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WWII - 1944, USAAF: Aviation (Pacific mobile repair unit; Hell’s Angel returns to USA after 48 missions)

Reel Number: 220475-32

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1944,1940s

Country: England,United Kingdom,USA

Location: Pacific

TC Begins: 16:07:26

TC Ends: 16:08:50

Duration: 00:01:24

WWII - 1944, USAAF: Pacific, mobile repair unit; USA, B-17, Hell’s Angel, returns) Intertitle: Aviation - Mobile Plane Repair Unit. 16:07:35 Rebuilding planes on field using machine shop in truck (?). Wing leading edge lifted by USAAF men into place. 16:07:47 Liberator bomber belly landing after wheel collapses, military ambulance arrives & men rush to aircraft. Men roll track unit under B-17 Flying Fortress damaged from belly landing; towed to be repaired. 16:08:12 Intertitle: Army Air Corps Reunion. 16:08:16 Bomber, Hell’s Angel, taxiing on return from Britain after 48 missions; fuselage covered w/ graffiti writing & pictures. Crew exits & greeted by former crew who had returned after 25 missions. Captain Johnson shakes hands w/ Captain Baldwin. 16:08:41 Both crews pose alongside plane. 16:08:45 The End - Back The Attack, Buy War Bonds Now. WWII Pacific; Army Air Corps; 1944;

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