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When Hollywood Ruled The Skies - Volumes 1 through 4 by Bruce Oriss


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PostPosted: Mon Jun 18, 2018 6:59 am 
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Bombing run on Brux, Czech from an old 8mm family film.



Image381st Brux, Czech by Jerry G, on Flickr

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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!

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Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)


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

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

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:drink3: Thanks Paul!

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Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)


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