scope. Pilots rush to P-6s or Black Widows and take off. Five P-61s in flight. A P-61 enters a stormy cloud. Inside the cockpit view of the Pilot of P-61 in flight. View of radar antenna at ground base and men at radar station. P-61s fly through stormy weather. Technicians gather reports and look at record films on moviolas. A P-61 in flight gains altitude and banks.
Aerial view of two U.S. P-61s (Black Widow) in flight above Colomiers in France. A P-61 taxied on an airstrip.
Aerial view of a U.S. P-61s (Black Widow) in flight at a high altitude above Colomiers in France. The P-61 flies through a cloud laden sky.
A crew member of a U.S. P-61 Black Widow loads gun rounds in the P-61s mounted guns in Colomiers, France. Crew members work at different sections of the P-61 to prepare it for night mission. A crew member works near the cockpit of the plane.
Shows U.S. P-61s (Black Widow) taking off from an airstrip in Colomiers,France. Another U.S. aircraft can be seen in the background.