WWII - Colour, 1942 ca, USAAF: Eighth AAF, B-17 Formation & Bombing Mission. R2 of 34

WWII - Colour, 1942 ca, USAAF: Eighth AAF, B-17 Formation & Bombing Mission. CU view past gunner & twin 50 caliber nose guns. 08:16:34 B-17 taxiing, nose of B-17 stationary, propellors turning. LS B-17s take off r to l. repeats. LS & MS B-17 taxiis to takeoff point w/ long line of planes. CUs; MSs. 08:19:11 Above B-17 in flight, No. 1 (left) engine propellor feathered w/ oil on wing. View over coast. Tracer fire seen below at unidentifiable aircraft over water. Views of plane over water & coastline. Bombs falling; exploding on ground of coastal city. Formation of five B-17s from side, r. to l. 08:19:52 CU side gunner of B-17 (brief); formation of ten B-17s. CU side gunner firing to left. CU bomb bay view of bombs falling (dark). Slug (brief). 08:20:32 Clouds & fighter makes pass at camera plane. Clouds & smoke below; flak bursts. River below. B-17s flying thru flak bursts. 08:22:19 Large formation B-17s, one plane's engine on fire. B-17 on fire going down. 08:22:48 B-17 dropping bombs. Aerial of aircraft formation above. 08:23:01 CU various crew members wearing Mae West life vests relax on way home from mission, smoking. 08:24:37 B-17s taxiing. 08:24:48 Operator in tower; CU tower operator operating flash signal gun. B-17 taxiing, scene repeats. 08:25:42 Aerial CU tail guns of B-17. 08:25:57 CU engines of B-17 in flight from in front. 08:26:07 CU bombardier. Brief slug. 08:26:24 B-17 taxiing; tail number 1246176 w/ rudder demolished / shot off. 08:26:36 Aerial from below & rear of vapor trails of B-17s in formation. Flak burst & B-17 aerial formation. Scenes of B-17s hit, going into spin. 08:28:12 MS & CU wounded being helped from plane, onto stretcher & carried to ambulance & loaded in. 08:28:49 CU demolished nose of B-17. 08:28:55 CU wounded being given blood transfusion in plane (dark). 08:29:26 MS removal of wounded from plane & covered w/ blanket. 08:29:46 Bombardier in plane from behind. Aerial LS from below of vapor trails of B-17 aerial formation. 08:30:10 CU rea viewr past tail of B-17 to vapor trails behind. 08:30:15 Aerial of bomb strike, smoke covers most of target. 08:31:10 Aerial of large formation of B-17s. Smoke rising from coastal target city. Smoke rising from another target. 08:32:10 Aerial from B-17 of formation, one plane's engine on fire. 08:32:20 CU top turret gunner operates turret. CU side turret gunners fire guns. some dark. 08:34:00 B-17 aerial, CUs; flak bursts, B-17 aerial formations. Several scenes of fighter attacks on B-17 formation. 08:34:53 B-17 right engine on fire. Aerial scenes of fighters attacking B-17 formation. WW2; 1940s; Military Aviation; European Battles; 8th USAAF; 324th Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group; NOTE: Partial or entire sold at per reel rate. GOOD Colour.