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USAAF airmen load bombs on B-26 of 323rd Bomb Group preparing for mission to bomb targets in Germany during World War II
Slate identifies location as A-83 (Denain-Prouvy Airdrome, France) and date as 29 April (1945). Ground crew armorers are connecting wires to bombs and loading them into the bomb bay of a a U.S. Army Air Forces Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft of the 323rd Bombardment Group. View from under the aircraft as a crewman gives signal to close bomb bay doors and they slowly close and lock. Ground crewman removes a metal chock from the aircraft wheel. Flight crew members climb aboard the aircraft. A crew member writes in chalk on a bomb sitting on the ground. The message is: "Happy Boithday Hoimann from Duffy's Tavern," (conveying the New York accent associated with characters in "Duffys Tavern" radio show). World War 2; WWII; WW2.
Flight crew of USAAF 323rd Bomb Group stages scenes in their B-26 aircraft, during World War II
Staged views from inside a Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft of the USAAF 323rd bombardment Group, at Denain-Prouvy Airdrome, France, in World War 2. Pilot and copilot settle into their respective seats in the cockpit. The pilot hangs a pair of white baby shoes from tubing (vacuum or hydraulic line?) crossing the cockpit windshield. He pats the shoes. View of pilot's hand advancing both engine throttles.Then view of copilot's hand adjusting throttles and mixtures. View of waist gunner peering out of B-26 and maneuvering his machine gun in various directions. A B-26 (with white tail of the 323rd Bomb Group) parked with both engines running. The engines shut down and its 4-bladed props stop. Views of pilot's and copilot's hands maneuvering the yokes in the cockpit. Crew member assists pilot as he dons a flak jacket (Flyers Vest M1). He then dons a flying helmet, and taps his good-luck baby shoes again. Copilot maneuvers control yoke as they converse using their throat microphones.
U.S. Army Air Forces B-26 bomber starts engines during World War II.. Loose formations of C-47 transport aircraft in flight.
U.S. Army Air Forces operations in Germany near the end of World War II. Fire guard stands watch as a USAAF B-26 aircraft of the 323rd Bombardment Group, starts engines at Denain-Prouvy Airdrome (A-83) in France, during World War 2. More than 50 bombs are painted on fuselage of the aircraft, representing completed bombing missions. The aircraft is equipped with 4-bladed propellers. Airman stands fire guard with extinguisher as Left engine is started. He then goes to the other side of the airplane to stand fire guard as the right engine is started. Change of scene: Allied C-47 Skytrain transport aircraft are seen flying overhead in extremely loose formations.
A French Char 2C Tank being tested after World War I.
A French Char 2C Heavy Tank being tested in France following World War I. The tank moves out of a pond and rolls across a field. Soldiers lying on the ground behind the tank. The tank moves into the pond.
American flyers being repatriated from internment in Switzerland during World War II
A Swiss Border guard walks toward camera, on the French side of the Franco-Swiss border crossing near Annecy, France, during World War 2. He confers with an officer of the U.S. Army Air Force. A tram arrives on the Swiss side and stops at the border. A large group of American pilots and crew step from the tram with their baggage. They are barred from moving further, by Swiss guards. But one man in a raincoat, walks past the guards and greets U.S. officers and an official, outside a customs office at the border. A Swiss border guard supervisor directs guards to move the flyers to a walkway. Another American Army officer arrives and greets those already there. The flyers being repatriated from Switzerland, walk en masse across the border and climb aboard a bus waiting on the French side.
U.S. Naval officers in Europe and the United States at the end of World War I
A glimpse of two U.S. Navy Captains exiting a dark alley, somewhere in France right after World War 1. Scene shifts to U.S. Admiral William S. Benson, the first Chief of Naval Operations, posing with Vice Admiral William S.Sims, Commander of all U.S. Naval forces in Europe. Several French men watch from inside an alley in the background. The two admirals turn to enter the building in the background. Next, a U.S. Navy Captain is seen standing on deck of a ship alongside another officer. Two American Naval officers smile and converse at a waterfront, in the United States. One is dressed in work overalls.A workman sits behind them in a shack that has a hand-scrawled message on the door reading:""No Smoking Allowed in here." Complete change of scene shows a line of young U.S. Naval officers replete with swords, entering a large brick Georgian revival building by way of a stairway at a side door. It appears they are entering an auditorium. What looks like a 1918 Phaeton car is parked at the curb outside. The officers number in the dozens. Another change of scene shows closeup of a an unidentified, relatively young, clean shaven, U.S. Naval Rear Admiral, posing in front of a stone wall behind which the tops of several widely separated buildings are seen. He removes his hat.
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