A United States Air Force Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar in East Asia during the Korean War. The Flying Boxcar on the way to a cargo drop zone. The tail of a camera ship and two C-119 Flying Boxcars behind the camera ship. A C-119 Flying Boxcar against the cloudy sky. A C-119 Flying Boxcar in flight. Interior of the cockpit shows a pilot and a co-pilot in position.
Combat cargo airdrop from a United States Air Force Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar in Korea during the Korean War. The C-119 Flying Boxcar in flight. Views of rugged Korean terrain. Cargo hatch showing crew readying the cargo to be-dropped. Interior of the aircraft shows doors as the cargo drops. The Flying Boxcar drops cargo: parachutes open and the cargo descend. Three C-119 Flying Boxcars in flight over water. The three C-119s flying low over an airfield and peeling off for landing.
A United States Air Force Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar at Ashiya Air Force Base in Japan during the Korean War. The C-119 approaches for a landing. The Flying Boxcar's engine starting. The C-119 taxis.
United States Air Force Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcars at Ashiya Air Force Base in Japan during the Korean War. C-119 Flying Boxcars approach for landing and land. A C-119 Flying Boxcar taxis.
Japanese surrender in Southeast Asia during World War II. Airplanes in formation flight. Two Japanese Mitsubishi G4M-1 'Betty' twin-engine bombers painted white with green crosses on their wings, fuselage and tail land at Ie Shima Ryukyu Islands near Okinawa carrying Japanese delegates. The planes land at Nichols Field at 1813 hours. The planes are dubbed 'Bataan number 1' and 'Bataan number 2.' Lt. Gen. Torasirou Kawabe, the vice chief of the Japanese Army's General Staff and his surrender party disembark from the airplanes. Members of the surrender party include Rear Admiral Ichiro Yokoyama Representative, Imperial Japanese Navy Staff., Colonel Yashima Terai General Staff, Colonel Orato Yamoto General Staff, Mr. Morio Yakawa Secretary, Japanese foreign office. Kawabe leads the surrender party. Army C-54 transport airplanes parked. Japanese surrender delegates board the airplanes which take off for Manila, Philippines. United States Army General Douglas MacArthur speaks to his troops from a balcony at the war damaged Manila City Hall (Padre Burgos Ave, Ermita, Manila, 1000 Metro Manila) on 20 August 1945. He notes that he is hopeful that they will all be able to return home soon.
American fighter ace Eddie Rickenbacker and Colonel Hunter in Europe during World War II. A United States Army Air Forces A-20 Havoc light bomber parked at the end of a ramp. A group of officers gathered around a truck mounted with a 50 caliber machine gun. The A-20 Havoc aircraft in the background. Eddie Rickenbacker shows pilots how to use the machine gun. Rickenbacker behind the gun. An officer in the background. Eddie Rickenbacker and Colonel Hunter. A bomb service truck with a bomb carriage and a trailer attached to it drives past. The truck stops in front of the A-20 Havoc. Eddie Rickenbacker, Col. Hunter and the officers inspect the bombs as the bomb service crew unloads the trailer. Eddie Rickenbacker and Col. Hunter inspecting the bombs. They inspect the smaller bombs. Two 2000 pound bombs on the trailer. Eddie Rickenbacker and Col. Hunter inspect the 2000 pound bombs.
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