USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) bombing operations over Germany during World War 2. Aircrews leave briefing room. Aircrew on jeep being taken to U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 Flying Fortress bomber plane. Ground crews waving to pilot. B-17 engine starts and plane taxis. B-17 takes off. U.S. B-24 Liberator bomber takes off. B-17 takes off. Formation of B-17s. USAAF P-47 Thunderbolt fighters taxiing. Airman fires gun. P-47s and F-38s take off from an airfield. Formations of B-17s with USAAF P-38 Lightning fighters overhead escorting. P-47s escorting B-17s. Interiors showing German raid alert room as word comes of an American raid. German anti-aircraft gunners in action. Formation of B-17s as flak bursts around them. German crew chief helping pilot into a parachute, pilot gets into a plane. German Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter planes take off from airfield. Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter planes and Messerschmitt Bf 109 planes buzz airfield. Formation of B-17s escorted by P-47s and P-38s. Aerial view of German fighter being shot down. P-38s and P-47s peel off to meet a German fighter plane in aerial dogfight. Several views of German aircraft exploding and catching fire in air. Aerial formations of B-17s in sky leaving vapor trails. Interiors of aircraft showing gunners. B-17 with tail shot away. German fighter planes attack B-17 formations. B-17 on fire spinning towards the ground. B-17 formations flying through flak. Bombs being dropped by B-17s over German targets. Close view of bomb bay doors opened and bombs being released from bombers.
Flight tests of German flying boat Blohm & Voss BV-238 powered by six DB-603 engines in Germany during World War II. BV-238 on portable dry dock near a body of water. One man stands on top of pilot's cabin and one man is at the large nose with refueling hose. Group of men on top of starboard wing work on open nacelle engines. Aircraft engine and large single tails. Hull of same BV-238 afloat in water. Mechanics on top of aircraft engines closing nacelle doors. Front and side view of same aircraft afloat in water. Small boat attaching heavy line to aircraft tail to be towed. BV-238 taxiing on water way. Three engines of aircraft with spinning propellers. Pilot aboard BV-238. BV-238 taxiing. BV-238 takes off. BV-238 in flight.
Flight tests of German flying boat Blohm & Voss BV-238 powered by six DB-603 engines in Germany during World War II. Aircraft pilots at controls inside cabin of BV-238 in flight. BV-238 flies low over water. Same BV-238 taxis over water.
Preparations for launch of V-2 missiles in Germany during World War 2. The missiles prepared for a launch. The missiles on their launch pads. A military technician works on one of the missiles. Trees in the background.
Launch of V-2 missiles in Germany during World War II. Preparation for the launch of the missiles. A technician works on a meillerwagen. The meillerwagen is raised and lowered.
Launch of V-2 missiles in Germany during World War II. A missile on a launch pad. Men gathered in the area. A convoy arrives on the launch site. Technicians mill about at Luftwaffe's testing ground, Karlshagen. A truck pulls a trailer.