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Aerial views of B-17 bomber airfield and countryside.
Side view of countryside from B-17 Flying Fortress bomber. Airfield seen through gun sight on bomber. Distant aerial view of bomber airfield. Aerial view of countryside. Aerial view of empty airplane parking pads. Aerial view of military based. Aerial view of B-17 bombers parked in individual pads. Spinning propeller of B-17 seen through canopy with pilot in foreground while in the air.
POV rear landing gear B-17.
POV rear landing gear lifting off from runway on a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber./
B-17 Flying Fortress "Dame Satan" with engines running.
Top gun turret of B-17 "Dame Satan" turning left and right. Two guns in turret named "Mom" and "Pop." Side view of Flying Fortress "Dame Satan" with engines running. Low angle view of bomber with propellers spinning and gun moving through front side canopy. View of single B-17 engine running.
Hospital Ship, Atlantis, carrying exchange wounded Allied Prisoners of War back to England In World War II
In the first exchange of Allied and Axis wounded prisoners of war, the British Hospital Ship, Atlantis, with number 33 painted on her side, steams into port, at Leith, Scotland, (and then on to Liverpool, England) during World War 2. She is returning Allied wounded from Germany, by way of Goeteborg, Sweden. British soldiers are carried off ship on stretchers. Several ambulatory American soldiers leave ship on foot. Railroad train seen right at the port.
B-17 bomber crews of U.S. 8th Air Force are briefed before their mission
American air crews attend a briefing session in England during World War II. The mission briefer points out their target as the German port of Willhelmshaven. He also points to the positions of B-17s in the mission formation. Among them is seen Captain Morgan's name (pilot of the "Memphis Belle") as one of the flight leaders. The aircrews "hack" their watches. Several crew members kneel as a Chaplain gives them a blessing before the mission.
Final bombing mission of the B-17 "Memphis Belle" during World War 2
Ground crew loads bombs into a B-17. Pilot, Captain Robert K.Morgan and his crew, arrive by jeep and jump off in front of their aircraft, the "Memphis Belle." at an airfield in England during World War II. Captain Morgan gives final briefing to the crew as they stand in front of their aircraft. He and his crew then climb aboard, take up their positions and start engines. View of the nose and fuselage of the "Memphis Belle" shows artwork, including 24 bombs painted on its side. Views of other B-17s included in this mission shows names and artwork on their fuselages. Among them are: 'Dame Satan',' Hitler's Gremlin','Heavyweight','Royal Flush','Old Bill' ,'In Der Fuehrer's Face','Helno Gal' , 'Peggy my little Waaf', and 'Desperate Journey'. Group of B-17s take off, one at a time, for the mission. View from the undercarriage of one B-17 as it takes off and the landing gear is raised. Aerial views of English countryside and of several British airbases, as the B-17s fly at relatively low altitude on their way toward the English Channel.