Outtakes from the film "Memphis Belle". Crew members of a B-17 Flying Fortress leave a briefing room in the European Theater. They come out of the briefing room and walk towards the plane which is parked on a field. Houses and trees in the area. A trailer on the field. A man stands near the plane.
Mission footage outtakes from the film "Memphis Belle". B-17 Flying Fortress in flight in the European Theater. An aerial view of a B-17 in flight. A formation of B-17s. The target area in view. Bombs fall from the bomb bay and hit the target area. Smoke from the explosion. (World War II period).
Mission footage outtakes from the film "Memphis Belle". A B-17 Flying Fortress in flight in the European Theater. The navigator checks a map. The crew relaxes during the flight of the plane. A man lights a cigarette. An unmanned top turret gun.
Mission footage outtakes from the film "Memphis Belle". B-17 Flying Fortress in flight in the European Theater. An aerial view of group of B-17s in flight. A pilot in the cockpit. He wears an oxygen mask and the bell inflates and deflates. A gunner prepares to hit a target. Views of the nose guns while in flight. The planes fly in formation leaving vapor trails behind.
U.S. Air Force operations in the European Theater during World War 2. A bombardier gets out of the nose of a U.S. B-17 Flying Fortress bomber plane. Pilots talk beside a B-17. An animation of number of sorties and tons of bomb drops over enemy target. Aerial point of view (POV) shots from cockpit of a US Army air force aircraft in flight on an attack run flying low over houses and industry of enemy territory in Europe during World War 2. An aerial formation of B-17s, P-39 Airacobra fighters, B-24 Liberator bombers and P-38 Lightning fighters. Chancellor of Germany Adolf Hitler giving an impassioned, animated, emotional speech. German Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels in a conference. American men and women war production workers inside a factory making war materiel. U.S. firing squad fires salute over a grave. An airplane burns and a crew member face down on the grass. U.S. Army Air Force fighters and bombers in flight and bombs away views as bombers drop bombs on German targets .
38th and 338th Fighter Squadron P-38H's taxi round perimeter track at Nuthampstead and take-off down main runway. Some of the planes take off in pairs and others singly. Among those seen are , Lt. Jerry Ayers' P-38H coded CG-Q and Lt. Stanley Richardson's P-38H coded CL-X. Views of 55th Fighter Group P-38H planes escorting 91st Bomb Group B-17Fs in European Theater of Operations. Flights of P-38 planes position themselves to protect B-17 formations. Crew officers (including Capt. Hancock of the 38th FS) observe the activities from ground. The P-38s return to land. One P-38 releases drop tank over the airfield before landing. (World War II period).