NINTH USAF MARAUDERS ON MISSIONS OVER FRANCE ; LE LUDE, FRANCE Part 1

Description

Signal Corps 111 ADC 2523 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (AAF Combat Subj 2063) 2523 FILM: ARCH DN & APC MP 780' ea Silent 1 NINTH USAF MARAUDERS ON MISSIONS OVER FRANCE 21 Nov 44 MCU, crew of B-26 plane named "Truman's Folly". Eighty mission marks on plane. LE LUDE, FRANCE 21 Nov 44 AVs, B-26s in flight. AVs, bombs fall on targets. (Scratches) AVs, bombs fall thru clouds; goodhits and explosions below. Smoke from pathfinder target marker can be seen. Ints, CUs, machine gunner at 30 cal MG in plane. Ints, crew member in B-26 tosses white markers from plane. AVs, B-26s fly over Channel; English coast in bg. AVs, formation of B-26s in flight. (Scratch to R of screen.) AVs from plane, wooded terrain photographed from low level, high speed flight. AVs, formation of B-26s fly over thick white cloud formations. Terrain below is visible thru break in clouds. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERB/es

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities