From the Pre-war RAF to the RAF in World War II. Pre-War (1930's) British pilots and aircraft. A line of parked Hawker bi-planes (1930's). Formation display at pre-war Hendon Air Pageant. The Schneider Trophy won by Supermarine. This racing plane design helped Mitchell design the Supermarine Spitfire. A Supermarine S-2B sea plane takes off and seen in flight. Workers work for the production of aircraft. An assembly line of aircraft. Men work on the bodies of aircraft. A Royal Air Force Vickers Wellington medium bomber taxis and takes off. Lines of parked AW Whitleys. A front line medium bomber. A Bristol Blenheim light bomber aircraft takes off. A Beaufighter night-fighter in flight. Short Stirling aircraft stationed. A Halifax heavy bomber takes off and in flight.
The Royal Air Force ( RAF ) in Great Britain during World War II. Aircraft in flight. Workers work for the production of aircraft. Officers greet in front of a line of stationed aircraft. A Royal Air Force Lockheed Hudson light bomber taxis and takes off. The Lockheed Hudson in flight. Narrator acknowledging America and its workers for the contribution of the Hudson and the B-17. A RAF B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft takes off. Trainees march. The trainees work on equipment learning use of guns and bomb dropping mechanisms on the planes. A link trainer in operation. Classroom instructions given to the trainees. Airmen at controls in mock bomber trainers. An officer at a desk talks to a bomber crew as one of the crewman makes a report on the results of their bombing run, on behalf of the bomber crew. Another officer makes a report for fighter pilots. A fighter pilot picks up a telephone. The fighter pilots run to their aircraft. The aircraft taxi and take off, participating in the Battle of Britain.
The Royal Air Force ( RAF ) battling German Luftwaffe forces during the Battle of Britain in World War II. Aircraft in formation flight. Aircraft take off. Royal Air Force personnel prepare for a take off. A pilot in the cockpit of an aircraft. RAF Supermarine Spitfire aircraft taxi and take off. The Supermarine Spitfire aircraft attack the enemy airplanes during the Battle of Britain. Gun camera footage shows strafing of German ships from pilot POV. Damaged wings of an aircraft. A RAF Hawker Hurricane fighter aircraft drops bomb on a German convoy at sea. The convoy is destroyed. The Royal Air Force flag on a mast.
Flight operations at Torokina Air Strip on Bougainville Island during World War 2. Pilot of Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) Curtiss P-40 aircraft signals that he is going to start engine. He dons goggles and goes about starting engine. A group of RNZAF pilots conversing near one of their P-40s. Most of the pilots light up cigarettes. Camera focuses on New Zealand shoulder patch on one of the group. Scene shifts to active runway, where an RNZAF F4U Corsair aircraft takes off followed by an RNZAF Grumman TBF Avenger aircraft landing.
Flight operations at Torokina Air Strip, Bougainville Island during World War 2. An airman refuels the drop tank on a P-39 Airacobra fighter aircraft. He closes the lid of the fuel tank. Airmen place the hose back on fuel truck.. Brief glimpse of a Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) F4U Corsair aircraft taxiing past. A United States Army Air Forces Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft taxiing.
Military policeman standing guard in front of a Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) P-40 aircraft, on the Torokina Air Strip, at Bougainville, in World War 2. A convoy of fuel trucks driving along edge of the airfield. A caterpillar tractor towing a large fuel tanker trailer. A fuel truck stops in front of a P-39 Airacobra and airmen begin to refuel its drop tank. Seabees unpack sections of pierced steel plank (Marsden Matting) and lay it down on the airstrip.
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