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Pre inspection of a B-47 Stratojet by Col. Kunkle and Colonel Greer before it takes off from Brize-Norton Air Force Base.
Activities at Brize-Norton Air Force Base in the United Kingdom. A U.S. Air Force B-47 Stratojet aircraft stationary at an air strip. The engine starts. Operations being performed on the aircraft. An auxiliary power unit in front of the aircraft. Ground crewmen perform preflight inspection of the B-47 before starting the engines. Colonel Kunkle, crew member of the B-47 writes information on a flight plan form. Colonel Greer peers into a section of the engine. Preflight inspection. Col. Kunkle makes a visual check of the wings and all components parts of the aircraft. A ground crew operates the auxiliary power unit control panel for starting the engine of the B-47. He checks the rocket assist unit. Airmen make adjustments on the release nozzle of the rocket assist unit. The colonel reads information on a check sheet. A ground crewmen holds hands over the auxiliary power unit. A staff car drives up a taxi strip. Water covers the taxi strip. Heavy rainfall and no aircraft visible. Col. Kunkle, Colonel Greer and Major Richards get off from the car and walk. The crew donning flight equipment stands near the nose of the B-47 prior to boarding it. The Col. and the crew converse before boarding the aircraft. Men check each other's personal equipment. The B-47 stationary at the air strip. The engine starting unit with the auxiliary power unit in the nose. The B-47 taxis over the water covered runway. A jet blast blows a spray behind the aircraft. A ground crewman gives signal to the aircraft taxiing in the parking area. A ground radio control unit in a half ton truck. The operator of the truck talks over a radio phone. The rocket unit is set in. Rocket assisted takes off.
Aerial refueling of a B-47 Stratojet by a KC-97 Stratotanker at Brize Norton Air Force Base in the United Kingdom.
Aerial refueling of a U.S. Air Force B-47 Stratojet aircraft at Brize Norton Air Force Base in the United Kingdom. The nose section of the B-47 Stratojet as it approaches the tail section of a U.S. Air Force KC-97 Stratotanker aircraft for an air to air refueling using the boom method with a telescopic lens. The aircraft makes and breaks connections. A windshield wiper removes a spray of gasoline from a canopy after break away boom reacts and is then lowered. Three right wing jet engines. The B-47 during refueling and breakaway from the refueling boom. The spray covers the canopy of the aircraft. A close up of the pilot control stick of the B-47 flying on automatic controls. No hands upon the control sticks. A view of the B-47 during the breakaway of air to air refueling from the boom of the KC-97 aircraft. The spray covers the canopy of the B-47 and the windshield wiper removes the spray. The pilot's hand upon the stick. The pilot is dressed in protective clothing, wearing oxygen mask and a crash helmet. The pilot operates the B-47.
Men put on parachutes and board a B-47 Stratojet at Brize Norton Air Force Base, United Kingdom.
Activities before boarding a United States Air Force B-47 Stratojet at Brize Norton Air Force Base, United Kingdom. A pilot takes off his hand gloves and signs a preflight clearance form before boarding the B-47 Stratojet. He boards the aircraft. A group of men stand in front of the B-47. They arrange personal equipment before boarding the aircraft. Men put on parachutes. Two men inspect each other's equipment. A jeep in the background. They board the aircraft. A pilot, a co-pilot and a crewman of the B-47 put on parachutes. They check each other's parachutes and board the aircraft. The head of each men is visible as they take seats in the aircraft. A crew chief puts on a headphone and talks over an intercom system during the engine starting of the B-47. Men close the parachute compartment in the back of the B-47. The crew chief writes information on a preflight instruction form. Men doing preflight inspection of the B-47.
U.S. 351st Bomb Group B-17s take off on mission to Germany, from their base at RAF Polebrook, England, in World War II
Flare is fired from control tower and B-17s of the U.S. 351st Bomb Group begin taking off from their base at RAF Station Polebrook, England, on a mission to Germany during World War 2. The B-17 aircraft fly off in formation. View inside one B-17, as crew goes on oxygen, as they climb through 10 thousand feet. Sky filled with formations of B-17s. U.S. P-47 fighter escort aircraft of the U.S. 487th Fighter Squadron (352nd Fighter Group) at RAF Station Bodney, take off to accompany the B-17s part way. Gunners inside a B-17 are alerted to German fighters at 3 O'clock low. They are identified as the American P-47 escorts. Squadron of U.S. P-47s seen in flight. B-17s and escorts pass over the enemy coastline. They being to encounter flak which can be seen as Black clouds.
USAAF 8th Air Force B-17s returning from bombing mission over Germany in World War II
Views from a B-17 of U.S. 8th Air Force on its way back to England, after bombing mission over Germany during World War 2. The formation of B-17s is attacked by German FW-190s and ME-110 fighter planes. B-17 gunners shoot one down. They shoot down two more FW-190s and then an ME-110, which explodes in a ball of fire. An attacking German FW-190 is suddenly intercepted by a British Spitfire over the British Channel, and retreats. Seeing this, crew members in one B-17 begin to sing "Goodnight Sweetheart." Among the B-17s shown in flight, is B-17F, Serial Number 41-24635 (named:"8 Ball Mk II") of the 359th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, stationed at RAF Station Molesworth, England. A rainbow is seen as the returning B-17s begin landing at their home base. Two airmen are seen walking together in their flight gear, across a field.
A DH-4B receives the first mid-air refueling from a airplane flown by 1st Lts. Hine and Seifert in San Diego, California.
The first mid-air refueling at Rockwell Field in San Diego, California. 1st Lieutenant Virgil Hine and 1st Lt. Frank W. Seifert pose next to the cockpit of a modified United States Army Air Service Airco DH-4B. Workmen repair a hose under the fuselage of the modified DH-4B tanker aircraft. A workman pulls the hose out from under the aircraft. A second DH-4B aircraft in the background. The modified DH-4B transfers fuel to another modified DH-4B via a hose between the aircraft. Wings of DH-4B camera airplane. The modified DH-4B tanker with the fueling hose trailing behind it. Two modified DH-4Bs. The tanker aircraft with the hose trailing below it moves away from the fueled airplane and flies away.
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