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Crewmen inspect flak damaged U.S. 8th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress bomber at an airfield in England during World War II.

U.S. 8th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress bombers in England during World War 2. Crewmen inspect flak damage to B-17F, tail number 42-29487 named "Ritzy Blitz" (name not shown) of the 91st Bombardment Group, 324th Squadron, stationed at RAF Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, England. Severe damage is seen on left wing flap and left elevator.

Date: 1943
Duration: 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675061407
U.S. Army Air Force B-17 crew at RAF Station Polebrook in England, during World War II.

Activities ofUnited States Army Air Forces at RAF Polebrook during World War 2. Scenes from filming of "Combat America." U.S. AAF B-17 crew synchronizing watches and preparing for a bombing mission. Medic talks to crewman about his injured hand. Airplanes and personnel on the airfield in the far background.

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675062859
Flak damaged U.S. 8th Air Force B-17 bombers parked on airfields in England during World War II.

U.S. 8th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress bombers in England during World War 2. B-17 parked on an airfield shows damage caused during missions in Europe. The airplane is painted with image of Bugs Bunny and the name: "What's Cookin Doc?" Flak damage to the B-17. Damaged rudder. Flak demolished tail gun. A large flak hole on the airplane. Camera pans over several other B-17s. The first damaged B-17 shown, 41-24525, "What's Cookin Doc?" is from the 547th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group, at RAF Station Grafton Underwood. The rest of these battle-damaged aircraft are from the 91st Bomb Group, Bassingbourn, England, including: B-17: 42-3031, "Nitemare" of the 324th Bomb Squadron; B-17: 41-24524, "The Eagle's Wrath,"of the 323rd Bomb Squadron; and B-17: 42-2990, "Dame Satan" of the 322nd Bomb Squadron. (Note: Subsequent to this clip, two of the aircraft shown, "What's Cookin Doc?" and "Dame Satan" were shot down with all aboard KIA, one shortly after this was filmed.)

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675061418
U.S. AAF medic examines hand of a B-17 crew member, during World War II, at RAF Station Polebrook, England.

Activities of the United States Army Air Forces stationed at RAF Polebrook in England, during World War 2. Several takes of scene in filming of "Combat America." Base building near the airfield. U.S. AAF B-17crew members conversing with Army doctor. A car passing in the background. Closeup of Army doctor, Major Nowack. An ambulance parked in the background. Major Nowack looks at hand of a crew member.

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675062861
British Foreign Secretary Eden reviews troops during a visit to U.S. bomber station in England (WW2)

British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden at an airfield in England during World War II. Anthony Eden reviews troops at the airfield. Lieutenant General Jacob L. Devers and Major General Ira C. Eaker accompany the Secretary. Eden shakes hands with the officers at the U.S. bomber station. Secretary Eden looks on with an aircraft in the background. A man seated in the cockpit with Nazi German swastikas on the door of the plane. Secretary Eden shakes hands with flight crew members lined up at the bomber station. Officers including Colonel Curtis Le May, Colonel Archie Old, Colonel Peterson also present at the air base.

Date: 1943, June 25
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675059504
303rd Bomb Group B-17s and A-20Cs in flight over the Molesworth Airfield in England during World War II.

The United States Army Air Force (USAAF) 303rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) 'Hell's Angels' at the Royal Air Force (RAF) Station Molesworth in England during World War II. USAAF Douglas A-20C Boston IIIAs taxi past parked B-17 Flying Fortresses. The aircraft take off. Several B-17s take off. The aircraft in flight. Aerial view of the Airfield. The landscape around the Airfield. The B-17s in flight over fields and buildings in rural England.

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058065