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[Footage from aircraft gun cameras, depicting aerial combat and strafing runs, 1943-1945]
Film footage from aircraft gun cameras, depicting aerial combat and strafing runs, 1943-1945. The footage is taken from multiple different missions and depicts attacks against enemy aircraft and ground targets such as trains, trucks, and buildings. Some of the scenes include a title card listing the pilot's name and rank, the mission date, and the aircraft or target being attacked. Pilots…
[Gun camera image of Messerschmitt 110]
Photographic still of a Messerschmitt Bf 110 aircraft in flight, taken from an aircraft gun camera, circa 1943-1944. The inscription notes that the image came from fighter ace James C. Stewart's aircraft. Typed caption glued to photograph: "To: Corona Daily Independent, Corona, Calif. Major James C. Stewart, 24 year old Operation Officer for a Thunderbolt Group in England, only damaged this…