Improvised B-26 Armor - 250158-12 | Footage Farm Ltd

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[WWII - 1941 (?), USAAF Aircraft: B-26 Marauders Modified With Armor Plate Salvaged From Bone-Yard]
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05:27:08 USAAF airmen salvaging scrap metal & parts from B-26 Marauders in North African “bone-yard”. Captain Potter inspecting damaged nose. LS & MSs of wreckage. Crane lifting fuselage. Men removing armor plate from behind pilot & floor beneath waist gunner. Cutting & welding; demonstrating plate to be mounted in front of bombardier w/ slit for sighting. Piece shown to go beneath for protection from groundfire.
05:28:58 Use of machine gun shown while behind armor plate.
05:29:10 Plastic nose removed from B-26 w/ graffiti Time’s Awastin’. Installing piece in bottom of compartment, then vertical piece & hung w/ guy wires.
05:29:50 B-26 on North African grass runway, taxiing & taking off over goats & native huts. The End.
WW2; Anti-Aircraft; Improvised Protection; Safety;
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