WWII - Color, 1942 ca, USAAF: Eighth AAF Missions & Air & Ground Crew Work R10 of 34

WWII - Color, 1942 ca, USAAF: Eighth AAF B-17 Missions & Air & Ground Crew Work Four engine B-17 Flying Fortress flying overhead & landing, no. 3 propellor feathered; landing, No. 1 prop feathered. Scene repeats. 05:01:17 Air to air, aerial formation B-17s several scenes. Aerial single B-17. 05:03:52 CU gear lowering as plane lets down for landing, wheels touch down, plane continues on up strip & takes off again, wheels retract -- scene taken from belly turret. 05:05:21 Aerial formation of B-17s. 05:05:43 CU B-17 crew member eating sandwich & talking (MOS) in debriefing room. B-17 crew enter debriefing room. Drinking coffee, all smoking & talking. 05:09:15 MS ground repairmen drive up on homemade scooter / cart & CU putting fuel in its small tank. Drive along tarmac, POV past parked aircraft / B-17s stationary, props turning, taxi onto tarmac in line waiting takeoff. 05:10:49 MCU Pilot briefing B-17 crew near plane. MS crew enter plane. 05:12:09 CU graffiti name on planes, HITLER'S GREMLIN; ROYAL FLUSH. 05:12:49 LS USAAF operations building in England w/ American flag on pole, B-17 in flight in bg; CU flag in breeze. 05:13:44 Formation of B-17s passing overhead. 1 05:13:42 CU crew in briefing room; CU crews synchronize watches. MS crew into briefing room; exiting. 05:16:14 Briefing officer raises wall map, sets up smaller map & points at 3 routes across English Channel to target. 05:17:05 Officers, crew arrives w/ coffee for debriefing. 05:17:48 MS & CUs Ground crewmen sitting on grass watch B-17s landing on return. English WACs watch; officers watch & view from tower. 05:18:54 MEMPHIS BELLE taxiing tp stop; MCU crew poses near nose. Nose art on DESPERATE JOURNEY. 05:19:38 B-17 taxiing, ground crewmember in foreground gets up; others crowd near B-17. Two gunners carry barrels of 50 caliber guns & log books away from plane. MS crew & jeep greeted; POV of jeep. 05:21:42 Ground crew mechanics working on MEMPHIS BELLE near hangar. MS ground crewmen match coins. MS same men pitch coins at line. 05:23:30 Aerial of formation B-17s w/ gun barrel in foreground. Vapor trails in sunset (?). 05:24:14 Aerial thru flak bursts. Aerial formations of B-17s from several positions. CUs of single B-17s. 05:27:44 Slate: 6. MSs ground crew removing 50 caliber barrels; flight crew near B-17. WW2; 1940s; Military Aviation; 8th USAAF; 324th Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group; RAF Bassingbourn; NOTE: Any continuous 15 minutes sold at per reel rate.