American 8th Air Force fighter operations in Germany during World War II. Captain E E Bankey of 385th Squadron chases a German ME-109 high above the clouds. ME-109 explodes in flames. Aerial view of a U.S. B-17 aircraft in flames. Six crewmen bail out of burning plane. The plane falls through clouds.
Allied aircraft practice aerial bombing in Canada during World War II. U.S. Army Air Corps B-17 Flying Fortresses in flight as they bombard the ground and water targets during a mock run. Royal Canadian Air Force NA-64 Yale trainers scramble to intercept a formation of Avro Ansons making a mock attack on Camp Borden. The close-up shots show pilots getting into Northrop A-17A Nomad attack bombers. The Yales fly in formation and practice mock dogfighting.
United States ship Langley (CV-1) underway as a United States Aeromarine 39-B aircraft crashes on the deck. At end of final approach, the airplane rolls to the right and lower right wing strikes the leading edge of the flight deck and breaks off. The aircraft ends nosed over and severely damaged. A Douglas DT-2 with pontoons (float plane) is catapulted from the carrier. Sailors sit beside the flight deck of the USS Langley.
United States Navy pilot attempts landing on the aircraft carrier Langley (CV-1) off the coast of California, United States. An Aeromarine 39B, piloted by Lieutenant Commander G.C. Chevalier comes in for landing aboard the United States aircraft carrier Langley in October, 1922. He makes a go-around on the first pass. On the second approach, he lands but the arresting gear slowly retracts, pulling his airplane backwards, and causing it to nose over. Sailors rush towards the aircraft. Another view of the same incident from a camera on the opposite side of the flight deck.
Four Howitzers camouflaged by netting, part of Battery B of United States 127th Field Artillery Regiment, are fired near the edge of a forest.
United States 127th Field Artillery Regiment in St. Lo, France during World War II. Crew of Battery B unload ammunition from a truck as jeeps move past them. Soldiers unload shells from a truck and place them on ground.
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