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.
RF-84F Thunderflash at Erding Air Base in Berlin, Germany. A German airman in the cockpit of a RF-84F Thunderflash. Second airman on the wing of the aircraft. He checks the plane's instrument panel. An airman gets out of Thunderflash cockpit and closes the canopy. Another airman climbs up a ladder and reaches the wing of the aircraft. He disengages an air hose from RF-84F Thunderflash and fastens down the access panel.
Anti-submarine warfare exercises in United States. U.S. Navy S2F Anti-submarine warfare aircraft in flight. USS Hazelwood (DD-531) underway. USS Sea Poacher (SS-406) underway on surface. USS Sea Poacher submerges and then comes to the surface. S2F aircraft fires rockets. Rockets strike the water. Anti-submarine depth charges dropped by S2F.
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