Bombing of the Woleai Atoll during World War 2 (Pacific Ocean theater). Animated map shows the location of Mariaon Island (presently part of the Federated States of Micronesia). A United States Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber in flight. Bombs dropping from the bomb bay of B-24. Bombing of islands in the Woleai Atoll. Aerial view of fire and explosions on the Woleai Atoll and islands.
United States Office of Strategic Services (OSS) agents relaying reports via radio to high command in Egypt during World War II. Animated map shows radio waves from the Balkan region reaching Cairo. Radio towers at Huckstep station inside Camp Huckstep. Radio operators pick up radio signals in control room. A radio operator takes message to his colleague. High command officers deliberate plans in Europe before a large map. United States Army Air Force 15th Bombing Command bombardiers and pilots attend a briefing with officer pointing to maps. Ground control radio operator gives commands at air field. United States Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers taxiing and then taking off from airfield, including one dubbed, "Ready, Willing, and Able" and another named "Strawberry Bitch." Bombers in formation overhead. Close up of a hand of bombardier pushing bomb release button to drop bombs. Close up view of bombs dropping out of open bomb bay of B-24. View of bombs dropping over what narrator claims to be a Balkan city. Aerial view shows thick smoke covering the bomb sites.
Confederate Air Force showing historical aircraft at air show in Harlingen Texas. United States fighter planes of World War II in show. B-17 bomber aircrafts take-off. TBM Avenger in flight. B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber takes off. It is piloted by famous B-29 pilot Paul Tibbets. Skydivers descending. B-17 bomber aircrafts, B-24 bomber planes, B-25 bomber plane in flight. B-29 Superfortress piloted by Paul Tibbets makes simulated drop of Atomic bomb (for which the U.S. Government later issued an apology to Japan, following complaints from the Mayor of Hiroshima and other Japanese representatives). Mushroom cloud seen. B-29 Superfortress in flight.
German M-Class mine sweeper in waters off France in World War 2. It is armed with quad-mounted 2 cm Flak 38 AA guns (2 cm Flakvierling 38). German Navy sailors look up at contrails from high flying Allied aircraft. Officer sights aircraft overhead and hurries to report it. He records his observation in a log. German radio operator transmits information over wireless telephone by morse code telegraph key. A mass of contrails from Allied aircraft is seen in the sky. Scene shifts to a German airfield in France, where Focke-Wulf FW-190 fighters are lined up. Ground crewman shows motion picture gun camera for an airplane. Men push a Messerschmitt Bf 104 out of a hangar. Closeup of German pilots strapping into Me-104s and taxiing for takeoff. FW-190s and Me-109s taking off from airfield. German civilians entering a Flak tower for refuge as a bomb shelter. View from inside as doors close. Trams stopped on street. Hospital staff moving patients to bunkers (bomb shelters). Massive contrails from Allied bombers. View inside a German command post, where women workers and German officers with headphones plot positions of attacking planes on large maps. Flight of German Me-109 aircraft in formation. Gun camera showing A U.S. B-17 bomber being shot from rear with its wing on fire and explosion in its tail. Glimpse of head-on attack against B-17. Two Messerschmitt Bf 110 aircraft in flight. A lone U.S. B-24 Liberator bomber under attack. B-17 with piece of windshield missing and horizontal stabilizer shot away. B-17 bomber formation under attack from the rear. View of pilot and instruments inside German fighter plane. B-17 being shot to pieces in frontal attack. More attacks on formations of B-17s. German women in command post recording combat information on displays. Parachutes of American B-17 crew in sky. Captured U.S. fliers being escorted under guard, and one, with head bandaged, being questioned by German officers (English conversation is heard.) The flier says he is fine They ask another flier if he is wounded. He says only a twisted ankle. Temporary graves of dead American fliers, with wooden crosses and names on them, including one with name George J.Parker.
U.S. Army Air Forces activities during the World War 2 Battle of Monte Cassino in Italy. Air crew of U.S.12th Air Force, 57th Bomb Wing, sit on bombs near their B-25, prior to takeoff. They board the aircraft. A gunner sitting in open compartment. B-25s takeoff in flights of three each and join up in larger formation. View from ground of bombs exploding on German positions at Monte Cassino. Formation of U.S. 15th Air Force B-24 :Liberator Bombers seen in the sky. B-26 crews of 42nd Bomb view photo of targets. B-26 taking off past several parked Supermarine Spitfire aircraft of 303 Polish Squadron RAF. B-25s taking off.
U.S. Army Air Forces operations in the Pacific during World War 2. Animated map of world shows U.S. Army Air Forces locations. Formation of Us Army Air Forces B-17s in flight. Animation shows expansion of Japanese holdings in the Pacific Ocean. Animation shows location of U.S. 5th Air Force. Mechanics work on early model of B-17s of 5th Air Force at air base in Australia. Japanese convoy underway in the Coral Sea. Action of Battle of Coral Sea by U.S. Navy and Australian Navy ships and aircraft. Bombs away view as B-17 in flight drop bombs. Japanese vessels in water being bombed. U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber in flight. U.S. Army Air Forces pilots board P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft. U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 Mitchell bombers' engines starting. B-17 in flight. Formation of RAF (Royal Air Force) Beaufort bombers in flight. Interiors of aircraft shows Australian pilots at controls. Japanese convoy in Bismarck Sea. Australian and U.S. aircraft attacking at very low altitude ("mast high") to "skip bomb" the Japanese ships. Interiors of aircraft shows gunners strafing ships. Bombing of Japanese ships.
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