Activities of RAF (Royal Air Force), air arm of the British Armed Forces in England. View of dome. Bombardier in nose adjusts bomb sight. Four motor engines of Lancaster bomber turn over. Men pull out chocks from Lancaster bomber and it moves out. RAF (Royal Air Force) roundel in Lancaster bomber. (World War II period).
Activities of RAF (Royal Air Force), air arm of the British Armed Forces, in England, during World War 2. Radio operator adjusts equipment inside airplane. Navigator and bombardier inside Lancaster bomber. Pilot signals from cockpi. View of painted bombs depicting many bombing missions on side of fuselage. RAF (Royal Air Force) insignia-Pathfinder Squadron. View of RAF insignia for No. 156 Squadron RAF on the side of the aircraft. Flag mast of RAF (Royal Air Force) and flag flies in breeze.
Activities of RAF (Royal Air Force) Pathfinder Squadron, air arm of the British Armed Forces in England. Pathfinder flares bombs. Various view of Pathfinder. (World War II period).
U.S. P-47 Thunderbolt in flight. It displays a brown and orange paint job. It banks left and descends. American P-51 aircraft in flight. P-51s fly through and skim over tops of clouds. A flight of four P-51s in close formation, viewed from another aircraft close enough for the pilots to be visible in cockpits. The flight leader's P-51D has an ace of spades playing card painted below his cockpit and two dice -- a five and a four --painted on the nose of his plane under writing that reads "Down for double." He also has symbols for 16 victories painted below the rear of his cockpit. (Reportedly, this is the aircraft of Major Gordon Graham, of the 355th Fighter Group, who retired as a Major General, after a career in the U.S. Air Force.)
Activities of Pathfinder Squadron of RAF (Royal Air Force), air arm of the British Armed Forces in England. Pathfinder flare bombs dropped. (World War II period).
Allied military operation in Brest France during World War 2. Capture of Brest, France: Animated map shows Allied troops entering into Brest. Aerial view of harbor in Brest. U.S. Army soldiers place and adjust heavy artillery. Artillery and P-47 aircraft bombard Brest. Smoke rises due to bombarding and firing. View of railroad yards partially destroyed by German sabotage, and partially from allied bombing. U.S. Army M18 Hellcat tank destroyer in action, firing in streets of city.
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