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WWII - Color, 1942-1943, USAAF: Eighth AAF Damaged B-17s; Nose Art R26 of 34

Reel Number: 220969-04

Color: Colour

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1942,1943,1940s

Country: England,Germany,United Kingdom,USA

Location: RAF Bassingbourn

TC Begins: 06:11:03

TC Ends: 06:31:18

Duration: 00:20:15

WWII - Color, 1942 ca, USAAF: Eighth AAF Damaged B-17s; Nose Art CU damaged wing flap of B-17 Flying Fortress. CU damaged top turret. ECU holes in flak helmet. MS damaged rudder (flipped). ECU same. ECU tail of B-17. . 06:12:13 MS group of airmen on aircraft & looking at damaged B-17. Crew pose beside plane. 06:13:42 Upside down footage. 06:14:00 B-17 taxiing past w/ damaged rudder. MS crowd near tail of parked B-17, men look at damage. 06:14:38 Very dark of fuselage & tail. Lighter of damage on nose of plane. 06:15:28 CU engine w/ oil covering engine nacelle & fuselage. Officers looking at damaged tail. 06:16:01 Slate: 35. Officers inspect plane damage. Crowd near damaged B-17. CU flak hole in stabilizer. CU demolished nose. CU flak hole in fuselage, co-pilot area. CU flak hole in top turret area. CU demolished nose w/ large flak hole. 06:19:09 CU damaged bomb bay doors. MS airmen move new bomb bay doors to plane. 06:20:08 Pan from farmhouse to B-17 parking area. 06:20:35 MS men work on belly turret. 06:20:38 LS B-17 taking off. 06:20:44 CU name of B-17, PEGGY MY LITTLE WAAF w/ other names beside. 06:21:00 MS crew near nose of MEMPHIS BELLE. MS mechanics work on B-17. CU B-17 name: IN DER FUEHRER'S FACE. 06:21:12 (dark) MS B-17 parked. LS pan of B-17s in takeoff line; pan airfield as planes prepare for take-off. MS men pull props through. 06:23:06 Line of B-17s waiting for takeoff. 06;23:17 Parked B-17s 06:24:08 CU mechanic polishes nose of B-17. Crew of MEMPHIS BELLE arrives in jeep at plane. MS B-17 crew briefing at plane (GOOD). 06:25:47 Unspooling cable of radio (?). CU Plane name: CHIEF SLY II. 06:26:13 LS parked B-17s. High angle, crew arrives in jeep at plane. CU men work on bottom turrets. MS crew prepares to board plane. MS crew of MEMPHIS BELLE briefing beside plane & boarding. Repeat. 06:28:24 CU name of plane, THE GREAT SPECKLED BIRD. CU crew faces at briefing. MS looking at maps. CUs. WW2; 1940s; Military Aviation; 8th USAAF; 324th Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group; Europe; NOTE: Entire or partial sold at per reel rate. Some scratches and faded color in parts.

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