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 four-engine 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 U-boat base at St. Full Description: UNKNOWN: EXT AEROPLANES (America) Testing FORTRESSES machine gun GUNS FORTRESSES guns in action V.G. Airforce - Active Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Bomber Command, Coastal Command, Norden Bombsight, Memphis Belle, Eighth Air Force, Saint-Nazaire, Operation Chariot, United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) Background: The four-engine 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 U-boat base at St. Nazaire in France, during which a bomber is hit and the pilot m