Film opens with camera panning across Kindley Field, Bermuda, where WB-50 and WB-29 aircraft of the U.S. Air Force 59th Weather Reconnaissance Flight (Hurricane Hunters) are parked. Cluster of buildings and checkered tanks are seen behind them. Scene shifts to crew of a WB-29, in flight gear, including back pack parachutes, posing in front of their aircraft. The Aircraft Commander checks their chutes and they board the aircraft.
WB-29 aircraft of the 59th Weather Reconnaissance Flight (Hurricane Hunters) flying in and out of cumulus storm clouds. Radio operator at his position keying an outbound message. A dropsonde operator working. He opens an airlock cover and then places the dropsonde into it and secures it. The airlock cover is then closed. The operator looks down through a window in the airlock.
Weather airplanes in Bermuda. Kindley Air Force Base. United States Air Force officers looking at a weather map. Pilots briefing crew. United States Air Force WB-50D Superfortress aircraft taking off. A pilot and a co-pilot at the controls of the aircraft. They locate the eye of a hurricane. Flight crew works at weather recording and communication equipment inside the aircraft. A USAF officer recording wind velocity readings on a weather map. The WB-50D in flight.
United States Army 7th Air Force Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber flies over Arakabesan, Palau in Pacific theater during World War II. Aerial view of Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber aircraft in flight as seen from another aircraft. Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers flying in formation. Aerial view of Japanese held Arakabesan, Palau during bombing mission.
Close up aerial views of United States Army 7th Air Force Consolidated B-24J Liberator bomber aircraft with nose art showing a standing woman and painted name “Hay Maker” (Serial Number 44-40729) as it flies over Arakabesan, Palau in World War II. A squadron of bombers in flight. Aircraft flying over an airfield and roads in Palau. Shadows of bombers as seen on the ground.
United States Army Air Force airmen pose in front of a Consolidated B-24 Liberator “Pious Plunderer” in Palau during World War II. Nose art depicts a woman dressed as a pirate. “Uncle Rafe” is also seen written on the upper left side of the nose art. The soldiers and mechanics smile as they pose in front of the bomber. Airmen inspect damage on the Consolidated B-24 Liberator “Pious Plunderer”.
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