Aerial gun camera footage of ground-attack on train from aircraft of Lieutenant E. M. Hendrickson of the 357th Squadron, 355th Fighter Group, VIII Fighter Command. Aircraft approaches and fires on railroad train. Aircraft comes in for second pass, firing again. Third pass, explosion is seen on the left side of the train, which is now heavily smoking. Cut to one final low approach, projectiles can be seen flying toward the German target train. August 15th, 1944, in Europe, during WW2.
U.S. aircraft flies low above an unmoving railroad train and fires. Aircraft comes in for a second pass and fires, and target German train is seen smoking. Aircraft fires again on third pass, train is heavily damaged in multiple areas. The aircraft makes subsequent passes, firing on the train and a large building. Aircraft flies in and around plumes of thick smoke, explosion on the ground. Gun camera footage from aircraft of Lieutenant Max, 357th Squadron, 355th Fighter Group, VIII Fighter Command, in Europe, during WW2.
High aerial view of a railway marshalling yard (classification yard), many railroads extend outwards in all directions. Scnes taken from U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) fighter aircraft. Scene changes to low aerial flight toward smoking train, aircraft strafes the German held railroad target. The aircraft makes multiple passes shelling the train. Another aircraft can be seen ahead, rising out of its low attack. Large black clouds of smoke rise from the destroyed train. From mounted gun camera footage of Lieutenant J. D. Riggs of the 357th Squadron, 355th Fighter Group, VIII Fighter Command.
Aerial dogfight and chase, seen from aircraft-mounted camera of Lieutenant Jones of the 370th Squadron, 359th Fighter Group, VIII Fighter Command, during WW2. The target German aircraft flies high above fields. The U.S. aircraft gives chase. The target aircraft begins smoking from the right wing, both planes flying in low visibility. The target plane plunges toward the ground in free fall. An object detaches from the target aircraft as it falls.
Shot of aircraft flying ahead, high above fields, taken from mounted camera of 359th Fighter Group, on August 16, 1944, in Europe, during WW2. Scene changes to gun camera footage from a different plane, as it approaches an aircraft, August 16, 1944. The aircraft in pursuit peels off. New scene from August 18, 1944, taken from aircraft of 4th Fighter Group as it makes multiple low passes to attack ground targets. The aircraft strafes enemy German vehicles and other roadway targets.
Footage from aircraft-mounted camera of Lieutenant Tordoff of the 352nd Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group, VIII Fighter Command, U.S. Army Air Force. The Fighter makes multiple passes on roadway targets and German vehicle convoys, destroying vehicles and causing plumes of smoke. Another pass damages a vehicle on a railroad. Subsequent passes of roadway targets, including a moving vehicle. The aircraft strafes another ground target causing a massive explosion and sending a piece of debris flying. Additional ground attacks by the aircraft, large plume of smoke above a target.
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