Confederate Air Force showing historical aircraft at an air show (Airsho '76) in Harlingen Texas. United States fighter planes of World War II in show. B-17 and B-24 bomber planes in flight. Formation of three B-25 planes. Lead B-25 (tan) is the "Laden Maiden," one of many aircraft owned by John Stokes and flown down from San Marcos, Texas, to support Airsho '76. Formation consisting of F4U Corsair and F6F Hellcat in flight. B-29 Superfortress in flight piloted by Paul Tibbets drops a simulated atomic bomb complete with mushroom cloud. Tibbets was the pilot of the Enola Gay that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima Japan. Following this air show, the U.S. government apologized to Japan for the re-enacted bombing. P-38 Lightning and P-47 Thunderbolt taxiing. B-17 and B-24 bomber planes landing and taxiing, including "Texas Rangers" and "Diamond Lil," the latter carrying a full "crew" looking out as the aircraft taxis past.
Preparations for United States Army Air Force operations against the Japanese in China. A Chinese soldier near a plane as a United States 14th Air Force pilot enters the cockpit of the aircraft. Shells being carried in a sling. A thatched structure is constructed. Men work on logs of wood. Men work on the engine of a plane. United States Army Air Force aircraft takes off. Soldiers at an airfield with planes parked in the background. Men under the wing of an aircraft. An aircraft in flight with a sign that reads '80 days'. (World War II period).
Field Marshal Montgomery and Air Marshal of British Air Force at Gatow Airport in Berlin, Germany during World War II. Air Marshal gets in staff car at Gatow Airport. A C-54 'Argonaut IV' parked on the ground which carried highest ranking army personnel to Berlin. Airmen await a dignitary's arrival at Gatow Airport. Field Marshall Montgomery and other British officers disembark from a C-47.
P-47s of the XIX Tactical Air Command in the European Theater of Operations. 2d lieutenant John H Wallace flies the aircraft. High altitude view of an area. Houses and trees. Gun camera footage as 386th squadron 365th fighter group attack air-to-air. German Luftwaffe Enemy plane is hit. It burns and goes down.
P-47s of the XIX Tactical Air Command in the European Theater of Operations. Captain J G Wells Junior flies the plane. High altitude view of an area. 386th squadron 365th fighter group attack air-to-air. Airplane in flight. The attack hits plane which burns and goes down. (World War II period).
P-47s of the XIX Tactical Air Command in the European Theater of Operations. Lieutenant F H Fegan flies the plane. High altitude view of the target area. Airplane in flight. 379th squadron 362nd fighter group attack air-to-air. Bomb hits the plane and the plane burns. (World War II period).
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