Selected Scenes - USAF 8th Bomber Command

Selected Scenes - USAF 8th Bomber Command AVs above clouds good. VS airmen eating in mess hall, all wearing flying jackets. EXT airmen into hut / barracks. Command staff officers stand around huge wall map - one points w/ stick. Male operators at teletype machines; CU typed orders out of machine - ‘Stand By For Urgent Ops B/cast’ - list of orders. CU map drawer opened, sign above ‘Maps to be Handled by Authorised Personnel Only’; CU town on map circled. 11:27:16 Officers standing in front of large Mission Board & smaller chart ‘Battle Order’; documents gathered for flight crews ?. Night shots: ground crew preparing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers for mission; nose art glimpsed - ‘Mizpah’ ?; propellers tested; bombs loaded; bomb hatch closed. English church. Quonset huts - crew woken up in middle of night. 11:30:42 AVs three B-17s in flight above clouds. Air combat scenes partially staged: gunners inside B-17 check sky; navigator checks map; CU gunner sighting through gunsight; gunners firing at enemy planes; bullet casings piling up at gunner’s feet; B-17 falling into spin; good CUs B-17s in flight; MCU pilot wearing oxygen mask; bombardier looking through bombsight; B-17 streaming smoke & falling. 11:34:18 Ground crewmen on airfield waiting for planes to return from mission. LS B-17 crash-lands - recovery vehicles speed towards it; B-24 Liberator bombers come in to land; ambulance & jeep along runway; more B-17s landing. CU injured airman lifted onto stretcher. WWII. Military Aviation.