Four P-47s of the 506th Fighter Squadron, 404th Fighter Group, operating from rough field at advanced landing strip Y-54, Keltz, Germany, near end of World War 2, in Europe. United States Army Air Forces P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft taking off on the dirt airstrip raising much dust. They are equipped with 150 gallon drop tanks. The P-47s flying in formation overhead.
United States Army Air Forces aircraft in Germany during World War 2. U.S. P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft landing on a runway. An antiaircraft machine gun and crew seen intermittently in the foreground. After the landing P-47s clear the runway, others, that were lined up waiting, take off.
U.S. Army Air Forces mechanics performing routine maintenance on a P-47 fighter airplane in Germany during World War 2. A crew chief wipes off the engine cowling, which has been removed from the airplane. A mechanic makes adjustments to the engine. A pilot, in leather jacket, paints paints an area in red on the fuselage, below the cockpit.
United States Army Air Forces operations in Germany during final days of World War 2 in Europe. United States Army Air Force P-47 Thunderbolts taxiing on a ramp in front of an open hangar at Fritzlar Air Base. A group of crew chiefs conversing. Trees in the foreground. P-47 takes off. Crewmen pushing a bomb trailer. A crew chief reading the pony edition of the "Times." Mechanics work on jeeps. An airman, followed by a pet dog, climbs steps to a trailer. Enlisted man talking to a Tech Sergeant who leans out window of a building. An L-5 liaison airplane taxis in a parking area. Three U.S. soldiers walking across the perimeter strip. Enlisted men shake hands with pilot of the L-5, who carries a German cavalry sword as a souvenir. They walk into building through door with sign reading: : "Colonel Stecker, Commanding." (Colonel Ray Stecker is Commander, U.S. 365th Fighter Group, of the 84th Fighter Wing.) ground crewman washes down ramp with a hose. P-47 and refueling truck in background.
American airmen engaged in routine work at a base in Germany near the conclusion of World War 2, in Europe. Three airmen mechanics open tailgate door of a mobile shop. They pick out tools from the shop. They work on an improvised washing maching. GIs hang up laundry on a line. An improvised GI laundry. A crewman reads while sitting on a tub. Airman cleans out Commander's staff car. One of the crewman eating K-ration. Crewmen rig up the washing machine. Several airmen smile as they jointly pull on handle of a pipe wrench. Airmen washing a 6x6 Army truck. Water running out of the truck bed.
U.S. soldiers in Milan, Italy, near end of World War 2 in Europe. German women, Luftwaffe girls and Red Cross women are transported to other places in trucks. German prisoners of war (POW) driving their own convoy, unescorted, heading towards U.S. lines.
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