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Report From The Aleutians Pt 4

Reel Number: 220928-09

Color: Colour

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1940s

Country: USA

Location: ALASKA,aleutian islands,North Pacific

TC Begins: 16:09:48

TC Ends: 16:25:26

Duration: 00:15:38

Report From The Aleutians Pt 4 Release of weather balloons and observations. Bomber crew preparing aircraft; briefing. 16:11:06: Fighter pilot climbs aboard plane, tiger painted on nose. CU cockpit. VS crews boarding aircraft. CUs airmen in position. 16:12:26: MCU nose of fighter plane painted with tiger emblem as propeller starts. CU pilot. VS fighter and bomber takeoffs. VS INT aircraft. AVs flight from Adak to Kiska Island to ‘harrass’ Japanese forces. Trial rounds fired. AVs Kiska, bombs droppping, gunners firing. 16:22:22: AV bombs dropping through clouds. AVs bombs hitting targets. VS return flight across sea. Pacific War.

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