German Air Force Junker Plane JU-88 seen in flight. Luftwaffe aircraft JU-88 explodes during World War II in Germany.
German fighter planes explode and fall down as they are shot down by the United States fighter planes during World War II. German ship maneuvers to escape attack
U.S. 8th Army Air Force gun camera film showing actual aerial combat scenes during World War 2, in Europe. A Messerschmitt Bf 109 is seen being attacked from the rear. It is struck, loses control and begins to burn. Next, a German Focke Wulf 190 (FW-190) with a 300 liter drop tank still attached, is attacked. The drop tank is hit and explodes in flames. It separates from the aircraft, which rolls and dives. Another FW-190 with its landing gear extended, is attacked and explodes in flames. An Fw-190, has its wing blown off and falls out of the sky. A U.S. fighter plane strafing a German E-boat (German: Schnellboot, or fast boat). The plane strafes from the boat's port side and then circles to attack head-on as the boat attempts evasive maneuvers. An FW-190 is attacked, head-on as it is also firing at the U.S. fighter. It is struck and erupts in flame and smoke. A pair of Siebel Fh 104 Hallore transport planes are attacked, followed by an attack on a Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor transport, as it takes off from an airfield. Its left wing is set afire. Next, a U.S. fighter engages and destroys a German Dornier Do-17 bomber, in a head-on attack, as it is climbing out. That same U.S. fighter plane attacks and destroys an FW-190. In final scene, a Messerschmitt bf 109 is shot to pieces in another head-on attack.
8th Army Air Force footage 'Fighter Kills over Europe'. Enemy fighter planes ME-109 on ground and in air destroyed by United States fighter planes during World War 2. Strafing of airfields, railroad trains and airfield towers by United States fighter planes.
Slate titled "Fighter kills on D-Day". Shows strafing of German-operated ammunition trucks on highways of France by United States fighter planes during the D-Day invasion of France in World War II. Gun camera footage from pilot point of view shows U.S. Army Air Force fighter planes in very low approaches as they strafe railroad trains, trucks, marshaling yards, and buildings. Some strafing attacks result in explosion of targets. Smoke rises up in the sky.
A film titled 'Fighter kills'. Gun camera footage shows strafing attack against German airfield with destruction of a Messerschmitt Me-210 on the ground. Another sequence shows three Me-109s in different attacks, being struck and exploding in flight. Strafing attacks are seen against a number of barges along inland waterways and against several steam locomotives on railroads, in which their steam boiler explode. More air attacks show a twin engine German plane destroyed on the ground, and FW-190 airplanes destroyed in the air and on the ground. More strafing attacks on warehouses; waterways; and the shoot down of an Me-109 which explodes and crashes into the ground. The remainder of the clip shows numerous strafing attacks against German airfields and aircraft on the ground.
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