An air raid by the United States Army Air Force on Kyushu, Japan during "Operation Downfall" of World War II. Aerial view of Kyushu as seen from aircraft cockpit view. United States Army Air Force tracers strafe installation on the peninsula. Fire burns at an installation. The tracers strafe Japanese barracks. Hits around buildings. An ocean in the background.
United States 5th Air Force transport service in Port Moresby, New Guinea during World War II. Aerial view of ships harbored near Port Moresby. A sign board reads "Air Transport Enquiries Here, Refreight and Passage on Flying Boat". GIs get off a truck ambulance and are weighed on freight scales outside air terminals. U.S. Army soldier on a stretcher is transferred into a small boat at Port Moresby then moved out to a British Short S 23 Empire "C" Class flying boat. Local natives of New Guinea assist in transport efforts. Passengers and baggage loaded into the aircraft. Mountains in the background.
Salvaging activities for the U.S. Navy submarine Squalus (SS-192) off the coast of Isles of Shoals near Portsmouth,New Hampshire. Rescue vessel underway. U.S. Navy Submarine Sculpin (SS-191) with bow line attached. Men work on the air manifold on deck of USS Falcon (ASR -2). Animated view of U.S. Navy Submarine Squalus (SS-192) after being lifted by cables. Disturbance caused by the air bubbles. Pontoons pop to surface during salvage operations. Air hoses and pontoons seen on surface. Small boats seen in area. Men move in and climb aboard pontoons to secure them. Men return to boats.
Air raid by United States 9th Air Force B-26 Marauder bomber aircraft in the European Theater during World war II. Propeller of the United States Army Air Forces B-26 Marauder bomber aircraft starts. Airmen stand near the aircraft on the airfield. The B-26s aircraft taxi and take off. Aircraft fly in formation. Interior view of the aircraft. Waist gunners at position. Top gun turret over aircraft scans the sky.
Air raid by the United States 9th Air Force B-26 Marauder bomber aircraft in the European Theater during World war II. Pilot in the cockpit of the United States Army Air Forces B-26 Marauder bomber aircraft. B-26 aircraft fly in formation. Bombardier releases bombs over target area from the aircraft. Bombs descend on the target area. Flak bursts. View of bomb racks as bombs are released. B-26s drop bombs. Bombs descend toward the target area. Bombs burst over the target area.
U.S. Air Force team recovers debris from a Keystone LB-7 bomber aircraft that crashed in Bluefields,Nicaragua. U.S. Air Force Major William A Blackburn and recovery team removes pieces of a United States Army Air Corps Keystone LB-7 bomber aircraft from swamp. They use machetes to clear some of the swamp grass, and probe for pieces of the bomber. They manually retrieve a number of parts and pieces of the airframe, which are seen piled in a small heap.
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