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Tarrant County Archives - B-24 Ditching Experiment (1944)

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Silent | 1944

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Footage of the outside of the aircraft before modification
Modification of the bomb bay, bombardier cockpit, and other fuselage components
Reinforcement of the airframe
Avionics used during the experiment
Pilot and co-pilot before the test: Major Harvey and Colonel Green
Flight and ditching in bay

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This 1944 government film overviews a NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) experiment of ditching a reinforced B-24 bomber in Chesapeake Bay. The film includes demonstrations of the modifications made to the aircraft, the avionics used for gathering data, and the actual ditching of the aircraft.