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Attack on German World War II aircraft JU-88

German Air Force Junker Plane JU-88 seen in flight. Luftwaffe aircraft JU-88 explodes during World War II in Germany.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040458
Strafing of German fighter planes, ships, heavy bombers by United States fighter planes

German fighter planes explode and fall down as they are shot down by the United States fighter planes during World War II. German ship maneuvers to escape attack

Date: 1944, February
Duration: 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040490
Gun camera footage from fighter aircraft of the U.S. Eighth Air Force in Europe, during World War II

U.S. 8th Army Air Force gun camera film showing actual aerial combat scenes during World War 2, in Europe. A Messerschmitt Bf 109 is seen being attacked from the rear. It is struck, loses control and begins to burn. Next, a German Focke Wulf 190 (FW-190) with a 300 liter drop tank still attached, is attacked. The drop tank is hit and explodes in flames. It separates from the aircraft, which rolls and dives. Another FW-190 with its landing gear extended, is attacked and explodes in flames. An Fw-190, has its wing blown off and falls out of the sky. A U.S. fighter plane strafing a German E-boat (German: Schnellboot, or fast boat). The plane strafes from the boat's port side and then circles to attack head-on as the boat attempts evasive maneuvers. An FW-190 is attacked, head-on as it is also firing at the U.S. fighter. It is struck and erupts in flame and smoke. A pair of Siebel Fh 104 Hallore transport planes are attacked, followed by an attack on a Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor transport, as it takes off from an airfield. Its left wing is set afire. Next, a U.S. fighter engages and destroys a German Dornier Do-17 bomber, in a head-on attack, as it is climbing out. That same U.S. fighter plane attacks and destroys an FW-190. In final scene, a Messerschmitt bf 109 is shot to pieces in another head-on attack.

Date: 1944, February
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040503
Strafing of Airfields, railroad trains, enemy planes ME-109 and Airfield towers by United States fighter planes

8th Army Air Force footage 'Fighter Kills over Europe'. Enemy fighter planes ME-109 on ground and in air destroyed by United States fighter planes during World War 2. Strafing of airfields, railroad trains and airfield towers by United States fighter planes.

Date: 1944, February
Duration: 2 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040504
U.S. Army Air Forces A-36 fighter bombers attacking lines of communication in Italy during World War II

Animated map shows areas of targeting, in Rome environs, by U.S. warplanes during Italian campaign in World War 2. Gun camera footage from a U.S. Army Air Forces A-36 aircraft captures strafing from altitude of feet, of loaded Italian transport vehicles on Italian highway 6, connecting Rome and Cassino. Another map highlights a bridge at Civita Castellana. Gun camera shows it being strafed from only 300 ft. altitude, and attacked with 500 pound bombs. Similar attack is highlighted at a road near Frosinone, Southeast of Rome, where A-36 fighter bombers strafe motor transports and bomb the road. Similar footage is shown for targets being attacked at: Monte Si Savino; Sezze; Terracina; Castro de Volsci. Views from one A-36 camera when pilot flies low in a valley looking for targets of opportunity. He strafes vehicles on a road and pulls up sharply to avoid a mountain and then continues attack on the other side.

Date: 1944, May
Duration: 3 min 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040505
German ammunition trucks and trains explode when strafed by United States fighter planes operating on D-Day in World War 2

Slate titled "Fighter kills on D-Day". Shows strafing of German-operated ammunition trucks on highways of France by United States fighter planes during the D-Day invasion of France in World War II. Gun camera footage from pilot point of view shows U.S. Army Air Force fighter planes in very low approaches as they strafe railroad trains, trucks, marshaling yards, and buildings. Some strafing attacks result in explosion of targets. Smoke rises up in the sky.

Date: 1944, June 6
Duration: 2 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040507