United States Army Air Forces film "Bombers Over North Africa" -- Notable for it's extended "up close and personal" look at the men of the 321st and 97th Bomb Group. In the beginning General Dwight D. Eisenhower's gives homage to the effectiveness of the U.S. Air Force in the final Tunisian victory.
This is an amazing rare look at early war US Air Operations in North Africa. B-25 and B-17 bombers help cut off Rommel's retreat from Tunisia. Part of the "North West African Strategic Air Force," these groups were initially tasked with preventing men and material from reaching the Afrika Korps, and later with preventing them from escaping. The missions for the day of this film were to strike from bases in Algeria at the junction at Manouba, near Tunis, and the air field at Sidi Ahmed, near Bizerte, where a large number of extremely valuable JU 52 transports were based, a key element in German evacuation plans.
The film also features an afterword by Air Operations Commanding General "Jimmy" Doolittle. You'll see real pre mission and after action debriefing sessions with the men who flew them, including a B-17 crew's account of an FW 190 shoot down and the water ditching of a heavily damaged B-25.
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