The U.S. Air Force F-84-F Thunderstreak aircraft preflight inspection, United States. Pilot in the cockpit as he checks papers for write-ups. Pilot checks inverter and batteries in the cockpit. Pilot uses cockpit ladder and gets down, walks towards nose of an aircraft. Pilot inspects nose and landing gear of the aircraft. He checks ground wire at tire of the aircraft. Air pressure gauge being checked. Pilot examines aircraft for security. Pilot checks gun deck covers and pylon tanks.
The F-84-F Thunderstreak aircraft preflight inspection, United States. Center of fuselage section of aircraft with a stimulator gauge. Pilot sits under the right wing to inspect the wheel well. He inspects tires under right wing. Landing light in operation. Pilot examines wing of aircraft. Pilot checks for hydraulic system under fuselage section of the aircraft. Fuel tank being examined by pilot. Pilot looks at tail of an aircraft. Pilot walks around and inspects various sections of an aircraft. Wing-flaps being inspected by a pilot. Pilot checks wheels of an aircraft and pylon tank. Pilot checks for fuel supply and inspects air refueling door.
U.S. Navy PB4Y Liberator patrol bomber aircraft with an aerial camera in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Air crewmen exit quonset hut. Air crewmen walk to PB4Y Liberator aircraft parked in the background on the island. Air crewmen enter PB4Y with aerial camera.
U.S. Army paratroopers of the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, bivouacked at British RAF Greenham Common, England, prior to the Operation Market Garden invasion of Holland. Two paratroopers of 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment (hearts on their helmets), 101st Airborne Division, clown for the camera with foreign currency. A Lieutenant performs a good-natured inspection of his platoon, for the camera. Paratroopers prepare boxes of demolition charges for air drop. Another Lieutenant of the 502nd PIR inspects members of his Platoon. Soldierss clown around and have fun giving and receiving haircuts. Troopers seated under a tent, sharpening their personal knives and testing the edge by shaving hair on their arms. Group of U.S. Army paratroopers being briefed outside tents and reviewing orientation techniques while one holds a magnetic compass.
A U.S. Army Air Force C-45 Expeditor aircraft taxis up and parks near an Honor Guard. Lieutenant General Jacob L. Devers, Commander of U.S. Army Forces in Europe, steps from the aircraft (which displays "V" tail code usually associated with the XXI Bomber Command, 499th Bomb Group). Members of his party, including Major General Ira Eaker, Commander if the U.S. 8th Air Force, and a British civilian official (Member of Parliament?) stand near the airplane as General Devers inspects the honor guard. General Devers then leads the party to where a group of American Air Corps officers is standing. Devers stands aside while General Eaker and the British official and the other members of their party meet and greet the Air Corps officers. (World War II period).
U.S. Lieutenant General Jacob L. Devers, Commander of U.S. Army Forces in Europe, and Major General Ira Eaker, Commander of the U.S. 8th Air Force, escort a British official visiting an air base in the UK. The official speaks momentarily with U.S. ground crewman. Then a U.S. Lieutenant Colonel escorts him in a walk around a B-17, named "Delta Rebel" while the Generals and others stand nearby.(Captain Robert K Morgan, Pilot of the "Memphis Belle" is a member of the visiting party.) The British Official has an extended dialog with escorting officer. All members of the visiting party begin climbing aboard a C-45 aircraft. Change of scene show the party walking from the C-45 past an honor guard. General Devers greets several Air Corps officers standing in a line. He is followed by the British official, with his Lt. Col. escort. Generals Devers and Eaker speak with the Lt. Col. escort and then General Eaker walks with the official to a waiting car (appears to be a 1938 Packard sedan). The official enters the car and drives away, followed by American staff car and another vehicle.
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