August 1943: Animated map depicts Allied ground advances, 5th AAF air fleet stations, Japanese opposition base at Rabaul as well as Japanese positions and network in Papua New Guinea. Map depicting strategic Japanese positions of Wewak and Boram. 5th AAF soldiers decide to raid the two posts. 17 August 1943: USAAF B-25 Mitchell bombers and P-38 Lightning fighters attack the Japanese post of Wewak. Heavy bombardment by the American bombers. Smoke and explosion from the bombardment. Aerial view of the Japanese airplanes parked on the airstrip. 20 August 1943: USAAF B-24 Liberatoor bombers and P-38 Lightning fighters attack the Japanese position at Boram. Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service Mitsubishi Zeros attack the B-24s, P-38s intervene. Bombs dropped on the target. Smoke and explosion from the bombardment. (World War II period).
Bombing missions over Europe. A formation of United States B-24 Liberators in flight. They drop bombs over targets. Gunners seated inside the aircraft fire at attacking fighter aircraft. Explosions on ground with smoke rising from them. A group of B-26 Marauders fly in formation. A P51B/C Mustang fighter plane taxis to a stop after landing. The pilot shuts down the engine. As he begins unfastening his shoulder harness, a black and white dog runs out to greet him and stands behind the left wing of the airplane while the pilot gets ready to leave the cockpit. (World War II period).
United States B-17 and B-24 bombers loaded with bombs to be dropped over Japanese position in Aleutian Island during World War II. Planes take off and drop bombs over Japanese position and return after the air strike.
United States Army Air Corps aircraft. A Bell YFM-1 Airacuda taking off and seen in-flight. Close views of this unusual design with twin pusher-propellers behind greenhouse-nosed nacelles with cannons. American aircraft takes off from an airfield. Aerial views of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress in flight. Close view of the cockpit area, and then side view of the entire aircraft in flight. A British Royal Air Force Consolidated B-24 Liberator takes off from an airfield and its landing gear is seen retracting horizontally beneath the wings.
U.S. air raids on the Palau Islands in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) B-24 Liberator bomber formations of the 31st Squadron, 5th Bomb Group in flight over a target area. Interior of an aircraft. A pilot and a co-pilot at the controls in the aircraft. A bombardier gets set for a bomb run. Explosions and smoke rises from the target area. Six USAAF B-25 Mitchells in flight over the target area. The aircraft drop bombs over the area. Smoke rises due to explosions.
United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) in the Ballale Islands, Solomon Islands during World War II. B-24 Liberator landing on the airbase. P-39 Airacobra and B-25 Mitchell land. Airplane taxiing on the airstrip. Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service Mitsubishi A6M Zeros fly in formation.
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