Double header Marauder operations, 1939-1950
111-ADC-10482
08:27
Description:
Summary: LMS, U S fliers boarding B-26s in early morning. Planes taking off from field. LS, from above, seven B-26s in flight. CU, pilot and copilot in plane. CU, spinning prop. LS, B-26s flying past flak; bombs dropping from B-26. Aerial views, bombs hitting and exploding on installations below. LS, pan, B-26 landing safely with jammed landing gear. Seq: B-26 planes lined up for refueling and new bomb loads. Men are fed from truck while waiting, planes are lined up and take off. Crew members cutting on flak belts and helmets. Navigator snapping switches to release bombs, bombs falling to earth seen from bomb bay. Aerial views of exploding bombs dotting airfield in Holland. CU, bombs dropping from bomb racks in plane. LS, rear view, flight of Marauders in sky. Some planes leaving vapor trails. Extreme LS, B-26 with one engine hit and a trail of black smoke streaming from it. losing altitude. FS, planes landing on field in England. (NOTE: Excellent scenes throughout).