Early cargo and transport aircraft of United States Army Air Service in the United States. U.S. Army Air Service Fokker YIC-15 Ambulance airplane on a field. Propellers of the aircraft rotate as the engine starts. Men carry a litter patient and place the litter into the plane. Interiors of the aircraft has a cabinet with medicines. Mounting litters and padding on the side to absorb shocks. Aircraft warms up. Aircraft taxis.
Discussion of the first B-17 raid in the European theater (on Rouen, France) during World War II. Major General Carl Spaatz, Commander of the U.S. 8th Air Force, comments about this first such use of American heavy bombers against German targets in World War 2. He notes that this raid was led by Brigadier Ira Eaker, head of U.S. Bomber Command. He invites Eaker to comment on the raid. General Eaker reports that pilots maintained good formations and gunners caused German fighters to back away. He states that the main targets during the air raid were marshalling yards and a Locomotive repair facility. An intelligence officer debriefs two members of a flight crew, following a mission. They answer questions. One of the crew members points out their target on a map, and reports success at hitting their targets..
Aftermath of Japanese air raid on Wakde Island, New Guinea during World War 2. Army engineers (or Seabees) operate a group of construction graders in formation, to level the field for aircraft operations. Some destroyed U.S. aircraft are still smoking on the field. Several U.S. Army Air Forces P-47 aircraft taxi out and take off from the newly leveled dirt field.
U.S. Army Air Corps 1st Provisional Wing at an annual training exercise at Rockwell field in California, United States. U.S. Army Air Corps P-12Bs of the 1st Pursuit Group and 95th Pursuit Squadron parked at Rockwell field in San Diego, California. LB-6s of the 2nd and 7th Bombardment Group parked on the field. A-3s of the 3rd Attack group lined up on field. A sign on a building in the background reads ' 3rd attack' Aircraft taxi as they prepare to take off. Commanders of the various groups Major Hugh J. Kenrr, Major Davenport, Major Carl Spaatz, Major Ralph Royce stand together.
U.S. Army Air Corps B-2 aircraft in flight in Sacramento, California . U.S. Army Air Corps B-2 bomber aircraft in auto flight on April 24th, 1930. Pilot of the aircraft sitting with his arms crossed in the cockpit. Aircraft in flight as it returns from San Francisco. Aerial view of the Capitol in Sacramento, California.
U.S. Army Air Corps 1st Provisional Wing at an annual training in California, United States. Pursuit planes in flight during the annual training as they make passes at U.S. Army Air Corps LB-6s and B-2s in flight. Bombers LB-6and B-2 aircraft use cloud cover to defend themselves. Aircraft in flight.
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