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WWII - 1944, US Army Air Forces Dumbo Rescue Activities, US OA-10 / PBY. Rescued Flier. 10oct44

Reel Number: 250162-08

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1944,1940s

Country: Papua new Guinea,Philippines,USA

Location: Papua New Guinea,Philippines,Zamboanga

TC Begins: 12:38:02

TC Ends: 12:41:08

Duration: 00:03:06

WWII - 1944, US Army Air Forces Dumbo Rescue Activities, US OA-10 / PBY. Rescued Flier. 10oct44 Aerial w/ OA-10 PBY in distance above coastline of island; above as it lands. Two P-38s in flight below along coastline. Overhead 12:38:35 PBY taxiing past rubber raft & swimmer; helped out of water wearing life vest. 12:38:57 Slate: Camera: Chernoy. 07Oct44. Project III PBY - Zamboanga. 12:39:00 Man watching another write on pad; rescued flier drying off in PBY; talking w/ another while deflating life vest & putting on blanket. 12:39:44 CU pilot in plane; man climbing thru PBY. 12:40:02 Slate: Same. Roll 3. CU rescued flier in plane, handed soup or ??. Aerial over long landing strip and airfield beside coast. 12:40:38 Men out of PBY on airstrip; brief shot of trucks working on airstrip & aerial above strip w/ trucks working. WW2; US Army Air Forces; Aircraft; Rescuers; NOTE: VERY good quality. Dumbo was code name for long-range search & rescue mission aircraft NOTE: Entire short reels totaling up to ten minutes when combined sold at per reel rate.

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