Pilots of the United States Army Air Force 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Wing, operating from partially destroyed former German airbase, near the end of the second world war. Crew chief helps pilot in cockpit of a P-51, adjust his shoulder harness. Engine starts and aircraft taxis out. Major L.K. Brueland, wearing a holstered 45 automatic pistol, climbs on wing of his P-51. Partial name "Speck" and 14 and a half swastikas are painted on it. Crew chief helps him don parachute and adjust shoulder harness when he gets in cockpit. Squadron Commander, Major Jack T. Bradley, taxis in his aircraft, named " Margie Maru." His aircraft has 14 swastikas painted on its fuselage.
P-51 planes of United States Army Air Force taxi and take off under direction of runway control officer who uses a flag to control takeoff intervals
Ruins in a German city near end of World War II. U.S. Army soldier walking on a street with his rifle, passing by two dead German soldiers. Bombed buildings, destruction, and rubble everywhere. Soldier walking slowly through the destruction.. A map highlights Berlin. A drawing depicts Allied troops victory at end of World War 2 in Europe.
Use of Norden bombsight by United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Shows Norden bomb sight being unloaded from an aircraft. U.S. planes in flight. A bombardier at a bombsight aboard a U.S. bomber plane. U.S. pilots being briefed in England. Bombs are loaded on planes. United States Army Air Force B-24J Liberator bomber planes in flight. The bombardier at a bombsight aboard a USAAF B-17G Flying Fortress bomber plane. B-24Js under attack by German Messerschmitt planes. Bombs are released from a plane. The bombs explode over targets on the ground.
United States airmen wearing Mae Wests (life jackets) walk towards a U.S. Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain aircraft during World War II. Crew members board the aircraft parked on a runway. The airmen get inside the aircraft with equipment. A pilot seated in the cockpit. Two airmen converse with each other. An army jeep in the background. One of them wears an identification bracelet. The pilot pins a memento inside the cockpit and looks out of the window. He speaks to one of the ground crew member.
Gun camera shot near the end of World War Two in Europe. P-47 from U.S. 9th Air Force, 362nd Fighter Group, 378th Fighter Squadron, pilot: Gudebski, seen interdicting lines of communication in various places, mostly hitting military traffic moving on roads.
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