Two GB-4 missiles mounted on a trailer at a U.S. Air Force base in United States. Trailer tows them to a USAF B-17 Bomber, while airmen sit on the missiles. Two GB-4 missiles attached to the underside of a B-17 fuselage. The aircraft takes off. Bomber launches a missile while in the sky. GB-4 flies and leaves smoke trails. Its crash near the target.
German A-4 missile launches from a site in Peenemunde as it emits smoke. A meter records the readings related to the launch. A map shows the point from where A-4 was launched and an animation shows the trajectory of the missile. Missile covers a distance of 190 kilometers from the launch site to the point in sea where it crashes near a search boat. Scientists work to develop A-4 missile with the help of machines.
Men carry injured U.S. Army Air Force Jungle Rescue Pilot Captain James Green from hospital tent to completed MEDEVAC landing zone in Shingbwiyang, Burma during World War II. Green had been injured in a crash of his helicopter. Dr. Underwood talks on hand radio as men sight an incoming Sikorsky YR-4 helicopter. Engineer sets off smoke flare. Helicopter lands and men hold it. Men carry Captain Green on litter to the helicopter and he shakes hands with Pilot Lieutenant Raymond Murdock. Dr. Underwood gives Green an injection in his arm. Men put Captain Green in the helicopter and it takes off. Men cheer and shake hands with Dr. Underwood. This is an early example of one of the first helicopter MEDEVAC (Medical Evacuation) flights in a combat zone. Prior to this MEDEVAC flight, this particular helicopter, a Sikorsky YR-4, had been dismantled at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio on January 17, 1945, loaded on a C-54 transport, and flown to the North Burma theater of operations. It was reassembled and flown by Capt. Frank Peterson, USAAF, on January 26, 1945 to evacuate wounded weather observer Private Howard Ross from a 4,700 foot mountain ridge in the Naga hills of Burma.
A YR-4 helicopter being unloaded from a C-54 aircraft in Burma during World War II. Air jungle rescue unit Pilots of 10th Air Force fly YR-4 to attend to a crashed B-25. Pilot paints a big yellow cross on the plane's wing and checks instruments. The helicopter flies back to the home base. Rescue mission members briefed before leaving for Naga Hills. Helicopter YR-4 lands at a helipad and takes off with an injured soldier.
Flight deck crews move several F4U aircraft around flight deck of USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116). Several deck crew members accompany an F4U on elevator down to hangar deck. Landing Signal officer guides approaching helicopter. A Sikorsky HO3S-1 helicopter lands on the flight deck. Several of the ship's officers greet passenger from the helicopter and accompany him across the flight deck. F4Us seen on deck with wings folded.
U.S. Marine Corps F4U Corsair airplane is catapulted from flight deck of the USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-166) in waters off Korea. Another Corsair is catapulted. Its tail code: "WS" clearly visible, identifying it as belonging to Marine Fighter Squadron VMF-323 (Deathrattlers). View from further aft, with carrier island at to starboard, as another F4U is catapulted. Other Corsairs taxi forward toward the catapults. After another F4U is catapulted, a flight of four, in formation, flies over the carrier. Deck crew members stand and converse. Another formation of four Corsairs flies past overhead. Deck crews cleanup and prepare for aircraft recoveries. (Korean War period.)
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