Gun camera footage from a P-51D fighter plane of the USAAF 357th Fighter Group, 364th Fighter Squadron, stationed at RAF Leiston. This one is being flown by Lieutenant Dale E. Karger on 5 December, 1944. Camera shows Karger's aircraft tracking and firing at a German Focke Wulf Fw-190 aircraft flying below him. His rounds strike the FW-190 and it bursts into flames and falls toward the ground. (Note: This shows one of two Fw-190s Karger shot down this day. They were his first aerial victories. He went on to finish his tour with credit for 7.5 downed German aircraft.)
Mrs. Emmy Goering with her daughter Edda detained at Fischhorn Castle (Schloßstraße 55, 5710 Kaprun, Austria), near Zell am See, Austria after the end of World War II. Train at Zell am See. Mountains in the background. Mrs. Emmy Goering sit with her young daughter Edda. U.S. soldiers stand behind them. They climb downstairs. Lieutenant Jerome Shapiro, NYC, 36th Division guards them while they sit at a garden table. Mrs. Goering and Edda talk with a friend.
German Wasserfall C-2 ground to air rocket hoisted on the dolly(trailer) is brought out from the hangar for testing during World War 2. Views of the Wasserfall C-2 ground to air rocket. Wasserfall C-2 erect on test stand IX at Peenemünde, in launching position. Technicians work on the erect rocket. They take the rocket back again into the shelter.
Preparations for test launch of German Wasserfall antiaircraft missile, during World War 2. A German officer operating the rocket's remote control device. Wasserfal C-2 ground to air rocket hoisted on the mobile launch dolly (trailer) brought out from the shelter. Technicians work on the erect rocket. Wasserfall C-2 erect on the stand in launching position. (Note: The location appears to be the island "Greifswalder Oie" - the west coast is clearly visible - along with the northern observation tower and a Wuerzburg Riese Radar.)
Technicians stand near the rocket engine. Rocket engine mounted on test stand for static firing tests. Fire from the engine. Repeated scenes of the fire testings. (World War II period).
German rocket-boosted jet engine mounted on a dolly. Number 928 is painted on the engine. This is the BMW-003 A-1 jet engine with additional liquid-rocket motor type BMW 109-178, for boosting during take-off. ( First flight was on March 26,1945)
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