Shells for a heavy coastal defense gun are seen lined up on the ground. Japanese soldier seen leaning against gun. Japanese soldiers open wooden boxes containing smaller shells. They prepare an emplacement for an antiaircraft gun. Soldiers unpack and line shells on the ground. Formation of bombers in flight overhead. Aerial view of Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-21 "Sally" bombers in flight. Bombs strike ground targets below. "Sally" bombers landing at Japanese occupied Clark Field in the Philippines during World War II. Japanese antiaircraft gun surrounded by sandbags. A gunner looks skyward through binoculars. Japanese troops play volleyball in background. Other Japanese soldiers playing ping pong; wrestling; and playing baseball. Ground crews employ care using lights and illuminated markers on the flight line at night. A Mitsubishi Ki.30 "Ann" aircraft flies overhead. Japanese pilots salute their commander and proceed to their aircraft. Bomber and fighter aircraft seen. A Mitsubishi Ki-46 Dinah and Ki-15 Babs crank up and take off. View from cockpit of a plane taking off. Many aircraft seen widely spaced out on the airfield, below. Crew members manipulate controls of equipment inside an airplane. Windsock standing out on the ground. View of staff at positions inside air command center. Meteorologist releases weather balloon which is tracked by telescope. Japanese monitor uses old U.S. flying squadron blackboard to record information about their own flight operations.
British Royal Air Force Gloster Meteor twin jet aircraft taking off and landing at an airfield in Britain, in June, 1945, right after the end of World War II in Europe. Several American soldiers sit on grass beside the runway and watch. One takes pictures. The clip shows a Meteor, so wrong clip!
Allied air operations near end of World War 2, in Europe. Gun camera footage from a P-47M of the U.S. Army Air Forces 8th Air Force, 56th Fighter Group, 63rd Fighter Squadron, strafing German aircraft on the ground at an airfield in Germany. The pilot is Captain Walter L Flagg, of Conimicut, Rhode Island. He is flying P-47M, Number: 44-21140, UN-F, "Shoot You're Faded". Burning German aircraft on the ground. Aerial view of bomb damaged city.
The Allies exercise air superiority over Germany in final days of World War 2. Gun camera footage from U.S. 8th Air Force P-47M, Number 44-21160, UN-F, "Devastatin' Deb, flown by Capt. John C Fahringer, Lima, Ohio. assigned to the 63rd Fighter Squadron of the 56th Fighter Group. He strafes German aircraft and hangars at Stendal airfield, near Berlin, Germany. Burning aircraft in front of a hangar.
The Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. Japanese attempts a final counterattack on the last day in Okinawa. A 300 men Japanese Army led by Lieutenant General Tadamichi Kuribayashi launches a final counterattack in the vicinity of an airfield. The army attacks a U.S. Army camp. Japanese soldiers die. U.S. Marine Corps evacuate the dead bodies. Casualties after the war.
An air power show in the United States. Men gather on an airfield. They stand near an aircraft. The wings of the aircraft rotate.
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