views from tail camera of a U.S. Air Force A-1E aircraft bombing enemy targets along a river bank during the Vietnam war. Large explosions behind the aircraft raise clouds of brown smoke from general purpose bombs it has dropped. Scene shifts to flight above jungle canopy, transitioning to low pass over group of huts along a river. The aircraft seems to be on a strafing run, producing a moderate explosion at one building and a small one at another. The view again shows a jungle canopy below, followed by heavy smoke and some flames on the ground, as pilot flies over a river bank already under attack by A-1E aircraft. View as camera aircraft makes low pass over several huts along the river bank. (Note: The A1E aircraft on this mission is believed to be from the 1st Air Commando Squadron, operating out of Bien Hoa Air Base.)
An area of Viet Cong concentration around Bien Hoa in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Trees on both sides of a canal, 6 miles Southwest of Bien Hoa Province with Viet Cong concentration. Several fields in the area. General-purpose bomb being dropped by U.S. Air Force aircraft on target area. Black smoke rises into the air. Fields in the area.
The Viet Cong huts on fire around Bien Hoa in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Several fields and trees in an area in Bien Hoa . Several Viet Cong huts on fire after U.S. Air Force aircraft bombed the area. Smoke rises from a blast in the region near the huts.
The U.S. Air Force aircraft bombard the target areas around Quang Duc Province in Vietnam during Vietnam War. A napalm bomb explosion causes white smoke to rise into the air. A forest region with trees. An explosion among the trees causes brown smoke to rise. Fields in the area. Smoke rises from a few bombed areas. Smoke from explosions on bombed areas spread in the air.
A U.S. Navy PBY transfers soldiers from Motorai Island in New Guinea to Mindanao in Philippines. Soldiers get into a truck. Few American soldiers seated in a truck. The soldier's belongings being transferred to the truck. Two men carry boxes. Few soldiers outside a tent. PBY Catalina (Patrol Bomber Consolidated Aircraft), an American flying boat of the 2nd Emergency Rescue Squadron on an airstrip. Other aircraft in view. Two trucks parked beside the flying boat. Men transport material from the trucks onto the aircraft. Soldiers board the aircraft with their belongings.
A U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 Mitchell aircraft dive bombs on Malabang during the attack mission in Lanao del Sur Province in Philippines Island in World War II. B-25 Mitchell aircraft dive bombs on target areas in Malabang in Lanao del Sur Province. The bombs being dropped by the aircraft explode and black smoke rises into the air over the fields. The aircraft in flight. A few soldiers near a radio jeep on the field. Lieutenant Kaudson briefs a few soldiers near the radio jeep for the next mission. Lieutenant Kaudson calls the command post on talkie. Soldiers with a guerrilla officer on the field. Bombs dropped by the B-25 aircraft explode. Thick black smoke rise into the air. The aircraft in flight in the sky.
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