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Go to HomepageReel Number: 250040-02
Color: Colour
Sound: SIL
Year / Date: 1945
Country: Indonesia
Location: Indonesia,Morotai
TC Begins: 06:08:52
TC Ends: 06:13:16
Duration: 00:04:24
WWII - Color 1945, Indonesia: USAAF B-24 Bombers; Morotai Airstrip w/ Mosquito Fighter Bombers 01-07Aug45 Air to air shots B-24 Liberator bombers: B-24 L-R against sky / water, coastline below brief. LS down to various B-24s flying L-R over water LS B-24 from rear. MCU fuselage B-24 R-L. ELS to 3 B-24s flying low over water, coastline in bg. MS B-24 R-L over water. ELS 6 B- 24s over water flying L-R. 06:10:02 Slate: Allied Air Forces (Morotai) SFP 194. Banes. LS British de Haviland DH.98 Mosquito Bomber taking off. CUs Mosquito starting engines. LS up to bomber flying overhead. 06:10:39 CU two men fueling plane ‘Dunrobbin’. CU pilot in blue cap in front of Spitfire ‘Hilary’. CUs two other pilots. 06:11:16 Aussie walking w/ briefcase past Mosquitos. MS man in blue uniform into British Mosquito bomber. 06:11:42 MLS Aussies work on Mosquito bomber. CUs Australians working on engine. MLS 2 Aussies talking beside plane. Full shot Mosquito, 2 pilots into plane; start engines & taxiis into position. WW2; Military Aviation; Pacific; Color; Airbase; Air Field; NOTE: 01-07Aug45 per NARA card. Japanese captured Morotai, early 1942. Battle of Morotai in Sep44 allowed Allies to capture southern plain & use as staging point for invasion of Philippines & Borneo in 1945.