A group of United States Army Air Force Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers taking off towards Foggia, Italy during World War II. Wheels retracting into B-24s as they take off. Rear view of Consolidated B-24 Liberator as it ascends. One is a Consolidated B-24 D Liberator noted as “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” of the 9th Air Force, 98th Bomb Group, and 343rd Bomb Squadron in flight.
German fighter aircraft and antiaircraft guns battle against U.S. B-17 B-24 bombers during World War 2. Formation of B-17s in flight. A high altitude formation of U.S. bombers leaving condensation trails. German air defense coordinators in control room give instructions to German and Italian defenders. Antiaircraft gunners fire at Allied bombers. Views of the American B-24 Liberator bomber "Sunshine,"tail number: 42-52106, of the 719th Squadron, 449th Bomb Group of the 15th Air Force, which force-landed with two engines shot out, inside enemy occupied Italy. (After repairing the aircraft, the Germans filmed it with its American crew for propaganda purposes. Those scenes are what appear here.) Artwork is seen on the "Sunshine." The final scenes include gun camera footage of Me-109s firing at B-17s and B-24s.
A B-52, modified as a mother ship, is seen in flight, with an X-24 lifting body aircraft suspended beneath it. (A slot was cut in the right wing which was fitted with a special pylon for carrying research aircraft.) No significant movements are seen, as the B-52 cruises smoothly at altitude for much of the beginning of the film. Commencing at TC: 01:26, Rear paddle-style flight controls are moved and and adjusted on the X-24. At TC: 04:53, the X-24 emits smoke and again, at TC: 05:27. At TC :05:36, the engine of the X-24 is running and the lifting body aircraft drops vertically away from the B-52, which then continues its cruise at altitude. (Note: the film is reversed so the right wing appears as the left one.)
Aircraft B-24 Liberator undergoes maintenance at Hawaiian Air Depot in Hawaii during World War 2. Workers work inside aircraft hangar. View of tail and propellers of B-24 Liberator aircraft. A number of B-24 Liberator aircrafts parked in line.
B-24 wreckage burns in Naples, Italy during World War 2. American military personnel gather try to put out flames using spray foam. Immense smoke from B-24 remains. Soldiers drag out two burned dead bodies of B-24 crewman. They cover the bodies with blankets.
Map shows location of Labuan Island , Borneo. Views from a U.S. 13th Air Force B-24 Liberator bomber as it conducts a low-level bombing and strafing attack against oil refinery and storage tanks at Labuan Island, on December 8, 1944. View from the B-24 as it flies low over the target, and its waist gunners fire 50 caliber machine guns, using indendiary rounds, at storage tank farm. Scenes from a second B-24 in a similar raid on December 10, 1944. Views of the storage tanks ablaze and billowing smoke. (World War II period).
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