WWII - 1944: B-26 Marauder Mild And Bitter Completes 100th Bombing Mission. 08May44

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - 1944: B-26 Marauder Mild And Bitter Completes 100th Bombing Mission. 08May44 Steam tractor pulling large harvester behind mechanics working on B-26 Marauder, Mild And Bitter, Capt. P. Shannon, MCUs & CUs of faces & motor. Two men talking, looking at motor. 10:29:25 Gunner wearing inflatable life vest cleaning machine gun barrel; other men working on machine gun mechanisms; tail gunner working on gunner under open canopy. 10:30:21 Refueling from truck, serial 31819 visible on plane tail. 10:30:30 Men loading bombs w/ hoist, fuzing. 10:31:00 Crew in front of nose of plane, nose art & missions visible. Men briefing, engines starting; nose gunner visible. Taxing, rolling & taking off. 10:32:29 Formation overhead. Air to air of large formation; from above two B-26s. Aerial of neat arm fields of France, black flak ack-ack. GOOD 10:33:06 MCU of bombs dropping from just behind B-26. Explosions on ground. View of bombs falling out of bomb bay doors; bombs falling; explosions & craters. 10:33:51 Ground crew waiting, smoking, looking up. B-26 formations over sod roof, gaps in formation ; ground crew watching. GOOD. 10:34:46 MCU air to air of returning Mild & Bitter, plane drops away. 10:35:39 Ground crew watching. Landing on grassy runway. Crowd of soldiers around plane; signing logbook; posing & shaking hands. 10:37:28 Painting bombing mission mark on plane; CU. USAAF officer shaking hands w/ pilot 9?). HA painting bombing mission mark on plane. CU finished marks. 10:38:21 MS Engines warming up & plane begins to roll on tarmac. WW2; Aviation; Allied aircraft; 322nd Bombardment Group; Andrews Airfield, Essex, England; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. Very good quality & coverage. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk