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British air force and navy raid targets of Japanese in Pacific Theater and Germans on European Front, during World War II.

Allied air force and navy raid Japanese targets in the Pacific Theater and German positions on the European Front, during World War II. British aircraft carriers in the Indian Ocean. Airmen and sailors aboard attach bombs and prepare planes for a raid on Japan. Planes take off from the strip of carrier one after the other. Navigator makes plans for returning the planes. The planes land on the strip after completing the mission. Large guns on the ships. British 8th Air Force raids Nazi supply lines on the European Front. Immense smoke rises by the bombs dropped on Nazi positions. A German fighter plane shot in air by Allied warplane.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056372
P-38 planes fly over B-17 planes in European Theatre of Operations

38th and 338th Fighter Squadron P-38H's taxi round perimeter track at Nuthampstead and take-off down main runway. Some of the planes take off in pairs and others singly. Among those seen are , Lt. Jerry Ayers' P-38H coded CG-Q and Lt. Stanley Richardson's P-38H coded CL-X. Views of 55th Fighter Group P-38H planes escorting 91st Bomb Group B-17Fs in European Theater of Operations. Flights of P-38 planes position themselves to protect B-17 formations. Crew officers (including Capt. Hancock of the 38th FS) observe the activities from ground. The P-38s return to land. One P-38 releases drop tank over the airfield before landing. (World War II period).

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030629
Smoke rises up due to an explosion as a German plane is attacked by a U.S. fighter aircraft in the European Theater.

Operations of United States 8th Air Force Fighter Command in the European Theater during World War II. Pilot Forsyth of 359th Squadron, 356th Fighter Group in flight in a fighter aircraft. An aerial view of the mountains and the land. The aircraft strafes a German aircraft. A German plane explodes on landing. Flames and smoke rise up due to the explosion.

Date: 1944, August 18
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054507
German planes are attacked by U.S. 8th Air Force fighter aircraft in the European Theater.

United States 8th Air Force Fighter Command Fighter Operations in the European Theater during World War II. Pilot E.L. Thompson of 361st Squadron, 356th Fighter Group in flight in a fighter aircraft. Several planes in flight. The United States aircraft strafes a German aircraft. The German plane crashes.

Date: 1944, August 18
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054508
Strafing of a marshalling yard and railroad cars by 8th Air Force fighter aircraft in the European Theater.

Fighter Operations of United States 8th Air Force Fighter Command in the European Theater during World War II. Pilot J.V.B. Hathorn of 504th Squadron, 339th Fighter Group in flight in a fighter aircraft. The United States fighter aircraft strafes an air field. Strafing of a marshalling yard and railroad cars. The aircraft strafes an oil refinery.

Date: 1944, August 18
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054509
A marshalling yard and railroad cars are strafed by 8th Air Force fighter aircraft in the European Theater.

Operations of United States 8th Air Force Fighter Command in the European Theater during World War II. Captain Pick of 384th Squadron, 364th Fighter Group in flight in a fighter aircraft. The United States fighter aircraft strafes marshalling yards. The aircraft strafes railroad wagons. An aerial view of viaduct. The viaduct is strafed. Smoke and fire rises up in the sky due to explosions.

Date: 1944, August 18
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054510