The Last Bomb
Short Movie / Documentary (1945)
Starring:
Gal Curtiss LeMay (Himself)
Pilots and their crews, Mechanics and other ground crews (Themselves)
Documentary of the planning and delivery of a great bomber attack on a aircraft factory by the U.S. Army Air Forces in July 1945. Then the straffing and back path before landing, in ease or pain depending the battle damage sustained by the bombers and fighters involved.
Boeing B-29 Superfortress
Baptised Pluto this Boeing B-29 Superfortress is part of 313rd BW, 505th BG.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft. / Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft. / The War Episode 13.
North American P-51D Mustang
Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina
Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando
Aircraft landing on the upper left of the screenshot.
Unidentified Japanese Biplane
As two P-51 break once their straffing pass done, a japanese biplane (center of the picture) is visible. A unidentified twin engine is visible on the bottom.
Unidentified Japanese Fighters
Some of the several unidentified japanese fighters seen in the second half of the movie.
Perhaps Nakajima B5N or Nakajima B6N ?
Mitsubishi K3M
Japan used few high wing type of aircraft. The other one, the Kokusai Ki-76 was narrower and has no wing setback near the fuselage.
Mitsubishi G3M
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft. / Fighter Squadron
Nakajima J1N1
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft. / Fighter Squadron
Yokosuka D4Y2 Suisei
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft. / Fighter Squadron
Unidentified Japanese Twin Engine Aircraft
Perhaps a Kawasaki Ki-48.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
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