Scrap of damaged airplanes being used for manufacturing new aircraft at the Alameda Naval Air Station in California. An aircraft in a hoist. A heap of wrecked aircraft parts. Women look at an aircraft. Men pull out metal pieces from the scrap to be used for manufacturing new aircraft. Butch O'Hare's aircraft also being used for the purpose. Metal pieces being piled up at the air station.
An early cargo and transport aircraft of the United States Army Air Service in the United States. A U.S. Army Air Service Martin Transport airplane on a field. Exteriors of the aircraft. Interiors of the airplane with two men seated. They look out from the aircraft. Airplane propellers start to rotate. The motors warm up. The engine starts and the aircraft takes off. The aircraft lands after a flight.
Early transport aircraft of the United States Army Air Service in the United States. U.S. Army Air Service DH-4 Honeymoon Express on a field as an engine starts and the propellers begin to rotate. A pilot in the cockpit. Passengers in the compartment wave. Specifications of the aircraft. The airplane taxis and takes off. The aircraft in flight. It flies at a speed of 118 miles per hour. The aircraft comes in for a landing and lands on a field.
Early transport aircraft of United States Army Air Service in the United States. U.S. Army Air Service Consolidated Fleetster YIC-11 transport airplane. U.S. Assistant Secretary of War F. Trubee Davison and pilot Captain Ira Eaker pose in front of the plane at Wright airfield in Dayton, Ohio. Assistant Secretary and Pilot Eaker prepare to take off for Washington D.C. They board the flight. Engine of the plane starts and propellers rotate. Aircraft taxis to take off.
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..
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