U.S. Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force, VIII Fighter Command operations in Germany during World War II. 22 April 1944: 1st Lieutenant RS Wetmore of the 359th Fighter Group 370th Squadron attacks ground targets. Lt. Wetmore strafes a Germn train. Smoke billows from the burning train. A hit German Luftwaffe Focke-Wulf FW 190 Wurger in a field. Smoke rises from the wrecked aircraft.
U.S. Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force, VIII Fighter Command operations in Germany during World War II. 24 April 1944: Lieutenant O.R. Jones of the 4th Fighter Group 335th Squadron attacks a German Luftwaffe Focke-Wulf FW 190 fighter aircraft. The U.S. aircraft in flight amidst clouds. The FW 190 in sight. The two aircraft in a dogfight. Firing and explosions.
U.S. Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force, VIII Fighter Command operations in Germany during World War II. 24 April 1944: Captain Woody of the 355th Fighter Group 354th Squadron attacks 5 German Luftwaffe Messerschmitt (ME) 109 fighter aircraft. The U.S. aircraft in flight amidst clouds. The ME 109s in flight. Captain Woody attacks the German aircraft. A ME 109 is hit, descends towards the ground. Other ME 109s in flight.
Results of air assaults by the British Royal and U.S. Eighth Air Forces over industrial areas in and around German-occupied Paris during Wolrd War II. The former Ford factory at Gennevilliers used by the Germans for military vehicles production and maintenance, bombed on June 22, 1944. The aerial attack destroyed an estimated 50% of the factory. Allied officers inspect the bombed factory. Damaged structures, tanks, machinery and war equipment inside the factory.
Results of air assaults by the British Royal and U.S. Eighth Air Forces over industrial areas in and around German-occupied Paris during Wolrd War II. The caves at Taverny where the ball bearing industry sought refuge during the bombings. Workers inside the caves transformed into modern factories. Military jeeps parked at the factories. Soldiers talk to civilians. Workers operate machinery. A man emerges from within a creeper covered cave.
Results of air assaults by the British Royal and U.S. Eighth Air Forces over industrial areas in German-occupied Paris during Wolrd War II. The Porte Des Lilas subway station in Paris. Aircraft machinery repair equipment which the Germans had begun to install in the converted Porte des Lilas subway. Civilians and Allied soldiers at the station. The lit dome in the subway. Damaged railway tracks. Men and women Allied soldiers. French policemen among the crowd. A soldier holds a little girl. Civilians in a line.
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