German officers boarding U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 Skytrain plane in European Theater during World War II. German ranking officers climb aboard U.S. C-47 Skytrain plane parked on an airfield. U.S. Air Force General Hoyt Vandenberg's C-47 takes off from runway. U.S. B-24 Liberator bombers in flight overhead.
U.S. soldiers at RAF (Royal Air Force) Saltby airfield, England in World War II. Three soldiers seated on the ground talking. A chaplain comes and gives the soldiers cigarettes and Victory-mail blanks. A soldier seated on the ground writes a Victory-letter. A formation of U.S. Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain planes passes overhead. The soldiers are seated and write V-letters. C-47s in flight.
U.S. soldiers at RAF (Royal Air Force) Saltby airfield in England during World War II. The soldiers fold machine gun bullet belts, clean 60mm mortars and sharpen machetes. U.S. paratroopers pack equipment.
Several American P-47 aircraft landing at a rough dirt airfield in France during World War II. They are painted with D-Day invasion stripes. After landing one of the P-47s blows large amounts of dirt and dust with its propeller, as it parks.
German prisoners of war take a break from their work on the airfield at Annecy, France, during world War 2. A tethered sheep feeds on the grass. One of the prisoners talks amicably with a French guard. Some prisoners eat a snack, as they stand about being photographed by the cameraman. Scene changes to repatriated American flyers (who had been interned in Switzerland) sitting on the ground beside a parked C-47 transport airplane. The C-47 has tail number: 41-7845. Several French civilians, including some children, mingle with the Americans.
Aerial views of the Philippines coastline prior to World War II in the Pacific. Ships in a harbor. Views of U.S. military aircraft parked an airfield, including Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft; Boeing P-26 Peashooters; and Seversky P-35 aircraft. Many ships are seen in waters off shore.
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