Lieutenant Willruth of 335 Squadron, 4th Fighter Group,8th Air Force, engages German Messerschmitt Bf-109 aircraft flying low over mountainous area in Germany. Seen via gun camera footage, from his North American P-51 Mustang airplane, gunfire hits the Bf-109 which starts smoking. At TC:00:18, the German pilot bails out. The aircraft goes out of control, catches fire and crashes. The gun camera continues to record, showing another encounter with a German fighter plane. As it is struck by gunfire, it rolls over and descends trailing white smoke. An explosive flash occurs and the German airplane free falls straight down into forest below, leaving a wide trail of white smoke. (World War II period).
CAPT. SPENCER.436TH SQ. 479TH FG.8th Air Force engages an FW-190 and blows its tail section away.
CAPT. B.E. ELLINGTON. 25 DECEMBER 44. 360TH SQ. 356TH FG. 8th Air Force engages a German FW-190, his gunfire hits German aircraft fuel tank, which bursts into flames and out of control.
CAPT. D.S. BRYAN, 328TH Squadron. 352ND Fighter Group, 8th Air Force, engages a German FW-190 aircraft in combat. Gun camera footage clip shows hit on German aircraft. (World War II period).
Formation of U.S. Army Air Force B-17 bombers over Emden, Germany, during World War 2. They are under fire by flak and German Luftwaffe fighters. B-17 belly gunner firing at attacking German fighter plane which explodes. Scene of a waist gunner firing from inside a B-17. Bombardier crouched over bombsight in nose of B-17. Bombs exploding on targets below. View from inside of bomb bay doors opening on a B-17. Bombs away view of bombs falling from open bomb bay. Scenes of smoke rising from explosions on ground. German aircraft being shot down. Aerial view of Emden, Germany. Several views of B-17s with bombs dropping from them. B-17 with Square B tail code of the 95th Bombardment Group. Black smoke from antiaircraft firing (flak). German fighters attacking B-17s. A new group of P-47 fighters arrive for aerial dogfights to protect the bombers. Waist gunner firing at enemy German aircraft. B-17 is hit by a German long-range antiaircraft rocket and explodes.
Mary Pickford and a group of distinguished guests at De Mille Field in Hollywood, California on Air Memorial Day. Officers with Mary Pickford. Admiral William Fullam talks with officers. Frank A Garbutt,member of LAAC and Colonel Henry (Hap) A. Arnold talking near a car. They see a plane flying. Lieutenants Bruce McNeil and Howard Rath, DSC walking.
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