Ground crews of the18th Fighter Bomber Wing of the United States Air Force handle ammunition in Korea. Several P-51s parked. A tug pulling trailer loaded with 50 caliber magazine boxes driven through the parking area of P-51s. Another tug pulling trailer loaded with rockets moves through the same area. Soldiers unload boxes of magazine from the trailer. A soldier empties contents of a box on the wing of plane. 50 caliber magazines on the wing. A partly completed aircraft hangar in the background. Soldiers unload rockets also and install them on the wing of F-51. The soldiers carry the rockets towards the planes on trolleys. (Korean War)
Briefing room scene of the 39th Fighter Interceptor Squadron of the United States Air Force in Korea. An officer briefs the man for the mission. The officer points at a map. Close view of men as they attend the briefing. (Korean War)
Several F-51 planes of the 18th Fighter Bomber Wing of the United States Air Force take off one by one and fly over a field in Korea, during Korean War. The field has bushes growing in it.
Military operations of United States Air Force 18th Fighter Bomber Wing in Korea, during Korean War. View from inside of a hangar. A jeep with derricks carries Napalm bombs. A SA-16 Albatross of the U.S. Army takes off. Wrecked hangar. A military man stands near a car in a field and watches as P-51 planes take off.
The United States 9th Air Force airmen prepare to eat food in France. A chow line in progress. Tables lined in front of a tent. Containers of steaming food on the tables. The soldiers dish out food for themselves. Trees in the background. Two men in a field. A P-51 flies overhead. The plane does acrobatics in the distance. Pilots of the 354th Fighter Group give an aerial demonstration over their base at the new strip (A-2) just inside the Normandy beachhead in July '44. The town of Criqueville, France is nearby. (World War II period).
Fighter pilots of the United States 9th Air Force, 354th Fighter Group, with their P-51s in France. A dugout with camouflage netting. Three soldiers come out of the dugout. A man in a glass enclosed tower behind the dugout. A bomb marked with 'To der Fuhurer mit love' attached under a P-51. Pilot lieutenant W B King, of 355th Fighter Squadron, leans over wing of his P-51, 'Atlanta Peach.' A crew chief paints additional swastikas to record German aircraft kills on a P-51. A man shaves while looking in a mirror. The sign on the mirror reads 'Hitler turned Europe upside down.' (Note: Pilot, William B. King, an ace of the 355th Fighter Squadron, "The Pugnacious Pups," was officially credited with 5 1/2 confirmed aerial victories, and was awarded the Silver Star. He was from Atlanta, GA.) (World War II period).
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