ME-109 F aircraft of Jagdgeschwader 53 in Germany during World War II. A pilot boards a German ME-109 F aircraft of Jagdgeschwader 53. A pilot gets into the cockpit of the aircraft. A man on a bicycle looks on. Ground crew crank the engine manually. ME-109 Fs taxi along and take off. One ME-109 F in flight with trailing smoke. Aircraft in flight.
Sinking of captured German battleship, SMS Ostfriesland in the Atlantic Ocean. Line of Felixstowe F5L flying boat aircraft parked at a flight hangar. (F5-L 3362 was built in Canada by Canadian Aeroplanes Ltd.) Bombs loaded underneath the aircraft. Formation of F5L aircraft in flight overhead approaching target battleship. The battleship is bombed. Heavy columns of smoke rise as the battleship explodes. The aircraft in formation flight. Aerial view of the burning battleship. A bomb explodes on the stern of SMS Ostfriesland. Aerial view of the burning ship. The ship sinks.
Loading activities aboard the United States aircraft carrier Bataan in San Diego, California. Aircraft carrier Bataan moored to quay wall. A dock crane loads crates aboard the carrier. A Captain's gig in the foreground with sailors aboard it. Stern of Bataan moored to quay wall. United States Air Force F-84 being hoisted aboard the Bataan. Mule tractor pulls a F-84 away from the parking area on quay wall toward Bataan. A F-84 being hoisted aboard the carrier Bataan.
Activities aboard USS Ranger in Alameda, California.Navy VF-1 Wolfpack Squadron F-14 lands on flight deck of USS Ranger. Airman signals pilot to stop aircraft. F-14 taxis along flight deck. F-14s parked on flight deck. Airman chains the landing gear of plane.
USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) in Korean War Theater. Aircraft warms up on flight deck of the carrier ship. United States fighter aircraft F4U Corsair on flight deck. F4U Corsair aircraft unfolds wings. Pilots seated in the cockpit. F4U Corsair taking off carrier. AD-1 Skyraider taking off from the flight deck. Signal officer in the foreground.
U.S. F4U-1D and F4U-4 Corsairs from the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing operating against targets on Okinawa during World War 2. They can be seen taxing and taking off with belly tanks underneath. Pilots and airmen stand near a plane. Injured flier being removed from TBM Avenger aircraft and carried to ambulance on a stretcher. F4U Corsairs are seen returning to land. Some land and several go around to space for landing. A TBM Avenger goes around during the landing activity.
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