A German map depicting the French, British and Belgian cities located near the English Channel during World War II. German Luftwaffe pilots preparing their Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters. Luftwaffe Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel) and night-fighter ace Helmut Lent briefing with officers. Helmut Lent smiling. A fighter spinner propeller begins to move. Helmut Lent’s Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter takes off from the airfield. A group of German Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters taking off. German gunmen shooting at Allied aircraft with Flak 38 anti-aircraft gun. German crew with 88-mm FlaK-37 anti-aircraft artillery shooting at Allied aircraft in France. Crash site of a United States bomber shot down by German forces. Bent propellers and smoldering wreckage of crashed plane. A downed Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber captured by German forces after a belly landing. German troops capture United States crewmen standing next to parachutes and wrecked plane. German soldiers frisk captured crewmen. German soldiers lead captured crewmen away.
United States Ambassador to Great Britain, Frank B. Kellogg, succeeds Charles E. Hughes as Secretary of State. Former Ambassador Kellogg reading a speech following the resignation of Charles Hughes.
15th Air Force Operation Reunion (Operation Gunn) to rescue Allied prisoners of war in Romania during World War II. Captured Allied prisoners of war waiting for evacuation at Popesti-Leordeni Airfield. Allied prisoners shaking hands and saying goodbye to Romanians. Some Allied prisoners of war are seen wearing Nazi German Stalhelm helmets (worn as souvenirs). United States bombers approaching Popesti Airport to evacuate 1,161 Allied prisoners of war from Romania. Allied POWs begin to move in lines according to their assigned groups. Some prisoners of war waving at the camera. Colonel Krager shoots a handgun to send signal to an incoming bomber. Bombers flying over Popesti Airfield. Crowds of Allied prisoners of war waving and cheering. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber landing at Popesti Airfield.
Captured airfield of Myitkyina during World War II. Japanese steamroller is towed across airfield. U.S. Army Air Forces aircraft parked in the background.
U.S. Merill's Marauders at captured airfield of Myitkyina during World War II. Men of U.S. Army's 5307th Composite Unit nicknamed Merrill's Marauders board U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 Skytrain transport planes for evacuation because of fatigue. A man holding medical tags of men. Wounded Chinese soldiers lying on stretchers.
U.S. Merill's Marauders at captured airfield of Myitkyina during World War II. USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) C-47 Skytrain transport planes parked on airfield. USAAF P-51s Mustang fighters land on airfield. Men of U.S. Army's 5307th Composite Unit nicknamed Merrill's Marauders stand in the background. Supplies are unloaded from planes to pack mules.
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