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[WWII - 1940s, Lancaster Bombers & RAF Crew Mission Preparations]
RAF Crew w/ flight gear out of wine-red quonset hut / Operations & walk past. MCU.
18:01:40 Tarmac, truck buses past. LS from under plane w/ buses to parked bombers & crews out, walk to planes.
18:03:00 Night bombing w/ explosions & fires seen from bouncing plane.
18:04:53 MCU Lancaster pilot w/ mustache pulls up ladder & hands to crew, gives thumbs up & closes door of plane painted black.
18:05:30 Men play at turning propellors on plane marked Camera Ship No. 2. CUs.
18:06:21 Men into Mae West life jackets, get into plane; golden Cocker Spaniel tries to climb ladder. Door closed & dog sits on ground.
18:07:51 MCU crew member putting on life jacket; RAF gunner putting on flight boots.
18:08:49 CU oval photographic portrait of Hitler.
18:09:15 RAF group commander car up to bomber; he gets out & briefs crew, compare papers, salute.
18:10:11 Truck / bus w/ crew pulls up & they get out w/ gear; put on life jackets.
18:11:17 Slate: Sg. Davolt RAF. Roll 19.
18:11:37 CU insignia: Navy - Army & Air Force - Institutes (brief). Men get coffee / tea & sandwiches; CUs eating at field canteen. Women (NAAFI girls) in uniform serving, talking w/ men. Men wave goodbye as canteen truck pulls away. MCU women waving from truck as it leaves.
18:14:21 Slate: Sg. Davolt RAF. Roll 23; then slate: Roll 22.
18:14:26 Small motorized field observation tower / flight control booth w/ windsock. Man signals w/ green light. MCUs & CUs.
18:15:53 Men w/ their metal cups lined up at NAAFI truck; sitting on grass eating & drinking.
18:16:47 RAF soldier inspecting storage area for blockbuster bombs, makes notes.
18:17:13 Slate: Kelly, T-31 (?). MCU Crew loading gear in Lancaster bomber; crew sitting on grass filling out forms & looking at map.
18:18:54 Tail of bomber, car pulls up & Commander out, w/ crew, leaves & crew to board plane P8580. (?)
Post-WW2; 8th USAAF; British Bomber Station, England;
Note: Lancaster bombers introduced in 1942.
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