Wreckage of an aircraft at El Aouina Airport in Tunisia during World War II. A man holding a piece of plexiglas in his hand. A wrecked 3-motored Italian Camo 6 - Savoia-Marchetti SM 81 Pipistrello aircraft on an airfield at the airport. '601-5' written on the aircraft. A captured German Volkswagen type 82 Kübelwagen drives up beside the wrecked aircraft. A few U.S. officers get out and inspect the aircraft. View of wrecked German and Italian aircraft on the airfield. A USAAF 97th Bomb Group, 340th Bomb Squadron, B-17F 42-5402: B-17F-50-BO Flying Fortress taking off from the airfield. Abbreviated tail number '25402' seen on tail. Several wrecked aircraft on the airfield. Another B-17 aircraft takes off, displaying a large shield image on its tail This is followed by a U.S. Army Air Force B-25 Mitchell taking off. The wreckage of aircraft spread on the airfield. A few U.S. soldiers walking into a deep bomb crater and inspect the nacelle and the motor of the aircraft. Two soldiers beside another wrecked Italian Camo 6 - Savoia-Marchetti SM 81 Pipistrello aircraft. The aircraft is painted in camouflage paint and bears the number 605-7. One of the soldiers looking into the fuselage of the aircraft. A wrecked German aircraft on the airfield. The aircraft damaged completely. View of parts of the wrecked aircraft.
Testing of an aircraft rescue operation in the United States. Several airmen on an airfield during an experiment of an aircraft rescue operation for stranded airmen. A U.S. Army aircraft airlifts a sack from an airfield while in flight. A sheep being harnessed by a few men for a live test. The tied up sheep on the ground beside a small fence on the airfield. The U.S. Army aircraft in a low flight airlifts the sheep and flies away. The aircraft parked on the airfield with its door open. A few men take the safe sheep out from the aircraft and untie the ropes around it. A few men tying a pilot for a human rescue experiment. The man placed on the airfield beside a small fence. The aircraft in low flight airlifts the man. The aircraft in flight with the man hanging in a sling. The man is pulled into the aircraft. The aircraft lands on the airfield and the rescued man gets off the aircraft.
The Aleutian Islands Campaign of World War II. An airfield is constructed in ten days on a drained lagoon in Adak Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. A bulldozer clears the land to construct the airfield. Laymen put concrete slabs on a runway. An aircraft lands. A rainbow in the background. An aircraft takes off from the airfield. A group of soldiers on the airfield. An aircraft lands. A medical van moves from the airfield. Casualties are removed from an airplane downed by enemy aircraft. Outdoor memorial services are held for the victims.
Capture of Myitkyina airfield by Allied Forces during Burma Campaign of World War II. Animated map highlights Myitkyina airfield in North Burma which is captured by Allied ground forces on 17th of May, 1944. USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) Waco CG-4 gliders parked at Shingbwiyang airfield. USAAF officer inspects a map. Airbase engineering equipment are loaded aboard gliders. Tow rope of glider is hooked up with USAAF C-47 Skytrain transport plane. Airborne engineers board the glider. C-47 tows CG-4. CG-4 makes a landing at Myitkyina airfield under Japanese machine gun fire. Another glider makes a crash landing. Airborne engineers exit the gliders on field. A pilot and an engineer of crashed glider are given plasma and first aid. Wounded men are evacuated. Bulldozers level the airfield. Chinese soldiers search for hidden Japanese snipers in area.
Securing the capture of Myitkyina airfield by Allied Forces during Burma Campaign of World War II. Allied soldiers at a command post near Myitkyina airfield. Soldiers sitting next to radio equipment. Chinese soldiers lined up awaiting signal at an airfield in India. U.S. 10th Troop Carrier Command C-47 Skytrain transports parked on airfield. Chinese airborne reinforcements and equipment are loaded aboard C-47. C-47s take off and head for Myitkyina. A C-47 lands and delivers Chinese reinforcements on Myitkyina airfield.
The Ford Reliability Tour at the Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. A few men beside a biplane on an airfield, during the Ford Reliability Tour in Ford Airport. The pilot in the rear cockpit of the biplane. Other men stand outside the biplane. Aircraft in flight and aircraft on the airfield. An aircraft in low flight over the airfield. The aircraft in flight among the clouds over a wooded region. A large crowd gathered on the Ford Airport. An aircraft taxis on the airfield. The aircraft has the number '2' written on it. View of the front portion of the aircraft. Men stand under one of the wings of the aircraft. The men shake hands. People walk beside the aircraft. View of the aircraft on the airfield. A crowd gathered around the aircraft beside the airport building.
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