Luftwaffe paratrooper meeting in Germany during World War II. A Luftwaffe official with points to a diorama. “Fallschirmjäger” cuffband on his sleeve. Other officers listen and watch the diorama. Luftwaffe officials look at each other’s maps. Junkers Ju-52 transport planes take off from an airfield. Empennage of the aircraft shows the Nazi Swastika/Hackenkreuz emblem. Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger paratroopers jump out from planes. They open and activate their parachutes as they fall.
United States Army Air Force Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers taxiing and taking off at Lete Airfield, located 5 kilometers west of Benina, in Libya during World War II. Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber taxiing in the runway before taking off. A Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber emits smoke as it takes off. Sand clouds form near the runway as bombers take off. Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers take off one by one.
British aviation developments after World War II. A twin-jet English Electric Canberra takes off from Warton Aerodrome, Lancashire, England. The English Electric Canberra A.1 prototype (VN799) in flight. The first Canberra B.2 prototype (VX165) flies over the airfield. Crowds of British civilian men and women watch the first Canberra B.2 prototype in flight. The first Canberra B.2 prototype performs maneuvers.
Formations of Soviet aircraft in flyovers during the 1962 Soviet Aviation Day Display at Tushino Airfield (present day Otkrytie Bank Arena, Volokolamskoye Shosse, 69, Moscow, Russia, 125424) near Moscow, Soviet Union. Twin jet Tu-16 missile carrier aircraft in flight. A Soviet woman looks skywards to watch the airshow. Soviet aircraft such as Beriev Be-10 (or M-10) "Mallow" flying boats (hydroplanes) in flight. An African man in the crowd watches the Soviet airshow. A Tupolev Tu-22 (NATO reporting name: Blinder) supersonic long range bomber aircraft in flight. Soviet military officials observe aircraft. Three Tupolev Tu-22 in formation. Brief view of three Sukhoi Su-9 (NATO reporting name: Fishpot) fighters in formation flying past crowd.
Three Sukhoi Su-9 aircraft (NATO reporting name: Fishpot) fighters during the 1962 Soviet Aviation Day Display at Tushino Airfield (present day Otkrytie Bank Arena, Volokolamskoye Shosse, 69, Moscow, Russia, 125424) near Moscow, Soviet Union. Famous Soviet cosmonaut Major Yuri Gagarin uses binoculars to watch the airshow from a balcony. Three Yakovlev Yak-28 (NATO reporting names: Brewer, Brewer-E, Firebar, and Maestro) fighters in flyover. Premier Nikita Khrushchev and Soviet officials watch from a balcony. A Myasishchev M-50 supersonic strategic bomber with two Sukhoi Su-9 escorts in flight. A Tupolev Tu-28 (NATO reporting name Fiddler) long-range interceptor aircraft demonstrating at the airshow. A Soviet man looking skyward. A fighter aircraft (possibly MiG-21) climbing high in the sky during the airshow.
German military vehicle with four German soldiers sitting in it backs up to rear of open fuselage of a Gotha Go-242 transport glider in Germany during World War II. Rear view of military vehicle backing up as seen from Go-242 fuselage. A small truck towing the Go-242 right to left on a snowy airfield. The Go-242 is towed past the camera.
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