P-47 aircraft of the U.S. Army Air Forces 365th and 368th Fighter Groups operating at the Chievres Airfield (A-84) in Chièvres Belgium, during World War 2. P-47 aircraft take off and land on muddy airfield. P-47s take off. Military vehicles drive through mud. Mobile control tower on airfield. Soldiers walk out of a tent looking at planes overhead. P-47s land. Trees in the background. 'Merry Xmas Hitler' written on a bomb. Pilot in the cockpit of P-47. Planes prepare to take off. P-47 of the 388th Squadron with nose art "Mike's Kite" seen as it starts to taxi and prepares for takeoff.
Adolf Hitler and German officers attend inspect and review test flights of new Luftwaffe aircraft in Rechlin, Germany. Hitler and Commander of the Luftwaffe, Hermann Goering, and other officers exit a railroad train at station. Officers at the platform greet Hitler and give a Nazi salute. They all move towards cars. The cars are driven off. Hitler waves at the crowd and greets a young girl who gives him flowers. At the airfield, Hitler and Goering view various aircraft with their entourage at Rechlin Airport. Goering points out a separate cockpit and engine displayed beside a bomber aircraft. A crew member assembling parts of an aircraft. Hitler watches the test flights of German aircraft. DFS 230 glider being towed on the ground for takeoff and then taking flight. Pilot and crew member crank start a fighter aircraft. Wide view of a Messerschmitt Bf 109 shortly after takeoff and gaining altitude. Next, a Blohm & Voss BV 141 tactical reconnaissance aircraft (BV 141A with complete tail) starts engine, taxis and takes off. Three Heinkel He 111 bomber aircraft are seen taking off. The last He 111 appears to employ rocket-assisted takeoff (RATO). The entourage of officers crosses the airfield by open automobile and then exits the cars to view more aircraft. Views of early model Dornier Do 217 aircraft in flight overhead. A Junkers Ju 88 aircraft flies by low and then climbs steeply. Brief view of a low flying attack aircraft that appears to be a Henschel Hs 129 (or possibly a Focke Wulf Fw 187) flying just above the airfield. Next is seen a twin boom aircraft, presumably a Focke-Wulf Fw 189, but with a shorter central crew gondola than later variants. The next scene shows good views of the Blohm & Voss BV 141 low in flight and then performing a rapid ascent and descent. It is followed by a low flying Blohm & Voss BV 138 Seedrache (Sea Dragon).
B-26 Marauder bombers on airfield in Germany. Several B-26s taxiing on airfield towards runway. Various views of B-26 planes taxiing on airfield.
P-47s of the 36th Fighter Group are parked on an airfield in Belgium. U.S. airmen walk on the airfield. P-47s of the 23rd Fighter Squadron (yellow cowls, coded "7U") are among the many seen. Some names painted on planes including "Maj Mac" and "Lulu III". P-47s approach for landing in the background. A flight line of P-47s including one with serial number 42-25900, assigned to the Headquarters, 36th Fighter Group. Some P-47 aircraft from the 53rd Fighter Squadron (coded "6V"). Fuel trucks and others moving about on the airfield. A flat bed truck carrying a 500 pound bomb pulls up to a P-47. Driver hooks bomb to a crane and airmen install it under wing of P-47. (World War II period).
P-47 Thunderbolts have 500 lb bombs installed on an airfield in Belgium. P-47s parked on the airfield. Airmen push a trolley loaded with 500 lb bombs and hook it up with a crane. A truck transports 500 lb bombs on the airfield. An airman installs external 500lb bomb under the wing of a P-47. (World War II period).
Wrecked Japanese planes at an airfield in Naha, Okinawa. Wrecked Japanese planes and hangars. Wrecked Japanese revetment with demolished plane in it. Marines examine wrecked Japanese bomber at Naha airfield. Marine sits in cockpit of damaged Japanese fighter plane. Wreckage on airfield.
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