Successful endurance flight of U.S. Army Air Corps C-2A aircraft in Los Angles, California. C-2A Question Mark aircraft taxis and takes off from an airfield in California. Douglas C-1 transport aircraft in flight. C-1 aircraft lowers a hose to refuel the C-2A in mid air. Hose attached to the aircraft as oil, food and gasoline are being supplied to C-2A aircraft. C-1 refueled C-2A Question Mark during the 150 hour long endurance flight.
U.S. Army Air Corps 1st Provisional Wing at an annual training in California, United States. Pilots of the 95th Pursuit Squadron being briefed by Major Carl Spaatz and Captain Hugh M. Elmendorf prior to aerial maneuver. Pilots don leather flying suits and face masks for high altitude flying. A pilot seated in P-12B cockpit. P-12Bs taxi along the field and take off. Vapor trails in the sky at a high altitude due to engine exhausts. Flight crew reports the results to General William Gillmore after the maneuver. General talks to the pilots at the rear of P-12B aircraft.
First American air raid on German positions in Rouen, France during World War II. U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 aircraft on an airfield in England. Ground crew work on the aircraft. Bomb bay door opens up. Fuel tank as men refuel the aircraft. Combat crew members arrive at the briefing hut and being instructed by an officer. He instructs the pilots and other flight about the targets to be bombed. Radio men being instructed. After the briefing crew members head towards the airfield. Flight crew board B-17s. Aircraft take off from the field. B-17s in formation flight. Bomb bay door opens and bombs are dropped. Bombs hit the target and smoke rises. Aircraft head for England after the air raid. Aircraft arrive at the airfield in England. Major General Carl Spaatz , Head of the USAAF in England greet the pilots after a successful air raid. Crew members share their experiences of the mission with an intelligence officer. A pilot talks about how his aircraft was attacked by a German ME-109 aircraft during the air raid.
American air raid on Japanese positions in Solomon Islands during World War II. U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 aircraft in flight. Bombs being dropped and they hit a Japanese airfield. Smoke rises as a result of the blast. A Japanese Zero aircraft being fired at from a gun aboard a B-17. Bombs hit a Japanese ship underway at sea and smoke rises.
American air raid on Japanese positions on Kiska Island in the United States during World War II. Rainbow across the sky. U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 aircraft take off. Aircraft in flight. Bombs being dropped. Bombardier aboard an airborne plane. Bombs impact and smoke rises.
First of three American air attacks on Japanese positions in Hong Kong on 25 Oct 1942, during World War II. U.S. Army Air Forces North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft lined up at an airfield in China. General Claire L. Chennault, of Flying Tigers fame, discusses the missions with Colonel Caleb V. Haynes China Air Task Force (CATF) Bomber Section Commander and Colonel Robert T. Scott (CATF's 23rd Fighter Group Commander) 11th Bomb Squadron B-25 takes off from Ehr Tong Airfield at Kweilin (Guilin), China along with P-40 fighter escort. Formation of escorting Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighters. B-25 bombers in flight over mountain ranges. Bombs being dropped over the Hong Kong headquarters of the Japanese. Bombs impact and smoke rises.
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