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Damage to superstructure of U.S. Navy ship USS Register (APD-92) as a result of enemy suicide plane attack off Okinawa
Damage to superstructure of the high speed transport ship USS Register near Okinawa. The damage caused as a result of a Japanese kamikaze A6M zero fighter plane attack. Views of the toppled kingpost which the plane struck, and which subsequently crashed over #3 40MM gun (remains of it are shown). Welders cut away wreckage of kingpost and hoists. Section of mast bent over 40 mm gun mount. Fueling operations alongside. (World War II period).
Japanese Kamikaze planes are shot down during the Battle of Okinawa (WW2)
Japanese planes attack United States fleet off Okinawa Island, Japan. A barrage of United States Navy fire shoots down the Kamikaze planes. Views of fire and smoke-filled sea and air. Curtain of anti-aircraft flak fired at Japanese aircraft. Many attacking aircraft seen streaking across the sky and some falling into the ocean after being hit by fire form U.S. Navy ships. (World War II period).
P-38s of USAAF 28th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron operating from Okinawa during World War II
U.S. Army Air Forces pilot walking towards F-5B aircraft (P-38 modified as photo plane) on Okinawa, Japan, during World War 2. Lieutenant F.R. Martin in cockpit, his name seen painted on the plane. Lieutenant Edward L. Krum enters cockpit of his F-5B, number B-7 . "Lucky Lu" painted on the side of its left engine. The two F-5Bs taxiing. One is number A3, piloted by Martin. Both aircraft take off on dusty airfield.
Operation of USAAF 28th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron during World war II
F-5B aircraft (photo-recon version of P-38) of the 28th Photo reconnaissance Squadron, lands and parks in Okinawa, during World War 2. A jeep comes near the plane. Technician removes camera from nose of plane. He puts camera in jeep. The jeep drives away to photo lab tent.
Photo processing by 28th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron, Okinawa, Japan, during World War II.
Lab Technician, of the U.S. Army Air Forces 28th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron, washes prints in a stream near a tent in Okinawa, Japan, during World War 2. A jeep passes a sign reading "Restricted Area Keep Out." Jeeps bringing cameras to the photo processing tent. Technician gives finished prints to another airman. Finished prints being reviewed by several persons.
U.S. Navy F-4U Corsair airplane crash lands on runway in Okinawa, Japan, during World War II.
F-5B version of P-38 aircraft, from USAAF 28th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron, is flying at extremely low altitude, as viewed from airfield at Okinawa, Japan, during World War 2. Scene shifts to the runway on the airfield, where a U.S. Navy F4U Corsair airplane is seen collapsing during landing, as its right main gear fails and its wing strikes the ground. Airmen gather around the damaged plane.