American aircraft in flight strafing woods. Aircraft strafes a vehicle on road. Explosion on road. Aircraft strafing small factories and clusters of buildings, in 1945 near the end of World War II in Europe.
Aircraft B-26 taxies on airfield. Tent in the background. Ambulance at airfield and B-26 takes off in the background.
Aircraft B-26s takes off from runway. Men around trucks and other vehicles parked on airfield. B-26s takes off.
Aircraft B-26s takes off from runway. Nose of B-26 with figure of girl painted on it. Men walk away from nose section. Men on aircraft for refueling. Men play baseball. Aircraft parked in the background.
General Henry Arnold alights from automobile. General Spaatz, General Vandenberg and General Lee also alight. General Arnold and Lieutenant Colonel Grump in conversation. General Arnold gets into aircraft B-25. MPs guard plane. Aircraft P-51 taxis down runway.
A number of Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft of 323rd Bombardment Group (9th Air Force) are lined up for takeoff. As they taxi past camera, tail number of one: 43-34344, is visible. All aircraft display the distinctive White Tail identifying the 323rd BG. (The Group is known to some as Wood's Rocket Raiders, so-named for their Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Wilson r. Wood.) The location is Denain Airfield (A-83), near the City of Valenciennes, France. The time is April, 7,1945, a month before VE Day. Several airmen are pitching horseshoes, while others watch. They use a shoe to measure how close one came to the pin. Two airment use a two-man saw to saw a timber while a third sits on it to hold it still.
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