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U.S. 9th Air Force P-47 aircraft strafe targets of opportunity in Germany in waning days of World War II, in Europe

Near end of World War II in Europe. United States 9th Air Force P-47 aircraft, virtually unopposed, strafe German targets on the ground. Gun camera footage from P-47s of the 100th Fighter Wing, 362nd Fighter Group, 377th Fighter Squadron, flown by pilots Dugan, and Pantoliano, respectively. Burning German airplanes on an airfield. Other targets being struck. Slate at start of clip identifies home airbase as A-82 (Verdun Airbase, France).

Date: 1945, April
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063610
U.S. 9th Air Force P-47s strafe German ground targets near end of World War II in Europe.

Gun camera footage from U.S. P-47 fighter plane strafing German ground targets near end of World War II. The aircraft operates unopposed and attack targets of opportunity. The aircraft fires at vehicles on a road. Smoke rises from targeted areas. The P-47 is flown by pilot named Cunningham, of the 377th Fighter Squadron, 362nd Fighter Group, 100th Fighter Wing.

Date: 1945, April
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063611
U.S. fighter planes strafe targets of opportunity in Germany, near end of Second World War

March and April, 1945. Near the end of World War 2, P-47s of the U.S. 9th and 8th Air Forces attacking ground targets in Germany. They strafe various ground targets virtually at will. One chases a German Me-109. Rapid succession of identifying slates and fragments of gun camera footage. The first involves P-47 of the 100th Fighter Wing, 362nd Fighter Group, 378th Fighter Squadron, operating out of Frankfurt, Rhein Main Airbase (Y-73) Germany. Others involve the 8th Air Force, P-51s of the 338th Fighter Squadron and possibly other units.

Date: 1945, April
Duration: 1 min 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063612
An aircraft takes off for an air-sea search for Amelia Earhart and her navigator in the Pacific Ocean.

An air-sea search for Amelia Earhart and her navigator in the Pacific Ocean. Closeup of smiling Amelia Earhart. Officials board an aircraft that goes in search for Amelia Earhart and her navigator. The aircraft takes off from a runway. United States aircraft carrier underway at sea. Biplane takes off from carrier deck. Formation of biplanes over water.

Date: 1937, July
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063617
American Air Aces participate in the National Air Race in Cleveland, Ohio.

National Air Race in Cleveland, Ohio. Open Stadium is packed with spectators. Al Wilson dons his flying helmet and flies a Curtiss Pusher replica, performing aerobatics, including an inside loop. Glider pilot Jack O'Meara performs for the crowd, landing in the grass and smiling for the camera. (Note: Flier Al Wilson was killed later during these same Cleveland aviation events, when his 1910 Curtiss plane collided with an autogyro during landing.)

Date: 1932, August 29
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063638
Amelia Earhart with Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordon takes off on flight to Europe via Newfoundland.

Amelia Earhart seen in leather flight coat, dons leather helmet and goggles for a photograph. She poses with Pilot Wilmer Stultz and flight mechanic, Louis Gordon. At daybreak the adventurers row towards Fokker F. VII b-3 tri-motored seaplane, and board for their first leg of transatlantic flight (to Trespassey, New Foundland). Their seaplane, named "Friendship," takes off and buzzes the port as they depart from Boston, Massachusetts. (Note: the Fokker seaplane was initially built for the Byrd Antarctic Expedition.)

Date: 1928, July 8
Duration: 1 min 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063651