U.S. 8th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress bombers in England during World War II. A stationary B-17 at an airfield. Crew members assembled around the B-17. Turret guns of the B-17 are removed by airmen. The airmen inspect the damage on the B-17. Another B-17 with battle damaged tail.
United States Army Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress aircraft in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Several Boeing B-29 Superfortresss on an air base. A tractor hauls two B-29 engines one on each stand. The engine of a B-29 directly in front of the wing of the aircraft. Mechanics in the background. A mechanic works on a B-29 engine in a hangar. The tail of a B-29 as it taxis.
USAAF B-29 Superfortress units at Smoky Hill Air Force Base in Kansas,United States. The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber aircraft parked. The B-29 parked under the mechanic shelter. A tug pulls the B-29 aircraft. The nose section and engine of the B-29 aircraft. The crew stands in front of the B-29 aircraft and fasten parachutes. The pilot checks the crew's parachutes
U.S. Army Air Force B-26 Marauder bombers at an airfield in Germany near the end of World War 2 in Europe. A waist gunner, of a B-26 Marauder bomber, demonstrates the scope and maneuverability of his gun, aboard the aircraft, while parked on the airfield. The B-26 sits with engines running, and then is shut down. Cockpit control wheel gun switches are demonstrated. A pilot and a copilot at the controls in the cockpit of the B-26. Pilot dons a flak jacket, grasps the control wheel, and pats a pair of baby shoes hanging in the windshield. Pilot and copilot go through the motions of a takeoff, for the camera. A dog mascot sitting on a bomb. Ground crew screw tail fins on to bombs. B-26 taxiing. A Bombs being loaded on a B-26. Airmen load 50 caliber machine gun belt ammunition into a box. Shark's teeth are painted under the nose of the aircraft.
Allied warplanes in formation flying over Germany during World War II. Extreme closeup of a B-17 bomber in flight. Crew members can be seen in their positions in the cockpit, in the nose and in the top gun turret. Inside a B-17 cockpit, the pilot and copilot are seen wearing their oxygen masks. Closeup of two U.S. Army Air Forces P-51 aircraft supposedly providing fighter escort for B-17s. The nearest is a P-51D-5-NA, tail number 44-13325, VF-Z of the 336th Fighter Squadron,4th Fighter Group (probably flown by Lieutenant Earl F. Hustwit). Next, an African American pilot is shown in the cockpit of a fighter plane. Scene shifts back to the pilots in the B-17. Distant view of B-17 formation with top-cover formation of fighters. Another view of P-51, number 44-13325 and its wingman, in flight. Another view of the African American pilot in his cockpit. Several German Messerschmitt Bf 109 aircraft flying toward the camera. Three passing the camera.. View of several P-51s in flight. They release their belly drop tanks and peel off, ostensibly to engage German fighters. View of African American pilot, in cockpit, diving with hand on stick, pressing gun firing trigger. Closeup of guns firing from aircraft wing. A German fighter being struck and smoking. More views of the African American pilot in his cockpit. Gun camera view of an American fighter plane pursuing a German aircraft close to the ground. The German plane is hit and explodes. A P-51 flying close to the ground. Extreme closeup, again, of B-17 in flight, its pilots in cockpit, and the same two P-51s from the 336th Fighter Squadron, ostensibly escorting them. (Note African American fighter pilots, known as the Tuskegee Airmen flew in the 332nd Fighter Group during the war. Unfortunately, none of the aircraft from that renowned Group of "Red Tails" are actually seen in this film.)
Strategic bombing attack 'Shuttle Mission' by B-17 Flying Fortresses of the U.S. Army Air Forces on August 17, 1943 over Germany during World War II. A formation of B-17Fs over Germany. Vapor trails left by the airplanes. Aerial view of a German city. Smoking targets. B-17Fs over the Alps. A B-17 aircraft with a damaged tail flies over Regensburg, Germany. A B-17 aircraft with a damaged nose. Aerial view of African coastline. Mountainous terrain of Algiers, Algeria. Aerial view of barracks in Algiers. B-17Fs land on a field.
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