Gun camera footage aboard the P-38 Lightning aircraft of Lieutenant Fritsch, 44th Fighter Squadron, U.S. 13th Air Force, shows another P-38 from his squadron in flight ahead of him. The scene then shifts to view from his P-38 camera of a U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber in distress. The bomber crew bails out. Several of their parachutes are seen opening. Lt. Fritsch then proceeds to fire on the abandoned B-24. Tracers can be seen as Lt. Fritsch fires at the bomber.. Then smoke is seen rising from water where the bomber crashed.
U.S. soldiers pour sand into large metal barrels at an airbase in the Philippines. U.S. soldiers in a group. Some soldiers have buckets in their hands. Soldiers pours sand from buckets into barrels. Another soldier mixes by hand atop the barrel. A third soldier in each group moves a stirring arm on the barrel. Likely they are mixing concrete.
U.S. Army Air Force planes drop bombs in Philippines during World War II. War wrecked Japanese enemy installation on a river in Philippines. A plane drops bombs. Aerial view of the terrain showing a river flowing through the city. Smoke rises as the bombs hit the ground. A ship in water. An aircraft drops a bomb which misses the target and falls in the water near the ship. Explosion as the bomb hits the water. Aerial view of the terrain.
Gun camera film from P-47 aircraft of U.S. Army Air Forces 464th Fighter Squadron, 507th Fighter Group,strafing targets along coastline in Kagoshima, Kyushu, Japan, during final days of World War 2. Firing at what appears to be a military barracks, strafing creates explosion and fire. Scene shows strafing of lines of communication near coast. The plane flies low over a town and circles over water offshore. Scenes inflight near altocumulus clouds. Pilot strafes targets of opportunity, at a farm and at a coastal town.
Gun camera film from Republic P-47 Thunderbolt of U.S. Army Air Forces 464th Fighter Squadron, 507th Fighter Group, showing strafing attacks in Kagoshima prefecture, Japan, during final month of World War 2. The fighter attack various targets of opportunity along the coast. Camera continues filming as the aircraft flies into cloudy regions. View from aircraft flying downward along mountain slope to strafe seaside town. Pieces of building fly off as aircraft passes. Views from aircraft rolling side to side while firing. Clusters of buildings tucked in forests near coast.
View from U.S. aircraft as it swoops down over a town surrounded by forest and farmland, in Kagoshima, Kyushu, Japan, during last days of World War 2. Hazy views of ground below. Agricultural lands laid out in squares. More hazy views. Gun camera views from USAAF P-47 strafing towns at crossroads. Hazy views of coastline and water beyond. Gun camera views from P-47 strafing a military complex and then pulling up as it approaches a mountain.
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