The nation honors pilot hero Colin P. Kelly in Madison, Florida. He sacrificed his life after crippling a Japanese warship off the Philippines during World War II. People gather outside a church. People including his wife come out of the church. Airplanes fly in formation overhead. A photograph of Kelly on a table. Kelly's widow seated near the photograph reads a paper. Kelly's wife and infant pose.
An interview of United States Air Force Lieutenant General Ira Eaker conducted by Dr. Maurer in the United States. General Eaker talks about problems during World War II. He says that the aircraft were very crude, they were having limited range and other limitations. Other problems were also there. In the Philippines they realized that they should be able to do bombing. But they were not having any bombs.
The China Clipper flight from Manila, Philippines to San Francisco, California, and its return. The Pan American Airways (Pan Am) Martin M-130 flying boat takes off from water surface. Onlookers watch from fenced area. Pilot seated in cockpit, operates control panel. China Clipper in flight.
Missions by 463rd Air Division in support of humanitarian and combat operations in South East Asia. C-130 Hercules aircraft parked outside hangar at Cam Ranh Bay Air Base in Vietnam. Disaster Relief Supplies donated by Philippines government loaded onto C-130 Hercules aircraft by small transport vehicles. 463rd Air Division troops load supplies. 'Rural Medical Program' written on boxes. (Vietnam War period).
View of the U.S. Carrier USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47) underway, during the Korean War, with a deck full of aircraft. Change of scene shows Vice Admiral Arthur D. Struble, Commander 7th Fleet, holding conference aboard a ship (possibly his flag ship, the Cruiser USS Rochester). His three star flag is displayed on bulkhead behind the three participants. Another change of scene to below decks of the aircraft carrier, USS Valley Forge (CV-45) where sailors prepare a 5th Carrier Group F9F for flight. They raise it up on an elevator to the flight deck. It is an aircraft of Squadron VF52 and displays CVG-5 tail code "S." A tow moves the aircraft into position on the flight deck. Crewman moves a bomb across the deck on a dolly. Sailors lift bombs up to flight deck. Remaining footage shows aircraft being armed with rockets, among other armaments.
Vought F4U-4B aircraft, of U.S. Navy Fighter Squadron VF-114, Carrier Air Group Eleven (CVG-11), take off from the aircraft carrier USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) during the Korean War. F4U form up and proceed to attack enemy ground targets. Pilots seated in the cockpit. Gun camera footage shows their attack, bombing and strafing bridges, roads, waterways, railroads, trucks, locomotives, etc. One strike produces a huge dense black cloud of smoke. They employ bombs, rockets and strafing gunfire.
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