Color WW2 footage. New to me, anyway
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2016 11:27 pm
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Color WW2 footage. New to me, anyway
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Re: Color WW2 footage. New to me, anyway
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2016 2:45 pm
Great find! Scroll down and click on the "B-17 Flying Fortress" tag and you'll be like a kid in a candy store...
Re: Color WW2 footage. New to me, anyway
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2016 6:28 pm
B-17G drone 44-83692; this and the inflight shots show the bomb bay doors partly opened - anyone know why?
And since Getty Images is connected with Warner Bros., there are several shots of our old friend Mary Ann:
And since Getty Images is connected with Warner Bros., there are several shots of our old friend Mary Ann:
Re: Color WW2 footage. New to me, anyway
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2016 7:21 pm
Another rare one: Y1B-17 36-160 plus another in early war camo:
Note the external bomb racks.
Anyone recognize the hangar? (March Field maybe?)
Note the external bomb racks.
Anyone recognize the hangar? (March Field maybe?)
Re: Color WW2 footage. New to me, anyway
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2016 7:51 pm
Brief shot of three B-17Ds over Hawaii in mid-1941; "41 11B" on left is 40-3084 per Osborne; anyone have an ID for "92 4R"?
Re: Color WW2 footage. New to me, anyway
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2016 8:51 pm
B-17E 41-2566 at a public display:
It had a short career; delivered to MacDill February 6, 1942 and lost April 20, 1942 (per Osborne, April 29 per AAIR) in a midair collision with P-40E 41-24933 four miles west of Orlando, with the loss of all on both planes.
It had a short career; delivered to MacDill February 6, 1942 and lost April 20, 1942 (per Osborne, April 29 per AAIR) in a midair collision with P-40E 41-24933 four miles west of Orlando, with the loss of all on both planes.
Re: Color WW2 footage. New to me, anyway
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2016 8:49 am
Thanks for the great link! A lot of very interesting stuff there. Christmas came early this year!
Did any of you check out the clip of French fashion model and actress Colette Duval setting a 1956 free-fall parachute jumping record from a B-17 in Brazil? I wish they had shown more of the B-17. I take it was one operated by the Brazilian Air Force. Does anyone have any idea which one? That jump looked like a hair raising experience, tough woman!
Did any of you check out the clip of French fashion model and actress Colette Duval setting a 1956 free-fall parachute jumping record from a B-17 in Brazil? I wish they had shown more of the B-17. I take it was one operated by the Brazilian Air Force. Does anyone have any idea which one? That jump looked like a hair raising experience, tough woman!
Re: Color WW2 footage. New to me, anyway
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2016 11:03 am
I believe that 4th Recon Squadron's number 92 was 40-3082.Chris Brame wrote:Brief shot of three B-17Ds over Hawaii in mid-1941; "41 11B" on left is 40-3084 per Osborne; anyone have an ID for "92 4R"?
Re: Color WW2 footage. New to me, anyway
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2016 12:19 pm
44-83692 is not just a drone, but it was used to collect fallout from the Atomic Testing -- the bomb bays carried collection bags
Re: Color WW2 footage. New to me, anyway
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2016 3:41 pm
Ah, that makes sense.terveurn wrote:the bomb bays carried collection bags
Here's a couple from Kingman for you: 44-83327 plus "X J5" from Alexandria in the background.
Re: Color WW2 footage. New to me, anyway
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2016 7:32 pm
and even that B-17 search does not find all the B-17 footage
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video ... /521235659
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video ... /521235623
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video ... /521235659
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video ... /521235623