Aircraft of the U.S. Army Air Forces Fighter Group operating at Alto Airbase, Corsica, in World War 2. P-47 aircraft of the 66th Fighter Squadron, comes down for landing. Pilot walking out on wing of a 64th Fighter Squadron P-47,named the "Lady Jane." He examines flak hole in the wing. Pilots at Red Cross coffee truck discuss recent mission. Red Cross girl in the background.
Location: Alto Airfield, Corsica, during World war 2. P-47aircraft, of 65th Fighter Squadron, 57th Fighter Group, on active dirt runway, after landing, turns off and spins about revealing the name "Hun Hunter XIV" painted on its fuselage. Pilot, Lieutenant Colonel Gilbert O. Wymond, Jr., shuts engine down, climbs out of cockpit, and walks to tail to examine combat damage in several places. Men stand by tent. Colonel Wymond signs 'Missing in Action' report. Man's hand putting spoonful of sugar in tin cup of coffee. Man drinks coffee and eats donut.
Activity at Alto Airbase, Corsica, during World War 2. Man with flight report standing by tent. Lieutenant Colonel Gilbert O. Wymond, Jr. of the 65th Fighter Squadron, standing on newly constructed floor, observes activity during construction of an Officers club. Two men are sawing wood. Others are nailing roof rafters in place. Flyers taking a break on raft supported by 55gallon drums, at beach area of Alto Air Base. They push one another into water and have fun on the raft.
Features notables in early aviation history. Early aviation pioneers attend the first International Aviation Meet held at Rheims. An early model French aircraft taxis. Colonel Courzi seated in the cockpit of an early model aircraft. Plane in flight. Wilbur Wright gives a flying demonstration at International meeting. Louis Paulhan gives a demonstration of flight on his aircraft. Two aircraft fly around pylon. One piloted by Glenn Curtiss. Men sit in a car. Hubert Latham flies an aircraft. Louis Breguet crashes. People rush to the crash scene and cameramen take photographs. Louis Breguet standing near a car. Louis Bleriot in an airplane on the airfield. Louis Blériot looks out from the cockpit. Henri Farman in an aircraft. People observe air show.
'Terminus Aviation Buffet' written on a building in Paris. People gathered in front of the building. A huge crowd. Aviator Charles Lindbergh looks below from a building. People gather to welcome him. Posters on the walls in the street. Charles Lindbergh waves U.S. flag and French flag. Men stand with him in the building. Crowd cheers.
Men examine a plane in Paris. People gather in front of a hangar. Aviator Charles Lindbergh arrives with a group of men. They escort him by a French biplane and down a street past an honor guard. Large group gathers around the monoplane of Charles Lindbergh 'Spirit of St Louis'. Charles Lindbergh poses on steps next to French President Gaston Doumergue. He wears the Honor Legion medal awarded by the French President
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