German troops board a Junkers JU-52 transport aircraft during World War II. Interior of transport plane showing German troops seated and singing in flight. A bomb being loaded on Junkers JU-87 Stuka dive bomber. Luftwaffe pilot getting into Stuka dive bomber. The Junkers JU-87 diver bomber taxies on the tarmac. Soldiers singing is heard in the background. Large group of Stuka aircraft taking off from an airfield. Stuka dive bombers in flight. Trees and rolling hills are seen on the ground. View of a bomb crater. German troops standing on side of crater. Wreckage of bridge and a railway station in Germany. Railroad station and surrounding areas showing extensive damage. Street showing windows blown from buildings in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. View of the Städtische Volksschule (State Volksschule) in Freiburg im Breisgau. Collapsed roof of the Volksschule. Wreckage of buildings. Sign reads “Säuglingsheim St. Hedwisgshaus Kinderkrankenabteilung Pflegerinnenschule” (“Infant Clinic St. Hedwigshaus Children's infirmary Nursing school” in English). Windows and interiors blasted at the St. Hedwigshaus Infant Clinic. Children’s toys on top of a table. Sign reads “Hilda-schule”. Bullet holes found on the exterior of a school in Freiburg im Breisgau. Apparently, there are children in school.
A Heinkel He-111, the primary Luftwaffe medium bomber, parked on a grass field in Germany during World War II. A Military Police officer stands guard under the aircraft's left propeller. Tail assembly showing Nazi Swastika. Marking on plane shows aircraft number 'He111/5490' . Several parked USAAF Douglas C-47 Skytrains or Dakotas unloading supplies. C-47s landing and taking off.
Germany about a month before the end of World War 2 in Europe. A crash landed United States Army Air Force Republic P-47D Thunderbolt aircraft, nicknamed "Mom's Irish Mick." It was assigned to the 404th Fighter Squadron, 371st fighter Group, and crash landed on Advanced Landing Ground Y-74 Frankfurt/Eschborn that had been seized by advancing U.S. forces, in 1945. The aircraft carries tail number 44-33253 and was piloted by Charles T. Martin III. Officers retrieve ammunition from the wing gun. Crane brought in to lift the fighter plane also known as the Jug. Crane pulls the P-47 off field. The hulk of a Gotha 242 transport glider stands next to the American flag at half mast with air field tents in the background. A formation of P-47s flies over the flag. Four P-47s buzz and pull up with the flag in foreground. P-47s flying in 'V' formation with American flag in foreground and officers on the ground. Four P-47s circle for landing. A North American T-6 Texan training plane, a.k.a. Harvard, with occupants in both cockpits, taking off and pulling up.
GSAP (Gun Sight Aiming Point) footage of medium bomber raids over Germany during WW II. Aerial view of the ground taken from an aircraft bomb bay. Two United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Douglas A-26 Invaders on an airstrip during sunset. Formation of several A-26 light attack bombers in the sky. (World War II period).
GSAP (Gun Sight Aiming Point) footage of medium bomber raids over Germany during WW II. Aerial view of the ground below through the clouds. Formation of several United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Douglas A-26 Invaders. Bomb dropping from aircraft bomb bay. White clouds of smoke from bomb hits rising from the ground. National insignia on the aircraft. Several A-26s in flight. (World War II period).
GSAP (Gun Sight Aiming Point) footage of raids over Germany during WW II. United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Douglas A-26 Invaders in flight. A large formation of the light attack bombers A-26s in line flying away and then getting into formation again. (World War II period).
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