U.S.Air Force pilot examines a crashed B-25 bomber in Burma, during World War 2. American pilot steps from Whirlaway helicopter, carrying a paint can and brush. He walks through deep grass, to a crashed B-25J Mitchell bomber, serial 43-3951 "Cornhusker" of the 83rd Bomb Squadron, 12th Bombardment Group. He climbs onto the B-25 and paints a large cross on one wing (visible from the air) to indicate that the crash has been reported and checked. He climbs into the cockpit, from the top, and removes instruments.
A U.S. B-25H of the 1st Air Commando Group, 10th Air Force, in Burma-India theater, during World War 2. It taxis and takes off. Separate view of pilot Robert R. Martin in cockpit of aircraft with name "Old Flaherty" under the canopy and insignia of the 10th Air Jungle Rescue Detachment. View of Curtiss C-46A-40-U Commando aircraft parked in rough field. B-25 flies low over the field, buzzing it several times. Indigenous people on the ground pull prop through and the C-46 starts engines, taxis, and takes off. It makes a low pass over the field as those on ground wave.
China-Burma-India Theater during the World War II. Bombing on targets by the 7th Bombardment Group of the U.S. Army Air Force. Smoke rises high due to a explosion. A number of B-29 bombers of the U.S. Army Air Force flying in a formation.
A YR-4 helicopter being unloaded from a C-54 aircraft in Burma during World War II. Air jungle rescue unit Pilots of 10th Air Force fly YR-4 to attend to a crashed B-25. Pilot paints a big yellow cross on the plane's wing and checks instruments. The helicopter flies back to the home base. Rescue mission members briefed before leaving for Naga Hills. Helicopter YR-4 lands at a helipad and takes off with an injured soldier.
Aerial view, from a Piper Cub airplane, of small outposts cut out of the jungle in Burma, during World War 2. A Sikorsky YR-4B helicopter is seen in flight, below. Scene shifts to a wounded soldier being taken from a helicopter, placed on a stretcher. A doctor or medical corpsman with stethescope around his neck, speaks briefly to the patient. Next, he is carried into a field medical building. A C-47 aircraft is parked in the background.Some Army personnel, including a woman nurse, converse while standing near the helicopter. Several men push the helicopter backwards towards a cleared area. A C-47 is seen taking off. Final sequence shows cumulus clouds as seen from a fixed wing aircraft in flight.
Views from inside Army Sikorsky YR-4B helicopter of the 10th Air Jungle Rescue Detachment, being piloted by Lieutenant Carter Harmon in Burma, during World War 2. The jungle is seen as a blur in some views. The back of Lt. Harmon's head can be seen.
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