U.S. Ninth Air Force attacks Europe during World War II. Overhead view of large formation of B-26 Marauder aircraft over Europe. U.S. personnel stand by ambulance watching landings of B-26s. U.S. Personnel wave landing planes.
U.S. Ninth Air Force in Europe during World War II. Aircraft B-26 Marauder approaches for landing. B-26 makes a belly landing and taxis after landing. U.S. personnel watch in the foreground. Personnel approaches plane. Man inspects landing gear of crashed B-26.
Outtakes from the Memphis Belle documentary movie. Combat missions of U.S. B-17 planes over France. B-17s taxi on runway in England. B-17s await take off time. Jeep driven around B-17. Bicyclist behind aircraft waiting to take off. Aerial formation of B-17s.
U.S. Army liaison mission over Malabang in the Philippines Islands, during World War 2. A jeep is being driven up to the 25th Liaison Squadron Stinson L-5 Sentinel, at Dansalan Airstrip. The aircraft is serial number 42-99146 "Gayle Ann" of the "Guinea Short Lines." The crew of the aircraft lay out an aerial photograph on the tail for briefing. Captain Kellet, with a pen in his hand, huddles over the horizontal stabilizer discussing the mission and photograph, with pilot Tech Sgt. Loyd Herbert Summers Jr. as Staff Sergeant Felter stands next to them. The officers board the aircraft. (As they do so, a man is seen in the background, riding a horse. He stops short of the airplane and dismounts Sgt. Peterson checks the gasoline and secures the cap. Captain Kellet aboard the aircraft, makes a radio call to the local control. The L-5 takes off from the airstrip. The aircraft in flight over Dansalan Airstrip. Aerial views of inhabited areas in the region. Aerial views of Camp Keithley Headquarters, 10th Military District. 42-99146 in flight being filmed by airplane flying in formation.
Activities at Omura Air Field in Nagasaki, Japan after the end of World War 2. Two U.S. Navy fliers converse amicably with a Japanese airmant, as they stand in front of a Stinson L-5 Sentinel airplane, in which the Japanese airman expresses interest. Camera pans to a tent set up nearby, under which several American military and Japanese civilian and military men ae seen. Damaged roof on a building in the background. Camera pans past skeletons of bombed out hangars and other buildings. Airport operations building appears intact. Small prefab quonset-style hangar nearby. Japanese soldier stands near car parked on ramp. Several U.S. Navy airplanes parked in background.
U.S. Navy flyers at the Omura Air Field in Nagasaki, Japan after the end of World War 2. They poke around the wreckage of a U.S. Navy Corsair(FG-1D Corsair BuNo.88056 flown by Lt.Col. D.K. Yost of MAG-51, US Navy, lost on 11 September, 1945.) They are accompanied by a Sergeant, carrying a long handle axe that he jokingly swings a couple of times at the fuselage of the Corsair. Camera shows numerous Japanese military airplanes parked randomly on the grass field.
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