Greetings.

Dan Kanemoto, an award-winning filmmaker and animator posted news of his new release on the armyairforces forums this week. Articles of War is a 12 minute animated short about one pilots experiences flying a B-24 liberator during the Second world war. It looks gorgeous and this cartoon crew photo from the film is the coolest thing I’ve seen in a long while. It’s great to see the Liberator and her crews in a film of their own.

You can buy the DVD from him here. At $10 it’s a steal and contains plenty of extras to pour over. In addition Dan has made the film available online here. Smart move.

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.