The United States Army Air Corps Boeing B 17 Flying Fortresses are filmed in action (1943)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit The fourengine heavy bomber aircraft known as Flying Fortresses carry cameramen on board to capture the action as they drop bombs over a target and dodge flak in the skies, and then attack the Uboat base at St. Full Description: UNKNOWN: EXT AEROPLANES (America) Testing FORTRESSES machine gun GUNS FORTRESSES guns in action V. G. Airforce Active Boeing B17 Flying Fortress, Bomber Command, Coastal Command, Norden Bombsight, Memphis Belle, Eighth Air Force, SaintNazaire, Operation Chariot, United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) Background: The fourengine heavy bomber aircraft known as Flying Fortresses carry cameramen on board to capture the action as they drop bombs over a target and dodge flak in the skies, and then attack the Uboat base at St. Nazaire in France, during which a bomber is hit and the pilot m