U.S. Army Air Forces aircraft bombard Japanese positions in the Pacific Theater during World War II. A map of the area. U.S. Army Air Force B-24 Liberator aircraft in flight over islands in the Pacific. The aircraft fly in formation. A Japanese cruiser underway at sea. The cruiser being bombed. A gun sight aiming point view of the cruiser being strafed. Explosions occur at sea. Enemy barges being attacked by the aircraft. Smoke rises at sea. U.S. aircraft bomb Munda Airfield. Smoke rises from the shoreline of the Munda island. Bombs being released over Bismarck Islands and the Solomon Islands. Bombs impact and columns of smoke rise.
Japanese aircraft during an air raid on positions in China during the Second Sino-Japanese conflict. Japanese bombers parked at an airfield. Pre-dawn view of several Japanese A5M aircraft warming up. Bomber aircraft pilots and crews lined up as they salute a commanding officer. Propellers rotate as engines warm up on a group of Mitsubishi Ki-2 Light Bombers. The ground crews wave their hats as the bombers leave for an air raid. Point of view shot of a Japanese flight crew in the cockpit of an airborne Mitsubishi Ki-2 aircraft. Bombs away view of bombs release over enemy target in China. The bombs impact and smoke rises up from targets. Aerial view of the bombers in flight, returning after the mission.
The role of U.S. Army Air Forces 86th Fighter Bomber Group during Allied invasion of Sicily, Italy in World War II. U.S. Army Air Forces A-36 Invader aircraft in flight. Aerial views of fields and houses. The aircraft in flight over Sicily. Bombs are released and billows of smoke rise up.
The role of U.S. Army Air Forces 86th Fighter Bomber Group during Allied invasion of Sicily, Italy in World War II. Technicians work on the engine of a U.S. Army Air Forces A-36 Invader aircraft at an airfield in North Africa. Men push a bomb on a trolley near an aircraft. Men load the bomb under a wing. They write on the bomb. Bombs on a trolley as a man unloads a bomb and places it on the ground. Another man works on a jerrican. He empties the contents of the jerrican.
A U.S. Navy Lockheed P-3C Orion aircraft lands on U.S. Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland, United States during a long range navigational test. The earth in red horizon as the sun comes up. Commander Donald H. Lilienthal at the controls relaxes with a cigarette. The copilot in position.A heavy cloud layer. An opening in the clouds and ground seen. A crew man hands the pilot a cup of coffee. A runway underneath the aircraft as it touches the ground. A building at U.S. Naval Air Station Patuxent River. A firehouse and a control tower. The aircraft taxis to a parking area. People walk over to the parking area to welcome the crew.
The Peleliu operation in Peleliu, Palau Islands during World War II. An M-4 tank advances inland. The wreckage of an aircraft in the foreground. A Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT) advances. A bulldozer clears away rubble. U.S. Marines carry a wounded marine on a stretcher. The wounded marine on the ground. A marine stands up holding blood plasma as another marine inserts a needle in the arm of the wounded. Other marines sit nearby. Smoke rises. Two marines walk around on a beachhead. The marines carry belts of machine gun shells around necks. Dead Japanese soldiers. 5th Marine air strip. The Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT) moves past. A transport aircraft on fire on the air strip. Smoke rises.
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