Activities at an American Airfield in Germany. Allied airmen are lined in formation on field for award. United States Army Air Force P-51's Mustang fighter aircraft parked on the airfield. United States Air Force General, Otto Paul Weyland and group officers stand to make presentations. Officer comes to General Weyland salutes and receives award. Other officer receive decoration from General. Awards are kept on table. (World War II period).
Strafing on roads by the United States Army Air Force in Germany. United States Army Air Force fighter aircraft strafe on roads. Smoke arise from explosions. Grasslands seen.
Take off of U.S. Army Air Forces P-51s Mustang fighter aircraft from an American airfield in Germany. United States Army Air Forces P-51s Mustang fighter aircraft taxi and take off. Mountains in the background. The aircraft fly over a field. Men stand on a field. Jeep parked on a field.
Nighttime operations in World War 2, by German military air and naval units. German Air Force aviators discuss a mission. German armorers fastening large bombs under fuselage of a German Dornier 17 twin engine bomber, at night. The aircrew boarding the aircraft. Engines running and the bomber taxiing out for takeoff. Scene switches to a German coastal gun firing in the darkness. Next, the wake from a German torpedo boat, is seen at night. Interior of the boat, showing controls. A gun on deck, and face of sailor operating the boat. TWo torpedoes being launched. Explosion and fire from torpedo striking a ship, seen at night. Controls of a ship set to full speed ahead. A torpedo being launched from a surfaced submarine at night. A huge explosion from the torpedo striking a target ship.
German fighter aircraft and antiaircraft guns battle against U.S. B-17 B-24 bombers during World War 2. Formation of B-17s in flight. A high altitude formation of U.S. bombers leaving condensation trails. German air defense coordinators in control room give instructions to German and Italian defenders. Antiaircraft gunners fire at Allied bombers. Views of the American B-24 Liberator bomber "Sunshine,"tail number: 42-52106, of the 719th Squadron, 449th Bomb Group of the 15th Air Force, which force-landed with two engines shot out, inside enemy occupied Italy. (After repairing the aircraft, the Germans filmed it with its American crew for propaganda purposes. Those scenes are what appear here.) Artwork is seen on the "Sunshine." The final scenes include gun camera footage of Me-109s firing at B-17s and B-24s.
First daylight raid by United States Army Air Force bombers on Berlin, Germany during World War II. B-17 and P-38J bombers in flight and pilots inside cockpit. Guided bombs and missiles dropped on targets, explosion and smoke evolves from it. The crewmen of first air raid stand on and near a B-17 and pose for a photo. Lieutenant Colonel Mumford interviews the airmen after the raid.
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