U.S. Army Air Force 8th Fighter Command Operations, European Theater, during World War 2. Captain A F Eaton of 84th squadron 78th fighter group flies the aircraft. Strafing of fighter aircraft in flight very low to the ground as seen by gun camera. Aircraft passes nearby a German Junkers Ju 188 aircraft. Smoke arises.
The Operations of the 8th Fighter Command in the European Theater. 30-May-1944; 2nd Lieutenant T S Sharp of 334th squadron 4th fighter group flying the aircraft. Attacking the ground targets. High altitude view of the area. Crash landing of ME-109. Strafing of ME-109 on ramp. Strafing of a group of FW-190 on ramp. Smoke arises. Hangar and trees in the background. (World War II period).
The Operations of the 8th Fighter Command in the European Theater. 29-May-1944; 2nd Lieutenant W W Furr of 328th squadron 352nd fighter group flying the aircraft. High altitude view of the area. FW-190 in flight. The plane is strafed immediately before it lands. It crashes and explodes.
The Operations of the 8th Fighter Command in the European Theater. 08-June-1944; 2nd Lieutenant W Butts of 376th squadron 361th fighter group flies the aircraft. Ground target attacked. High altitude view of the area. Strafing of trucks on road. Smoke arises due to the explosion. (World War II period).
Views of a Latécoère 521 flying boat powered by six 860 hp Hispano-Suiza 12Ydrs engines configured with four pusher puller engines inboard and two pullers (tractor engines) outboard It is being lowered by a crane into the water. Straps and cables support the flying boat beneath the crane. View of starboard tractor engines running. A crew member wearing goggles seen near open hatch. Stern view of the flying boat on takeoff across the water, with wake visible behind. Navigator bending over charts at his work station.Crew member speaks to another wearing headset. Ship seen underway below. Sailor with binoculars out a hatch on the flying boat. Closeup of the freighter from above. She displays a Maltese cross on her funnel and and plain cross on her hull. A crewman aboard the flying boat photographs the ship. Views of the ship as the flying boat passes above her. Scene shifts to a crew member crawling through a tunnel between compartments. He speaks to an officer from the tunnel. Brief view of navigator adjusting gyroscopic compass in roof of his compartment. Radio operator at his station,moving a loop antenna to determine signal direction. Pilot at the controls receives message from a crew member.Views of an airfield. .Several small warplanes and a Junkers JU-52 are parked on the field. What appear to be many bomb craters cover an area on the field. Ground view of aircraft wreckage. a line of Henschel HS 126A-1 utility aircraft. Damaged biplane with bent prop. Junkers Ju-52 taxiing with Adolf Hitler seen inside.Soldiers waving goodbye, as the Ju-52 takes off.The Lufthansa Ju-52 airborne. Hitler inside the cabin chatting with an officer. The aircraft landing, and Hitler being greeted by the local commanding officer. Hitler and officers taking lunch at an outdoor field kitchen. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
German Bf.109 E aircraft fly low in formation over railroad tank cars being filled with liquid from a ship in a port. Closeup of the liquid being discharged from a large hose into the tank car. A formation of German Dornier DO-17 bombers in flight overhead. German aircraft with engines running on a flight line. They have two long curving pipes, each collecting exhaust from six cylinders of its 12 cylinder engine. A formation of Heinkel He 51 airplanes taking off. A formation of Dornier Do 23 G heavy bombers in flight. View of bombs falling from aircraft. Bombs bursting on the ground. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
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