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A United States Army Air Force P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft drops supplies for GIs in Germany.

United States Army Air Force P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft drop supplies through parachutes in Germany during World War II. The aircraft in flight. Airmen tie a supply parachute to the bomb rack of an aircraft. The wing of the aircraft. A convoy of army vehicles on a dirt road. An army truck gets stuck in mud. GIs push the army jeep out of the mud. A P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft drops two parachutes with supplies. A P-47 aircraft pilot looks down at the ground below.

Date: 1945, March
Duration: 2 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063564
U.S. Army Air Forces B-17s bomb targets in Germany, with incendiaries, near the end of World War II in Europe

U.S. Eighth Air Force bombers strike targets in Germany near the end of World War 2. Formation of USAAF B-17 bombers in flight over Germany, as viewed from ball turret of another B-17. The B-17s display checkered tails of the 385th Bombardment Group, stationed at RAF Great Ashfield, England. There is some camera movement that soon focuses on bombs away view and bombs falling from the B-17s. Some incendiary bombs are seen streaming white smoke (possibly M-17 or M-19 incendiaries). Numerous flames erupt simultaneously as clusters of indendiary bombs ignite on contact with the ground. Camera rotates around during filming as the ball turret rotates. White smoke rises from the ground.

Date: 1945, April
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063571
Tactics of U.S. 8th Air Force fighters for escorting bombers over Germany during World War II.

U.S.Army Air Corps P-47s with engines running, taxiing our for takeoff. Army personnel in Runway control unit with signal light.(Few seconds of film reversed.) Among the aircraft seen is P-47D, number 42-28543 named “Pat” piloted by Capt. Gordon S Stevens,of Smithfield,North Carolina, of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, stationed in England.(He was killed in action, 18 September 1944.) Views of the P-47s enroute to join up with B-17 bomber formations. P-51s and P-38s taking off. P-51s inflight to relieve P-47s of escort duty.US pilot with mission profile inked on back of his hand. Narrator (Ronald Reagan?) describes the way successive relays of U.S. fighters relieved each other performing bomber escort duties. Scenes from captured German film shows alarm sounding and German fighter pilots scrambling in Me-109s and FW-190s to intercept the U.S. bombers. Escorting U.S. P-51s jettison their long range drop tanks preparing to meet attacking German interceptors. Gun camera footage shows many German fighters being destroyed.P-47s, P-51s and P-38s firing their guns. Several Me-109s in formation. German gun camera clip showing many B-17s being shot to pieces by 22mm gunfire and falling, often in flames.

Date: 1944
Duration: 6 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063586
United States 8th Fighter Air Force Command destroy German airfields and aircraft in Germany during World War II.

Activities of 8th Fighter Air Force Command in Germany during World War II. United States aircraft in flight. They bomb German airfields and destroy parked aircraft. A burning German airplane on the ground. Explosions on airfields. Aerial view of buildings and a bridge.

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063589
United States Army Air Force P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft fly in formation in Germany.

The Allies battle against the Germans in Germany during World War II. A fleet of United States Army Air Force P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft in flight. The aircraft fly in formation above clouds.

Date: 1945, May
Duration: 2 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063592
P-47 of U.S. 8th Air Force, 63rd Fighter Squadron, strafing ground targets of opportunity in Germany near end of WW II

The last month of combat in World War 2, in Europe. Gun camera footage from a U.S. 8th Air Force P-47M of the 56th Fighter Group, 63rd Fighter Squadron. The aircraft strafes German targets of opportunity on the ground including German aircraft. Smoke rises from exploding building. A number of German aircraft burn. Aerial view of green fields and burning German buildings. The pilot is Captain Walter L Flagg of Conimicut, Rhode Island. His aircraft is Number: 44-21140, UN-F, named "Shoot You're Faded."

Date: 1945, April 13
Duration: 1 min 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063608