Pre-flight inspection of the U.S. Air Force F-102A Delta Dagger interceptor aircraft. Plane on the runway. Crew chief performs power on checks in the cockpit. He climbs into the cockpit and inspects the lights, switches and gauges. Two crewmen check the engine compartment for fuel leakage under the plane. They close the panel after inspection and sign off the forms. The plane on the runway.
U.S. Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force, VIII Fighter Command operations in Germany during World War II. 18 April 1944: 2nd Lieutenant O.F. La Jeunesse of the 4th Fighter Group 336th Squadron attacks ground targets. He strafes crashed German aircraft on the ground. Smoke rises from the wrecked aircraft.
Former American war correspondents in Paris, France to mark the 25th anniversary of Allied invasion of Europe in World War II. A helicopter lifts off. A newly delivered Boeing 747 aircraft at Le Bourget Airport. Correspondents stand under an umbrella near the aircraft. They examine the exterior and interior of the new 747. Civilians stand behind barricades. The first Concorde prototype, Concorde F-WTSS, also on display for the crowds. Correspondents seated in a Pan Am lounge at the airport.
April 1, 1946: “Operation “Road’s End.” View from the Destroyer, USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) as it accompanies Imperial Japanese Navy submarines headed out of Sasebo Bay, headed to "Point Deep Six," (reportedly about 60 km west of Nagasaki and off the Gotō Islands) where they are to be scuttled by demolition charges and/or gunfire from the Larson or the USS Nereus (AS-17) (not seen). Captain Bell and Commander D.A. Mckee are seen on deck of the Larson with a Japanese interpreter who is issuing instructions to the skeleton Japanese crews through a megaphone. Views of the submarines underway.
F4U Corsairs of U.S. Marine Aircraft Group 11, use skip bombing to strike Japanese in fortified caves on Peleliu, during World War 2. They are seen striking targets on Prostitute Ridge. Meanwhile, Marines in Horseshoe Valley hurry as they carry a wounded Marine on a stretcher past some U.S. Army M4 Sherman tanks. Another view of Corsair making low slow bomb run. Scene shifts to a Corsair landing on the Peleliu airfield, while construction vehicles are still working to repair it. Scenes of the airfield, with mixture of tents, some still-standing buildings, and men working on the sand runways.
United States F4U Corsairs from Marine Aircraft Group 11 fly low over Japanese forces dug in on a ridge in Peleliu Island, Palau, during World War 2. They drop single napalm incendiary bombs, creating fire and heavy black smoke on the targets.
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