Air field being strafed. Plane dives onto runaway area. Large fire and explosion. Buildings seen. Smoke arising from Atoll. (World War II period).
Smoke rising from an Atoll. Ship Borne Dive-bombers (SBD) formation in view. Aircraft Carrier underway. Strafing aircrafts on enemy, on enemy airfield at Truk in Pacific Theater. Enemy ships being strafed. Destroyer ship being strafed. Small vessel being strafed. Vessel begins to burn. Enemy transport sinks. (World War II period).
Flight deck officers giving launch signals. Launch of aircraft on deck of carrier ship. Ship Borne Dive-bombers (SBD) formation in view. Torpedo bombers TBM Avenger makes a deck launch. Curtiss SB2C Helldiver in a diving run. SBDs in formation. Enemy buildings and dock area being strafed. Coastal area of island seen. Wooden area being strafed. Blasted hangars on enemy held island. (World War II period).
"Marianas Turkey Shoot". Strafing and explosion on Mariana Islands by United States Task Force. View of coastal areas of island. Bomb hits on bay. Strafing on islands. Dock areas burning. Smoke rises from island. Explosions on the buildings on water front. Japanese planes being shot down. Enemy fighter planes explodes. Plane catches on fire and heads towards water. Pilot jumping from aircraft. Transport type plane strafed. (World War II period).
U.S. Navy provides aircraft carrier ferry service for the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War 2. View of the USS Ranger (CV-4) at sea with sunset and clouds in background. Scene shifts to the ship's company, turned out on deck in dress whites. An accompanying contingent of U.S. marines, is also seen presenting arms. Next. Rear Admiral, Ernest D. McWhorter,Commander Task Force 22, is seen conversing with Captain C. T. Durgin, Captain of the USS Ranger. Scene shifts to flight deck of the Ranger, where deck crews are readying Curtiss P-40L airplanes for flight to the former Vichy French Anfa Airport near Casablance (captured by the Allies in Operation Torch). One P-40 is named "Regina IV." U.S. Army Air Force 57th Fighter Group commander, Colonel Frank H. Mears, shakes hands with a navy officer, from the cockpit of his P-40. He then takes off. More P-40s follow. Closeup of an Army pilot in cockpit of a P-40, giving a thumbs up. P-40s forming up in flight overhead. Navy officers and sailors watch the departing P-40s and give thumbs up for approval. P-40s buzz the carrier as they depart for Casablanca, Morocco.
View of Eagle Squadron units of the British RAF, composed of Americans who volunteered to assist Britain against Germany before the United States entered World War II. The Eagle Squadron members are receiving Army Air Force insignia wings from Brigadier General Frank Hunter as they formally exit the RAF and enter the 4th Fighter Group of the U.S. Army Eighth Air Force. Close-up views of Hunter presenting wings to the airmen, some of who had served the RAF for two year including in the Battle of Britain. The three squadrons, 334th, 335th, and 336th, parade in the rain at an airbase. The American flag is raised beside the RAF flag on a flag pole.
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