P-47s of the XIX Tactical Air Command in the European Theater of Operations. Captain J G Wells Junior flies the plane. High altitude view of an area. 386th squadron 365th fighter group attack air-to-air. Airplane in flight. The attack hits plane which burns and goes down. (World War II period).
P-47s of the XIX Tactical Air Command in the European Theater of Operations. Captain J F Cordner flies the plane. High altitude view of the target area. Airplane in flight. 388th squadron 365th fighter group attack air-to-air. Bomb hits the plane and the plane burns. The plane goes down after being hit. Pilot strafing and bombing the roads and houses. (World War II period).
P-47s of the XIX Tactical Air Command in the European Theater of Operations. Lieutenant W P Meyers flies the plane. High altitude view of the target area. 406th squadron 371st fighter group strafing and bombing the residential areas. View of houses. (World War II period).
P-47s of the XIX Tactical Air Command in the European Theater of Operations. Lieutenant A G Kinne flies the plane. High altitude view of the target area. 377th squadron 362nd fighter group strafing and bombing the residential areas. View of houses. (World War II period).
Liberated Allied prisoners of war in Rangoon, Burma during World War II. Exterior of a building. A flag on the flag pole at the top of the building. The prisoners march in the war damaged area. They carry a wounded on a stretcher. They walk near a harbor. Ships at the harbor. Houses in the background.
From a review of research and development in guided missiles by the United States Air Force from 1919 to 1948. A JB-2 (Jet Bomb 2) "Loon" based on the German V-1 buzz bomb, surface-to-surface missile. Technicians examine a scale model of the JB-2 missile. Air Force research and development of American type JB-2 missile, the first unmanned guided missile in America's arsenal. A JB-2 is launched from Santa Rosa Island, Florida. A rocket assists in take off. The rocket unit falls away immediately after JB-2 rises into the air. A control aircraft flies overhead showing JB-2 launchings at Eglin Field. JB-2 in flight. The JB-2 was sub-contracted by Republic: Airframe by Willys-Overland; Engine by Ford Motor Company, the IJ-15-1, which copied the German V-1's 900-lb. thrust Argus-Schmidt pulse-jet; Guidance by Jack and Heintz Company; Launch System by Monsanto; Rocket launch sleds by Northrop.. (World War II period).
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