U.S. 8th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress bombers in England during World War 2. Interiors of an operations building shows an operations officer making a call on a phone. Displayed on a board is a chart of the airfield, RAF Chelveston (USAAF Station 105) in Northamptonshire, England. Airmen inside the operations building measure distances on a large wall map. A tower operator fires a flash signal gun. British and American airmen stand on an observation platform and watch B-17s overhead, while several aircrew members sit in the grass below. A British airman on the platform holds a very pistol.
U.S. tanks in Tidworth, England on D-Day during World War II. U.S. tank crew member chalks 'Berlin or Bust - Goodbye Old England' on side of tank. Jeep loaded with soldiers pulls away. Tanks leave the assembly area.
Sir Thomas Lipton dies in England. Past events showing Sir Thomas Lipton aboard yacht Shamrock V underway at sea off the coast of Gosport, England. Fully rigged yachts underway. Sir Thomas Lipton poses. He tips his hat while sitting in a convertible car.
A 60-mile gale hits the English Channel during a midwinter storm in Dover, England. Strong waves from wind crash on ships and port of Dover, England. Waves crashing on waterfront of Dover. Dover Pier with no merchandise (taken to a safe place) being pounded by waves. Men and women running away from waves on the coast during a storm. A strong wave hits the waterfront.
Film opens showing a Captain, Intelligence officer with the U.S 8th Airforce 97th Bombardment Group, debriefing Captain William “Bill” Musselwhite, Commander of the 342nd Bombardment Squadron, about his unit's experience participating in the first Eighth Air Force heavy bomber mission in World War II, attacking the Rouen-Sotteville marshalling yards in France, on August 17, 1942. Referring to a map, he asks Captain Musselwhite where his Squadron dropped their bombs. Musselwhite points out the path of his units aircraft and that his first aircraft overshot the target, but those following dropped "on range," bracketing the target on left and right, with one "stick" of bombs going right down the middle. He mentions one ship straying over the town of Rouen, itself.
British airplanes during World War II. Two men including James Hodgson stand next to an aircraft. Pilot gets down and men board the flight. Hodgson gets off the cockpit of the aircraft.
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