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U.S. Army Air Forces P-47 aircraft operating at Chievres Airfield Belgium (A-84) in World War II

Ground operations scenes of P-47 aircraft of the U.S. Army Air Forces 365th and 368th Fighter Groups at the Chievres Airfield (A-84) in Chièvres Belgium, during World War 2. Several P-47s on ramp with engines running, and taxiing. A formation of P-47s flies overhead and breaks to land. Aircraft with nose art seen including P-47D 43-25519 "Stinker Too" (Lt. Rhinert Tadych); P-47 tail number 42-26251; and a P-47 named "Madelyn."

Date: 1944, December
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675045685
Mechanics performing maintenance on P-47s of 365th and 368th Fighter Group, in Chievres Belgium, during World War II

Scenes at the U.S. Army Air Corps 365th Fighter Group and 368th Fighter Group base at Chievres Airfield (A-84) in Chièvres Belgium, during World War II. Mechanics changing wheel and tire on a P-47 thunderbolt airplane. P-47 named "Mortician's Delight" is seen (Lt. Neal Worley of 387th Squadron). Olive drab razor back P-47 and an shiny aluminum P-47 with bubble canopy, parked on a hard stand with maintenance equipment around them. Maintenance truck with "Hard Luck (T.S.)" painted on its back. Mechanics performing maintenance on several P-47s. Runway controller with signal light at side of runway, with P-47 landing and one waiting to take off, in the background.

Date: 1944, December
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675045686
P-47 aircraft take off from the muddy air base in Chievres Belgium.

P-47 aircraft of the U.S. Army Air Forces 365th and 368th Fighter Groups taking off and landing at the Chievres Airfield (A-84) in Chièvres Belgium, during World War II. P-47 Thunderbolt airplanes take off from the muddy air base. Trees in the background. Airplanes parked on the air base show nose art including "Slick Chick" (piloted by 368th Fighter Group Commander, Lt. Col. Frank Perego). Airplanes in formation. Military vehicle pass on the air base and a P-47 takes off. Visible in the distance near the end of the clip is the parked P-47 "Arkansas Traveler" of the 396th Squadron (pilot Paul Douglas).

Date: 1944, December
Duration: 1 min 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675045687
P-47 aircraft of the U.S. Army Air Force 368th Fighter Group take off and land at muddy Chievres Airfield in Belgium during World War 2

World War II P-47 aircraft of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) take off and land at Chievres Airfield (A-84) in Chièvres Belgium. Airplanes take off from the muddy air base. Trees in the background. Second plane landing has nose art that is difficult to read, but the aircraft serial number 42-76114 (which was piloted by George Swink of the 396th Squadron. Swink's aircraft was downed by flak on 25 December, 1944 and his status after was POW). Various scenes of P-47 Thunderbolts taking off and landing.

Date: 1944, December
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675045688
Damaged Pervyse railroad station and a cathedral due to war in Belgium.

War damage in Pervyse, Belgium (sometimes also spelled Pervijze or Pervyse). Destroyed railroad station and damaged buildings from battles near the Yser Front. Smoke coming from an underground kitchen. 'Pervyse' written on a board on the top of a building. A man walks through the rubble. Ruins of Pervyse Cathedral. Slate indicates it was the site where General Grosetti "stood for two hours amid falling masonry, urging his men forward." Interior of the damaged cathedral and men sifting through the rubble.

Date: 1914
Duration: 1 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045916
German soldiers fire artillery on the front in Mechelen, Belgium during World War I

Teams of horses transport German 21cm morsers (heavy siege morters) along a road leading toward the front during World War 1. Gunners walk along beside them. Battery of the mortars being set up in a field by some houses near Mechelen (also called Malines) Belgium. The gun crews load and fire their mortars. Supplies are brought by horse-drawn wagon. Officers, soldiers, and some medical corpsmen (with red crosses on their sleeves) stand nearby as the battery of mortars fires. . (Note: The church shown, beginning TC: 1:28 is reportedly St. Joseph's, of the St. Joseph-Coloma parish on the southern outskirts of Mechelen/Malines, a city midway between Brussels and Antwerp. The church survived the war and still stands in 2014, although it is also reportedly in a bad state of repair.)

Date: 1914, September
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045927