A crewman of a U.S. 8th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress bomber in England during World War II. He listens on the airplane interphone, using a headset.
U.S. 8th Air Forces B-17 Flying Fortress bombers in England during World War II. Views directly at the front of each of a B-17s four Wright R-1820 Cyclone engines, while the propellers are turning. The wiring harnesses are clearly visible.
Crew members of U.S. 8th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress bombers in England during World War II. Members of the crew take notes in a briefing room. A meteorologist briefs the crrews using a 500 mb chart. He then describes anticipated weather using a vertical cross-section chart showing weather along the route, from the ground up to the mission altitude of 25 thousand feet. Another officer presents a mission target briefing.
U.S. 8th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress bombers in England during World War II. Members of crew inspect the damage on a B-17 parked at an airfield. Its number 3 engine is feathered. The crew members stand near the nose of the B-17. Damaged elevators of the B-17. A hole in the side of the aircraft. The damaged nose of the B-17. Interiors of the aircraft showing damage. Crew members talk to each other in the B-17. An airman opens bomb bay doors of the aircraft to show the damage.
U.S. 8th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress bombers during World War II. A tail gunner in a B-17. Chart used by weather briefer shows vertical view of conditions from ground to 25,000 feet (mission altitude). Formation positions are shown on blackboard with aircraft positions by pilot names. A chaplain blesses B-17s as they take off in the background at an airfield in England. A B-17 in flight over Europe during a mission. The top turret of the B-17 fires. A waist gunner fires a gun.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill celebrates his 87th birthday in England. People lined up outside his Hyde Park Gate home to wish him happy birthday. Churchill comes out of his house and the people cheer. Police and officials stand along with them. Cars parked on the street. Churchill sits in a car and the car leaves the area.
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