Scene at RAF base in England during Battle of Britain. A Royal Air Force pilot is scrambled. Responding to alarm or alert, he runs to his Spitfire aircraft, pulls his parachute from the tail of the aircraft, dons it, and jumps into the cockpit, in full flight gear, including helmet and oxygen mask. He takes off. View from rear of aircraft on ground, with engine running. (World War II period).
U.S. pilots and bomber crew at an airfield in Germany during World War II. U.S. Army Air Force bomber crews climb into back of open truck. Airman screws fins on a bomb. Crews are dropped off at their respective B-26 Marauder bombers and board them. Crew members getting into their compartments in a B-26.Gunners strapping in and putting on headsets. Bombadier adjusting his bomb sight. Pilot and copilot closing their canopy hatches. The name: "Wild Bill" seen painted below copilot's window. . Crew returning from a mission. They exit aircraft, climb onto open crew truck, light cigarettes, and talk with one another about the mission, as the truck heads back toward base operations.
Bombing mission by the 5th Bombardment Group of the U.S. 13th Air Force on Davao in Mindanao, Philippines during World War II. B-24 Liberator bombers en route to Davao. B-24s fly over Fort of Davao. Fire bomb burns on water near Davao. Bombs drop and explode. B-24 formation en route to base at Samar.
Reenactment (at Randolph Field, Texas) illustrating the arrival of new recruits into the U.S. Army Air Forces flying cadet program. Large group of new cadets walking across an area carrying personal baggage. All dressed in civilian clothing, they walk up the steps to a veranda on a building at the base. There are two takes of the scene. Best regards, Tom
Crates of supplies, trucks, and a crane at a United States Army base in Burma during World War II. Men unloading barrels of oil in Burma. Two of them are wearing Indian turbans. Rows of barrels and sheds with supplies destined for China. Shells to be shipped to China. United States Army troops loading shells into trucks and aircraft. Allied infantries advance under Republic P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft cover. Gun camera view of 1st Air Commando group P-47 fighter strafing Japanese positions and buildings in Central Burma, 90 miles southwest of Mandalay. Some Japanese areas on fire. British infantry advancing on the ground as United States fighters provide cover. Explosion in Japanese installment.
Operations of U.S. Navy A-7A Corsair 2 aboard USS Ranger underway in the South China Sea during the Vietnam War. An air officer and one of his assistants in the control room. The officer is talking over a phone while looking through a window towards the flight deck. Silhouette view of personnel at their stations in pri-fly ( Primary Flight Control ). The air officer looking out the window, a U.S. Navy F-4J Phantom II being launched in the far background as seen through the window. The air officer in deep silhouette on the phone. A U.S. Navy A-6A Intruder aircraft being launched in the far background from the angle deck, the F-4J aircraft waiting to be launched. The air officer looks on as the aircraft are being launched. Interior view of pri-fly with personnel at their stations, windows off to the left. A telephone talker writing on an aircraft status board. The air officer looks on as U.S. Navy RA-5C Vigilante is launched from the angle deck in the far background. The aircraft being launched and off the deck from the angle deck. The air officer speaks into a microphone as he looks through the window towards the flight deck area. He looks on as an A-7A is recovered. A telephone talker in the pri-fly. The A-7A taxis forward in the background after being recovered. The A-7A makes a bolter off the deck and is airborne. An A-7A being recovered.
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