A convoy of Allied A-26 warplanes of the United States Army Air Force flies over the Swiss Alps Mountains during World War II. Planes fly over a smoke cloud evolved from a bomb explosion on a German City. Other A-26 bombers of the convoy. Agricultural farms and roads on the ground below as seen from the flying planes.
U.S. Army Air Force pilot Lt. Bruce Carr, of the 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, dons his parachute and climbs into the cockpit of his P-51D Mustang airplane. Crew chief, Earl Osborne, assists him. The name 'Angels Playmate"and 23 swastikas are painted on fuselage of the airplane. Lt Carr taxis away toward the runway. Another pilot climbs aboard his P-51D and settles himself in the cockpit.
Pilots of the United States Army Air Force 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, board their P-51D aircraft, for a mission against German targets, during World War II. They are operating from a bombed out captured German airfield, near the end of the War in Europe. Major L.K. Brueland is seen in cockpit of his airplane as he taxis with the canopy open, making his way between obstructions on the ramp. His aircraft displays 14 and one half swastikas. Another pilot climbs aboard his P-51D, as a photographer stands on the nose of the aircraft. His airplane has 16 German crosses (not swastikas ) painted on it. Crew chief cleans his canopy. He taxis out with canopy closed.
American ground crew delivers ammunition in a captured German commercial truck, painted tomato red. "Tomato Juice" is painted on side of the truck (in German).They drive and stop near a parked P-51 aircraft, where they get out and remove ammunition boxes from the back of the truck. They set the ammunition boxes down near P-51 plane.
U.S. ground crewmen open ammunition boxes near a P-51 plane and take out belted 50 caliber ammunition. They then get into a captured tomato-colored German truck bearing the words "Tomato Juice" (in German) on its side. They drive away in the truck.
Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter planes take off and land with tricycle landing gear. Aircrafts fly high in the sky. Perform various stunts. Landing of P-38 plane is seen. U.S. Pilots share their experiences about P-38 planes including destruction of first German plane shot down in World War II by a P-38 over Iceland. P-38 planes in support of heavy bombers. Ground crews attach bombs to P-38. Views of P-38s from air and ground. Far Eastern Airforce head, Lt. Gen George C. Kenney comments on the planes performance.
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