United States B-24 heavy bombers over Rangoon in Burma. View of B-24 heavy bombers flying towards the target areas: Wharfs and a railroad depot. Bombers drop bombs over the targets. Airman with mounted gun hits target areas. Smoke clouds arise due to the impact of bombing. Aerial view of the city. (World War II period).
B-24 liberators over Chauk in Burma. View of B-24 liberators flying and bombing over the targets. Aerial view of the city. Smoke clouds arise as they bomb an oil refinery and storage tanks with 500 pound bombs. (World War II period).
Aircraft recognition instruction for the British Lancaster Bomber during World War II. Lancaster moves on runway and takes off. Diagrammatic description of the Lancaster design. Lateral view shows four engines attached to the flat wing which is oval at the end. Long flat fuselage curved from tip and tail. Oval shaped small wing at the tail. Side view describes the design of tip in shape of number 3. One of the egg shaped twin tails at the end. Front view diagrammatic design shows four under slung engines and other specifications of the Lancaster.
Aircraft recognition training film. British Lancaster Bomber in England. Lancaster moves on runway and takes off. Lancaster is the modified version of Manchester bomber used earlier. Differentiation of Lancaster from other heavy bomber aircraft. Drawings contrast the design of the British Lancaster with the following: Manchester, Russian TB-7, German FW-200, British Halifax, American B-17E, British Stirling and American B-24 heavy bombers.
German Wasserfall C-2 ground to air rocket hoisted on the dolly(trailer) is brought out from the hangar for testing during World War 2. Views of the Wasserfall C-2 ground to air rocket. Wasserfall C-2 erect on test stand IX at Peenemünde, in launching position. Technicians work on the erect rocket. They take the rocket back again into the shelter.
Preparations for test launch of German Wasserfall antiaircraft missile, during World War 2. A German officer operating the rocket's remote control device. Wasserfal C-2 ground to air rocket hoisted on the mobile launch dolly (trailer) brought out from the shelter. Technicians work on the erect rocket. Wasserfall C-2 erect on the stand in launching position. (Note: The location appears to be the island "Greifswalder Oie" - the west coast is clearly visible - along with the northern observation tower and a Wuerzburg Riese Radar.)
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