B-24 Liberators Get Turned into GI Mess Trays in Italy

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B-24 Liberators Get Turned into GI Mess Trays in Italy



15th Air Force ground crewmen turning scrapped B-24 Liberators into mess trays for GI’s. The sad fate of many WWII aircraft during and after WWII. The clip is from a 1944 Combat Bulletin newsreel.

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