U.S. Army Air Force( USAAF ) Brigadier General Lauris Norstad presents a report in the United States. Seated at a desk in his office Brigadier General Lauris Norstad presents a report on the working of the 20th Air Force in Tokyo, Japan. He gives the report on behalf of USAAF General Henry Arnold. He details information in context to the eight day period of the bombing of Tokyo by the United States Army Air Forces B-29 Superfortresses. He talks about the buildings and the areas damaged by the bombing. He speaks about the overall damage and economy loss caused due to the bombardment. (World War II period).
An interview of United States Air Force Lieutenant General Ira Eaker conducted by Dr. Maurer in the United States. General Eaker talks about experiences of World War II. He talks about his experience of working with General Henry Arnold and Carl Andrew Spaatz. He talks about the utility of the static warfare, the possibility of razing enemy ammunition factories and preventing ammunition from arriving at battlefield. The Air Force has given several opportunities to the individual. An individual learns flight test, flying experimentation and other things. The Air Force should have better airplanes, more powerful engines and better equipment to achieve better possibilities.
Allied air attacks against France during World War II. A map of France shows the location of Orly. Aerial view of U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator aircraft in a formation flight. Bombs being dropped on an airfield by U.S. 8th Air Force aircraft on May 24, 1944. Pillars of smoke rise up as the bombs hit the targets. Bomb craters on the field. Smoke rises.
U.S. 8th Air Force air attacks against France during World War II. Aerial view of U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator aircraft in formation flight. A gunner mans a gun. On June 5, 1944 a B-24 airccraft releases bombs over Calais. The bombs fall in the English Channel. B-24 aircraft drop bombs to strafe enemy beach defenses on the coast of Calais. Billows of smoke rises after the bombs detonate. A convoy of Allied ships underway in the English Channel.
Japanese planes fly over a Japanese destroyer before WW2. A mock air raid in a Japanese city. Smoke-filled city during simulated air raids. Japanese biplanes in flight over smoke cloud. Japanese anti-aircraft machine-gun crew firing at bi-winged aircraft in low flight during air raid practice.
United States Air Force officers meeting. Chart at meeting depicts a United States Army Air Force’s MX-776 supersonic air-to-surface missile in flight.
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