Posts from — August 2009

Great news from the States this past week as research by John Beckwith leads to DNA identification of a lost 448th pilot’s remains.

He will now be reburied in his hometown of Akron, Ohio.

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/08/world_war_ii_pilots_remains_fi.html

Here’s an interesting flickr set about a PB4Y crash during the Second World War in China.

Great shot from the top turrett of the Collings Foundations B-24 Liberator

This liberator has teeth.

And another great flickr set this time about Belle of the East.

Would you like to honour a USAAF veteran? Did a member of your family serve during the Second World War? Perhaps you are a veteran and you would like a friend to be remembered?

As part of a Happy Warriors DVD release we are asking for short biographies which, will appear on our DVD.

Create a one-page document. You can be as creative as you like using text and images.

Email your document to happywarriorsfilm@gmail.com and we will reply with further details.

Please make sure you are not infringing copyright by using images or text that does not belong to you.

The forecast for Sunday was heavy rain which, was potentially disasterous as I had arranged to meet a USAAF reenactor and to film him driving his jeep up and down the lanes by the control tower.

Happily the infamously changeable British weather served up a fairly pleasant day and I spent the morning trying to film some shots for reconstructions whilst not falling out of the vehicle.