Room demolished by a bomb. A hole in the roof of the building. Interior completely wrecked. Fuhrer Adolf Hitler awaits arrival of Benito Mussolini at a train station in Germany. Italian dictator Benito Mussolini arrives and is greeted by Hitler and high ranking Nazi officers . The two leaders stroll in the company of Axis officials including Reichsfuhrer SS (Schutzstaffel) Heinrich Himmler, Luftwaffe Commander Hermann Goering, German Foreign Minister Joachim Von Ribbentrop, German Naval Commander Karl Donitz, and Italian General Rudolfo Graziani. Hitler And Goering bid farewell to Mussolini at the station, as he departs. He waves from the window as the train leaves.
U.S. Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force, VIII Fighter Command operations in Germany during World War II. 15 April 1944: Lieutenant General JN Mcelroy of the 355th Fighter Group 358th Squadron attacks ground targets. He strafes an airdrome and a train. Smoke due to the bombardment and firing. An aircraft on the ground. Black smoke rises up into the air.
U.S. Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force, VIII Fighter Command operations in Germany during World War II. 18 April 1944: 1st Lieutenant DW Howe of the 4th Fighter Group 334th Squadron attacks ground targets. The aircraft in flight over hills and fields. He strafes an airdrome. Black smoke from various targets. German aircraft parked at the airdrome. He attacks a German cargo bomber and fighter aircraft. Smoke all around due to the strafing.
U.S. Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force, VIII Fighter Command operations in Germany during World War II. 18 April 1944: 2nd Lieutenant JF Scott of the 4th Fighter Group 334th Squadron attacks ground targets. The aircraft in flight over fields. 2nd Lt. Scott strafes a German locomotive. Smoke rises due to the strafing. He attacks German aircraft at an airdrome.
U.S. Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force, VIII Fighter Command operations in Germany during World War II. 18 April 1944: Colonel DJM Blakeslee of the 4th Fighter Group 335th Squadron attacks ground targets. He strafes a German locomotive factory. A locomotive on fire amidst trees. He attacks a parked German aircraft at an airdrome. The wrecked aircraft on fire.
U.S. Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force, VIII Fighter Command operations in Germany during World War II. 18 April 1944: 2nd Lieutenant O.F. La Jeunesse of the 4th Fighter Group 336th Squadron attacks ground targets. He strafes crashed German aircraft on the ground. Smoke rises from the wrecked aircraft.
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