B-24 bombers taxi and take off to attack Thailand bridge

B-24 Liberator heavy bombers of the 9th and 493rd Bomb Squadrons, 7th Bomb Group, 10th Air Force, prepare for takeoff from Pandaveswar Army Air Base, India, early on the morning of January 23, 1945. Shown taking off are the lead planes of each squadron, No. 27 and No. 50; No. 23 follows 27. Good views of each squadron's tail pattern. Objective was the great steel bridge at Kanchanaburi, Thailand, part of the infamous, prisoner-built Burma-Siam Railway. (The bridge's neighboring wooden bypass structure is sometimes mistakenly identified with the fictional "Bridge over the River Kwai.") Bad weather forced all bombers to turn back except No. 24, though its bombs missed the target! Photography by 10th AAF Combat Camera Unit. Source: Record Group 18, CS 3117, National Archives II. Copy is from original film converted to VHS then to VCD.

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[MegaSitthichai]

B 24s Liberator may used to bomb area near RaUnd police station ,Chumporn, Thailand, now a japanese boat still sink there in river.

[MegaSitthichai]

Now almost of the B-24 crews are not alive.

[tukpakyam]

มึงปัญญาอ่อนจริงๆๆ

[megatwingo]

@JamunaMA

Thanks for your reply and the informations! :)

[JamunaMA]

@megatwingo The expanded description explains the operation--B-24 bombers to bomb the steel bridge at Kanchanaburi in Thailand.

[megatwingo]

Interesting movie. Thanks for uploading!

[14siampower88]

I never forget B-24 bombers attack my country! people dies a lot of. The reason in the attack is my country shakes hands the axis declares war with England

[AinsleysRevenge]

My Dad was a radio man and top turret gunner on a B-24 Liberator in North Africa and Italy during WWII. Thanks for posting this clip of these underrated and magnificent planes.