Fighter Operations of United States 8th Air Force Fighter Command in European Theater during World War II. Colonel D.S. Shilling of 63rd Squadron, 56th Fighter Group in flight in a fighter aircraft. An aerial view of ground targets. The United States fighter aircraft strafes aircraft parked on an airfield. Hangars are strafed. Smoke rises up in the sky due to explosions.
Fighter Operations of United States 8th Air Force Fighter Command in the European Theater during World War II. Captain R.T. Fling of 63rd Squadron, 56th Fighter Group in flight in a fighter aircraft. An aerial view of ground targets. The United States fighter aircraft strafes trucks moving along roads. Viaducts are strafed. Smoke rises up in the sky due to explosions.
Fighter Operations of United States 8th Air Force Fighter Command in the European Theater during World War II. Captain J.K. Kyle of 63rd Squadron, 56th Fighter Group in flight in a fighter aircraft. An aerial view of ground targets. The United States fighter aircraft strafes trucks moving along roads. Ground targets are strafed. Smoke rises up in the sky due to explosions.
A huge fire seen at night in petroleum facilities bombed by the U.S. 15th Air Force, at Ploiesti (or Ploesti) Romania, during World War 2. Flames and heavy smoke rises up amongst storage tanks and facilities. Several Helmeted German soldiers are seen silhouetted against the flames as they make their way through the area.
Romanian firefighters, assisted by helmeted German soldiers, direct hoses on fire at oil storage facility in Ploesti, Romania, following bombing by U.S. 15th Air Force in World War 2. The oil fires seem difficult to extinguish with water. Later, extremely heavy clouds of black smoke are seen billowing from a complex of storage tanks. Firefighters are helpless to intervene. One stands with hands on his hips as he simply watches the inferno. Views of the damaged facility in the aftermath, several days later.
Destroyed rail yards in Ploesti (Ploiesti) Romania, from attack by U.S. 15th Air Force bombers, during World War 2. Destroyed rail cars and damaged switch yard. Fires burning in distant background. Passenger trains with slight damage to their cars. One is labeled in Hungarian: "NEMZETKOZI JALOKOCSI ES EUROPAI"(International sleeping cars and Europe).Twisted rails and ties beneath a bridge and all along the rail lines in and out of the marshaling yards. Destroyed stations and steel frameworks of trains. Repair crew pulling a rail car along some useable track. A church in the background (possibly St Pantelimon Church). Bombed-out industrial buildings and railroad sidings. Locomotives steaming as trains sit on some remaining useable track. Work crews looking over the wreckage. Lumber strewn all over an area. At timecode 2:11, Scene shifts to Brasov, Romania, in May, 1944, with a truck driving toward the camera on a street parallel to the Railroad Station Square. The camera pans left, past destroyed buildings to the Station Square where a bus and some passengers are seen. Camera pans right showing more destroyed buildings, and then a locomotive steaming at head of a train on some undamaged rails. Views of bombed out freight cars. At timecode 2:54, Men are seen sitting and standing on useable rails as they look at some destroyed rail cars. The station is seen in distance at the right. View is along the railroad leading in the direction of Bucharest. Remaining views show the damage to building at Station Square, and the bus parked there.
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