Lieutenant General Simon B Buckner addresses a press conference at a tent in Okinawa, Japan. Media persons take down notes as Buckner speaks. He points out at a map while speaking.
United States P-38, P-40 and B-25 aircraft taxi along snow covered airstrip and take off in Aleutian Island, Alaska during World War 2. Snow covered mountains in the background.
A pilot of 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron in the cockpit of WB-47B at an air base in Miami, Florida. Pilot notes down on a paper.
An airman of 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron dressed in flight gear in the cockpit of WB-47B plane at an air base in Miami, Florida.
United States B-17 bombers in flight escorted by P-40 fighter planes. A flight gunner in plane. Bombs released over North Africa during World War II. Bombs impact and a plane descend as its engine burns.
A U.S. intelligence officer interviews members of a flight crew upon their return from a bombing mission in World War 2. Pilot of the aircraft says that as the B-17 aircraft approached the target over the river, they were hit by Flak in the left wing and tail surface. The Pilot says they dropped their bombs effectively and were attacked by "109s or 190s" (Messerschmitt Bf 109s or Focke-Wulf FW-190s) that dove down on them and swooped up underneath. He refers to his ball turret gunner sitting next to him and says he knocked off one of them. The gunner says he saw the German plane when it came down from the tail, dove under, and started coming up. When asked, the gunner says the German plane was about 900 feet away when it was hit by his machine gun fire. He also noted they were the last ship in the bomb run. Next, after questioning the tail gunner, the intelligence officer asks the Bombardier about his actions. He explains that after releasing his bombs, he began to plot their positions as they exploded on the ground. He notes they got good bursts on the engine sheds, on the concentrations of box cars in the center of the marshalling yards, and on the viaducts leading to the center of the bridge. He notes that all the bombers ahead of them hit some part of the target, with most dropping their bombs right where they were supposed to. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
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