Air Force Project 223-12040

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ARC Identifier 28987 / Local Identifier 111-LC-46682 - Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984) - 1945 - Selected scenes from US Air Force for proj. 223-12040, ca. 1939 - ca. 1945 - WW II scenes: AVs, B-17s flying in formation over enemy terrain (numerous shots). Ints, B-17 in flight.  Crewmen at their stations. AV, B-17s leaving vapor trails in the sky. AVs, flak bursts outside bomber. CU, airmen in helmet and oxygen mask.  AVs, terrain. AVs, rain of flak seen thru bomber window. B-17 with engine smoking.  Flak bursts. Bombardier at bombsight.  Bombs dropping from B-17s and hitting the ground.  Bombardier signals "OK". Smoking target area. Machine guns on B-17 firing.  B-17 smoking.  Machine gunner firing.  B-17 going into a tailspin.  B-17 trailing smoke amid flak bursts. At airfield in England. Ground crewmen waiting for return of the aircraft after their mission.  Planes fly over airfield.  Men in tower look thru binoculars. B-17 breaks from formation and lands. Red Cross ambulance races across strip. - Copied by Thomas Gideon

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