Dear all,
I am currently conducting research on the film Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943). One scene includes shots of a twin-engine (presumably British but, as it was a US made film perhaps American) bomber. This might not be the best forum to ask this question, but I thought it worth a shot!
The scene from the film, available on Daily Motion (25 minutes and 22 seconds in), can be found here:
An image from the film here:
Many thanks and best wishes,
Dr C. Smith
The plane in the air could be a B-26 Marauder, which is a twin engine bomber. The curve of the trailing edge in the still/movie appears to match that of the Marauder. I say could because the nacelle of the engine for the Marauder extends past the trailing edge. In the still/movie, the nacelle appears not to do that. However, the plane that is on the runway at the airport appears to be a DC-3. The DC-3, and its military counterpart the C-47, was used during World War II as a troop transport, cargo plane, and for dropping paratroopers into Normandy not as a bomber.
/r/WWIIplanes is a good place to ask this kind of question.
I don't subscribe to one, but you might want to ask in a military aircraft subreddit. I subscribe to a tank subreddit and there are some very knowledgeable people around i.e. not just identifying obscure old armored vehicles, but even recognizing modifications.
IMDb says that the aircraft on the ground is a Douglas but the aircraft taking off is a Boeing, I would say that it must be a model 247.
https://imgur.com/gallery/xqPWV
If you look at the size of the engine nacelles, wing chord and size of the fuselage in front of the wing I think that's a pretty good match.
The B-26 was totally different;
https://imgur.com/gallery/NAoiZ
Especially notice the narrow chord wings and how much of the fuselage is in front of them.