U.S. 8th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress bombers in England during World War II. A B-17 taxis towards a parking area with its number 2 engine feathered. Crew members stand around. An ambulance drives from a hangar area. A wounded crew member is removed from the B-17 and helped onto a stretcher. Men load the wounded crewman into the ambulance.
U.S. 8th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress bombers in England during World War 2. Crewmen inspect flak damage to B-17F, tail number 42-29487 named "Ritzy Blitz" (name not shown) of the 91st Bombardment Group, 324th Squadron, stationed at RAF Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, England. Severe damage is seen on left wing flap and left elevator.
A 1976 training film in the United States details the role of Combat Military Police of the United States Army in supporting river crossing during war. A member of U.S. Military Police looks through binoculars on a hillside while the division advances on a training battlefield. Rest of clip shows actual footage from World War 2: U.S. 9th Army troops cross the Rhine River in Europe in 1945 during World War II. Equipment and U.S. Army soldiers cross the river. Landing crafts and barges across the Rhine River. The troops disembark from landing crafts at the river bank. A pontoon bridge is built by men. An MP directs traffic of vehicles and other equipment along the bridge.
U.S. P-40 Warhawks bomb Japanese positions in Myitkina, Burma during World War 2. Chinese and U.S. officers at an airfield in Burma. U.S. P-40s take off from the airfield to bomb Japanese positions. Formation of p-40s airplanes. They peel off and drop bombs on Japanese positions. Smoke billows up from explosions. U.S. Army General Joseph (Vinegar Joe) Stilwell steps from his C-47 transport airplane (named "Uncle Joe's Chariot") and is greeted by U.S. Army Brigadier General Frank Merrill (of Merrill's Marauders) on an airfield in Kandy, Ceylon, where he is to consult with Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia (SACSEA).
Recognition of French partisans, by Commanding General of U.S. 7th Army, in Saint-Tropez, France during World War 2. Awards, commendations and citations to FFI (French Forces of the Interior) in a town square. Commanding General of U.S. 7th Army, Major General Alexander Patch, awards the Silver Star to the leader of FFI, Marc Rainaut. A band plays.
Flight tests, during World War 2, of German flying boat Blohm & Voss BV 222 Wiking, powered by six JU-207 engines. BV-222 taxis over Elbe River. BV-222 takes a turn. BV-222 taking off. BV-222 in flight. ( Note: Location is Hamburg-Finkenwerder, where Airbus facility is now located. In the background can be seen the north Bank of the Elbe river at Blankenese.)
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