The 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron in Australia during World War 2. A United States Army Air Force P-38 Lightning photographic airplane returns from a mission. The airplane taxis on an airfield. A camera truck follows the airplane for exposed film. Camera repairmen take out magazines from the airplane. The pilot climbs out of the airplane. Men load exposed magazines in the truck on the way to a laboratory.
The 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron in Australia during World War 2. Interior of a laboratory. A Lab Section Chief working in the laboratory. He takes aerial reconnaissance negatives into a dark room for development. He closes the door of the dark room. A printing room. A printer hands prints to a developer.
The 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron in Australia during World War 2. United States Army Air Force P-38 Lightning aircraft take off from a runway. A formation flight of the aircraft. One aircraft lands.
View of tents comprising base camp of the U.S. 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron in Australia during World War 2. An airman drives a jeep up to the Operations hut and enters. He returns to his jeep, carrying a large envelope, and drives away. More views of the Squadron camp, with wash drying on a clothes line near some tents. Next, an airman is seen inside a hut talking on a radio. He then begins transmitting a message using a telegraph key.
U.S. 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, in Australia, preparing aerial photographs they took of Japanese positions in Rabaul, New Britain, Papua New Guinea, during World War 2. Rabaul prints being dried. A photo tech working on the prints. Another airman arrives and works with him. The prints are trimmed and sorted.
The 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron in Australia during World War II. A United States Army Air Force P-38 Lightning aircraft in flight. P-38 photo recon aircraft being loaded with film magazines and then buttoned up. The P-38 Lightning aircraft takes off on a mission to photograph Japanese positions in Rabaul, New Britain, Papua New Guinea, during World War 2. The aircraft lands after returning from the mission.
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