FIGHTER CONTROL AND T-6 (MOSQUITO SPOTTER PLANES) TAEGU, KOREA Part 2

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Signal Corps 111 ADC 8182-1 ADC 8182 SOURCE: AFCF (Air Force Shipment #15) Card 1 of 2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 852° ea Silent FIGHTER CONTROL AND T-6 (MOSQUITO SPOTTER PLANES) Taegu, Korea; 24, 25, 27 Aug 50 FS coming toward to right of camera, four T-6 planes rolling on steel mat strip. Two have Korean insignia. Ground crew working on engine of T-6. T-6 plane warming up and taxiing off. Pilot and observer getting into cockpit of T-6 plane. (incomplete) FS as T-6 plane speeds along runway, 1 to r and lifts off ground. FS, T-6 taking off from strip. F-51s taking off, one by one, speeding towards camera, then lifting upward and moving to right of camera. CU, pilot putting on parachute, adjusting headgear, getting into plane. CU, smiling pilot in plane. CU, another pilot putting on "Mae West" starting to put on chute. AVs, smoke over target. In the distance of one shot, a bomb exploding, sending up black cloud of smoke. CU, T-6 plane on recon, 1 to r. Another shot T-6 r to 1. Almost RV, T-6 plane in flight. RG 111 CU, T-6 plane in flight, r to 1, terrain below. Accession III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE., LIC 1, NY FB/ew 111 Signal Corps ADC 8182-2 ADC 8182 SOURCE: AFCF (Air Force Shipment #15) Card 2 of 2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 852° ea Silent FIGHTER CONTROL AND T = 6 (MOSQUITO SPOTTER PLANES) (CONT'D) Taegu, Korea, 24, 25, 27 Aug 50 (CONT'D) soldier and Korean loading .50 cal ammo into F-51. MCU, Korean putting warhead on rocket under plane wing. MS, another Korean, the same action. Several shots of little boy adopted by the soldiers. He is called Sgt Kim. Several CUs of "Safe Conduct Passes" with UN symbol which were dropped to NKs. AVs, of smoke moving up from area which has just been bombed (Waegwan). AVs, of Taegu. 27 August 50 Several F-51s taxiing on the strip. Pilot putting on his helmet, standing on the wing of F-51. F=51s warming up for takeoff. FS, F-51s streaking along steel mat strip before takeoff. RG 111 Accession III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th AVE., LIC 1, NY FB/ew

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities