Two P-47D aircraft raise considerable dust as they make a formation takeoff from Advanced Landing Ground, A-12, at Lignerolles, France, during World War 2. They are painted with white invasion stripes Change of scene shows P-47D, tail number 42-27603, of the 362nd Fighter Group, 378th Fighter Squadron, parked on stiffened steel mesh (Sommerfeld Tracking) at the field. The aircraft is under armed guard. Its tail wheel appears to be sunk below the steel mesh. A motorcycle is parked beside the aircraft. Airmen walk around the airplane, looking at battle damage that is seen on leading edge and aileron of its right wing. Two holes are seen in the fuselage below the cockpit. A Military policeman examines the holes in the fuselage. Camera shows accidental closeup of steel mesh on the field that appears to be the square-mesh track variety (SMT). Glimpse of a P-47D making a dusty takeoff.
The end of the Battle of Tunisia in North Africa during World War II. German and Italian soldiers surrender. German and Italian prisoners are massed. The prisoners advance with their luggage. German troops advance in their own trucks. The troops carry their food and walk. German officers and prisoners seated in a field. Surrendered German prisoners. Vehicles in the background. The commander of the Axis forces in Africa gets off from an aircraft. He shakes hand with German officials and speaks to them. A soldier puts a lock on a door. Marshal of Italy Giovanni Messe stands beside a car. Messe walks with other officials.
Activities of U.S. Army Air Force 8th Fighter Group at Squadron Area on Morotai Island, Indonesia during World War 2. An operations building after being torn down. Trucks are loaded with equipment. 5 gallon water casks ready for shipment. Soldiers load the trucks. They cover the trucks The soldiers load barracks bags on a truck. The truck drives out. A supply officer inspects a water trailer. Several trucks drive out. Fighter pilots walk and talk. A dismantled mess hall. Mess hall refrigerators crated for shipment. The Squadron Area after tents have been torn down.
Activities at Second Aviation Instruction Center in France during World War I. A large number of British Airco DH-4 biplane light bombers stationary at an airfield. Hangar buildings in the background. Ground crew around the aircraft. The hangars in the foreground with different numbers written on them. A DH-4 aircraft parked in front of a hangar. An unidentified aircraft in flight. A guard tower on the top of a hangar.
Activities at Second Aviation Instruction Center in France during World War I. A Caudron trainer and French mechanics turn an aircraft at a field by lifting the tail and twisting on the wing tip.
Activities at Second Aviation Instruction Center in France during World War I. An airman loads a camera in a machine gun mounted on the turret of an aircraft. A gunner standing in the gunner's seat of the aircraft demonstrates the action of the turret. He swings the gun to various positions for firing.
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