Captain A. C. Balsley, member of the Lafayette Escadrille, stands near a plane at De Mille Field in Hollywood, California on Air Memorial Day. It is noted that Captain Balsley is the first to be wounded at Verdun, and met the requirements to receive the French Medaille Militaire and Croix de Guerre. Captain Balsley walks away, using a cane. Captain Balsley talking with other officers. A soldier holding rifle.
Major A. D. Smith giving final instructions for his trip from Los Angeles to San Diego at De Mille Field in Hollywood, California on Air Memorial Day. An officer looking into sky. Major Smith giving instructions.
Lieutenant S. H. Sharp and H. T. McLean see each other at De Mille Field in Hollywood, California on Air Memorial Day. Five Hispano Suiza Curtiss planes in low battle formation.
Scenes of wing of a cameraship of a U.S. Army Air Force B-24 aircraft flying over Italy during World War 2. Aerial side view of a B-24 flying against heavy gray clouds. B-24 aircrafts in formation. Waist gunner on alert. A B-24 aircraft flying. Scene of Mount Vesuvius volcano. Six bombs dropped away to city of Naples. Aerial view of city and airfield. Scattered tents on ground. B-24 flying low over airbase. Waist gun window and gunsight, and B-24 aircraft fairly close-up in the background.
Two formations of U.S. Army Air Forces P-38 lightning aircraft, of the 14th Fighter Group, departing from Telergma airfield in Algeria, during World War 2. They are headed on a mission to Sicily, Italy. Views of the formations high overhead, and more P-38s flying close to the camera, after takeoff. A dozen P-38s in a "V" formation overhead. More P-38s climbing out after takeoff, to join the formations.
P-38, of the U.S.Army Air Forces 14th Fighter Group, raises dust as it taxis close to the camera on Telergma airfield in Algeria, North Africa. Several 3-plane flights of P-38s take off, join up in formations, and fly overhead. A series of views, from inside a P-38, of others in formation as they fly over North African territory en route on bombing mission to Sicily, Italy, during World War 2.
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