Scenes filmed during making of "Combat America" during World War 2. British Royal Air Force airmen play cricket and U.S. Army Air Force airmen play volleyball at RAF Station Polebrook, Northamptonshire, England.
United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) in the Ballale Islands, Solomon Islands during World War II. B-24 Liberator landing on the airbase. P-39 Airacobra and B-25 Mitchell land. Airplane taxiing on the airstrip. Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service Mitsubishi A6M Zeros fly in formation.
On sighting of incoming German aircaft, British soldiers scramble to trench battle positions with anti aircraft guns (ack ack guns) at British aerodromes. British pilots race to waiting Hawker Hurricanes and take off to fight the German Luftwaffe aircraft. Ground views of battle unfolding in the air. Smoke in sky from battle. Captured German air crew members are escorted by armed British guards. One is smiling. British Hurricane back at airbase for refueling and more ammunition. Smoke in distance across English Channel shows results of British offensive action. Official seen collecting pieces of a struck enemy aircraft. Narrator cautions viewers to not touch such pieces if they find them as "your curiousity may upset the work of examining experts." British Hurricanes and spitfires return to airbase. British pilots in discussion with a pilot from Poland. As pilots are shown, narrator says, "never in the history of human conflict, have the many owed so much to the few."
United States Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain aircraft drop supplies and paratroopers in Germany during World War II. The aircraft fly in formation. Smoke screens on the ground laid down by the Germans. Aerial view of green fields on the ground. U.S. Army Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress in flight. Paratroopers descend from C-47 Skytrain. A fleet of aircraft fly away after dropping parachutes.
Gun camera footage of United States Army Air Force Republic P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft strafing ground targets in Germany, virtually unopposed, during final months of World War II in Europe. Shots are seen from three different P-47s of the 9th Air Force, 362nd Fighter Group, 377th Fighter Squadron. Film from Pilot, Martin, shows strafing at targets of opportunity in cities and towns. Film from pilots, McAuley and Carlisle, shows concentration on lines of communication: railroads, roads, bridges, etc. But also show strafing of power plant and a tank on the road.
Air operations near end of World War Ii in Europe. United States Army Air Force P-51 Mustangs aircraft strafe German targets on the ground. Smoke rises from the bombed areas. Explosions on German buildings. Aerial view of bomb damaged buildings.
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