Mechanics servicing P-40 fighter aircraft on what is most likely 4-mile Strip on New Guinea. Date is probably late 1942. "Scatterbrain" was the name painted a P-40 flown by Captain George Manning of the 7th Fighter Squadron, which was based at Rogers Airfield, Port Moresby, New Guinea, during 1942-43, during World War Two.
A film titled 'High Altitude dive and glide bombing' about means of attaining accuracy and pilot safety by carrier-based light aircraft dive bombers dropping special devices. A U.S. Navy dive bomber in flight in the United States. The aircraft rolls and dives down. A bomb impacts after being released. A massive explosion occurs (small atomic / nuclear). A mushroom cloud of smoke and dust rises up. A dive bomber in flight. The aircraft dives down and drops a bomb. An explosion occurs and billows of smoke rise up.
A film about means of attaining accuracy by dive bombers in the United States. A U.S. Navy carrier based light aircraft in flight. The aircraft rolls and dives. Aerial views of the ground below as seen from the airborne aircraft. The aircraft dives at an angle of 70 degrees. A pipper moves on the target area. An explosion occurs on the target. The aircraft in flight as seen from the aircraft. The aircraft dives at an angle of 60 degrees. An explosion occurs and smoke rises. The aircraft rolls and continues flight.
U.S. Air Force X-15A rocket powered aircraft in flight in the United States. A USAF NB-52B Stratofortress aircraft taxis along an airfield. An X-15A aircraft under the wing of the NB-52B aircraft. The NB-52B aircraft takes off . Animated map depicts the flight of the X-15A aircraft to Edwards Air Force Base in California. Two men enter a building with a sign on it that reads 'National Aeronautics and Space Administration'. A woman and a man at controls inside the NASA building. Two men on the top of the building as they look through binoculars. The NB-52B aircraft in flight with the X-15A under its wing. Two technicians plot the course of flight of the NB-52 on a plotting board. Technicians at controls at the NASA. The X-15A aircraft detaches from the NB-52B aircraft.
Japanese kamikaze suicide aircraft attacks in Okinawa, Japan. Japanese suicide aircraft stationed. A Japanese aircraft in flight. A bomb kept on the ground. A Japanese Bucker aircraft stationed. Technical details and various parts of the aircraft. An animation: a rocket unit at the base of the aircraft. The rocket being released from the aircraft. An approach to attack a ship. Different ways to escape from radar detection. Different methods to escape identification. Multiple attacks on the ship. (World War II period).
X-15 rocket-powered aircraft piloted by Joseph Albert Walker setting a new altitude record of 169,600 feet in California, United States. Joseph Albert Walker with two other personnels walk towards the X-15 rocket-powered aircraft. The U.S. Air Force Bomber NB-52A Stratofortress with the X-15 under its wing stationed at the Edwards Air Force Base. Joseph Albert Walker gets into the cockpit of the X-15 . The Bomber NB-52A taxis. Vehicles being driven behind the aircraft.
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