A U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat airplane is seen parked on a ramp, with a bomb slung under its fuselage. The narrator identifies it as a "fire bomb," containing gel gasoline. Scene shifts to an F6F dropping one from several thousand feet, in a demonstration. The incendiary bomb creates a swath of fire along the ground, in the direction of flight. A flight of two F6Fs repeat the demonstration, dropping their bombs simultaneously, from a formation. Another drops a bomb on a pier at a waterfront. View to the rear from an airplane that just dropped a bomb in a wooded area. Views of actual U.S. 1st Marine Division operations on Peleliu, Palau Islands, during World War 2, showing F4U Corsair aircraft, flying low and slow, with gear down, dropping napalm incendiary bombs on Japanese troops dug in on a ridge. View of smoke rising from bomb strikes at targets near a river.
P-47 aircraft of the U.S. Army Air Forces 365th and 368th Fighter Groups operating at the Chievres Airfield (A-84) in Chièvres Belgium, during World War 2. P-47 aircraft take off and land on muddy airfield. P-47s take off. Military vehicles drive through mud. Mobile control tower on airfield. Soldiers walk out of a tent looking at planes overhead. P-47s land. Trees in the background. 'Merry Xmas Hitler' written on a bomb. Pilot in the cockpit of P-47. Planes prepare to take off. P-47 of the 388th Squadron with nose art "Mike's Kite" seen as it starts to taxi and prepares for takeoff.
P-47 aircraft of the U.S. Army Air Forces 365th and 368th Fighter Groups seen at the Chievres Airfield (A-84) in Chièvres Belgium, during World War II. P-47 aircraft take off and land on muddy airfield. Thunderbolt aircraft taking off. Military police directs vehicles across the muddy field. Trees in the background.
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."
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.
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.
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