First flight of Convair XB-36, on August 8, 1946, piloted by Chief test pilot Beryl Erickson and copilot Gus Green. Air and ground crews doing extensive inspections and preflight checks of the XB-36 parked on ramp. Two of the team standing on horizontal stabilizer examining the vertical stabilizer. Tail number 213570 clearly painted on vertical stabilizer. Two Air Force personnel standing next to one of the huge single main gear tires. Engines are started and XB-36 taxis toward runway. It spins around on active runway towards direction of takeoff, and commences takeoff roll, gradually breaking ground in a shallow climb angle.
XB-36 first flight on August 8, 1946, at Fort Worth, Texas, with Convair Chief test pilot Beryl Erickson and copilot Gus Green, at the controls. The XB-36 flying over airfield, with landing gear extended. Views from side and below. Views from above, from the side, from below and from the rear, as it flies some distance from the field, with gear still extended. XB-36 on final approach crossing a river, and touching down on first part of runway as it lands.
Planning of last bomber attack on Japan by the U.S. Army Air Force ( USAAF ) during World War II. An officer points out positions on a section of map of the Pacific in in Guam, Mariana Islands.
A submarine in the Pacific Theater during World War II. A submarine underway at sea. A U.S. aircraft signals with two flares showing the position of the submarine. The submarine aircraft goes in towards the submarine. The submarine submerges.
U.S. soldiers in Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II. U.S. soldiers pickup meals at a mess tent and stand outside at tables to eat. A laundry for the soldiers shows two ingenious clothes washing machines made of 55 gallon drums and plungers, powered by rotatating wind -driven propellers. Laundry is drying on lines stretched out in background. Soldiers also scrub clothes on tilted tables. A tent area in the background.
U.S. soldiers in Guam, Mariana Islands during World War II. The soldiers taking shower. A tent area in the background. The shower is constructed of iron pipe with individual overhead chain pulls to release water. It is surrounded by a waist-high enclosure.
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