WWII - Color, 1945, England: Lancaster Bomber Mission Preparations; Night Fires; P-51 Mustangs.

WWII - Color, 1945, England: Lancaster Bomber Mission Preparations; Night Fires; P-51 Mustangs. RAF Avro Lancaster bomber crews on tarmac prepare for bombing mission, put on Mae West life jackets & coveralls & coats. 18:42:22 Slate: Kelley RAF T-34. MS gunner cleaning plexiglass top turret, CU gunner climbing up into turret & putting on leather helmet, goggles & oxygen mask, cranking turret. Repeat CU. Tail gunner does same. 18:44:28 Slate: Kelley P-51 T-42. Aerial shot from slightly in front of formation of four P51s w/ USAAF markings. Peel off. Over clouds, blue sky. GOOD. 18:47:15 Slate: Kelley RAF T-40. NAAFI canteen / truck w/ RAF men getting drinks & sandwiches, Lancaster bomber behind. MCU eating, drinking. Women out & pass out sandwiches CU & MCU. Men eating, drinking; laugh w/ woman. 18:49:12 Lancaster w/ bomb bay doors open; men working on plane, refueling truck beside plane. 18:49:51 View past pilot as engines starting. 18:50:09 View up to front gun turret; CU w/ gun sight. Bomber starting engines, chocks removed & taxiing begins. 18:51:52 Slate: Sgt Davolt RAF Roll 20. MS of radioman w/ equipment & sending on telegraph key; navigators & ? w/ Canada patches. 18:53:28 View up to pilot w/ many bomb mission markings on side of fuselage. 18:53:43 CU Insignia of Royal Air Force Squadron 156. MS Flag or sign on building w/ people past. 18:54:37 Battle flags on poles in breeze. CU British flag w/ RAF insignia. 18:55:04 Slate: Sg. Davolt RAF Roll 21. Night, fires from bombing. Several passes around. Flares dropped 18:58:11 Slate: Kelley P-51 T-43. Aerials of unidentified fighter plane w/ USA markings L YF peeling off showing wing shape. Aerial from above & alongside formation of P-51 Mustang in clouds. 18:59:53 CU of formation of P-51D planes w/ painted slogan on close one: Down For Double and dice & cards. 19:00:53 Slate: Kelley RAF T-41. Aerial of fires after bombings. WW2; 8th USAAF; Note: Lancaster bombers introduced in 1942. Down For Double flown by Lt. Col Gordon Graham of 355th FG HQ. He got 7 aerial & 9.5 strafing victories. Note: Any continuous ten minutes sold at per reel rate.