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8mm film from inside a B-17 Bombing mission

Mon Jun 18, 2018 6:59 am

Bombing run on Brux, Czech from an old 8mm family film.



Image381st Brux, Czech by Jerry G, on Flickr

Re: 8mm film from inside a B-17 Bombing mission

Mon Jun 18, 2018 8:10 pm

I managed to isolate some frames from the video, and hmm - this is interesting:
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B-17F with turrets removed and stripped back to NMF with a stripe coming off the nose, tail code in outline - and is that "4-F" below the serial? I imagine this must be the formation ship? 8)

Thanks for posting these videos, Jerry!

Re: 8mm film from inside a B-17 Bombing mission

Sat Aug 25, 2018 3:54 am

That'll be B-17E 41-9043 "Little Rock-Ette":

http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/1109

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Re: 8mm film from inside a B-17 Bombing mission

Sat Aug 25, 2018 5:39 am

:drink3: Thanks Paul!
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