United States GIs on a field in Germany during World War II. The GIs go inside mess tents. A U.S. Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain aircraft taxis on a runway in the background. Weekly rations being distributed to the soldiers.
United States Army Air Force P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft drop supplies through parachutes in Germany during World War II. The aircraft in flight. Airmen tie a supply parachute to the bomb rack of an aircraft. The wing of the aircraft. A convoy of army vehicles on a dirt road. An army truck gets stuck in mud. GIs push the army jeep out of the mud. A P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft drops two parachutes with supplies. A P-47 aircraft pilot looks down at the ground below.
Wrecked German aircraft on the ground at an airfield in Germany near the end of World War II. United States soldiers pull a motor from a wrecked German aircraft It is hoisted by chain and placed on the bed of an army truck. A pilot inspects the tail of a Heinkel He 177 Greif aircraft. He gets into the tail gunner seat of the wrecked German aircraft and moves the gun control mechanism up and down.
United States Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain aircraft drop supplies and paratroopers in Germany during World War II. The aircraft fly in formation. Smoke screens on the ground laid down by the Germans. Aerial view of green fields on the ground. U.S. Army Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress in flight. Paratroopers descend from C-47 Skytrain. A fleet of aircraft fly away after dropping parachutes.
United States Army Air Force Douglas A-26 Invader aircraft in flight in Germany during World War II. The propeller hub of the aircraft with other aircraft in background. Aerial view of green fields on the ground. Douglas A-26 Invaders fly above the clouds.
Gun camera footage of United States Army Air Force Republic P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft strafing ground targets in Germany, virtually unopposed, during final months of World War II in Europe. Shots are seen from three different P-47s of the 9th Air Force, 362nd Fighter Group, 377th Fighter Squadron. Film from Pilot, Martin, shows strafing at targets of opportunity in cities and towns. Film from pilots, McAuley and Carlisle, shows concentration on lines of communication: railroads, roads, bridges, etc. But also show strafing of power plant and a tank on the road.
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